Anyone who has listened to the recent singles of Amsterdam alternative rock/postpunk band Marathon could have known a few things before Fadi...

This week we have a nice mix of new bands and artists to this blog and names you could have encountered before. As always, the mix of genres...

It's been five years since I Am Oak's last album release and six where an album containing new songs was concerned, 'Osmosis'. The waiting i...

After two beautiful singles, both collaborations, it is time for Shane Alexander's new album on the blog. Forever Songs is a very well chose...

Momma is a band from Brooklyn, NY and excels in alternative rock somewhere between jangly pop, The Go-Go's 1980s poprock and indierock from ...

Photo: Wout de Natris Let's get this party started. This could well be the motto of The Leadbeaters and party we did. I would never have hea...

Photo: Wout de Natris In January Chris Eckman (ex-The Walkabouts) released his latest solo album 'The Land We Knew Best'. The album is beaut...

Abundant sunshine is showered over us and I can walk the streets without sweater and jacket. Global warming has its upsides of course. Aroun...

Not a week, if not a day goes by that the news does not surprise me or even shocks me. Being surprised to be surprised again, to the point w...

Foto: Anja Adank Op 25 maart 2020 zou de Utrechtse band Wooden Soldiers in onze huiskamer spelen, maar dat ging om bekende redenen niet door...

If it's a first, I don't know, but writing the singles post still on Sunday itself is rather unusual. It was a busy week, including performi...

Reb Fountain made quite the impression on me with her previous two albums, 'Reb Fountain' and 'Iris', and live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam....

Cari Cari entered this blog and my life with the fantastic and very energetic album 'Anaana' in 2018. The album was followed by 'Welcome To ...

It's only in December 2023 that Canyons and Locusts debuted on this blog with single 'To Art Bell'. That's 15 months. And yet, the duo can b...

Just a few weeks ago I wrote a review of 'Sinners, Harlots & Hooligans ', the re-issue album of The Legendary Swagger and here's the band's ...

Another week gone and 2025 well underway. Weeks I would not have minded not to live in. While the world falls into one surprise after the ot...