eclipsed Nr. 137 / 2-2012

FIRST AID KIT - The Lion's Roar


"The Lion's Roar", the remarkable second album of the Swedish Söderberg sisters, is perhaps the saddest of its kind. It's "the saddest thing you ever heard," they say. And indeed songs like "The Lion's Roar", "In The Hearts Of Men" and "To A Poet" are the most painful we've heard lately.

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FIRST AID KIT - The Lion’s Roar


„The Lion’s Roar“, das bemerkenswerte zweite Album der schwedischen Söderberg-Schwestern, ist vielleicht das traurigste seiner Art. Es ist „the saddest thing you ever heard“, behaupten die beiden.

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CRAIG FINN - Clear Heart Full Eyes


The last Hold Steady album "Heaven Is Whenever" already hinted at it: Craig Finn has had enough of rumple rock and is looking for quieter sounds to bring his lyrical word cascades to the listener.

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CRAIG FINN - Clear Heart Full Eyes


Das letzte Hold-Steady-Album „Heaven Is Whenever” deutete es bereits an: Craig Finn hat genug vom Rumpelrock und sucht nach leiseren Tönen, um seine lyrischen Wortkaskaden an den Hörer zu bringen.

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EMERGE - Perception One


In the best sense German sounds the technically versed Hardrock of Emerge. The opener "Falling Down" is already full of details and powerful.

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EMERGE - Perception One


Im besten Sinne deutsch klingt der technisch versierte Hardrock von Emerge. Detailverliebt und druckvoll kommt schon sofort der Opener „Falling Down“ daher.

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KATHLEEN EDWARDS - Voyageur


The Canadian Kathleen Edwards does a lot live with Justin Vernon alias Bon Iver. Her new album could mean an international breakthrough for her - the swinging opener "Empty Threat" with the hookline chorus "I'm Moving To America" brings out pleasant memories of Suzanne Vega's best times.

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KATHLEEN EDWARDS - Voyageur


Die Kanadierin Kathleen Edwards unternimmt live viel mit Justin Vernon alias Bon Iver.

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MARK LANEGAN BAND - Blues Funeral


In the last eight years Mark Lanegan has made countless requests to speak in other bands, only under his own aegis he has done nothing more. Supposedly because he didn't have time. His new album "Blues Funeral" now shows that the reason was completely different.

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MARK LANEGAN BAND - Blues Funeral


In den letzten acht Jahren hat es von Mark Lanegan unzählige Wortmeldungen in anderen Bands gegeben, nur unter eigener Ägide hat er nichts mehr gemacht. Angeblich, weil er keine Zeit hatte. Sein neues Album „Blues Funeral“ zeigt nun, dass der Grund ein ganz anderer war.

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