A turbulent life and the recent touch with loss are the sources of inspiration for Felix best album to date.

​This jazz-related album contains very short musical outings with unexpected texture. 

​Every year a new EP, a promise from the Swedish band Slim Loris.  Last year I loved  ‘One Kind Of Bull’.  On this short album  I was really charmed by ‘Flowers’ and ‘Changed’.  Especially the contribution of singer Leon Lindström.

​Deep emotional songs digging in the secrets of life.  Sweet vocals and fragile lyrics with a wake-up undertone.  Strong debut indeed!

​Marvellous album. Dark, bright and emotional.  Chemistry between two distinguished guitar players. Recommended!

A switch from folk to indierock isn’t easy.  The Radar Station made an atmospheric debut.  The life inside a tornado can be intriguing.

Everyone should be happy with these ten new and intelligent songs from Half Moon Run. A place of honor in my recordcase.

​The voice of Angela and Chris Connor’s guitar: compelling in the ballads, fireworks in the rock songs.  Keep on writing while we sleep Angela!

​The Swedish band Slim Loris goes back to basics with five catchy songs.  It gives  a British retro feeling but if fits wonderfully together.

The sound of the Edmonton-based band King of Foxes is musically polished. Olivia Street, original and colorful lyrics are therefore hyperbolized with a lot of polychrome musical arrangements. The band is leaving the Indie rock scene here and is basically basing themselves on some pop-tinged songs.

Mix of Indie, pop and alternative rock in a low-fi production.

No idea where the band’s name is coming from, but their music sounds bright and light in my ears.  Americana with a touch of Sweden. Lovely and catchy!

Great stuff from singer/songwriter Jon Worthy with his band. Catchy  fresh rock ’n roll songs.  A lot of quality!  We hope to meet you in Europe!

Indie folk rock of a Spanish band. This EP can be played both on a CD player and a classic record player.

A little bit too mainstream for breaking pottery.  But lovers of U2 and Guns ’N Roses will not be disappointed.  Recommended.

Album that balances between indierock and ballads. Unfortunately it just are the ballads that really convince.

Echotape brings us indie rock to folk rock like Mumford & Sons, but just a little different. I know this band is going to break some records and I truly believe, with the right promotion, that this album will cause an international breakthrough.

If you like the mix of Electronics and Rock, listen also to Bird’s lyrics. Very Personal ..or is he singing about your life? 

People who like Oasis, The stereophonics and other bands from that era and genre will like this album. If you like this album you can also wait for the album ‘Melodic Rainbows’, the fourth album by Hurricane #1. It will be released at the end of 2016.

The Dutch / Finnish band Town Of Saints blends Indie Rock with folk. Add to this the beautiful vocal harmonies and  you will notice that 'No Place Like This' is an exciting album.

The band Isle of Men consists of Dirk Fryns, Gunther Verspecht and Tom Van der Schueren plus a few guns for hire. The tracks ooze a thick hazy mix of nostalgia, decay, loss and sadness. ‘He tried to cope’, ‘troubled by it all’, ‘the darkness of the day’ etcetera: the lyrics don’t exactly shout or express happiness. Check out ‘The Devil’s Bones’ beyond the 4:08 mark for 81 additional instrumental seconds of excellence. ‘A Thousand Nudes’ appears to be a funny interlude, a resting point amidst the woes, but ‘the one that left and said … ‘I’m done with love’’ implies more sombreness. The music on ‘Voluntary Blindness’ is sparse and subdued, but ‘A Man Far From True’ offers a few moments of swing. ‘Your Gracious Fire’ is up-tempo as well, and even sounds cosy (in no small part thanks to the lovely harmonies with Gabriela Arnon). The lyrics, however, are nowhere near cosy: ‘I’m on dangerous ground’, ‘I don’t like falling’, ‘I’m lost in the waiting room’. I do hope lyricist Dirk Fryns is happy.
Singer Gunther Verspecht (who deserves a statuette for his solo-track ‘All That I Want’) sounds broken, fatalistic and sometimes hopeful. ‘Voluntary Blindness’ is not a happy affair, but what do you expect from a record with said title? The results are beautiful and touching, with gorgeous cover art to boot. Add candle light, old cheese and a fine glass of Almdudler for the full experience.

On her first full album, Brandy Zdan has painted a liberating self portrait.