The wonderful Garda play tomorrow night Thursday 27.09.12 at This Is Tigerr festival at Stall 6, ZH, along with Pale Seas and Clara Luzia: Garda’s second album A Heart Of A Pro is out now. This Is Tigerr runs from 24-30th September 2012. Tix here. Continue reading »
Gird your loins, Swiss music lovers! The inaugural edition of the This Is Tigerr newcomer festival is about to roll into a town near you, and what a behemoth it is. 40+ bands, 95+ shows, 17 venues, in 9 cities, all in the space of one week. Phew! The majority of the artists and bands … Continue reading »
I chanced across the wonderful German neo-classical composer Nils Frahm last year when, on a whim I went to see Ólafur Arnalds play at Papiersaal. His beautiful, delicately melancholy performance was a revelation to me – modern classical music not usually being my ‘thing’ – but I was incredibly awed by the solemn beauty of Nils’ … Continue reading »
The first I knew of NYC indie dance-punk band The Rapture (beyond a connection to a weird religious notion of The Resurrection) was back in the good ol’ days of eMusic in 2003, when one of their Editor’s Picks was ‘House of Jealous Lovers’, taken from The Rapture’s second album Echoes. Echoes made numerous Best-Of … Continue reading »
I last caught up with Danish indie rock band Figurines at the Montreux Jazz Festival during the heady days of summer, where they played a short but rocking set with great aplomb. Now they’ve embarked on a European tour in support of their fourth album, Figurines, and will be back in town for a gig … Continue reading »
Talk about old skool – the original incarnation of hip hop groundbreakers Jungle Brothers (Mike Gee, Afrika Baby Bam and DJ Sammy B) have got themselves together for a reunion tour and will be hitting up Stall 6 next Thursday, 01.09.11. Pioneers in the fusion of hip hop, jazz and house, their critically acclaimed debut … Continue reading »
For the second time in a week I’m back in the dark confines of the Montreux Jazz Café (previously I saw super talented folksters Make It Pink and the formidably-voiced Anna Calvi), this time for the SPOT on Denmark night of Danish delights. Supported by ROSA, the Danish Rock Council and MXD, Music Export Denmark, … Continue reading »
There’s no denying the fun, happy spirit of Melbournites Architecture in Helsinki. Their quirky, irreverent indie pop won them scores of fans in the mid to late noughties, myself included. Now, in the difficult tween years of the decade, they have eschewed some of their signature quirkiness for synth-laden, polished pop with a definite whiff … Continue reading »
It’s an Oz modernist pop invasion! Quick, put away your book of 50s typography, pull up an Eames chair, clean + polish your nerd glasses, and prepare for the sparky electropop tunes of Australian bands and label mates Architecture in Helsinki + Cut Copy – now that’s a great double bill. I adored AiH‘s 2005 … 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 »
