Guitar bands are somehow considered out. And the fact that some musicians no longer like to pick up their guitar can be seen from Markus and Micha Acher from the Munich indie rock institution The Notwist see. They now prefer to use it Wedding chapel where they play drums, tuba and trumpet. They also do that on the new EP “We Dance”. Then there is a new addition to the microphone, the photographer Enid Valu, with whom she sings the eponymous “We Dance” by Pavement interpreted. This is actually a guitar band, but the song works perfectly that way too. You can probably experience this live soon on the Isar or elsewhere – at one of their popular spontaneous gigs.
The band from Austria wanted to get away from the rock clichés and ultimately also from the guitars Yes, panic. But lo and behold: The group, which is now spread across Berlin and Spain, has plugged in the guitars again for their current album “Don’t play with the rich kids”. And what can you say: the album turned out great, danceable, catchy and surprisingly optimistic. Andreas Spechtl sings things in Denglish like “Because I believe that we can be changed” or “Your yesterday is so dead / Your tomorrow is so big”. And you can’t help but believe him (April 11, Electricity).
The changeability of people and guitar music also seem to be important Kettcar from Hamburg to continue to believe. It’s been seven years since the album “Me vs. Us”, which received a lot of media attention, especially through the song “Sommer ’89”. From the new album “Gute Mood unjustly distributed”, which was released on April 5th, the first single “Munich” was released on January 19th. It’s about everyday racism, “Kanye in Bayreuth” is about cancel culture, and in “Shopping in Times of War” Kettcar takes up the general mood of crisis in a humorous and biting way. The music: classic indie pop, nothing really new. The club concert on January 27th in Munich’s Feierwerk was still nice, now we’re going to the Tonhalle again (April 18th).
The US duo’s indie pop also sounds relaxed in a positive way Widowspeakwhich will be released on April 15th in the Milla plays. Also come there a few days earlier The Dead End Kids from Saxony (April 4th). Their glitter power punk doesn’t sound really new, but it does sound quite fresh and relaxed. Anatol rock, which has been rediscovered by numerous bands, has proven to be a refreshing injection of vitamins for guitar music in recent years. The psychedelic desert funk of Jamilla & The other Heroes from Berlin is also influenced by this, as is the music of the Munich trio Sinemthat together in Import Export occur (April 4).
Scooter, the fair techno troupe around HP Baxxter, is celebrating its 30th birthday in the Olympiahalle.
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You can learn how to make scene music or sound designs without guitars and instead with synthesizers and other music machines at the Impact Music Collective workshop on April 8th and 15th in Import Export. And who knows, with the right oomph and the right slogans you might end up on the big stage Scooters. The fair techno troupe around HP Baxxter is celebrating its 30th birthday in the Olympiahalle with inimitable courage to embarrassment and is also presenting the new album “Open Your Mind And Your Trousers” (April 11th). All you can say is: God save the rave!