Category: Alternative/Rock/Metal

Manilow – Cease and Desist

No, it’s not Barry Manilow. Here we’re talking about something way more badass – UK post-punk rockers create a raw and energetic garage sound with a distinctively British taste that reminds me of bands like Agent Orange, Wire, Television and…

The Society Islands – The Big Sleep

Eclectic, synthy and raunchy-catchy, the debut album of The Society Islands deserves your attention. Cologne,Germany-based singer & multi-instrumentalist Boris Rogowski creates a musical world characterized by unconventional stylistic shifts, ominous undertones and its creator’s firm belief that there is no…

Fixe Magazine Party @ Tammany Hall

This Friday I wasn’t feeling that well, but I gathered energy to go and check out Fixe Magazine’s fetish party at their new location Tammany Hall. I mean what a better solution to feel back to normal again than a…

Mad Meg @ Mercury Lounge

Mad Meg – a hybrid of an orchestra and a contemporary rock band, writes and sings with an admirable directness and simplicity, gently but firmly commanding your attention from the first guitar strum and declarative line of verse. The stage…

Neneh Cherry @ Palmengarten Frankfurt

Rock bands trying to make a comeback are bound to fail more often than not. Take the Stones for example. Everybody loved Voodoo Lounge in 1994. But the album was far from being a Beggars Banquet. There was nothing new…

Guided By Voices @ Irving Plaza, 07/11/2014

I’m sure that Guided By Voices’ fans can fill up stadiums. Or any other location you give ’em. They will know pretty much every song out of the 22 albums the indie rock titans from Dayton, Ohio issued since 1983.…

Heylel blend prog rock with gothic influences in “Nebulae”

The fans of progressive Gothic rock with sensual female vocals will appreciate the debut album by Portugal band Haylel. Fronted by the angelical tone of singer Ana Batista and anchored by a band dedicated to their creative freedom, their music is…

Jex Thoth, Agalloch @ Irving Plaza

“The snow, the bitter snowfall You wish to die in her pale arms, crystalline, to become an ode to silence In the soul of a mountain of birds, fallen” What an amazing show! No, really! Probably the top show of…