The Blog Flamingo

 DAARK - OUT OF MIND Dark, darker, DAARK. Some time ago I came across the music of DAARK. Their music immediately brought me back to the 80's, a time when I was still young and beautiful. Now that I'm not that young anymore it brings back memories to some underground parties I attended in those days. There is an air of mystery surrounding this band and there is not much information to be found. What I did find is that DAARK is a Belgian duo (Peter and Jan) and what's more, they should be situated in my area but I can neither confirm nor deny that lats bit yet. DAARK describes themselves as a duo playing with all things dark 80's wave, deathrock, goth, ebm, injected with some psych and they really are reviving all of this in this era of dark inflation and new cold war times. Out Of Mind is a song from the album Nothing Doesn't Exist and can be found on all major streaming services. But I think that you can only experience the real DAARK when you go see them live (it...

  ALASKO - JUDY GIRL Last September I had the privilege to see this band live twice in one day. One time at the amazing Bearded Punk Acoustic festival and one time at my humble shack. I had been listening to their music for a while but when you hear it live it really hits you. On top of that they are all beautiful people which is increasingly becoming an exception unfortunately. All her life Hanne (Alasko's frontlady) has been singing and writing songs accompanied by her acoustic guitar. Inspired by her personal experiences and blessed with a vivid imagination a lot of musical stories were born. A decade ago she came out with the hard & blues rock outlets Gipsy On The Rocks and Redding. The passed years she gathered a band around her that arranges, shaves and kneads the songs to a mixture of indie pop and americana. Alasko is unpolished, honest and without frills. But watch it !! Their songs are fragile. Judy Girl is a song about being lost in a superficial world. It's goo...