Albums

Barbara Panther : Empire EP

Barbara Panther : Empire EP

She was the  “Snake” for Acid Washed, covered the Talking Heads with Kid606 and sang on tracks by Sneaky, Jahcoozi, the Rhythm Monks and T.Raumschmiere. Now Barbara Panther, a Berliner of... 

Nite Jewel: Am I Real? EP

Nite Jewel: Am I Real? EP

Just today I somehow recognized that most of our recent articles consisted to about 42.7 percent of dry talk on the weather, which must have felt like some lame-duck-reading for you, since as a kid that... 

Ganglians: Monster Head Rooms

Ganglians: Monster Head Rooms

Let’s anticipate this thing directly before we start to pudently hem and haw around it: Yes, Ganglians do sound like the Beach Boys, the do it a lot, and yes, they’re pretty good in it. Their... 

Mathew Jonson: Agents Of Time

Mathew Jonson: Agents Of Time

Ambient ambition against complexity: Just ten years old he began to play drums, piano and percussion, which lead him into the electronic music business at first, now, Canadian producer Mathew Jonson presents... 

The Drums “The Drums”

The Drums “The Drums”

Sometimes things are just passing one by. People keep talking this or that, equally whether good or bad, but you don’t really care about, since it doesn’t spark you, doesn’t grab you.... 

Who Knew: Bits And Pieces Of A Major Spectacle

Who Knew: Bits And Pieces Of A Major Spectacle

Current associations with Iceland are pretty easy to guess – Björk, Sigur Rós and world famous glacier volcano Eyjafjallajökull, that’s it. Luckily we can add another item to the string,... 

Kissy Sell Out “Youth”

Kissy Sell Out “Youth”

It’s no secret that music’s face is turning more and more electronic. Charts are dominated by (more or less) plastic dance like Lady Gaga or Ke$ha and, in case they aren’t available... 

Ikons (album review)

Ikons (album review)

When six men get together in Swedish city Gothenburg and name themselves IKONS*, which is Swedish for icons, one should know he or she is dealing with a self-fulfilling prophecy from now on. After we... 

The Sounds “Crossing the Rubicon”

The Sounds “Crossing the Rubicon”

Whether The Sounds betook themselves onto dangerous terrain irrevocalby with Crossing the Rubicon is questionable, but there is definitely a difference recognizable in contrast to the former longplayers Living... 

Tommy Finke “Poet of the Apes”

Tommy Finke “Poet of the Apes”

First thing that catches your eye when you take a first look on Poet der Affen, the new record by German singer/songwriter Tommy Finke, is its title which is already worth a discussion in German but...