I am still relaxing from all the trips I had during the last weeks. Nonetheless, things are just busy and I am already planning for some trips in early 2024. So far, I feel to be in Abu Dhabi, Malaysia and do my typical Pittsburgh Penguins trip between February and April 2024. And there will be the Rock of Ages tour 2024 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. I still wait for more shows of my favorite musical worldwide next year to share the tour dates with you. Sounds like a nicely balanced early 2024 with a nice touch of rock – just like these Songs of the Week.
The Sonic Brewery – Mercury of Dreams
The Sonic Brewery are a German rock band, which is located not too far away from Munich. The song Mercury of Dreams is an initial teaser for their November 2023album Can’t Kill Rock’n’Roll. Great sound with a touch of the 1970’s.
Zyggi feat. Michael Voss – Wasted Time
Zyggi is the musical alter ego of Hamburg-based producer Uwe Ziegler. For his latest song release, he is joining forces with Michael Voss, who is not only a rather famous rock and metal guitarist, but also stepfather of German country artis Van de Forst. Very classic and straight rock sound with a nice guitar focus
Daughtry – Artificial
We stay in the rock genre, but cross the big blue ocean: Daughtry are an established act in the US-American rock music scene. A nice, modern rock track.
Statues of Fire – Refuse To Die
Harder rock, Southern hemisphere: The next song is RefuseTo Die by the punk / hardcore band Statues of Fire. Despite the band was originally been formed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the are nowadays also very popular on European and North American stages.
The Buggs – Dr. Joe
The next song has been released by the German indie-rock and alternative band The Buggs this week. They are from Dusseldorf in the Rheinland area. Dr. Joe has areally nice and cool style to me. Enjoyable listen.
Liam Cromby – At This Table
Liam Cromby is a British pop singer-songwriter. Most of you might rather him as lead singer of We are the Ocean. The song is teasing additional solo songs, which will be released soon.
James Bay – Goodbye Never Felt So Bad
I guess you don’t introduce James Bay any more. And even though his latest releases are not even close to the volumes produced by Hold Back The River or the billion Spotify streams song Let It Go, he is still doing beautiful songs. Like his latest release, Goodbye Never Felt So Bad.
Eske – Coldplay auf der Autobahn
As I strictly just deal with new single releases, I had to skip some songs I originally wanted to share with you as well. The fragile German pop sound of Eskeis a lovely listen. Beautiful lyrics and storytelling as well. One of my favorites this week.
Wilhelmine – Paula
Paula by Berlin based artist Paula is another nice German pop song. I really enjoy the modern, light vibe of this one.
Sophia Venus – Herzaugenblick
The only German schlager track this week is by Sophia Venus. The 29 year old artist from Pirna in East Germany released her Herzaugenblick. The sound is a rather typical, rhythmic one, but I feel that this one really has a nice catch.
Chef’Special – Miracles
The Dutch pop band Chef’Special is currently celebrating their 15th band anniversary. The quintet, which is originally from Haarlem, is quite a huge act in their home country. They already had two chart-topping albums. In 2021, the also had a Top 3 single for the first time. Very straight and nice listen.
YouNotUs, Shift K3Y, Norma Jean Martine – Coming Home
The last song of my list this week is the electro-dance track Coming Home, which is majrorly driven by the Berlin DJ and producer duo YouNotUs. The song is nicely staying in your mind, great listen.
Songs of The Week – The Playlist
You may also listen to my Songs Of The Week and songs selected in some of the previous weeks on this Spotify playlist:
Postings with Tour Dates 2023
Here are postings released in 2023, which contain tour dates:
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New week - new releases. It's already December 2023 and I just shared one Christmas release with you so far, ...
I am typically glad to run into new bands and interesting acts. A few weeks before the release, I received ...
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40 years of Doro Pesch on stage - I really feel a bit of bad that I am not in ...
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Especially for emerging artists, I still feel it is good to break the typical Friday release cycle so far and ...
Holly Humberstone is a BRIT Rising Star Award winner (in 2022) and the BBC Sound 2021 runner-up. That already illustrates that the rather ...
There are these artists in your life you immediately have a song in your mind when you think of them ...
Not only that Darius Rucker is releasing a new album on 6th October 2023, he also recently announced a European ...
The Steel Woods are back! Some two years after their lovely album All Of Your Stories, they release a new ...
In 2021, I introduced you to Alex Diehl the first time. That year, he released the amazing EP Die Songs, die ...
Monster Mind Consuming in 2021, Kreatura in 2022 - and now War of the Heathens. The 2023 album release is already the third one ...
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It is just mid-year 2023 and I already start working on my 2024 Rock of Ages International Tour list. I am sure ...
The Ontario hard rock band Danko Jones is almost looking back to three decades of stage appearance already. With Electric Sounds, ...
In March 2020, just at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Melanie Wiegmann went to the Maltese island of Gozo ...
Finally, Morgan Wade and her album Psychopath was the reason which made me break my typical release cycle of five album reviews ...
Sometimes, I Made An Album is named the English language debut album of Dadi Freyr (who is correctly spelled Daði Freyr) ...
Madsen is indeed a German family rock band. Three of the six band members are brothers, the band name is ...
It's four songs on an EP, but also a teaser towards more material. The metalcore band Atreyu releases The Moment ...
I am surprised that it has never been there before, stated Jackson Dean, one of the four artists, who will ...
What about some reggae summer vibes on 4th August 2023? Okay, there are also elements of rock, dub, punk and ...
A new album by Jim "Kimo" West is always a very special moment for me. The Grammy-winning artist is a ...
Lucinda Williams' albums are not as frequently reviewed in here as the ones of Finland's metal monsters Lordi. However, the ...
After there was some confusion about my coverage of the German debut of the Rock of Ages musical in Munich, I was ...
If my sources and counting are right, Inside Voices is already the 17th studio album by Americana-pop/rock artist Ron Pope. This ...
Just at the end of the week in which I covered the concert of the Wellerman band The Longest Johns, I ran ...
Reading sessions, artsexhibitions... and concerts - if you look at the tour dates of Kati von Schwerin, you already see ...
Despite the album name Hamburg, the German indie-pop band North West is in fact from the very North West of Germany, ...
I had seen the musical Rock of Ages 73 times before this show - but show #74 made me kind of extra-nervous ...
Technically, I had already closed the list of potential reviews as of 24th March 2023. But then came Sophia and ...
They recorded songs like Bling Bling Marilyn or Drip Drip Baby - and I simply love them. I ran into John Diva & ...
I have been so excited about that news that she will be touring Europe soon: Jessica Lynn is such an ...
Ane Brun is on stage for just over 20 years now. Due to her stage anniversary, she releases the album Portayals ...
Today is a very special day to me: Weird Al Yankovic is playing is first-ever concert in Germany tonight, at ...
The story of the album The Candle and the Flame is really dramatic and touching. Australian artist Robert Forster recorded the nine ...
Despite Tromso is just having some 40,000 inhabitants, the city is quite well known as a touristic hotspot in Northern ...
Despite the band is "just" existing since 2000, Ravenblack is already the twelfth studio album by the German dark rock band Mono ...
Especially when you take in my that Scottish artist Joesef is just fully active since 2019, it is really amazing ...
(Greater) Orlando – Postings
Orlando is much more than Disney – here are all postings about the Entertainment Wonderland:
This edition of my Songs of the Week feels like a ballad edition. There are a lot of gentle and emotional song ...
The Presidents Hall of Fame is having quite some fame, even though it is not located very close to the ...
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After I introduced you to Fun Spot America Orlando, I of course also need to share my thoughts about the ...
Orlando is one of the biggest entertainment cities in the United States. You likely think of Disney, Universal Studios or ...
My last stay during my October 2022 trip to Florida was in Orlando. Even though I visited a Weird Al ...
There are so many mini golf, black light golf and adventure golf places in and around Orlando - you could ...
Florida Citrus Tower is somehow an iconic structure in Greater Orlando. On top of that is located right next to ...
Damn, it is already four years... And it is more than 2,750 postings since then. On 25th February 2018, I ...
Shall I do a review or a Pictured Story out of this place? I finally opted for the latter option ...
During the second week of October 2022, I have been tour-chasing Weird Al Yankovic on five stages of his The ...
Pawns & Kings is already the seventh album by the rock band Alter Bridge. Songs like Isolation (2010) paved the band's path to ...
The Backstreet Boys sing for Santa - on 14th October 2022, the massively successful male combo releases their very first ...
Fifth album by indie-rock artist Torres: I ran into the new release of the Florida born singer-songwriter album through a ...
The third edition of my Songs Of My Life is finally about the music genre which is - by far - ...
I originally booked a Home 2 Suites close to one of the Premium Outlets, but a very competitive rate made ...
Holy Land Experience is a theme park in Orlando, which you typically find quite quickly when you google for something ...
Cooking facilities are much more popular in North American hotels than in European ones. Even quite lousy motel rooms typically ...
Florida is full of amazing water attractions and aquariums. Installing a Sea Life in the limited space of the ICON ...
Just some three years after the complex opened in 2015, the former "I-Drive 360" district next to Orlando International Drive ...
In 2018, the former Coca Cola Orlando Eye ferris wheel rebranded to ICON Orlando as part of the rebranding of ...
I have to admit, I am not the biggest fan of wax museums. I stick with Lonely Planet's comment on ...
Flyctory.com is neither a food-blog nor an advertisement platform for fast food. However, visiting the McDonald's at International Drive, Orlando, ...
Another six months have passed - the first full half year of Flyctory.com's existance. After I did the Very Important ...
Visiting Orlando, I have to admit that I prefer Universal Studios parks in Florida much more to Disney ones. One ...
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