Irish singer Rosie Carney has taking another look at her single Sixteen. This "night tapes" version is more dreamy, but the existential dread of the original is still there, albeit covered up in layers of echo and reverb. It is part of her doomsday night tapes project, a reworking of her Doomsday... Don't Leave Me Here album, on which she goes for a more intimate, stripped down mode.
Dutch electropop band North Star will be playing in Zwolle and Amsterdam to promote the release of their third full-length Death: "an album about life - no pun intended. Shit happens, and some of it is pretty damning and hard to cope with, but they won't let it bring them down. Facing their demons (Intrusion) and being pissed off (Just My Luck) won't solve anything, but it will make them feel better for sure."
Sean Rawls, Adrian Finch, Sam Gunn and Jay Domingo have been around the block a couple of times, taking part in the music scene of Atlanta as members of well-respected bands, but doing something together as a funky dance punk quartet is a first for them. They named themselves Go Public and with their single Becoming A Stranger they have arrived full-formed, with bells and whistles galore. Pretty damn catchy stuff that will appeal to both music geeks and ravers. Break out the guitar and try to follow the short bursts of six-string joy.
Minneapolis alternative band High on Stress have the habit of disappearing for a couple of years and remerge again with an album filled with gutsy rockers. It has been six years since the release of Hold Me In, so it makes sense that they named their new one Still Here. Hitting the ground running with the rough-around-the-edger power pop of House of Cards, they barrel through a dozen of energetic tracks, filled with Stonesy riffs, Cheap Trick licks, and the attitude of Big Star and The Replacements.
Their twin-guitars driven music is tailor-made for driving with the top down. And maybe the officer who pulls you over for being quite a bit over the speed limit will turn a blind eye, after being carefully explained that you were trying to keep up with the band. Can You Feel Me? indeed.
Lehmanski has made a video for NEU NEU NEU, a track from his Strandkorb der Gemütlichkeit album: "His slightly hoarse vocals, bass and drums are smack in the middle of the mix most of the time, with the other instruments and backing vocals swirling around them. Listeners who don't speak German will have no trouble understanding what he is singing about. He obviously has had his fair share of ups and downs in life, but he can look back upon those with a mix of humour and resignation.".
HCTF review of Strandkorb der Gemütlichkeit
