If you never liked (fairy)tales, you’ll be surprised at your change of heart and will want to grab the book of tales nearest to you after sitting for an hour surrounded by Paper Bird’s music. I find myself most particularly thinking of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories. How could one not see the connection with the [...]
October 3, 2009
Does anyone remember when Oh My Love came out? I remember it very well, because it was around the time that the Aqualung song Strange and Beautiful (I’ll Put a Spell On You) was constantly on the radio. Oh My Love was Sophia’s great breakthrough into the mainstream. For some reason I’d always thought that [...]
May 28, 2009
Maximilian Hecker was already in Vienna two months ago for a radio session at RadioKulturHaus. We got there too late though – so no chance, we didn’t get let in. He came on stage wearing a mask; when it came off, I admittedly liked his new bearded look. It gave off this seventies aura. I’ve always [...]
April 25, 2009
Earlier this week I entered a contest on FM4; two days ago I was notified by email that me and 49 others had won tickets for the Phantom/Ghost radio session. However, Tosca were playing two free shows at Minoritenkirche as I had discovered after entering the contest (it turns out the church was getting way [...]
November 28, 2008
Ah, Death Cab. A little bit of a background story is needed here: I travelled all the way from Vienna to Berlin, 12 hours in the night-train (I shouldn’t complain, I found cheap tickets..) just to see them live again. My dedication to live music will kill me. But I was very annoyed (and surprised, in [...]
October 27, 2008
I’d been anticipating this for a long time, because I never saw Nada Surf live – I don’t know how this could be possible, but it’s true. Independently from my love for this band though, I took my time getting to Arena last night. I wasn’t too eager to see Underground Railroad, and I was [...]
May 7, 2007
Ahh.. Bloc Party. the dance-indie British geniuses. I don’t have much to complain about with the set they played. It was a nice mix between old and new songs, they opened with the first song on the new album and moved straight back to their debut with Positive Tension. I was standing in the second [...]
My name has five letters in it, and comes up in some Bright Eyes songs. I am (apparently) an artist, with too much time on her hands. Well, enough to blog (almost) daily. I am 1/4 (the smallest one, actually) of Lazy Acre Records; I also write & photograph for a local magazine based in Englaaand and make used to draw musically-inspired comics for a canadian mag (RIP Inscribed). Sometimes I can be quite cute. I used to still have a crush on Marty McFly; I like baking, overusing semi-colons, the smell of the sea, and thunderstorms.
I tend to be quite the busy bee, but if you make VERY sexy music and want me to listen and enjoy and possibly even (!!) write about it, shoot me a mail, baby. music(at)alicetragedy(dot)org
February 15, 2010