About glamglare
Music has been part of our lives for as long as we can remember.
In the 1980s, we were the kids who put on headphones, grabbed our Walkmans, and disappeared into self-made mixtapes. We met in Munich in the early 1990s while talking about Lisa Stansfield's "All Around the World," and our first concert together was Alien Sex Fiend.
We explored record stores, listened to the radio, read music magazines, and eagerly waited for new albums by U2, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Björk and, a little later, Placebo and Radiohead.
When we moved to New York City in 2001, our musical world suddenly became much bigger. We found ourselves spending more and more evenings at concerts. We started writing about our life in nydiscovery.info and, in 2014, gave that passion a new home called glamglare.
More than three decades after we first met, we're still discovering music together.
What you'll find on glamglare
Every day, we publish our Song Pick of the Day, highlighting one new release that caught our attention. Along the way, we publish artist Q&As, feature new albums, and share concert photography.
Our weekly newsletter has become much more than a roundup of recent posts. It's where music naturally meets life in New York, travel, books, photography, and the moments, places, and conversations that inspire us beyond the songs.
While you'll occasionally come across well-known artists, glamglare has always been about discovery. Most of the artists we feature are emerging musicians taking their first or next big steps, and introducing them to new listeners remains one of the most rewarding parts of what we do. As you browse glamglare, you'll notice that many of the artists we feature are women. That's no accident. We believe some of the most exciting music being made today comes from voices that deserve to be heard more widely, and we're proud to help introduce them to new audiences.
Our connection to independent music has extended beyond writing. Over the years, we also brought glamglare beyond the page, organizing showcases in New York City and at SXSW in Austin.
Why we do it
We don't try to cover everything, and we never have.
Thousands of new songs are released every week. We simply listen, and when a song stays with us, we want to share it. Every recommendation on glamglare begins with a simple question:
Is this something we'd recommend to others?
The music always comes first.
Everything else grows from there.
Over the years, we've been fortunate to meet wonderful artists, readers, publicists, photographers, and fellow music lovers. Music is where those connections begin. Alongside glamglare, we're also fiction writers, working on contemporary novels while continuing our editorial work. Different stories, same curiosity.
Thank you for stopping by.
We hope you'll discover a song you'll love, an artist you'll follow, and a place you'll enjoy returning to.
Elke Nominikat & Oliver Bouchard
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