The Christmas weeks are typically the ones with the lowest number of releases. Unfortunately, quite the majority of the songs I received this week were not good enough in my point of view to deserve part of this. Two songs I received as “new” were in fact already released. Thus, 2024 is kicking off with the shortest Songs of the Week for songs released in 2023. Some sort of New Year’s paradox.
Volxrock – Lausbuam4Life
There are a couple of bands who mix traditional German folk music with some rock attitudes. Volxrock, however, is not from Germany, but from South Tyrolia, i.e. from Northern Italy. They released a really nice party song this week. The song will even have some presence in German language television soon.
Antonio Hoffman- Frohes Neues
Frohes Neues is a German short way to say “Happy New Year”. The folk song is very lyrical and narrative. The press kit states it to sound like an “entry into your diary”, which is a nice description, I feel. Antonio Hoffmann is an artist from Southern Germany.
The Republic of Wolves – A Long December
Last, but not least, I share A Long December by The Republic of Wolves with you. The band is an indie-rock band from Long Island, New York. Really nice 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:
Year-end Reviews
Looking back to the twelve months you just survived. Here are all my year-end review posts:
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2023
Is it really New Year's Eve already again? The last day of the year? I am posting this one in ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2023
Yeah, I am still more of an album person. I feel that a long-play is still able to tell stories ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2022
The last posting of the year - Best Ones 2022 is introducing you to my best experience last years (as ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2022
While the music market is more and more focusing on singles and even writes weird stories like Taylor Swift's "Top ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2022
Since I started working with Flyctory.com, I present you a list of my favorite songs at the end of every ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2021
It is time for the final posting of the years, simply named The Best Ones 2021. After looking into my ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2021
2021 definitely lifted Flyctory.com to another level. The community is steadily increasing - days with less than 2,000 page hits ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2021
Year-end is the time to look back to all the stuff what happened to you. Ideally you rather remind the ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2020
After praising my favorite songs of 2020 and the favorite albums and EPs in 2020, the final posting to do ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2020
292 Media Review postings - looking into new music (and a few other) releases was definitely some sort of core ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2020
2020 is about to come to an end - and the last three posting of the years re about to ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2019
While I so far made an semi-annual look back in time, the "Very Important Postings", I decided something with my ...
My Favorite Music Albums 2019
I decided to split the "Best music" postings of 2019 into two parts: while I already published my personal Best ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2019
2019 has come to an end - and music has been one of the key topics of Flyctory.com in 2019 ...
My Favorite Songs 2018
As blogging on music became a quite frequent category at Flyctory.com, I felt to look back to 2018 and introduce ...
Flyctory.com about Italy
Here are all postings related to Italy:
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 7th June 2024)
Publishing my Songs of the Week right between two Rock of Ages tour legs would suggest that the song is full of energetic ...
#TrueAthletes Classics Leverkusen 2024 – Field Events
After the 2023 edition of the #TrueAthletes Classics took place at the end of July, TSV Bayer Leverkusen hosted their ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17th May 2024)
Returning from the World Floorball Championships in Finland, heading directly to a business trip to Paris - this week was ...
WFC 2024 in Lahti – Splitter, Stats, & 3×3 Thoughts
Wow, what an intense week. Flyctory.com felt like my former sports project, sport-live.net, the last ten days. So many match ...
WFC 3×3 Floorball 2024 – Day 1 Men’s Competition (11th May 2024)
After my first posting about the debut event of the 3x3 World Floorball Championships was about the first day of ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Italy – Hungary 3-3 (1-1, 2-1, 0-1)
After the Hungarian Under 19 girls showed a brave fight against Denmark the match before, their chance to be successful ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10th May 2024)
Despite the World Floorball Championships coverage, I of course want to keep my Songs of the Week updated. Due to the ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Canada – Italy 3-11 (1-3, 1-3, 1-5)
After Canada had lost their first match against Hungary, they ran into Italy on 9th May 2024. Especially the small ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 3rd May 2024)
There is a lot of traveling around during the next weeks. Unfortunately, I could not cover some concerts, which I ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12th April 2024)
It's been quite tough for me this week to keep Flyctory.com up and running. I had a stronger cold this ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22nd March 2024)
After I shared my Bochum Rock of Ages thoughts with you already, I am just about to have eight show streak ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 23rd February 2024)
February 2024 is quite an intense month for me. Even though the trips I have planned and done are comparably ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 9th February 2024)
Carnvial in Cologne - and I am in he United Arab Emirates this weekend. It is rather party season, no ...
ISTAF Indoor 2024 Duesseldorf (4th February 2024)
With the ISTAF Indoor 2023, I kicked off my campaign to intensify my athletics coverage in 2023. The more, I ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26th January 2024)
In the relations of my home town Cologne, we are celebrating a big Songs of the Week anniversary with this edition. My ...
Last In Time – Too Late
After Christmas break, there is quite a bunch of interesting music on the weekend as of 12th January 2024. One ...
Pippo Pollina – Nell’attimo
I really love Italy - and I love Italian music. I already some Italian songs songs in my Songs of ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2023
Is it really New Year's Eve already again? The last day of the year? I am posting this one in ...
Santa’s Soundtrack 2023? Some Christmas Releases This Season
Unfortunately, I could not complete the Country Christmas Playlist this year due to technical issues. However, since the days become ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 19 May 2023)
A public holiday in (parts of) Germany gave me the opportunity to collect some status Tier Points for my British ...
My Favorite Eurovision Song Contest Songs
I did a bit of an ESC week this week, featuring Guildo Horn's Guildo hat Euch lieb! in my Songs of the Week and ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21 April 2023)
As I am having some quite intense travels ahead of me, I currently try to prepare as much contents for ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 April 2023)
After some rather intense traveling, I am glad that there is just a short trip this week. I concentrated on ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31 March 2023)
Pop, rock, schlager and much more - I feel that this week's Songs of the Week is a really nice mix of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17 March 2023)
I am always impressed where the Songs of the Week each weekend finally end of. This time, for example, i have been ...
Bad Bones – Hasta El Final!
Nice to have some Italian music on Flyctory.com again. I received the album Hasta El Final! by the Bad Bones ...
Umberto Panini Collection Motor Museum
During my most recent trip to the Emilia Romagna, I also visited the Umberto Panini Collection Motor Museum. Yeah, it ...
Five Years of Flyctory.com – My 20 Most Popular Travel Posts (so far…)
Damn, it is already four years... And it is more than 2,750 postings since then. On 25th February 2018, I ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 03 February 2023)
I am kicking off the most stressful part of the year, quite likely. This week, I headed off to Peterborough ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27 January 2023)
This weekend was really difficult for me to plan ahead. With the ISTAF Indoor in Dusseldorf, I had a fixed ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 November 2022)
The musical even of the week to me was definitely the announcement of the 2023 European Weird Al Yankovic tour ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 November 2022)
After two intercontinental trips in October 2022, I am somehow glad that I am scheduled to stay in Europe until ...
Sleeping Romance – We All Are Shadows
Five years after their last album, the Italian band Sleeping Romance are back with their third album We All Are Shadows ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16 September 2022)
While the last week brought me to Sunderland, Hamburg and Lillehammer in Norway, the song selection of the week comes ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26 August 2022)
I typically just select the song, which is leading my Songs of the Week. This week, my favorites of the week ...
Giovanni Zarrella – Per sempre
Giovanni Zarrella is one of these artists I just cannot have negative feelings about. One rationale might be that his ...
Volandia Aviation Museum Milan
The last stop of a trip through Italy in late summer 2021 lead me to Volandia, an aviation museum (and ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 05 August 2022)
My 5th August 2022 update of the Songs of the Week this time features 15 songs. Again, there is a wide ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17 June 2022)
I am looking back to a really interesting week of music. For me personally, I have been so happy to ...
Museum of The Story of Alfa Romeo
Even though people might initially think about Lamborghini and Ferrari when it comes to Italian sports car, Alfa Romeo is ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 13 May 2022)
While I had to process quite a lot of country music new releases this week, the list of non-country songs ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 6 May 2022)
Wow... This edition of my Songs of the Week was a huge bit of work. I simply had so many candidates for ...
Patrick Noe – Ich
A German pop debut on 6th May 2022: Patrick Noe is releasing his very first album, which is simply called ...
Milan Cathedral Museum
I am not a religious person at all. The more, it is somehow remarkable that this posting is already the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29 April 2022)
A week full of music: my Weird Al Yankovic Tour Trip was of course the key event of my last ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15 April 2022)
I was quite amazed that not only Christmas, but also Easter feels to have an impact on the volume of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 01 April 2022)
Not really sure why the release calendars are so seasonal (apart from major holidays like Christmas) - but I generally ...
Messa – Close
Doom metal from Italy: Messa means nothing but (religious) mass. On 11th March 2022, they will release a new album, ...
Songs Of My Life: Toto Cutugno – Insieme: 1992
The Russian offensive war in the Ukraine hit me mentally very strongly. I have some lovely people and contacts over ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 Jan 2022)
After I have already been struggling with the idea of the Songs of the Week, the feedback on my previous edition ...
Civic Aquarium Milan
During one of my most recent trips to Milan, I decided to go for a couple of museums driven by ...
Joe Sciacca – Kleine Wolke EP
After two albums in English, Joe Sciacca is releasing his EP Kleine Wolke on 21st January 2022. Obviously quite a move, ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 7 Jan 2022)
My Songs Of The Week slowly turn into a tradition. This week, I definitely saw that the number of releases massively ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2021
Year-end is the time to look back to all the stuff what happened to you. Ideally you rather remind the ...
Riding The Malpensa Express
Milan-Malpensa Airport (MXP) is the major of the two airports serving the North Italian city. However, there is one issue ...
Scala Museum Milan
Without a doubt, the Scala in Milan is one of the most famous opera houses in the world. While I ...
MUDETEC / Museo delle Tecnologie (Sant’ Agata Bolognese)
Even though my summer 2021 trip to the Emilia-Romagna was majorly featuring the two Ferrari Museums in Maranello and Modena, ...
Doge’s Palace Venice
Venice is an iconic place by itself - but it has some real key attractions as well. Without a doubt, ...
Hotel Restaurant Lewald (Bolzano, Italy)
New regional carrier: since mid-2021, Bolzano Airport (BZO) is operating scheduled flights with their own carrier, SkyAlps. For an early ...
Museum Ferrari Maranello
The place the red cars with the horse in the logo made famous: after I already introduced you to the ...
Expo 2020 Dubai – The Al Forsan Pavilions
Al Forsan is one of the two smaller districts of the Expo 2020 ground. Apart from the 360 degrees Opera, ...
Grand Hotel Villa Torretta Milan Sesto (Curio Collection by Hilton)
A 16th century palace, which has been renovated in the late 1990's and turned into a posh hotel - apart ...
Bolzano Airport (BZO)
South Tyrol, the German speaking region in Northern Italy is quite popular among tourists. The Dolomite Mountains attract many people ...
Museum Luciano Pavarotti House
Without a doubt, Luciano Pavarotti is one of the biggest music legends in recent history. The Italian is regarded to ...
The Masone Labyrinth – the (Formerly) World-Largest Maze
Until 2018, you could travel to Italy to visit the world largest labyrinth. The Labirinto Della Masone near Parma is ...
Hotel Maranello Village
When staying in Ferrari City Maranello, would there be any better option than staying in a Ferrari-themed hotel? When I ...
Flying With SkyAlps
What is happening if you are running and airport and you just don't fine an airline which is motivated to ...
Car Rental Review – Sixt Milan Malpensa (MXP) T1 – VW Golf TSI Automatic
Another weekend, another car rental: for my trip to Italy, which majorly featured a couple Emilia-Romagna automobile history places, I ...
Hotel Nord (Guardamiglio, Lombardy)
I had the first night of my June 2021 trip to the Emilia-Romagna region right in the South of Lombardy, ...
Enzo Ferrari House Museum Modena
The place where the story of the famous (typically) red cars started? Walking on the routes of the Ferrari company ...
Parma Ham Museum
The area around Parma is almost a holy place for foodie lovers. Parmigiana cheese, tomatoes, pasta - a lot of ...
Bud Spencer Museum Berlin
If you know the name Carlo Pedersoli by heart, then you are likely ready to head to Berlin since 27th ...
An Early Bird – Diviner
An Early Bird is a solo artist project, which is mixing independent folk styles with dreamy sounds. As I generally ...
Driving the Ferrari 488 with Pushstart in Maranello
While being in Italy in June 2021, I in fact had two car rentals. One was a Volkswagen Golf, rented ...
The Venice / Mestre Tramway – The Alternative Connection to the Lagoon?
Fancying a trip to Venice? If there is no pandemic and the lagoon city is empty, hotel prices in central ...
Stadium of Domitian (Rome)
The Stadium of Domitian - or Stadio di Domiziano, as the locals say, may not be one of the classic tourist ...
Songs Of My Life: Gianna Nannini / Edoardo Bennato – Un’ Estate Italiana
8th July 1990, Olympic Stadium in Rome. German Andreas Brehme took the deciding penalty shot in the 85th minute and ...
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 ...
Mighty Oaks – Mexico
The fourth album by the multi-national project Mighty Oaks on 7th May 2021: boosted by lead singer Ian Hopper in ...
Songs Of My Life: Nino De Angelo – Jenseits von Eden
It took me one week later than usual to give you a new edition of the Songs Of My Life. This ...
Casanova Museum Venice
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was born on 2nd April 1725 in Venice. The author and adventurer is definitely a legendary Italian ...
Giovanni Zarrella – Ciao!
Even though Giovanni Zarrella is singing in Italian, his music is definitely aiming to be sold on the German-speaking markets ...
Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio (Rome)
Just before I boarded the Nightjet Single Deluxe compartment from Rome to Munich in summer 2020, I had a night ...
Hotel Abbazia (Venice)
For my two day summer stage to Venice, I had one night at the Hotel Abbazia in the heart of ...
Songs Of My Life: Piero Umiliani – Mah Nah Mah Na
This edition of the Songs Of My Life is a bit of special. Typically, I try to share my personal connection ...
Leonardo da Vinci Museum Venice
I am really fascinated by Leonardo da Vinci and his concepts / inventions. Thus, during my summer 2020 visit to ...
Museo Delle Cere (Rome Wax Museum)
Meeting Caesar about a kilometer away from the Colosseum? Having a picture with the pope? It is not too surprising ...
Riding Italo Rail Club Executive Class
Apart from Trenitalia and their Frecciarossa network, there is also NRT (Nuovo Transporto Viaggiatori - "New Travellers Transport"), who are ...
Hotel Flora (Milan)
After I had a lovely stay on my Four Countries, Four Trains trip in the Hilton Milan and this was ...
Venice Music Museum
Venice is not only the city of vaporetto rides, Murano glass and the doges - it also has quite a ...
FRECCIALounge Milan
After visiting so many German Rail lounges in my life, I was really looking forward how the more exclusive waiting ...
Hilton Milan
The first "real" night of my Four Countries, Four Trains trip to Italy in summer 2020 lead me to Milan. As ...
Venice City Sightseeing by Vaporetto
As we used to have a holiday home at Lake Garda, I have been to Venice so many times. Also ...
On the Rooftop of Milan Cathedral
I wouldn't say that I have an intense fear of heights, but I do treat situations, in which I or ...
Frecciarossa 1000 Executive Class
On my Four Contries, Four Trains trip in summer 2020, my rail trip on Day 2 was an absolute highlight of ...
ECE 451 – The Non-Stop Train from Frankfurt To Milan
Also due to the current situation in aviation, I could follow my idea to invest more time in rail travel ...
Nightjet Night Train – Single Deluxe Class
While - especially for business reasons - trans-European rail connections may still take too much time for daytime transfers, night ...
Flying Under Covid-19 conditions from Venice Airport (VCE)
On 5th September 2020, I had my very first flight from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE), flying with Eurowings to ...
Milan Cathedral (Pictured Story)
Culture freaks may argue that Milan is nothing without the Scala and sports fans think about iconic soccer battles - ...
Four Countries, Four Trains – A Trip on Tracks (Day 4, 10th August 2020)
Heading back home. As said in the Day 3 coverage, I did not expect too much going on on that ...
Four Countries, Four Trains – A Trip on Tracks (Day 3, 9th August 2020)
A Day in Rome - for this Day 3 part of the Four Country Train Trip report, I decided to ...
Four Countries, Four Trains – A Trip on Tracks (Day 2, 8th August 2020)
Being in Milan until the early afternoon, checking out an Italian rail lounge for the first time - and then ...
Four Countries, Four Trains – A Trip on Tracks (Day 1, 7th August 2020)
So excited to travel again and do a proper. I did my first day of the rail rides through Germany, ...
Four Countries, Four Trains – A Trip on Tracks (Preview)
After having so many trip reports involving flights and road trips, this trip report will completely leave me on the ...
Lacuna Coil – Black Anima
There is not just Vivaldi and Pavarotti - Italy also has quite a strong Metal scene. One of the key ...