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ALBUM REVIEW: KillJoy – Dream and Violence

Brussels-based duo KillJoy makes a powerful debut with Dream and Violence, released through the respected…

The Bevis Frond @Het Depot, Leuven BE – 17 April 2024

Belgium’s live music landscape just got richer last Wednesday with the long overdue presence of…

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog @De Roma, Antwerp BE – 1 February 2024

Marc Ribot has been touring in Europe this year with his Ceramic Dog project for…

ALBUM REVIEW: Skull Mask – Iká

Iká is the latest release of Skull Mask, a project revolving around Miguel Pérez’s versatile…

Jethro Tull @Cirque Royal Brussels BE – 14 November 2022

The latest Ian Anderson’s tour ‘The Prog Years’ is built on the very early Jethro…

Ty Segall & The Freedom Band @ OLT Rivierenhof Antwerp – BE

At 35, Ty Segall is garage rock legend. He has released dozens of albums, is…

ALBUM REVIEW: staraya derevnya – Boulder blues

The art collective staraya derevnya position themselves into the krautfolk aesthetics. But describing them is…

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets @ Cirque Royal, Brussels BE – 17 June 2022

The second European tour ever for Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets would have probably been…

Suede @ Cirque Royal, Brussels BE – 23 May 2022

Suede performed at the Cirque Royal Brussels their last show from the Coming Up tour,…

20 Best Albums of 2021

Fear Factory, Ministry, Limp Bizkit, Cannibal Corpse, Gojira, Turnstile, Jerry Cantrell, Rob Zombie,  Georgio Valentino,…

ALBUM REVIEW: Georgio Valentino – Lines of Flight

Over the last couple of years, windows of opportunities were shut ahead of us. Some…

The Guru Guru @ OLT Rivierenhof, Antwerp BE – 14 August 2021

The Guru Guru offered an engaging performance on 14 August in OLT Rivierenhof. They are…

20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2020

20 albums which should have filled-up concert venues is this year had been more generous. Not a top 20, in the order of their release.

Annihilator, Sepultura, Slift, Acid Mothers Reynols, Body Count, Code Orange, The Black Dahlia Murder, Oranssi Pazuzu, Serj Tankian & Jimmy Urine, Paradise Lost, Motorpsycho, staraya derevnya, Napalm Death, Idles, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, B R I Q U E V I L L E, deathcrash, Puscifer, Mr. Bungle, Hatebreed, VX:

ALBUM REVIEW: Acid Mothers Reynols – Vol 1

In 2017, the Japanese band Acid Mothers Temple made their first tour in South America….

ALBUM REVIEW: staraya derevnya – Inwards opened the floor.

For once, I will start the review with the conclusion: this stuff is fantastic. Honestly….

20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2019

20 albums which filled up concert venues, personal play lists and music news. Or deserve…

ALBUM REVIEW: Radament – due

Radament released their second album in April this year. A second album may be a…

Generator @KFK hope, Brussels (BE) – 25 April 2019

A new cool band in a new cool place in town. Generator performed at KFK…

ALBUM REVIEW: Iordache – Suita Titan

by ywannish Suita Titan (The Titan Suite) is the latest album by Iordache, written for…

20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2018

20 albums which filled up concert venues, personal play lists and music news. Or deserve…

ALBUMs REVIEW: Psychic Lemon – ‘Psychic Lemon’ and ‘Frequency Rhythm Distortion Delay’

If you’re looking to be amazed by a new band emerging in the past few…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Blacktones – The Day We Shut Down the Sun

The Blacktones come from Cagliari, Italy. Their history goes back to 2011 when they formed…

20 Best Albums of 2017

20 albums which filled up concert venues, personal play lists and music news. Or deserve…

… if Santa was a music lover …

… he would bring everyone more music like this. Happy winter holidays! PLAYLIST Sendelica –…

ALBUM REVIEW: ash magna – sun’s bold arc

Among the multitude of projects featuring Red Elektra 69/vert:x/vostok’s Vince Cory, ash magna is a…

ALBUM REVIEW: Fraktal Phantom – Live in the Studio

Coming from Seattle, Fraktal Phantom is a project comprising Sean Fisher on guitar, Cary Kindberg on…

ALBUM REVIEW: Georgio ‘the Dove’ Valentino – The Future Lasts a Long Time

Georgio ‘the Dove’ Valentino’s special signature is difficult to define. His work cannot be encapsulated…

ALBUM REVIEW: RED ELEKTRA 69 ‎– Space Age Sounds from the Omega Quadrant

RED ELEKTRA 69 is a space rock group from UK, very much present on the underground psychedelic…

ALBUM REVIEW: RED SUN – The wind, the waves, the clouds

RED SUN formed as a trio in 2014 in Albone, Italy and ‘The wind, the…

ALBUM REVIEW: SIBERIAN XP – Animalphabet

The first impression always counts. Some albums are simply charming from the first audition and…

Kozfest 2017 @ Bobbie Watts Farm, Uffculme Devon UK

I guess I’m not fun to be with at festivals: I don’t hang around, I…

DarkHorse and Little Black Dress Duo @Relevant Record Cafe, Cambridge UK – 15 July 2017

Cover bands, you either love them or hate them. They are even left behind their…

ALBUM REVIEW: vert:x – from now to now

Psychedelic music has been around for as long as anyone can remember, but its revival…

ALBUM REVIEW: Radament – Radament

by ywannish There is no jazz like piano jazz. It has accompanied and played an…

The Octopus Ride

by Landslide and SavageEarthHeart While revisiting Pink Floyd’s albums as preparation for the visit to…

Golden Gasoline and New Age of a French Stone @Rock Classic, Brussels BE – 29 April 2017

by ywannish The partnership Rock Classic and Les Soirées Cerises is continuously bringing as much…

Terminal Cheesecake and Blown Out @Magasin4, Brussels BE – 30 March 2017

by ywannish Blown Out Blown Out’s history goes a bit back than my knowledge of…

MASSIS @Pianofabriek, Brussels – 17 March 2017

by ywannish Pianofabriek in Saint-Gilles is a remarkable cultural space, which hosts plenty of activities…

Tinariwen @Ancienne Belgique, Brussels Belgium – 15 March 2017

by ywannish Tinariwen emerged almost 40 years ago from a military camp of the great…

ALBUM REVIEW: Manescape – Antibodies

by ywannish Manescape formed in 2006 and are coming from Głogów, Poland. After a couple…

ALBUM REVIEW: Firefang – Firefang

by ywannish Everybody likes upgrades. Every one likes novelty, original styles, new values to bring…

ALBUM REVIEW: Glasgow Coma Scale – Enter Oblivion

by ywannish The post-rock genre has gained popularity slowly but steadily over 20 years, being…

20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2016

20 albums which filled up concert venues, personal play lists and music news. Or deserve…

ALBUM REVIEW: Georgio ‘the Dove’ Valentino – Satyros Ironykos

‘Satyros Ironykos’ is a 7″ single coming from the out of nowhere of an enigmatic…

Mark Lanegan Band @M-IDZOMER Leuven, BE 30 July 2016

Mark Lanegan played day 3 of Leuven’s M-IDZOMER 2016 Festival, in the museum’s outdoor premises….

The Midnight Ghost Train @ Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel BE – 19 June 2016

It may be hard to be the first band on the last day of a…

Insect Inside (NIRVANA Tribute band) @ Rock Classic, Brussels BE – 27 May 2016

Cover bands are a tricky subject; you hate them or love them, despise them or…

PLASTICZOOMS (jap) + ULSTER PAGE (fr) @ Rock Classic, Brussels BE – 21 May 2016

I guess alternative rock has a special meaning for all those having lived their teenage…

Trouble Agency and Eyes of the Insane @Rock Classic, Brussels – 13 May 2016

Last Friday, the partnership Rock Classic Bar and Les Soirées Cerises Booking presented again a…

Sick Of It All @Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain – 8 May 2016

Sick Of It All never broke up to reunite decades later and go into the reunion…