Mainly Rock

The French Rock magazine Rock & Folk elected this album as the album of the month two months ago and had a 6 page article on the band in the same issue. At that time the album was only available as an import in France…

That’s quite some hype for French standards, as R&F is not [...]

I had read a bit about We Are Scientists in different parts of the Internets before, but I really discovered them as the opening act for The Kaiser Chiefs at the Bataclan here in Paris. I am not saying that they were better than the main act (which would have been hard to do) but [...]

The Minus 5 attracted my attention by their last album Down With Wilco. The music is kind of timeless pop, with a heavy Beatles influence, although I don’t know any Beatles album, which is as “Beatles-Sounding” as some of the albums carrying that label.

The Gun Album (it doesn’t really have a name), continues with sweet [...]

Robert Pollard probably is an Indie-Rock genius. The problem with a genius is, that he is often not understood by the people of his time. What I am trying to say, is that I am truly fascinated by Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices, but somehow I am not sure I ever really got the [...]

I’ve always had weak spot for bands from Scandinavia and Sweden in particular. In recent years band like The Hives and The (International) Noise Conspiracy have done a good job of keeping the Swedish reputation high. So when I came across the Shout Out Louds, I must admit that I had high hopes.

Howl Howl [...]

Everybody must know, that The Arctic Monkeys are a total music industry sensation, as they managed to create such a buzz, partly by giving away free mp3’s of their demos on their website, that they eventually sold over 360,000 copies of their album in the first week in the UK.
With all this, people overlook, that [...]

This blog has been in some serious hibernation since my last post. This is mainly due to the crazy amout of work I’ve had lately but also (to a much lesser extent) because of the new Cat Power album which is next on my list of albums to be reviewed.

When The Strokes appeared on the scene in 2001, I didn’t quite get all the excitement, because their music wasn’t all that new, even if I quite liked it. The Strokes certainly did not invent guitar-based rock music, but their success marked the beginning of the period (which hasn’t really ended yet) where rock music [...]

I’ve written about The Kevins before (here and here) and now it’s about time to write a review on the album…
According to their bio, The Kevins are two brothers and the album was recorded in Wichita, Kansas. I’m not sure this should be taken absolutely seriously, but it doesn’t really matter either. The music is [...]

First of all I must correct a post I did a couple of weeks ago. So alive is not Ryans Adams’ latest single, but in fact a track taken off his (poor) Rock n Roll album from 2003. If you follow this link I think you will agree that the communication by Lost Highway is [...]