Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • Dukes Of Windsor – It's A War

    Releasedate: 24-02-2010; Label: Motor (Edel) By: Nina Mende Dukes of Windsor is an Australian Electro/Rock group most noted for their single It’s A War, released in Australia in 2008 and in Europe in early 2010, as well as their song The Others, famously remixed by Australian dance act TV Rock. Dukes of Windsor are a…

  • 24-02-2010 Owl City

    Supports: Lights; Venue: Melkweg, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Owl City hits the charts nowadays with their hit “Fireflies”. As the band is currently touring in Europe they also made a visit to Amsterdam.

  • Don Grusin – Piano In Venice

    Releasedate: 22-02-2010 By: Nina Mende Don Grusin (born April 22, 1941 in Denver, Colorado), is an American songwriter, producer and keyboardist. He holds a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Colorado and for a period of his life taught at the National Autonomous University of Mexico as well as at Foothill College, California…

  • Shaking Godspeed – Shaking Godspeed

    Releasedate: 29-01-2010; Label: Quadrofoon By: Sabine van Gameren Shaking Godspeed seems be the new sensation in The Netherlands. The fact that they quickly got their fame before the release of this vinyl took place, might not be that surprising as you hear the band came from the ashes of the band The Bloody Honkies.

  • Warceremony – Altars of War

    Releasedate: 21-09-2009 By: Sabine van Gameren The Finnish band Warceremony is formed in 2009. Their first demo “Altars of War” is out now. Before the band adopted their name they have been working under the name: Soul Terror.

  • 19-02-2010 Demented Are Go

    Supports: Cast No Shadows; Venue: Café Central, Weinheim (Germany) By: Nina Mende Tonight we went to Weinheim, Café Central was the place to be for all rockabillies in the neighborhood. Even if you were not a rockabilly it was great to see all these old school styled people. Before the first band entered the stage,…

  • 18-02-2010 Wayne Jackson

    Supports: Duncan; Venue: Nachtleben, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende For a Thursday evening at Nachtleben after carnival this show was well attended. Tonight’s artist was Wayne Jackson, and as warm up he had Duncan Townsend along.

  • Lonelady – Nerve Up

    Releasedate: 22-02-2010; Label: Warp Records By: Nina Mende LoneLady, AKA Julie Campbell is a self-styled writer, vocalist and tight guitarist. With little more than thorny determination and a shoestring budget, she built a secluded ramshackle studio in the belly of one of Manchester’s crumbling mills and created ‘Nerve Up’ in the span of four weeks.…

  • Tom McRae – The Alphabet of Hurricanes

    Releasedate: 22-02-2010; Label: V2 By: Nina Mende Jeremy Thomas McRae Blackall known as Tom McRae (born 19 March 1969, Chelmsford, England) is a singer-songwriter. British singer-songwriter Tom McRae has been quietly moving up the ranks of the most respected songwriters in the world today after releasing four critically acclaimed studio albums over the last 9…

  • 21-02-2010 Hole

    Venue: Paradiso, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Enfant terrible Courtney Love had recently decided to put her band Hole back on track. The band that originally started in 1989 had always known rumors and abrupt lineup changes. Guitarist Micko Larkin, bassist Shawn Dailey and drummer Stu Fischer are taken with her on the…

  • Julien-K – Death To Analog

    Releasedate: 05-03-2010; Label: Metropolis By: Nina Mende Julien-K is a music group that began as a side project for electronic music created by Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck from Orgy, with the later addition of Brandon Belsky, Elias Andra, and Anthony ‘Fu’ Valcic. Their debut album, Death to Analog, which was mixed by Tim Palmer,…

  • Neverstore – Age of Hysteria

    Releasedate: 27-01-2010; Label: Sony Music By: Nina Mende 2006 was the year three amigos did the same thing that many bands do, rehearse and rehearse with a dream to reach out to the world with their music. These guys had something special and three years later they’re ready to drop their third album, Age Of…