Reviews

Reeperbahn Festival, one of Europe’s biggest showcase festivals and a vibrant fusion of live performances, conferences, and art exhibits, pulled off its 19th edition the third weekend in September and offered us another exhilarating festival experience. Heaps of performances across dozens of venues create an atmosphere where you’ll likely stumble …

It was 1999 and Travis had just released their second album The Man Who a couple of days earlier when I popped over to The Forum in London with a friend after work to see the band play for the third time. My bud Tom was already a long-time fan …

Let’s get one thing clear: I’m not a fan of DJ live shows. In fact, I find them quite boring although I have to admit I’ve been to DJ festivals (in particular Let It Roll) a few times, but it’s really not the way I want to experience a live …

Dungen Stage A nice addition to Way Out West is the stage Höjden. It was added in before the pandemic, but only for hosting talks and debates. The site itself is wonderful, in a hillier part of the forest, with the stage as an amphitheater, and in recent years they …

The weather. The good damn weather. How can people live in Gothenburg? It is also clear that there are more people at Way Out West than before the pandemic. Just like last year, it was very crowded from 19 and forward. The organizers have expanded the area a bit, but …

It was 2004, I lived in Bristol and a friend popped over to my neighborhood for a coffee at the beginning of May, and while we sat zipping on our coffees we saw a poster on the wall promoting Keane’s debut album Hopes And Fears which was to be released …