Venue: Botta, Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende So this time I was the one changing my mind on short notice. Tonight I decided not to go to Uniklubi at Red Onion in Vantaa, but went to see Hybrid Children at Botta in Helsinki. They just returned from their tour in Russia and played a free…

Venue: Melkweg, Amsterdam (Netherlands)By: Sabine van Gameren Led zeppelin is quite a legendary band. As it comes to bands like Led Zeppelin, every country counts many cover bands created by devoted fans. But who expects that such a cover band grows out to a big hit, with a tour through many countries.I was the last…
Venue: Nachtleben, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende Emergenza started out half an hour later this time than it usually starts. That was because the first band had cancelled on short notice. The audience was almost completely different from what it usually is. There were more Punks this time. But many teenagers as well, and parents…
Releasedate:14-03-2008; Label: Poko records / EMI By: Nina Mende Matthau Mikojan is the ex-singer of Bloodpit from Tampere/Finland who now has released his solo album „Matthau Mikojan“. He has always been special and different, doing his own style no matter what. And Matthau keeps on doing that. The album layout is very interesting, kept in…
Releasedate: 07-03-2008 By: Nina Mende King’s Tonic is a rock band from the Ruhrpott area in Germany. Since 2003 more than 200 gigs have been absolved by James Mean (vocals), Swen O Heiland (guitars) and Christos Efthimiadis (drums).
Releasedate: 14-03-2008; Label: Universal By: Nina Mende Tommy Reeve is a German musician. He learned to play piano in the age of five, and learned how to play drums, bass and guitar later on. His debut album “On My Mind” was released in August 2007 for the first time, now, on March 14th, it got…
Interview with: Philip Noirjean By: Nina Mende
Venue: Soundpark Ost, Würzburg Ost (Germany) By: Nina Mende After I had spent almost two complete days at the music fair in Frankfurt I was totally exhausted. But since I hadn’t seen FAQ live for 3 years I just had to go to Würzburg to see them again. And besides me wanting to see them…
Venue: Apollo Live Club By: Elvira Visser
Release date: 29-02-2008; Label: Vertigo By: Nina Mende Five days after the single release of „Do It All“ I saw Stanfour live at Living XXL in Frankfurt, a fancy dance club reminding of Kaivohuone in Helsinki, doing a short but really great acoustic set of four songs. Afterwards I was talking…
Release date: 03-03-2008; Label: Blind Prophecy records By: Sabine van Gameren When I got the CD of Spyder Babyin my hands, the first thing that I noticed was the artwork. On front of the album you see a baby with the death in his eyes next to a big black spider. A visualization…
Release date: 03-03-2008; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser Atrocity has now delivered their second CD with their project around 80s rock songs. Which started out with one CD full of those 80s classics that had hit the radio stations. And now there is part two “Werk 80 II”, (werk means work…