die touren nicht umsont mit o'death, letztes jahr das letzte release, müsste mal wieder was kommen: Elliott Brood – Write It All Down For You in aller munde und doch so frei, ein cover von beirut vorzutragen: Florence & The Machine – Postcards From Italy "the eternal" setzt sich massiv in vorderen listenpositionen fest, fast schon beängstigend, wenn man nicht wüsste, von wem die [...]

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Was für ein gigantisches Projekt auf Peppermill Records . Und dabei auch noch fast durchgängig mit grandiosen Titeln, höchst sympathischen Musikanten, skurrilen Einfällen und vor allem jeder Menge Spass. Bin begeistert. Fernsehen sollte immer so klingen. Zeep - Smoking Boxes Candlestickmaker - You Have The Right To Remain Silent Scrambled Mache - Norm XOX - Would You Be My Thunder Power - Jack The Tripper Br'er - I'm Not A Acientist [...]
" The bands, when you think honestly about it, are the ones that ever really mattered. It may not be Depeche Mode, but the bands the bands you loved in high school you will love forever " and convincing the girls to fall for him over their lyrics, Matthew Baringer of Asaurus Records (formerly home to a favourite here, Pants Yell!), has created a little project to rekindle the love of old favourites (previously done with The Smashing Pumpkins, titled " The Hiss That We Have Missed: Lo-Fi Vs. Smashing Pumpkins "), with the latest instalment on Depeche Mode, taking [...]
I always like to wait until after the new year to try and put together a 'best of' list of the top songs that I enjoyed in the past 365 days. Here's last year's top 20 21 that worked their way into my head, and stayed there. MP3: 21 Camera Obscura ...

For your listening pleasure today: some neat songs from Abandoned Love Records . Luis Bunuel - Grumpy Bear I found about this song from You Ain't No Picasso , who called it one of his favorite songs of the year. I wouldn't go quite so far, but it certainly is very enjoyable. It's a bit of a suite, with a number of mood and tempo changes. Simple and uncomplicated without being even a little bit boring - which is a difficult balance to maintain. It's off the [...]
Imagine how happy I was to get a new release containing songs by Grumpy Bear, the authors of one of my favorite songs of the year. It's silly and weird and everything I've come to love about them. MP3: Grumpy Bear - Buckminster Fuller Goes to the Carnival Grumpy Bear on Myspace For ...
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much thanks to jon at abandoned love and tyler & lattney for sending me out a copy of their new ep, songs from the abattoir. this ep is a bit of a departure from their previous album, hmmm . . . i'm a little bit lonely these days and the difference can best be summed up when comparing the implied melancholy of that album's title with the look of the new ep's cover art: the jazzish tempo-twist between the verses and chorus of opener "luis bunel" and the synthy [...]