im süden nichts neues

es ist wie es ist. germanien und die schlussminute sind freunde fürs leben. grillkäse schmilzt, ob er will oder nicht. und southside bleibt das beste festival im deutschsprachigen raum. radiohead, biffy clyro, digitalism, notwist, patrice, sigur ros, weakerthans, wombats, elbow, kettcar, chemical brothers and so on and on and on. zeig mir einen dem das egal ist und ich zeig euch einen lügner.

highlights: biffy clyro (bedingungslos), digitalism (hemmungslos), radiohead (fehlerlos), sigur ros (leinen los).

hear the world: switzerland

banks. watches. chocolate. and no opinion. beside these stereotypes, it moreover seems that this beautiful country lacks of an image in a general way. nobody knows nothing about switzerland. or can one tell how much euro one franc is? where zurich is located exactly? how political reality looks like? agrar confesses: he did not. until he got a swiss neighbour for 6 months, causing attention for her nation. and its music. good bridge ;) on time to the start of the european championships agrar [on ear]'s neutrally linking to some swiss artists, drawing a bow between reggae, folk pop and hip hop: ganglords, sophie hunger, brandhärd

road album

please check the damien rice website for this incredible news.

starting eleven: may 2008

01 munk live fast! die old! (feat. asia argento)
02 bebe siempre me quedara
03 hell is for heroes to die for
04 ganjaman gib niemals auf (feat. phenomden)
05 the academy is... you might have noticed
06 bajafondo tango club pa' bailar
07 syd matters big moon
08 sektion kuchikäschtli i han
09 opeth coil
10 spoon don't make me a target
11 christoph & lollo mittelschulkatheder

"live fast! die old!" hardly listening to radio, since FM4's losing itself in between elitary pretension and viennese reality. however, some days ago i did, browsing the trackservice just minutes later to get the name of this great great song by munk and italian actress asia argento. besides, may offered a lotta spanish and swiss music and the brand new release of syd matters ("ghost days") which made big impression during listening session one.

blende und dende

wenn sonne und temperatur sich solidarisch zu höchsleistungen treiben, gibt es im auto 2 erfolgsgaranten: blende und dende. und als mir heute das 10 jahre alte "technique" entgegenschallt, weiß ich, warum schlechter hip hop wie joghurt ist: zum wegschmeißen nach wenigen tagen, wenn auch noch so cool eingepackt. eins zwo anno achtundneunzig erscheint hingegen als zeitloses astronautenfutter, mit dem feinen unterschied, dass es schmeckt wie bei neapels bestem italiener: "also frag mich bitte nich' um rat wenn nix bei dir geht, vielleicht mehr wenn auf'm flyer deiner gigs 'freibier!' steht." unerreicht.

mach immer was dein herz dir sagt

mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, mach immer was dein herz dir sagt, und begrab es an der biegung des flusses.

sylt in vienna

tk frets and fumes, i guess. agrar will attend tomorrow evening's kettcar concert in vienna. more on thursday.

one night at the basis

what is home? and what is house? sometimes questions overlap. spent a nice alc:electronic night yesterday, full of good old buddy raps and bad beats. reason enough to ask turntablist dicktrack for some minimum maximum tunes: mark farina, carl cox, trentemoller, dj dan, erick morillo, deep dish and tief-tief-tief-schwooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaz banging my car system since midday.through 3 out of 10 mixes, and 'gotta say: finest selection, dicky! more to come.

cold hot lukewarm

bubbles are meant to burst when they become too big. coldplay 2005 was such a bubble. the whole world expected a life changing album, redefining alternative pop. and then, "x&y" turned out to be just good music, causing bad critics being far beyond objective analysis. i agree with the opinion that coldplay's third record is not their best, but still it contains some wonderful songs (remember an amazing "fix you", currently to be found in my deezer player). now, the brits are about to release a new album, entitled "viva la vida or death and all his friends" (available at 13 june). following a recent trend, they give away one song, which is surprisingly their first single "violet hill". being for free download at their homepage. not blowing my head off, but nevertheless making me look forward.

starting eleven: april 2008

01 chevelle in dept to earth
02 krautschädl da wein
03 deep dish miami wmc (edit)
04 wolke schlimmer
05 dredg bug eyes (hyde street acoustic version)
06 colin hay lifeline
07 louis xiv pledge of allegiance
08 kettcar kein außen mehr
09 unknown artist italia
10 elbow the bones of you
11 goo goo dolls big machine

rather single blinking lights than an entire bright april sky. nevertheless offering two big surprises, on the one hand with the austrian contribution krautschädl. never paid much attention on their debut album which was definitely a fault: making fun fun fun! secondly (and already mentioned), this chevelle b-side monster of rock, holding this month's pole position.

a to the b

b-sides normally have a reason to be b-sides. not that there wouldn't be any precious ones, but most of the time it seems understandable why they didn't make it on the album. some days ago i accidentally stumbled across an itunes bonus track of chevelle's latest release "vena sera" which turned my opinion upside down. this track - "in dept to earth" - is a banging bastard of modern rock music, conjuring a smile on my devil face. only the lord may explain why this is not an A.

size does not matter

i can't get enough of you, baby!!! [] keeping bose's sound dock in perspective i can only detect one negative aspect: the fact that............ no. there is nothing bad ;) acoustic explosive, captured in 30x15cm, setting rooms on fire when being released. this (technical) body is a wonderland. it even makes me smile, looking at myself taking so much pleasure in my new portable companion. keep on burning.

als ob

es gibt wenige, aber es gibt sie: alben, nach denen man sich verzehrt, bevor sie erschienen sind. kettcar haben mit ihren ersten zwei releases deutschsprachige gitarrenmusik auf ein neues level gehievt. punkt. marcus wiebusch' texte sind von so purer schön- und reflektiertheit, das ich nach all den jahren noch immer dankbar bin, mithören zu dürfen. "sylt" schallt seit einer gefühlten ewigkeit von 12 minuten durch diesen raum, und nimmt ihn ein. unmittelbar und unverfälscht.

one past eleven

"you will never get a:head with this" is electronic history. and acoustic future, as i hope. looking forward to some linernotes here. [] props to chris for technical support.

HTL

hold the line. you get informed as soon as the problems are solved.

delayed

dear friends of agrar music! due to organizational difficulties, the release of the new compilation „you will never get a:head with this“ will now be on 8 april. i apologize for the delay. meanwhile you can watch/dwl the complete artwork in jpg-format. [] front (1), back (2)


let the bad parts in, the bad parts in! agrar

you will never get a:head with this

things change, even in 24 hours. so did the artwork of the fresh-pressed agrar music compilation, which is finally ready for release. "you will never get a:head with this" will look like this. more details tomorrow.

01 trouble over tokyo my anxiety
02 galactic the corner (with gift of gab)
03 gods of blitz now
04 the kooks one last time
05 niels frevert aufgewacht auf sand
06 the notwist on planet off
07 cadence weapon oliver square
08 the whip trash
09 angels & airwaves sirens
10 joshua radin everything'll be alright (will's lullaby)
11 chasing dorotea the anchor song
12 ray lamontagne can i stay?
13 quartetto cetra un bacio a mezzanotte
14 kinderzimmer productions rrrrrhhh
15 jamie lidell figured me out
16 brand new degausser

agrar music striking again

time for tunes. the new agrar music compilation will be released on 6 april, bearing the name "you will never get a:head with this". the album follows a certain concept, which should hinder me from f*** around with it for weeks: named, compiled and designed within 24hrs. agrar keeping it spontaneous ;) more on saturday and sunday.

t break

taking a sidestep for a second. today i accidentally stumbled over an extraordinary t-shirt company, whose prints are far far far from reality: imaginary foundation. nomen est omen...

feel good (hit of summer)

you will see. summer o-eight will exactly be like this!!!