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Toby Driver already has an idea where the next album will bring his band. Listening to their last album 'Coffins on Io', the most headstrong pop album of 2014, which Kayo Dot used to invent themselves anew, to expand their horizon over to spacestations floating trapped in an 80s timeloop, one hast o think: anything is possible. Until then Mr. Driver tells us which records accompanied him through the year 2014 – and we hope to see him and his band in Europe in 2015.
Whoever thought Oozing Wound needed to regenerate after last years raging effort 'Retrash' could not have reckoned with the overflowing energy of the Chicago three-piece: not only did the jewel in the crown that is Thrill Jockey shine with an incredible split with Black Pus and a mean Adult Swim single, 2014 also saw an added ounce of heaviness behind the glorious Artwork of their second album 'Earth Suck'. Oozing Wound don’t leave much to be desired, except for maybe the one thing of being able to see them taking apart European stages.
Their dynamic style of pop punk combined with fun, oldschool skate punk vibes make Gnarwolves one of the most interesting new bands the UK currently has to offer. On their first headline tour through Europe Thom (Guitar, Vocals) and Charlie (Bass, Vocals) met Heavy Pop at dasBach to talk about their debut album, skateboarding, and why their song 'Smoking Kills' isn’t really about smoking.
Waiting for the debut album of the Goodtime Boys felt like an eternity. And as it turns out it was worth waiting: 'Rain' not only keeps the promises a number of EPs made since 2011, but elevates tehir qualities onto the next level. With outstanding songs like ‘Wallflower‘, ‘Life Moves‘, ‘Cloudbursts‘ or ‘Downpour‘ and songwriting that succeeds in expressing aggressiveness without losing a keen sense for grand melodies, with a spacious sound that sets itself apart from the genres sameyness, and lyrics that crawl beneath the skin. Hardcore can be so beautiful.
Eine gefühlte Ewigkeit musste man auf das Debütalbum der Goodtime Boys warten. Eine Wartezeit, von der sich letztendlich jede Sekunde gelohnt hat: 'Rain' hält nicht nur alle Versprechungen, die seit 2011 über zahlreiche EPs abgegeben wurden, sondern hebt alle Qualitäten der Band dazu auf das nächste Level. Mit überragenden Songs wie 'Wallflower', 'Life Moves', 'Cloudbursts' oder 'Downpour'; ganz allgemein einem Songwriting, dem es gelingt Aggressivität niemals ohne ein immanentes Gespür für große Melodien auszudrücken; einem raumfüllenden Sound, der sich vom Genre-Einerlei dieser Tage abhebt; und Texten, die unter die Haut gehen. So - im wahrsten Sinne - schön kann Hardcore sein.
Toby Driver hat im Vorfeld der sechsten Studioplatte von Kayo Dot die Geister von The Sisters of Mercy, Scritti Politti, Peter Gabriel und Genesis als aktuelle Leitfiguren seiner so gerne überfordernden Experimental-Avantgarde-Großmacht beschworen. 50 Minuten später machen die zuerst irritierenden Referenzen durchaus Sinn: 'Coffins on Io' ist das mit Abstand zugänglichste Werk der Band bisher geworden, eine verträumt-eingängige Prog-Pop-Skizze für den Weltraum der 1980er.
"After a nine year lag, it’s time to get back on the wagon!" The California punk veterans Lagwagon are back with their new, long-awaited record 'Hang', which will be released on October 28. Heavy Pop talked to lead singer Joey Cape about the powerful sound of the album, his tribute song to Tony Sly and why the punkrock multi-talent doesn't like to appear in music videos.
Nachdem das Label von PeterLicht keine neue Platte finanzieren wollte, schlug der Schöpfer des Hits 'Sonnendeck' den Weg des Crowdfunding ein. Herausgekommen sind dabei knapp zwei Stunden voller deutschsprachiger Popkunst zwischen Utopie und Klamauk bzw. ein Live-Album mit allen Hits, zahlreichen Neuinterpretationen und herrlich absurder Geschichten.
3 x 3 Reviews im Kompaktformat: Bird Eater - 'Dead Mothers Make the Sun Set' | Cerebral Ballzy - 'Jaded & Faded' | King Dude - 'Fear' | Klaxons - 'Love Frequency' | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - 'Days of Abandon' | Sylvan Esso - 'Sylvan Esso' | Trainwreck - 'Old Departures, New Beginnings' | Trap Them - 'Blissfucker' | Tune-Yards - 'Nikki Nack' |
