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if you read our posts at regular intervals, you know my particular addiction to one special kind of voice in the whole music universe for sure. since i `ve been heard this outstanding unique suffrage at the begining of new millennium, i exactly knew there hardly ever won`t be any kind of tone i was so much impressed by in such a way. beside his main project brian molko lent his talent on and off other music cooperations. in 2002 for example he assumes the lead vocals during a track called "carbon kid" by the alpinestars, an electronic rock-duo based in manchester. this track features enormous appeal. it goes straight forward because of its vitality. last but not least beacause of its electronic backbone as well. the custom-fit lyrics go hand in hand with the melody. no filler, a dancefloor killer!

image image you do you want/
image image we`re leaving the ground/
image image we`ll never be found/
you`re a carbon kid with a sinister diagram/

equally fantastic working video sequences...

a february cross-flow: remote & casual

BANDscheibenRECORDs would like to recommend brand new material to all music lovers outside there. in our opinion these guys (newly within a hot cuckle leah shapiro on drums) are one of the best & impulsive bands nowadays. at least for the alternativ & experimental guitar-driven rocksector it may be the cause. this genre often comes along with a whiff of psychodelic mood. their forthcoming album, which answers to the tuneful name of "beat the devil`s tattoo", probably will take the same line. Without the chance of getting the whole tracklistening before release in early march, i`m able to say worthwile words about one of BRMC`s brilliant new songs anyway. bit by bit i have to avow this track might have the possibility to stand in a row with a forceful competition of their self titled debut album in any case. everything seems to be a perfect match. robert`s singing & curling guitarriffs commemorate a palmy "awake". with burgeoning assurance "bad blood" is on the way to a personal absolute favourite. backbone lyrics - full of tremendous flow! bang, bang they`re really alive!

january sobbing - a short review #1

a short january review about some most listened songs:


blue jungle - mean things (link to the bands myspace site):
superb song! this is pure post - punk. hailing from los angeles, this band seems to be on the right way to blend childlike voices with garage - goth sounding guitars at its best. and, in addition, their artwork is great...

download some tracks at the bands blog for free! here...



sad day for puppets - again (from cloudberry)
this 5 piece band from blackeberg, sweden, is another great shoegazer. nothing new you think? well, almost true. but...melancholic guitars, at least that much melancholic voices plus lyrics creating something special i have to like! "i can still see you in my dreams..."
influenced by the early ninetees and formed in 2006 this band should get familiar to us in between the first half of 2010. so dream again, and again and again and listen to that song!
myspace link.



the electric pop group - you are my inspiration
so, staying in sweden but heading a bit to the north, to gothenburg. erik and martin aamont perfoming bitter - sweet indie pop. this song, released on the bands second album "Seconds" in january 2010 is my inspiration for lonesome evenings... if you like that kind of sweden-tangled guitar pop, than have a short listen to the other songs of the latest album at myspace.


oasis - supersonic
a shortie without that much explanation. it smashed my ears while i was talking to some bottles of beer at the atomic - cafe. awesome.



florence and the machine - you've got the love (xx remix)
and another shortie. i think a lot is written about florence and the machine. read more for example here, or here. this remix from xx is really a fine chill-out-good-night-song. lay back. try to fetch the beat, the vocals and dont' forget: you've got the love!
you should also listen to this... kiss with a fist. great uptempo song.

one-of-a-kind thunderstorm

don`t irritate! i, for one couldn`t make out much of the tags on last.fm profile. with reasonable certainty a willy-nilly mistake. more than ever it sounds like a distinctive mix of noiserock and scraping shoegaze tunes. kind of melodic strings relocate waving drums. collider, an ambitious north american independent-group from san francisco, create a very impressive sound. a load of energy, experimental, emotional-associative through some mid-length jams. maybe matches most closely compared with early sonic youth. anyway their bbm ep (available for free via bandpage) is an infinite loop for sure. it`s quite hard to accentuate tracks. non-stop high-quality at all. e.g. "the grid goes down tonight" has an overwhelming intenseness in such a way. this incognizeable complaining vioce! glorious. as well i prefer currently subsequent tracks: a psychodelic & magnificent warped "black rooms" and the drifty "time concerns". we must not forget to mention a continuous climatic song "big bang machine". tremendous being noisy finally. "mcl" draws my instant attention based on a catchy primary hookline, erupting more and more barbarous to recur. "modern ends" overturns with its guitar-loops. what a crowning closing! as well as 2nd ep down in saturines (...). jubilant soundscapes go straight on track by track. in such a way i`m collided with this damn worthwile band!

Mauern sind zum Einreißen da...

Und dieser Song reißt alle Mauern ein. "It kills me to think of it, how I always want her". Boom. Eine Bass/Drum Linie, dass einem das Blut in den Venen kocht. Boom. "I hate the pictures on the wall". Ein verschüchterter Gesang untermauert von klirrend kalten Gitarren. "I hate the pictures on the wall". Und immer und immer wieder ein Satz. Stargraph alias Rob Gomez hat mich mit seinem 80er Jahre Sound irgendwo zwischen Synth Pop und Shoegaze dermaßen ertappt, dass ich rot werde vor Scham! Gratuliere! Herr Gomez. Und das schönste, mehr von dem Herren Gomez gibts kostentlos hier:

Das ganze Album zum Download...

Vampire rocken....

... vor allem wenn sie aus Russland kommen und so klingen wie alles, was zur Zeit ordentlich Krach machen will und auch erfolgreich tut. Referenzen von Was She A Vampire sind dann auch The Ceremony (Link zum Download von "Dull Life"), A Place To Bury Strangers (Link zur Myspace Seite) oder Skywave (Link zur MySpace Seite). Das spürt und hört man sehr deutlich. Dunkle Vokals mit schrillenden Gitarren bringen die Adern zum bersten! Auf gehts, keine Angst vor Vampiren und ab ins Noisepopp-Schrammel-Getümmel. Kreuze und Knoblauch nicht vergessen.
Anspieltipp: Was She A Vampire - Marry Me. (Link zur MySapce Seite, dort im Player Marry Me auswählen)

keen-eared

at the beginning i wasn`t the only person who received a completly wrong impression by the delusive voice of following band. at first view 8 of 10 people would identify the lead singer as a woman by mistake. i´m sure. that´s all about hatifnats, an upcoming shoegaze-dreampop trio from warsaw. by observing their first vocals you will useless looking for a female person on stage. anyway, you won`t find none. on stage: absolute guy`s night. perplexing but true. so much for that. this kind of phonetic charakteristic made these three polish musicians completely unique in a sense with an own artistic vision. they self-described them "closer to a romantic ideal of music which should be enjoyed consciously and seriously".

so, on january 15th i had the chance to listen to one of their still rare germany performances. it took place at gloria (i`ve already mentioned this delightful club inclusive the tireless S|U|B|L|I|M|E evenings here). memorable was the intro-begining of "towards the sunset", which they drag on a little. lead singer michal pydo fascinated the audience with his circular movements on his guitar. it rang very cabalistic. epic interweaved in some way. nearly meditative. dreamlike. also memorable the ending of their regular set. "before it is to late", the title track, overreached ceremonial with conclusion. what intenseness! i guess they played all audiolicious songs from their debut. as additional encore the formidable track "horses from shelville" was powerful repeated for 2nd time. good on you!