Jul
23
Wolfsheim
July 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Jun
14
Donots
June 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Donots hail from Hamburg way. If the antics on display in the DVD ‘extras’ section of their single ‘We Got The Noise’ are anything to go by then they’re also a bunch of morons just marginally more interesting than every other boy-rock band.
Jun
5
Kraftwerk
June 5, 2005 | Leave a Comment
A few years back I was getting a haircut in Düsseldorf when the proprietor and I, mid snip, got onto the subject of German music. He rattled of a few band names the only one of which I recognised back then was er, The Scorpions. Then, in a effort to ingratiate myself with the burly […]
May
14
Herbert Grönemeyer
May 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment
You may not have heard of Herbert Grönemeyer but you’ve almost certainly seen him. Think back a few years to Wolfgang Petersen’s moody, suspense-laden U-Boot epic ‘Das Boot’. A low-budget affair and worldwide smash that came out of nowhere, due not least in part to its use of actors relatively unknown even in Germany. Remember […]
Apr
24
Virginia Jetzt!
April 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment
I don’t know an awful lot about this band except what I get from the CDs but if you’re looking for a good introduction to the current avalanche of German music then you could do a lot worse than ‘Wer Hat Angst Vor Virginia Jetzt’ (note the album is 100% German language). I would’ve given […]
Apr
23
Wir Sind Helden
April 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment
If you tried to form a Indie band in the UK these days with a pretty lass for a lead singer and some deadbeat-looking guys dressed from an Oxfam shop as backup you’d be laughed out of town as second-rate 90’s throwbacks. Thing is, in Germany they don’t have that Britpop baggage to carry around, […]
Apr
19
Sportfreunde Stiller
April 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Sportfreunde Stiller (named after a relative, Hans Stiller) have a uniquely German take on a sound somewhat akin to early Blur by way of a slowed down version of Feeder but this 3-piece from Munich are no way second-rate Britpop clones despite their increasing tendency to look like Supergrass. I haven’t got their first album, […]
Apr
15
When it comes to Rammstein there is much misunderstanding in the UK. A few years ago Q wrote some tosh about the band’s Nazi links which thankfully, Rammstein had the good grace to ignore, while more recently Ali G. dissed the band live on air when introducing them in his capacity of MTV awards compere […]