As I am traveling to Sweden for the national floorball finals this weekend, I had to prepare my album reviews beforehand. Quite a shame, there were a couple of really interesting releases I did not receive as a promo this weekend. Similarly, the music market regarding single releases was really massive this week. Hope you like my list of new songs I really enjoyed.
Hanna Rautzenberg – Friends With My Demons
Hannah Rautzenberg is an alt-pop singer-songwriter from Leipzig, who is leading my Songs of the Week the first time. She recently announced a solo tour in early 2026, after some shows in summer this year. I really like her new release.
Amy Macdonald – Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For?
This week, Amy Macdonald published her tour schedule for later 2025 and early 2026. With Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For?, the Scottish artist might definitely boost the ticket sales for these dates. I really her new track.
Lauren Spencer Smith – If Karma Doesn’t Get You (I Will)
In my 24th January 2025 Songs of the Week, the Canadian artist Lauren Spencer Smith already lead my list of new releases. This time, she is at least sharing one of the most energetic songs of this post. A great song by the 2020 American Idol contestant.
Henry And The Waiter – Casanova
Henry and the Waiter is a solo pop artist, who is from the region around the German town Erfurt originally. His style reminds me of Milky Chance, who I featured in a November 2022 Spotlight interview. A really cool song with some spring and summer vibes.
Douwe Bob – Funny
The summer vibes even increase with this song, Funny by Douwe Bob. The song has nice flavors of folk, country and pop. A great release by the Dutch artist, who was born in 1992 in Amsterdam.
Nina Reh – Ryan In The Air
How could I skip this one? I am not that much into party schlager tracks, but the reference to low cost airlines was just too tempting. In fact Ryan In The Air is the debut single of Nina Reh. However, she is not unknown to the music scene at all. She is married to Matthias Distel, who is better known as Ikke Hüftgold in Germany and one of the key artists of the Mallorca party scene. Thus, this track has a lot of potential for some major success.
Jenice – Ich hasse Dich
A model and a schlager artist – Jenice (or, under her civil name, Franziska Czurratis) is definitely one of the most impressing and eye-catching artists of he genre. This week, she is releasing Ich hasse Dich (“I hate you”), which is comparably rocking.
Mike Krüger – Mein Auto denkt es kann denken
Just based on the groove, this song could have even made it to one of my country music selections. However, I felt that comedian Mike Krüger, who is doing humorous and ironic schlager-pop tracks since the mod 1970’s, is better suited in here. I really love that one. The title translates to “My car thinks that it is able to think” and has a quite funny view on all the electronic aids and intelligence in a nowadays vehicle.
Seiler und Speer – Bis uns daschlogn
This week, I introduced you to my list of most interesting festivals (majorly European ones) of the upcoming summer. On the top of my list for July 2025 is the open air by the Austrian pop-rock duo Seiler und Speer. They are going to play in Vienna in the national soccer stadium, including some really interesting support acts. This week, they released a new song. I really enjoyed the listen.
Sam Fender – Tyrants
The promotion platform, on which I majorly base this posting, names Tyrant an alternative track. To me, the release by the British artist Sam Fender is a rather straight pop-rock release. Label it however you want to – I like this one.
Michael Patrick Kelly – The One
Whenever there is a new song by US–Irish singer-songwriter Michael Patrick Kelly, there is a chance that you find it in here. The One is already his fourth appearance in this series of posts. And it somehow feels that it won’t be the last one as well.
Christian Steiffen – Du gehst niemals allein (11 Freunde)
I would typically not include covers like this one in my Songs of the Week. However, this German version of You never walk alone simply felt too tempting to pick. Christian Steiffen is a very interesting German artist from Greater Osnabrück, who is turning his schlager-style concerts into big parties. The artist name, by the way, sounds very similar to “You indeed get a boner”. I am sure there are at least positive feelings during this listen.
Daniel Aminati – Komplizin
Aachen-born Daniel Aminati is majorly known as a German TV host. However, he is also working as a dancer, actor – and musician. His new song Komplizin teases his upcoming album So viel mehr, which is scheduled for a release in summer 2025. It praises his wife Patrice.
Sophia – Träne
Träne means “tear” – and just in line with that, Sophia’s new single is melancholic and a bit of sad. Her first two albums were very successful – and this new release feels to suggest that her success story will continue.
Fidi Steinbeck – Endorphine
Fidi Steinbeck’s first (and so far: only) appearance in my Songs of the Week as of 12th August 2022. Now, I picked the Hamburg artist for the second time. She started to work on an album, which is planned to be released in 2026, together with a headliner tour.
Fannie – Loser
Fannie is a Swiss origin artist, who is nowadays living in Berlin. This week, she released the modern pop track Loser. A nice beat and a good groove define this track.
Bradley Simpson feat. Nieve Ella – Favourite Band
This song is a really nice British pop collaboration. Bradley Simpson released his Favourite Band as part of his 2025 album The Panic Years already. Now he is doing it as a duet with Nieve Ella. This definitely adds a nice touch to the track.
Dayseeker – Pale Moonlight
Some 250,000 streams on Spotify only after one day of the release of Pale Moonlight. This statistics illustrates that the Orange County-origin post-hardcore band Dayseeker is a really big gun in the music scene. And, indeed, the new song by the US-Americans is a real treat.
Sabaton – Templars
Being in Stockholm this weekend, what would be a better way to close this posting than with a Swedish band. The power metal giants Sabaton released Templars this week. By the way, they are from Falun, where one of the teams of the Swedish men’s floorball final is from 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:
Media Reviews 2025 – German Pop Music
Here are all my Media Reviews released in 2025 related to Germany and pop music:
X Marks The Pedwalk – Insomnia
Nina Caroline – Outsider EP
Santiano – Da braut sich was zusammen
Grateful Cat – Ready to go anywhere
Meg Pfeiffer – Red Wine Philosophy
Montez – Sommerregen EP
Paso Doble – Libe ist
Nadu – Relevanz
Kupfergold – Fasan Alarm
Mary And The Sharks – Prophecy EP
Hannah Köpf – Flowermind
Jetlagged – Roadtrip EP
Colletti – Anything That Burns
Die Liga der gewöhnlichen Gentlemen – Egg Benedict
INSA – Retrospect EP
Luna Soul – First Move
StiA – Fake Love
Florian Künstler – Du bist nicht allein
Leony – Oldschool Love
Andreas Dorau – Wien
Loi – Left In Your Love
Luna Morgenstern – Heartbreak Hotel EP
Flyctory.com in Sweden
Here are all Flyctory.com postings about Sweden:
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12th June 2026)
Food I Had Onboard XXXI (April to June 2026)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29th May 2026)
Gothenburg Airport (GOT)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15th May 2026)
The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 – I am Rating All Songs
Swedish Floorball Finals (Men) – Storvreta IBK – IBF Falun 3-2 (1-0, 1-2, 1-0)
Swedish Floorball Finals (Women) – Thorengruppen IBK – FBC Kalmarsund 4-2 (2-2, 0-0, 2-0)
Katarinahissen (Katarina Elevator) Stockholm (Pictured Story)
The Lounge by Menzies Aviation Gothenburg (GOT)
What’s Up, Country Music in Europe?
Waterbaby – Memory Be a Blade
Food I Had Onboard XXIX (January / February 2026)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27th February 2026)
The Flyctory.com-Style Medal Count of the 2026 Milan/Cortina Olympics
Avicii Experience (Stockholm)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 9th January 2026)
Pixbo IBK – Warberg IC 4-3 (2-0, 1-1, 1-2)
Hovslätts IK – Visby IBK 4-8 (3-1, 0-3, 1-4)
Pixbo IBK – Storvreta IBK 9-4 (4-2, 1-2, 4-0)
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2025
Hilton Stockholm Slussen
Food I Had Onboard XXVII (November 2025)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28th November 2025)
NHL Global Fan Tour during the NHL Global Series in Stockholm 2025 (Pictured Story)
NHL Global Series 2025 at Avicii Arena Stockholm (Superior Platinum Experience)
Quality Hotel View (Malmö)
Emma Elisabeth – A Sudden Break In The Clouds
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 19th September 2025)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12th September 2025)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 5th September 2025)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25th July 2025)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27th June 2025)
Nad Sylvan – Monumentata
American Express Lounge by Pontus Frithiof Stockholm (ARN)
Walking Through Central Malmö (Pictured Story)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 13th June 2025)
Menzies Pearl Lounge Stockholm Airport (ARN) Terminal 5 – C Gates
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 30th May 2025)
Food I Had Onboard XXIII (April 2025 – May 2025)
Skyview – On Top of Avicii Arena in Stockholm
Marc-Andre Fleury made me do it – the (weird) Story of a Weekend in May 25
IIHF World Championships 2025 at Avicii Arena Stockholm
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 9th May 2025)
The Most Airports by Country I Have Flown To
Jackson Dean (3rd May 2025, Cologne)
Swedish Floorball Finals (Men) – Storvreta IBK – IBF Falun 3-2 (0-0, 0-1, 3-1)
Swedish Floorball Finals (Women) – Pixbo IBK – Thorengruppen IBK 5-7 (0-2, 2-4, 3-1)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11th April 2025)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 4th April 2025)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28th March 2025)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14th March 2025)
Albert af Ekenstam – Ghost in Us
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21st February 2025)
My Country To Country Berlin 2025 Preview
Country Music Picks (New Songs) January 2025
Moment Hotels Malmö
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24th January 2025)
Sarcator – Swarming Angels & Flies
Vilhelm Buchaus – Quiet Rooms EP
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10th January 2025)
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2024
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2024
Pixbo IBK – IBF Falun 11-0 (0-0, 6-0, 5-0)
Pixbo IBK – IBK Dalen 9-6 (2-0, 3-2, 4-4)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 6th December 2024)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 1st November 2024)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25th October 2024)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11th October 2024)
Cemetery Skyline – Nordic Gothic
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 20th September 2024)
Hydra – ReHydration
Clarion Hotel Arlanda Airport
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 30th August 2024)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 23rd August 2024)
Dream Evil – Metal Gods
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MD R1: A. Goransson (SWE) / S. Verbeek (NED) – J. Paris (GBR) / R. Ramanathan (IND) 6-3 4-6 1-x [10-8]
Rock of Ages – Which song is better? Original or Musical Version?
Nestor – Teenage Rebel
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31st May 2024)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24th May 2024)
Food I Had Onboard XVI (mid-April to mid-May 2024)
Universe III – Universe III
WFC 3×3 Floorball 2024 – Day 2 Men’s Finals (12th May 2024)
WFC 3×3 Floorball 2024 – Day 2 Women’s Finals (12th May 2024)
WFC 3×3 Floorball 2024 – Day 1 Men’s Competition (11th May 2024)
WFC 3×3 Floorball 2024 – Day 1 Women’s Competition (11th May 2024)
WFC U19 Girls 2024 Semifinal: Sweden – Switzerland 4-3 (1-1, 2-0, 1-2)
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Sweden – Finland 9-3 (4-1, 3-0, 2-2)
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Norway – Sweden 1-16 (0-7, 1-5, 0-4)
Swedish Floorball Finals (Men) – Storvreta IBK – Pixbo IBK 8-5 (3-1, 1-1, 4-3)
Swedish Floorball Finals (Women) – Thorengruppen IBK – Pixbo IBK 6-3 (2-0, 0-1, 4-2)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26th April 2024)
Riding the Öresundstag (Öresund Train)
Leach – New Model of Disbelief
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12th April 2024)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 5th April 2024)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 8th March 2024)
First Hotel G Gothenburg
Bright & Black – The Album
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26th January 2024)
Sparkassen Indoor Meeting Dortmund 2024 (Indoor Athletics) – Track Events
Backstrom – The Carousel
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 5th January 2024)
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2023
Pixbo Wallenstam IBK – Malmö FBC 8-2 (2-0, 4-2, 2-0)
Santa’s Soundtrack 2023? Some Christmas Releases This Season
Zara Larsson – Honor The Light EP
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24th November 2023)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17th November 2023)
Christian Kjellvander – Hold Your Love Still
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 6th October 2023)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29 September 2023)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 08 September 2023)
Marduk – Memento Mori
The Hives – The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 July 2023)
waterbaby – Foam EP
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 02 June 2023)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26 May 2023)
Comfort Hotel Malmö
My Favorite Eurovision Song Contest Songs
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 05 May 2023)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 April 2023)
Grand Design – Rawk
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 April 2023)
Tribulation – Hamartia EP
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31 March 2023)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10 February 2023)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 03 February 2023)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27 January 2023)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16 December 2022)
Shaam Larein – Stick En Kniv I Världen
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 18 November 2022)
Weird Al Yankovic is touring Europe 2023 – Tour Dates and Travel Hints
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 October 2022)
Fireside – Bin Juice
PG Roxette – Pop-Up Dynamo!
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 30 September 2022)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 02 September 2022)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26 August 2022)
Lugnet – Tales From The Great Beyond
Thundermother – Black And Gold
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12 August 2022)
Amon Amarth – The Great Heathen Army
H.E.A.T. – Force Majeure
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29 July 2022)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 08 July 2022)
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Tomas Rimeika (14th June 2022)
Johnossi (12th June 2022, Cologne)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 3 June 2022)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29 April 2022)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22 April 2022)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 08 April 2022)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 March 2022)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 March 2022)
The Cockpit Suite at Jumbo Stay Stockholm
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 March 2022)
Emma Elisabeth – Some Kind of Paradise
Menzies Norrsken Lounge Stockholm-Arlanda (ARN) T5
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 Feb 2022)
The Search – Extras
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 Feb 2022)
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21 Jan 2022)
Autumn’s Child – Zenith
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31 Dec 2021)
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2021
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17 Dec 2021)
Some Non-Country Christmas Songs 2021
My Top 15 Airports Flown – With Some Brief Thoughts
Lisa Wanloo – Shadows
Roxette – Joyride (30th Anniversary Edition)
Expo 2020 Dubai – The Sustainability District Pavilions
ABBA – Voyage
Hulkoff – Ragnarök
tAKiDA – Falling From Fame
Grizfolk – Grizfolk
De Arma – Strayed In Shadows
Black River Delta – Shakin’
Anders Enda Barnet – You Are The River
Barbarisms – Zugzwang
Heart Healer – The Metal Opera by Magnus Karlsson
The Paper Kites – Roses
Zara Larsson – Poster Girl
Songs Of My Life: Piero Umiliani – Mah Nah Mah Na
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2020
Majestica – A Christmas Carol
Per Gessle – Gammal kärlek rostar aldrig
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meet Sandra North (10th August 2020)
Thundermother – Heat Wave
Mando Diao – All The People EP
Maple & Rye – For Everything
A Choir of Ghosts – An Ounce of Gold
SAS Lounge Stockholm Arlanda (Terminal 5)
Stockholm Police Museum
Stockholm Arlanda Aurora Lounge (Terminal 2)
Hammerfall – Dominion
Riding the Arlanda Express
Stockholm Gaming Museum
Scandic Hotel Gävle Väst
Täby FC – Pixbo Wallenstam IBK 7-0 (3-0, 2-0, 2-0)
FBI Tullinge – Hagunda IF 4-5 SD (0-1, 1-2, 3-1, 0-1)
CC 2019: Men’s Final: Storvreta IBK – SC Classic 3-10 (1-3, 1-3, 1-4)
CC 2019: Women’s Final: Vitkovice – IKSU 3-8 (1-2, 2-4, 0-2)
CC 2019: Men’s Place 3: Florbal Mlada Bolesav – Floorball Köniz 2-9 (1-4, 1-3, 0-2)
CC 2019: Storvreta IBK – Florbal Mlada Bolesav 10-5 (2-0, 3-3, 5-2)
CC 2019: Women’s Place 3: SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Piranha Chur 5-3 (2-1, 0-1, 3-1)
CC 2019: IKSU – Piranha Chur 11-5 (6-1, 1-1, 4-3)
CC 2019: SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – 1. SC TEMPISH Vitkovice 4-5 SD (2-0, 1-4, 1-0, 0-1)
CC 2019: SC Classic – Floorball Köniz 7-1 (3-0, 1-1, 3-0)
Floorball Champions Cup 2019 – A Preview to Gävle
