Daily Peaks · 26-08-2024

BER is the short for Berlin Airport and for the rest of ze Germans, Berlin is a country for itself. I love Elder on stage and since 2014 I have managed not to pay too much attention to the two minutes of singing in their 11-minute songs. What bothers me about Elder is the skills-oriented songs, i.e. everyone in the band gets to show what they can do. The songs sometimes rush from one highlight to the next and somehow it's a lot of work for nothing because nothing sticks after an Elder concert....

Unknown Pleasures · 25-08-2024

On the first rainy day after a month of sunshine, I stumbled upon this fantastic song by the Swedish dua Citzend via algorithm. The review appears under unknown pleasures because I am a total fan of the Norwegian band Madrugada, the Swedish duo Swarm of the Sun and dark music in general. And now two Swedes come along, creating an intimate atmosphere and at the same time a great expanse with very few instruments that sound quite isolated from each other and play next to each other rather than...

Unknown Pleasures · 06-05-2024

This seems to come directly from the bottom of the heart; Blues Pills was like a calculated project for me and the slow decay of the band was quite logic after this huge hype in 2014. Dorian Sorriaux took a different path; armed with his acoustic guitar, he lingers along on Neil Young paved roads à la "Harvest Moon" or "Hawks and Doves" and it feels right and good and authentic what Sorriaux is playing and singing. A record to listen in one take and after that, to switch the repeat button. A...