Some of my favorite sports, floorball and ice hockey, are about to close their season. Play-off time. I did not go for sports coverage this weekend, just as I need some time to relax. C2C 2026 in Berlin, followed by my ice hockey trip to Canada was quite exhausting. Thus, I am also a bit later than usual in my Songs of the Week this time as well. Hope you still like the list of my favorite new (non-country) songs of this week.
The Aardwolves – You’ll Be Alright
This time, my Songs of the Week are lead by The Aardwolves. the band is a rock trio from the Faroe Islands, lead by singer Henri Olsen. Another great proof about the variety – and quality – in the Faroese music scene.
Hokka – Blackbird
Hokka is a Finnish rock band, formed around former Blind Channel lead singer Joel Hokka. They signed a record deal last year and are about to release their debut album Via Miseria IV in April. Here is one of the feature songs, Blackbird.
Jupiter Jones – Älter als die Steine
Jupiter Jones are a German punk and rock band, which have been formed in the Eifel region in 2002. After a hiatus between 2018 and 2021, they are very active again. With their new song, they deliver another of their straight, typical rocker.
dArtagnan – Helden X Hymnen
I featured the (historic) folk rock band from Nuremberg a couple of times already. This week, they release Helden X Hymnen. The song will be part of their new album Ich trag den Sarg, Du trägst was Buntes (“I carry the coffin, you wear colors”), which will be released in August 2026.
Louise Aubrie – Midnight Calls
Louise Aubrie is an indie-rock artist, who was born in London, but also lives in New York and Los Angeles. Her single release Midnight Calls is the first song published of her upcoming album LFA. It’s her sixth one overall.
Paris Paloma – Miyazaki
Some of you might know Paris Paloma as the recent support act of Florence + The Machine on their European tour. The British artist released her debut album Cacophony in 2024. A really nice pop song.
Tyler Shaw – Run To You
Tyler Shaw is a Canadian actor and musician. He is from Richmond in British Columbia. So far, Shaw has released for studio album, including a Christmas album in 2021. The press kit flags Run To You as the beginning of a new era of his career and announces more songs this year. Sounds promising!
Flo – Leak it
Flo is a British R&B trio. They started as a duo in 2019 and soon upgraded to the current line-up. They won the well-known BBC newcomer talent show Sound of 2023. Their 2024 debut album Access All Areas peaked third in the domestic charts.
Anne Mosters – One Last Time
Anne Mosters is another artist who became popular by a TV talent show. The 2005-born in the winner of the 2025 edition of The Voice of Germany. Her new song One Last Time is a really nice pop track with a fine groove.
Bell Book & Candle – Only Love (All Of Us Or None)
Bell Book & Candle – these guys from Berlin gave me a lot of enjoyment in the late 1990’s. Their single Rescue Me (1997) was a a platinum record in Germany and Austria. For their new song Only Love, they worked together with Maschine, the singer and composer behind the legendary band Puhdys.
Dave Lofts – Holy
The last song on my this week’s list is Holy by Dave Lofts. The Irish singer-songwriter strikes with his lovely voice, which also turns his new song into a catching 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:
Songs of the Week (March)
Here my Songs of the Week posts, published in March (regardless of the year):
Wow, that week has been intense. I had to cut down my travel coverage and album reviews to somehow close ...
Country music is in focus for me this weekend. The Country To Country Festival is taking place in Berlin (where ...
Coming back from a trip to Krakow, I more or less immediately ran into the new releases as of 28th ...
This week, Rock of Ages is in town. I am attending all six shows of the musical in Cologne. This limits ...
The 2025 Country To Country in Berlin took quite a lot of energy from me. On top of that, there ...
My weekend this week is dominated by the Country To Country Festival 2025 in Berlin. My report of the kick-off ...
Doing periodic music postings from places with a significant time differences to Germany is always a bit of a challenge ...
That's all? That's roughly I thought when I finally had a rather short long list of candidates for my Songs of ...
After I shared my Bochum Rock of Ages thoughts with you already, I am just about to have eight show streak ...
A lot of traveling is ahead of me. I just returned from a trip to Bochum, watching my first two ...
Germany is sunk in strikes of different kinds, mainly in transportation business. I have been impacted this week by that ...
I struggled a bit compiling the Songs of the Week this time. The partial flight miles for my current trip ...
I have to give in: the song leading this week's Songs of the Week might also be a candidate for the ...
I am always impressed where the Songs of the Week each weekend finally end of. This time, for example, i have been ...
Sometimes, it is easy to select the leading track of my Songs of the Week: I had two hot candidates, but ...
After my most recent edition of my Songs of the Week majorly featured German artists and a lot of pop, my song ...
While the last week's edition solely covered a few songs, my 25th March 2022 version of the Songs Of The Week ...
My trip through the United States following the Pittsburgh Penguins in eleven days was definitely the highlight of my week ...
Not really sure whether it is my March 2022 trip with the Pittsburgh Penguins or other influences, but this time, ...
I feel that this week, there is really a nice range of songs in my Songs Of My Life. There is ...
London Hotels at Flyctory.com:
Here are hotels I reviewed in London:
My wife and I went for a trip to London over Easter 2025. The hotel we went for was the ...
After I had a stay at the Novotel in the area right before Covid-19 broke out, I haven't been staying ...
In order to cover the Jenn Bostic show in London in February 2024, I was looking for a hotel in ...
Having a musical night in London in August 2023, I needed an affordable overnight with good connections to the London ...
I have been to quite a lot of Premier Inn hotels in recent times. In Germany as well as in ...
It is hard to argue against that the Sofitel London Heathrow is the most convenient option when you need a ...
Before I headed to Portsmourth for some Rock of Ages shows in Southern England, I had a night at the Premer ...
Being able to have a look into the Courtyard by Marriott London City Airport was the cause of a rather ...
In June 2022, I had a night at the Premier Inn London Paddington Basin. The booking was quite short-noticed after ...
For a Saturday evening show at The O2 in London, I have been looking for a reasonably priced hotel with ...
Quite some hectic a few weeks before I actually visited my favorite musical Rock of Ages again. After the show has been ...
The limited travel intensity during summer and fall 2020 lead to some interesting budget travel opportunities. During a trip to ...
I would say that the opening of the Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Terminal 2/3 has been one of the ...
As I delayed some reviews after I saw that Covid-19 will have a significant impact on us and our travel ...
I could not react any more when finally the C2C Country to Country in London 2020 had been cancelled. Thus, ...
Visiting Brett Eldredge's and Lauren Jenkins' final show of their January 2020 European tour (here are reviews of their Amsterdam ...
In early January 2020, I had a British Airways Mileage Run, flying from Cologne/Bonn to Gatwick and then spending a ...
During a November 2019 stay in London, I opted for the DoubleTree right at Victoria Station. Especially as we were ...
Thousands of people pass Hatton Cross every day without ever getting an impression of the area. The Piccadilly Line London ...
Premier Inn is a branch of budget hotels which is especially active in the United Kingdom. There are, however, also ...
After I stayed at the ibis Styles London ExCeL during the Country 2 Country 2018 already, I chose the hotel ...
In May 2019, I had another weekend trip to London. As my wife and I flew into London City Airport, ...
I chose the ibis Canning Town just North of the River Thames as my stay for the Country 2 Country ...
Due to a Eurowings flight cancellation on a London daytrip in early January, I got stuck at Stansted Airport. The ...