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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Black Map

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Black Map

von am 9. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

First you may think: writing about Black Map of course means to write about Dredg, Far and The Trophy Fire, if only because „…And We Explode“ bears trademarks of the three other bands Mark Engles, Chris Robyn und Ben Flanagan are involved with. But it comes as a bit of a surprise, how effortless the three-headed powerhouse succeeds in combining the straight walk in direction of atmospheric alternative rock, the constant flirt with grounded stadium-sound and the steadfast traction of meaty hits. And yeah, in the end actually it works perfectly without even mentioning their other prominent playgrounds.

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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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Interview: Gnarwolves

Interview: Gnarwolves

von am 7. Dezember 2014 in ...in english please!, Interview

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.

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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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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: KMPFSPRT

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: KMPFSPRT

von am 6. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

2014 couldn’t have started better for KMPFSPRT: „Jugend Mutiert“ easily lived up to the high expectations euphoric concert reviews and the „Das ist doch kein Name für ‚ne Band“ EP were suggesting. Close to eleven months later, the albums punkr rock hits lost nothing of their pressure and vigor. It doesn’t surprise, thatt 2015 seems to be off to an equally good start: the split single with Boysetsfire is ready to go, looks amazing, and serves a good cause. For the time being, guitar player David gives off some recommendations for 2014.

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Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy

Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy

von am 26. November 2014 in Album

Einer der gängigsten Kritikpunkte an '9' war 2006, dass das Zweitwerk von Damien Rice zu deutlich in der Nähe des alles verschlingenden Gravitationsfeld von 'O' stattfand. 8 Jahre in weitestgehender Funkstille später setzt der irische Wundersongwriter nun vieles daran, diesen Teufelskreis von vornherein zu umgehen.

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Old Lines – No Child Left Behind

Old Lines – No Child Left Behind

von am 19. November 2014 in Album

Old Lines sind mittlerweile beim Aushänge-Label No Sleep angekommen. Was allerdings kein Grund für Mitch Roemer und Co. ist, ihre bohrende Melange aus doomigem Hardcore und metallischem Crust in irgendeiner Weise freundlicher aufzuziehen.

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Polkov – Polkov

Polkov – Polkov

von am 13. November 2014 in Album

Sechs MusikantInnen ziehen mit dem Britpop im Hinterkopf, einem unaufgeregten Händchen für geschmeidigen Folkrock und dem verträumtem Blick auf die richtigen Vorbilder  durch die weite Landschaft Amerikas. Dort finden sie 11 aus der Zeit gefallene Ohrwürmer voller nostalgischer Sommerwärme.

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Dirty Beaches – Stateless

Dirty Beaches – Stateless

von am 9. November 2014 in Album

Alex Zhang Hungtai reist als moderner Nomade durch die Welt. Ungebunden und ohne festen Wohnsitz lässt er sich durch fremde Städte treiben und saugt Impressionen auf, um sie in seinen eigenen musikalischen Kosmos zu transkribieren. 'Stateless' ist der potentielle Soundtrack zu diesen zyklischen Wanderungen durch das faszinierende Unbekannte.

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Von Spar – Streetlife

Von Spar – Streetlife

von am 4. November 2014 in Album

Und sie erwischen einen schon wieder am falschen Fuß: Von Spar erfinden unter Zuhilfenahme von schwerelosem Softrock, elektronischem Pop und nostalgischem Captain Future-Soundgewand auf 'Streetlife' den unaufgeregt-tanzbaren Krautrock für die Disco.

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