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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: Mile Me Deaf

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Mile Me Deaf

von am 6. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

The reason why the year 2014 in Wolfgang Möstls personal music history only secondarily marks the year Killed by 9V Batteries were brought to an end invokes comparisons to the Beatles, hides itself very Sgt. Pepper-like behind a concept of nerdy homages, and celebrates a varied party of twelve Lo-Fi gems starting with its artwork: Mile Me Deaf probably have never been better than on their wonderfully easygoing collection of catchy tunes 'Holography'. One year after he helped bringing Sex Jams noiserock to the next level, Wolfgang Möstl continues to make no mistakes on his several playgrounds. And we’re still allowed to miss Killed by 9V Batteries.

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Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Messer

Favourite Records of the Year. Selected by: Messer

von am 6. Dezember 2014 in Adventskalender 2014

After the two consecutive successes '‘Im Schwindel‘‘ and 'Die Unsichtbaren‘, 2014 had to be endured without a new album by Messer, but fortunately not without other releases: while Record Store Day ’14 showed the groups changeableness with 'TCM Tones‘, last months 'Ein Film ist zuende, nur ein Film‘ succeeded with its balancing act between art piece and driving rock improvisation. Either way: no Heavy Pop Advent calender without being kicked off by Messer!

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The Menzingers, The Smith Street Band, The Holy Mess [15.10.2014,: Explosiv Graz]

The Menzingers, The Smith Street Band, The Holy Mess [15.10.2014,: Explosiv Graz]

von am 17. Oktober 2014 in Featured, Reviews

Großes Punkrockkino, an einem nahezu perfekten Abend kompakt aufgezogen, das wegen der (angenehm) pünktlichen Beginnzeit zwar den Auftritt von The Holy Mess verpassen lässt, darüber hinaus aber die Erkenntnis unterstreicht, dass The Menzingers auch auf der Bühne schlichtweg eine Macht sind.

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Merchandise – After the End

Merchandise – After the End

von am 25. August 2014 in Album

Daneben greifen kann die um Carson Cox und David Vassalotti zur vollwertigen Band ausgewachsenen Truppe scheinbar einfach nicht - weniger unmittelbare Euphorie als bisher entfachen dann aber doch: Merchandise fliegen auf ihrem Major-Einstand auf der ersten Blick gar zu reibungslos mit Autopilot durch die 1980er.

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Ought – More Than Any Other Day

Ought – More Than Any Other Day

von am 18. Mai 2014 in Album, Heavy Rotation

Weil Alec Ounsworth auch mit 'Only Run' die einst aufgebrummte Bürde  als medial ausgerufener Nachlassverwalter der Talking Heads nicht mehr stemmen kann, schickt ausgerechnet Kanadas Experte für Postrock, Constellation Records, eine ihren Postpunk zwischen allen Stühlen platzierendes Quartett um den exaltierten Sänger Tim Beeler ins Rennen.

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Johnny Cash – Out Among the Stars

Johnny Cash – Out Among the Stars

von am 30. März 2014 in Album

Ein unveröffentlichtes Album aus der gemeinhin schwächsten Phase des Man in Black, knappe 10 Jahre nach dem Tod des Man in Black ausgegraben. Skepsis durfte da die Vorfreude durchaus überschatten - 'Out Among the Stars' nun umso überraschender mit seinen Qualitäten aufzeigen kann.

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Elbow – The Take Off and Landing of Everything

Elbow – The Take Off and Landing of Everything

von am 12. März 2014 in Album

Nach dem vergleichsweise regelrecht glückseligen, vielerorts absolut zu Unrecht verschmähten Blick zurück bis in die Kindheit auf dem großartigen 'Build a Rocket Boys!' richten Guy Garvey und Co. den Blick nun in die Zukunft: obwohl ihnen nach England nun endlich die ganze Welt zu Füßen liegt kein Grund für überbordende Euphorie im Hause Elbow.

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Albums of the Year List by: The Ocean

Albums of the Year List by: The Ocean

von am 19. Dezember 2013 in Adventskalender 2013, Featured

Chris Breuer more or less jumped in at the deep end: after Bassist Louis Jucker left The Ocean to concentrate on his studies, it was up to the Saarland-Berliner to sustain the dynamic groove below the pressing progressive post-metal of the multinational group surrounding mastermind Robin Staps. And Breuer arrived just in time to become part of 'Pelagial', another mighty conceptional chunk by The Ocean. Right before setting out for their next tour, Chris Breuer told HeavyPop for the annual Advent calendar what records accompanied him throught this past year.

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