June 2016

Harmonies from the Petri dish - RADIOHEAD prove to be a pleasure to experiment as usual

22. June 2016

Radiohead

Harmonies from the Petri dish - RADIOHEAD prove to be a pleasure to experiment as usual

The new Radiohead album is out. It bears the title "A Moon Shaped Pool" and was once again accompanied by an online campaign, which is no longer a big surprise. At first the band's homepage gradually disintegrated until only a white area was visible, at the same time all entries disappeared from the band's social media accounts. Shortly afterwards the words "Burn The Witch" could be read on the page. A day later a mysterious video clip of a song of the same name and the announcement that something would happen next Sunday.

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Forever young - On "Everchild" DARK SUNS conjure up the dream of everlasting childhood

22. June 2016

Dark Suns

Forever young - On "Everchild" DARK SUNS conjure up the dream of everlasting childhood

Changes of cast can be both a curse and a blessing. Risk and opportunity. The Dark Suns, founded in 1997, can sing a song about it. The Leipzig band has been one of the most exciting and changeable German progressive acts for years, but has also had to make changes to their constellation of musicians time and again. She has integrated a saxophonist and a trumpeter into her line-up and has installed Dominique Ehlert, who after "Orange" (2011) was initially hired as a tour drummer, permanently on the drum stool.

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Suicide with Announcement - THE JELLY JAM Feedback with Comprehensive Social Criticism

Suicide with Announcement - THE JELLY JAM Feedback with Comprehensive Social Criticism

Most fans had the band of singer/guitarist Ty Tabor (Kingʼs X), bassist John Myung (Dream Theater) and drummer Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs) probably not really on screen since their album "2" (2004). Reason: the release of the comeback album "Shall We Descent" (2011) took place in principle under exclusion of the public. "At that time we had no record contract, but we still wanted to make music together and record songs," Tabor looks back.

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Rock Me Ahmadeus - BLAAK HEAT inject their heavy rock with an oriental touch

7. June 2016

Blaak Heat

Rock Me Ahmadeus - BLAAK HEAT inject their heavy rock with an oriental touch

In this day and age, in which advertising for oriental influences is often equated with Islamism and cultural hostility, a formation like Blaak Heat is not easy. So Thomas Bellier, singer and guitarist of the trio, feels, because right at the beginning of the interview he has to make it clear: "We have nothing to do with this IS madness. We simply integrate Arabic sounds into our sound. And that's because we're absolutely fascinated by it. We want to integrate them into western harmonies in order to bring the cultures together.

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Explore new spaces - BLACK SPACE RIDERS are keen to experiment

7. June 2016

Black Space Riders

Explore new spaces - BLACK SPACE RIDERS are keen to experiment

"For 'Refugeeum', as always, we all got together, collected and developed ideas together and then recorded them," reports Black Space Riders singer/guitarist JE. "A good 110 minutes of material were created in this way. We noticed that there were some pieces that just didn't really fit into the overall concept - but weren't completely removed from it either. So we decided to put them aside and do something different with them later." And the time to introduce the runaways was now ripe. Four unreleased tracks and two remixes combined the riders to the EP "Beyond Refugeeum".

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The new NO SINNER album is worth every sin

7. June 2016

No Sinner

The new NO SINNER album is worth every sin

"With the new album we wanted to prove that we can do more than bluesy and soulful rock", singer Colleen Rennison shows herself self-confident. The 2013 "Boo Hoo Hoo" wasn't from bad blues rock parents and Colleen drew comparisons with almost every great old lady of blues and soul. "Now you can call me a female Robert Plant," she even adds.

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