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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

NEW MUSIC: Torres - Strange Hellos

This song is excellent and makes me want to see her at SXSW next week at any cost. Fortunately she plays seven shows in Austin, so chances are we run into a show of hers at some point. Strange Hellos reminds me on EMA, just a little more rock than

Music Quotes: Knowing Music

NEW MUSIC: Body Language - Reset

Body Language makes upbeat electropop, AlunaGeorge-style. There are another band from Brooklyn I have missed so far: fortunately Audiofemme has an interview with singer Angelica Bess to catch up and learn more.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Björk - All Is Full Of Love

Maybe my favorite music video ever. At least the only one we bought on DVD.

The MoMA Björk retrospective

Lines for Black Lake Last year, we had a young friend from Germany visiting us with her boyfriend. At some point we came to mention Björk, but both of them drew a complete blank. ”The musician?” Elke tried to explain, “The swan dress at the Oscars?” But nothing. Later, Elke

NEW MUSIC: Cuushe - Tie

I have yet to hear a Cascine release I don’t like. Tokyo artist Cuushe’s latest song Tie is no exception: it immediately evokes pleasant images in my mind, maybe a cab ride trough a city o Friday night. There’s an EP on the way for release on

Disappears live at Rough Trade NYC

Disappears live at Rough Trade NYC

The show last Saturday at Rough Trade NYC, marked the third time that I saw Disappears live. I’ve also seen them playing the intimate Union Pool and the still mourned Glasslands (photos). Luckily, Rough Trade is a fantastic music venue with superior sound and great viewpoints wherever you are

NEW MUSIC: Scarlet Baxter - Down With It

While this track is fiercely on the pop side, I love the funky guitar and the handclaps. Warning – this is a very catchy song!

MUSIC BUZZ: Björk // U2 // More

Björk’s MoMA retrospective starts at MoMA to almost universally bad critique. Of course, if you don’t have to concern yourself with the general state of contemporary art and MoMA’s reputation of curating it, you can just go and enjoy. We did, and a review follows soon here

FIRST LISTEN: Purity Ring - another eternity

On their first album Shrines, Purity Ring avoided spaces between words. On their follow another eternity up they kill capital letters. That seems a little silly to me, but their music is not – it’s first class electronic pop music. I like Megan James’ voice even more than I remember

NEW MUSIC: Highly Suspect - Lydia

NEW MUSIC: Highly Suspect - Lydia

“I’ve seen better days” sings, snarls and moans Johnny Stevens of Highly Suspect and listening to Lydia, their newly re-recorded song, I believe it on the spot. “So unafraid in my youth / I cant breath much less believe” he continues, and the song just gets tighter and more intense

NEW ALBUM: The Elwins - Play For Keeps

When listening to new albums, I often don’t start at the beginning but jump to song number three or scan the titles to see what takes my fancy. And so, when listening to The Elwins’ just released album Play For Keeps, I was drawn to So Down Low and

Music Quotes: Heart and Soul

NEW MUSIC: Gem & Eye

All I know is that Gem & Eye are a sister and brother duo from New York, who does dreamy pop with a slight retro-feeling. The Supreme Beings of Leisure come to mind here.

VIDEO: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Lose Yourself

VIDEO: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Lose Yourself

I don’t exactly know how Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is still somewhat flying under radar. They should be super stars! But here we go. This sensual video is hardly three months old and our pick for this week. About the video: “Hey everyone, we want to share a new

NEW ALBUM: Björk - Vulnicura

Björk is arguably one of the greatest contemporary artists, but too me, for the last decade or so, it felt what she wanted was almost too much for what is still at the core of her expression: the music. In the 90s she was a mostly electronic musician, but with

MUSIC BUZZ: Album Release Day // Looking for the next big star // Björk // More

Rough Trade NYC The official Album release day will globally move to Friday in summer. Of course, in the Internet age a global release day is the way to go, but does it have to be Friday? I kind of liked Tuesday – something to look forward to and kick the

NEW ALBUM: The Districts - A Flourish and A Spoil

I listened to the debut album A Flourish and A Spoil by The Disctricts while preparing a birthday party for a friend and listened to it on repeat. With 10 songs on the album, I listened to each one of them easily 5 or more times. I did notice differences

THROWBACK: Howard Jones - What Is Love

In preparation for this segment, I find myself doing exactly what I’ve been doing 32 years ago: listening to What Is Love on repeat. For the fourth time by now, to be precise. For me, it has not lost it’s luster and the theme of the song is

FIRST LISTEN: Sea Change - Breakage

If you know that Ellen Sundes, who records as Sea Change, is from Norway, you might have a good idea what her music is like and your guess is probably not too far off. Still, Sea Change’s debut album Breakage is the best I’ve heard from Scandinavian electro

Music Quotes: Sleeping Lion

Music Quotes: Sleeping Lion

FIRST LISTEN: Twin River - Should the Light Go Out

Twin River is a five-piece from Vancouver, Canada and, for some reason, I seem to like everyting with “twin” in the name or made by actual twins. Should The Light Go Out has some psychedelic 60s vibe without being retro – a great record to get you into a good mood.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Lower Dens - To Die in LA

Oscar play a role in this video about To Die in LA by the Lower Dens.