‘Darkness to Light’ – Andrew Corbin

Andrew Corbin’s new LP Darkness to Light feels like a carefully staged transition, an album that doesn’t just accompany its listeners, but guides them through a clearly defined dramaturgy: it begins in foggy introspection and works its way, piece by piece, towards a warm, energetic morning light. Right from the start, Cinematic Death (welcome to…

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NB – INDIE TOP 20 – 16.Jan.26

NB – INDIE TOP 20 – 16.Jan.26 1 (9) Kids Alone – Unruly Version The Ultimate Dreamers2 (12) All Together Alec La Roche3 (6) Stealing Stars Bellatrix Banshee4 (14) Dance Again Traumship5 (1) Demons Two Sevens6 (10) Was du warst Telephonist7 (7) aTOmic robot families8 (5) Through Time And Shadow Under Cold Lights9 (new) Three…

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„Overlord“ – Forgotten Garden

„Overlord“ hits home immediately, a song that, although it tells an old story, captivates with its contemporary relevance: money, power and corruption are not only addressed, but negotiated in a character who, having become rich yet insatiable, places himself above the law and acts as a smokescreen gangster behind a shiny façade. Musically, Forgotten Garden…

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Forward Mode: UNHINGED redefines the underground

Arpraxis is over, and this farewell feels less like a final curtain and more like a slow fade: the remaining tracks don’t feel like signposts, but rather like snapshots of a project that retains its strengths without dictating a direction. ‘The House That Sleeps at Night’ exudes house emotions; over 6:38 minutes, a loose, fluffy…

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„Blood“ – pMad

With “Blood”, a track that feels less like a conventional single and more like a dispatch smuggled out of a collapsing world, Irish post‑punk and gothic agitator pMad channels a landscape where nameless power brokers strip away lives, childhood, and freedom — and yet, instead of sinking into the despair that such imagery invites, the…

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‘Two Men by the Harbour’ – Ulrich Jannert

Ulrich Jannert’s ‘Two Men by the Harbour’ is a concentrated, intellectually tuned piece that translates the existential polarity of security and freedom into a musical allegory; the production is restrained: warm soul-rock timbres, subtle R&B echoes, folk guitars and a subtle country flavour intertwine to create an organic soundscape in which silence and space function…

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