Topics of the July issue
Tina Turner
On the death of the great singer: from the woman in pain to the rock queen – her turbulent life story, told in two parts. Plus: your best songs
By Jenni Zylka & Arne Willander
Lloyd Cole
The nostalgia is profitable, but it bores him. Lloyd Cole loves to experiment and is less and less willing to compromise
By Maik Bruggemeyer
Anohni
Seven years after “Hopelessness”, Anohni returns with a soul album – a kind of “What’s Going On” for the 21st century, but under completely different circumstances
By Jens Balzer
generation activism
Many young people are not involved in parties, but in movements such as the Last Generation or Ende Gelände. How are you, what drives you?
By Aaron Boks
Lucinda Williams
After a stroke, the American songwriter fought her way back onto the stage and tells of rock ‘n’ roll life in new songs and memoirs
By Max Gosche
Indiana Jones
For the fifth and probably last time, Harrison Ford slips into his signature role. Director James Mangold explains how he carefully modernized the action series
By Patrick Heidemann
the mix
King Krule
At least since his second album, King Krule has been celebrated as an endangered young genius. Now he’s almost 29 – and his songs explode with imagination and inspiration
By Sasan Niasseri
birdy
From quiet ballads to dramatic synth pop: With their fifth album, Birdy has reinvented itself visually and musically
By Naomi Webster-Grundl
Baxter Dury
On his new groove-speak album, the son of the legendary Ian wants to redeem the listener from too many men with female voices
By Joerg Feyer
Q&A: Billy Corgan
About the new concept album by the Smashing Pumpkins, the disappearance of the old grudge and its political ambiguity
By Andy Greene
seth
Comic artist Gregory Gallant talks about the inaccuracy of memory and the burden of nostalgia
By Thomas Hummitzsch
HISTORY: “Madonna”
Her debut album was released 40 years ago – a liberating blow and the beginning of a unique career
By Birgit Fuss
PLUS
Local Natives, The Japanese House, Janelle Monáe, Tom Wlaschiha and more
Reviews
MUSIC
News from PJ Harvey and 79 other reviews
RS GUIDE: Steve Winwood
Hanns Peter Bushoff and Arne Willander on the legendary multi-instrumentalist
FILM, SERIES & LITERATURE
“My Fabulous Crime” and 18 other reviews
Playlist: Rare Trax in July
Since 1998, Cargo Records Germany has been dedicated to publishing and distributing artists from various indie genres. Our July playlist presents some highlights from the archive
culk “ruins”
With this song, the Austrian post-punk band Culk around singer Sophie Löw presents a study on the subject of abuse of power and masculinity that is as angry as it is smug. But the habitus trimmed for success begins to crack: “Your construction is slowly separating from you…”
Mudhoney “Light Your Way”
A psychedelic bubbling, darkly smoldering slice of garage rock from the recent past by Seattle’s grunge veterans who still know how to write a really good song.
Nothing “Included”
The Düsseldorf punk band, led by singer Andrea Mothes, rocked like a cross between X-Ray Spex and The Damned. This track is taken from their fabulous debut album, Made in a Hurry (1981)
Slut “Penny Changes Dresses (Live in Dresden)”
Since the early 2000s, Slut from Ingolstadt have been among the most reliable that German indie rock has to offer. In this track from their album “Talks Of Paradise” (2021) they take it shoegazy and dreamy.
The Courette’s “Killer Eyes”
The musical alphabet of the Danish-Brazilian couple Flavia and Martin Couri aka The Courettes is fed by doo-wop, old-time rock’n’roll and a fantastic garage wall-of-sound.
Dina Ogon “Docka (Live At Atlantis Studios)”
The Swedish quartet Dina Ögon, often declared Scandinavian soul, oscillates between somnambulistic folk, chanson and ingenious pop. “Docka” is a ballad of sensual grace.
Phillip Boa And The Voodoo Club “Sunday Morning”
It should come as no surprise that Phillip Boa and his band bow to The Velvet Underground. Amazing, no, heavenly, on the other hand, is Pia Lund’s Nicoesque singing.