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VIDEO: Torres - Sprinter

Here at glamglare we have a love affair with Brooklyn singer/songwriter Torres since we saw her live in Austin. We can’t wait for her second albume come out in May, but in the meantime, here’s a video of the title track Sprinter.

Song Picks of the Week

Hannah Cohen – Keepsake I like this song more with every listen, so it’s my Song Pick of the Day. Hannah Cohen is a singer/songwriter from New York via San Francisco and she just released her second album ‘’Pleasure Boy”. Fransico The Man – You & I These days, I

MUSIC BUZZ: Band names // Banks // Tidal // More

Paste Magazine has a nice piece about the request to change the band name throughout the music history. For example the Spanish band Hinds (fka Deers): “We received an email from a Canadian lawyer saying that our name created confusion with his band’s name. And that name is not

THROWBACK: Saga - Wind Him Up

More from the early 80s: the Canadian Band Saga was extremely popular in Germany and I remember their ’81 album Worlds Apart, which Wind Him Up is from, was traded heavily on the school yard. Saga was also the second concert of my life. In the end, the drummer threw

NEW MUSIC: Sexores - Maceió

I so badly wanted to see the Spanish/Ecuadorian shoegaze band Sexores in Austin, but they had to cancel their SXSW trip. But here’s a new song and I hope they make it over the Atlantic again soon.

Song Picks of the Week: Bully // La-Bas // Suzanne Vega // Amason // The Foreign Resort // PINS

PINS – Too Little Too Late The Manchester four piece PINS has a new album in the works. The video for “Too Little Too Late” is a 3:25 min enactment of two words that are never uttered. I find the song better than what I remember from their first album,

Idgy Dean live at the The Main II, SXSW 2015

Idgy Dean live at the The Main II, SXSW 2015

Even though Lindsay Sanwald, the woman behind Idgy Dean, lives in Brooklyn, I haven’t had heard of her until the last evening before taking of to Austin. Fortunately, time and location of her show on the 17th fit into our schedule – otherwise we would have missed one of the

MUSIC BUZZ: Ibeyi // Mothxr // Emika // Tidal // More

This weekend Ibeyi wraps up their North America tour before they set over to Europe. I’m sure they will be back later this year, but in the meantime, there’s a live video of their show in Paris. Ever thought about forming a band? New York’s Mothxr tells

THROWBACK: The Cure - A Forest

A Forest is a wonderfully simple song: a simple, repeating melody, a drum machine, some guitar and Robert Smith’s voice make for a dark, melancholic and a little menacing mood that immediately sticks to your mind. A Forest came out 1980 on the Cure’s second album Seventeen Seconds,

MUSIC BUZZ: SXSW Wrap Up

SXSW in Austin, Texas wrapped up last Sunday and most attendants agree that it was an improvement over last year’s event: it was slightly smaller, better organized and felt a good deal safer. The New York Times sums it up: This year SXSW took a small yet welcome step

THROWBACK: Ideal - Eiszeit

Here’s another throwback to the early 80s: The Berlin band Ideal) with their first hit single Eiszeit (Ice Age). Ideal was one of the early bands of the Neue Deutsche Welle and represented the more punk branch of the movement. Looking at it today, they combined heavy guitars with

SXSW Day 5: Skyline // Avers // Born Cages // Noveller // Modern Chemistry // Lowell // The Snaz // Amason // Torres

SXSW Day 5: Skyline // Avers // Born Cages // Noveller // Modern Chemistry // Lowell // The Snaz // Amason // Torres

The SXSW Saturday was accompanied by conflicting feelings: we made it almost through, but then it’s also almost over. Inevitably we slowed down, but we ended up to see a lot of new music and had a fantastic day. Skyline at the West Tent The West Tent had a

SXSW Day 4 (part 2): Ibeyi // The Twilight Sad / Swervedriver // Princess Century

SXSW Day 4 (part 2): Ibeyi // The Twilight Sad / Swervedriver // Princess Century

We wanted to be in time for the Ibeyi show, so there was no time for dinner. Securing a good seat in the pews of the Central Presbyterian Church required listening through the full set of Tobias Jesso Jr, a singer/songwriter on the piano, who gets some serious buzz

SXSW Day 4 (part 1): The Districts // George Maple // Mansionair

SXSW Day 4 (part 1): The Districts // George Maple // Mansionair

From my perspective this was supposed to be Ibeyi day, so we rushed to the convention center to pick up SXXpress passes (some sort of wildcard that can help to get into a venue in time) for their evening show at the church. After attending a panel we decided to

SXSW Day 3 (part 2): Vimes // Agoraphobia // 2:54 // Bully // Close Talker

SXSW Day 3 (part 2): Vimes // Agoraphobia // 2:54 // Bully // Close Talker

After a quiet, sit-down dinner we went off to Rainey Street, the classy part of SXSW. Shows take place in upscale bars housed in large family homes instead of dive bars like on 6th Street. First stop was the German House at Lucille, where Vimes, an electronic duo (plus a

SXSW Day 3 (part 1): Ibeyi // Honduras // Highly Suspect

SXSW Day 3 (part 1): Ibeyi // Honduras // Highly Suspect

This was the day when I wanted to see Ibeyi, my number one must see for this year. I saw them, kind of: there was a 90 minutes line at the Spotify House and most of the show I attended from behind a noisy generator. We made it in for

SXSW Day 2 (part 2): Highly Suspect // Nightmare Air // Be Forest // Chastity Belt

SXSW Day 2 (part 2): Highly Suspect // Nightmare Air // Be Forest // Chastity Belt

On top of Elke’s SXSW list is Highly Suspect a Brooklyn alternative rock trio who played The Trophy Club, which features a mechanic bull. They played a intense set at a packed room – we will probably see them again later this week. Nightmare Air at Valhalla Capping off the

SXSW Day 2 part 1: Kate Boy // Wolf Alice // Young Ejecta

SXSW Day 2 part 1: Kate Boy // Wolf Alice // Young Ejecta

Wednesday turned out to be a perfect day: we could execute our plan with no waiting times. After attending some sessions at the Convention Center, the first live show was Kate Boy at Red 7, a three piece from Sweden, who perform with electronic drums, bass and keyboards. Singer Kate

SXSW Day 1 (night): Dreamers // Idgy Dean // Dead Leaf Echo // Hamish Anderson

SXSW Day 1 (night): Dreamers // Idgy Dean // Dead Leaf Echo // Hamish Anderson

It feels a little funny to go all the way to Austin to see artists from Brooklyn, but that’s what we did for most of the night. It started with Dreamers, a rock three piece, who were on when we entered The Main II on Red River Street. I

SXSW Day 1 (daytime): Malia Grace // Safari // La Guacha

SXSW Day 1 (daytime): Malia Grace // Safari // La Guacha

After all the preparation and listening through some 1,500 bands, we finally arrived in Austin to see some live music. But plans are subject to change at SXSW more than anywhere, so the first show we actually saw was singer-songwriter Malia Grace at a cafe in the airport. It

NEW MUSIC: Dead Sea - Keep it High

Recently I find a lot of good music coming from Paris: there’s Ibeyi for once, but also Dead Sea, a four piece who released their first video for the song Keep It High. Their music lays somewhere between Keep Shelly in Athens and Lamb, which means I like it

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Grimes - REALiTi

What we really want from Grimes is a new album with new songs, but somehow she’s not inclined to give one to us. Instead we get a new video for an old song that didn’t make the cut for Visions. Grimes dances through East Asia and there is

MUSIC BUZZ: SXSW // Warpaint // Blurred Lines

SXSW 2014 Next Tuesday, the music section of SXSW in Austin kicks off. Elke and I attended last year and had the time of our lives, even though it was supposed to be “miserable”. The thing is, if you see the event with fresh eyes, you just notice something like

NEW MUSIC: Wolf Alice - Giant Peach

Giant Peach is a wonderfully loud rock song by the London-based four-piece Wolf Alice. Their debut album is expected for this summer and they make an appearance at SXSW next week. I hope to see them there.

THROWBACK: Liaisons Dangereuses - Los Niños Del Parque

Another favorite song with a relentless synthline, two years before Anne Clark, is Los Niños Del Parque by the German band Liaisons Dangereuses. It also features my all-time favorite snare drum sound (better to be heard in the recorded version. I heard the song the first time on the portable