Reviewing your parents' music collection
Electro swing music has garnered a growing number of followers in recent years, making its way into the mainstream and onto the dance floors crowded with Western cosmopolites. However, despite its increasing success and presence, most would associate the genre with cover artists who take either swing classics or contemporary pop and EDM hits and… Continue reading Swing into the Future – Captain Cool Presents: "It Flew By" by The Electric Swing Circus
The name Syd Barrett, much like the name Pink Floyd, always brings with it a certain myth. A certain flair of misunderstood genius, of an artist lost to the depths and despairs of his own psyche. It is a name that conjures up stories before music, summons the image of a struggling artist before the… Continue reading Songs on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Syd Barrett’s “The Madcap Laughs”
Walking along the streets at night. I'm out with friends. It's 2013. It's an autumn night but still warm outside. I get a notification on my phone. Lou Reed, American glam rock pioneer, had passed away. This is the first time I remember being really upset about someone famous dying. Because it was someone whose… Continue reading Pump up the Glam (Rock) – Lou Reed’s “Transformer”
Thinking of Switzerland I think of mountains, chocolate, cheese fondue, Wilhelm Tell and political neutrality. When no future think of their home country, they think of friendship, the compulsory military service and reggae rock. Wohri Fründschaft (True Friendship), released in 2008, is a left wing reggae rock EP covering political issues as much as celebrations… Continue reading Send in the Swiss – Captain Cool Presents: “Wohri Fründschaft” by no future
Rock songs can often be categorised into specific types: the I've-met-the-girl-of-my-dreams-song, the classic heartbreak song, the upbeat let-me-tell-you-a-story-song, the she's-a-nice-girl-but-will-never-notice-me-song, ... the list goes on and on, usually circling around either the concept of love, lost or found or the urgent desire of telling a story; stories of unbelievable nights or stories of runaways and… Continue reading Getting the Band Back Together – “The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1”
The Dad Anthology 