We took pictures of all Electronic Summer live acts, from festival opener Alison to closing act Welle:Erdball. The line-up also included names like Grendel, Spark!, Leæther Strip, Ashbury Heights and Wolfgang Flür. Brewhouse was crowded and everyone in a good mood, as always. Browse our gallery and read the picture descriptions. [more...]

Photo by: Sebastian Hess (Release)

Release writer Sebastian Hess went to a ”hipster” festival to try to find some synthpop. He made it out alive with at least a few findings and feeling somewhat confused – but mostly just very privileged.

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Browse our gallery from the Stockholm Music & Arts festival, where Kraftwerk, Air, Sigur Rós, Nicole Sabouné, Mogwai, Anna von Hausswolff and others performed. [more...]

Browse our gallery from Bråvallafestivalen, Norrköping, Sweden, with photos of Rammstein, Editors, Nightwish and others by Martin Wilson (Release). [more...]

There are not many places I would rather be in the world when it comes to June. So having my accreditation letter in one hand, passport and boarding pass in the other, and two cameras and a notebook in my bag, it was off to the airport and Sonar in Barcelona again.

I looked forward to another good festival, and was open to new experiences, as there seemed to be a huge variety of acts this year – and a lot of new acts I hadn’t really heard of too. So, once I got the formalities out of the way, it was on to the music. [more...]

Browse our photo gallery from Combichrist’s Stockholm concert on June 14, with some comments on the show here and there. The Make Europe Great Again tour is supported by Filter and Lord of the Lost.

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Jonas Carlson Almqvist from Release visited a S.P.O.C.K gig in Stockholm very few knew of. “It was a really energetic show”, he says. “One of the best I’ve been to in a long time. Both band and audience were in a great mood.” Browse his gallery below. [more...]

Release reports from the very last Bloc fest in the old holiday camp at the Somerset coast. The impressive UK electronic music festival had invited celebs like Daniel Miller, Thom Yorke, Four Tet, Goldie, Metalheadz, Holly Herndon, Radioactive Man – and snooker star Steve Davis. Mike Whyte’s report makes for an excellent read. [more...]

Jonas Carlson Almqvist from Release brought his camera to Front Line Assembly’s concert in Stockholm in March 2016. Rhys Fulber joined this tour and was on stage the whole time. Browse our gallery below. [more...]

Browse our pictures from the Schwefelgelb gig in Stockholm on March 19. Arvsynd was support act.  [more...]