12/29/2010

DECEMBER SONGS 2010



1. KEN HAYAKAWA - WIEN BEI NACHT
Vienna / Calling / Elegant

2. SECRET SHINE - NO MORE INSIDE
Uplifting / Bright / Hypnotic

3. THE MEGAPHONIC THRIFT - TALKS LIKE A WEED KING
ClubAC30 / Experimental / Norway

4. RINGO DEATHSTARR - SO HIGH
Cheerful / Drifty / Early 90ies

5. SAHARAN GAZELLE BOY - STRANGE TEEN WAY
TeenAngst / Synth-Pop / Melodramatic

6. MY BEE'S GARDEN - THE NOISE IT MAKES
Aerial / French / Dreampop

7. SLEIGH BELLS - CROWN ON THE GROUND
Loud / Overdriven / Crackling

8. SURROUNDED / SPACE ATLANTIC SATELLITE
Sadcore / Synths / Sweden

9. NORTHERN PORTRAIT - LEAVE THE TREES ALONE
Winter / Denmark / Burning Xmas-Trees

10. HURTS - ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS NEW YEARS DAY
Exactly.




12/26/2010

SOFT AS SNOW (BUT WARM INSIDE)




Some Films, located in snow, while we can watch in the warmth...

SNOW QUEEN
Wonderful fairy tale from the former USSR, based on a art(istic) fairy tale by 
Hans Christian Andersen. Very impressive is the conception of hundreds of 
cold and blank ice-halls in the castle of the snow queen.



JAGDHUNDE
A movie playing in the frosty coldness of a winterly Germany with pictures of 
impressive clearness and a beloved Josef Hader.



FARGO
German subtitle: "Bloody Snow.".. One of the finest from the Coens, with 
Frances - „Jesses!“ - McDormand playing a pregnant policewoman, who 
investigates in the snow-covered sleepy little village Fargo...


THE SHINING
What happens if you are sitting in the middle of a snow globe? 
You are getting mad...




LET THE RIGHT ONE IN 
A perfect Advancement of the vampire genre mixed with the story of two misfits. 
A fantastic setting in the snow-covered Sweden. Based on a story, which is 
based on an Morrissey Song: "Let the right one slip in"

"And when at last it does
I'd say you were within your rights to bite
The right one and say, "what kept you so long ?"
"What kept you so long ?"
Oh ..."
 


IL GRANDE SILENZIO
One of the best movies ever made! A Western playing in the snow with a genius 

Klaus Kinsi as a stone-cold villain...: "I've got another piece of freight to collect. 
[Trudges through snow to collect another bounty killing.]"

 

12/01/2010

ADVENT CALENDAR #1: SONGS OF THE YEAR

School Of Seven Bells / Windstorm 
Ethereal / Shining / Choral

NOVEMBER SONGS 2010




1. WILD NOTHING - SUMMER HOLIDAY
Vintage 4AD-Atmosphere meets new shoegazing Pains: Pure

2. WARPAINT - UNDERTOW
Female Quartet with beautiful rhythm: Reflecting

3. DETACHMENTS - HOLIDAY ROMANCE
New Wave with a Godard-Attitude: Ageless

4. DIEGO - VIENNA
Gloomy and bright Sounds out of Karlsruhe: Dance

5. THE VOLTARENES - ANAGRAM
Yamaha CS01, Roland MKS-50, Korg Poly 800: Coolness

6. ASOBI SEKSU - TRAILS
Herald of the new Album with classic 4AD-Design: Fluorescence

7. NORTHERN PORTRAIT - SOME PEOPLE
Crooning, morrisseyesque Cover of Sir Cliff Richard: Heartbreaking

8. VERKET - JAG KOM, JA SAG, JAG FORLORADE
Cheerful, swedish equivalent to The Drums: Sunny

9. GOOSE - SYNRISE
Giorgio and Goblin-inspired analog Synthiemania: Spiral

10. THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS - PIGEONS
Floating Electrop from Brooklyn: Nonchalant


Some Links are free mp3-Downloads of the Songs: Enjoy!