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<< 07-08/2006

Do, 07.09. Warum @ Chelsea, €7
Fr, 15.09. Kante @ Szene, €13,50
Do, 21.09. Peter Licht @ WUK, €11
Sa, 30.09. Infadels @ Flex, €12

Do, 05.10. Rogue Wave, Tomte @ Arena
Mi, 11.10. Hooverphonic @ Szene, €16
Sa, 14.10. The Datsuns @ Szene, €16
So, 15.10. Snow Patrol @ Arena
So, 22.10. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, The Dead Science, Robert Fisher @ Chelsea
Di, 24.10. Boy Omega, Hanalei @ Chelsea
Fr, 27.10. Gustav @ Fluc Wanne
Di, 31.10. The Lost Patrol @ Szene, €12 (Listen)

01 The Most Serene Republic (72) - I bought "Phages" two months ago at their show (supporting the Stars), but only recently managed to give it a listen. what the hell was I waiting for? this easily beats the debut.

02 Vitaminsforyou (57) - "the legend of bird's hill": more underappreciated indietronica

03 James Figurine (40) - the new album by the guy behind Dntel is mistakenly mistakenly mistakenly mistakenly named.

04 The Gerbils (33)
05 OK Go (30)
06 Two Gallants (25) - seen live in may without knowing them before. not really my genre (alt country?), but their performance blew me away.
07 Architecture in Helsinki (22)
08 The Knife (21)
09 pepe deluxe (20)
09 Sunset Rubdown (20)
11 Say Hi to Your Mom (19) - new album imminent! listen
11 Unicorns (19)
13 Turntablerocker (18)
13 Tilly and the Wall (18) - bottoms of barrels
15 Mountain Goats (17)
15 The Robot Ate Me (17) - good world
17 Asobi Seksu (16) - citrus
17 Peeping Tom (16) - sounds like this mike patton project could become the next gorillaz with regards to mainstream appeal with indie qualities.
17 Cars Can Be Blue (16)
17 Joseph Nothing (16)

Sommerliche Konzertdürre. Mal sehen was sich zusammenkratzen lässt...

<< 05-06/2006

Di, 04.07. Eels @ Arena, AUSVERKAUFT
Do, 13.07. The Bell Orchestre, Szely @ Szene, €12,50
Sa, 22.07. Jamison Young @ metalab, €0 - austral. singer-songwriter, probehören

Do, 03.08. Jose Gonzales @ B72, €?
Di, 08.08. The Weakerthans @ Flex, €12
Fr, 18.08. Basement Jaxx @ Flex, €15
Sa, 26.08. go die big city!, When the Music's Over, Jellybeat, Shy, your ten mofo etc @ Gürtel Nightwalk, €0
Di, 29.08. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio @ Arena (open air)
Do, 31.08. Gnarls Barkley @ Arena (open air), €29

09-10/2006 >>

Naja, immerhin.

A job + a hobby + no iPod = little time for music.

01 Islands (56)
"Where there's a will there's a whalebone" has been waking me up every day for the last few weeks, and I am still surprisingly far from getting sick of it.

02 The Knife (34)
03 The Blow (29)
04 Enon (26)
05 Black Moth Super Rainbow (25)
06 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (24) - new album
07 Why (20)
08 Kelley Polar (19)
08 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (19)
10 Michael Andrews (17) - "me and you and everyone we know" soundtrack
10 Boards of Canada (17)
12 Acid House Kings (16)
12 pepe deluxe (16)
14 Dear Nora (14)
14 The Mountain Goats (14)
14 Pit Er Pat (14)
14 Electric President (14)
18 I Monster (13)
18 Kings of Convenience (13)
18 Boy in Static (13)
18 Sufjan Stevens (13)
18 Elliott the Letter Ostrich (13)

05-23 Tilly and the Wall - Bottoms of Barrels
05-23 Vitaminsforyou - The Legend of Bird's Hill
"Soon" +/- - Let's Build a Fire
"End of June" James Figurine – Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake
July 24 Say Hi to Your Mom - Impeccable Blahs
Now Cex - Actual Fucking
Now The Legends - Facts and Figures
Aug 22 Ratatat - Classics
Aug 23 Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Movement
"Early summer" Sprites - Modern Gameplay
"Summer" Black Moth Super Rainbow - The House of Apples & Eyeballs (split with The Octopus Project)
"Summer" Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
"2006" The Cansecos - Juices
"2006" Boy in Static - Violet
Now Xiu Xiu - The Air Force
10-09 Jeremy Warmsley - The Art Of Fiction
"Autumn" Chikinki - ?
"Later" Power Pill Fist - Kongmanivong

Jay Jay Johanson - Rush
Sol Seppy - Pssscheeow
The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely

<< 03-04/2006

Mi, 3. 5. Jonas Goldbaum, Herbstrock @ Chelsea, €7
Do, 4. 5. Architecture in Helsinki, Gang Gang Dance, Wolf Eyes, Battles @ Donaufestival (Korneuburg), €22
Sa, 6. 5. The Wrens, The Frank & Walters @ Planet, €16
So, 7. 5. Calexico, Iron & Wine, Salvador Duran @ Arena, €26 (open air)
Do, 11. 5. The New Pornographers @ Szene, €14
Do, 11. 5. Jose Gonzales @ B72
Fr, 12. 5. Shout Out Louds, Two Gallants, Missouri @ Planet, €21
Sa, 13.5. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, The Wedding Present, go die big city!, Bikini Atoll @ Planet, €21
So, 14. 5. Xiu Xiu, Young People @ Chelsea, €10
Mo, 15. 5. Bit Shifter, Nullsleep @ Rhiz
Mi, 17. 5. Mediengruppe Telekommander @ Flex, €8
Fr, 19. 5. Final Fantasy @ Szene, €12,50
Fr. 19. 5. Subtle, My Robot Friend @ Planet, €18
Sa, 20. 5. 19.30: Agenda Lobkov@ Rhiz, 21:00 Chicks on Speed @ Rhiz, 21:00 The Chalets @ B72, 22:30 Hanne Hukkelberg @ Mezzanin uA, €0
Mi, 23. 5. go die big city! @ Rhiz
Mi, 24. 5. Okkervil River @ Chelsea, €10
Mo, 29. 5. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names @ Chelsea, €9
Mi, 31. 5. dresden dolls @ Arena, €22

Fr, 2. 6. Attwenger, Texta @ Arena
So, 4. 6. Boy Omega, Paper Bird @ Chelsea, €9
Do, 8. 6. The Zutons @ Flex, €14
Fr, 16. 6. Electronicat @ Rhiz, €0
Sa, 24. 6. Stereo Total @ Donauinselfest, €0
So, 25. 6. Chikinki, Mediengruppe Telekommander, Tocotronic, Be One @ Doanuinselfest, €0
Mi, 28. 6. Liger, Dimitrij, Tupolev @ Shelter
Fr, 30. 6. The Flaming Lips, Tomte, OK Go, Jonas Goldbaum, Mauracher etc @ Forestglade WIESEN/Bgld, €37
Fr, 31. 6. Art Brut, Maximo Park, Sofa Surfers, The Gossip etc @ Forestglade WIESEN/Bgld, €37

_{4.7. The Eels / 13.7. NUKE Warmup: The Strokes, Frames}

01 Liger 98
Liger is an amazing unsigned/self-releasing (under the Creative Commons license) Austrian electrofolk artist somewhat comparable to Xiu Xiu, Cocorosie or Final Fantasy. Discovered mere days after his local concert date.

02 Finn. 66
Solid indietronica from that genre's motherland: Germany. Discovered mere weeks after his local concert date.

03 Barcelona 53
The geekiest music ever made.
Shiny head and shiny heart do not an android make! But my robot has hose for arms and speaks through LED. My parents think my robot's trouble! I only wanted a best friend, I only wanted someone that I could trust, yeah.

04 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone 52
05 Mirah 47
06 Patrick Wolf 44
07 Vitaminsforyou 42 - perfect indietronica. please listen to "being away fame (a song for the xenophobic)"
08 Black Moth Super Rainbow 39 - they still blow me away with their truly unique dreamy warped video game retro children's television electronica.
09 The Salteens 39
10 The Rondelles 37
11 of Montreal 31
11 Jel 31 - missed his concert this month. shame.
11 Mew 31
14 Chikinki 30
15 Electric President 28
16 The Knife 26
16 Say Hi to Your Mom 26
16 Talkshow Boy 26 - ok, so he might sing about livejournal, but barcelona still has him beat on the geekiness factor.
16 Mugison 26
20 The Decemberists 25

While the jury is still out on the most likely Napoleon Dynamite-referencing band name, Liger's music is definitely the most exciting to come out of Vienna in... as long as I can remember.
If you like acts such as CocoRosie, Xiu Xiu or Final Fantasy, please do yourself a favor and check out this brilliant artist.

And to top it off, his two releases so far are licensed under the Creative Commons license and availible for download right here and here. And there's even a Björk cover on that first one.

While I downloaded the EP a while ago, I only just now realized that he's local -- and of course this revelation comes exactly four days after his concert date, as usual... :/