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Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear

von am 16. Januar 2015 in Album

Josh Tillman, vormals Schlagzeuger des bärtigen Männerchors der Fleet Foxes, veröffentlicht nach 'Fear Fun' von 2012 mit 'I Love You, Honeybear' sein zweites Solo-Album. Eines vorweg, wer sich nach dem letzten Werk mehr Folksound gewünscht hat, wird enttäuscht sein. Die Arrangements in 'I Love You, Honeybear' sind gesteckt voll mit Instrumenten – ob geschwollene Streicher, elektrische Gitarrenklänge, sogar für Flöten ist Platz und das oft in nur einem Song. Neben einigen Folkmomenten sind, allerdings ähnlich umfangreich wie die Bandbreite der verwendeten Musikinstrumente, auch jazzige, soulige sowie elektronische Exkurse zu finden.

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The Body & Thou – You, Whom I Have Always Hated

The Body & Thou – You, Whom I Have Always Hated

von am 12. Januar 2015 in EP

Ein Da Capo für den puren Missmut: 'You, Whom I Have Always Hated' macht nahtlos dort weiter, wo 'Released from Love' im letzten Jahr die bitterböse Maßstäbe für unheilige Crust/Doom-Alianzen setzte. Das Doppel aus Thou und The Body zersetzt dabei abermals jeden Funken Freundlichkeit mit einem speienden Schwall aus schleppendem Hass.

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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: The Notwist

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: The Notwist

von am 23. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

It is known that there might be up to six years between records by The Notwist; also that each and every second of waiting time between them is probably worth it. 'Close to the Glass' is another demonstration for this, by not only being a prime example for all their strenghts, but also being their most diverse and layered work to date. This isn’t the only thing that is nourishing for the next few years, The Notwist stay present even outside of their album: the so far limited edition only collection '[amazon_link id="B00QG15R6Y" target="_blank" ]The Messier Objects[/amazon_link]' gets a regular release soon, and on top of that there’s another tour pending (including a visit to Graz on March 25th 2015). Meanwhile, Markus Acher tells us his recommendations of the past months for the Heavy Pop advent calendar.

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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Die Sterne

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Die Sterne

von am 17. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

Back from the dancefloor they played four years ago, Die Sterne dip their pop-toes into psychedelic and souly waters on 'Flucht in die Flucht', but specifically tighten their rock-strings – and succeed in securing their spot as one of the most dependable bands of the german speaking area. On the 15th day oft he Heavy Pop advent calendar, vocalist Frank Spilker tells us, which songs impressed him the most in 2014.

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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: The Tidal Sleep

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: The Tidal Sleep

von am 7. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

First and foremost, The Tidal Sleep made their homework in contemporary US-hardcore; though 'Vorstellungskraft' foreshadowed some of the things 'Keep You' succeeded in months later, but without the same radical break with their own past. On their second album, the Mannheim/Karlsruhe/Leipzig/Munich/Berlin five-piece cuts of the corners between the pressure of their emotional hardcore and the loftiness of their beautiful post rock as impressing as they do it intense. And most probably it didn’t happen like this, but we like the thought: Pianos Become the Teeth listened to the 36 minutes of this record and realized, that they have to change up their game urgently – because no other hardcore band in 2014 managed to converge elegiac beauty with no-holds-barred brutality.

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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Amen Dunes

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Amen Dunes

von am 7. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

Compared to his previous work, the album has very structurized pieces, but they lose nothing of their elusive magicMesser vocalist Hendrik Otremba told us, and hits the nail on the head. Not only has Damon McMahon – together with his bandmates Jordi Wheeler and Parker Kindred, as well as many guests like Efrim Menuck, Colin Stetson and Elias Bender Rønnenfelt – succeeded in making 'Love' their best Album so far, but a beautifully surreal, psychedelic masterpiece with timeless qualities.

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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Polkov

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Polkov

von am 6. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

With their single 'Promised Land', Polkov clinged to the upper regions of the domestic indie charts. But one thing needs to be said at this point: every other song from the captivating summer dream of a debut album by the band from Graz could have taken that spot, with their style-savvy country-homages and grandiose folk-pop-tweaks. Now, before the next singles from Polkov cuddle themselves through airplay, Laurenz Jandl tells us which records apart from 'Polkov' should not be missed in 2014.

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Cult of Youth – Final Days

Cult of Youth – Final Days

von am 28. November 2014 in Album

Die dritte Studioplatte von Sean Ragon's mittlerweile zur vollwertigen Band ausstaffierten Neofolk-Projekt beginnt vielleicht mit 'Todestrieb' - einem bedrückendem Instrumental zwischen spiritueller Tribalbeschwörung mit morbider Weltuntergangsstimmung und ambienten Stammestanz vor brennenden Mülltonnen -, verbringt seine 'Final Days' danach aber in geradezu beflügelter Lockerheit.

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Restorations – LP 3

Restorations – LP 3

von am 17. November 2014 in Album

Restorations provozieren mitunter arg abenteuerliche Band-Vergleiche, wenn es um den Versuch geht, ihr drittes Album in Schubladen packen zu können. So absurd die Konstellationen dabei auch bisweilen erscheinen mögen: im Kern treffen sie auf dieses wunderbar rücksichtslos-mutige Punkrockalbum doch auch immer irgendwie zu.

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Pianos Become The Teeth – Keep you

Pianos Become The Teeth – Keep you

von am 15. November 2014 in Album

Pianos Become The Teeth-Frontmann Kyle Durfey geißelte sich bereits über zwei verzweifelt-wütende Hardcore-Alben mit der Trauerarbeit um seinen erst erkrankten, dann verstorbenen Vater. Knappe drei Jahre nach dem Versprechen 'I'll Get By' lässt es sich nun allerdings schwer feststellen, ob er tatsächlich seinen Frieden mit den Gegebenheiten geschlossen hat, oder an dem Verlust innerlich zerbrochen ist.

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