QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Josh Homme is back with another masterpiece and re-established his status of the emperor of rock. He is back to fuck up the anesthetized rock genre. A mature icon, Kurt Cobain of the 21 century. Genius, and a true macho bugger. Astonishing collaboration with NIN's Trent Reznor results in a devastating ballade Kalopsia. Celebrity list of collaborators includes Arctic Monkey Alex Turner and Scissor Sister Jake Shears and Foo Fighters Dave Grohl. Elton John called him to offer collaboration on this one by playing the piano. He s not in this video. The next song contains everything good about QOTSA - firm and dark chorus, masterful guitar riffs, excellent Josh's vocal. Yet it differs from the previous QOTSA albums by lack of social satire but giving us the world of 70s futuristic dystopia of sins and longing. They will be playing at VOLT Festival in Sopron 3rd July. Until then listen to all of QOTSA albums and prepare your whiskey with ice.. See you there!!

Shoshana

yesterday i bumped into a link to Shoshana's gig at a38...it s worth checking a38's program during weekdays, god knows how many bands have i missed.. with this thought i ventured into the Buda side of the Danube on my bike.. breeeezy!!
as soon as I came there, Broken Cups started to play.. they are Budapest based lo fi post punk quartet. (4 guys - bass guitar, electric guitar, drum machine, singer.. )
it s worth checking a38's program during weekdays, god knows how many bands have i missed.. what can i say.. the idea of reviving post punk is inviting and they have potential to mediate teenage punk angst, but... the vocal is completely out of tune, songs have no structure, there seems to be only chorus, or a theme that is on a constant repeat for 3-4 minutes... the guy produces some noise and swirls on the stage for some reason.. as i said, there is potential for a decent melodic post punk here, guys just have to compose a structured song, if they want to attract more listeners...

hear their album here! maybe u ll like it more than me

then she came, i mean they started..Shoshana is an Israeli rock duo - songwriter Tamar Aphek (guitar, voc) and Jonathan Harpak (drums), they formed in Tel-Aviv in 2012. Tamar was dressed in dark t shirt and jeans she held her guitar like nothing else mattered.. she was young polly jean harvey in a rougher phase/nirvana/sonic youth.. stoner rock phase... sadly my camera was n t charged. this is how it looked and sounded like: it was a seductive blend of whimsy guitar riffs, energetic drums and Tamar's pleasant vocals.. she was leading us through her world of broken relationships, expectations of israeli youth, zest and despair... all packed in tasty candy of heavy riffs.. before the end of the gig she turned to the audience with a dip of sarcasm: "soooo... what s going on? i guess i have to play another song..because... im an entertainer.. this is what i do" ehmmm...it s fine, not every performer's duty is to be an angel of kindness... so be it.. then she rocked on.....!! hear this one too..for the end.. their central European/Balkan tour is nearly done... come back soon!!!!

Fol Chen

ladies and gentlemen!!
im back! it s been a while... time to get movin'!

there have been a plethora of quality albums this year (mid 2012 and on)... Garbage, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, just to name a few...
in future posts i will mention and write about the albums that i have listened the most since the last post (June 2012, jeez!!)..
 in this world of singles/EPs/remixes as if people forgot about the concept of the album... do we buy/download albums at all? do we listen to them with enough attention and care as we used to in our teenage days? is time the crucial obstacle, or simply laziness?

if you re in the mood for some fresh and interesting pop music, LA's musical gem FOL CHEN is here to please your taste.. they have 3 full length albums and quirky videos, unfortunately not widely known, as a bunch of great bands... one of the videos/singles is this one.. miranda july meets david lynch... sexy misteryyyyy


  

anyway, they released the new album this March, their bandcamp profile states: "Fol Chen makes soundtracks to a future that never was. To listen is to leave the comfort of nostalgia and land with both feet in a bolder 21st century. Think of it as pop music for people who aren’t sure where or when they are, but who know it’s nowhere they’ve been before." this video and song fully back this statement, the romantic astronaut Odyssey in space

or this one, blend of fol-chen-esque rnb and pop;) they combine rnb beats with strings and multi vocals in the chorus.. so complex and yet it all works out!! some of the album reviewers think that this song has a forced pop sentiment to it, but i completely disagree...it s a well done pop song with elements of electroclash, don t ya thinkkkkk??? if you like all of these songs, don t be lazy and buy/download all Fol Chen albums!! my writing got a bit rusty, i admit, but i ll improve!! hahahhaha!! till the next time!!

LADYHAWKE

The lovely Ladyhawke is back! sexier and most dangerous than ever before!! After 4 years of the excellent debut self named LP, the new zealand. it s powerful pop melodies bravely cover the painful lyrics that are the result of her diagnose of Asperger syndrome.. the album is more pop rock, not so much electro pop like the debut..retro gitar riffs catchy tunes, talent, looks, she has it all.. you go girl!!! now lets follow her shows and see if she comes anywhere nearby

whomadewho

after almost a year of absence im back!! what occured since then? well i found a new job, i bought a flat.. a lot of good stuff. i still don t know what do with my life, what to do that would make me really happy.. with this new job i can t really take so much holidays ,darn.. i know i wanna travel some more more more but hey this is a music blog,. hahahha nothing particularly interesting was happening to post about..however, there are bands that never drain you out.. one of them is the danish Whomadewho... last year they released a small LP, or was it EP called Knee Deep from which the best video clip of 2011 was born out. the reflection on the survey taken in 2011 with outcome that Danish are the happiest nation in Europe. they just played in Vienna 2 weeks ago, can t believe i missed their show :( i have to be more careful with planning vienna trips and observing the concerts around budapest.. the song i played often on my dj sets is inevitable and dark Two feet of the ground when you hear those synths bashing on the speakers you just want to toss your mind on the floor on tap on it smash it and roll on it they are the ambassadors from the hell announcing the rise of filthy kingdom of the dancing skeletons!! OK, my imagination took its swirl hehehhe their last LP BRIGHTER is just breathtaking.. just when i thought Knee Deep is what they had to share with us for 2011, my friend Zrnka gave me the new album..they are alive and kicking, delivering more mol tunes and mellow melodies, just how we like them,.. no major difference in the style that they designed for themselves, but is there a need for the constant change? this is the first single Inside World with this little pedophilic venture they are the clerks in combining disco with melancholic electro with live instruments... every song is addictive and can be smoothly be released as a single.. so hit-ish, pop-astic, fuck-atastic...mmmmm.... the whole album is a compact unity, it has the complete narrative structure.. it ends with an epochal discopunk hymne Below the Cherry Moon if u ask me, the best album of 2012 so far!!! next post will be about BLOUSE! hugs!

Nosaj Thing

it s the season of festivals... Croatia, Serbia, Hungary..plenty of music festivals.. im kinda lazy to go anywhere, except to the beach on the Adriatic sea. so i stick to good old Budapest, anyway there s always something happening here.
like this weekend, on Friday we ll be pleased to hear and see Nosaj Thing, who is returning after a year to a38. back then he had an excellent live set, everyone went ecstatic..
here s how he sounds



dreamy melodies, atonal rnb/hip hop beats... like Boards of Canada in the club..
he can suprise us with some electro like he did the last time..

he also made the XX remix





day later, Saturday, we ll be witnessing sytnh wonders of Xeno&Oaklander and Martial Canterel..oh yeahhhhhhh..

Komeda

This time I d like to introduce a band that is dear to me for this whole decade. A band that is so unknown, I would never have known of them if I hadn't had discovered them on Soulseek 6 years ago. Komeda is a creation of vocalist Lena Karlsson, guitarist Mattias Nordlander, bassist Marcus Holmberg and Holmberg's brother Jonas on drums. They issued 4 LPS, all of them are magnificent representations of pop music. Non pretentious, charming, intelligent and honest. Just like Scandinavian people seem to be. Texts are

- anti consumerists

like this:



pro philosophy and pro psychoanalysis

like this:







falling in love

like this:




loneliness,

like this:




sometimes frolic sometimes nihilist... as life is..



LA LA LA or PAM PA RAM PAP..

They have overall 4 albums, all of them are real pop gems that will satisfy even the most demanding audience. Too bad they don t exist anymore.