Tears For Fears are back!
16 (sixteen!) long years after their stellar last record "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending" the new album will be out in February 2022 - it's called "The Tippping Point".
Friday, January 28, 2022
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs - Wicked Mind
The second album of Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs ("External Combustion") is out March 4th, 2022.
David Bowie - Conversation Piece (from "Toy")
Conversation Piece may be one of my favourite David Bowie songs. After 20 years it was finally officially released. "Toy" is out now!
EELS - Good Night On Earth (new album: EXTREME WITCHCRAFT)
The new album "EXTREME WITCHCRAFT" is out NOW!
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
The Essential Records of 2021
The year comes to an end and it's time again to look back to my personal essiential records of the year 2021:
dodie - Build A Problem
dodie (yes, no capitals) is a British singer-songwriter, YouTuber and author. And a phenomenon.
With
almost two million followers on YouTube and one million on Twitter she
already released three EPs - and in 2021 she was ready for her first full
length record: "Build A Problem".
Listen to Cool Girl and Rainbow here:I'd
recommend to buy the record at the official store. You can get the CD, a
deluxe edition (double CD), vinyl, cassette (!) and other merchandise:
Bleu - Six Tape
Eight long years after the last record of Bleu the new album "Six Tape" finally surfaced in 2021!
“I’m over ‘figuring out who I am’” says Bleu. “I
like a mish-mosh of music, just like most people do, and when I’m
writing songs for myself, I’m only focused on what will put a sh*t
eating grin on my face and not really worrying about the rest.”
Tracklist
01 I Wanna Write You a Symphony
02 A Crazy Life!
03 Baby By Your Side
04 Kid Someday
05 Love You So
06 Never Believe It
07 Chasin' (featuring Lindsey Ray)
08 Snakes
09 My Emo GF
10 Mercy Girl
Bonus songs (Bandcamp exclusive)
11 Nobody Calls It Rock'n'Roll Anymore
12 JOBS
13 The Animator (featuring Rob Cantor of Tally Hall)
14 Wife Me
15 Alive and Well
Look out for Six Tape at Bandcamp
(there are 5 exclusive bonus songs).You can gat the digital album, the
bonus songs, tickets for a online release party, an handcrafted VHS with
the complete album and surprise video content and even a SiX TAPE
Canvas 3D Collage made by Bleu.
https://bleu.bandcamp.com/music
José González - Local Valley
You always can depend on José González. "Local Valley" is a gem.
Aimee Mann - Queens of the Summer Hotel
Aimee Mann shows us with "Queens Of The Summer Hotel" once more her perfect and appealing songwriting.
Del Amitri - Fatal Mistakes
Del Amitri left us waiting for 19 (!) years - in 2021 they were back with "Fatal Mistakes". And it's as if they had never been away.
Buy Fatal Mistakes here (signed CDs, vinyl, Outtake CD, T-Shirt):
Crowded House - Dreamers Are Waiting
None other than Crowded House returned in 2021 with a new album, their first in eleven long years.
Steven Wilson - The Future Bites
For years I have always avoided Steven Wilson - and I really don't know why.
It was a revealation when I immersed into his huge catalogue. And this year "The Future Bites" surfaced. If you still don't know him, this may be a good start.
Ben Rector - The Best Is Yet To Come (Official Video)
A quite special year comes to an end - but maybe "The Best Is Yet To Come".
Ben Rector wrote a wonderful song about the new year.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Ivy - All Hours (2011)
In 2011 Ivy released their 6th (and final?) album: All Hours.
Andy Chase, Adam Schlesinger and Dominique Durand created a superb mixture of electronic and indie pop influences.
After Adam Schlesinger sadly passed away (by this damn pandemic) in 2020 it will presumably be their final record.
If you haven't had a chance to listen to it - do it! It may be my personal favourite album of the band.
Saturday, September 11, 2021
New Music - September 2021 (José González, Andrew Stonehome, Zac Clark)
José González - Head On
Andrew Stonehome - Heartbreaker
Zac Clark - Holy Shit
Friday, September 10, 2021
Ward White - The Tender Age
Over the last decade, Los Angeles based art-rock crooner Ward White has delivered a spate of critically lauded albums that defy easy categorization.
His thirteenth (!) album, The Tender Age, will be out October 8, 2021.
Album opener Dirty Clouds floats on a bubbling Wurlitzer courtesy of Grammy-nominee, Tyler Chester (Madison Cunningham, Andrew Bird) and angular electric guitar stabs, while White’s curiously sunny vocal delivers fragmented dialogue from people in nebulous peril.
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