JERA ON AIR REVIEW: Hottest First Day In Jera History
The opening day of Jera On Air 2026 will go down in history, not just for the crushing breakdowns and massive sing-alongs, but for being the hottest day the festival has ever faced. As a tropical heatwave swept across the Netherlands, triggering weather warnings and pushing temperatures inside the tents toward a scorching 40°C, Ysselsteyn […]
CONCERT REVIEW: A Perfect Circle Re-establishes Towering Stature In Amsterdam
Following a massively successful, intimate night at Tilburg’s Poppodium 013, alternative rock maestros A Perfect Circle made their highly anticipated stop in the capital city. Taking over a completely filled-to-the-brim AFAS Live in Amsterdam, the room was already scorching hot before the band even stepped foot on stage, packed with a hungry crowd eager to […]
PHOTO REVIEW: MGK’s Lost Americana Madness Live
Few artists in the modern music landscape can blur the lines between rap, rock, and country-tinged alternative quite like mgk. Bringing his massive Lost Americana Tour to a fever pitch at Grand Rapids’s Acrisure Amphitheater, the Cleveland superstar delivered a relentless, two-hour masterclass in amphitheater-level showmanship. Moving seamlessly from the pyro-fueled trap-metal intensity of “El […]
CONCERT REVIEW: A Perfect Circle Deliver a Spellbinding, Phone-Free Masterclass at Poppodium 013
There are few musical entities capable of commanding a room quite like alternative rock royalty A Perfect Circle. While Dutch fans are typically accustomed to catching a band of this calibre in the cavernous arenas of Amsterdam, the group treated us to something incredibly special this week by booking an intimate, completely sold-out show at […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Masked Mystique Meets Musical Brilliance as PRESIDENT Deliver the Set of the Weekend at Graspop Metal Meeting
I can remember the day as if it were yesterday, which, admittedly, isn’t a massive feat in itself, given it’s only been a year. But the day PRESIDENT first crashed onto my radar with their debut single In The Name Of The Father was the exact moment a dormant musical fire was completely rekindled inside […]
PHOTO REVIEW: The All-American Rejects Bring Pop-Punk Fury To 013
Pop-punk nostalgia is a powerful thing, but it hits completely differently when a band has been away from Dutch stages for years. This week, Oklahoma’s finest export The All-American Rejects made their long-awaited return to the Netherlands, taking over a packed, sweat-drenched Poppodium 013 in Tilburg. Touring behind their brand-new album Sandbox, the quartet brought […]