Oct
13
2013
After a pretty long hiatus, illusioncity’s back!
Time for one of the best bands of the so called “new new wave” movement, which started in mid ’00s, the KVB. They are among the most electronic sounding of the bunch, mixed with heavy doses of Joy Division influences and sound.
Here is the title track off their 2011’s effort, into the night:
Sep
15
2013
Time for some obscure Italian existentialist new wave. This song is off the first single of the band (1979) and speaks about existential angst, indifference and confusion.
Enjoy!
Aug
25
2013
Hello guys! After a little summertime break, we’re back to provide you some more good obscure music…
Time to return back to ’80s, 1988 to be precise, and unearth another fine tune from Smack, a Finnish band which was seminal to the glam rock scene. Enjoy!
Aug
4
2013
After a break, Illusion City is being updated again!
Time for some underground French new wave this week…Guardian Bird released a tape named La Poupèe in 1989 and faded into obscurity pretty soon.
Enjoy one of the finest track off this tape…Reinassance!
Jul
15
2013
I’ve recently listened to Alice’s latest effort, the sequel to his masterpiece, welcome to my nightmare…and it’s a damn good album!
This is the second song off it, Caffeine. Enjoy!
Jun
30
2013
After a long hiatus, here we go again!
Time for some refined new wave romance by The Only Ones, an unlucky but seminal band, hailing from the late seventies/early eighties UK.
Jun
2
2013
Hi guys!
It’s time to dig up one of the most criminally overlooked and forgotten rock bands ever…Smack from Finland.
They started their career in 1984 with their first album “on you”, and disbanded in the late ’80s after their last album “radical” in 1988.
Led by charismatic and restless vocalist Claude, they played a very energetic mix of classic rock n’ roll and punk with tons of attitude and heartfelt and intense lyrics, which influenced a lot of successful bands like Guns n Roses, without getting the credit they deserved.
After Smack’s demise, Claude formed the Fishfaces(which released two albums, one in 1993 and one posthumous in 1998) and released one EP with the 69 Eyes vocalist under the Fellow Reptiles project before dying because of an heart attack in 1996, being only 30 years old…
Some of the Smack and Fishfaces songs have been re-recorded in acoustic in 2005 by Eduardo Martinez in his Eduardo Martinez & The Thunderclouds project, which featured some old band fellows of Claude. In this disc they recorded a Fishfaces unreleased song (the beast within) too.
This song, Roses have faded, is one of their best off their second album, Rattlesnake Bite, and shows their rich talent.
May
29
2013
Hi guys! Sorry for the long hiatus between the posts, but real life has the bad habit of taking it’s toll…
Time to uncover a very obscure band from the early ’90s, Rozy Coyote. They released seven songs before fading, and they are very good! Bluesy and powerful.
This song, you don’t love me, in my opinion shines above the others. The closure of the song, very a-la The Cult, is very addicting.
Enjoy!
May
12
2013
Hello guys! Time to undust a buried gem from the marvelous years of the new wave creative peak.
This band proposes a very raw and muddy sound, more closer to punk than post-punk in certain regards, similar to the one of the early Bauhaus, with the addition of a very tasty minimal organ.
Enjoy!
Apr
28
2013
First of all, sorry for the lack of updates but I’ve been really busy in these days! I’ll try to keep a constant pace, but maybe the updates will slow down for a while.
Time to enjoy some very nice glam metal from the early 90’s: Miami Riot. They released an EP in 1990, dirty living in the city, and recently returned with a new EP, legends never die, in 2012, which I haven’t listened yet.