Be smart and don’t look for champions from the Dutch capital on the football pitch. This year’s true winners are a different kind of beast, holed up in a different kind of lair, making a different kind of statement with both heart and teeth. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Marillion
Exit Eden – Femmes Fatales
After a long hiatus, female metal supergroup Exit Eden is back with more metallic cover versions and, this time, all new and original songs. Continue reading
Bruce Springsteen – Letter to You
After releasing an autobiography, doing a broadway show and years of rock ‘n roll writer’s block, Bruce Springsteen is finally back with a new album. We investigated.
Album Year List (2014)
Although it’s always difficult to pin down a musical year in a few words a lot of critics do it anyway. Thus, we can’t stay behind on that, can we? However, before we end 2014 in style, let us loosely say we enjoyed working in the dark to serve you the reviews of the music we like and that nothing is true and yes, … everything is permitted.
[Live Review] Marillion – Christmas Tour 2014, TivoliVredenburg Utrecht
Ah, 1988, it was the year the first internet virus showed up on our screens, the first exoplanet was discovered, the United Nations stated it would wipe out polio and a lot of forgettable Hollywood stars were born. Indeed, it was a very good year. Sadly 1988 was also the year leadsinger Fish, left the progressive rock band Marillion due to managerial issues. At the time Fish was a larger-than-life icon and the hole he left seemed difficult to fill up. However Steve Hogarth, who was appointed to be his successor, managed to start a new successful era with Marillion. On Monday, the band visited the sold out TivoliVredenburg as part of their 2014 Christmas Tour, Sounds from the Darkside mingled with a merry crowd and reports. Continue reading
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