Locas In Love is a German indie rock band. It was formed in the fall of 2001 in Cologne by Björn Sonnenberg and Stefanie Schrank, Jan Niklas Jansen joined a few months later. They have been touring and releasing ever since, though mostly in Germany and bordering European countries. In 2006 they played shows in the USA for the first time when they were mixing their second album 'Saurus' with Peter Katis in Bridgeport, CT.
The name 'Locas In Love' is taken from a comic by Los Bros Hernandez.
They are one of Germany's best-known unknown bands. They are championed by other artists such as The National or Malcolm Middleton who plays guitar on 'Saurus' and his former band Arab Strap that took Locas In Love as a special guest on their last two tours in Germany.
Locas In Love is influenced by a wide variation of musical styles. They can be compared to bands like The Good Life, Herman Düne, Bright Eyes, Arcade Fire, The National, Pavement, Luna, The Velvet Underground, Silver Jews, Sonic Youth or German art rockers Blumfeld in their wide array of musical spectres held together by the distinct voices of Björn Sonnenberg and Stefanie Schrank. Their lyrics are mostly in German.

Chris Neuburger (SLUT singer and guitarist) once said that talking about music is about as fruitful as trying to dance architecture. One could add: talking about SLUT’s new album “Alienation” is the same as trying to suck in zeitgeist through a straw. SLUT’s new album tastes of magnum opus. Authors have their books; directors have their films. In their 20-year-history SLUT have never gone wrong. On the contrary: they act with the sort of confident professionalism that remains a singular phenomenon in the field of German-but-with-English-lyrics alternative rock. With “Alienation”, however, SLUT have once more raised the bar. Music and lyrics pulse with that most fitting of German leanwords in English: zeitgeist. The impact of this century’s paradox and perfidious motto “create yourself and then be yourself” resembles a mental paraplegia. Instead of responsibly and creatively exploiting our freedom, “most of us turn petit bourgeois” – to quote from SLUT’s title song “Alienation” that simultaneously criticizes their car-obsessed hometown Ingolstadt (an Audi production site): „As long as the cars stay running they stay amused“. There’s two ways to alienation. It’s either desperately clinging to what you know while the rest of the world moves on. Or it’s losing one’s footing in the desperate attempt to stay up to date in one’s compulsive struggle to re-define oneself anew every single day. How could one possibly be oneself in an era that constantly demands moving forward? SLUT answer this question all over their musical oeuvre. They square their authenticity-circle by utilizing the familiar as a starting point for new explorations. In between records SLUT interpret a new version of Brecht’s “Three Penny Opera” or take me and my novel “Corpus Delicti” on “Schallnovellentour”. This is what “Alienation” is trying to say: Do not ever decide between staying put or setting off or even between hiding-place or escape. Don’t get lost in “either-or” but find the power in “as well as”. Once more quoting from “Anybody Have A Roadmap” off of “Alienation”: “Go one and drive” and “Keep your eyes fixed on anything you seem to know“. “It‘s that love and hate relation that keeps us hanging on“ („Alienation“). Musically, this attitude finds its expression in a confident sweep through styles and genres. In art theory “Alienation” stands for a new look on familiar things that allows for critical distance. This is exactly what the album does without relying on mere quotations. The band’s typical style remains distinctive and has developed into a musical personality that nonchalantly turns into every direction it pleases. This is how SLUT enter the next level of polyvalency. The songs dispense with classical structures, change direction, surprise on all fronts and still find their way straight into the listener’s head. The basis to this is something I would like to call “modest opulence”. SLUT show what SLUT got without drowning the audience in orchestral waves. The means remain recognizable, each voice is distinguishable, each sound completely justified, each sound panorama accurately layered reaching the precision of electro-minimalism (“Broke My Backbone”) that builds an anthem loop on loop only to end with the sound of a bone saw. There a many ways to grow older most of which, quite frankly, suck. Each and every decision is a massacre of missed opportunities. SLUT and “Alienation” underline that a proper maturing process goes hand in hand with growth of vitality. “Alienation” is a volume of many chapters – all of which tell the story of how to remain sane of mind and body on our journey through the 21st century and through one’s own biography. This music is a home – without the smell of stuffy cushions. Buy this, be amazed, enjoy. Gotta go. Gotta dance myself a townhouse. (Juli Zeh)

Kilians were a German indie rock band. They started out as a loose group of music mad students from Dinslaken, Germany. In 2005, the band's line-up stabilised and they recorded their first self-titled EP. In the following year their song 'Jealous Lover' reached number 3 of the German CampusCharts.
In 2006, Thees Uhlmann of Tomte discovered Kilians and invited them to support his band on their spring tour. On this tour Kilians sold 700 copies of their EP. Uhlmann later became Kilians' manager.
In August 2006, Kilians toured Germany in a bus sponsored by Austrian energy drink manufacturer Red Bull. They played several small guerrilla gigs on camping sites adjacent to various music festivals.
When the band released their first professionally merchandised EP 'Fight the Start' on April 17, 2007, the band changed their name, which is derived from a character of Carl Zuckmayer's play The Captain of Köpenick, from 'The Kilians' to 'Kilians'.
In summer 2007, Kilians once again toured Germany and played at Rock am Ring and other festivals.
The band’s debut album Kill the Kilians was released on September 7, 2007 and reached number 75 of the official German music charts.

Naked Lunch is a band from Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria, founded in 1991. They started out as an alternative rock band, mixing hard rock guitars and fragile vocals. In the nineties, they connected with the German band The Notwist, in Weilheim, with whom they still have ties; their producer, Olaf Opal, is also working for The Notwist.
The group's album Songs for the Exhausted was recorded after a long hiatus and saw the band abandon their rock roots and turn to a more experimental, electronic approach to their songs.
They have a cult following in Austria and Germany. In 2007, a new album, This Atom Heart of Ours, was released.

Blackmail is a German alternative rock band from Koblenz, Germany which was started briefly in 1993. Blackmail are singer Mathias Reetz, brothers Kurt Ebelhäuser and Carlos Ebelhäuser and drummer Mario Matthias. Their style of music usually varies, but mainly consists of the indie rock genre which is combined with experimentation of electronic music, progressive rock, alternative rock and dance. It is also known for its harsh and high-pitched guitar melodies.