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SONG PICK: JPNSGRLS – Bully For You

“Bully For You” starts out with distorted guitar lines, and powerful, almost angry drum beats. Once the forceful, equally passionate vocals set in, it becomes clear that this song holds purpose and wants to be more than ‘simply’ the recent single by Vancouver quartet JPNSGRLS. “Bully For You” is a raucous feminist anthem[…]

NEW ALBUM: September Girls – Age of Indignation

It surly feels like an “Age of Indignation” for us here in the U.S. where a grueling presidential campaign fueled by anger and righteousness is underway. September Girls are from Dublin, Ireland, so they probably had something else in mind. The music is universal, though: shoegazy guitars, sinister organs and[…]

NEW ALBUM: Mayflower Madame – Observed In A Dream

Today, Mayflower Madame released their first full length studio album, “Observed In A Dream”, an intensely rich and atmospherically dark psychedelic beauty of a record. Having grown into a young adult, enjoying dark, new wave bands with a psychedelic vibe like Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, The Mission (UK) or Prince of the[…]

LATE NIGHT: Notaker – Infinite

“Infinite” is one of the immediately absolutely awesome EDM tracks, one without annoying bells and whistles, like coffee with too much milk, or a drink with too much ice cubes in it. “Infinite” by Notaker just flows along and the journey is just too much fun to not repeat it. Again,[…]

SONG PICK: The Beautiful Fear – Arduus Ad Solem

The Latin title “Arduus Ad Solem” rolls easily from your tongue, once you give it a try, meaning ‘striving towards the sun’. “Arduus Ad Solem” is track number six on The Beautiful Fear’s upcoming album “ONE” (May 1st), the first installment of a double concept album. While it seems hard to single out one[…]

SONG PICK: Beyond Rare – Cold

Beyond Rare is, well, a girl/boy duo from… well, L.A. That alone doesn’t make them stand out from the, like, thousand other such duos from the City of Angels. But their music does, because it is not sunshine-infused electro pop, but rather a gritty affair with relentless beats driving singer[…]

Prince

Did you already play your favorite song by Prince? Which one was it? It’s impossible to pick just one from this larger than life musical genius. My humble vinyl collection here can not even begin to express how much Prince meant to me during young adulthood in the 80s. My friends[…]

3 Is A Band: Bengal Lancers

Wanting to know more about Bengal Lancers, I came across a quote which makes this feature -almost- obsolete: “Bengal Lancers make Music to make your head think and your heart dance.” – That’s very much how I feel too! The three members of Bengal Lancers consisting of Harry Sullivan (lead vocals, guitars, electronics), Charlie Hawkins[…]

SONG PICK: Billy Doze – Clouds

“Clouds”, the debut single by London artist Billy Doze, is the perfect feel-good-track: warm, bright, pleasantly driving beats with charming vocals. Yet the song’s title is “Clouds” and when the chorus sets in, the tune shifts its tempo and its mood with “clouds passing by, clouds going easy on me from time[…]