Elke Nominikat

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SONG PICK: FEWS - The Zoo

FEWS is a band we don’t know much about – yet. They’re a four piece and according to their bio on SXSW’s page originally from Sweden yet their Facebook page shows London, UK as their other base. What I do know though is that “The Zoo” is a

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SONG PICK: The Jackobins - One More Chance

For all of us who are at times missing the bands we grew up with like U2 or Simple Minds, to just name a couple, there’s good news in form of Liverpool five-piece The Jackobins who make “classic” alternative rock, with great hooks and big stadium anthems. Their latest

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PHOTOS: High Highs celebrate the release of their 2nd album at Union Pool

There was no shortage of fans last Friday at Union Pool who came out to see High Highs play live before they’re heading off to enjoy sunshine, warmer weather and a simply way different lifestyle in Australia. Originally hailing from Sydney, Australia, Jack Milas and Oli Chang also call

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3 Is A Band: Lyger

The first song I heard of the London three-piece Lyger was “I’m Gonna Destroy You“, which I came across while listening through acts playing this year’s SXSW. Simon Stark, Rich Leeds and Rob Emms who together make up Lyger, create music that is reminiscent of the best 90s

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SONG PICK: Tom Low - Phone

Tom Low stays 100% on topic with “Phone” which is written, produced and performed by himself, because it’s also recorded -you’d guessed it- on a phone, the iPhone 6 to be precise. The song itself is a lovely ditty with cool beats, a nice melody, decisively lo-fi and

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MUSIC QUOTES: The Guitar

The Crimea live @ Union Hall, July 2008

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SONG PICK: Astronauts. - Civil Engineer

Let’s start into this new work week with “Civil Engineer”, a beautifully repetitive and soothing song, with charming harmonies, stacked programmed drums and defined acoustic guitar lines. “Civil Engineer”, our Song Pick of the Day, comes from Astronauts. (aka Dan Carney) who released his debut album “Hollow Ponds” in

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SONG PICK: Pixel Fix - Settle Me

Listening to “Settle Me”, I hear a playful, upbeat synth-pop song, in the tradition of my favorite Australian bands. Listening closely though, I realize, the singer must be from the UK, and that’s exactly where Pixel Fix are from, more precisely from Oxford, England. Digging a bit deeper, and

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SONG PICK: Moats - Hungry

Syncopated drum beats, clear bass lines, defined guitar riffs, and then those stunning vocals – it all comes exquisitely together in “Hungry” and touches, twirls and drifts apart again. This is one incredibly awesome gem of a song, released by the British four-piece “Moats” and our Song Pick of the Day.

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PHOTOS: TORRES gave fans an incredible performance at Bowery Ballroom (sold-out!)

The last time I saw TORRES live was October ’15 at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, touring with and opening for Garbage. Admittedly, the ticket prices for such a prestigious venue and amazing line-up were a bit steep, and I only shelled out money for seats at the 2nd mezzanine level,

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Music Quotes:

Among the many awesome thoughts expressed by David Bowie… this quote resonates with me in particular, and so I put it on a photo we took at Baby’s All Right with Dilly Dally‘s gear on stage.

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SONG PICK: Mirror Mask - Second Coming

Distinct bass-lines open “Second Coming” before the synths and eventually the vocals chime in, claiming “I am alone”…  Our Song Pick of the Day “Second Coming” is the newest track by Austin, TX duo Mirror Mask. They call their sound “dark wave” and 80s wave influences including all that happened

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SONG PICK: Lucifers Beard - Black & Blue

Our Song Pick of the Day comes from the British three-piece Lucifers Beard, who just released a killer debut single with Black & Blue and their first EP YETI to follow in May. Black & Blue is one powerful, intelligent rock song, with plenty of hooks, pleasing guitar solos, and

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SONG PICK: Viola Beach - Boys That Sing

Here are Viola Beach from Warrington, U.K. with a new and truly awesome track: “Boys That Sing” which immediately gets your attention and keeps it so nicely until the last bar. Musically, this is what we want to hear this time of year aka when it is cold! It

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NEW ALBUM: Galapaghost - I Never Arrived

After having listened to the hauntingly beautiful and pretty melancholic Science of Lovers, the first single of Galapaghost‘s upcoming album, I have been waiting for the record to drop. A week ago, January 9th 2016, I could finally listen to all twelve songs on I Never Arrived, the third

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SONG PICK: The Vagary - Your Lover

What a fantastic up-beat electro-pop song Your Lover is. For me, this is New Order meets Phoenix, with Thijs Havens’ killer vocals thrown in and Vagary, hailing from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, are onto something here! Listen to Your Lover now and tell me if this is not one super-catchy tune!

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SONG PICK: Georgia Mae - Keeper of the Key

I’m staying a bit longer in Australia, musically that is, and head over to Brisbane where Georgia Mae can be found, when she’s not in Sydney. Keeper of the Key is a sweet, slightly melancholic, simply beautiful song. It just has the right amount of tension and build-up

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3 Is A Band: DMA's

Yesterday, while listening iTune’s alternative radio, a song came up that sounded familiar and that I instantly loved (again). Checking the song Laced and the band DMA’s, I remembered that I came across them last year already. Then a few hours later, the 3rd round of announcements for

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SONG PICK: In Isolation - Elder Statesman (Tribute to David Bowie 1947-2016)

The Song Pick of the Day I’d originally chosen for today would have been Parlance, by the English three-piece In Isolation. Having read the band’s bio and listened to their tracks online, there’s no doubt that they’re children of the 80s (New Wave) and 90s (post-punk)

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MUSIC QUOTES: David Bowie and New York

Back in 1990, Oliver and I were lucky enough to see David Bowie during his “Sound and Vision” tour: we drove from Munich to Ulm to see him headlining an amazing line-up (Pixies among others). This is so long ago, yet I remember the concert vividly because it was… everything

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SONG PICK: TMPL - Keep Falling

Keep Falling is one of these darker electronic songs, filled with a lot of longing, accentuated rhythms, sensual vocals and exploding with desire. Our Song Pick of the Day comes from the Canadian duo TMPL who’s about to release a new EP in the upcoming weeks. Listen to Keep

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SONG PICK: The Big Sun - Lonely Girl

Agh… I just have such soft spot for real life sound samples used in songs and Lonely Girl offers exactly that yet a few beats in, it gets sugar candy dreamy with a little edge – indie-pop at its best! The Big Sun, hailing from Oxford (UK), deliver one delicious upbeat

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3 Is A Band: Chain Wallet

When I listened to Shade for the very first time, a lot of different memories run through my mind, good memories, from the 80s… youthful, carefree, filled with joy. And nothing has changed. Even upon listening to Shade for the maybe 17th time, it’s still one beautiful little joyful

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Song Pick of the Day: Year of Glad - Blythe

We often look across the pond for our Song Pick of the Day or keep it very local, here’s a compromise: let’s head up North, and stop at Montreal, where Year of Glad is from. They describe their sound as “Drone Folk” and this is as close as

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MUSIC QUOTES: Happy 2016!

Wolf Alice at SXSW 2015