Reviews

Zaho de Sagazan popped by Hamburg and Georg Elser Halle for the first time and gave us an amazing live experience. Sure, we knew from heaps of YouTube vids that she is a brilliant performer, but seeing her live was something else. But also learned that she has a great sense of humor, and the in-between banter was hilarious! First …

It’s the second stop of the tour and the people entering the concert hall of the Sporthalle Hamburg can already see the red curtain framing the stage. That and the living room-like decorated stage are giving the whole scenery of the night its very own vibe. After the already nice opening by J Appiah people are in the mood for …

We were off to Grosse Freiheit 36 for a double headliner entailing Norwegian metal/punk band Kvelertak and German doom/sludge/punk duo Mantar, two bands that built their reputations on creating riots wherever they play but yet two completely different types of bands. I was quite surprised they announced a Grosse Freiheit 36 gig a couple of months ago because none of …

If we start with the old argument about getting value for money; Italian Talco popped by Hamburg for double sold-out shows on their 20th Anniversary Tour and pulled off a 30+ song set at Martkhalle in Hamburg over an almost two-hour long show. That’s impressive! My first experience of Talco is in fact quite a recent one. They played at …

Let’s get the facts straight from the start. A band on a never-ending hiatus turned viral for a 25-year-old hit single at TikTok in 2023 causing a riot among new and very young fans leading to more than 600 million streams on Spotify and enough money to get the band back together for writing and recording a new album 20 …

Antilopen Gang is a rare kind of band and although most people would label them a hip hop act, my interest is in the punk side of the band. Listen to any of their albums and you’ll find at least two hardcore punk songs – and lots of hip hop. My first experience was at a festival, and while I …