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Interview: Alcest

Interview: Alcest

von am 20. Januar 2014 in ...in english please!, Featured

Their fourth  record 'Shelter' is a huge change of style for the french duo Alcest, leaving all Black Metal trademarks from the past behind to focus on a more Postrock and even poppy Shoegaze-Sound. Drummer an Les Discrets-musician Winterhalter talked right before the concert in Vienna at January 17th of 2013 about this paradigm shifts among other things.

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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything

von am 12. Januar 2014 in Album, Heavy Rotation

'This Is Our Punk-Rock...' war als Titel bereits vergeben, hätte aber ohnedies zu kurz gegriffen. Auf ihrem siebenten Studioalbum versammelt das Kollektiv um Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Vorstand Efrim Menuck einen Malstrom aus wüsten Punksongs in Postrockweiten samt heavy Metalexplosionen, scharfkantigen Gitarrenkonstrukten und brodelnden Violinenstacheln, fiebrigen Droneaufbauten und wilden Noiseabfahrten: strahlende Folkrockdiamanten und übermächtige Hymnen sind das. 'Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything', wahrhaftig!

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Albums of the Year List by: Amplifier

Albums of the Year List by: Amplifier

von am 24. Dezember 2013 in Adventskalender 2013, Featured

Two years after the very elaborate triumph march 'The Octopus', Sel Balamir and Amplifier followed up with the silence after the storm 'Echo Street'. The band's impressive wall of sound-spacerock on their fourth album grants a clearer view onto Balamir's 60esque songwriting, allowing Amplifier to wrench new facets from their anachronistic Prog: 'Echo Street' is a nostaligic, for the most part relaxed and cautious record, containing some of Amplifier's strongest songs ever with 'Where the River Goes', 'Paris in the Spring' or 'Mary Rose'. With the following 'Sunrise' EP being at least on the same level, the upcoming 'Mystoria' can be awaited eagerly. To shorten the time until it's release, Sel Balamir brings the HeavyPop Advent calender 2013 to an end with a list of his favourite records of this past year.

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Interview: Koji

Interview: Koji

von am 12. Dezember 2013 in Featured, Interview

Andrew Koji Shiraki alias Koji hat im Mai sein langerwartetes Debütalbum 'Crooked In My Mind' vorgelegt und ist derzeit als Supportact von Into It. Over It. durch Europa unterwegs. Klaus Zwinger hat sich vor dem Tourstop in der Wiener Arena mit dem Singer-Songwriter und umtriebigen Aktivisten getroffen, um sich über die aktuelle Tour, zahlreiche soziale Engagements und etwaige Zukunftsmusik zu unterhalten.

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Interview: Koji

Interview: Koji

von am 12. Dezember 2013 in ...in english please!

On 01st of december 2013 Klaus Zwinger met with the american singer-songwriter Koji right before  and musician and activist opened the Into It. Over It. gig at the Arena in Vienna to talk among other things about the recent tour and future plans.

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Albums of the Year Lists by: Jacob Bannon, Nathan Gray and others

Albums of the Year Lists by: Jacob Bannon, Nathan Gray and others

von am 4. Dezember 2013 in Adventskalender 2013, Featured

The fourth day of the HeavyPop Advent calendar brings us a hardcore sweeping swipe, with representatives of the impeccable labels Deathwish Inc. and Bridge 9 being the linchpin.

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Albums of the Year List by: Paper Arms

Albums of the Year List by: Paper Arms

von am 2. Dezember 2013 in Adventskalender 2013, Featured

"I may be an optimist" declares Josh Mann on 'Bright Lights', and not without reason: on their sophomore album (and their first on Uncle M) 'The Smoke Will Clear' , the Australian quartet Paper Arms honoured every promise their debut 'Days Above Ground' made to predict them as one of the up and coming young punk rock bands. So while Paper Arms can view into the future quite optimistically, singer/guitarist Josh Mann took his time for the Heavypop Advent calender to compile his favourite 5 records of the past year 2013.

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Altar Of Plagues – Teethed Glory And Injury

Altar Of Plagues – Teethed Glory And Injury

von am 16. August 2013 in Album

Der erste Platz im Rennen um das beste untruen Black Metal Album im Jahr 2013 dürfte in fester Hand von Deafheaven bleiben. Altar of Plague reklamieren mit ihrem dritten Studioalbum auf verstörende Art und Weise jedoch ebenfalls einen Platz am Treppchen.

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Lust for Youth – Perfect View

Lust for Youth – Perfect View

von am 16. Juni 2013 in Album

Der schwedische Produzent Hannes Norrvide alias Lust for Youth hat mit seinem dänischen Kompagnon Loke Rahbek im zweiten Anlauf über Sacred Bones Records einen aufgeräumteren Blickwinkel auf die dunkle Saat des unterkühlten No Wave-Synthiepop gefunden, die er im vergangenen Jahr auf 'Growing Seeds' ausgestreut hat. Die perfekte Aussicht entsteht dadurch allerdings nicht zwangsläufig.

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Vår – No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers

Vår – No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers

von am 21. Mai 2013 in Album

Iceage-Sänger Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, Loke Rahbek (Sexdrome), Kristian Emdal (Lower) und Lukas Højland alias Vår gehen durchaus als Supergroup der jüngst für gewaltiges Aufsehen sorgenden Kopenhagener Punk-Szene durch. Weiter kommt einem das Quartett allerdings nicht entgegen.

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