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Category: CD/DVD Reviews
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Reflexion – Dead To The Past, Blind For Tomorrow
Releasedate: 14-03-2008; Label: Mach XX/Out of Line By: Elvira Visser Reflexion is a dark rock band which hails from Finland. Home of the dark melancholic songs. The band was formed back in 1996 and played without a vocalist for a long time before they found one in Juha Kylmänen in 1997. The band was called…
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Backyard Babies – Backyard Babies
Releasedate: 18-08-2008; Label: Billion Dollar Babies / Spinefarm By: Sabine van Gameren Call it sleaze, call it glam, call it punk or hard rock. Backyard Babies fits it all. Formed in 1987, their first full length release “Diesel & Power” dated back from 1994. The band saw many countries during all the touring they did…
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Jesse – Kaikki
Releasedate: 09-04-2008; Label: GAEA By: Sofie Bergen Jesse is a formation existing of two guys. They come from Finland and recently released their album “Kaikki” (which means “all” in Finnish).
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19,20-07-2008 Amphi Festival
Location: Tanzbrunnen, Cologne (Germany)By: Elvira Visser & Sabine van Gameren The fourth edition of Amphi festival was sold out. No wonder that many people (12.000 each day) made their way to Cologne (Germany). Even before the festival started it was not really hard to find out who is going to the festival. All visitors of…
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Pintandwefall – Wow! What Was That, Baby?
Releasedate: October 2007; Label: GAEA Records By: Elvira Visser The bands date back to spring 2006 when four girls decided to form a band called Pintandwefall. The girls met at their secondary school in Vantaa, Finland. It all started out as a big joke. Playing an instrument they had never touched for a school competition.…
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I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper – The Lemonade Ocean
Releasedate: Februari 2008; Label: Gaea By: Sofie Bergen If you are looking for some happy danceable summer tunes, I have something for you! Let me take this opportunity to introduce a band named I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper from Tampere, Finland. Their music is very electronic. Electro pop with happy rhythms and catchy lyrics.…
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11-07-2008 North Sea Jazz
Venue: Ahoy Rotterdam (Netherlands)By: Sabine van Gameren North Sea Jazz is a major festival in the Netherlands. It is also one of the most known jazz festivals in Europe. Rotterdam is hosting it and although they hosting it only for the 3rd year (it was in The Hague before) all Rotterdam citizens embraced the festival.Many…
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Daylight Dies – Lost To The Living
Releasedate: 14-07-2008; Label: Candlelight Records By: Sabine van Gameren Daylight dies is a band from North Carolina, USA. In 1999 they released their first demo and now in 2008 they release “Lost To The Living” which is their third full length album.
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05-07-2008 Rheinkultur
Location: Bonn (Germany) By: Nina Mende The weather forecast for the day was announcing rain, and even some storm warnings were mentioned. But these facts didn’t stop me and 140 000 other visitors from coming to the Rheinkultur festival in Bonn/Germany. Reasons why to go there were not only because it was for free but…
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04-07-2008 The Auratones ft Boris
Location: Zuiderpark, Rotterdam (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren When the summer comes, clubs and venues preparing for the summer break. Some clubs close for a month, some just keep it low with booking bands. Most people are on holiday or not in the mood to hang out in a venue while the sun is shining…
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28-06-2008 Project Revolution
Venue: LTU Arena, Düsseldorf (Germany) By: Nina Mende Another day, another arena. This time I was in Düsseldorf in the LTU arena, which is located right next to the airport. I didn’t like this one as much as the SAP arena because the LTU arena was too huge, too many entrances and it was a…
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24-06-2008 Linkin Park
Supports: Enter Shikari; Venue: SAP arena, Mannheim (Germany) By: Nina Mende A sunny Tuesday afternoon in Mannheim, thousands of people are waiting in front of a huge white building: The SAP arena. Most of them wore band merch of the same band. Many people have already been waiting there hours before doors opened just to…