Wilderlife - Closer Tonight EP

Wilderlife - Closer Together

3.8

Rating

3.8/5

Flyctory.com Pros

Straight and good indie-rock made in Germany
Some really nice ones for the stage

Flyctory.com Cons

Some weakness on the vocal side
I feel they could be even better!

With Flyctory.com growing on the musical side, I have the opportunity to have access to more and more interesting releases. Scanning a promotion network database, I ran into Wilderlife and their indie-rock songs. I felt to share their EP, Wlderlife, with you. It has been released on 19th March 2021.

Wilderlife – About The Artists

Wilderlife is a four man indie rock band from Haren North of Meppen in the German Emsland region. They had their first releases in 2019, which lead to their debut EP Lightning Strike in summer 2019. Closer Tonight is their third EP. according to their Facebook – so I might not have access to one of their releases.

Wilderlife – Closer Tonight – Track by Track

The five track EP lasts 18 minutes.

1. Daylight

The EP starts with one of the band’s singles, Daylight, which is a really good and smooth listen. I feel that the instrumental part is slightly stronger than the vocals in this opener, but the lyrics are very present in the song, so that I really enjoy listening.

2. Dreamer

Dreamer, the longest track on the EP (4:27 minutes), starts quite slow, before the backing vocals and guitars form a powerful choir for the first time. These are for sure the most catching parts of the song – I guess, the song will be a really fun one when the four guys are back on stage.

3. Closer Tonight

Time of emotions – Closer Tonight is accompanied by the acoustic guitar and almost spreads a touch of country rock.

4. Young Blood

Young Blood start with the sing-a-long choir which turned Dreamer to a good listen already.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
We are the young bloods
We share the same love
We are the young bloods

Good rock party tracks don’t come with too eloquent lyrics typically – and so does Young Blood.

5. Babylon

Babylon is the shortest song on the EP. The just less than three minutes come with some very powerful rock elements. I also feel that the vocals are the best fit in this songs, which comes with a touch of mystical-frightening mood. Really good finish.

Wilderlife – Closer Tonight – Spotify

Here is Closer Tonight on Spotify:

Wilderlife – Closer Tonight – My View

I feel that the four Emsland guys really write cool track – it has been indeed a lot of fun to listen to the five songs of Closer Tonight. Unfortunately, sometimes the vocals feel a bit too weak – even though they are definitely a very signature and characteristic part of their sound. Good listen – I definitely recommend to give Wilderlife a try!

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Those Damn Crows – Inhale/Exhale

Inhale/Exhale is already the third album by the British band Those Damn Crows. As their latest major release has been quite ...

You Me At Six – Truth Decay

You Me At Six regularly deliver good rock albums. Truth Decay, which has been released on 10th February 2023, is already the ...

The Legendary – Warlord

An album with a bunny - how could I not give a review of Warlord, the album by the stoner rock band ...

Donots – Heut ist ein guter Tag

The Donots have steadily grown and became an established part of the German rock music scene. They also had quite ...

Ricochets – Closer to the Light

A rock band from Norway which is releasing their first album after 17 years... That's about the story when I ...

Eamonn McCormack – Eamonn McCormack

The first album release by the Irish artist Eamonn McCormack is already dates as of 1994. Nonetheless, his self-titled 2023 ...

Pristine – The Lines We Cross

Despite Tromso is just having some 40,000 inhabitants, the city is quite well known as a touristic hotspot in Northern ...

Laura Cox – Head Above Water

Third album release by Laura Cox. On 20th January 2023, the instrumentalist and artist shares Head Above Water with us ...

Keimzeit Akustik Quintett – Schon gar nicht Proust

The band name Keimzeit Akustik Quintett roughly translates to "Sprout Time Acoustic Quintet". The band, which is located Southwest of ...

Sonic Wildhearts – Get It On

The 19th August 2022 edition of my Songs of the Week was lead by a Norwegian-origin band: Hey Rosie by ...

Black Star Riders – Wrong Side of Paradise

Wrong Side of Paradise is actually the second Black Star Riders album I share with you on Flyctory.com In September 2019, ...

Circa Waves – Never Going Under

Indie-rock from Liverpool: Circa Waves have been rather successful in their home country already. Some songs also gained popularity on ...

Iggy Pop – Every Loser

New tunes by Iggy Pop: the punk legend released a new album on 6th January 2022. I have definitely been ...

Anti-Flag – Lies They Tell Our Children

How could the music year 2023 start better than with with music from my beloved hockey hometown Pittsburgh? Anti-Flag are ...

Nevena – Nevena

Scanning the releases as of 9th December 2022, I early ran into the album Nevena by the equivalently named Serbian artist ...

Sündflut – Basta! EP

Basta by the German band Sündflut is one of these records, which I just had a short listen to and just ...

Neufundland – Grind

The Christmas business is more and more turning towards TVs, toys and other stuff, while the music industry is doing ...

Isafjord – Hjartsatjaki

Even though all my visits to the area have been pre-Flyctory.com, Isafjordur and the West Fjords are belong my favorite ...

Amberian Dawn – Take a Chance (A Metal Tribute To ABBA)

I've seen so many floorball and ice hockey battles between Finland and Sweden - one of the most classic local ...

Boppin’ B – Saxbomb

Almost four decades of music, 13 albums, more than 6,000 shows - even though Boppin' B are no chart-busters, they ...

Nickelback – Get Rollin’

Get Rollin' is a small anniversary for Nickelband. It is the tenth studio album overall by the post grunge band. I ...

L.S. Dunes – Past Lives

You haven't heard of L.S. Dunes? Not that surprisingly. Their 11th November 2022 album Past Lives is their debut. Furthermore, the abdn ...

Rook Road – Rook Road

A very interesting German band debut album: Rook Road release their first long-player on 11th November. I had a listen ...

The Moon City Masters – The Famous Moon City Masters

Classic rock meets funk - that's about the concept behind the Moon City Masters. On 4th November 2022, they are ...

Fireside – Bin Juice

The Wikipedia entry of the Swedish band Fireside states that they are not active any more. However, the rockers are ...

The Backseat Lovers – Waiting To Spill

When I received Waiting To Spill by he US indie rock band The Backseat Lovers, I felt this is a very ...

Massive Wagons – Triggered!

The British band Massive Wagons have grown their fan base significantly in the previous years. Fans have several reasons to ...

Wally – Alles halb so wild

Artists like Wally from Germany are musical encounters which make me enjoy creating contents for Flyctory.com. I ran into his ...

PG Roxette – Pop-Up Dynamo!

Roxette is back - somehow. I already featured Per Gessle's follow-up project PG Roxette in the 3rd June 2022 edition ...

Chez Kane – Powerzone

In March 2021, I was absolutely stunned by the debut album of a British rock artist, Chez Kane. The 1990's ...

Simple Minds – Direction of the Heart

Don't You (Forget About Me), Alive and Kicking or Belfast Child - the Simple Minds have been a huge band in the 1980's. Even ...

Orianthi – Rock Candy

Fans had to wait seven years, until Orianthi released her album O in November 2020. This time, they just had ...

Allee der Diktatoren – Dieses kleine bisschen Wut

I typically rather sort out new albums by the sound than by the popularity of the artists. Thus, I am ...

Magical Heart – Heartsonic

Melodic rock from Munich: Magical Heart are delivering right what you really need after spending a few days at the ...

Monster Truck – Warriors

Warriors is the fourth and latest studio album by the Canadian rock band Monster Truck. They had some rather successful songs ...

Melissa Naschenweng – Glück

Her song I steh auf Bergbauernbuam ("I love male mountain farmer boys") has been streamed some 8.5 million times on Spotify and ...

Richard Marx – Songwriter

Richard Marx's 2020 album Limitless definitely blew my mind. It did not only make it easily into the Top Pick! ratings, ...

Kill Strings – Limbo

The band Kill Strings is called "Hamburg's Foo Fighters" - quite a lot of pressure on the German rock band ...

5 Seconds of Summer – 5SOS5

The Australian pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer are active since 2011. Their albums have topped the charts worldwide so ...

Billy Idol – The Cage EP

Billy Idol wrote world-famous songs like Rebel Yell or Cradle of Love. The last album release of the London-born rock musician is dated ...

Starcrawler – She Said

Scanning for albums which have been released on 16th September 2022, I ran into the album She Said by the US-American rock ...

The Afghan Whigs – How Do You Burn?

Even though the roots of The Afghan Whigs have already been set in the mid-1980's, How Do You Burn? is just ...

Bad Baron – Ace of Hearts

There are so many genres of rock music that I so often just don't feel like a worthy music reviewer ...

Bandaid Brigade – Sex is Terrifying

Sex is Terrifying - even though the album does not come with a track named like the album title, I just ...

Drei Meter Feldweg – Durak

If you translate the band name Drei Meter Feldweg literally, you end up by "Three Meters of Country Lane". Sound ...

David Paich – Forgotten Toys

Being active since the 1970's, a six time Grammy Award winner and inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame - ...

Mani Orrason – The World Is Big and You Will Never Find Me

This review is about music from Iceland. I am always happy to run into music from one of my most ...

Versus Goliath – Liebe & Chaos

Rather dark rock tunes from Munich: the Band Versus Goliath is releasing their album Liebe & Chaos on 12th August 2022 ...

Manntra – Kreatura

I unfortunately don't feature music from Croatia too frequently on Flyctory.com. The more I was happy to run into the ...

LustfingeR – LustfingeR

LustfingeR is named to be one of the oldest punk / punk rock bands in Germany. The Southern German band ...

Whiskey Myers – Tornillo

Tornillo is already the sixth studio album by Whiskey Myers. After their predecessor hit the top of the US Country Album ...

Dawes – Misadventures Of Doomscroller

Misadventures Of Doomscroller is already the eighth album by the band Dawes. As their last six album all made it to ...

She Bites – Super Hero

She Bites is a German band doing classic rock. After they had a well-reviewed debut album two years ago, they ...

Heischneida – Heischneida II

Powerful party tunes which are made to be great on stage: five years after their first release, the Bavarian band ...

The Faim – Talk Talk

Rock with an indie touch from Down Under: The Faim have become really popular worldwide, even though they have just ...

Blind Channel – Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous

Interesting post-hardcore / nu metal from Scandinavia: while Blind Channel was rather successful on national level so far, their new ...

Journey – Freedom

The more I fell in love with my favorite musical Rock of Ages, the more I got into Journey. Not ...

Grey Daze – The Phoenix

If you think about Grey Daze, you automatically think about Chester Bennington. The charismatic lead singer, who committed suicide just ...

G. Love & Special Sauce – Philadelphia Mississippi

From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia Mississippi: G. Love & Special Sauce release their ninth album as a band. I became curious ...

April Art – P.O.K.E.R.F.A.C.E.

Rock from Germany: on 17th June, the German rock band April Art releases their second album, P.O.K.E.R.F.A.C.E.. I ran into the ...

Kasalla – Rudeldiere

If you feel that Cologne Carnival songs or party music must be a rather regional and limited things, stats of ...

Mary Keey – Digital Me

In preparation for the music reviews as of 10th June 2022, I ran into Digital Me by Mary Keey. Unfortunately, I ...

Monotrone – 1 (One)

Monotrone is a rather new rock band from Switzerland. For their debut album, which will be published on 27th May ...

Junipa Gold – Something Divine EP

Some cool rock from Austria: I ran into the EP by Junipa Gold on a promotion platform - already the ...

Karaboom – Follow Your Heart

German pop-rock debut: the band Karaboom releases Follow Your Heart on 20th May 2022. I happened to run into the album and ...

Craig Finn – A Legacy Of Rentals

A Legacy Of Rentals is already the fifth album release by the US indie rock singer-songwriter Craig Finn. It has been ...

Shameless – So Good, You Should….

I typically love glam rock - and thus, the German band Shameless had a rather easy time to get into ...

VoixxBradler – Blast

From time to time, I just have to give in that there is a Bavarian and Southern German heart in ...

Marius Müller-Westernhagen – Das eine Leben

A big name and music legend of German rock is back: Marius Müller-Westernhagen releases Das eine Leben, his first studio album ...

49 Winchester – Fortune Favors The Bold

Fortune Favors The Bold is already the fourth album by 49 Winchester. I received the recording before the release on ...

Dana Fuchs – Borrowed Time

The press kit for the album Borrowed Time names Dana Fuchs to be one of the biggest voices in blues rock. What ...

Amber Run – The Start (Act II) EP

About half a year ago, I ran into the British band Amber Run and their five track EP The Search (Act ...

Silver Dust – Lullabies

I really enjoyed running into the music of the Swiss band Silver Dust again. I already seen the rockers on ...

Cold Years – Goodbye To Misery

Some rock tunes from Scotland: Cold Years are a band from Aberdeen, who released their second album Goodbye To Misery on 22nd ...

Carson – The Wilful Pursuit of Ignorance

Stoner rock from Switzerland... or New Zealand... or both? The background of Carson is quite international. On 15th April 2022, ...

Hi! Spencer – Memori EP

Hi Spencer are a punk rock band from Osnabrück, Germany. Especially with their 2019 album Nicht raus, aber weiter ("Not out, but ...

Papa Roach – Ego Trip

Papa Roach are on the final straight to complete their (first?) thirty years of band history in 2023. On 8th ...

Joe Satriani – The Elephants of Mars

Some two years after I reviewed his album Shapeshifting, Joe Satriani is back with a new album, Elephants of Mars. I was ...

Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Spencer Gets It Lit

Jon Spencer is definitely not regarded as an introvert artist. He is doing songs somewhere between blues, punk, garage and ...

Pup – The Unraveling of PUPTheBand

PUP, formerly Topanga, have established in the punk rock business during the last years. The Toronto band releases their fourth ...

Circle of Friends – The Garden

The Garden by Circle of Friends is a very special album I happened to get access to on an online ...

Max Paul Maria – Paradigm Beach

It is already some six years ago since the Berlin-based artist Max Paul Maria released his last album Figurines. On 25th ...

The Jeremy Days – Beauty In Broken

The Jeremy Days have been one of the most important pop-rock bands in Germany in the late 1980's and 1990's ...

Der Sonne zu Nah – Schwerkraft

The name of the German band Der Sonne zu Nah roughly translates to "Too close to the sun". In fact, ...

Tame The Abyss – They Vanished At Dawn! EP

The website of Tame The Abyss introduces themselves as Your new favorite band. In order to gain this kind of global ...

Der To – Hand aufs Herz

Der To is a German rock artist, who is active since 2010. On 11th March 2022, he is releasing his ...

Sunrunner – Sacred Arts of Navigation

Sunrunner call their music "heavy prog-rock". Thus, this review of their 2022 album Sacred Arts of Navigation feels to be a ...

The Dogs – El Verdugo

Calling your band The Dogs feels to be rather popular. I found a US act and a former British one, ...

Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs – External Combustion

With being part of the legendary Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell wrote music history alongside Tom Petty. Doing solo music with his ...

Lo Moon – Modern Life

Lo Moon, the second: the indie-rock band released their sophomore album A Modern Life on 25th February 2022. I received ...

The Search – Extras

Indie rock with a touch of dark wave from Sweden: The Search are releasing a new album on 25th February ...

Corey Taylor – CMFB… Sides EP

Corey Taylor does not really feel to be sufficiently busy. Being the lead singer of two major bands in the ...

Klaus Lage – Je wahrer die Liebe

70 years of Klaus Lage - the rock singer-songwriter is one of the most iconic artists of the German music ...

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Nightroamer

Sarah Shook is a indie-rock and country music singer-songweiter since 2005. On 18th February 2022, she is releasing her third ...

Ard – Take Up My Bones

Six tracks, 43 minutes - that's already telling you that Take Up My Bones by the English band Ard is not ...

Goodbye June – See Where The Night Goes

Nashville is Music City - not Country Music City. Even though there is a dominating genre, the city attracts many ...

Urge Overkill – Oui

New riffs by Urge Overkill: ten years after their previous one, Rock & Roll Submarine, the US rockers release a ...

Amos Lee – Dreamland

Amos Lee's melodic sounding songs have lead to a wide national and international fan support already. With Dreamland, the US East ...

Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators – 4

SMKC is a magical abbreviation in rock music business. It merges guitar giant slash, legendary Myles Kennedy and band member ...

Jeffrey Mitchell Ross – Waited A Long Time

Jeffrey Mitchell Ross wrote music history as the lead guitarist of Lou Reed. That's quite a while ago and Ross ...

Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory

Rolo Tomassi are already releasing their sixth studio album. It is very hard to define their exact style of music ...

Pictures – It’s OK

Britpop / Britrock made in Germany - that's a likely the best short description you can do about the Berlin ...

North Mississippi Allstars – Set Sail

A quarter of a century of Southern rock and blues rock, four Grammy nominations - the North Mississippi Allstars are ...

jackie – Hey Angel EP

The indie-rock trio jackie from Toronto break the traditional release calendar: while most singles and especially albums and EPs are ...

Katie Henry – On My Way

Running into Katie Henry's 2022 album On My Way was one of these tunes which made me feel from the very first ...

Herman Rarebell & The Hurricane Orchestra – Scorpion’s Songs Symphonic

The Scorpions are definitely one of Germany's finest international rock music acts. Herman Rarebell has been part of the band ...

Claus Trophobia – Space Rock Voodoo

Claus Trophobia is calling his music space rock - or Solid Rock - Drifiting Through Outer Space, as the Austrian is ...

Yard Act – The Overload

Even though Yard Act are just about to release their debut album, they already have fast selling out shows in ...

Billy Talent – Crisis of Faith

Billy Talent is nowadays one of the very big names of the alternative rock music scene. The Canadians are about ...

Gampe – Tiny House Blues

I am always happy to introduce you to German country and Americana acts. On 13th January 2022, the Munich band ...

Autumn’s Child – Zenith

Releasing fourteen studio albums with Last Autumns Dream since 2003 and being one of the members of Secret Service - ...

Noah Guthrie – Blue Wall

Without a doubt, Glee is one of the most well-known (and most important) TV music shows. The excellent vocalists covered so ...

Skillet – Dominion

Hard rock from Tennessee: the band Skillet is releasing their eleventh studio album on 14th January 2022. Here is my ...

Jamestown Revival – Young Man

Jamestown Revival are doing a characteristic blend of Americana genres. On 14th January 2022, they released their fourth studio album, Young ...

Ian Tray Band – Electricity

The time right before Christmas is typically not featuring too many new releases. In my point of view, it is ...

Johannes Scheurich – Mehr Davon

Short before the release date of 10th December 2021, I ran into the album Mehr Davon ("More of that") by the ...

Lisa Wanloo – Shadows

Lisa Wanloo is doing an interesting blend of Americana and grunge songs. On 3rd December 2021, she is releasing her ...

Incredible Pack – Time For Decisions

"Blues rock with a Texan touch" - that's how the press kit to their second album Time For Decisions is describing ...

Tom Morello – The Atlas Underground Flood

The Altas Underground series continues: just some six weeks after Tom Morello released The Atlas Underground Fire, which was full of amazing ...

Volbeat – Servant Of The Mind

New tunes from Volbeat: the successful Danish rockers are back in the record stores from 3rd December 2021. Their new ...

Lordi – Lordiversity (Full Box Review)

It's been a lot of work - but it has also been a lot of fun. The "monster weekend" on ...

Musa Dagh – Musa Dagh

When the press kit of a music release uses the wording superband, there are typically two options: either the combo ...

Roxette – Joyride (30th Anniversary Edition)

Deluxe Versions, special additions and other re-releases of albums are typically not part of my Flyctory.com coverage. For the 30th ...

Lucinda Williams – Have Yourself A Rockin’ Little Christmas (Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 5)

Lucinda Williams is back. Just not too long after I at a look into the second episode of her Lu's Jukebox, ...

Navian – Cosmos

What are you doing when you are making new friends at the party celebrating your recent Bachelor graduation in contemporary ...

Palila – Rock ‘n’ Roll Sadness

A very interesting album "Made In Germany" somewhere between classic and indie rock: on 12th November 2021, Palila released their ...

Michael Patrick Kelly – B.O.A.T.S

New stuff from Michael Patrick Kelly - family member of the legendary Kellys is back in the virtual and physical ...

Dieter Hallervorden – 80 plus

Dieter Hallervorden is a very famous entertainer in Germany. However, his biggest times in the music business have been the ...

Houndmouth – Good For You

Alternative bliues and folk sounds from Indiana: Houndmouth are releasing their fourth studio album Good For You on 5th November 2021 ...

Michael Heppes – Achtung Leben

Honestly, when I ran into his debut album Achtung Leben, I did not know anything about Michael Heppes. However, the album ...

Billy Bragg – The Million Things That Never Happened

On 29th October 2021, Billy Bragg is already publishing his fourteenth album, The Million Things That Never Happped. With Bragg looking ...

Skinny Lister – A Matter of Life and Love

If you ran into a band which released the songs Damn The Amsterdam and Bavaria Area, what would you do? ...

Dave Hause – Blood Harmony

With Flyctory.com growing in all three pillars, I also have access to more music before it is in fact released ...

Elton John – The Lockdown Sessions

Without a doubt, Sir Elton John is one of the very big names in the music industry. Time feels to ...

Bodyguerra – Fire & Soul

Rock from Germany: On 15th October 2021, the Western German band Bodyguerra will release their second album Fire & Soul ...

Cassadee Pope – Thrive

Cassadee Pope is back! Just about a year after she released the amazing EP Rise and Shine, the former The Voice winner is ...

Tom Morello – The Atlas Underground Fire

Bruce Springsteen, Bring Me The Horizon or Chris Stapleton - already the list of guest musicians of Tom Morello's 2021 ...

Santiano – Wenn die Kälte Kommt

Santiano became a huge player in the German music scene. They mix rock with shanty and sailor music style sounds ...

The Record Company – Play Loud

Play Loud is the third album of a Californian band, which is simply naming themselves The Record Company. Thereby, the ...

Strand Of Oaks – In Heaven

In Heaven is already the seventh album by the US rock project Strand of Oaks. I received the album from ...

Angels & Airwaves – Lifeforms

When I told my wife that I got a new Angels & Airwaves album through a promotion platform, her initial ...

Wolfgang Petry – Auf das Leben

In December 2019, I praised the album 2084 by the Pete Wolf Band. The artist behind that project is Wolfgang ...

Adrian Sutherland – When The Magic Hits

After a couple of albums with his band, Canadian Adrian Sutherland is trying to do his first solo steps. His ...

Saint City Orchestra – Unified

Already the band description sounds interesting: the Saint City Orchestra is a Swiss folk-punk band. Active since 2013, they release ...

Peter Maffay – So Weit

Without a doubt, Peter Maffay is nowadays one of the most well-known rock artists singing in German. As a result ...

Billy Idol – The Roadside EP

Likely, you would not rate William Michael Albert Broad to be one of the biggest English music legends. However, you ...

Amber Run – The Search (Act 1) EP

Fourth album by Amber Run: the English trio had quite a successful start in their career, including a platinum record ...

The Vaccines – Back In Love City

In the current pandemic situation, you just have to do the review when there is a release by a band ...

Heartless Bastards – A Beautiful Life

After a six year break, the Heartless Bastards are back with another release. Restless Ones has been their most recent recording ...

Samantha Fish – Faster

Despite her young age of 32 years, Samantha Fish is already loaded with awards and good receptions by the critics, ...

Please Madame – Angry Boys, Angry Girls

I really enjoy being in Salzburg as a recreational destination - now I am having a look at the Austrian ...

Liz Cooper – Hot Sass

Nashville is Music City, but there is much more than country music there: Liz Cooper is one example - her ...

Pil & Bue – The World Is a Rabbit Hole EP

Guitar riffs from Norway: the duo releases their new album The World Is a Rabbit Hole on 3rd September 2021. Let's ...

tAKiDA – Falling From Fame

When I scanned the Falling From Fame, the new album by Takida (or: tAKiDA, how they name themselves on their ...

Danko Jones – Power Trio

Hard riffs from Canada: Danko Jones is active since a quarter of a century already and have fans worldwide. Their ...

Krissy Matthews – Pizza Man Blues

Blues rock from Europe on this 27th August 2021 release: Krissy Matthews is active in the genre since fifteen years ...

The Bronx – Bronx VI

The Bronx - sounds like a New York City band? In fact, this is an US act, but the punk ...

Ray Wilson – The Weight Of Man

Stiltskin, Genesis - Ray Wilson indeed had some impressive stages during his career as a musician. I recently featured him ...

All Good Things – A Hope In Hell

A new album from All Good Things after some four years of absence in the record store with a very ...

LUKE – Break The Silence EP

Some more music from Germany this weekend: with his solo project LUKE, Lukas Schüßler (which I spell Schüssler in the ...

Shannon And The Clams – Year Of The Spider

Garage punk rock from Calfornia: on 20th August 2021, Shannon and the Clams release their sixth album. It is called ...

Martha Wainwright – Love Will Be Reborn

Almost five years after her previous album Goodnight City, Martha Wainwright is back in the record stores. On 20th August ...

James McMurtry – The Horses And The Hounds

Even though James McMurtry is a 1960's born music artist, he had his first Top 10 placements in 2008. His ...

Kalie Shorr – I Got Here By Accident EP

When I saw the press release about the new EP by Kalie Shorr, I just had to smile: doesn't I ...

The Killers – Pressure Machine

I am sorry, I am just unable to review an album by The Killers without using the song name / ...

Paul Thorn – Never Too Late To Call

Americana and blues rock from a guy who felt the spirit of Elvis Presley in his young years (at least, ...

Willy Mason – Already Dead

Eight or nine years (depending on how you define it) after his previous studio album, Willy Mason is back in ...

Torres – Thirstier

Fifth album by indie-rock artist Torres: I ran into the new release of the Florida born singer-songwriter album through a ...

Grizfolk – Grizfolk

Some music from California: Grizfolk in fact has Scandinavian roots, but are now based on the US West Coast. On ...

Son Volt – Electro Melodier

Tenth album by Son Volt: the US band started their album career already in 1995, when they released Trace. On 30th ...

Lauran Hibberd – Goober EP

Third EP release by Lauran Hibbert: the British independent artist will be publishing Goober on 30th July 2021. I received the ...

Plastic Mars – Up To Our Necks

A new punk rock project from the West parts of Germany: Plastic Mars are active since about four years. On ...

Los Lobos – Native Sons

Honestly, when I received the 2021 album Native Sons of a band called Los Lobos, I thought about a funny ...

Existent – Kartenhaus EP

Some German rock to be released on 23rd July 2021: I ran into the music of the band Existent and ...

Jolina Carl – Mexican Overdrive

Some country from Germany: just in the week I did the second edition of my German Songs Country Music Picks, ...

Rivers Of England – Eight In The Evening In Spring EP

Some interesting folk-rock from Great Britain. Via a promotion platform, I ran into the band Rivers of England. Their new ...

Charli Adams – Bullseye

There are very different things which fascinate me about an artist. I definitely enjoyed listening to the very first tunes ...

Gary Kemp – INSOLO

Gary Kemp is to me one of these "I am sure I know this guy, but I don't know from ...

Lucinda Williams – Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 2 – Southern Soul: From Memphis To Muscle Shoals

About a year ago, in April 2020, I already featured an album by Lucinda Williams. While Good Souls, Better Angels ...

The Wallflowers – Exit Wounds

During the last weeks, I had a couple of bands and acts who released a new album after some decade ...

Ellis Mano Band – Ambedo

The Ellis Mano Band is one of the key acts in the Swiss blues-rock scene. The two musicians behind the ...

Roger Chapman – Life In The Pond

Aged 79, Roger Chappo Chapman is indeed a big name of the British music scene. On 25th June 2021, he is ...

De Arma – Strayed In Shadows

Seven songs, but 54 minutes - one stat which illustrates what metal and gothic tracks typically differs from mainstream music ...

Toto – With A Little Help From My Friends

After I recently reviewed Joe Bonamassa's live album Now Serving: Royal Tea From The Ryman, reflecting a 2020 live stream event, ...

Buckcherry – Hellbound

Cool hard rock with Californian roots: via promotion agencies, I ran into Hellbound by the band Buckcherry. The band is ...

Razz – Might Delete Later EP

The sound of Razz feels very international - but in fact they are from the Emsland, a Northwest region in ...

Paul Weber – Alles im Arsch EP

German rock made in Cologne: of course, I am always especially curious when I run into artists I don't know ...

Amythyst Kiah – Wary + Strange

A blend of country and blues. Amythyst Kiah is releasing her new album Wary + Strange, which is released on 18th ...

Karlie Apriori – Seelenpassagier EP

I ran into the music of the German singer-songwriter Karlie Apriori, when I checked for 11th June 2021 releases. The ...

Richie Necker – New Songs and Untold Stories

Some cool music from Germany: the album New Songs And Untold Stories was soloely flagged as pop music in a promotion ...

Joe Bonamassa – Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman

I am typically not too much into live album and Greatest Hits compilations. I love to listen to them - ...

Black River Delta – Shakin’

The Swedish band Black River Delta is doing a very interesting mix of genres between rock and blues. They already ...

Laino & Broken Seeds – Sick To The Bone

Traveling enhances your cultural and mental horizon, for sure. In case of Laino & Broken Seeds, the head of the ...

SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen – SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen

Covid-19 felt to be a good opportunity for Esa Holopainen to go solo. Instead of releasing new stuff with Amorphis, ...

Del Amitri – Fatal Mistakes

Is it really good marketing if you call your album Fatal Mistakes? If you do your first album since 19 years ...

Blackberry Smoke – You Hear Georgia

Blackberry Smoke do a mixture of country music and Southern rock. They gained quite some popularity in the USA, but ...

Jon Allen – …meanwhile

You might not have heard about Jon Allen as an artist - but you might have heard at least one ...

Phil Solo – Harmonie

Harmonie by Phil Solo is one of these reviews which just happened to Flyctory.com while scanning promotion platforms. I ran ...

Pop Evil – Versatile

Pop Evil are definitely in the top spheres of the US hard rock scene. Their album regularly hit upper rankings ...

Jess And The Ancient Ones – Vertigo

I didn't have Finnish music for quite a while in my Flyctory.com media reviews. In this posting, I am taking ...

Kicker Dibs – Vagabund

From a school band to a flat share and finally their debut album - this is a very short wrap-up ...

Myles Kennedy – The Ides of March

Even though Myles Kennedy is a really successful music artist as part of bands and other collaborations, The Ides of March ...

Levara – Levara

A new release on 14th May 2021 - the California project Levara debut with their self-titled album. I got in ...

JJ Wilde – Wilde EP

Even though her debut EP has just been some two years ago, JJ Wilde already got quite some attention, especially ...

The Steel Woods – All Of Your Stones

I am not a musician, but I guess releasing a new album is one of these big moment in a ...

Watershed – Elephant In The Room

Watershed is one of these bands which make you ask yourself "What are these guys doing now?"... and then, surprisingly, ...

Weezer – Van Weezer

The US rockers Weezer praise van Halen - or something like that: their latest studio album is dedicated by design ...

Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 8

Sing meinen Song ("Sing My Song") is definitely one of my favorite German TV music shows. A group of music artist ...

Durch & Durch – Nice Aber Nutzlos

It can't be too bad to have a smile in these times, can it? When I ran into the German ...

Van Morrison – Latest Record Project Volume 1

From time to time, I just feel urged to leave my "traditional" track by track review format. For example, when ...

Robert John Hope – Plasticine Heart

When I listened to Robert John Hope's solo album debut Plasticine Heart, I felt that I should definitely share these ...

Fury in the Slaughterhouse – now

Fury in the Slaughterhouse were indeed a very successful German rock act, especially in the 1990's. They have definitely been ...

Vanessa Peters – Modern Age

Even though the name sounds quite German at first sight, this review of Modern Age, the new album by Vanessa ...

Gaby Jogeix – Meanwhile in New Orleans

Blues-rock from Spain - when I listened into Meanwhile in New Orleans by Gaby Jogeix, I felt I should share that ...

Ben Zucker – Jetzt Erst Recht!

Welcome back to Flyctory.com, Ben Zucker. After I have been gifted to report from his arena show in Cologne in ...

The Offspring – Let The Bad Times Roll

Without a doubt, The Offspring are one of the most famous US punk rock bands. The last album release from ...

The Jeals – Rage Generation

The Easter weeks have been quite thin regarding new releases. The more, they are a chance for me to listen ...

Löwen am Nordpol – Löwen am Nordpol

The band which is featured in this review is called Löwen am Nordpol - "Lions at the North Pole". Apart ...

Parker Millsap – Be Here Instead

Parker Millsap is a very interesting US artist, who is blending different genres to his very signature sound. On 9th ...

Cheap Trick – In Another World

I feel it is always amazing to listen to music from acts who started to write musical history quite long ...

Antiheld – Disturbia

The German rock band Antiheld grew quite a lot during the last years and established in the German music scene ...

Hämatom – Berlin

From Franconia via Germany... to the world? At least in their home country, Hämatom (yes, this means hematoma) became a ...

Manntra – Monster Mind Consuming

Croatian folk-rock with a metal touch? Sounds quite interesting, doesn't it? And, indeed, when I scanned one of the music ...

Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen – Smith / Kotzen

Mr. Big meets Iron Maiden - or at least one member each of their former lineups. On 26th March 2021, ...

The Dust Coda – Mojo Skyline

A band who wants to keep rock'n'roll alive - these kind of artists are always very welcome on Flyctory.com. When ...

Evanescence – The Bitter Truth

It has been quite amazing for me to read that The Bitter Truth is only the fifth studio album by the ...

As Everything Unfolds – Within Each Lies The Other

This release is for the guitar lovers. As Everything Unfolds is a band from Southern England, which has developed very ...

The L.A. Maybe – Dirty Damn Tricks

As frequent readers of Flyctory.com might now, I do keep a certain mental distance to press releases and press kits ...

The Blue Stones – Hidden Gems

After ten years of band history, The Blue Stories release their second album on 19th March 2021. After the blues ...

Ego Kill Talent – The Dance Between Extremes

Brazilian music is much more than samba. The rock and metal scene has quite some bands which made it big ...

Selig – Myriaden

Selig is one of the most famous German rock bands. They started publlishing music in 1993. On 12th March 2021, ...

Blutengel – Fountain of Destiny

Alphaville, Ultravox and Mike & The Mechanics on one album? Okay, I have to give in that neither of the ...

Chez Kane – Chez Kane

A young female British rock artist, born in the 1990's, who states that she loves 1980's rock? Feels like a ...

Blackmore’s Night – Nature’s Light

Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night - the two masterminds behind the US folk-rock band Blackmore's Night, are indeed big names ...

Pet Needs – Fractured Party Music

Some new punk rock on Flyctory.com - and this time it is even a debut album: due to my connections ...

Israel Nash – Topaz

Another interesting artist on Flyctory.com: Israel Nash is doing rock with an Americana touch. He grew his fanbase over the ...

A Day To Remember – You’re Welcome

Some new tunes by A Day To Remember: the US rockers released You're Welcome, their latest album, on 5th March ...

Pete Murray – The Night EP

Interesting music from Australia: one of the new releases as of 5th March 2021 I ran into is The Night, the ...

Mason Hill – Against The Wall

Some things take some time to get really good. If you think about Scotland and about something already having a ...

Erik Cohen – Northern Soul

Quite some interesting rock music to be released on 26th February 2021. I originally wanted to start my reviews of ...

Bonnie Tyler – The Best Is Yet To Come

Album #18 by Bonnie Tyler. I was really looking forward to hear new stuff by the Welsh characteristic rock voice, ...

Nino de Angelo – Gesegnet und Verflucht

Nino de Angelo is one of my favorite German artists. I will definitely tell you about a very special concert ...

Alice Cooper – Detroit Stories

Alice Cooper is truly a rock music legend. On 26th February 2021, he released his 21st album Detroit Stories. I have ...

Bones Owens – Bones Owens

Bones Owens already worked with really big names of the business and has released two EPs so far. Nonetheless, seven ...

Ally Venable – Heart Of Fire

I love to scan music and run into interesting artist. Ally Venable definitely fits into this category. At the age ...

Ben Rice – Future Pretend

When I ran into the debut album by Ben Rice, Future Pretend, I initially thought he is a blues musician ...

Damon Johnson & The Get Ready – Battle Lessons

Alice Cooper, Thin Lizzy, Black Star Riders - Damon Johnson has indeed worked with some of the really big names ...

Gsindl – Gsindlsuperdinger

While so far the only German dialect I feature on Flyctory.com is Kölsch, the lovely way to speak in my ...

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – Hunter And The Dog Star

If you are not a living music lexicon, most of you might not associate too much with the band Edie ...

Tim Hart – Winning Hand

I enjoy the collaboration with promotion agencies, which feed Flyctory.com with new music. The key reason for that is that ...

Jack McBannon – True Stories

Jack McBannon does a quite interesting and versatile fusion of different Americana music styles. Being on stage for twenty years ...

Death by Unga Bunga – Heavy Male Insecurity

12th February 2021 feels a bit like the Norwegian rock day on Flyctory.com. A few days after I reviewed the ...

Tobacco Rd Band – Worth Fighting For

The Tobacco Rd Band are known for their powerful country rock sound and inspiring love songs. On 12th February 2021, ...

Lüt – Mersmak

With Flyctoy.com, I already ran into music from a couple of Norwegian artists. I recently reviewed the new album by ...

Sonor Teutonicus – Morgenrot

Apart from global mainstream sounds, there are some genres, which have a quite local popularity. The German Schlager is one ...

Bucket Boys – Twentyfive

I enjoy to present German acts as part of my media reviews - and even more if they are successful ...

Ben Ransom – Brave New World

During the last months, I got more and more in Australian country music as well. When I scanned the new ...

Michael Schenker Group – Immortal

Happy Birthday, Michael Schenker - some three weeks after the German rock legend turned 65 years, he is back with ...

Don Marco & Die Kleine Freiheit – Gehst Du Mit Mir Unter

Gehst Du mit mir unter - "Are you drowning with me" is the album title of a new German music project ...

The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground

The Dead Daisies are a very interesting band, which has been founded in the Southern Hemisphere in Australia and New ...

Steve Earle & The Dukes – J.T.

Steve Earle is indeed a productive musical artist: just some eight months after his amazing concept album Ghosts of West Virginia, ...

Paul McCartney – McCartney III

With a 800m GBP estimated net worth, Paul McCartney is one of the very big names of the music business ...

Gone Is Gone – If Everything Happens For A Reason… Then Nothing Really Matters At All

If Everything Happens For A Reason.... Then Nothing Really Matters At All - this is definitely the longest album title ...

Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts

Miley Cyrus is simply a music superstar and talented in multiple genres. Thus, new Miley Cyrus albums are always exciting ...

Clutch – Weathermaker Vault Series Vol. I

Clutch are an East Coast rock band, who steadily grew since their band founding in 1991. With the Weathermaker Vault Series ...

Larkin Poe – Kindred Spirits

The Lovell sisters and their band Larkin Poe have been become a well reputed name in the US music business ...

Tusq – Rarities & Outtakes

Alternative rock made in Hamburg - the German band Tusq is already active for eleven years. Time to release some ...

Yukon Blonde – Vindicator

Indie rock made in British Columbia - Yukon Blonde are part of the Canadian music scene for 15 years already ...

Dirk Busch – Spuren (Lieder über das Leben)

Dirk Busch's 1980's song Du bist keine Mona List would be a perfect candidate for my new Songs of my Life category ...

Orianthi – O

Australian weekend on Flyctory.com: after I already reviewed the albums by Kylie Minogue and Caitlyn Shadbolt, the third release from ...

Per Gessle – Gammal kärlek rostar aldrig

What would Per Gessle be without Marie Fredriksson, who joined for the Swedish rock music export Roxette for so many ...

Solstafir – Endless Twilight of Codependent Love

Iceland - one of the most painful experiences this year for me. I already had booked a trip to the ...

Alexander Eder – Schlagzeilen

There are not too many occasions in the recent past that German-speaking artists gained popularity by performing country music. Undoubtedly, ...

Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface

Radio, Radio - I have a very special relation to this Elvis Costello classic: whenever something goes completely wrong at a ...

Joe Bonamassa – Royal Tea

Joe Bonamassa meets Abbey Road studios? This definitely sounds like an interesting co-production of two legendary parts of music history! ...

The Cadillac Three – Tabasco and Sweet Tea

It's been quite a short-term: just three days before the release of their fifth studio album Tabasco and Sweet Tea, ...

Low Cut Connie – Private Lives

Low Cut Connie became quite a darling of the critics during the last decade. Their re-intertpretation of Rock'n'Roll attracted quite ...

The Struts – Strange Days

Even despite their first two albums had rather average success, The Struts gained a lot of reputation in Great Britain ...

Patty Smyth – It’s About Time

It has been a bit tricky to search for Patty Smyth's 2020 album It's about time. Smyth has been a music ...

Saltatio Mortis – Für Immer Frei

From street music to the tops of the German charts - Saltatio Mortis have taken the very tough route to ...

Darlingside – Fish Pond Fish

I am a huge critics of the fact that music, especially radio airplay, becomes more and more streamlined. The more ...

Kelsy Karter – Missing Person

If one of your songs is streamed more than three million times on Spotify (even though driven by an excellent ...

Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi 2020

If you already released fourteen albums before and are about to do the fifteenth one, you might run out of ...

Dawes – Good Luck With Whatever

All five albums of the 2010's of the US folk rock band Dawes made it to the US overall album ...

The Nude Party – Midnight Manor

A band which has been named based on their nudist colony background feels to be a promising basis for a ...

Joan Osborne – Trouble and Strife

One of Us - what an amazing song! It is hard to believe that you are not too wrong to call ...

Delta Spirit – What is There

Delta Spirit do Indie Rock with an Americana touch. Six years after their last album, they are releasing their fifth ...

The Killers – Imploding The Mirage

Due to the current situation, The Killers had to wait some extra months to present their complete 2020 album: Imploding The Mirage, ...

Snow Patrol – The Fireside Sessions EP

Snow Patrol are back in the (virtual) record stores. The Scottish-Northern Irish band recorded a couple of songs during the ...

Alanis Morissette – Such Pretty Forks In The Road

When you think about Alanis Morissette, you think about Ironic. However, the Canadian artist is definitely not a one-hit wonder ...

Pretenders – Hate For Sale

The Pretenders - what a big name in the music business. Undoubtedly, the band around Chrissie Hynde was big in ...

Mando Diao – All The People EP

Borlänge - I will always combine that city with the 1993 German Tennis Davis Cup semifinal defeat against Sweden. Michael ...

Kansas – The Absence of Presence

Whenever big names of the music business release new music, there are two scenarios: they either still do great music ...

Donna Missal – Lighter

While scanning the album releases as of 10th July 2020, I ran into Lighter by Donna Missal. I have to admit ...

Haim – Women in Music Pt. III

Haim is a band which became popular in the early 2010 years. Already with their first publications, the three Californian ...

Neil Young – Homegrown

Neil Young - one of the very big names in music business. Whenever Young is releasing new music or a ...

Beyond the Black – Horizons

Beyond The Black got some additional focus in Germany when their lead singer Jennifer Haben joined the popular TV format Sing ...

Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways

Not just due to being the only popular music artist who ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan ...

Steve Earle & The Dukes – Ghosts of West Virginia

Steve Earle is definitely one of the big names in music in general. The country and folk artist had very ...

Dramarama – Color TV

If you are running out of albums to be reviewed as so many releases are postponed due to Covid-19, this ...

Liv Austen – popsicle EP

Though Liv Austen is originally from Norway, she is an established artist of the British country music scene. On 10th ...

Joe Satriani – Shapeshifting

It is really tough to select the right achievement to describe Joe Satriani's career in one fact. Over ten million ...

Heinz Rudolf Kunze – Der Wahrheit die Ehre

Heinz Rudolf Kunze is one of the biggest songwriters and rock musicians in Germany. Already in the 1980s, he had ...

Richard Marx – Limitless

It was 1989 when Richard Marx was Right Here Waiting For You and gave a musical promise of love which touched ...

Richie Kotzen – 50 for 50

What does a musician give himself best as a birthday present? Richie Kotzen went for a new album on 3rd ...

DeWolff – Tascam Tapes

10th January 2020 had a couple of interesting album releases. DeWolff from the Netherlands are playing an interesting mix of ...

Travel-related Postings: Netherlands

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