Fanart for the band Tocotronic, based on the cover for their album Wir Kommen Um Uns Zu Beschweren
Hello, welcome to my blog. This site was created yesterday, November 11, 2024, with the blog created today, November 12. I've been on a Hamburger Schule binge recently, hence the title of this post. My first Hamburger Schule band was Tocotronic. The music video for "Die Welt kann mich nicht mehr verstehen", I played on repeat.
Fanart for the band Tocotronic, based on the cover for their album Wir Kommen Um Uns Zu Beschweren
I think I first heard Tocotronic on one of those Spotify-generated playlists I got, with that song being the first I've heard. I've mostly heard the earlier stuff, but they're pretty good in that 90s alt/indie rock sense plus they were pretty cute...
Photograph of the band Tocotronic taken around the 90s. The lead singer, Dirk von Lowtzow, wore a lot of tight shirts back then, huh?
Another subgenre of European music I really enjoy is Swedish indie-pop, particularly the indie-pop produced during the 1990s-2000s. With musicians such as The Wannadies, The Tough Alliance, Leslies, or generally bands under the Labrador Records label, were pretty amazing. I could write another blog post, or maybe a whole zine, on Swedish indie-pop one of these days. So my infatuation with Hamburger Schule can be seen as a betrayal.
Just kidding, of course.