Live concerts 2014 - my personal top 7 (+16)

The most impressive gig I attended was:

• Warpaint at Luxemburg (Den Atelier) on August 26

Plus 6 excellent gigs:

• An Pierlé at Arlon (Entrepôt) on January 24
• Madensuyu at Arlon (Entrepôt) on February 2
• The Flaming Lips at Bruxelles (Cirque royal-Nuits du Botanique) on Mai 24
• Balthazar at Beuningen (Down The Rabbit Hole) on June 28
• Warpaint at Beuningen (Down The Rabbit Hole) on June 29
• Courtney Barnett at Beuningen (Down The Rabbit Hole) on June 29

Other very good gigs were:

• Alin Coen Band at Trier (Tufa) on January 22
• Heather Nova at Luxemburg (Abtei Neumünster) on February 3
• Wye Oak at Bruxelles (Botanique) on March 21
• Détroit at Esch (Rockhal) on Mai 6
• The Brian Jonestown Massacre at Beuningen (Down The Rabbit Hole) on June 27
• tUnE-yArDs at Beuningen (Down The Rabbit Hole) on June 28
• Hozier at Beuningen (Down The Rabbit Hole) on June 29
• Foals at Beuningen (Down The Rabbit Hole) on June 29
• Eels at Luxemburg (Théâtre Municipal) on July 8
• Van Morrison at Stuttgart on July 17
• Angel Olsen at Luxemburg (Exit 07) on August 12
• Mad About Mountains at Houffalize (La Truite Magique-Festival) on August 22
• King Dalton at Houffalize (La Truite Magique-Festival) on August 22
• The Notwist at Esch (Rockhal) on October 27
• Lamb at Luxemburg (Den Atelier) on November 11
• Courtney Barnett at Esch (Rockhal, Sonic Visions Festival) on November 21

Live concerts 2013 - my personal top 9 (+18)

The most impressive gigs I attended were:

• Damien Rice at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 22
• Sigur Rós at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 23
• Sophie Hunger at Luxembourg (Den Atelier) on December 11

Plus 6 excellent gigs:

• Neil Young at Esch (Rockhal) on July 11
• Sophie Hunger at Winterthur (Musikfestwochen), on August 23
• Element Of Crime at Winterthur (Musikfestwochen), on August 23
• Travis at Winterthur (Musikfestwochen), on August 24
• 65daysofstatic at Arlon (Entrepôt) on October 19
• Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds at Esch (Rockhal) on November 15

Other very good gigs were:

• Amatorski at Esch (Rockhalcafé) on February 8
• Portishead at Esch (Rockhal) on March 11
• Alt-J at Esch (Rockhal) on June 19
• Kashmir at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 22
• Swans at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 22
• Savages at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 22
• Local Natives at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 23
• The Black Angels at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 23
• Dead Can Dance at Luxemburg (Abtei Neumünster) on July 3
• Amanda Palmer (and the Grand Theft Orchestra) at Esch (Rockhal) on July 8
• House Of Wolves at Luxemburg (Exit 07) on August 25
• Ane Brun at Esch (Rockhal) on October 16
• Agnes Obel at Esch (Rockhal) on November 2
• The National at Esch (Rockhal) on November 6
• Daughter at Luxemburg (Den Atelier) on November 17
• Sigur Rós at Esch (Rockhal, Sonic Visions Festival) on November 23
• Dear Reader at Esch (Rockhalcafé, Sonic Visions Festival) on November 23
• Al Di Meola at Luxemburg (Den Atelier) on November 29

My discoveries of the year 2013

• AMATORSKI
• THE BLACK ANGELS
• Ane BRUN
• Amanda PALMER
• VILLAGERS
• BALTHAZAR

and also Anna TERNHEIM,   Marie FISKER,   Jen CLOHER,   Courtney BARNETT,   THIS IS THE KIT,   RUE ROYALE,   MODDI,   HOUSE OF WOLVES,   Kat FRANKIE,   BOARDS OF CANADA,   MAZZY STAR,   LUCIUS,   BRIGITTE,   Jeanne CHERHAL,   BOY,   FOR NOAH,   Keren ANN,   MARBLE SOUNDS,   MY BLOODY VALENTINE,   ATOMS FOR PEACE,   SAVAGES,   Mikhael PASKALEV,   BLACK LIPS,   SUUNS,   WAXAHATCHEE,   SON LUX

Christmas music compilation 2013

2 CD (mp3)

My CDs of the year 2013

If You Leave by DAUGHTER

• Push The Sky Away by Nick CAVE And The Bad Seeds
• Trouble Will Find Me by The NATIONAL
• Wild Light by 65DAYSOFSTATIC
• We're Not The Ones We Thought We Were by ALIN COEN BAND
• The Rules of Fire by Sophie HUNGER
• Memorial by RUSSIAN CIRCLES
• Silence Yourself by SAVAGES
• Aventine by Agnes OBEL
• Rivonia by DEAR READER
• Kveikur by SIGUR RÓS
• All Your Life - A Tribute To The Beatles by Al DI MEOLA
• Stabat Mater by MADENSUYU
• Let Your Hands Be My Guide by Chantal ACDA

My CDs of the year 2012

Narrow by SOAP&SKIN

• The Lion's Roar by FIRST AID KIT
• Algiers (& Bonus Live-CD Spiritoso) by CALEXICO
• The Light The Dead See by SOULSAVERS
• (Mankind) the Crafty Ape by CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX
• An Awesome Wave by ALT-J
• The Danger Of Light by Sophie HUNGER
• Sweet Sour by BAND OF SKULLS
• Sun by CAT POWER
• With Us Until You're Dead by ARCHIVE
• Banga by Patti SMITH
• The Scarlet Beast O' Seven Heads by GET WELL SOON

My discoveries of the year 2012

• CALEXICO (re-discovered)
• ME AND MY DRUMMER
• CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX
• ALT-J
• Wallis BIRD
• SÓLEY
• IZIA
• Laura MARLING
• Eddie VEDDER
• FIRST AID KIT

and also OF MONSTERS AND MEN,   DAN SAN,   TRIBES,   PORTICO QUARTET,   MIYAVI,   STUCK IN THE SOUND,   SKIP THE USE,   Michael KIWANUKA,   DRY THE RIVER,   Laura GIBSON,   DAN SAN,   Kurt VILE

Live concerts 2012 - my personal top 6 (+13)

The most impressive gig I attended were:

• Soap & Skin at Esch (Kulturfabrik) on February 28
• Radiohead at Cologne (Lanxess Arena), Germany on October 15
• Sophie Hunger at Esch (Kulturfabrik) on November 12

Plus 3 excellent gigs:

• Lamb at Luxembourg (Den Atelier) on January 30
• Lisa Hannigan at Cologne (Gebäude9), Germany on Mai 11
• Calexico at Luxembourg (Den Atelier) on November 20

Other very good gigs were:

• Band of Skulls at Luxembourg (Den Atelier) on January 27
• Wilco at Bruxelles (Ancienne Belgique), Belgium on March 3
• Sinéad O'Connor at Luxembourg (Den Atelier) on April 13
• Russian Circles at Esch (Rockhal) on April 23
• The Dandy Warhols at Luxembourg (Den Atelier) on April 30
• Wallis Bird at Dudelange (Fête de la Musique) on June 16
• Kasabian at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on June 29
• The XX at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on June 29
• Skip The Use at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on June 30
• Patti Smith at Esch (Rockhal) on July 3
• Bon Iver at Luxemburg (Abtei Neumünster) on July 17
• Get Well Soon at Esch (Rockhal) on October 14

A personal highlight-gig was:

• X at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on June 30

My songs of the year 2011

• Civilian by WYE OAK

• Knots by Lisa HANNIGAN
• Home by Lisa HANNIGAN
• Andere Hände by ALIN COEN BAND
• Riverside by Agnes OBEL
• Beat, Beat, My Heart by VANDAVEER
• Fox (Take Your Chances) by DEAR READER
• MONKEY (Go Home Now) by DEAR READER
• Butterfly Effect by LAMB
• One Sunday Morning by WILCO
• Claire by Baxter DURY
• Future Starts Slow by The KILLS
• The Last Goodbye by The KILLS
• The Glorious Land by PJ HARVEY
• First we kiss by Anna CALVI
• Belsch Plaasch by Serge TONNAR & LEGOTRIP
• Destroying to Save by ARBOURETUM
• The Tide Pulls From The Moon by William FITZSIMMONS
• Music For A Forgotten Future (The Singing Mountain) by MOGWAI
• Allez allez allez by CAMILLE
• and FEIST
• and METRONOMY

My discoveries of the year 2011

• WARPAINT
• YODELICE
• Anna CALVI
• Alin COEN BAND
• Lisa HANNIGAN
• INA-ICH
• William FITZSIMMONS
• I AM KLOOT
• Agnes OBEL
• SYD MATTERS
• ELBOW
• VANDAVEER

and also John BUTLER TRIO,  LOCAL NATIVES,  Baxter DURY,  David LYNCH,  The KILLS,  Sarah BLASKO,  EVENING HYMNS,  WHITE RABBITS,  MORIARITY,  WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS,  OUR CEASING VOICE,  ARBOURETUM

Live concerts 2011 - my personal top 8 (+11)

The most impressive gig I attended were:

• Portishead at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 03
• Roger Waters ( The Wall ) at Mannheim (SAP Arena), Germany on June 03
• Arcade Fire at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 02
• Elbow at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 03
• Archive ( with orchestra ) at Esch (Rockhal) on November 09

Plus 3 excellent gigs:

• Sophie Hunger at Esch (Kulturfabrik) on January 27
• Kroke & Nigel Kennedy at the Philharmonie on March 20
• Yodelice at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 02

Other very good gigs were:

• Mogwai at Den Atelier on January 13
• Motorama at the d:qliq on April 29
• Warpaint at Esch (Rockhal) on June 16
• Eels at Den Atelier on June 17
• This will destroy you at Trier (Exhaus) on June 23
• John Butler Trio at Den Atelier on June 28
• Eels at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 01
• The National at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 02
• Bob Dylan at the Rockhal on October 21
• Agnes Obel at the Rockhal on November 21
• William Fitzsimmons at Den Atelier on December 06

My discoveries of the year 2010

• Andreya Triana
• ARCADE FIRE
• MIDLAKE
• MY JERUSALEM
• MUGISON
• VESSELS

and also GRASSCUT,  MUSEE MECANIQUE,  HUNG FOU,  KASHMIR,  The Black Box Revelation ,  Broken Bells

My CDs of the year 2010

The Bad Wife by Julie CHRISTMAS

• The Suburbs by ARCADE FIRE
• High Violet by THE NATIONAL
• We were exploding anyway by 65DAYSOFSTATIC
• The FLAMING LIPS And Stardeath And White Dwarfs With Henry Rollins And Peaches Doing Dark Side Of The Moon
• 1983 by Sophie HUNGER
• Vexations by GET WELL SOON

Live concerts 2010 - my personal top 6 (+6)

The most impressive gig I attended were:

• Element Of Crime at Burg Nideggen on August 19  *2*  *3*  *4*  *5*
• Rickie Lee Jones at Den Atelier on March 19
• 65daysofstatic at the Kulturfabrik on April 17
• Sophie Hunger at the "Theater im Pfalzbau" in Ludwigshafen on October 10  *2*  *3*  *4*
• The National at Den Atelier on November 19  *1*  *2*
• Get Well Soon at the Kulturfabrik on December 3

Other very good gigs were:

• Friska Viljor at Exit07 on February 12
• Imogen Heap at the Kulturfabrik on March 13
• Jónsi at Den Atelier on Mai 30  *2*  *3*
• Seasick Steve at the Rockhal on July 18
• Eels at Den Atelier on September 5
• Midlake at Den Atelier on November 18

PureFM - my personal 2009-Rock Show-Compilation

DOWNLOAD:
37 alternative Rock-Music-Songs (200MB / mp3)
- extracted 2009 from PureFM's Rock Show-Podcasts

Playlist

My CDs of the Year 2009

• Lovetune for Vacuum by SOAP&SKIN
• XX by The XX
• Glitter and Doom Live by Tom WAITS
• Mirror Mirror by GHINZU
• It's Blitz by YEAH YEAH YEAHS
• Far by DINOSAUR JR
• Baby Darling Doll Face Honey by BAND OF SKULLS
• At The Cut by Vic CHESNUTT

Live concerts 2009 - my personal top 3 (+8)

The most impressive gig I attended were:

• Soap&Skin at the Exit07 on Mai 23
• Grace Jones at Rock Werchter on July 4 Williams' Blood
• GHINZU at the Atelier on November 21

Other very good gigs were:

• Orchestra Baobab at the Philharmonie on March 13
• MOGWAI, YYYs, Regina Spektor at Rock Werchter on July 4
• Seasick Steve at Rock Werchter on July 5
• MASSIVE ATTACK at the Rockhal on October 28 Marakesh,live
• NOUVELLE VAGUE at the Rockhal on November 11
• The MACCABEES at the Atelier on November 13

My discoveries of the year 2009

• ELEMENT OF CRIME
• Soap & Skin
• Regina Spektor
• The XX
• GHINZU
• DINOSAUR JR

and also The MACCABEES , NOUVELLE VAGUE , RUSSIAN CIRCLES , VANDAVEER , The BLACK HEART PROCESSION , MONO , FRISKA VILJOR , LAY LOW ,FEVER RAY , Julian Plenti

and COUGAR

and KEIKI

Expectations for 2009

Noir Désir is in the recording studio again.

My favorite music artists

http://www.lastfm.de/user/clod64

My discoveries of the year 2008

These groups/artists are really excellent:

• Made Out Of Babies
• Camille
• Gravenhurst
• Damien Rice
• This will destroy you

and of these groups/artists I expect that they will record good music in the next years:

• Madensuyu
• John&Jehn
• Burn down Rome
• Emily Jane White
  

My CDs of the year 2008

• Third by PORTISHEAD
• Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum End by SIGUR RÓS
• Music Hole by CAMILLE
• The Ruiner by MADE OUT OF BABIES

Live concerts 2008 - my personal top 5

The most impressive gig I attended were:

• TRICKY at the Atelier on October 15 photos
  
• SIGUR RÓS at Rock Werchter on July 5 photos/videos
  

Other excellent gigs were:

• TOCOTRONIC at the Rockhal on April 18 photos
  
• MOGWAI at the Rockhal on October 27 photos/videos
  
• Camille at the Atelier on December 6 photos