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SONG PICK: MOTHXR - Easy

Music is such a personal experience! Not only the listening aspect is a highly personal one but the process of discovery can be highly personal too. Never having followed pop culture news much, and lately even less so, I was not aware of the buzz that Mothxr must have gotten

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VIDEO: The Kooks - See Me Now

Followers of glamglare might remember when I reviewed “Listen“, The Kooks‘ fourth studio album earlier this year. Three of the album’s songs made it already into a video, the lastest one is definitely the most personal one. Singer and the band’s creative mastermind Luke Pritchard addresses in See

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3 Is A Band: Waylayers

Earlier this year, on a dreary February afternoon, walking through New York City, fighting the cold with thoughts of better times and new music, I had my iPhone loaded with and planning on listening to. What stood out that day was the EP Faulty Lines by the UK trio Waylayers.

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MUSIC BUZZ: Steve Albini // Bloodshot Records // More

Steve Albini likes the Internet Iconic musician, sound engineer and producer Steve Albini believes the Internet is the saviour of music and does not at all contribute to its demise. In a speech at the “Face the music” conference in Melbourne he says: I see more bands and I hear

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Life Soundtrack: Depeche Mode - Black Celebration

There’s nothing I can tell you about Depeche Mode that you wouldn’t  know already or that you couldn’t read somewhere else in more detail and precision. However, this is also not what the Thursday segment Life Soundtrack is about. It is about music and its very personal

FIRST LISTEN: iamamiwhoami - Blue

iamamiwhoami’s first album, Kin was among my favorites in 2012. I was then still under the spell of their stunning, mysterious video series, but, even though I still like the album, I had some sort of “they just cook with water” moment, when I listened to the music without

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NEW ALBUM: Girlpool - Girlpool

Strictly speaking, it’s not really a new release and it’s also not a full length album but the self-titled Girlpool by the L.A. duo Girlpool came out this week by Witchita Recordings. The 7 songs on the EP, none of which hits the 3 minutes mark, have

Gazelle Twin live at Rough Trade

For a long time, Gazelle Twin, the multi-media project of Elizabeth Bernholz, was brought to stage only for rare occasions. But for her latest album Unflesh, she embarked on a long tour, which finally brought her to New York. It was clear that Gazelle Twin’s live show would center

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Music Quote: Communicator

Ha Ha Tonka live at Pianos, February 28th, 2010

NEW MUSIC: Be Forest - Captured Heart

This kicks off the SXSW 2015 coverage at glamglare: Be Forest from Italy does melancholic shoegaze and unfortunately we missed them at CMJ. They are still touring the U.S. and – as of now – will be back in Austin next year.

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VIDEO: Black English - Hold On

Earlier this year, we saw Black English at SXSW and then a couple weeks later playing at New York’s famous Mercury Lounge (show review here) and at both occasions the band still called themselves NO – quite a social media nightmare these days, despite having gotten all the necessary user

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Monogold live at Glasslands

And another one of these events, were the great met the sad: Monogold were re-releasing their atmospheric first album The Softest Glow on vinyl and with that, also their new material on an an EP called In Bloom. Not only did they come with tons of songs, old and new,

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3 Is A Band: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC)

The idea for “3 Is A Band” emerged because of a couple of bands whose music I like a lot happen to consist of 3 band members. On this original list were famous acts like Placebo, Muse and Green Day as well as local favorites like Monogold and STRGNRS but

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MUSIC BUZZ: Spotify // The Knife // More

More about Taylor Swift vs. Spotify Taylor Swift’s decision to put her music off Spotify was still discussion topic number one this week. Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek wrote in a blog post: When I hear stories about artists and songwriters who say they’ve seen little or no

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Close Talker live at Spike Hill

Earlier this week, when listening through the new album releases, I discovered Flux by Close Talker – which I reviewed here. It’s a great album, and I couldn’t believe my luck that coincidentally with coming across the album, the band is also touring and playing at one of my

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LIFE SOUNDTRACK: Foyer Des Arts - Die Unfähigkeit zu Früstücken

This is an obscure one: Foyer Des Arts swept in to the public consciousness of Germany together with the Neue Deutsche Welle, a relatively short, but exciting musical movement based on kraut rock and punk. They consisted of Max Gold on vocals and Gerd Pasemann doing the instruments and had

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Warpaint live at Webster Hall

At one point, Emily announced that this would be last last show in NYC for some time. It may look like they never stop touring, she said, but they would stop soon. Somehow, this kind of sentiment hung in the air on Tuesday night at Webster Hall: a long, successful

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Warpaint at Prospect Park Bandshell

While Warpaint’s social media streams were buzzing with excitement about their gig at Glastonbury, they still had a job to do in Brooklyn on Thursday: a free show for the Celebrate Brooklyn series. At that is not shabby either: up to 7,000 people fit into the area and

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Twin Wave live at Spike Hill

There’s no shortage of great music in New York City, especially Brooklyn these days. Formed in 2013, Twin Wave are starting through full force in 2014! After a four weeks residency at Arelene’s Grocery, Twin Wave are now performing at other venues throughout the borrows, and I was

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Strange Talk live at Music Hall of Williamsburg

While listening through the songs of hundreds and maybe a thousand and then some bands, Strange Talk stood out with their sunny, catchy, upbeat music. I was smitten from the spot, and had their EP Strange Talk on constant rotation on Rhapsody Music. In the end, I missed Strange Talk

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Warpaint at Webster Hall

We’ve been to quite a few Warpaint shows in the last months, but yesterday at Webster Hall, it was the first full-length one after the release of their second album. It was the biggest Warpaint show I’ve seen so far: selling out Webster Hall is not a small

SXSW Day Three Roundup: Ha Ha Tonka, Warpaint, Psychic Twin

Thursday got us into a slow start: after a failed attempt to join the lunch at the German house (prior registration was required), we struggled to find a show. Really. So after a visit at the Swan Dive patio, the gear and poster expos at the convention center, we finally

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SXSW Day 2 roundup: Warpaint, No, Nothing More and More

Thumpers at Swan Dive We got a late start into day 2 after a good night’s rest. The plan was to check into the convention center for some sessions and interviews, but a tweet sent us to Swan Dive around the corner to check out UK band Thumpers, who

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SXSW First Day Roundup: Banks, Weeknight, Polytype and More

After Delta changed our flights from a comfy direct to one that takes off at 6 am and includes a layover in Atlanta, we knew this would be a long day. We arrived in Austin around noon (including a one hour time difference), but could fortunately check into our hotel