Wait, weren't we just here? Like, in 2009? As I hinted at in last year's TDoL year-end extravaganza , making these lists is always a tug-of-war between what feels good and what actually is good. But if it makes you feel good, it must be good ... right? So here's the process: I frantically assemble my list. Move things around. Re-listen to records. Cut one here; add another there. Anxiety sets in. I lose sleep. Get a few more gray hairs. Stop eating solid foods. I don't bathe. I empty out my bank [...]
Ganz so neutral wie ihr Herkunftsland geben sich die jungen Schweizer von Neviss auf ihrem dritten Album „The Good Men" nicht. Freimütig wird hier stattdessen in allen bekannten Schubladen gekramt. Einmal tönt Sänger Martae Fischer ganz in coolem British („Never Wanted To Go To Jena"), mal meint man es gar mit einer zackigen Blackmail-B-Seite („A Cat & A Grandson") zu tun zu haben. Meist erinnert die Atmosphäre in ihrer klaren Melancholie aber an Readymade oder Monta. Eigenständigkeit? Scheinbar minimal. Wie bei einem schönen Raclette-Abend gibt es hier eben von allem etwas. Dabei wird ein [...]
I lived in San Sebastián, Spain in 2003, and the music there typically fell into two categories-metal and techno ... I also heard a disturbing number of Bon Jovi songs set to techno beats (Spain loves Bon Jovi like Germany loves David Hasselhoff). Essentially, you have to put in some serious work to find good music. Though I guess it's like that in the States, or anywhere for that matter. When I recently stumbled on to Northern Spain's Montañas it was as if I had struck gold. This band is good. The trio plays lo-fi garage [...]
For the first Friday artwalk on May 7, Monta will be performing a two hour plus performance from 7:00-9:30 p.m. at the Czar Bar as part of the club's dinner show event series. The band will featur... Continue reading "Monta to play First Friday Czar Bar show with live art" >
Zunächst einmal: FROHE WEIHNACHTEN!!! N och so jung unser kleiner Blog und schon der erste Gast-Post. Unsere gute Freundin Mona verabschiedet sich mit einem Brief vom Konzertjahr 2007 und da Ihres einige Parallelen zu den unsrigen aufweist und der Brief überaus lieb e nswert ist, kann dieser zusammenfassende Text niemandem vorenthal [...]
Iron & Wine - Boy With A Coin Xiu Xiu - Boy Soprano Chin Up Chin Up - This Harness Can't Ride Anything Modest Mouse - Whenever You See Fit (DJ Dynomite D Mix) Chumbawamba - Pass It Along Bobby Baby - Bye Bye Snow Monta - Sailor Needs The Wind Slut - Reminder (Live) [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Non che ce ne fosse bisogno. Non che fosse necessario. Ma urgeva e reclamava. Difficile dargli una spiegazione. Si era oltre la logica, oltre gli Idoli del mercato e del teatro. Cercava flussi e visioni. Mica roba complessa, da dottori o diplomati in conservatorio. No. Era solo questione di poche note in movimento magico tra loro e di un filo di voce per calmare il buio atroce che [...]
Endlich mal wieder ein Auswurf, der den Namen verdient. Es hat sich einiges angesammelt im MP3-Container namens Internet. Platz 1 in Englands Charts und hier läuft's auf Bayern 3 (ich hör das aber echt nur beim Frisör, ehrlich!) auch rauf und runter. Die Mischung aus Queen , Scissor Scistors und Robbie Williams hat was. Und auch die ältere Single Relax, take it easy verwurschtelt ganz nett Cutting Crews I just died in your arms tonigt . Gaydisco bei den stagediven! Mika - Grace Kelly [...]
In our quest to find non-US music, we're usually led to the UK or Sweden (Canada doesn't really count as foreign, despite their protests). This time we find ourselves in Germany, where Monta are about to release their second album, The Brilliant Masses (oh, and we know nothing about Miles , except that 90s revival blog Idolator likes them): "monta is the one-man project of tobias kuhn, formerly singer of miles. He does have a life before monta, besides monta and after monta but monta makes up the centre [...]
Heute mit den hoch geschätzten Rifles... DOWNLOAD MP3: THE RIFLES - PEACE AND QUIET (ACOUSTIC) DOWNLOAD MP3: THE RIFLES - ROBIN HOOD (ACOUSTIC) ...und dem nicht minder geschätzten Tobi Kuhn aka Monta. DOWNLOAD MP3: MONTA - THE BRILLIANT MASSES (UNPLUGGED) DOWNLOAD MP3: MONTA - CAPITULATE (UNPLUGGED) (via)
There once was a band in Germany called Miles . And the band had a singer. and Tobias Kuhn was his name. Well, he still has this name, but most people in Germany know him by another name these days, and that is Monta . With Miles , he created some very fine pop tunes, and as Monta , he still creates some very fine tunes, but not necessarily pop anymore. He's gotten a bit quieter, a bit more relaxed, and a bit more melancholic, but remained a very talented songwriter. [...]
Vor zwei Wochen hat er noch ein tolles Konzert im Ampere gegeben, jetzt gibt es ein paar Neuigkeiten von Tobias Kuhn und seinem Bandprojekt Monta. Glaubt man den ersten Reviews ist das neue Album The brilliant masses sehr ? russisch geworden. Glaubt man meinen ersten Eindr
Gesehen am 3.12.2006 im Ampere, München Den ersten Kontakt mit Monta hatte ich vor ein paar Jahren als Vorband von Death Cab for Cutie im Feierwerk. Die fand ich damals ziemlich unmotiviert, während Tobias Kuhn, nur vom Keyboard begleitet, ein nettes Set spielte. Kurz darauf kam das Debutalbum Where circles begin und das war sowas von [...]
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