Barrens photo gallery by ©Richard Bloom

Kensington are a Dutch band whose melodic and often anthemic songs helped them become one of the Netherlands’ most popular rock acts in the 2010s. Together since the mid-2000s, they built their fan base incrementally before vaulting to mainstream success in 2014 with their chart-topping third album, Rivals. Once they reached the top, they stayed there for the rest of …

Photos by Richard Bloom. Barrens at Monument 031 in Gothenburg on 4 October. Richard’s gallery page. 

Photos by Julia Schwendner. Bikini Beach at Schmidts Tivoli at Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg on 17 September. Julia’s gallery page.

Photos by Richard Bloom. KAZEA at Monument 031 in Gothenburg on 4 October. Richard’s gallery page. 

British alternative rock band bôa return to Germany for double dates in April 2026! The band’s breakout came in 1998 with the release of “Duvet”, their most famous song, which became the opening theme of the acclaimed Japanese anime series Serial Experiments Lain. The exposure introduced the band to a wide international audience, especially in Japan, where they quickly gained …

Comprising vocalist Christo Bowman, drummer Miles Morris, guitarist Ray Libby, and bassist Gavin Bennett, Bad Suns formed in 2012 in Woodland Hills, California. The bandmembers were all relatively young, ranging in age from 19 to 22, but took cues for their sound from ’70s and ’80s post-punk pioneers like the Cure and Elvis Costello. Blending the angsty songwriting influences from …