Olli Schulz cancels large parts of his 2022 tour
Olli Schulz had to cancel all of his planned February appointments. The reasons he gives are “known” – we all know what we’re talking about. Schulz explained on Facebook on…
Polar bears on land
Russian photographer Dmitry Kokh traveled to the far northeast corner of his country: Chukotka. On the endless tundra, he saw how polar bears have found shelter in abandoned villages. They…
Review: Anaïs Mitchell :: Anaïs Mitchell
At least since her masterful reinterpretation of Orpheus HADESTOWN (2010), Anaïs Mitchell has been one of America’s great songwriters. The album has since become a successful musical, earning her eight…
Interview with Stephan Thanscheidt – “We had to postpone or cancel thousands of events”
We’re moving in a vicious circle when it comes to live events. The situation now is fatally reminiscent of the situation in spring: What has remained the same and what…
Review: Eels :: Extreme Witchcraft
When everyone wants to bang their heads against the edge of the table, it’s time for Mark Oliver “E” Everett. There is no other explanation for the fact that he…
Eels: “Extreme Witchcraft” – Magic and Motivation (Review & Stream)
It was not in the script that Eels mastermind Mark Oliver Everett and producer and guitarist John Parish (PJ Harvey, Aldous Harding) would dare to repeat their collaboration exactly twenty…
Review: Tocotronic :: War never again
When the night was deepest, Tocotronic came and spread a warm blanket over us. In the misty pandemic spring of 2020, the biggest German rock band that never wanted to…
Tocotronic: “Never Again War” (Review & Stream)
What the band says: “We wanted to write songs about general vulnerability, mental turmoil and existential vulnerability, about loneliness and fear, but also about dreams and love, appropriate to the…
Judge declares tolerance policy for illegal nitrogen emissions illegal
The current policy of tolerance for companies that emit nitrogen without a nature permit is at odds with the law. This is apparent from judgments that the court in Zwolle…
Review: Tara Nome Doyle :: Værmin
Two songs about snails and two about leeches: on her new album, the Irish-Norwegian-Berlin musician Tara Nome Doyle wrongly celebrates insects, spiders or crows denigrated as “vermin” (VÆRMIN). In doing…
