Quite recently I re-discovered SUICIDE, one of those unique bands that emerged from the early New York City Punk scene. Without any doubt their first album “Suicide” from 1977 is more than a classic. It is a musical masterpiece, that inspired generations of bands and its relevance today is bigger than ever. On SUICIDE’s second album “Dream Baby Dream” is my personal favorite, it also found its way to Swing Heil, Friedrichs Mixtape Vol.1 on Spotify 
CRYSTAL STILTS from Brooklyn, New York have a lot of SUICIDE blood running in their musical veins, combined with a noisy but somehow relaxed JESUS AND MARY CHAIN twist. Can you imagine adding a tinge of VELVET UNDERGROUND now? Well, that’s the main ingredients of CRYSTAL STILLS’ album “Alight of Night”, which is definetly worth checking. Released 2009 via Angular Records,”Alight of Night” amazes the listener with wonderful songs like “The SinKing” – and what a song title that is. Getting lost in CRYSTAL STILTS minimalistic-psychedelic sound eruptions is a true relief in times of soul-less indie-boybands ruling the charts.
