September 2023 will be a quite busy monh. If I finally receive all press passes I envisage to get, there will be one women soccer match, two floorball matches and four concerts on this blog during the month. Furthermore, I am trying to create new travel material from he Faroe Islands and from Japan. Sounds like a lot of cool stuff – just like this list of new releases. Enjoy.
Tim Montana – Devil You Know
Tim Montana is a US-American artists from Montana (it was so easy to guess, wasn’t it), who is typically rather known for country rock and Southern rock songs. This week’s release, however, is rather on the alternative rock side. Devil You Know starts slow and could even develop rock ballad attitudes, if only the guitars would strictly oppose to that plan.
VRSTY – Fuck You Forever
The post-hardcore band VRSTY is teasing their second studio album Levitate with the single released Fuck You Forever. The New York band around lead singer Joey Varely is typically inspired by R&B sounds. This one, indeed sounds interesting.
Kvelertak – Endling
The German press kit to Endling names the band Kvelertak being black rock’n’roll party beasts. The Norwegian band is releasing albums since 2010 – and this sound is promising again.
Fred Roberts – Say
From long-lasting music careers to a rather new name: British singer-songwriter Fred Roberts recently surprised with his rather successful debut single Runaway. His new single release Say is another song, which stays in your mind. I absolutely enjoy the listen.
Bosse – All-Time-Favourite
All album releases since 2011 by Bosse made it into the German album Top 10 (two of them have been chart toppers. His new song All-Time-Favourite is another song which will surely receive a lot of love among his fans. How do you like it?
Antje Schomaker – Snacks
Snacks (or also SNACKS) is not only the new single by German pop artist Antje Schomaker – it will also be the title track of her new album. Cool, modern sound by her.
IUMA – Honda
IUMA is a German pop artist from Karlsruhe. I featured her a few times already. Honda comes with her typical, very modern sound. Good one!
Olivia Lunny – Heartbreak on Repeat
Crossing the Atlantic again. I am not sure whether the wording rising superstar used in the press kit is already appropriate – but the Canadian artist definitely has a nice touch in her music. She’s got 15 million streams already – I am sure she can add quite some to that. stats with this song.
Cora – Venedig
Cora sounds a solo artist, but in fact it is the name of a German pop duo. They started as Neue Deutsche Welle artists in Berlin in the mid-1980’s, but stayed active until then. Fun fact: both female artists are aristocratic. Nowadays, they rather move towards German schlager – but their songs still have that lovely 1980’s style disco fox vibe. This song about Venice simply makes me smole.
Enno Bunger – Weltuntergang (Alles hört auf)
This week, I also selected a couple of beautiful, quiet and slow pop songs. One of them is this track, which is translating to Doomsday. However, there is also some positive thinking in the song. Enno Bunger is teasing is fifth studio album with this one.
Michael Kraemer – Was bleibt
Michael Kraemer is a German artist. However, he is nowadays living in Brazil. His new release is a beautiful ballad with a melancholic touch.
Theuerkorn – Für immer
It is very hard to describe the pop-rock style by this rising German artist. His vibes sometimes remind me of legendary Austrian pop god Falco. Cool sound.
Lissi & Herr Timpe – Dicke Lippen
When Katja Krasavice released the song Dicke Lippen, it caused quite some discussions in the German music. However, the ease of transforming the song into a big band version with a touch of humor is simply genius. I love this one.
Troglauer – Schubkarrn Chief
This song, which translates to “Wheelbarrow Chief” created a lot of trouble on my side. I absolutely love this blending of rock elements and traditional folk music. I was really, really tempted to put this song on the very top of this post. These guys from Southern Germany just have an amazing touch.
Rockenschaub – Du schaffst es immer
The final song this time is again sung in German dialect. This time, it is Austrian German. Roman Rockenschaub, the mind behind Rockenschaub, created a beautiful, very emotional recording. Hope you like it as well.
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:
Hotel Reviews (without Hilton Hotels)
Here are all my hotel reviews, apart from Hilton Group locations:

ibis Styles Bern City

ibis London Shepherd’s Bush

Post-Plaza Guesthouse Husavik

Quality Inn Arena (Wilkes-Barre)

Holiday Inn Express Dublin City Centre

ibis Kassel

Anemi Hotel & Suites Paphos

RiKu Hotel Pfullendorf

Pullman Cologne

Premier Inn Swansea City Centre

Mercure Hotel Severinshof Cologne City

Mercure Cologne City Friesenstrasse

Airport Hotel Aurora Star Keflavik

nhow Frankfurt

GLO Hotel Helsinki Airport

Hafdals Hotel Akureyri

ibis Styles Zurich City Center

Holiday Inn Express Glasgow – City Centre Riverside

Premium Traveller Air Rooms Madrid Airport Terminal 4

Melia Berlin

Hrafnavellir Guest House (Hornafirdi, Iceland)

Comfort Hotel Malmö

Mercure Hotel Tilburg Centrum

Adagio Hotel Bremen

Quality Lodge (Best Western Premium Collection) Larnaca

Even Hotel Pittsburgh Downtown

IntercityHotel Hannover Hauptbahnhof Ost

Quality Inn Pittsburgh Airport

Premier Inn Hamburg St. Pauli

Holiday Inn Express Glasgow Airport

Comfort Inn Blackpool Gresham

H+ Hotel Köln Brühl

hub by Premier Inn London Soho

Premier Inn Peterborough City Centre

Acta Arthotel (Andorra La Vella)

Premier Inn Saarbruecken City Centre

Sofitel London Heathrow (Terminal 5)

Regiohotel Schanzenhaus Wernigerode

Clarion Collection Hotel Hammer (Lillehammer)

Hotel Fürst Bismarck (Hamburg)

Novotel Krakow Centrum

ibis Hamburg St. Pauli Messe

Premier Inn London Southwark (Southwark Station)

Lillehammer Turistsenter Budget Hotel

Holiday Inn Washington (near Newcastle UK)

Sleep Inn & Suites Tampa South

MAP Boutique Hotel Nicosia

Hotel Hubertushof (Anif near Salzburg)

Radisson Red Oslo Airport

Premier Inn Inverness Centre River Ness

INNSIDE Dusseldorf Derendorf

Holiday Home Wonderland (Ralingen)

Red Roof Plus+ Nashville Airport

Paola Inn and Suites (Paola, KS)

Premier Inn Portsmouth City Centre

easyHotel Frankfurt City Centre

IntercityHotel Hamburg-Altona

Courtyard by Marriott London City Airport

Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura

Premier Inn London Paddington Basin

Comfort Inn Nashville – Opryland Area

Epsilon Hotel London-Stratford

Microtel Inn by Wyndham Long Island City

Holiday Inn Helsinki City Centre

Premier Inn London Gatwick Airport South

Falkensteiner Hotel Bratislava

OYO Hotel St. Louis Downtown City Center

Adria Hotel & Conference Center (Queens, NY)

Premier Inn Hamburg City Millerntor

The Cockpit Suite at Jumbo Stay Stockholm

Premier Inn Cologne City South

Holiday Inn Express Oberhausen

Airport Hotel Grasteinn (Keflavik)

Road Stop Motel Dortmund

TownePlace Suites Mississauga-Airport Corporate Center

The Retreat Palm Dubai – MGallery by Sofitel

Avani Ibn Battuta Dubai Hotel

Albergo delle Alpi (Airolo)

Delta Hotels by Marriott Toronto

Hotel Kjarnalundur (Akureyri, Iceland)

The Wellness Loft at Romantik Hotel Reichshof (Norden)

Hotel Sunset (Kelsterbach)

ME Hotel Dubai

Hotel Restaurant Lewald (Bolzano, Italy)

Mercure Gloucester Bowden Hall Hotel

Hotel Laxarbakki (Akranes, Iceland)

Holiday Inn Helsinki Vantaa Airport

Hotel Duus (Keflavik)

H+ Hotel Lübeck

Hotel Alpina Wellness & Spa (Kössen)

Leonardo Hotel Düsseldorf Airport (Ratingen)

Radisson Blu Espoo (Finland)

InterContinental Toronto Centre

Litli Geysir Hotel

IntercityHotel Munich

Hotel Maranello Village

Nordseehotel Wilhelmshaven

Hyatt Regency Cologne

Hotel Nord (Guardamiglio, Lombardy)

Mercure Hotel Hannover City

IntercityHotel Hamburg Main Station

Novapark Airplane Hotel Graz

Moxy Cologne Bonn Airport

InterContinental Dubai Festival City – One Bedroom Suite

Melia Calvia Beach (Mallorca)

Novotel Suites Hannover City

Hotel Marina Wellness & Spa Port Soller

IntercityHotel Saarbruecken

TRYP Hotel Celle

Pullman Sharjah

INNSIDE by Melia Palma Center

Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio (Rome)

Hotel Abbazia (Venice)

NH Rijnhotel Arnhem

Santa Catalina (Royal Hideaway Hotel) Las Palmas, Grand Canary

Babylon Hotel The Hague (Den Haag)

Leonardo Hotel Munich City Center

Fleming’s Express Hotel Frankfurt

Motel One Salzburg – Mirabell

Park Inn by Radisson Papenburg

Hotel Flora (Milan)

NH Collection Munich Bavaria

Maritim Hotel Cologne

Voss Chocolate Hotel (Schokoladenhotel) Westerstede

Hotel Grossfeld Bad Bentheim

The Fair Play Suite at the Kameha Grand Hotel Bonn

Pullman London St Pancras

Bonn Marriott Hotel

ibis Dusseldorf Main Station

Novotel London Canary Wharf

INNSIDE Hotel Dusseldorf Hafen

NH Collection Eindhoven Centre

IntercityHotel Nuremberg

1st Creatif Hotel Elephant Munich

Mövenpick Hotel ‘s-Hertogenbosch

ibis Styles Amsterdam Central Station

Avalon Hotel Bad Reichenhall

Golfhotel Bodensee (Weißensberg)

ibis Styles Konstanz (Constance)

Serways Hotel Weiskirchen Nord (A3 Autobahn, Rodgau)

Vliegtuigsuite Teuge (NED) – Sleeping in an Ilyushin IL-18

Novotel Paris 17

OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas

Hotel Korpilampi (Espoo, Finland)

Motel One Zurich

Marriott Hotel Al Forsan (Abu Dhabi)

Crowne Plaza Madrid Airport

Hotel St. Gotthard (Zurich, Switzerland)

Toyoko Inn Frankfurt Main Station

Hotel “Zum Goldenen Ochsen”, Aschaffenburg

Melia Hacienda Del Conde (Tenerife)

Johanniter Gästehaus Münster

Motel One Glasgow

Fairfield Inn & Suites Indianapolis Downtown

Premier Inn Sunderland City Centre

ibis Madrid Centro

Premier Inn London Stratford

ibis Luxembourg Airport

So/ Sofitel Singapore

ibis Styles London ExCeL

Cotswold Lodge Hotel Oxford

ibis London City – Shoreditch

ibis Amsterdam Centre

Holiday Inn Express Memphis Airport Elvis Presley Blvd

Hotel du Bois (Paris)

One Farrer Hotel Singapore (Review)

Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi Yas Island (Review)

ibis London Canning Town (Review)

Best Western Premier Parkhotel Kronsberg Hanover

Hotel Allegra (Kloten, Switzerland)

Novotel Sheffield Centre

Novotel Glasgow Centre (Review)

Novotel Zurich Airport Messe (Review)

ibis Madrid Aeropuerto Barajas (Review)

Scandic Hotel Gävle Väst

Alexander Thomson Hotel Glasgow (Review)

Gran Hotel La Laguna (Tenerife)

Melia Hotel Barajas Madrid (Review)

Hotel Olympia (Thessaloniki) – Hotel Review

Novotel Dubai Al Barsha (Hotel Review)

B&B Hotel Aschaffenburg – The No-Thrill Hotel

Garni Hotel Crystal Kraljevo (Hotel Review)

John Hotel (Flushing, New York City)

Novotel Toronto Center (Hotel Review)

Blue Bay Lodges Curacao (Hotel Review)

A touch of Orient in a Munich Hotel Room

Hotel Glärnischhof Zurich (Hotel Review)

Azor Hotels Ponta Delgada (Review)

Germany’s Largest Hotel – Staying at the Estrel Berlin

Sercotel Malaga (Hotel Review)

Novotel Suites Mall of the Emirates Dubai (Hotel Review)

The Riddle Room for Geeks
2022 EP Media Reviews
Here are all my Media Reviews of EPs, which have been published in 2022:

Madeline Consoer – Little Miss EP

Upsahl – Sagittarius EP

Myle – Sad Boy Summer EP

David Gramberg – Where Have You Gone EP

Tanzos – Win Fight Dream Lose EP

Samuel Rösch – Für den Augenblick EP

Hanne Mjoen – Fall in Love/Apart EP

Tiffany Johnson – Over Emotional EP

Logan Mize – Prairie Tapes, Vol. 1 EP

Jim Kroft – The Isolation Diaries Vol. 3 EP

Arina – A+ (EP)

Billy Idol – The Cage EP

Moncrieff – Warm EP

Louisa Specht – Karussell EP

Jeremy Black – Part of Me EP

HAVET – Mamas Lullaby EP

Pete Wolf Band – Crosswalk To Nowhere EP

Broken Forest – Wild At Heart EP

Brooke Eden – Choosing You EP

Kaylee Rose – Hot Minute EP

Will Linley – Kill All My Feelings EP

Sophie Fellner – Brown Eyes EP

Ewan Mainwood – Broken EP

Kylie Morgan – P.S. EP

Leepa – Brain Freeze EP

Rachel LaRen – Cowboys Don’t Change EP

Kyle Daniel – Following the Rain

Dan O’ Clock – Seelenhippie EP

Junipa Gold – Something Divine EP

MARBL – The Sunsets and Dawns of Everything EP

Like Mint – I Wish I Was Awake EP

Harper Grae – Confessions of a Good Southern Lady EP

Mina Richman – Jaywalker EP

Amber Run – The Start (Act II) EP

Tenille Townes – Masquerades EP

Chayce Beckham – Doin’ It Right EP

Lyn Lapid – The Outsider EP

Hi! Spencer – Memori EP

Emily Roberts – thank you for leaving. EP

NANEE – Tausend Farben EP

Tiffany Woys – All About Love EP

Tame The Abyss – They Vanished At Dawn! EP

Arny Margret – intertwined

Danny McMahon – Senses EP

Marissa Nadler – The Wrath Of The Clouds EP

jackie – Hey Angel EP

Joe Sciacca – Kleine Wolke EP

Great American Ghost – Torture World EP

Conner Smith – Didn’t Go Too Far EP

Ryan Montgomery – Chasing Sunsets EP

Rachel Bradshaw – Rachel Bradshaw EP

Spoon And The Forkestra – The Fondest Flinch EP

Matt Moeller – Where We Used To Be EP

Rockmann – One Guitar Hit EP