Reviews

We might complain about a lineup at Way Out West that lacked super-mega-big headliners. I still think it´s true this year, but on the other hand, there are few festivals that can offer such a variety in small- to medium sized acts. For example, starting out the Saturday in Dungen, watching Romy from The XX perform a DJ-set right in …

Boy, oh (fan)boy – a new Mantar album! Finally! And OF COURSE I had to get the limited edition deluxe box set – and now I’m faced with a problem … But first things first: With PIFATITE (don’t you love it when album titles can be shortened to weird acronyms?), the gruesome twosome from Bremen/Florida unleash a nasty bit of …

One-day metal festival Elbriot Fest has spoiled Hamburg with great line-ups since it started in 2013 and has always walked the fine line between cheesy old rock bands and hot bands at the height of their careers. Thus, they attract kind of a diverse crowd – there’s something for every rock fan out there. This year was no exception and …

Friday 5th August The sun was shining when the gates opened on Friday and welcomed all the beautifully dark and stylish people in the gothic scene. The campsite filled up quickly, already at mid-day, and slowly the whole festival atmosphere came back, that feeling we’ve missed so much the last two years. First things first; I checked in to get …

Way Out West is located in a park in central Gothenburg. That has it´s many, many advantages, but on of the disadvantages is that it needs to be quiet rather early. On the Thursday, the last shows in the park ends at 11 PM and at midnight the rest of the days. It means that for those that want to …

Aaaaaahh… Finally back in Slottsskogen. It has been almost three years since the last chords of The Cure show, the final act in the forest in 2019, were heard at Way Out West. Something happened in between, not sure what, but at least now we´re back. Way Out West has been around since 2007. The festival was started in a …