Picking up on postponed concerts which are now finally taking place, you can be up to a few surprises. After being postponed for two years because of the Corona pandemic, and with the tour now being called Year of the Rat Year of the Ox Year of the Tiger, the Einstürzende Neubauten concert in Cologne …
40 licks, ripped out of time, for your listening pleasure. Has there ever been a rock band as cool as The Brian Jonestown Massacre? Hailed as “The Velvet Underground of the 90’s,” with a turbulent past characterized by rivalry and crime, a vitriolic hatred of the corporate music industry, and a requisite tortured genius of …
‘Lodger’ is the final album in the Bowie/Eno trilogy of Berlin albums starting with Low (1977) and Heroes (1977). Each of them heavily is influenced by the zeitgeist of (West-) Berlin, whereas title and cover of Lodger are a direct reference to Roman Polanski’s movie ‘The Tenant’ from 1976. West Berlin’s underground scene was burgeoning with …
I have seen many films that deal with drug addiction; among them memorable films like ‘Requiem For a Dream’ or ‘Trainspotting’ have to be highlighted. However, I was blown away when I discovered this shocking and propulsive movie. The perspective that this film takes on the issue of drug addiction is totally different from everything …
