Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche has hovered on the edge of my radar for a while now, without ever coming into clear view. But I’ll finally get a chance to experience his genre-busting jazz-folk-pop-rock-blues (you get the picture – he is eminently capable of anything, apparently) thingamajig for myself when he plays on Monday night at … Continue reading »
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Cat’s Eyes – oh, the horror, the horror!
Continuing my run of spectral, dark gothy pop, here comes Cat’s Eyes – Faris Badwan, more recently of goth-punk band The Horrors, and Rachel Zeffira, an accomplished Canadian soprano and multi-instrumentalist. Cat’s Eyes gave their first performance in December at the Vatican, of all places – guess there wasn’t a mosh pit then, what with … Continue reading »
Music Monday: Chapel Club
I don’t like Mondays. So thank god the good people at Hafenkneipe have been regularly holding fab gigs on Monday nights to ease our way into the dreaded working week. Next week we’ll have the pleasure of hearing the post-punk indie moodiness of London’s Chapel Club. Comparisons with White Lies, Editors, Echo & The Bunnymen … Continue reading »
Live review: Cloud Control @ Hafenkneipe 28.02.11
Monday night @ Hafenkneipe is proving to be easily one of the best nights of the week. Last Monday a decent crowd steadily gathered for Cloud Control – by the time the band stepped up on stage the place was full. The special Cloud Control mix of tambourines, harmonies and irresistible clap-along melodies soon warmed … Continue reading »
Cloud Control – Bliss, Blue Mountains and handclaps
I just got back from seeing PJ Harvey in Paris (more on that later), and it’s a dreary, rainy, miserable Monday morning with nary a croissant or steaming hot Café crème in sight *sob*. Thank god cheery Australian psychedelic nu-folksters Cloud Control are playing tonight (28.02.11) @ Hafenkneipe to wrench me out of my post-Paris … Continue reading »
