Daily Newsletter, October 19, 2023

By Ljubinko Zivkovic, Rock At Night Amsterdam Review: Matt Tiegler – Hands Free Down Hill -Release date: October 6, 2023 Chicago’s Matt Tiegler is a busy guy. Besides being a songwriter, he is an actor [...]

JENN CHAMPION LAST NIGHT OF SADNESS GAY FOREVER They used to call it gloomcore and one of the most prominent purveyors of such a sub-genre was Carissa’s Wierd, still ringing in the ears of that band’s fans. Now, Jenn Champion, their co-founder, is back as a solo artist with her new album The Last Night […]

By Ljubinko Zivkovic, Rock At Night Amsterdam Review: Caleb Nichols – Let’s Look Back -Release Date: October 13, 2023 There is always ample space for this melodic type of indie rock that crosses the lines [...]

In December 2019, I stood in the back of a crowd at Alphaville in Brooklyn anticipating a set from Boston shoegaze group Horse Jumper Of Love. Before them, though, were Dirt Buyer, an emo-folk group I’d never heard of. I was an impatient teenager, anxious to see the band I was there for, not interested in hearing anything else. But Joe Sutkowski — a self-described alien, sometimes convincingly — took the stage, and his weepy pleas against sparse, spectral guitars nearly moved me to tears. The room around me evaporated, and I saw his pink, shoulder-length hair hiding his face. He sang with gutting rawness, his voice fragile and desperate, its quivering theatrics invoking Gerard Way. I was hypnotized by this demanding display of vulnerability; I’d been into emo music for years, yet this performance expressed a specific misery and darkness that made my heart sink.

Featuring classics from T. Rex, The Lemon Twigs, Suzi Quatro and Queen, here are the 30 greatest glam rock and glam metal albums ever made.

From his soaring, unbridled falsetto to his sonic artistry, Jeff Buckley defied conventions and left a catalogue of songs that is timeless and unique

1967 was the year that rock albums came of age, with timeless releases from the Beatles, Dylan & Stones alongside newcomers Jimi Hendrix, the Doors & more.

Two bananas, Antipodean Suicide, and a home-made instrument inspired by a dream in which ecstatic music was made from an instrument that extended from his own umbilical cord

The 60s were a time of rapid cultural and social change which infiltrated art.

Inspired by the summer of love, Time Of The Season is still the British psychedelic pop rockers’ biggest hit. So it’s strange to think that it nearly sank without a trace