Ganz der Streber, der ich nun mal bin, höre ich immer fleißig alle Neuerscheinungen durch, die mir Intro, Spex und Co. so präsentieren. Dabei gehe ich allerdings sehr selektiv vor und bleibe bei Gitarren gerne hänge, während Elekrozeugs fix abgehakt wird. Ist eigentlich etwas komisch, da ich so ein begeisterter Postpunk bin, aber da kommt [...]

Dieser Song von Wolfsheim wird mich wohl immer an Schuldiskos erinnern. Da nun die 90er ein Comeback erleben, was durch den plötzlichen Tod von Michael Jackson noch befördert werden dürfte, dachte ich, ich poste ihn einfach mal. Normalerweise bin ich strenggläubiger Anhänger von Gitarrenmusik aller Art, allerdings habe ich auch eine unerklärliche Vorliebe für Elektromusik. [...]

Über diesen Song bin ich beim Hören des GeekDad HipTrax Podcast gestolpert und fand ihn super. Stumbled upon this song while listening to GeekDad HipTrax #28. Loved it at once and want to share it with you.

Aktuelles Lieblingslied von Phantom/Ghost. Current favorite song.

New Camera Obscura album. Here’s one well deserved good review. As always, a combination of clever, often sarcastic, somewhat mopish lyrics and supersweet tunes. What’s not to love?!

Today’s song of the day is my all time favourite from “Who put the M in Manchester“, a cover version of Raymonde’s (never mind if you’ve never heard of them) “No one can hold a candle to you”: This song is lovely in so many ways, I’m so glad that it’s not forgotten thanks to [...]

Today’s song of the day is in German for a change. I stumbled upon the band Locas in Love and their song Wintersachen on Intro and was immediately hooked. While the music is far from being innovative or overly exciting for some other reason, the lyrics are so sweet and true that I can’t stop [...]

The Fleet Foxes’ album has been my special winter album this year. It provides the perfect soundtrack to just staring out of the window at the snowy trees outside. Mykonos is somewhat different, because it really makes me miss summer. It’s a marvelous anachronism of a song.

The Bad Brains’ Attitude, one of their early songs from the days when they were still a punk band in Washington, was one of the songs that accompanied my efforts to write a paper on the hardcore/punk scene of that city. Weirdly, it was my first paper ever on popular culture and I’m quite satisfied [...]

So, last pre-Washington post. Tomorrow United Airlines will hopefully deliver me safely to the US. Hence the song of the day by lovely Glaswegian band Camera Obscura. I will try to bring back lots of pics and experiences to feed this tiny post. Although its a rather short flight (only about 8 hours) and I [...]

80s classic Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole & the Commotions strangely has the power to cheer me up in almost every situation. I am not ashamed to declare that I am a huge fan of this decade, which I believe is unfairly underestimated. After all, this is the era of New Order, The Smiths and the [...]

One more cup of coffee is just what I need to get through this night. Plus, The times they are a-changing would have been exceptionally lame on a day like that. By the way, almost all of the Rolling Thunder Revue stuff is worth listening to. Some of it is available as part of the [...]

Camera Obscura – Tears for Affairs