This year has been a challenge for all of us and we were lucky enough to have such tremendous records on our side to comfort us in difficult times. From gentle melancholia, to raging fury - the albums of 2020 had a lot of stories to tell and these are the ones our staff enjoyed the most. If you haven't listened to all of them you now got a whole lockdown winter ahead of you to do that.
The group’s seminal debut of 2001 not only marked one of the first hypes of the Internet era, but also initiated a wave-like revival of garage rock, surging up the post-millenial indie movement that still reverberates to this day. Nearing the album’s twentieth, NBHAP author Andreas went down memory lane to reflect upon the record that is one, if not the most remarkable of 2000’s rock albums.
'I Don't Want To Be A Puppet The Ghost Of My Own Self Still Controls': Casablancas completes a reincarnation on his new band's second outing.
Synthpop girl trio AU REVOIR SIMONE covered a true classic. The trio from New York City rearranged MAZZY STAR‘s legendary ballad Fade Into You. And they got a famous collaborator for the track. THE STROKES‘ very own Nikolai Fraiture provided guitar and bass for the tune. And AU REVOIR SIMONE really managed to give the intimate tune a new direction. Witness it right here.