May 2020

MRS. KITE - a man of conviction with staying power

30. May 2020

XXL-Interview Mrs Kite

MRS. KITE - Überzeugungstäter mit langem Atem

Seven years after "A Closer Inspection" Mrs. Kite now releases her third album "Flickering Lights". It was worth the wait: The album presents a modern progressive rock that doesn't need to hide from the big names of the scene. Florian Schuch (vocals, keyboards), his brother Ferdinand (guitar), Philipp Verenkotte (bass) and Lukas Preußer (drums) have now released three albums - the first in 2006 still under the old band name It's Us.

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DIE WILDE JAGD - On the border between physical and mental

DIE WILDE JAGD - Auf der Grenze zwischen Physis und Seele

In 1872 Peter Nicolai Arbo painted his picture "The Wild Hunt", which shows a scene from Nordic-Germanic mythology with dramatic light-shadow contrasts. Sebastian Lee Philipp, producer and songwriter from Berlin, was so impressed by this painting that he named his musical project after it. That was around 2015, and after the untitled debut, in which Die Wilde Jagd still consisted of the duo Sebastian Lee Philipp and the Düsseldorf producer Ralf Beck, "Uhrwald Orange" (in which Beck was only co-producer) followed in 2018.

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ANUBIS present a concept album for shutdown and decelerated home office

19. May 2020

Anubis

ANUBIS legen ein Konzeptalbum für den Shutdown und entschleunigtes Homeoffice vor

In 2004 singer Robert James Moulding and keyboardist David Eaton founded the band Anubis, named after the ancient Egyptian god of death, in Sydney, Australia. They immediately released "230503", a modern prog concept album influenced by Pink Floyd and Co. "Homeless", which is the band's first album to be released on high-quality 190g vinyl, moves in this direction.

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THE ALLIGATOR WINE let the shreds fly completely without guitars

19. May 2020

The Alligator Wine

THE ALLIGATOR WINE lassen komplett ohne Gitarren die Fetzen fliegen

Duos are still quite rare in the history of rock music. But you don't even notice this minimal line-up on their debut album "Demons Of The Mind". Completely without guitars, Thomas Teufel (drums, vocals & percussion) and Rob Vitacca (vocals, organ & synthesizer) let the shreds fly with their mega-groovy retro sound. The two musicians are at home
in the extreme south of Baden-Württemberg, in Waldshut-Tiengen, from where you can almost spit over the Rhine into Switzerland.

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OTHER LIVES create their original musical cosmos in the country

19. May 2020

Other Lives

OTHER LIVES kreieren auf dem Land ihren urwüchsigen musikalischen Kosmos

In times of progressive formatting of almost all areas of art and society, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find "uncalculated" music that is not due to the absurd need for search engine optimization or click numbers. The American band Other Lives proves on their new album "For Their Love" that the search for an alternative is still worthwhile

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STEVE THORNE deliberately provokes with conspiracy theories critical of science

19. May 2020

Steve Thorne

STEVE THORNE provoziert bewusst mit wissenschaftskritischen Verschwörungstheorien

The Englishman Steve Thorne is a headstrong, non-conformist spirit, but also a strange contemporary. Strongly rooted in the progressive, he combines different styles like folk and indie with it without blinkers, but lets the holy (puristic) Prog-Gral pass by. With his latest album "Levelled - Emotional Creatures: Part 3" he follows up his debut "Emotional Creatures: Part One" (2005) and "Part Two: Emotional Creatures" (2007).

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Showcase hard rocker AXEL RUDI PELL proves that he has all the tricks

19. May 2020

Axel Rudi Pell

Vorzeige-Hardrocker AXEL RUDI PELL beweist, dass er alle Tricks draufhat

When guitarist Axel Rudi Pell recorded his 18th studio album in winter - if you don't count "Diamonds Unlocked" with its cover versions - he wouldn't have dreamed that the title "Sign Of The Times" would come across as particularly pregnant with meaning in these Corona times. All live activities are on hold for now. "When you have a new album out, you naturally want to get out to present it live. In normal mode we would already be in the middle of the first part of the tour. We have now postponed it for one year. So the planned second part in October and November will be Part One.

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Friendship and a sense of belonging are FINAL CONFLICTS Trümpfe


19. May 2020

Final Conflict

Freundschaft und Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl sind FINAL CONFLICTS Trümpfe


"It's a strange time talking about music Steve Lipiec, keyboarder of the English neo-prog band Final Conflict is surely right when he says that there are more important things than talking about rock music. The interview with eclipsed falls on a day when disturbing figures about the Corona situation in England become known. Only very slowly, therefore, does the interview develop as originally planned.

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THE DREAM SYNDICATE goes on a journey from Dream Pop to Jam Rock

19. May 2020

The Dream Syndicate

THE DREAM SYNDICATE begibt sich auf eine Reise vom Dream Pop zum Jam Rock

Steve Wynn's DREAM SYNDICATE belongs to the forefathers of alternative guitar bands. The formation not only influenced the entire Shoegaze scene, but their double guitar front was also the inspiration for Sonic Youth. Wynn himself declared from the beginning that his music would be inspired by Ornette Coleman or John Coltrane. This was not always easy to understand, because these jazz musicians had little to do with guitar rock. But in the five long jams on the new CD "The Universe Within" the connecting line is finally revealed.

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