Danish drum machines First Hate dropped a new curve ball of a song. Trojan Horse comes with powerful beats and a dirty little secret inside. The latter isn’t even true but kind of fun to write. As a matter of fact, they do come to Hamburg and Berlin respectively with their new songs very much out in the open. First Hate will play the Ja Ja Ja club nights in Hamburg (Oct. 7) and Berlin (Oct. 8) where they will be joined by fellow wonders of the nordic regions Astrid S and Manna. Afterwards they can be seen on stages in Paris and Copenhagen. All dates here.
Four days of international extravaganza went down smoothly in Hamburg last weekend, when infamous Reeperbahn Festival took over the city for its tenth edition. The SXSW-like conference slash music festival hosted over 500 concerts, numerous panel discussions on the current state and future of the music industry as well as selected start-ups presenting themselves to audiences and jurors.
At 500 scheduled musical gigs, over 50 participating venues and no clear headliners, Reeperbahn Festival is no festival you can enjoy in flight mode sitting down and waiting to arrive. It takes a bit of an effort to find the many pearls you do not want to be seen missing out on. Luckily the tech savvy festival provides a stellar app that takes you to your Spotify loves and likes as a valid starting point. [continue reading…]
More than stoked to see these guys perform at Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg this week. South London trio Beaty Heart dropped a hot ball of indie pop delight last year and have been riding waves of success and presumably glamour since. Their debut full-length goes by the name of Mixed Blessings and is a collection of actual genuine blessings. Attached is their stellar single Seafood.
Beaty Heart play mighty Prinzenbar on Thursday, 22h30.
Here is another one not to miss at this week’s Reeperbahn Festival in good old Hamburg: Fine Times. Your new favorite happy go lucky duo out of the maple leaf country that is Canada. They are less than new though. The two of them have been going at it for the past five years and logically released their debut album three years ago. Singer Matthew is quoted saying he loves pop music and couldn’t imagine making any other type of music. Always a plus in Team Poule’s books.
Attached below is Not Dead off their upcoming new EP Bad::Better out October 9. Their new songs are tilted somewhat towards the new wave end of the musical spectrum and sport the type of easy-on-the-ears pop feeling that only the true talents manage to lay down.
Fine Tines are playing two shows on Thursday. First off at noon at kukuun, then at 9 at Pooca Bar.
Wowsers. Fall is gonna be hot this year, so much new albums ready to roll out. First off: the highly anticipated third long play record by Los Angeles duo and married couple Kisses. They already squeezes out two great tracks off Rest In Paradise and here comes the latest gem: The Nile.
Which is nothing less than “An Ode to Rod Stewart” – that old Celt. Or as Jesse put it with Interview Magazine for the song’s premiere: “I got deep into ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?’ and could not get over how much the production on that song mirrored some of my favorite more obscure disco favorites from the ’70s…Both me and Zinzi are really interested in pop artists who ‘went disco’ — Paul McCartney, The Stones, Blondie, Rod Stewart, the list goes on. Putting these two worlds together was something we felt destined to do.” Word. Worked out pretty darn good, Team Poule says.
Rest In Paradise is out October 9th on Hit City U.S.A.
There is a good handful of German talent booked for this year’s Reeperbahn Festival next week in Hamburg too. One of them are Lea Porcelain, a duo of of Frankfurt. They play a very dark, melancholic view of electronic pop and have little more than one song out. The piece goes though. Similar Familiar is a fast and shadow’y number featuring mighty drums and a nice build-up making it a promising scene to be watched on a proper stage and sound system. Attached below at your convenience.
Lea Porcelain are playing might Prinzenbar on Wednesday, September 23rd and Angie’s Nightclub on Friday night.
