EARWORM. That is all. Austra’s debut album Feel It Break is out now on Domino Records. Austra play @ Frauenraum, Bern, 31.05.12. Related articles Austra Covers Robyn (stereogum.com) Austra – Laneway Festival – February 2012 (glastoreview.com) Music :: Austra – Beat and the Pulse (Vondelpark Remix) (theoriginalwinger.com) Austra moving on up (thestar.com) Continue reading »
Next week is possibly the busiest week in music in Zurich since the summer festival season – so many good things, so little time! And only one of me. First decision to make is on Monday 21.11.11, where the choice is between the formidable and fearless rock bombast of The Kills (ah, one of my … Continue reading »
Wild Beasts released their third album, Smother, in June 2011, two years after 2009′s Mercury Prize-nominated Two Dancers. A seductive, delicate and quietly romantic piece of perfectly polished art-pop, Smother says as much in its moments of sparse instrumentation and tender pauses as when singer Hayden Thorpe is quavering away in his provocative falsetto. Smother … Continue reading »
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas….because a) Anna Calvi is back in town again, and b) I’ve got a bumper crop of free tix to give away. Woohoo! Yes, that would be me in the red jingly hat. It’s been hard to miss Anna Calvi this past year. She’s ignited both critical and … Continue reading »
Beefing up sales of red lipstick everywhere, Anna Calvi has just released ‘Desire’, the second single from her brilliant self-titled debut album: Love her throaty howl. Her album is one of my favourites of 2011, but I’ve yet to see her live. That will be remedied shortly, as she has a slew of Swiss gigs … Continue reading »
She was included on the BBC’s Sound of 2011 list, was mentored by Brian Eno, toured with Grinderman and Interpol, and had her eponymous debut album produced by PJ Harvey‘s long-time producer, Rob Ellis. It’s safe to say that the buzz surrounding Anna Calvi is turning into a deafening hum. Her vivid, gothic-inspired music is … Continue reading »
