November 2011
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Sandro Perri - shimmering nature
Sandro Perri writes and records music for almost a decade. Under the moniker Polmo Polpo he did some electronic and ambient, before turning to a more folky driven sound and using his real name. Landscapes that seem to have no borders and experiences of nature are reflected in his work. It fits the picture, that this year he collaborated with singer/songwriter Christine Fellows and John K....
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St. Thomas - tribute to a lost boy
If you are into Folk and Singer/Songwriter you should know St. Thomas. For all who love the norwegian artist and everyone else, here are some good news. From the Rhineland comes a passionate tribute project, “The Cool Song”-EP.
Schreng Schreng & La La (Duesseldorf) and Hello Piedpiper (Koeln) team up for a split-single in honor of Thomas Hansen aka St. Thomas, who died in 2007...
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Luke Leighfield - the underground star
Recently this blog features a lot of british songwriters. I don’t exactly know why, but I guess it’s nothing to worry about. So here is another artist from Great Britain. Luke Leighfield is called “UK’s biggest underground pop star” and if you watch his new video, you’ll know why. The young man seems to have what it takes to become a star without the need of...
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Backyard - A Reykjavík movie
Reykjavík’s music scene is known for it’s variety and quality. The movie “Backyard” takes a close up on a certain part of this scene and captures a special one time event. Arni and Arni, one musician, the other film maker set up a show in their backyard, invite a couple of bands and buddys and just started shooting.
“It’s about getting good pictures and sound,...
October 2011
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Polly Barrett - folk for readers
Open your ears and hearts for a small and simple folk song. Polly Barrett from Cork, Ireland (home of The Butterfly Graveyard) recently released her debut album and the title track “Mr. Bookshop” got me in seconds.
Compare it to Suzanne Vega or Joni Mitchell if you like. One might even say that it has a certain Norah Jones-touch. Grown up songwriter-pop by a young lady. Not only for...
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Buzz Pop Fanzine - #3 out now..!
Here is a little advertisement. In 2008 I started the “Buzz Pop”-Fanzine as a personal thing, a gift for myself and my friends. Now it’s time for another issue!
The language of choice is german, but there are also some english text’s in it. Issue 3 is the “interview special” and features Ian Fisher, Killed By 9V Batteries, Isbells, Stabil Elite, Schreng...
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Emmy The Great - a british girl
This is for the girls. If you believe the british music press, this young singer/songwriter/performer will soon become something like the next Kate Nash. Emmy The Great is going to release her second album “Virtue” in november and the chances are good that she might get some radio airplay.
This is well done, british emotional pop music with a mainstream...
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Little Arrow - camp fire songs
Little Arrow - Boat (Live Campfire Version) from on-par productions on Vimeo.
There is no need for many words, when you’ve seen Little Arrow’s new video. A couple of friends, a camp fire. Gone fishing. Had a few canned drinks. Enjoy “Boat” and the Little Arrow collective from Cardiff.
Official Homepage of Little Arrow
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Isbells - german interview →
When the organisators of the NEW FALL FESTIVAL in Düsseldorf asked if I would like to do some interviews for them, I didn’t hesitate. Take a look at a short, german interview with the belgium songwriter Isbels here…
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Bastian Küllenberg aka. Buzz, Crazewire Redakteur, Veranstalter der Endstation Sehnsucht und gestriger Pausen DJ, unterhielt sich mit Isbells vor...
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My Bubba & Mi - northern girls
Bubba met Mi somewhere in Kopenhagen. Soon they decided that from now on music should not be played, recorded or performed without the other one missing. Since then the girls constantly travel the world to perform songs and teamed up with various female bassists.
2011 saw My Bubba & Mi get signed to the Berlin-based label Sinnbus, home of fine acts like Audrey, Hundreds or Bodi Bill. A...
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Bring The Mourning On - autumn almanac
In the last years Scandinavia has proofed to be a great source for autumn and winter tunes. This october Bring The Mourning On from Sweden will release their debut and bring some warmth and understanding for a cold season.
Following artists like Kristofer Astroem, St. Thomas, Christian Kjellvander or Poor Rich Ones, the band delivers the comforting soundtrack for days that are too cold and...
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September 2011
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Danny Gilboa - thinking about happiness
Recently I’m spending some time with a friend in Tel Aviv. He introduced me to Danny Gilboa who recently put out a really nice video. It’s always nice to see an artist who does what he does first of all, just because he simply has to.
In Danny’s case we’re talking about a man on the edge of turning 40, lovin’ father of three daughters with a full time job who never...
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Ponyboy - songs of life and death
Thomas Baumhoff is in love with the ukulele. The singer/songwriter is a former member of Subterfuge, an Indie Pop band from Düsseldorf who gained some underground fame in the late 90’s. A couple of years ago he started his new project Ponyboy.
Recently he put out the EP “The life and death of ponyboy” via soundcloud. It features mellow countrypop and recalls the warmth of an...
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Ian Fisher - "When I'm on the road I'm at home."
Over the last years Missouri-born Ian Fisher has lived in several countries but his stays never lasted longer than a couple of months. Inbetween living in his american birthplace and cities like Vienna or Berlin the young singer/songwriter jhas been and is constantly on the road, playing his folky songs to people all over europe and the US.
Earlier this year I met Ian when he and the austrian...
August 2011
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Early Day Miners - back to the future
The Early Day Miners turn back to their origins and are releasing the new album on Western Vinyl, the same label that brought out their debut eleven years ago. Cutting their name to EDM is another aspect of the new attitude. Nevertheless it seems that the collective/band from Indiana just keeps on doing, what they do best: writing and recording beautiful Indie Pop songs that always show slight...
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WatchA well fitting name is essential for every band. My Heart Belongs To Cecilia Winter from Zurich score at least 100 in this game and seem to be ready to spread over europe. Over the last one-and-a-half years the attention started to grow and if you believe the swiss blog-scene, this band is the common denominator of the indie scene in their home country. Artists like Scott Matthew or Rufus...
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Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray - road trip
Erin Frisby and Chris Stelloh are Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray. The songwriter-duo has chosen 2011 as their year of travel. By now they have already seen the East Coast, South and Midwest of the USA and in September they are going to tour the West Coast. While sleeping in the car or camping they seem to live some kind of romantic adventure.
Their songs are pure Americana, folk and blues...
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Dan Mangan - sound of the season
Even if the release of Dan Mangan’s album “Nice, Nice, Very Nice” has been in 2010 it seems to me as if the canadian songwriter will see his fan base grow through this year. Besides the sing-along-hit “Robots” the record features some really nice and modest folky guitar pop. Later this summer Dan Mangan will return with a follow-up LP and I guess I’m not...
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July 2011
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June 2011
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Efrim Manuel Menuck - solo debut
He co-founded Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and worked with or for a bunch of other interesting artists including Vic Chesnutt (R.I.P.). Recently Efrim Manuel Menuck released his first solo album on Constellation Records. With “High Gospel” Menuck combines soundscapes, post rock and noise with pure gospel and timeless Inspiration of blues and...
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Young Rebel Set - live in Düsseldorf
“If I was a rich man I’d buy flowers everyday/ but I am a poor man, so I pick them on the way”. How could you not fall in love with a song that has lyrics like this? The band behind the song is Young Rebel Set, between six and seven british youngsters who seem to have spend a lot of time in pubs, listening to their parents record collections on their i-pods....
May 2011
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Dear Reader release a new song - free MP3
The label City Slang just announced a release date for the new Dear Reader-album. If you look at the tracklist of “Idealistic Animals” it seems to be some kind of conceptual work. The album will see the light of day on September 2nd. City Slang and Dear Reader are giving away a new song for all good people waiting.
Dear Reader - “Monkey (You Can Go Home)” (MP3 download)
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sincerity and humor - Interview with Noam...
“I never could whistle/ I never could sing/ I never could know, what the future might bring/ but Ican hurt people pretty bad sometimes/ and make same loose their minds”
It’s lyrics like theese, combined with music which is influenced by classic songwriters, folk, blues and soul, that make Noam Weinstein a special artist. The New York-based...
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This Frontier Needs Heroes - Neo Folk from old...
This Frontier Needs Heroes is a family band. Jessica Lauretti and her brother Brad are living in the lively neighbourhoods of Brooklyn and their music seems to be a vanishing point in post-modern hectic. You could call it Neo-Country or Weird Folk. There is a slightly psychedelic vibe on some of there songs, but mainly their music ssems to be influenced by old times field recordings and...
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April 2011
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Low - free download
Low are back. The new record “C’mon” is just released theese days and seems to become another fine piece in Minnesota-based band’s late afternoon- scenario. Listen to “Try To Sleep” to get a first impression.
Low - Try To Sleep by subpop
You can also download the song for free from the band’s official homepage:
February 2011
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WatchWatching this makes it hard to wait for tomorrow’s concert in cologne. Moddi’s new video presents five minutes of anxiety, tension and suspense. “Rubbles” is one of the outstanding tracks of the young norwegian songwriter’s new record. Don’t miss to see him perform his songs of fears and melancholy.
Moddi live:
26.02. Hamburg - Knust
27.02. Köln - Gebäude...
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January 2011
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The Butterfly Graveyard - "grown up" music
I don’t really know how I first got in touch. Whatever may have led me to the irish songwriter Terence O’Connor and his project The Butterfly Graveyard, in the end I listened to the self-titled record and decided to put up a show with them.
The Butterfly Graveyard started as a collaboration between Terence and the producer Herbie Macken, who had already worked with Neil...
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Wye Oak - free MP3
Here is a little glimpse of 2011. Wye Oak will release their third album “Civillian” via City Slang in early march. The duo of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack play a kind of 21st-century folk music, imbued with dense shoegaze guitars, nearly melodic rhythms, and splashes of electronic color. You can get the title track of the forthcoming LP now at their Labels homepage.
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December 2010
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My Songs of the year - A mix for 2010
No year can end without a mix of some of it’s finest songs. I made a compilation of some of my favourite artists in 2010 including two very special bonus tracks. Old heroes like Teenage Fanclub, Edwyn Collins or Belle & Sebastian meet young and new bands as Surfer Blood, Best Coast and Coming Soon. When it comes to music, 2010 was a good year.
I wish everybody a good time and may your...
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November 2010
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WatchSub Pop present a portrait of Kelley Stoltz. The Songwriter recently released his new album “to dreamers” and is something like the godfahter of a lively scene in San Francisco. Bands like Sonny & The Sunsets or Thee Oh Sees and Stoltz share a love for the 60’s and analog recording.
Official Homepage of Kelley Stoltz
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October 2010
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Review: Siskiyou : "Siskiyou"
Siskiyou is a new project from the wide variety of the Vancouver music scene. Colin Huebert used to be a member of the acclaimed Indie Pop band Great Lake Swimmers. In collaboration with his former bandmate Erik Amesen who still plays with the Swimmers and the filmmaker Karolyn Keir, Huebert now releases a quiet folk album on Constellation Records. Everything started with the songwriter sitting...
September 2010
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Free Download : I Am Kloot - "Lately" →
It’s good to see, that I Am Kloot seem to have found back on track. After the rather ambivalent album “Play Moolah Rouge” in 2008 one might fear, that the band would loose it’s touch for melancholy melodies. 2010 sees the Manchester based I Am Kloot return with a new record. Download “Lately” for free to get a first impression.
August 2010
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WatchVinyl is the best way to enjoy music. Wildbirds & Peacedrums know about that so the swedish band released two limited 12’ Inch- EP’s this year. One is called “Iris” and the song “Bleed Like There Was No Other Flood” comes from “Retina”. You can find my german review on Crazewire.
MySpace of Wildbirds & Peacedrums
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WatchOn a rainy monday in August I want to remind myself and everyone else of the summer. See Binoculers perform her calm song “Beat” on a sunny afternoon. Nadja is also the lead singer of the Hamburg-based Inide Pop band Emmy Moll. The video was taken by some friends from Leipzig. Check out musikmob for more nice clips. On September 16th I will promote and set up a show with Binoculers in...
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A sound without a name : Star FK Radium
This trio gives music journalists a hard time. Consisiting of guitar, drums and a violin and playing strictly instrumental songs, Star FK Radium from Washington are not your everyday band. It’s difficult to find a genre to put them in, quick judgement is nearly impossible. The debut record “Blue Siberia” was recently released in the US but also has been reviewed in europe by...