for a couple of years i hadn't even dreamed about hearing/seeing shellac live. then i've missed a couple of chances in other european countries. when someone told that they actually come to poland i thought it was an obvious joke but then booked tickets for me and my friends and started waiting.

we were a bit surprised when the club they were to play in turned out to be rather disco- than rock-style but this proved to be just an unimportant detail. i missed the support and secured my place right in front of the stage, which wasn't very hard…

of many different acts representing different genres i listen to every day there's not many who write lyrics i really pay attention to. maybe it's lack of concentration - it's hard to chew every line with headphones in your ears while on bus, reading a newspaper and so on. but i think it's also the writing habits.

for some of them the music is by far more important part, lyrics are needed just to fill in gaps. some totally neglect it, some simply don't sing which might be a better solution.

and there's one band that makes difference. every song…

the latest interpol concert in berlin could have left some fans disappointed - if they expected some spontaneity on the scene. for all the others columbiahalle on november 17 was the right place and time to enjoy a great show of the band in a good form.

i think they played long enough to satisfy most of the audience. the setlist included all the 'hits', didn't favor nor neglect any of the three albums. paul bank's voice sounded exceptionally well, dan kessler's guitar provided vital path for the compositions, sam fogarino's drums - the time while carlos dengler put highlits…

it's been almost two years with last.fm and i really got into it, honestly. sometimes check some sub-sites even if i know there's nothing interesting there.

i'm really interested in what the other, totally anonymous people have to say about the music i know. so i go through this (near perfect, i would say as an it-specialist)community portal and read.

an interesting thing is how my homecountry poland is highly representend among last.fm users. i went through statistics of some of the biggest countries in- and outside europe and it looks the poor central-eastern-northern european land is home for many…

laying down and trying to relax after another long week at work, i started searching my music player to listen to something interesting. i found joy division's live at factory concert and discovered the recording comes from july 13th 1979 - exactly 28 years ago. then i played all the songs…

maybe it was the poor quality of the recording but i almost saw the crowd and those skinny boys on the stage, and this singer looking like he's scared of everything and hates everything at the same time. and even though they all use some mediocre gear and…

i think that many people during last three years have started to explore modest mouse's records - backwards. the two recent records made them kinda popular - at least among people who really search for good music. i hope that it won't lead to their earlier songs to be neglected.

for they deserve a good deal of attention, maybe even more than 'float on' or 'bukowski'. that's where the band's music roots are.

the old truth that usually the first album is the best doesn't prove right this time. for me, especially from a lyrical point of view, '…

i've been quite heavy autechre listener for last two years or so. i have my favourite tracks from almost every album. but this week i've come to conclusion, that their cd catalogue is another example of the golden (platinum?) rule, that first album is always the most creative ergo the best.

i love a couple of compositions from their further pieces including arch carrier, c/pach, rsdio, rpeg… but none of them has such high and equal level as incunabula. samples match each other perfectly and create unique atmosphere - cold, easy, impersonal, but also vivid. rythms well balanced and…

the weather doesn't get any better. it already caused quite a cold and fever to me but i'm feeling a bit better now.

the problem is i still need to cheer up and it is clearly recognizable after what i'm currently listening to. turn on the bright lights is surely one of the best guitar albums i've aver listened to. it wa released already 4 years ago but does not seem any older to me. i think it was a kind of vision many musicians get only once in a lifetime - clear and principled. the only problem is to…

it's surely dark. maybe even darker than musick to play in the dark. as a part of the album 'blutopfer' the main theme is drums. they sound like these from a parteitag in the late 30's? maybe. but it was recorded in spain and then electro-processed by the only member of the apoptose. a really impressive piece of minimalist sound. dark, full of rythm and worrying.

blutopfer

another track which once confined, barricades in your mind and chain-plays all day long. no cure i think. and it of course spreads like germs. 4 days ago i heard it for the first time and since then have already passed to another 5 people. they all sing it now.

still, to make some interesting music nothing more than interesting voice, a guitar and brains full of ideas are needed.

walking with a ghost