louds roared back...

clapping noisiness. illuminative whistles. mostly magenta dipped protagonists. approximately so the scenery appeared on saturday night at a completely sold out backstage werk venue, when the lovely swedish shout out louds roared back to munich once more. and they arranged this evening more than formidable. anyway the over and over elated audience gave them props after almost each worthwile live performance. with a tactfulness preluded intro a tremendous `tonight i have to leave it` relinquished to a hopefully audience. within continuous minutes appeared to be clear what their music journey would be able to do. the enthusiastic crowd thanked befitting with singing along out loud: give love! give love! adam olenius and his musical partners followed the crowds appetite willingly of course. you are welcome! according to previous gigs at the atomic cafe fortunately a sinister graceful live version of an older `go sadness` (nearly contrastable from berlin a few days ago) boarded halfway their stringent and coherent set. during the encore part the jubilance knew no bounds. and there was also no limit to the bands ambition. an exquisitely freak out `impossible` (comparable sequences once again berlin) followed by a joyful `you are dreaming`. with an intense `walls` a memorable march evening was closed. bottoms up!

lucky punch - top 13 knock down songs

according to our attendance of the shout out louds concert this saturday at the backstage club in munich, here is a top 13 ranked list of their songs! enjoy one of the best swedish indie pop bands of the last years.

punch no. 1 - please, please, please
punch no. 2 - impossible
punch no. 3 - the comeback
punch no. 4 - you are dreaming
punch no. 5 - 1999
punch no. 6 - very loud
punch no. 7 - never ever
punch no. 8 - i wish i was dead pt.2
punch no. 9 - suit yourself
punch no. 10 - the candle burned out
punch no. 11 - hard rain
punch no. 12 - tonight i have to leave it
punch no. 13 - oh sweatheart

pleasing to the ear 2.

alpinestars _ 77 sunset strip ...warm-blooded electro-loopings at its best.

sol seppy _ 1 2 ...insanely beautiful & soulful.

giant drag _ swan song ...don`t be tardy, it`s lovely annie hardy!

rose berlin _ u and i forever ...tuneful naming. definitely not to be sneezed at.

...and you will know us by the trail of dead _ source tags and codes
...a perfect dream. without reserve!

churchill garden _ the churchill garden ...purely shoegazepop in a distant loveable dream world.

sandpit _ greater expectations ...akin to my beloved `the diggs`. but cross continent. this time: australia.

aerial love feed _ pedestrial ...impulsive aggressive.

bowery electric _ fear of flying ...dreamy floating voice. no fear. you`re as well in limbo.

jadeapes _ wash my pony ...valued friend with his storied munich "jadeaffen".

future islands _ little dreamer ...very calm and serene outbounding tunes.

bonus diagram: boogers _ i lost my lungs ...crazy song about crazy things from a crazy guy in a crazy town.

pleasing to the ear.

the dance inc. _ those who sleep on roads ...interwoven indie & electronica. bland coherent!

black rebel motorcycle club _ got no right ...low-end, acoustic. just brilliant.

laurent bourque _ all you beautiful girls ...laid-back indiepop from montreal, quebec.

television keeps us apart _ parents house in `99 ...surely don`t keep me apart.

grizzly bear _ slow life (with victoria legrand) ...slow, different, almost otherworldly.

magic wands _ warrior (the xx remix) ...spheric cool rhythmic light.

freschard _ i must be looney ...french lonely coolness meets warped guitar accords.

spc eco _ telling you (tim holmes elo rub mix)
... odds-on favorite momentary. exploding. catchy. psychodelic. shoegaze. expands with its electronic fixings.

thrushes _ love song ...adorable shoegaze/dreampop.

the big pink _ love in vain ...a melancholy bath. how charming female cover ornament! purely esthetic perfection of love cravings and desire!

shout out louds _ too late, too slow ...smooth outro touching elements.

bonus diagram: hindi zahra _ set me free
...female moroccan music artist. worthy of mention.
(live during a worthwile serial program named `one shot not` on arte tv)

listen to the radio...

stop! not to the commercial radio stations but to radio dept. radio dept is a 3-piece indie pop band from lund, sweden. founded in 1995 the band had 3 lps and a few eps so far. their sound is based on dreaming shoegaze tunes mixed up with catchy pop tunes with influences of the pet shop boys, sonic youth and velvet underground. if you are familiar with those bands, you might have noticed, that the bands sound is widely spreaded. you may actually describe there sound as deamgazers or something like that. here are some of there (in my opinion) catchiest songs:

where damage isn't already done


david


i don't need love, i've gote my band (download with left klick)



and here is a more depressive but also great song. something for great moments in bed...

i wanted you to feel the same


as bonus: here is a great suggestion from coast is clear blog. television keeps as apart is a band which sounds clearly like the radio dept. listen for yourself, cause you can download the whole album for free here.
ah by the way, don't be shy and feel free to add comments to this post!

february sobbing

another month gone by...hence it's time for some sort of sobbing. here is a short list of tracks, its worth listen to. no comments, no gibberish, just music. pure music.

ringo deathstarr - some kind of sad


screaming lights - phenomena


editors - the diplomat


shout out louds - 1999 (from the new album work)


black rebel motorcycle club - bad blood (from the new album beat the devils tatoo)
you shouldn't miss the concert on mai the 5th in munic!!

inConcert: sexagesimae pars horae egregiae...

by any chance the five most memorable minutes of being part of an audience during a live concert. (click on each song to see nearly comparable video sequences)


placebo _ centrefolds
(munich/zenith/2003/during a more than 40 minutes encore) . . . within this 5 minutes brian molko have stopped all clocks in life

" come on Balthazar/i refuse to let you die/come on fallen star/i refuse to let you die/cause it's wrong/and I've been waiting far too long/and it's wrong/i've been waiting far too long/for you to be mine.../all the centrefolds/that you can't afford/they've long since waved their last goodbyes/all the centrefolds/that you can't afford/you've long since faded from their eyes/so be/be mine..."


black rebel motorcycle club _ heart & soul
(munich/georg-elser-halle/2007/last track of an incredible formidable encore) . . . ended in an unreal jam-proceeding with robert been in the audience.

"" i fear my selfishness will be the end of this/if you don't save me save me!"


tocotronic _ neues vom trickser
(munich/tonhalle/2005/last song) . . . regorge in a fulminant crashing feedback orgiastic soundblast

" neues vom trickser/etwas von mir/als ein übersetzer/zwischen den türen/als eine art benutzer des dagegenseins/an orten wie diesen/die gemacht sind für uns zwei/eines ist doch sicher/eins zu eins ist jetzt vorbei/wir sind wie agenten/jetzt ist es soweit..."


the kills _ black ballon (concert/studio)
(munich/muffathalle/2008/above halfway the set) . . . a sexy fire godess alison and her red guitar made me mad

"" elevator straight into my skull/the escalator rises as it falls/i swear our jet is crashing in my mind/you can hold on but i wouldn't waste your time"


death cab for cutie _ transatlanticism
(munich/muffathalle/2008/ last song) . . . in a moment of melodious confusion ben gibbard screamed his last lyrics at an enraged audience. over and over again.

" ...so come on/so come on!"