Saturday, April 28, 2012

John Mayer live in communion with nature in 'Shadow Days'

Last night the network was unveiled at the official music video 'Shadow Days', first single from John Mayer's new album entitled "Born And Raised". In the clip, like a synopsis of what is seen in the movie "Into The Wild" (Into the Wild), guitarist of Fairfield runs all types of natural areas and walking for countless miles. For the time Mayer has looked once more that strange new look that is closer to Johnny Depp to the single aspect that has characterized him throughout his musical career.

May 22 is the day which will release "Born And Raised". If you are fans of Mayer recommend that you let yourself fall johnmayer.shop.musictoday.com where it is possible to order both the LP as a stack of interesting merchandise (moleskines, shirts, vinyl ...).

Thursday, April 26, 2012

The Mynabirds sharpen his return to "Generals"

Laura Burhenn is tucked between the eyes the idea of ​​being recognized internationally. This healthy obsession began to be apparent in the middle of the last decade, the artist joined John Davis (Q And Not U) to create a band called Georgie James. Both artists decided to split up in 2008 to go and find your way and direction. Laura, who has never had a silly hair, used his trust with the people of Saddle Creek - and the use of various quality contacts - to form The Mynabirds with a band that secundase. After much work, and a search of his roots, Burhenn materialized a sound close to Carole King (and hints of what Motown) described perfectly on the debut album "What We Lose In The Fire We Gain It In The Flood" is published in 2010 and which helped the ubiquitous Richard Swift. Now the feisty blonde protagonist returns to Washington by "Generals", second studio album to be released on June 5. The first single, titled the same way that the compact can be heard from now:

In the single Burhann left side a little more rustic appearance of old sound. This new face of The Mynabirds is characterized by melodic encircle the base with a barbed wire driven by retumbadores guitar lines. In its own way is as if these guys were renewed sonasen more closely to the most dusty Makovski Maika. And you know what? We love it so. Now I have to see if the rest of the LP is so powerful and rich in nuances as seen here.

Enclosed trailer for the album and a form you, including your email, you can get download 'Generals' completely free of charge.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Human Tetris


I do not even know why I you the russian band Human Tetris have not even advertised in my blog - but stylistically it fits very well in here. Shoegazeinfizierter post-punk (or wave) is what we offer, the boys from Moscow on their debut disc "happy way in the maze of rebirth." Melodic melancholy and well-packaged.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Free and very very good: Modern Jazz Piano Trio by Rusconi

MusicmondayWährend Germany in the copyright debate infuriated by the remarks of element-of-Crime singer Sven Regener ("We were pissing in the face!") Is back in full swing and the well-known arguments are pushed back and forth, has long been off the record companies formed an alternative culture, which is working on new ways to distribute music. In this blog, I pointed at the "free and very good" articles on various alternative distribution concepts. Incidentally, I received the following tip from my good friend and jazz expert Sebastian Bodden.
Rusconi - Revolution - CoverDas Swiss jazz trio Rusconi published regularly since 2004 in a 2-year cycle of conventional CDs at record labels (an album even appeared on the major Sony!). The new album is so revolutionary conclusion: The trio makes its music on the Internet for download free of charge (or more precisely with the proven platform bandcamp.com that the music in all sorts of formats, from MP3 to AAC via the lossless formats FLAC and ALAC). The album is available on a pay-what-you-want basis, ie the listener can decide for themselves whether and how much money he wants to let the band get their music (and can). There is also a rare vinyl edition, which you can order (of course, a free download is here), a CD will be offered exclusively at the concerts.

Even more important than their alternative approach to the distribution of their music is, of course, their music itself, and here Stefan Rusconi have (* 1979, piano, effects, backing vocals), Fabian Gisler (b. 1977, bass, effects, backing vocals) and Claudio Strüby (b. 1980, drums, tapes, glockenspiel, backing vocals), really a lot to offer. Their new album "Revolution" summarizes in a very convincing manner, the various current trends in jazz piano trio together, influenced by the almost classical sound ("Milk") on poppier influences ("Tempelhof"), to experimental, rocking sound ( "Alice in the Sky"), they all uniformly woven into their sound. "Revolution" is not just the first album by a hopefully successful concept has become, with which it the band manages to find a bigger audience and better funded than ever to cut, but it has become primarily a damn good, varied jazz album that you really need to listen completely through in order to capture the full range of the trio can. Highlight of the album is her collaboration with the avant-garde musician and composer Fred Frith on "Alice in the Sky" and the closing "Hits of Sunshine" (a live recording from Bielefeld).

Who modern piano trio à la est, the Neil Cowley Trio or the Trio Vijay Iyver like that will be done very well by Rusconi.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Dreams with open eyes

Juliane Lorenz (left) and Hanna Schygulla in the stables

"It was like dreaming with open eyes," said Hanna Schygulla remembers her time with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. An evening at the Munich Royal Stables in the weekend, "Cooper - still alive" was the era of anti-teater reflected.

The evening was part of a weekend, which dealt with the artist, who died 30 years ago. The actress Hanna Schygulla and Irm Hermann, both co-founders of Fassbinder antiteater, Juliane Lorenz, editor of many of Fassbinder's films and life partner to death of the director, film scholar Michael Töteberg and Claudia Blank, director of the German Theatre Museum in Munich, discussed on Saturday evening about the radical theater work the director.

It all begins in 1967 in the Munich Müllerstraße in Action Theatre. There, now housing a video arcade in the late 1960s avant-garde theater is here at home, a contrast to the great stages of the city. This does Fassbinder his first role in "Antigone," here he has for the first time as co-director of Büchner's "Leonce and Lena". Have read "All children of the world would" Leonce and Lena "by Georg Büchner: The feature is initially less than enthusiastic. You should only do not always public. This piece is beautiful, "blasphemes the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

In this piece, a woman enters the stage of the theater Actions that will be later on Fassbinder muse Hanna Schygulla. She then studied philology in the ninth semester at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University. But the study does not fill it out, so she takes acting classes at night, where he met Cooper, is fascinated by him, the man who walks around in a leather jacket and Goethe admired. Very physical making the theater was the exact opposite to the constant analysis of the studies that she was sorry. Also Irm Herrmann tells how much she had impressed the first encounter with Fassbinder: For several hours he reads to her from a novel. You, the first civil works as a secretary comes over him into acting.

In June 1968, must include the action-theater due to financial difficulties. A little later, Cooper founded the group with his antiteater. Staged plays like Goethe's "Iphigenie en Tauride" will, Handke's "cries for help" and "Preparadise Sorry Now" by the master himself some time rehearsing the troops in the back room of the Wicked Witch pub in Schwabing. But the host throws out the troops. Lucrative customers is paramount. But even that does not paralyze the playfulness of the force. One guest in the workroom of the Chamber of games with "Anarchy in Bavaria." Cooper is at the Bremer Theater, considered then as the most innovative theater of the Federal Republic, brought, brings "The Coffeehouse" by Goldoni on stage. But at some point reaches the theater no longer Fassbinder: 1969 celebrates his first feature film "Love Is Colder Than Death" debut. The underground scene has arrived on the movie screen.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Arctic Monkeys to the QOTSA sound in 'Electricity', another new face B

Arctic Monkeys These guys do not get tired ever. They are like a factory of churros, there is no month that does not premiere new topic. If you previously discussed - and praise - the single 'RU Mine?', Now we do the same with the flip side of that very simple answer to the title of 'Electricity'. There are many listeners rip necessary fact of BBC Radio 1 (you have it via YouTube below) to find find the parallels between the sound of this issue with the stoner rock Queens Of The Stone Age, a band led by Josh Homme that produced previous "Humbug" by the band of Alex Turner.

It is the less interesting that the two lashes more sonic and crushing of the Arctic have been chosen to be the album / single to be released in the face of Record Store Day (April 21). Will you say that the makers of "Suck It And See" throw for more abrupt and crushing paths from now on? We'll see, well that would make us happy.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Young Man - Fate

In March, announced the U.S. singer-songwriter Colin Caulfield's new album, "Vol 1 "Young Man in his band, now there's the video for" Fate "to see the first single.

Was directed by Jordan Bahat, who was already Grouplove behind the camera and the focus of much reduced to Colin Caulfield and his band intended: "It was kind of odd to make a video that was so minimal because our faux performances were the only thing on display , but I think the detached quality of the whole thing results in something interesting, "says Caulfield.

The video for "Fate" celebrated its premiere yesterday at Rolling Stone.

"Vol 1 "is the second album by the Young Man trilogy, which are conceptually with the youth, the ups and downs of living in a very short time, set apart. In Germany appears "Vol 1 "by Young Man on 25 May at Tom's Apple Records.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Water 13th Munich Munich Biennale Muffathalle

Of 03 to 19.05.2012 is the 13th Munich Biennale, the international festival for new music theater, rather than (we reported). The Muffathalle is one of the venues of the Biennale. This place on the 16th, 18th and 05.19.2012 a total of three performances of a musical theater in thirteen scenes take place, which bears the simple name of water. The music of water written by Arnulf Herrmann, the libretto was written by Nico Bleutge.

In the background of the thirteen scenes of water is the history of trauma. A man wakes up in a hotel room from a nightmare. The orientation to the helping the memory was lost to him. In the foyer of the house, he gets into an evening event. The people, he says, he must know, but his memory failed. Everything seems strange and crazy moves - even the music. She comes from a record, which does not rotate around its center and therefore provides wobbly distorted relationships. Says the woman who accepts the invitation to the dance, he has also seen it, it does not recognize. Seems to him his deceased wife / mistress, or he sees an Other that he could help them out of the trauma? You see more often, but the closeness that they try to fail, transforms itself into growing distance, the bridge is no longer at the end.

Friday, April 13, 2012

'Let's Go': vibrating with delight spring Madi Diaz


A few months I've heard "Plastic Moon" Madi Diaz. That point of pop / power pop with leave to Tegan & Sara I'm out to conquer and good blame for this is 'Let's Go', one of those songs that you drill the head again and again to end up becoming one of those very healthy musical obsessions that we like. Building begins to have some good time on the peninsula (I hope not to jinx!) Here I leave you with the video of the subject matter for that as best you degustéis square.

The album "Plastic Moon" I can play streaming via YouTube. If you want to anticipate the summer stage you can not miss the chance to hear. Sun, green trees and soft beach sand communicants in an attractive disc that will make you easy to digest. Come on, more than an album looks like a lemon sorbet. That make it comfortable.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Bodo Wartke piano program with his crimes in the Circus Krone

Budo Wartke guest performances with piano offenses in the Circus Krone in MünchenAm 27/04/2012, the Hamburg music-comedian, songwriter, actor and poet Bodo Wartke its new program, piano offenses guest at the Circus Krone in Munich and once more is its many qualities as a gentleman entertainer on the wing show. Whether he sings love songs, raps, poems recited, samba dancing, or playing multiple instruments simultaneously: Budo Wartkes multifaceted piano cabaret culture in rhyme is entertaining, engaging, and always to the point. With twinkling lightness to the speech the audience singing juggler through the evening and told his stories that unfold in a noisy picture sheet.

Budo Wartkes piano offenses are charming observations of everyday life, and those complications raised by the interpersonal interaction. Thus, the turbulent life in a shared apartment offers the same material for a ballad, such as maintaining the ubiquitous noise pollution and the dear neighbors who celebrate, rather than silence, a constant noise level at the apartment of the poetic artist. The comedian does away with the idealized view of the youth and asked mischievously whether men really are at the mercy of the power of their hormones.

Astonishing phenomena such as excessive product variety in the café or the arbitrary separation of the music in "serious" and "entertaining" Bodo Wartke takes bite targeted (and it leads to absurdity). And it has a humorous outlook ventured into a utopian future without advertising. Even the more functional than attractive architecture in Germany gets its critical-musical monument (see video below). And the love? With a lady from Constance combines the Latin dancers dance a fast-paced romance. Béguine tango rhythms and musical witness once more the nose for a passionate declaration of love, this time to the Odeur of the elect. And with the poet Christine managed a deeply touching song with which he recommended as a master of quiet, thoughtful tone.

Come and visit Budo Wartke on 04/27/2012 at Circus Krone in Munich. The team from Munich Blog wishes much fun.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Bob Dylan headlining the 2012 IBF

Who would have thought one day after confirming two dates of Leonard Cohen in our country that Bob Dylan, arguably the most influential songwriter of the twentieth century, it would point headlining the Festival International de Benicassim (FIB) most recent atypical years.

Among the list of artists confirmed for the festival, names such as The Stone Roses, New Order, Florence and The Machine and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

Thus, after performing in Barcelona and the Azkena Rock Festival in 2010, Bob Dylan will bring our country back to his Never Ending Tour, ending the tour that began in 1988.

Ensures Maraworld, the company organizing the festival, Dylan is having to fill one of his old aspirations. The FIB 2012 will be held from 12 to 15 July at the municipal grounds Benicassim Tickets for the four days are now on sale at a price of 165 euros plus booking fee.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

T.C. Boyle reads from his novel in amperes "When the battle is over"

T.C. Boyle on the roof of his house in Santa Barbara - Photo: Milo Boyle / www.tcboyle.com
On 05.07.2012 reads the American writer Thomas Coraghessan Boyle, better known as TC Boyle, in the Muffathalle in Munich from his new novel, "When the battle is over." As a German voice is at this reading David Eisermann heard. "When the battle is over," Boyle's twelfth novel, and is already dealing again with the favorite topic of the author: the relationship between man and nature.

This time, a choleric animal rights activists clash and a supercooled scientist. Boyle knows more than any other writer to create exciting fictional characters from environmental activists and has spared no expense or effort to promote his latest work impressively. It was filmed as a bombastic trailer, in which the conflict of the two mentioned, different conservationists - Biologist Alma Boyd Takesue and activist Dave LaJoy - is clear:

Alma Boyd Takesue: "The invaders are a real threat to the survival of the island. Our Channel Islands, the Galapagos Islands of North America. We're talking about species that exist nowhere else in the world. "
Dave LaJoy: "Who exactly has chosen you to that?"
Alma Boyd Takesue, "Mr. LaJoy, they will have the opportunity to comment on it, but now they do not hesitate and wait until it's your turn. The drug is rapidly and it humanely. "
Dave LaJoy: "Even more lies! It's rat poison. This poison causes a slow death by internal bleeding. It takes three to ten days, ten days! They call that human? "
(Dialogue from the "When the battle is over" trailer)

T.C. Boyle reads from his new novel Muffathalle "When the battle is over"

T.C. Boyle - Photo: Pablo Campos / www.tcboyle.com
Scene of the story are the Channel Islands off the southern coast of California, where the environment has been disturbed by humans. Should we restore the balance of the ecosystem with a lot of taxpayers' money - which inevitably means the extinction of some species - or should be prevented at all costs to kill? Boyle's furious, apocalyptic novel is about the exploitation of nature by man and the catastrophic consequences. Boyle was never so bitter and angry, he's never been so serious.

The Hanser Verlag, appeared in Boyle's latest work in early February, wrote: "The [environmental] movement is a resistance in society, but people are behind them so no saints, but ordinary people who react just as irrationally as any other . "

According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung "the luck in this novel insight into the (...) that one should prefer to let nature take its course, as time after time killing and rectification machines to throw." Is

Come and visit T.C. Boyle's reading on 07.05.2012 in the Muffathalle in Munich. We hope you enjoy.

Monday, April 9, 2012

"Open Scene" at the Film Museum

This week the theme of Open Scene in Munich Film Museum Thomas MauchZum 75th Birthday of the German cameraman, director, actor, screenwriter and producer Thomas Mauch (born 04/04/1937), the Munich Film Museum presents on 05.04.2012 at 19.00 clock in the "Open Scene" three films by and about Thomas Mauch, where a total of more has contributed over 100 films. So the New German Cinema was greatly influenced by his handwriting. Thomas Mauch worked with renowned directors like Edgar Reitz, Alexander Kluge, Werner Herzog and later, together with Christian Wagner. For the camera in Herzog's "Aguirre - The Wrath of God" in 1973 he won the National Film Award in Gold.

The Film Museum presents the following films an insight into the breadth of work by Thomas Mauch: "The single image is nothing - a portrait of the cameraman Thomas Mauch" (Germany 2005 - Director / Script / Camera: Anja Lupfer, Melanie Liebheit) "The Axis" (BRD 1985 - Director / Book / Photography: Thomas Mauch) and "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck" (BRD 1975/1976 - Director / Script: Werner Herzog).
"The single image is nothing - a portrait of the cameraman Thomas Mauch"

Germany 2005
Director / Script / Camera: Anja Lupfer, Melanie Liebheit
39 min / original version with subtitles
The portrait of the HFF graduates an insight into Thomas Mauch's work and attitude, and accompanied him during filming of Christian Wagner's theater production of "Warchild". Staying with this demonstration is Melanie Liebheit.
"The Axis"

FRG 1985
Director / Book / Photography: Thomas Mauch
Starring: Michael Weber
39 min / original version with subtitles
Satire about the importance of the camera axis: The - authentic - Adoption of the Nazi propaganda minister Goebbels, German troop movements only from left to right to film, was more difficult for war correspondents to work considerably.
"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck"

BRD 1975/1976
Director / Script: Werner Herzog
Photography: Thomas Mauch
Starring: Ralph Wade, Alan Ball, Steve Liptay, Abe Diffenbach
45 min / original version with subtitles
Werner Herzog in his documentation that accompanies each year in Pennsylvania held World Cup fast talking. The popular among livestock auctioneers championship by Duke - set partly critical, partly fascinated by the scene - known for his penchant for curiosities. The title refers to a tongue-twister, which is used to prepare the participants ("How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?")

Also visit the "Open Scene" on 05.04.2012 at the Film Museum in Munich. The team from Munich Blog wishes much fun.