THE VERY TALENTED SHO ASAKAWA
sho asakawa is the epitome of the inspiring 21st century rock star: he’s self-reliant, poly-oriented and very driven. his look is special and it makes him stand out just as much as the great quality of his music. he is very active in social media, he markets his personal brand as well as his band’s,...
THE TIGER LILLIES SHARED AND RETWEETED MY STUFF
the tiger lillies shared and retweeted my posts. could i be any happier? insert huge garfield smile here!
DISCOVER OR RE-DISCOVER MYLENE FARMER
i found mylene farmer many years ago, in the meditheque of the french institute in bucharest. there were tapes and i copied them together with the accompanying lyrics: un! maman a tort/deux! c’est beau l’amour/trois! l’infirmiere pleure/quatre! j’ai mal. i was smitten!
PLASTICZOOMS ARE A VERY COOL POST-PUNK BAND FROM JAPAN
i discovered plasticzooms sometime last year, in the video produced by the reality show. they were one of the japanese style innovators photographed by living legend araki.
THE SOFT FALL – THE SUMMER OF 2012 IN A VIDEO
this is deus‘ latest video, called the soft fall, from the unexpected super-early new album, the following sea (only about 8 months after the previous one).
HURRICANE ALICE GLASS
alice glass is the 23 yo cute monkey-faced hardcore vocal of the crystal castles. her intoxicating ballsy stage persona, the signature black bob, heavy eye make up and unparalleled penchant for stage diving transformed her into one of the edgiest underground stars out there. i’m sold!
TOP 5 MUSIC PRODUCERS
do you ever wonder about the mechanisms behind the music? do you know how sometimes we like an unexpected song? (by unexpected i mean, for instance, justin’s cry me a river…). in time, i realized that there was a fil rouge connecting these apparently disparate tracks and that it was actually their common music producers. when...
I FOLLOW DEUS AROUND WITH GOOD REASON
i first came across deus when i borrowed in a bar, under the sea tape, some thousand years ago. ideal crash soon followed and then they’ve just become a permanent fixture on my playlists and mr. tom barman one of my top ghosts.
THE TOTALLY UNDERRATED TIGER LILLIES
last night, i went to my third tiger lilies concert. they were…beyond words! as usual.
CATNAPP – THE HOT NEW ACT FROM BUENOS AIRES
her label sent me some of her stuff to let them know if I see her as a good match for the european market in general and for the berlin market in particular.
MY LANA DEL REY REVIEW PUBLISHED ON THE COOL HUNTER
you know how much i love the cool hunter so you can only imagine how happy i was to hear that my lana del rey review was published on the site! Former jazz singer Lana Del Rey defines her genre as Hollywood pop/sad core and says she hopes her music can be the “sonic equivalent...
MY TOP 5 WOMEN IN ROCK
fuck marketing figures and radio and mainstream! these five hardcore bitches are all about the non-compromising trip to freedom-ville. unfortunately, the unafraid high priestesses are opening the way for thousands of sad, politically correct money-loving gwen stefanis…still, any of these five forces of nature are undoubtedly a much better idea for kids, especially girls, to listen...
