We were pretty sure that we weren’t raised in Liverpool. Our generation had to come up with a counterpoint to that… Kraftwerk was willing to relate to the past of German identity. Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk, 1975-91) If you ever plan to fly to Cologne and its neighbor-city Düsseldorf for its electronic music & ‘Krautrock’ heritage …
I’m always my father’s daughter, and I’ll always be a Somali girl. And that is the pride that you put in yourself, the pride of yourself and never lowering your worth. You don’t have to lower yourself. They’ll meet you where you stand. Iman (Originally published on April 8, 2021, this article was the most …
Ripley Johnson is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter for Wooden Shjips, Moon Duo, and his most recent project Rose City Band. Rose City Band’s newest album Earth Trip will be released through Thrill Jockey Records on June 25. Ripley Johnson’s music has been described as “dazzled psychedelic wandering” (AllMusic), “some of the decade’s most mesmerizing …
THE DISCO SUN IT SHINES SO BRIGHT Turbonegro, ‘Denim Demon’ When talking about classics and masterpieces, everybody talks about the ‘White Album’, but not all talk about Turbonegro‘s Ass Cobra. That’s not right. Let’s get one thing straight right from the beginning: Ass Cobra is no little or unknown record. When we talk about Turbonegro, …
Director: Marco Ferreri „If I were asked to characterize the present state of affairs, I would describe it as ‘after the orgy’. The orgy in question was the moment when modernity exploded upon us, the moment of liberation in every sphere. Political liberation, sexual liberation, liberation of the forces of production, liberation of the forces …
On more occasions than not, after getting tanked up on Gin Tonics and red wine and listening to Iggy and New Order most of the evening, my friend Karla and I will end up listening to Elvis’ “In The Ghetto” and ABBA’s “The Winner Takes it all” – don’t ask. Yesterday was different though, since …
Albums have to be vinyl for me, not cd’s or downloads. When I am writing songs for my own albums, I always imagine at which point the listener has to turn around the record. And when I think of the artwork, I always imagine a big gatefold cover. Because that’s how I listen to music: …
We live in a computer world, so we made a song about it. Ralf Hütter In 1981, Edward Snowden‘s revelations on how Imperial America mass-surveilled its own citizens and the citizens of the world were still 32 years away. Yet, the seeds for today’s surveillance capitalism and globalization as 21st century version of colonialization were …
They were never really embraced by the east and west coast intelligentsia. Rolling Stone magazine wasn’t a friend to the band, nor was the hip alternative magazine from their home state, Cream. Their sound was a throbbing monolith, built on a pure, primitive drive that was closer to a voodoo ceremony than a peace happening. …
Crisis creates art and prosperity leads to tastelessness. This has recurred throughout history. The most recent example was how mortgage fraud of the late 1990s/early 2000s and the United States housing bubble of 2001-2005 coincided with the rising popularity of reality TV. Reality TV features people whose own privileged lives share little to no resemblance …
