Americana Franka De Mille Franka de Mille could make me utterly depressed. How can a woman be so gorgeous, possess such a voice, such talent, such a stage persona and yet be so utterly
after the storm Review: J.P. Kallio "After The Storm" In our fast-paced, multimedia, multitasking, ready-to-consume world, we hardly ever take the time to engage with anything profoundly and solely. From my own experience I know for instance that there
blog Manchester: Puppet Rebellion and The Rubys I have got you my precious…the keyboard is mine…so, quick…let me say something about TWO bands. Both come from Manchester, one of the UK’s big musical cities. And Manchester, let us be quite concise does not only mean Oasis (no,
captain wilberforce Captain Wilberforce How to write a blog post about someone who does an excellent blog on new bands himself? Who does? Simon Bristoll does in the aptly named “Honey and Bile“! Kudos
carvings. offbeat Warehouse Eyes There are indeed people who will shriek away from the description “dream pop” and I wonder since when dreams and pop have become something, well, not sinister, but cheap. It
Kurt Vile Kurt Vile You know that attitude of some fans of alternative music? A band becomes bigger – they are not selling out; their music does not become unbearable; they do not become nasty
Frameless Hudson and Troop I know, I know, where is my next blog? So much to do, so little time. But I gladly sit here tonight to pen something on Hudson and Troop! Of
band Liu Bei What it is like to work for a non-commercial radio station? Well, it is a lot of, er, work that we do enjoy immensely, however. And it is unpaid which
Ant Savage Ant Savage Ant Savage‘s life has been music and long may it continue! 15 years as a musician, singer and above all songwriter, he has under his belt now and accordingly
Brussels Marble Sounds Sometimes Belgium is the butt of jokes…I guess because it is such a small country and so confusing to many and also seems a by-word for European bureaucracy. I
Indie Twin Oaks Some days I am deeply thankful for the internet…even though it many times contradicts its original purpose which to me is to save time. Gratefulness sets in when a
All We Are All We Are All I am today is very tired but it was well worth it. Yesterday I went to see All We Are perform in Cologne, Germany. (Yeah, I know, that joke
blog Folk from London Part 4 Claudia Heidegger I know, I know, this was going to be three-parter on the London folk scene or rather a pick from the wide range of artists that thrive there. But of
blog Folk from London Part 3 Apples I'm Home So, we had the world music, pop-oriented side of folk with Nou Enle (see part 1) with some indie thrown in for good measure and the dark, wild side of
blog Folk from London Part 2 Wyldeck As I was saying yesterday (in case you did not read or do not remember, tsk tsk :-)): Pick one genre of music and one city, and you will not
blog Folk from London Part 1 Nou Enle Serves me right for cleaning the windows as the glorious sunshine had shown them in a rather unfavourable light…ten minutes later a hailstorm of massive proportions descended on us.
blog Roadkill Ghost Choir Our local singer-songwriter Skoob who is also a coach for emerging bands for our region as well as being part of five bands if I am counting correctly, thus a
Coastal Tones Orphan Boy Today in a radio broadcast from the BBC 6 Music Festival, there was a discussion going on about the difficulty of labelling bands and their music. A special mention was
blog Neal Hoffmann (Amphibic) When I ventured out into the rain this afternoon, I caught soundbites of the neighbour’s daughter happily singing along to a karaoke backtrack in that kind of vocal that
blog The Weekend People If music comes my way that says “from Melbourne, Australia” I am, admittedly – not very objectively – already raising thumbs. This very cauldron of great music has cooked up another great
interview Sharon van Etten What on earth can I say about Sharon van Etten that she has not divulged in interviews (to the point that I wanted to throttle her interviewer, poking on when
blog CAIRO The indie gran (yep, me) is in a right narky mood today. Ah, the old times were so much better. When we still had to go to an actual record
blog J.P. Kallio On days like these, having just returned from a close to four hours carnival’s parade with lots of singing, dancing and bending down to pick up sweets, minding that
blog The Unthanks Having been out to watch the Carnival’s Sunday parade (the big one of approximately 4 hours duration is tomorrow, yikes), I am already in serious need of some soothing,
Howl Jay Woodward When I first listened to Jay Woodward’s music it struck me how well produced his recordings sounded but not overly so – indeed he prefers a classical approach like in the 60s and 70s. He is absolutely not making up with production what is
