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5 Jahre nach dem Ende von Isis steigt deren ehemaliger Vorstand Aaron Turner samt namhafter Begleitung in stockdunkle Katakomben zu den Überresten seiner alten Band hinab, um mit Sumac die dortige Lage auszukundschaften.
With Black Map, Mark Engels rediscoverd his joy in pure rock – as much is clear on every second of '…And We Explode': snappy riffs, a tightly fitting groove, and theoretically always in spitting direction of bombast.
Soundgarden haben es seit jeher verstanden auszusieben und ihr bestes Material entsprechend auf den regulären Studioalben in Szene zu setzen. Dennoch ist die Raritätensammlung 'Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path' ein endlich wahr gewordener Fantraum.
Melt-Banana did not promise too much: with 'Longhena' Gridlink released the best grind record of the year, and maybe also the last act of their peaking carreer. Jon Chang not only found the time to tell us about his favourite records of this past year 2014 for the Heavy Pop advent calender, he’s also giving out presents left and right: countless demos from all phases of Gridlink are on his Dropbox – and his Facebook page is always worth a look.
'This World' works as interface between the acoustic landscapes of Grails and Slint, the two closely related bands that qualify Watter as – excuse the marketing-speak – supergroup. First and foremost though, Zak Riles, Tyler Trotter and Britt Walford made their debut a beautiful and mystically surreal voyage through the bluring borderlands of post- and krautrock. To ease the waiting time for their Euro tour at the start of 2015 (with dates in Linz on Feb 12th and Vienna on Feb 14th), Mr. Riles tell us about his favourite records of the year for the Heavy Pop advent calendar.
'This World' funktioniert natürlich auch als Schnittstelle zwischen den Soundwelten von Grails und Slint, indem es sich an Stilelementen jener beiden nahverwandten Bands bedient, die Watter nicht nur vermarktungstechnisch zur Supergroup machen. Vor allem aber ist Zak Riles, Tyler Trotter und Britt Walford mit ihrem Debüt eine so wunderschöne wie mystische und unwirkliche Reise durch die verschwimmenden Grenzwelten aus Postrock-Szenarien und Krautrock-Anleihen gelungen. Während die dazugehörige Europatour Anfang 2015 [mit 12.Februar/Linz und 14. Februar/Wien gibt es gleich zwei Österreich-Daten!] also gar nicht früh genug kommen kann, erzählt Mr.Trotter im Rahmen des Heavy Pop Adventskalender schonmal, welche Platten ihn dieses Jahr bewegten.
First and foremost, The Tidal Sleep made their homework in contemporary US-hardcore; though 'Vorstellungskraft' foreshadowed some of the things 'Keep You' succeeded in months later, but without the same radical break with their own past. On their second album, the Mannheim/Karlsruhe/Leipzig/
„Compared to his previous work, the album has very structurized pieces, but they lose nothing of their elusive magic“ Messer vocalist Hendrik Otremba told us, and hits the nail on the head. Not only has Damon McMahon – together with his bandmates Jordi Wheeler and Parker Kindred, as well as many guests like Efrim Menuck, Colin Stetson and Elias Bender Rønnenfelt – succeeded in making 'Love' their best Album so far, but a beautifully surreal, psychedelic masterpiece with timeless qualities.
Their dynamic style of pop punk combined with fun, oldschool skate punk vibes make Gnarwolves one of the most interesting new bands the UK currently has to offer. On their first headline tour through Europe Thom (Guitar, Vocals) and Charlie (Bass, Vocals) met Heavy Pop at dasBach to talk about their debut album, skateboarding, and why their song 'Smoking Kills' isn’t really about smoking.
2014 couldn’t have started better for KMPFSPRT: „Jugend Mutiert“ easily lived up to the high expectations euphoric concert reviews and the „Das ist doch kein Name für ‚ne Band“ EP were suggesting. Close to eleven months later, the albums punkr rock hits lost nothing of their pressure and vigor. It doesn’t surprise, thatt 2015 seems to be off to an equally good start: the split single with Boysetsfire is ready to go, looks amazing, and serves a good cause. For the time being, guitar player David gives off some recommendations for 2014.
