by John Hennessy | Nov 25, 2019 | indieBerlin, Music Reviews
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Minutes to Midnight’s new album “After 1989” is a daring biographical concept album that sets out to address the city’s tumultuous history head on. With a dark and melancholic rock backdrop, the singer-songwriter uses...
by John Hennessy | Nov 25, 2019 | indieBerlin
Tel Aviv is useless, apparently. Israel’s indie queen Hila Ruach has deemed it so, and she makes a very compelling argument with her aptly named single “Tel Aviv is Useless”. With two successful solo albums behind her, it seems her first move in Europe is to tell us a...
by John Hennessy | Oct 10, 2019 | indieBerlin
It’s easy to see why a young folk songwriter like Nils Becker might be attracted to America; the long, remote highways that seem to be built for reflection; the rich and recent history that’s been largely recorded through folk music, and of course the melting pot of...
by John Hennessy | Sep 6, 2019 | indieBerlin, Music Reviews
A pitch-perfect singing voice, a touring career from the age of 10 and a performance on Israel’s “The Voice” seem like the perfect ingredients for a mass-produced, commercial pop princess. This makes it all the more impressive that Sivan Talmor’s new album ‘Immigrants...
by John Hennessy | Sep 3, 2019 | indieBerlin
If there’s one thing missing from these progressive and mindful times, it’s a healthy dose of nihilism. For that reason, I was excited to hear Mexican Radio’s “Night of the Nihilist” for the first time and glad it didn’t disappoint. The song opens with a couple of...
