advent advent #24 the christmas song

over again `onettes...

that loveable and rare b-side by sune rose wagner & sharin foo duet fit like a christmas glove. don`t fall apart, can you find me space inside your warming heart. smart!

advent advent #11: rave on, tonight

the raveonettes are in town. munich. atomic cafe. tonight. 9 p.m.

Aly, step right out of my dreams 

And kiss me goodnight 

Aly, walk with me in my dreams 

All through the night 

advent advent #09 in memoriam `83

1983 beginning december, a day to remember thruth be told

a year from a retrospective decade past

the arbor vitae wasn`t even one year old

now things will catch you up as you run fast
while poetic echoes still to this day last.

many thanks for touching our hearts tenderly and passionate altogether within your november evening session in munich, freiheizhalle.

not only but therefore my thoughts are yours sophie.
bandscheibenrecords.

advent advent #03 a borrowed dream in colour

bandscheibenrecords is back in advent season again, according to a long standing tradition...

our list starts with none other than beloved i dream in colour, a highly talented essex-gang of four. this time a personal piece of jewelry from their unbelievable piano back catalogue, an encore song which their lead singer richard judge performed in such an intensive way during their last european tour in different cities. full off a contemplative, calm, irenic and sublime atmosphere, anyway a little bit of stirring. this seems perfectely for such a december opening. let`s have the blues again these days, where we all may have some kind of special borrowed dreams...

`borrowed dream` (download via soundcloud)

colourbook // colourbandcamp

I DREAM IN COLOUR - BORROWED DREAM (live @ Gloria Regensburg - 06.05.2012) from Astrid Fleischmann on Vimeo.

curse the night or danish dynamite...

back in time again...

in really overwhelming anticipation of celebrating their new record `observator` beloved raveonettes are back to our minds again and again. not only but for this reason alone night-time hearts have been warmed by an exquisite stripped-down version of `curse the night`. further a good reason not to miss them anywhere you could belong to their forthcoming europe tour dates. brilliant performance pictures (during home game at vega store, copenhagen in october 2012) above speak for themselves and let us rave about their sublime energy. lust lust lust!

video of the week(end)

la la la like to see you!

chapeau mademoiselle hunger!
ou bein meilleur mademoiselle jongleur artiste hunger!

exquis et inimitable talent faire de football,

quel magnifique abandon pour e jonglages avec des balles!

once i`ve written here about your more than worthwile music, as well as the fact that you are a one-of-a-kind personality. then i`ve heard from your worship for actually one of the greatest tennis players of the world, although someday we know from your artistic solidarity with an in former times charismatic football legend eric cantona, but your sublime ball high-skills on your own you´ve hidden away from us thitherto. thanks for enlightening us contemporary again ;-)

SOPHIE HUNGER - LIKE LIKE LIKE from JEREMIAH on Vimeo.

9th anniversary flashback

 
12/10/2003.

somewhere among an industrial district of north-east in munich. as it was a red-letter day. no doubt forevermore. it`s time for some nostalgic mental flashback.

exactly nine years to the day ago something mind-blowing and utterly life-changing has entered my personal appreciation of music, art, devotion, disposition and native vocation. furthermore this crucial moment of occasion prompted me to see things from a different perspective and raise my awareness of an enduring meaningfulness of art, in that case in connection with music.

a unforgotten unique vibe to this day: extremely noisy. barefaced, faithfully, but yet insurgent. anywise kind of magical and not of this world. on the one hand matchless vibrant. thrilling and hypnotizing. (`intro+ bulletproof cupid`, `allergic`, both had all that formerly unique and spellbound latent vitality). on the other hand depressing, kind of disturbing, fragile and at the same time fair and beautiful (`centrefolds`, with all the hidden subliminal unselfconscious fractured inner core of beauty). quite honestly: an emotional turmoil. since then i never had feelings in such a manner again. the amount makes the poison. an overkill even for a "placebo".

some recollecting to look ahead...

`forget that you`re young`

... to approve that they`ve still their finger on the pulse!
so we don`t forget that the `onettes` are still being young for sure

what a crystal clear & haunting sharin foo singalong...

the story to be continued...

video of the wek(end)

sheer distinctive structures

`the structures`

in the blood, in the ghost winds blow
in the rank, in the silent rest
in the saint and the sickness, love
i do not
i do not want it
and what was your intent?
did you find what you had left?
in the stars, in the blood we know
in our hearts, in a golden dream
in the car, in the city wall
we will not be found
in light upon the floor
did we find this world in love?

by known moon

for the first time!...
...bandscheibenrecords borrows extrinsic verbal expressions - except foreign quotable lyrics. under these circumstances special thanks go to our widely read and tireless independent music blog pioneers. their verbal completely adequate structures hit the bulls`s-eye in many respects - truer words have never been spoken, at least pertaining to this circumstance and pitch in particular. chapeau soulmates, worldclass! as brilliant as the song pearl itself...

"in a world made up of conservatives and liberals ‘the structures’ is a blast from the monster raving loony party. (...) this sort of endeavour, especially so when songs like ‘the structures’ has a pretty core but is so surrounded by atmospheric upheaval. it skids into hazy distortion on occasion but just as things appear to be falling apart (it) reigns it all back to form neat little sonic patterns" (mp3hugger.com)

knownmoonbook | `dark water varja ep`- download

video of the week(end)

`titanium exposé`

noise rock underground pioneers | new york city

waking up i see you dreaming of a drive in
open your eyes to see tv-set in blue
i've been waiting for you to smile, i'm the great head freezin'
wintertime comes summer, you are why it's happenin', to me

sugar babe, sugar babe do it to me
do me babe, do me babe can't you see me?
i'm sugar now, sugar now do it to me
take me babe, take me babe can't you see me?

i feel the morning slip in sights into your mirror
now i see what you might see it's pretty clear
i been looking just to feel that funny feelin'
i don't know but it's a mystery to reckon, right you

sugar babe, sugar babe do it to me
do me babe, do me babe can't you see me?
i'm sugar now, sugar now do it to me
take me babe, take me babe can't you see me?

lyrics by sonic youth.

redefining rock guitar in ancient history.
using a wide variety of unorthodox guitar tunings.
preparing guitars with drum sticks and screwdrivers.
alter the instruments' timbre.

(if follow video sequences won`t restart again along here (tape.tv)!)


Sonic Youth - Titanium Expose on MUZU.TV.

virgin(ian) eclipse

`siberian eclipse`

atmospheric | lofi-psychodelia | cabalistic | futuristic virginia

as a superb b-side by an us-american shoegazer band in between the virginia music scence, `new visions (7" version)` will be available on screen vinyl image`s ep "siberian eclipse 7". don`t hesitate! grab it...

screenvinylbook



as well an intrinsic fantastic sound collage packed into video sequences.

calm and serene. swedish pristine.

`departure`
by
viktor sandström

calm and serene | swedish pristine | slow electronica based indiepop

`teenage love`, a worthwhile track from his earlier band sandstream is also available via download-link | therefore many thanks to our swedish blog soulmates from swedesplease.net!

Departure from Viktor Sandström on Vimeo.

nyc `s brooding, fatalistic insight

dark addlebrained electronica-indie-hybrid | nyc

once due to that band`s older song i wrote down following...
"calm and serene. as if! bruise female pristine"

currently the band describes themselves as "we are the ropes. we want to fight you". as you listen to this stunning hybrid. we have to agree. indeed. lack of technology made me a killer. tell the world. i`m `dead and well`...

ropesbook | `dead and well (piano version)`

brighton calling san francisco

hey, back to music.

so cool to feel chilly! with an arcane and frowning presence. dark horses, a leather clad neo rock uk 5-piece band fronted by swedish siren lisa elle, rule their business indeed. having released their new single `radio`, a masterly confusion of some warm drone flowing guitar buzz and sighing vocals as eligible forerunner for a probably noteable debut lp `black music`, emerging anytime during autumn this year.

music lovers please note: a remarkable b-side `radio offshore (prelisten here)` inclusive an overdue vital sign on co-written guest vocals. for sure, you`ve recognized that person already...

darkhorsesbook | `radio` (via downloadlink)

i'm not your heartbreaker but this song is

I have no business asking you the words
I know the reason you exaggerate
I know the answers to all your demands
I have no secrets.


I’m not your heartbreaker,
Some tender ballad playin’

heavily rotation in repetition

industrial | shoegazepop | psychodelic | BKLN, NY

listen up!
on heavy daily rotation: `repetition` by a brooklyn-based trio zaza from their more than levitating `cameo ep`. as well as true for a brilliant `always on` plus an impulsive `arm’s length (kordan remix)`. it`s now or never or `sooner or later` you`ll see. definitely maybe!

observator

danish duo the raveonettes will drop a new album on september 10th this year... via betterPropaganda you may download 'observations' the first single of the upcoming new album 'Observator' for free.

video (cover) of the week(end)

and here ride's original version

we are doused...

diiv (a side project of beach fossils' guitarist zacchary cole smith) will release their debut 'oshin' on june 26th. a drum-driven-dream-pop-shoegaze companion. the song 'doused' is a absoult highlight, dazzling guitars, reverberating lyrics and a hammering bass-line... we'are doused. 

stream the whole album here

come on stranger, bury me.

Believe you are the one, but I was riding away
I kinda followed the sun
And it feels so good inside, when you survive
Faster than an engine, feeling right
You are the one.

oh my goodness... a place to bury stranger's new song 'you are the one' captured my attention. the video, the song, the lyrics it's some kind of climbing up a mountain but you never reach the peak. great intense erotic video for a perfect greepy song. i'm very excited for their forthcoming album ' worship', which will be released on june 15th.

video of the week(end)

Mittekill - Schlangen from Arche Noir on Vimeo.

video of the week(end)

german shoegazer "the lost rivers" with "mirrors". they are performing next week at the lunastrom festival in munich...

a reincarnation of an ultra-harmonical brute bliss

 `all the distant ships` 

it passed through me into you

used our blood as the glue

their hands pulled me into the earth

where i laid until they figured my worth

then they moved on to you

said that we would have to do

the words fell from my mouth

and stained our new ground

and i called out to you

but you told me you were through

and we'd meet again once the voices were gone

i woke up near the sea

with the sky bruised over scrap metal ground

and all the distant ships were sinking

and i wondered how you were

and as the sun burned my skin

iwatched you swimming

and as your body drifted in

i sat and told you everything

about how i climbed on everything that they used to tear us on down

and all of the air we breathed just helped me choke a little more down

now this is where we are

the sky is spinning around, around

we'll grind our teeth from the sound, the sound

we'll watch the spectators drown, oh, they'll drown

while i dig through the bones of all this

and find all the things our heads missed

and strap them across my scraped fists

like using a crane to scratch an itch

one that never goes away

and all of the world will drink as the clouds come pouring on down

and we'll dream of distant things while they strap our legs to ground

'cause this is where we are

yeah, this is where we are

my regard! 

in former times i wrote some lines on our blog surface by having dignified different work from a formidable usofa artist ben cooper, ingenius lyrical mastermind of `radical face`, more than adequate. but as it is indeed his unique music projects let us fall in love time and again.
ben cooper this is another masterpiece of your enormous potpurri of song collections. this particulate disengaged exploding electric president song calms my every nerve on nearly nine minutes. listen to it beginning to end loudly. awe-inspiring. absolutely. definitely. exactly!

presidentbook | `circles` (download via link)

video of the week

`skull & bones`

  (download-link might be as well suitable

 for a further magnificent compilation)

a.a. bondy`s intensive songs oscillate between all americana genres. his indiefolk-rock included juvenile brashly nasal vocals accomplishes largest forcefulness with a really small number of homely instrumentality! impressive...

bondyspace | bondybook

 

video of the week(end)

Everybody knows.
No one wants to speak.
Every coverage shows weakness for the bleak
Lined up in the air,
traffic whistles blow
No one seems to care. Everybody goes

souvenir driver::in the lighthouse

souvenir driver at bandcamp

surfing on a nordic chillwave

`too little too late`
`becoming zen`
`release`

indiepop | dreampop | electronica | chillwave | finland

everyone, who has a faible for soundscapes in the vein of slowdive, m83, radiohead, sigur ros and co. might enjoy fotoshop, the pseudonym of jarno-erik faarinen and his nordic take on chillwave. play and let your mind fly away. if speed or distance - whatever. worries? ain`t no more...

fotocamp | fotobook

without you i`m nothing indeed, but as time went by love is put on the back burner...

brilliant image-memorial whereas

`allergic` on stage in autumn 2003

london, april 2012.
for a couple of time one of london`s whilom spearhead of an ambivalent underground pop culture flashed up awhile. surely not as brilliant and soul-touching as is has been way too many years before but ways better than during their worst period in 2009/2010.

anyway as kind of a minimum consolation `without you i`m nothing` is back since a lack of 5 years indeed. a little bit faster than usually and lyrical not as brilliant and soul-touching as is has been ten years before, but at least much more delighful than all their bygone stuff among placebo`s worst and boring together live appearances the last couple of years. anyway let`s see what happens next to placeboworld in 2012...

none the less i`ve tried to pick out some highlights from their london homcoming show at end of april. without you i`m nothing seems one of them, indeed!

same with `black-eyed`. even if their previous passion and exploding emotions couldn`t achieved completely, nice to regard once again in this vestment.

nice to hear brian`s closing vocals back in `bitter end`. that`s the way to finish it right emotionally!

one more thing before we start the final face off...

video of the week(end)

looking for the debut of chicago based band california wives. in the meantime, we enjoy a rather old song. get more info here.

video of the week(end)

`doin` it, right`
(download-link is as well suitable for a
further nice & decent compilation reference)

cheers elephant send an evolution concerning significant question to you and all elephants of you outside there. nobody needs trails, otherwise you`ll trudge trunks behind trails. are you ok? yeah, then doing` it, right... cheers!

elephantspace | elephantbook | elephantcamp

from russia with love!

`insanity`

some post-punk driven shoegazepop mélange. occasionally many a time in the vein of joy division. to lay it on the line with ancient meaningful title tracking lyrics of movie history in 1963: from russia with love!

bandcamp | tetrispace | tetrisbook

video of the week

`marching bands of manhattan`

if i could open my arms
and span the length of the isle of manhattan
i'd bring it to where you are
making a lake of the east river and hudson
if i could open my mouth
wide enough for a marching band to march out
they would make your name sing
and bend through alleys and bounce off all the buildings...

download-link `live in st.louis 2006` / download-link `live in seattle 2008`

surely everyone knows this. but it`s time to commemorate things again. the point of no return slowly rises into 3:13 then your love is gonna drown!!

giants to the core in singapore!

`we looked like giants`

download-link `live in pontiac 2004`

WOW!
this sends nonstop pleasant showers down the spine! maybe death cab`s stage performance of lifetime! absolutely nothing has ever been experienced a higher energy level than `giants` below. maybe `transatlanticism` seems brilliant on stage, but nevertheless this unique rearranged monster is sounding like an epical revelation among its violative tough exterior. it`s all about the tiny details indeed...

an at the begining of march 2012 rearranged instrumental interlude part on its own means a stand-out music art beyond doubt (they already did an extended version many times before but never ever in such an expressive way i`m thinking of this band - maybe just as unique rarity for those people in asia-pacific region). without interruption walla`s guitar weeps more ostensible than ever around the corner and chirrs with ben`s drums racing into an orgiastic drumming staccato at 1:30.

now pay attention! the best part is yet to come. it begins at about 1:52, while ben stands up in front of the crowd and leads himelf into incredible guitar-gazing concentric runout-soundscapes. walla, you lucky bastard! both man play their hearts out by commemorating all levels of their instruments`capacity and immense feedback effects. inconceiveable magical! nearly in some way kind of surreal already... `cause in one`s right mind this performing part actually has to be done by another band but not death cab at all. completely breathtaking and worth to memorable. shoegazing at its best. and indeed death cab were on stage and not an image of some kind of japanese genre-pioneers. for sure the best death cab soul-crushing live moment i`ve ever keep in mind so far. beyond any price. it finally sunk in again, hias! dcfc thrilled like they never did before...

music friends! here along the first minutes including ben leads himself into their new arranged instrumental break! he seems so deeply intrinsic soul-recovered again and in bloody brilliant emotional-aggressive mood. till the end you can hear walla`s creative genius as told above. so turn your fuckin´ volume up once more!

this is fact not fiction...

`a lack of colour`

for the first time since years...

godness gracious me! those crystal-clear crazy moments - even thousands of miles far away from home - have nearly been fallen in oblivion! finally on transatlanticism however when it comes down to it anywhere amid transpacificism at the philippines by starting a thriller in manila once more...

music lovers and whatnot! bandscheibenrecords throws two downright adorable cover versions in. the first an awesome acoustic one, the second a fuckin` addictive electric-stripped-down rarity to download. well if nothing else...

it`s meaple-leaf-land on easter weekend

people behind halifax don`t be scared, the canadian flood came in again... can you hear it already humming?

nevertheless in anticipation of their hopefully brilliant forthcoming new lp `hello hum` the canadian-based combo wintersleep has dispatched two more than captivating forerunners (`resuscitate` actually as download below). catchy tunes as usual from maple-leaf-land!

wintersleepspace / wintersleepbook

video of the week(end)

moscow metro / `spirit of the city`

haunting guitar-keyboard-driven mélange / in the vein of the national / limerick city, ireland

essex wanting more than london...

i dream in colour, an as far as possible well-known but highly talented essex-gang of four self-made men have announced a further brand-new single today. lead singer richard and his brother peter judge, michael thackeray and steve daniels digged deep into one`s tuneful bag of tricks once again. apparently these essex to the bones lads are really wanting more than london. and they`re ready to go into clubbing boiler rooms for lessons teach people to try finding the courage and hold on to your heart...

idreamincolourbook / idreamincolourspace




once they`ve said oasis have gone,
but as time went by memories have been strong!
as long as things entirely wouldn`t go wrong,
it`s good to be free. so long!

brooklyn`s scandinavian pop vibration

frankie rose spent a few years kicking around the brooklyn indiepop scene before striking out on her own path. she `s already left several bands behind. the vivian girls, dum dum girls, crystal stilts and her first solo record under the name frankie rose and the outs. it seemed pretty clear, that she was eventually destined for further projects. now as it were she is about making a new start once again.

as time flies ingredients modifies. the 60ies glimmers only rarely on her musical firmament. whilom volatile noise elements are completely canceled from her effect line-up. twang here and there. all over beloved 80ies disembarks an frankie`s nightstand. a disposition for c86 and the smiths foats around the corner. choirs of angels accompanies with frankie`s modulations. a reunion with veteran poppy sounds in the vein of the cure. a bass line, like a time machine, cleans the bottom of a dance hall up. intrinsically enchanting how thunder-hall drums add weight to little melodies. that kind of jangle-pop-mixture rings very suasive! hias, not only your musical feeling should run high...

`gospel/grace` (download-link) /
`know me` (download-link) /

Frankie Rose - Gospel / Grace from memphis industries on Vimeo.

in memorable reminiscence of elapsed time with her former band frankie and the outs remaked a formidable mazzy star cover... (download here along...)

video of the week

london`s gloomy spirit of time: 2:54

2:54 / `creeping`

2:54, london`s sibling duo have started to build excitement again with moody and hypnotic shoegaze-punk-heavy tracks like `creeping` and `sugar` comprising huge live appearance. both sisters internalizes a life-long love of queens of the stone age and participate in addition soundtracks in a memorable vein of pj harvey and warpaint, the last one they already have shared stage time with.

the begining of `scarlet` reminding their affinity for the early-mid `90s decade like radiohead but in the end they are taking their influence from a much different side of the spectrum.

hannah and colette thurlow resurface with a new single `you’re early`. listen to brilliant eyeliner smeared all over their undercooled and at the same time meolodious soundscapes. we definitely need an album from these still unsigned london ladies as soon as possible. then catch 'em if you can...

thetwofiftyfourspace /
`on a wire` (download-link) /
`cold front`(download-link) /






bloody brilliant!



What an ending...

benchwarmer? by no means! but rather une arme secrète de l`équipe

maud-elisa mandeau, backstage a bloody introverted kind of soul she whips her hidden spirit up in front of extroverted cool (what a rhytmic prose!). this frenchwoman alias le prince miiaou seems simply a brilliant jewelry indeed. and above all in effect an inconceivable energetic talent dozes under her gentle surface. that`s sheer madness, but rather blazing plain folly! amazing...

as well as her adorable lively do-it-yourself video `football team` where she kicks balls against any walls in a kittenish-violative and kind of ironic sullen-tough-minded altogether way.

miiaouspace




this acoustic pearls first of all `football team` and then `fill the blank with your emptiness` made my day again.

Prince Miiaou - Fill The Blank With Your Own Emptiness (acoustique) from Citazine on Vimeo.

below maybe my (personal) answers to a currently overrated and slightly transfixed and shiftless acting florence & the machine!







note maud-elisa`s remarkable one-legged horizontal balance while playing guitar towards the end!

video of the week

video of the week

italien cold - wave. bravo italy!


Be Forest - Hanged Man from lorenzo musto on Vimeo.

emigrated danish bundle of energy...

swallow just a few to numb it

your mouth is dripping honey now
cannot fill this void inside me
it's growing like a landfill
caught 'em in the back
they were holding all the answers
to who i'm running from these days
caught you in the act
you're so devious
went from letting go
now you're latching on
jumping through the hoops that you placed here
you placed here 'cause you're devious
now you're latching on
give and take
my mind won't let me
maybe i could care less
draining all the life within me
you always need me tethered

...currently one of my favourite bands in late 2011 or early 2012.

please hava a look espescially at 3:40 at the 1st video, when they run into "honeydrip". they create quite a unique style. reminding reminscences in the vein of indie-folk-punk-rock-electronica-pop snippets. i`m still be thrilled by an unconsumed emigrated danish bundle of energy. apparently this danish shellfishes have founded an american inspiring landing space. at the right time at the right place. brooklyn? got love? got shellfish! and stand your pace!

Got Love? Got Shellfish! by Alcoholic Faith Mission from Ruthie Cristobal on Vimeo.

Alcoholic Faith Mission - WIRED: Episode 60 from THE iNDiE MACHiNE on Vimeo.

once on a splendid mission to play four in a row called pony show

one fine day alcoholic faith mission came around the corner anyway in order to say hi and clap your hands and celebrated a very intimate evening session by gaving such a warm welcome having adjourned everyone in the sitting-room. be prepared to be on the watch...

alcoholicspace | bandcamp | "nut in your eye"

video of the week

10th anniversary moment of occasion

"shaped like hands"
by unkle stiltskin

lines in the sand

shaped like hands

to lift us up
on our broken legs
but it's not enough
and we lose our heads
dropped from the sky
it burned our eyes
made us think for ourselves at last
and take some steps
to put a knife in the past
need to change where we're going
and to drop the stones we're throwing
and move out of the world and watch the glass house crumble
and what remains
is the stuff that sticks around and dirties haloes
stopped to watch the rain
but we fell asleep and woke up near the window
i won't complain
we press our tongues to the pane
we laugh at the ones on the train
we beat them at their own game
headache, sunburn, nosebleed, your turn
tongue tied, shut down
yeah, there's enough to go around
so then, good luck
please don't give up
build them, burn them
and press them into little squares
as the world turned, we were dreaming about our brains
and how they made us think and twitch and look away
so we stepped back into the shoes we wore that day
and find we're better off now, no matter what they say
look into through window
of a pale run down car
with the wind in my eyes, there is a burn on my cheek
and a package in my arms
the world looks pretty blurry
my eyes are tired these days
the sun looks like butter on an infinite plane
and I wish it would melt away
okay, now

i almost thought it has already been said enough about this formidable usofa artist on our blog surface. fortunately i changed my mind `cause he and his unique music projects let us fall in love time and again. this means ben cooper, ingenius lyrical mastermind of `radical face`.

this time we`ll try to convince any music beloved souls by naming another earlier band he`s involved in, which answers to the name of `unkle stiltskin` and was formed about ten years ago in 2002. insofar to commemorate an 10th anniversary moment of occasion here`s an immense track with even more immense heart shapely like hands. shake on it!

further downloads
of ben cooper`s projects