September 6, 2025
Metal Colonia Fest – A Newcomer’s Experience When the organizers of Metal Colonia Fest say “underground,” they mean: bands that aren’t mainstream, but deliver music of real quality. Most acts come from Cologne and
September 5, 2025
Sant Anna Bay Coconuts is an Antwerp-based surf band. Photos from their live performance at Kult41, Bonn.
August 29, 2025
Periotators live at the Gebaude 9, Cologne, Germany opening for the Kumbia Queers (ARG).
August 29, 2025
Kumbia Queers (Buenos Aires, AR) lit up Gebäude 9 in Cologne. The band’s cumbia inspired tropi-punk rhythms filled the packed room and carried everyone into motion. Now here's a technical observation: how much stage
August 15, 2025
 Junkyard Drive (DK) pulled off a solid show opening for The Lazys at Gebäude 9, with good energy and sound what I would call something like 'heavy rock' and roll', balancing somewhere on the
August 15, 2025
The Lazys (AUS) threw me back in time for a moment. I was 14 when The Angels converted me to rock music with their album Face to Face (1978). The connection? Both bands hail
July 15, 2025
TOTAL CHAOS was formed in 1989 in California, in their words 'to save the dying genre of punk and to express their social and political view'. Over the years the band stuck to their
July 15, 2025
The hardcore punk band AgrotĂłxico emerged from the outskirts of the city of SĂŁo Paulo. In the 7 albums released, the band deals with topics such as anarchy, violence, self-management, wars and political issues
July 13, 2025
Musicum Theatrum is a band from Mannheim that plays Gothic Rock combined with musicals. In this combination they call it GOTHICAL. It is staged musical theater. The lyrics and the music are original. The
June 28, 2025
There was absolutely nothing to complain about the Melissa Etheridge concert last night at the Palladium, Cologne. Everything was perfect, the sound quality, the lights quality and of course the music itself. The touring
June 18, 2025
Daily Havoc is an alternative rock quartet from Germany, which combines melodic sounds as known from classic rock with hard rock-like riffs and the unpolished energy of grunge and stoner rock. Caught them on
May 25, 2025
Marley's Ghost always brings along the good vibes in their live sets. People 'get together and feel all right'.
May 3, 2025
As We Go is a punk band from Cologne. I caught them live at Kult41, Bonn. The band spared no energy to raise the ceiling in front of a decently sold out room
May 2, 2025
According to the band: "Cinematic electronic music. Ruthless drums, intense basslines, soulful synthesizer symphonies." And basically that's what I saw and heard. One band member playing real drums, the other switching back and forth
May 1, 2025
Upside Bring Punk Energy to Kult 41 in Bonn Upside, the long-standing punk crossover band from Italy, took the stage at Kult 41 in Bonn for an electrifying one-hour performance. Originally founded in the
April 25, 2025
According to their own words " BERTHAJU is a female-gaze indie rock artist from Rotterdam. Along with songs about old white men getting divorced and caring less about what other people think, you can
April 23, 2025
ALCHEMISTS is a Swiss Modern Metal band. The concert in Kult41 was top notch, their sound was excellent for the given conditions.
April 9, 2025
ALIEN CHICKS are an experimental post-punk power trio from Brixton. Their songs are a twisted fairy tale of modern Britain- a surreal social commentary packed with punchy rhythms, eclectic time signatures and nostalgic harmonies.
April 5, 2025
With its 500 capacity concert room the Harmonie in Bonn is a popular concert venue, also offers an 80 person restaurant in the same building. The stage is kind of smallish and pushed into































