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Today’s Sunday Documentary, Children of Berlin charts the development of the Berlin Techno scene after the fall of the wall. People involved in the vibrant world of Berlin Techno, including DJs, clubbers and club owners, discuss how the city’s divided past and the unique conditions created by its reunification helped to shape the scene. Children […]
I love this cover version of a Hall & Oates classic: Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers – I Can’t Go For That. I would recommend checking out more of the band’s ‘Van Sessions’ recorded on the road as they travelled between stops on their tour in an attempt to entertain themselves. I was first introduced […]
Glasgow’s CHVRCHES is another band that I discovered thanks to the BBC Sound of 2013 longlist, which also introduced me to Palma Violets and Little Green Cars. This video is a live session for BBC Radio 1 at Maida Vale studios. CHVRCHES – We Sink [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UNhKpjlzNc?rel=0]
GEMA (Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs) is the music artists representative group in Germany and the iron fist with which it rules the music industry is the only thing I don’t miss about Berlin. Anyone who has spent any time in Germany will have experienced the frustration of trying to watch a video on YouTube only […]
Anyone who has travelled on AirBerlin recently will probably be fed up of the original but The xx covered Wham’s Last Christmas in the the Radio 1 Live Lounge. The xx will be playing what should be a very special gig in Berlin next year at Spreepark Plänterwald on 18 May 2013. The xx – […]
I remember buying the original version by Shakin’ Stevens on 7″ so was pleased to hear that Lucy Rose had covered Merry Christmas Everyone in Radio 1’s Live Lounge. I am at home with the family in Cardiff for Christmas and missing Berlin like mad and wherever you are, I hope you have a Merry […]
Little Green Cars – The John Wayne starts slowly and builds to a crescendo. A sparse intro gains layers as the song progresses. There are obvious parallels with Mumford & Sons in Little Green Cars’ folk sound and for me echoes of Magic Numbers in the tight harmonies. Like the band in my last Ohrwurm, […]
Named NME’s Track of the Year 2012, Palma Violets – Best of Friends, is a raucous sing-a-long song. The kind of Ohrwurm that burrows its way into your brain on a rabble rousing night out and greets you with a hoarse ‘hello’ and a bear hug when you crawl out of bed in the […]
Like last Sunday’s Ohrwurm, Lucy Rose – All I’ve Got, taken from the debut album Like I Used To, is just the kind of song you need to ease you out of a hungover state. See more from Lucy Rose on her website, Facebook page and Twitter (which is how I heard about Ajimal – […]
It’s almost as if the syncopated rhythm and falsetto delivery of Everything Everything – MY KZ, UR BF creates a direct connection to the Ohrwurm section of my brain. MY KZ, UR BF is the opening track from Everything Everything’s debut album, Man Alive and I can guarantee that if I listen to it, I’ll […]
