News
NEU! 50! Box Set Due Out September 23 via Grönland
Aug 31, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Krautrock legends NEU! (Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger) are releasing NEU! 50!, a 50th anniversary box set, on September 23 via Grönland. Now they have shared a remix of “Im Glück” by The National. More
Plus Guerilla Toss, Brian Eno, Andy Clockwise, The Soft Pink Truth, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 29, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 29th Songs of the Week of 2022. This week saw the return of a 1970s icon and a new joint project from two of our favorite modern singer/songwriters. This week we liked enough tracks to settle on a Top 12. More
NEU! 50! Box Set Due Out September 23 via Grönland; Also Listen to Fink’s Cover of NEU!’s “Weissensee”
Jul 29, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Krautrock legends NEU! (Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger) are releasing NEU! 50!, a 50th anniversary box set, on September 23 via Grönland. Now they have shared two tracks from the box set’s NEU! Tribute Album: “Zum Herz,” a new song by Guerilla Toss inspired by NEU!, and Fink’s cover of NEU!’s “Weissensee.” More
NEU! 50! Box Set Due Out September 23 via Grönland
Jun 08, 2022
By Joey Arnone
NEU! (Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger) have announced a 50th anniversary box set reissue of their self-titled debut album, which will be out on September 23 via Grönland. More
Groenland Records Collect Three Studio LPs and Rarities on on June 29
Apr 19, 2010
By Kyle Lemmon
During the past twenty years, Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger’s music as NEU! was often greeted with hushed reverence. Rock and electronic outfits alike were greatly influenced by the Krautrock duo’s pioneering spirit during the 1970’s. Now Groenland will release the NEU! vinyl box set, a far-reaching retrospective of the Düsseldorf, Germany electronic-rock progenitors. More
Interviews
The Glory of Sheer Desperation
Nov 23, 2022
By Hays Davis
Fifty years from the release of their debut album, the music of the German duo NEU! sounds as fresh, intriguing, and arresting as it must have for those early adventurous and curious listeners. NEU! 50! collects their recordings of in a 5-CD box set that presents all four original albums and a tribute disc featuring interpretations and remixes from The National, Mogwai, IDLES, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, and more. A 5-LP vinyl version includes the first three original albums and the tribute. More
Reviews
Oct 11, 2022
By Hays Davis
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of their 1972 self-titled debut, the box set NEU! 50! brings together all four albums by the German duo NEU! as well as a tribute album featuring reworkings from The National, Idles, New Order’s Stephen Morris, Mogwai, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, and others. More
