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“Lives Outgrown”-first solo by BETH GIBBONS
"Lives Outgrown," the first solo album of British singer Beth Gibbons in over 20 years, is scheduled for release by Domino Records on May 17th, 2024. The new album's lead single, "Floating on a Moment," combines baroque folk with the expansive, cinematic qualities of...
There it is! Oxford drama coming back with “The leader”
Oxford Drama is a Wroclaw-based indie pop band. Comprised of members Maลgorzata Dryjaลska and Marcin Mrรณwka, their music is often characterized as "experimental pop," blending innovative sounds with pop elements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf9foEoBLYw "The...
Another sad song-jupiter flynn
Jupiter Flynn is an Amsterdam-born singer and songwriter. She began composing short songs at an early age. She has lived in Tokyo, New York, Sydney, and Frankfurt, and currently resides in Berlin. Her latest single "Another sad song" was released on January 26, 2024,...
Kim Gordon-Bye Bye: The Queen is back
Kim Gordon, the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist, has long been a pioneer and rule-breaker in the music scene. Beyond music, Gordon is also an accomplished artist and writer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ3i80B0qKg Beginning her journey with noise music in the...
Welcome to the revelation-new release of “Good People”
Mumford & Sons' return to the music world with their new single "Good People," which collaborated with Pharrell Williamsโa comeback track that contains folk-rock and modern pop, marks a new chapter for the band. British folk rock group Mumford & Sons was...
“Die Mutigen die schlafen” from Kresse 3—Rockย Gleeman in Berlin
The latest EP "Die Mutigen die schlafen" from "Kresse 3" was released on Friday, 5 January 2024 and features a collection of six songs. Kresse 3 is a four-piece indie rock band from Berlin that formed three years ago. Like the spirit of Berlin, Kresse 3 has...
Lotta St. Joan: Reaching out from the pregnant void
With her ethereal new single, 'Between You and I' Lotta St. Joan captures a glimpse of the mysterious space between the other and the Self, between choices, relationships, perhaps between generations? She asks "It's all at my Disposal, But what if I Decide it all...
Review: Polar Noirย – pulsating electro indie single ‘Circles’
Like a UFO, Berlin Alt-Dream-Pop artist Polar Noir shines pulsating electro-discotheque warning lights all over a cold reality with her latest, the critically urgent and elegantly compelling single 'Circles'. The song was literally composed on an island in the Arctic...
Sam Burton with new single I don’t blame you
Dear Departed is the second album from US singer Sam Burton, and it arose from a time of rebirth. In the last few years, the singer says that he just started over. For a while he abandoned the life heโd built in LA to return to Utah where he grew up, then holing up in...
A clutch of folkies: The Vengeful Cousins release “where have you Been”
Swilling around East Berlin in the 90s led me to come across Friedrichshain's resident ragamuffin rock band Impure Thoughts. They and their entourage were great guys (a mixture of crazy Scots and French people, with the odd American thrown in) and I spent many a...
7IAN7 releases the sullenly tenebrious ‘nebula’
Nebula, the new track by Italian guitarist/techno dude 7IAN7 starts by dropping you headfirst into a sullenly tenebrious atmosphere, an aural mood swing into a landscape of washing sounds, cut across with the sound of someone somewhere tapping against glass. At times...