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THROWBACK: Siouxsie And The Banshees - Christine

When thinking of a song for glamglare’s weekly segment “Life Soundtrack”, I instantly thought of Siouxsie, of Siouxsie And The Banshees, because I’ve been musing a lot about female voices this week and just yesterday compared Emma Ruth Rundle’s voice with Siousxie’s when reviewing the new

NEW ALBUM: Marriages - Salome

When I decided to listen to Salome, Marriages first full length studio album (after the 2012 released EP Kitsune), I just went through the list of titles and picked the one that was at that very moment most appealing to me Love, Texas – just having come back from Austin, TX…

The Wans live at The Studio At Webster Hall

The Wans are a three piece from Nashville, TN and ever since I listened to Never Wins, I was hooked and wanted to hear more! Luckily, there’s plenty of great material, yet listening at home is one thing, and live a whole different story! Browsing (and listening!) to all

Music Quotes: The Poetry of Music

Music Quotes: The Poetry of Music

Hamish Anderson at Lucky Lounge for SXSW 2015

FIRST LISTEN: Lower Dens - Escape from Evil

I’ve been following Baltimore band Lower Dens since their 2010 debut Twin-Hand Movement, which was quite a dark and obscure affair. Their third record Escape from Evil has evolved from that place into almost pop territory: many tracks, like lead single To Die in L.A add bright synth

Ibeyi live at SXSW 2015

Ibeyi was one of the bands I listened to when the first announcements for SXSW 2015 came out in October 2015, and I was immediately fascinated by their story and music on a very personal level. However, the elements of their music, piano, traditional percussion and chants in Yoruba initially

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

TORRES live at the Central Presbyterian Church, SXSW 2015

TORRES live at the Central Presbyterian Church, SXSW 2015

TORRES (Mackenzie Scott) was also on our list of “must-see” when in Austin for SXSW 2015, but I didn’t think we’d catch any of her shows, and most certainly not the one at 1:00 AM Saturday night, basically the SXSW “closing” show. And yet, shortly before Midnight,

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

Swervedriver live at Red 7, SXSW 2015

There are bands, who seem to have disappeared, yet never lost their fan base. Then they come back, and are (still) so incredibly good that it blows your mind. Swervedriver is one of these bands with not having released an album in 15 years and then putting out a gem

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

Music Quotes: Universal Language

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.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Ballad Of The Mighty I

The new album of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds came out mid March and after only one rather skeptical round of listening, I am totally in love with Chasing Yesterday, their second studio album. As much as I like the entire album, Ballad Of The Mighty I is certainly

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

Mansionair live at the West Tent for the Aussie BBQ, SXSW 2015

Mansionair live at the West Tent for the Aussie BBQ, SXSW 2015

Since early January, I am pretty much obsessed with the music of two “three piece” bands: while the one band currently resides in the same city as me, the other one lives far away, in Sydney, Australia to be precise. Both bands are currently releasing their debut albums, and the

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,

NEW ALBUM: Smallpools - Lovetap!

Even in the greyest of moods and coldest of Winter days, one can’t help but being cheered up by listening to Lovetap!, the debut album of Smallpool. The band consists of Sean Scanlon (vocals), Mike Kamerman (guitar), Joseph Intile (bass) and Beau Kuther (drums), and for me this album

Modern Chemistry live at Red 7 Patio, Austin SXSW 2015

Modern Chemistry live at Red 7 Patio, Austin SXSW 2015

The rain has finally stopped and while it was certainly much warmer that early Spring evening in Austin than it would have been in New York or say New Jersey, it was still kinda cold, yet Modern Chemistry put enough heat into their show to fire up their audience at

Wolf Alice live at The Parish, Austin SXSW 2015

Wolf Alice live at The Parish, Austin SXSW 2015

Without ever having listened to any of Wolf Alice‘s songs but somehow knowing that this might be a cool UK band to see, we headed over to The Parish where there was luckily no waiting in line for us and where we could instantly find ourselves in the middle

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

Dreamers live at Main II, Austin SXSW 2015

Dreamers live at Main II, Austin SXSW 2015

When preparing a “schedule” for SXSW, it becomes very quickly apparent that Wednesday and Thursday are the days with the most shows and parties. Every hour one could go see at least five favorite bands! Not so day one of the festival, Tuesday. Granted, my partner in crime and I