Hotlist 2025: These are our newcomers: Inside the year – Part 1

We take a look into the future. Who are the best new bands and artists: inside? Here the 1st part.

We present the newcomers: inside of 2025. Let’s go!

The three of the Ministry of Energy: Lifeguard

The blood boy trio Lifeguard Writes the Postpunk history of the Windy City-and amazed with many references to Germany from East and West.

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Interesting, this Germany fascination! Kai Slater, guitarist from Lifeguard, runs in Chicago A fanzine called “Hallogallo”, Inspirated by the piece of herbaceous minimalismMaster New! Also the free collective of bands The city is called “Hallogallo”, here is Also the great Slacker-Indie rock band Horsegirl, The breakthrough in 2022. With his solo pRoject Sharp Pins published Kai Slater im May 2024 the album Radio GDR, on it to fina track entitled “Lorelei”. And lifeGuard terminated their expected for 2025 Large acts with the single “Ministry / Energy”. Maybe the person responsible for energy would have Minister Robert Habeck at his kitchen filmprefer this song as Grönemeyers “Time that something is going on”. That would have instead instead Trouble brought in many coolness points. Lifeguard are an example of the thesis that The cultural history of a city the scenes certainly. Across generations.

The two EPS “Crowd Can Talk” (2022) and “Dressed in Trenches” (2023), whichSes still very young trio (age range: 17 to 19 years) under reasonably professionalSionella conditions have (the stuff before it sounds very much according to the basement and cassette), erinnern not just on the indie rock that was thought of by Steve Albini from chicago. You are also in its studio Electric Audiostood. It is a big consolation that after Albini’s death in May 2024 his idea of ​​indie rock continues: as a rumpely, massive Music that also sounds as if you stand immediatelyBar next to the band. Lifeguard went with the 2024 single “Ministry / Energy” Finally out of Chicago, to Los Angeles, to the Randy studio Randall, guitarist of the Noisock band No Age. Together with The three developed a new sound that was pretty sure The debut album will also determine: the albini rumbling is Away, it doesn’t just look like you experience the band in the SELben room, but as a bladder you out of the indie punk rock the garage directly in the ears. This sound also has a tradition He is reminiscent of the Wipers – to match the covers Lifeguard on the B-side their “Telepathic Love”, which also a little early Things of the strokes conjure up. Everything is not a bad advanceSettings that Lifeguard 2025 will clear. And then we will also ask what this GermanyThose is all about.

Text: André Boße

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