Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31 Dec 2021)

The international music scene is slowly coming back from Christmas break. I listened to a couple of really remarkable releases this week. Nonetheless, the list of the Songs Of The Week is rather pop music-focused. I guess that a wider range of genres will be covered in the following weeks.

Ann Doka – Rooms

The German Ann Doka is such a great and friendly artist. Heading towards her new album, she released Rooms this weekend. Really nice track, which is rather a pop than a country song this time. If you want to learn more about her, what about having a read through our February 2021 interview?

Leopold – James Dean

Leopold was on my long list for album reviews, when she released her album in November 2021. Now, the artist released a new single, James Dean. Very powerful, characteristic sound. Love it.

Leo Rojas – Blinding Lights

Songs of the Week is typically not intending to feature cover versions – but I just liked this very special instrumental edition of the big song by The Weeknd. Hope it makes you smile as well.

Pauline Moser – Roller

Pauline Moser has so far rather been a touring musician. However, she is now also going for some solo releases. A sound between German pop and vocal house. I like this New Year’s Eve 2021 song.

Diana Ezerex – I Know I Can

Diana Ezerex is a German-Nigerian singer-songwriter. In 2021, she released her debut album. I Know I Can, which has been released this weekend, is a really nice soul pop track.

Spectator Bird – Clean Hands

Spectator Bird are a sister folk duo from Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, USA. They feel to steadily grow their career – Clean Hands is a new release I definitely enjoyed listening to.

Robin Bengtsson feat. Victoria Voss – Oh My God

Robin Bengtsson has become famous in Sweden as a participant of the very important Melodifestivalen. This week, he released this beautiful folk-style duet with Victoria Voss.

2021 Pop Music Reviews

Here are all my media reviews dated as of 2021, which are related to pop music:

Morris Jones – Out & About

Synthi pop with an Eurodance / 1980's touch? If there is press kit information like this, there is always a ...
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Lauryn Mark – Aperitif EP

Lauryn Mark is about to release her second album in the middle of 2022. As an intermediate step, she is ...
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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 ...
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Al Lewis – Moving On Moving Past EP

Folk music from Wales: a promotion platform offered me to listen to Moving On Moving Past by Al Lewis. As I ...
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Emma Longard – Quieter Pt. 2 EP

The title Quieter Pt. 2 already suggests that there has been a first part of Emma Longard's series of songs. Indeed, ...
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Yvonne Catterfeld – Change

A Change in Yvonne Catterfeld's career: just three weeks before Christmas, the popular German artist releases her first album in English. The ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Lordi – SuperFlyTrap (from: Lordiversity)

The second album by Lordi from the Lordiversity box is SuperFlyTrap. It comes with another ten songs, but is significantly longer ...
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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 ...
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X: THC – Fall Down Seven Times, Rise Up Eight

Synthpop? Post-Punk? New Wave? It is really hard to describe the genre created by the duo X: THC. They reached ...
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Cat Ballou – Alles Bunt

My hometown Cologne is full of music - not only carnival-related. Not only during these days, Cat Ballou has become ...
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Alex Diehl – Die Songs, die ich nie schreiben wollte EP

The press kit to this EP opens with "Another singer-songwriter who is writing about his personal lovesickness. Does the world ...
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Max Giesinger – Vier

Max Giesinger has grown his fan base in Germany steadily over the last years. Three years after his most recent ...
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Dieter Hallervorden – 80 plus

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

After so many rumors and record-high bids, they really do it: ABBA is back: the most fabulous four ever from ...
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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 ...
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Thabile – Look At The Sky EP

The press kit said that Thabile's music is having "a wide bandwidth, which is merging elements of jazz, soul, gospel, ...
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Duran Duran – Future Past

New sounds by Duran Duran. The band which had some many great songs in the 1980's releases Future Past on ...
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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 ...
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Dahlia Sleeps – Overflow (A-Side) EP

I am not too much a big fan of splitting albums into several EPs. As I wrote in my Does ...
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Winter 2 – Winter 2

Interesting pop sound from Hamburg in Northern Germany: Winter 2 are just active for some one year. Nonetheless, the are ...
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MEDLZ – (das) Läuft bei uns Vol. 2

Four female voices in an a-capella band - that's the rough concept of MEDLZ (which sounds a bit the German ...
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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 ...
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Go Go Berlin – Expectations

Go Go Berlin is a pop-rock band from Denmark, which I would have likely never been in touch with - ...
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Vanilla Ninja – Encore

One of the things I love about the Media Reviews on Flyctory.com is when bands, which have accompanied you in ...
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Cimafunk – El Alimento

A blend of funk and Latin music, made in Cuba? Sounds really weird - but the music felt so catchy ...
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Paule – Wunderschön unperfekt

I had a quite long list - and range - of album to select from for my 1st October 2021 ...
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Simon Jela – Safe Place EP

Hail to promotion platforms - just after I was really angry that I had listed some interesting publication with an ...
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Nox Holloway – If Only The World Didn’t Spin So Much EP

When I started to write the review of the debut EP If Only The World Didn't Spin So Much by ...
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Mickey Guyton – Remember Her Name

Especially in the curse of the Black Lives Matter protests, Mickey Guyton felt to be very present in media. She ...
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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 ...
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Natalie Imbruglia – Firebird

I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the ...
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Hanne Mjoen – Emotional Fever EP

There are these kind of artists, who very quickly persuade me that I should have a deeper listen into their ...
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Peter Vale – Deep River

Composers, writers, producers - while the artists typically get a lot of love and fame for their recordings, only few ...
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Power Plush – Vomiting Emotions EP

The first set of the press kit I received about Power Plush are (translated to English) "Emancipatoric power meets empahtic ...
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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 ...
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Kacey Musgraves – Star-Crossed

Will he rather head towards pop music or still keep a bit of her country music heart? There was definitely ...
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Baby Queen – The Yearbook

The press kit for The Yearbook by Baby Queen roughly started with the words, "Whatever you have planned on your ...
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David Hasselhoff – Party Your Hasselhoff

His Looking For Freedom is still thought to have been a key factor to give Germany the biggest party of ...
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Echo Bloom – Wake

Echo Bloom is a very interesting band project. They released three albums so far, each dedicated to an individual genre ...
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Imany – Voodoo Cello

Just eight cellists and a vocalist - does not really sound like a typical Flyctory.com music review. However, the more ...
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LaFee – Zurück In Die Zukunft

The first album by LaFee since ten years - and in fact this one is heading back some more decades ...
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Kool & The Gang – Perfect Union

They formed new sounds and were one of the very big names in funk music - the best about Kool ...
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Annie Chops – Level Up

From Kiddo Kat to Annie Chops: her album Piece of Cake was one of the first ones I reviewed on Flyctory.com ...
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Dan + Shay – Good Things

No doubt - not only after their massive success 10,000 Hours alongside Justin Bieber or their big hit Tequila, Dan + Shay ...
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Mark Forster – Musketiere

A new album by Mark Forster: the German artist took a three year break before he did it again: his ...
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Perlregen – Drei

Friday, the 13th: I am sure that Perlregen, did not think that their new album Drei (meaning ("Three") could turn ...
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Zwanie Jonson – We Like It

It's just about a month ago since I reviewed the 2021 album of Die Liga der gewöhnlichen Gentlemen, GschichterIn aus ...
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Torres – Thirstier

Fifth album by indie-rock artist Torres: I ran into the new release of the Florida born singer-songwriter album through a ...
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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 ...
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Prince – Welcome 2 America

Five years after his death and more than a decade after he in fact recorded (but never released) the album, ...
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Joshua Radin – The Ghost and The Wall

Joshua Radin is a very interesting artist. A couple of his songs have more than thirty million Spotify streams each ...
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Molly Burch – Romantic Images

During the last weeks, I also tried to touch some new genres on Flyctory.com. This week, I present you Molly ...
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Egotronic – Stresz

Andreas Dorau everywhere: just two weeks after I reviewed GschichterIn aus dem Park Cafe, the new album by Die Liga der ...
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Sarah Straub – Tacheles EP

Tacheles reden is a German saying which means that you have a very straight and honest discussion, expressing your clear ...
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Charli Adams – Bullseye

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

Gary Kemp is to me one of these "I am sure I know this guy, but I don't know from ...
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Die Liga der gewöhnlichen Gentlemen – GschichterIn aus dem Park Cafe

I started to enjoy the pop-Northern Soul style of the German band Die Liga der gewöhnlichen Gentlemen, when the recorded ...
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Luna Morgenstern – Taking The Blow EP

A debut EP by a home town artist - of course I have been curious when I ran into Luna ...
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Super db – Ecoute Ca

As you know from other reviews, I am not too much a fan of press kit marketing descriptions about music ...
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7fields – Under My Skin EP

You might not have heard from the German artist, but the man behind 7fields has been leading the legendary band ...
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Dominik Klein – Reflections EP

Over 560,000 follower on Facebook and some 90k subscribers of his YouTube channel - you just cannot say that Dominik ...
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Kat Eaton – Talk To Me

Even though she is an active musician since a bunch of years, Kat Eaton releases her album debut on 2nd ...
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Orian – Before It Weighs Us Down EP

I ran into Orian and his music by scanning new releases on a promotion platform. I just loved the special ...
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The Heels – I Am

I had the female country music trio The Heels in my playlists a couple of times. I really loved their ...
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Polo & Pan – Cyclorama

Trying out something new on Flyctory.com: I have been offered Cyclorama by the French duo Polo & Pan for a review ...
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ferdinant. – Airplanes EP

How could I refuse to enjoy an artist who is naming his debut EP Airplanes? ferdinant. (with small letters and the ...
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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 ...
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Maroon 5 – Jordi

Many of you may remember Maroon 5 from their big hits at the beginning of their career. Others might even ...
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Fancy – MASQUERADE (Les Marionettes)

Fancy has truly been a Eurodance legend in the 1980's. Even though his last Top 20 chart entry, a mix ...
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Gary Louris – Jump For Joy

Gary Louris is quite successful as a musician and even worked on Grammy Award-winning albums by Tedeschi Trucks Band and ...
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No Angels – 20

People thought that the five girls of No Angels could become the German Spice Girls. They became talent show stars ...
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Brynn Cartelli – Based On A True Story EP

A very interesting release with a talent show background: Brynn Cartelli won The Voice in 2018 - now she released her ...
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Die Prinzen – Krone der Schöpfung

In my younger years, the German a capella band Die Prinzen have been one of my favorite music. Their direct, ...
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Jon Allen – …meanwhile

You might not have heard about Jon Allen as an artist - but you might have heard at least one ...
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Noah Levi – Indigo EP

Indigo by Noah Levi is another publication with talent show background: in young teenage years, Noah Levi became famous by ...
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JJ Wilde – Wilde EP

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

Since Stefanie Heinzmann won a TV talent show format in 2008, she is a well-known artist in the German speaking ...
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People Club – Take Me Home EP

The promotion kit of People Club calls the act an indie-lo-fi-slacker band. Ooops, I have to admit that I would ...
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Claudia Koreck – Perlentaucherin

Twelve cover songs of German music legends - when I recently reviewed a similar concept, #Schlager by Stereoact, my rather was ...
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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, ...
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Emma Longard – Quieter Pt. 1 EP

After having released her debut album in 2015 already. Emma Longard will release two EPs with new songs in 2021 ...
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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 ...
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Wincent Weiss – Vielleicht Irgendwann

Since about half a decade, Wincent Weiss became a big name in the German-singing pop music scene. After two successful ...
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VINTER – Seasons

Seasons by the project VINTER is a typical Flyctory.com review. I scanned future new releases in a promotion database and got ...
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Stef – A Glitch in our Virtual Reality EP

A young pop artist from Nashville - I got into the music from Stef by a Tweet of Christina Taylor, ...
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Klee – Trotzalledem

Some new music from my home town: Klee is a German pop act, who have been quite successful in the ...
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Ashley Monroe – Rosegold

Two Grammy nominations and part of some Number One albums - Ashley Monroe is undoubtedly one of the big names ...
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LOST – Long Nights Good Friends Red Wine

If you would ignore the bio behind LOST, already the first notes of the album Long Nights Good Friends Red ...
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Sarah Lombardi – Im Augenblick

Sarah Lombardi's career started with a bit ups and downs in the German version of American Idol. Three years after ...
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Samuel Rösch – Geschichten

From the big talent show stage to the (virtual) record stores: After Samuel Rösch won the German The Voice in ...
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JORIS – Willkommen Goodbye

New stuff from JORIS: the German singer-songwriter with a touch of rock music is about to present his third album ...
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Diane Weigmann – Die Wahrheit liegt irgendwo dazwischen

More than thirty years ago, Diane Weigmann was part of the founding of a legendary German band, the Lemonbabies. She ...
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London Grammar – Californian Soil

Four years again... London Grammar released their second album about four years after their debut, in 2017. Now, on 16th ...
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Clicks – G.O.T.H.

The album G.O.T.H. by the Polish project Clicks is one of these albums I just ran into while scanning promotion ...
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The Fratellis – Half Drunk Under A Full Moon

Javi Navarro is raising the soccer UEFA Cup on 16th May 2007 in Glasgow. After a thrilling penalty shootout, FC ...
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Thomas Anders – Cosmic

Thomas Anders is back to pop music. After his recent publications on the German Schlager genre, the Gentleman of Music is ...
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Kora Naughton – Nineteen

The Australian country music scene might be comparably small (majorly due to the low number of citizens in Down Under) ...
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Billy Lockett – Reflections EP

Some 750,000 listeners on Spotify per month are quite an impressive stat. It is the figure by Billy Lockett, a ...
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Daniel Lanois – Heavy Sun

"We wanted to do music to raise the mood of the people" - that's quite a promising statement in Covid-19 ...
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Hanna Batka – Mitten in Berlin

Indeed, Hanna Batka is Mitten in Berlin - "In The Middle of Berlin". She is not only indeed living in the ...
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Morgan Wade – Reckless

I always enjoy to listen into the music of new artists. One debut album I received out of the 19th ...
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Schorl3 – Sprudelpop EP

I am not even sure if it was about the cheeky lyrics and the fresh sound or simply the album ...
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Blutengel – Fountain of Destiny

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

German schlager is one of the most popular genres in my home country. On 12th March 2021, the classics of ...
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Alyssa Trahan – Baby Blues & Stilettos

To be straight, I have been quite disappointed when I scanned the new album and EP releases as of 5th ...
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Zara Larsson – Poster Girl

A new album by Swedish pop supergirl Zara Larsson. Four years after her last long-play, the Scandinavian is back in ...
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Ron Gallo – Peacemeal

The album Peacemeal is a mixture of several genres from 90's hip-hop to jazz and punk - that's at least ...
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PeterLicht – Beton Und Ibuprofen

There are several causes which make me feel I should go for an album review. When I decided to have ...
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Pentatonix – The Lucky Ones

The Pentatonix are truly a synonym for top class a capella music. On 12th February 2021, they are already releasing ...
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Iuna Lux – All of my Answers EP

With Flyctory.com growing and thus having access to major promotion networks, I get in touch into music I would likely ...
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Dustin Bird – Unscripted

A brief debut album from Ontario: Canadian Dustin Bird is releasing Unscripted on 5th February 2021. The eight track debut ...
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Aaron Lee Tasjan – Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!

It is very hard to categorize the music of Aaron Lee Tasjan. I even found his 2021 album Tasjan! Tasjan! ...
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Paso Doble & DJKC – Urknall

Originall, the German Neue Deutsche Welle legends Paso Doble were scheduled to release her new album Urknall on 15th January 2021, ...
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LINA – Meins EP

Lina Larissa Strahl, as a musical act simply called LINA, is having a bit of an age issue: the nowadays ...
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Bow Anderson – New Wave EP

Bow Anderson is an interesting Scottish artist. Even though the young lady did her first single releases previous years, her ...
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Peter Schilling – Vis Viva

Peter Schilling is a legendary name of the German music business. Major Tom gave him international reputation. So far, Schilling ...
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Devin Dawson – The Pink Slip EP

Devin Dawson rocketed into the country music scene with his debut single All on Me in 2017. However, it felt that ...
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Barry Gibb & Friends – Greenfields – The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook Vol. 1

Writing about the album Greenfields makes me feel very wistful. Robin Gibb is one of my favorite artists - I ...
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Bella Lambert – Memories EP

Business women at the age of 14, debut EP ten years later: the life of Bella Lambert feels to be ...
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