Sep
12
Anajo
September 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment
This lot are a three-piece from Augsburg and Nah Bei Mir is an excellent album. Anajo (the name comes from the film ‘Banana Joe’, the title of which was once rendered as ‘ana jo’ by a broken TV) play indie rock with a sense of humour and a carefree spirit that sets them apart from […]
Aug
12
Annett Louisan
August 12, 2006 | 1 Comment
Annett Louisan is a right little tea-leaf but in the nicest possible way. Mixing Chanson with jazz and modern folk this tiny blond songtress is being compared to Vanessa Paradis sausage-side but this is surely only down to her elfin looks. Voicewise she’s got far more in common with the UK’s own folk singer Rosie […]
Jul
24
Superpunk
July 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Superpunk aren’t really a punk band. They hail from Hamburg and have been around for over 10 years now and I doubt you’d ever see a pogoing, self-mutilating, ASBO-case gobbing lager at everyone at any of their gigs. Einmal Superpunk Bitte (100% One Superpunk Please) The nicest punks you’ll ever meet. Ska inspired jangly retro-rock. […]
Apr
19
Seeed
April 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Seeed are excellent. They’ve got the joyous touch and carefree hip-hop sound of N.E.R.D, the rawness of someone like Dizzee Rascal and some of the most innovative reggae touches I’ve heard in a while. A total mish-mash of influences that totally gels.
Apr
15
Nova International
April 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Nova International’s second album opens with the type of falsetto chorus that usually has me running a mile but stay a while and the singer pulls it off – it’s quite a joy. Nova’s overall tone on this CD is pretty melancholy and I hear quite a departure from their first album but ‘Bored’ and […]
Apr
4
One Two Three Four
April 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment
One Two Three Four are yet more offspring of the superfecund Hamburg scene. Their fans like to compare them to the Libertines which is reasonably accurate but I’d say this bunch are mired a bit further in the past than them — the Kinks is a more accurate comparison. It’s hard to get excited about […]
Mar
15
Paula
March 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Paula was Berlin duo classically-trained Elke Brauweiler and ex-drummer Berend Intelman but from what I can see on the web Intelman has ‘kind of’ left but still retains some songwriting role of some kind.
Mar
12
Boozed
March 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Like The Datsuns, Boozed worship at the altar of AC/DC and do so with their heads held up high. Personally I think this bunch from Osnabrueck do it with a bit more panache than other Angus-wannabes – their name is a masterpiece for a start. If you want to know what this band are all […]