Records :: Feature 01 Dec 2008
Nick Mitchell: First to shake yer mother’s finest china this month are Belgian rockers dEUS, flaunting their filmic tastes with The Vanishing of Maria Schneider (1 Dec, ***), which proves that bare-cheeked arthouse cinema, brooding post-rock and Elbow’s G...
Music :: Live Review 24 Nov 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: The Notwist don't take to the road very often, so a little rustiness could have been excused tonight. Upon leaving King Tut's though, the very suggestion seems preposterous. True to their Bavarian roots, they are meticulous and scientific, or as one de...
Music :: Preview 28 Oct 2008
Ted Maul: Shellac set the bar high for November with a gig at Glasgow ABC on 2 Nov. What with Steve Albini seemingly on a mission to engineer at least one album by every single band in the world, Shellac only play live once in a blue moon, but when they do they ...
Records :: Review :: Album Review 06 Jun 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: The Devil You + Me is The Notwist’s first album since Neon Golden – a record that’s widely regarded to be so good, that it’s easy to assume why the Bavarians have taken six years to follow it up. As singer Markus Acher assured u...
Music :: Feature 03 Jun 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: Today, The Notwist are brothers Markus (vocals / guitar) and Micha Acher (bass), Martin Gretschmann aka Console (programming) and drummer Andi Haberl. They emerged from Weilheim, just outside Munich as a heavy metal act almost 20 years ago, touring wit...
