Originating from the small city of Hamm not far from Dortmund in Germany, Giant Rooks is one of the most promising young bands in indie rock music in a long time. The indie pop five-piece already began to blow up with their 2017 EP New Estate, an anthemic EP of nothing but standout tracks, and the band has ever since …
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Suicide Records celebrates 15 years in the scene
The last 15 years, Suicide Records has released music and supported musicians and bands the heavier music scenes – and it’s time to celebrate the anniversary. Slowly building up a reputation locally, labelman Roger Andersson has proved to have fingerspitzengefühl and signed bands like Novarupta, Ett Dödens Maskineri and Orochen. On October 15-16th at Brew House in Gothenburg Suicide throws …
Read More »Electronic originators about to celebrate three decades as a band: Covenant interviewed
In one of the leading DJ magazines, an article on the “return of electro” last year claims that long-time advocates of the techno scene, including DJ’s as Nina Kraviz and Helena Hauff, are finding increasingly widespread success combining techno and electro with the “industrial clatter” of electronic body music, and continues to blabber about the originality of such a mix. …
Read More »A fanboy’s review of KMPFSPRT’s “KMPFSPRT” EP
Alright. This is NOT a new release, but dates back to 2020 and was featured on our “Best of 2020” list in December, but as the band just turned 10 (Holy crap! All of a sudden I feel old!) It’s the perfect time to write a bit more about this short, angry motherf*ucker of an EP. While normally playing a …
Read More »Non-conformative, searingly creative and entertainingly performative: Sibille Attar interviewed
With concerts, festivals, events and more being postponed and cancelled, musicians and artists have expressed how the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted their income. But pandemic rules and regulations have been unequal and unfair, treating culture and other commercial activities differently, and to speak up about these inequalities requires a person like Sibille Attar. From the day we first discovered …
Read More »Mattias Ziessow on 15 years of body work and the rise of Spark!: Interview
Eleven years ago at Bodyfest in Stockholm with major headliner Front 242 and an exciting comeback by Swedish EBM giants Pouppée Fabrikk, Falkenberg’s pride and glory in the scene, Spark! played yet another minor support slot. But hard work and frequently playing across Europe would change that. Fast forward eleven years and Spark! has skyrocketed and become one of the …
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