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Jerboa

Rhonda — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:52:00 EDT

A while ago I was with my SO at a concert of a band I might cover at a later point. This time I want to cover the support act of that concert: Jerboa. It was a bit weird to see a single person on stage turning some knobs, but he quickly caught both our attention and heart. And he was a charm to talk with afterwards when we bought his CD. He's definitely worth your attention, and if you are able to see him live take the chance for it.

Number 1: The obvious number 1 song in the list. Perfect groovy song, great video too.
Running North (remix): Also interesting output of his creativity.
Just Another Number: It starts off pretty smooth but then really kicks in. Hard to not headnick along to the song, it is far away from being Just Another Number.

Actually I would have loved to include What if in the songs but unfortunately that one wasn't available so I had to look for a replacement for it.

Enjoy!

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Art of Noise

Rhonda — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:22:00 EDT

Alright, get ready for the next round of music links. This time I stumbled upon an old (and still) favorite band of mine while looking for references to Max Headroom: Art of Noise. You most probably have heard the one or the other song from them, they are featured pretty often. Here they are:

Moments In Love: Well known song, I suspect.
Peter Gunn: Also very well known and used often. You have to wait a bit for the music to hook in, there is an intro in the video.
Paranoimia: Third great song you might have heard somewhere already. Absolutely lovely song indeed.

It's really sad to see such great bands to pass away. But it's still the perfect music to have running in the background when hacking along. Highly motivating, great to hum along. Oh, and you might ask, where is the connection to Max Headroom. Here it is, in a special version of Paranoimia featuring Max Headroom!

Enjoy!

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Grossstadtgefluester, 2010

Rhonda — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:04:00 EDT

This Monday I was again at concert of Grossstadtgeflüster, and it was again one of the best concerts I've visited. Their new album again has again great songs on it like the former two, and their live performance is truly worth it. Besides they are charming like hell offstage, too. Jen, Raphi and Chriz, I simply love you!

It's hard to choose which songs to put here because there are way too many great ones, so feel free to dig around yourself if you like them:

Weil das morgen noch so ist: Their current single, great video, giving a good impression of their style and the fun they have doing this.
Lebenslauf: Great song from their former album.
Fehler: So much truth in the lyrics, so much touching the heart.

Enjoy!

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Smashing Pumpkins

Rhonda — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:32:00 EDT

"Today is the greatest day I've ever known,"—this is the line that is spinning around today in my head because of many little things that happened. And it's this time of the month anyway for putting up another band feature into this little blog of mine. So here they are, one of the great bands of the nineties, and like many of them, back after a break again: The Smashing Pumpkins, and these are their featured songs:

Today: The song with the initial mentioned catchphrase. Unfortunately not the official video because in those versions the music is strangely broken. If you want to match it yourself, you can still watch it here: Today (true video, broken music)
Disarm: From the same great album, and one of their songs that gives me goosebumps.
Bullet With Butterfly Wings: Another of their great songs and videos for which they are known.

Hope you enjoy this small distraction once a month. I hope I can keep up with it, it's not a question of material, there are too many great bands out there that I'd like to share with others. :)

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Ich + Ich

Rhonda — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:19:00 EDT

My SO did had an extremely good idea for my birthday this year: We went to a concert of Ich + Ich. We both were a bit sceptical beforehand—but actually we were both in agreement about that it was one of the finest concerts we have been to. I want thus to share some of the great songs of the band with you:

Universum (Universe): I am thinking of my son when listening to this sweet song.
Stark (Strong): Not only the title but the lyrics.
Dienen (Serve): Probably the best known of their songs.

Enjoy!

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