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Published: 28 April 2024

• Solar Fake
• Blutengel
• Solitary Experiments
• Unter Schwarzer Flagge
• MS Rheinenergie Cologne
• Alienare

MS RheinEnergie, Cologne, Germany
20th April 2024
Unter Schwarzer Flagge (Under Black Flag) with Alienare, Solar Fake, Solitary Experiments, Blutengel

Ahoy, pirates of the river Rhine! It’s Saturday, 20th April 2024. We’re on what moderator Jens Domgörgen calls “Europe’s biggest party catamaran. This thing is 90 meters long. It can fit 1,600 people.” We don’t have that many guests today though. The artists need their private space too. The available 1,370 tickets for today’s boat tour have been sold out for weeks.

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Published: 24 April 2024

• Concert Review
• Setlist
• Live
• Palladium Cologne
• Kettcar
• Shitney Beers

Palladium, Cologne, Germany
19th April 2024
Kettcar - “Live 2024" - Support: Shitney Beers

Hamburg Indie Rock band KETTCAR had been very quiet for a long time. Their last studio album ‘Ich vs. Wir’ from 2017 was followed by a tour and the live album ‘... und das geht so’ at the end of 2019, but from then on it was quiet around the band. It almost seemed as if the pandemic had pulled the plug on the band. But that was far from the truth: since the beginning of 2024, the Hamburg band have released single after single and finally a new studio album. ‘Gute Laune Ungerecht Verteilt’ even made it to #1 spot in the German album charts immediately after its release, clearly showing that KETTCAR are back.

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Published: 22 April 2024

• Concert Review
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• Live
• Palladium Cologne
• The Sherlocks
• Keane

Palladium, Cologne, Germany
21st April 2024
Keane - “Celebrating 20 Years Of Hopes And Fears” - Support: The Sherlocks

It was clear to me that this concert would be something special as soon as I arrived at the venue. Not only did the license plates speak volumes - they came from all over Germany and neighbouring countries - but the languages at the entrance were a mix of German, Flemish, French, English, or even Spanish. KEANE had not been on tour for a long time and both concerts in Cologne were sold out. Originally planned for the smaller E-Werk, there was such a huge demand that the show was moved to the bigger Palladium and even an additional date was scheduled.

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Published: 18 April 2024

• Concert Review
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• Live
• Markthalle Hamburg
• She Past Away
• Twin Noir

Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
13th April 2024
She Past Away - “Disko Anksiyete” Tour - Support: Twin Noir

On 13th April at Hamburg’s Markthalle, a stunning blend of Post-Punk, Darkwave and Gothic Rock, Turkish band SHE PAST AWAY presented their beautifully melancholic new album ‘Disko Anksiyete’, supported by Punk / New Wave duo from Berlin, TWIN NOIR.

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Published: 18 April 2024

• Concert Review
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• Live
• Morphose
• Audiocall
• EXIL Göttingen

EXIL, Göttingen, Germany
12th April 2024
Morphose & Special Guests: audiocall

“Paths are made by walking.” Franz Kafka

So far, my concert reviews for Reflections of Darkness have focused solely on writing about DIARY OF DREAMS. The contact with the band has now become something very friendly, familiar; one knows each other, and capturing the mood becomes child’s play. However, to challenge myself a bit and to give space to the new, I have decided to take the plunge and write about two bands about which I basically know nothing or very little. MORPHOSE crossed my path briefly a while ago with ‘Spin the wheel’, but with AUDIOCALL, I had to start completely from scratch.

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