Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • 08-02-2010 Backyard Babies

    Supports: Tracy Gang Pussy; Venue: Essigfabrik, Cologne (Germany) By: Nina Mende Another evening in Cologne, tonight to see some Swedes that I haven’t seen for quite a while. Tonight they played at Essigwerk, while being on their 20th anniversary tour through Europe.

  • John Carrie and Moor Green – Clearing Air

    Releasedate: January 2010 By: Sabine van Gameren John Carrie and Moor Green is a folk rock formation that released their debut in 2007. Anno 2010 the band returns with their second album “Cleaning Air”.

  • HIM – Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practise

    Releasedate: 12-02-2010; Label: Sire By: Nina Mende HIM is a Finnish rock band from Helsinki, formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist Mikko Lindström, and bassist Mikko Paananen. On September 5, 2005, HIM’s fifth studio album Dark Light was certified gold by the RIAA, making HIM the first Finnish band to have a gold…

  • The Intersphere – Interspheres >< Atmospheres

    Releasedate: 12-02-2010; Label: Maria Records (Soulfood Music) By: Nina Mende A band that has already rocked the masses at Rock am Ring twice (Germany’s biggest open-air festival) only three years after getting together, couldn’t have done too much wrong. The story of The Intersphere reads like a modern day rock fairytale. In 2006, four musicians…

  • 10-02-2010 Fink

    Venue: Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht (The Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren In a sold out Tivoli de Helling, many people gathered through the snow, while having major transportation issues a lot of people came in quite late and missed out on the support act.

  • 07-02-2010 Archive

    Venue: Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende Archive is a musical group based in London, England, whose music spans electronica, trip hop and progressive rock.

  • My Flea Circus – Flee Flaa Floo

    Releasedate: 12-12-2009 By: Sabine van Gameren My Flea Circus is a band from Canada making raw rock music with different influences. The band released “Flee Flaa Floo” at the end of 2009, which is their second full length release.

  • Crime in Stereo – I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone

    Releasedate: 12-02-2010; Label: Songs Of The Century / Soulfood By: Nina Mende Crime In Stereo is a Long Island-based punk band. Comparable to Dag Nasty, Brand New, and Lifetime, the band released their debut, a split with New York’s Kill Your Idols, in 2003 on hardcore label Blackout! Records. In early 2004, the band released…

  • 04-02-2010 Bigelf

    Supports: Priestess; Venue: Luxor, Cologne (Germany) By: Nina Mende Another evening in Cologne. Tonight we were at Luxor seeing Priestess and Bigelf perform.

  • Four Tet – There Is Love In You

    Releasedate: 26-01-2010; Label: Domino By: Lara Cappelli Kieran Hebden is an English electro music composer. After his work with Fridge, he decided to go forth on his solo career under the name of Four Tet.

  • Wayne Jackson – Undercover Psycho

    Releasedate: 12-02-2010; Label: BMG Rights Management By: Nina Mende As a 6 year old at his annual school sports day on the outskirts of Manchester, Wayne not only came first in the race around the school complex, he refused to stop running and completed several extra laps. That kind of intensity and persistence never left…

  • Autumn Hour – Dethroned

    Releasedate: 22-01-2010; Label: Cyclone Empire By: Sabine van Gameren Progressive metal band Autumn Hour started in 2008. Their debut album “Dethroned” got released on 22 January 2010 via Cyclone Empire.