Location: Haarlem (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren While the sun was shining in The Netherlands, many people visited one of the many liberation day festivals in the county. On May 5th the Dutch celebrate they get liberated from the second world war and every year people unite to remember that we are free and live…
supports: Soma; Venue: Tavastia, Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende My third time in Tavastia, ever! Well, ok, maybe 5th. But still I haven’t been there as often as to some other places, yet do I feel home there somehow, especially because of the friendly staff. Tonight I was there to see Soma and Olavi Uusivirta.
Venue: Texas bar, Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende After a sunny day on the island in front of Helsinki and in the parks in Helsinki we went to Texas. Not the state but the bar which is located next to the railway station.
supports:Haloo Helsinki; Venue: Vanha, Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende So here I was, back in Helsinki, again. This time for a national holiday called Vappu and also my birthday.
supports: Sixth Tone; Venue: Exit, Rotterdam (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Tonight, Exit (Rotterdam, Netherlands) was all there for Revision which releases their new CD “Heavy Light”. They brought a support band with them to warm up the audience.
Releasedate: 11-04-2008; Label: My Kingdom Music By: Sabine van Gameren Ten years ago, to be exact: in 1998, Italy two guys formed a band called: The Void. After two demo’s and two promo releases the band signed with My Kingdom Records and is now, anno 2008, releasing their first full length album called “Vision Of…
supports: Heidevolk; Venue: Dynamo, Eindhoven (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser After a good ride in the train, I arrived in Eindhoven where I found my way to Dynamo. I had to miss out on Conorach. According to some people they played a little boring. Second band was Heidevolk and when seeing the guys on stage getting…
Releasedate: 02-05-2008; Label: Universal By: Nina Mende The BossHoss is a band from Berlin/Germany which started in 2004 with Country & Western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example “Hot in Herre” by Nelly, “Toxic” by Britney Spears and “Hey Ya!” by Outkast.
Venue: Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende After the great album „Tempo Tempo“ and the interview where the singer decided to be socks, here is now the last missing thing in this row: The concert itself.
bands: The Jade, So called Plan, PSG, Eden; Venue: 11er, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende Tonight the Finvasion invaded the 11er (Elfer) music club in Frankfurt. 11er is a really tiny room in the basement of the Batschkapp with a tiny stage and a little bar. A quite cosy place when it is not too…
supports: Slimboy; Venue: Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende After their new album got released, they are now on tour: Die Happy! Tonight they played at Batschkapp in Frankfurt and it was totally crowded. Many people were wearing Die Happy shirts and were totally excited to see them live. But there was a band before…
Releasedate: 2007; By: Elvira Visser EON was formed early 2006 by Paul Olsen, which you might know from Trail of Tears. With the inspiration from bands like Meshuggah, Gojira, Nevermore and In Flames, Paul started writing material for EON’s sound, which he likes to call futuristic metal.