Blog: Music Of The Moment

Last night, I finally have seen the band that delivered my No. 1-album of 2005. Danish Prog-Pop-Heroes Mew were playing Switzerland for the first time, and... hopefully not for the last time! But let's start at the beginning. With the usual delay of about 30 minutes, Swiss guys Mañana entered the stage. Funny enough that Mañana were also the opener for the last band I've seen in this location almost two years [...]

Seems like the bands are busy! :) Let's fly down to New Zealand first to catch up with a new song from Evermore . Running is the first single from their second album which will be out somewhen in July. I really like the Coldplay touch they have on this one. Stream only, but definitely worth a visit! English lads The Upper Room [...]

I've just learned about a new album being released by Liverpudlians Shack on May 15th. I've loved their H.M.S. Fable album and their lovely melodies. So after quite a few years (their latest release was back in the 90ies), it's great to see this band back. And once you've listened to the three new songs on MySpace, you can see that they haven't lost their creativity. This could be a big one! Official Site [...]

Emmylou Harris is an angel. Her voice is heavenly. Her looks are angelic. She must be an angel. Mark Knopfler is no angel. He doesn't look like one. He doesn't sing like one. But his fingers work magic on any guitar. A magician, maybe. So here's the result of an angel an a magician teaming up. A very, very fine album of pop-folk tunes with a spoonful of country on top. It's not a Dire Straits album, and it's definitely not a Harris-country-album. I for myself [...]

Whilst crawling through The Hype Machine today, I have discovered a few classic songs that I think deserve to be played over and over again. So I have collected the various blog entries and now... present them to my dear readers! Hope they'll bring back some nice memories to you! First offering is one of my favourite tracks from Kate Bush . She just shines on The Man With The Child In His Eyes . Found on: [...]

éf from Sweden has released a full new track from their upcoming album. Download Ett and stream snippets from more new songs. http://www.myspace.com/ef Ett (MP3) The Raveonettes offer three new songs (stream only). New album will be out somewhen in 2006! http://www.myspace.com/therave onettes Angie Aparo has his new CD out already, and is offering streams of two new songs. [...]

iLiKETRAiNS have a new song on MySpace. Stream FRAM here: http://www.myspace.com/iliketr ains Sweden's Kent have posted links to their videos on their MySpace-Blog. A total of 14 (!) videos can be found there. Enjoy! http://www.myspace.com/kentswe den Good Night from Switzerland! :)

I quite like instrumental sounds. I have always been into film scores (probably this has something to do with my movie addiction...), and I have been confronted early in my life with the likes of Jean-Michel Jarré , Mike Oldfield , Vangelis and Alan Parsons , mainly through my brother. And today, I often get my share of instrumental music in Progressive Rock, as a lot of bands garnish their albums with long or short instrumental pieces inbetween the [...]

Anathema have released a new single, and it's free! As the band is currently without a record contract (really, I can't figure out why!!!), they have produced and mixed the song themselves, and are now offering it on their homepage. Nice one! You can also make a donation via PayPal to support the band. www.anathema.ws Everything (MP3) Bauer also have a new single on one of their MySpace-sites. Enjoy [...]

I promised you a few comments about Everything All The Time from Band Of Horses , so here we go: Over the past few days, this album has been spinning and spinning again. I really fell for it. This is probably the finest indie-pop I have heard this year so far, and there have been some great ones already! Big feelings is what Everything All The Time is all about. Although the tone [...]

First new friend of the evening is Skytone . The band is from Ottawa, Canada, and their songs are pretty catchy. Put them into the middle of fellow Canadians Pilate and the High Dials , and you know what to expect. Worth to lend an ear or two! Lindbergh (MP3) Just A Little Attention (MP3) We go over to England and visit Kingbathmat [...]

It seems to me that it must be state of the art now to have some animal in your band name. Over the last few months, there were so many bands with animal instinct that I finally decided to open up my own zoo! So, come on, bring the kids, get in, take a look around and... FEED THE ANIMALS!!! :) Band Of Horses - The Funeral Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor [...]

Got the chance to listen to the new Keane single Is It Any Wonder today. So this is how it sounds when Keane rock. I think it's quite ok, but I have to get used to their new style. I wonder how the new sound will go down with the critics... http://www.keanemusic.com/ http://www.myspace.com/keane New addition to my collection: [...]

The Monday Photo have a new song on MySpace. Listen to Fall here: http://myspace.com/themondayph oto Mew 's video to the new single Zookeeper's Boy can be seen on their homepage. Also listen to streams of the B-Sides there. And... only 24 days to go until the concert! :) http://www.mewsite.com/site_fr .html Video (Quicktime-Version) [...]

Dead Heart Bloom My MySpace-friends, the All Mighty Whispers , have pointed me to this band which is mainly the project of one Boris Skalsky . Dead Heart Bloom offer their whole debut album for free on their website. I haven't listened to all of them yet, but after hearing the first two songs, I was hooked. It's easy to hear why this band is already tipped as one of [...]

Another holiday over, and another great experience of the Maldivian underwater world... I had some excellent dives, and it might well be that some of the pics I made will show up on my picture blog soon... I'll let you know! Anyway, I'm back in business now, and that means a lot of catching up! First of all there were three new CDs waiting for me when I got back: Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops Eagerly awaited second album from those [...]

Amber Smith - rePRINT After listening to some songs and reading the praises by Peter on his blog, I finally decided to buy this new album from Hungarian band Amber Smith . It arrived today, and although I have only listened to it once so far, I have to say that it sounds really great. There are quite a few songs on it that made me stop working and pay closer attention ( White , [...]

Rodrigo Y Gabriela A Mexican couple, now living in Ireland, playing FlaMetal . Never heard of that? Well, neither did I until a few weeks ago when I came across their new single Orion . I was stunned! I could hardly believe what these two were doing to their guitars. Their music is a mix between Fla menco and Metal (get the hint!), and that goes very well together. It's all instrumental, but I think a voice [...]

tWAMi - Ain't About Rock (MP3) / Peak Roller (MP3) / Underground Stroke (MP3) Mentionned him yesterday. The keyboarder of Danish band Anamia creates instrumental songs, and they do sound pretty good. Amber Smith - Identity Got the album today, but have yet to listen to it. If this song is anything to go by, then it can't be bad! [...]

As my news folder grows larger and larger, it's time to listen to all that new stuff again... here we go: David Gilmour - Where We Start / Smile The " Voice And Guitar Of Pink Floyd " has just released a new solo album. Critics were mixed; most of them thought it was a bit too laid back. Well, if these songs are anything to go by, they might just be right. It's nice, though, but maybe doesn't work if the rest of [...]