Review: Sean Ashe – Flux
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Sebastian
(if you don’t want to bear my preface, the actual review starts at the fourth paragraph…) I have been into Sean Ashe for quite some time, I don’t even remember how I got introduced. My guess would be his Instagram but who knows. For the last year or so he let his followers follow (;-)) […]
A musical review of 2014
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Sebastian
(my year in other people’s music. here’s 2013) Maragold My album of the year (although from 2013). Glad I discovered this. Great guitar tone by Greg Howe and awesome vocals. It’s not a shred record but great songs, great arrangements and very tasty guitar playing. KXM A great guitarist (George Lynch), an underrated drummer (Ray […]
Review: Queensryche – Queensryche
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Sebastian
If you left the earth after Queensryche’s Empire or Promised Land album, came back in 2013, went into a record store and bought their current release Queensryche you’d hear exactly what you’d expect: a modern sounding Queensryche record with good lyrics, great riffs, grooving bass lines and of course Rockenfield as Rockenfield on drums. All […]
Review: Joe Satriani – Unstoppable Momentum
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Sebastian
About three weeks ago Joe Satriani released his 14th studio album, Unstoppable Momentum. It is a beauty. I say this with the listening experience of all albums, being a fan since the The Extremist album. Coincidentally, The Extremist is also the album that Unstoppable Momentum reminds me most of sonically. From the opening bars of the […]
Review: Neal Morse and Flower Kings live in Hamburg, Markthalle 2/25/2013
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Sebastian
I had originally planned to interview Neal Morse and Mike Portnoy for Backstage in Hamburg but my request wasn’t even answered. So I changed plans, spent the afternoon with the kids, arranged with the neighbors to take the baby monitor once they were asleep and then headed to the Markthalle. I did catch the last […]
Stuffle das mal – mobiler Flohmarkt anders
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Sebastian
Stuffle ist eine iPhone App aus Hamburg (bald auch Android) die es im letzten Jahr geschafft hat, einen Markt aufzubauen und zu eroberen. Und das obwohl die Mutter aller privaten Onlineverkäufe eBay 2012 ebenfalls eine sehr gute neue App released hat. Nach mittlerweile 8 Verkäufen und 2 Käufen vielleicht mal Zeit für ein kleines Fazit. […]