Fredrik “Schlatta” Wik brought his camera and shot Kraftwerk when they performed in Dalhalla – a spectacular amphitheatre located in a former limestone quarry near Rättvik in Sweden. [more...]

It’s that time again. When the weather starts getting more pleasant, and the days start getting longer – then you know it is time to get yourself to Sonar to hear what’s on offer at the premier festival for electronic music in the world. Now firmly established as a global brand, with events being held in nearly every continent – Barcelona is still the big one, the daddy of them all, and in it’s 21st year. [more...]

Rational Youth, Psyche, I Satellite and Sista Mannen på Jorden were shot by our photographer Fredrik “Schlatta” Wik when they performed in Gothenburg on May 2 2014. [more...]

Release’s Jonas Carlson has published a gallery with photos from the Front Line Assembly concert in Stockholm on June 9. [more...]

During their current European leg of the world tour Nine Inch Nails stopped by in Copenhagen. A friend and me drove from Gothenburg to enjoy the reinvented band, and my personal hope of a great show after seeing the web broadcast from Lollapalooza last autumn was high. I was not disappointed, however the show was not as grand as the stateside version. [more...]

Fredrik “Schlatta” Wik brought his camera and shot ambient duo Carbon Based Lifeforms, when they performed live together with vocalist Ester in their hometown Gothenburg. [more...]

The Mobile Homes celebrated their 30th anniversary in their hometown Stockholm and lined up guests: Wolfgang Flür (ex-Kraftwerk), Martin Sköld and Markus Mustonen (Kent), Christer Sandelin, Statemachine, Familjen, Andreas Tilliander, Isabelle Erkendal (West End Girls) and others. Release’s Jan-Erik Saarinen brought his cameras and wrote down some comments.

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Fredrik “Schlatta” Svensson put Release’s Depeche Mode photo pass in Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden, to good use. Try out our brand new gallery functions. Photo galleries are posted in REVIEWS – LIVE REVIEWS AND PHOTOS. Here we also post live reports. [more...]

Release’s Jonas Carlson took some good pics of Pankow, Pouppée Fabrikk, Spark! and The Neon Judgement at the annual Bodyfest at Nalen in Stockholm. [more...]

This May Alison Moyet released her album “The Minutes”, her first since the 2007’s “The Turn”. It is a more electronic album then her last couple of adventures and when a tour promoting the album was announced I immediately looked for suitable dates to attend. Oddly enough the only dates I could manage was Bristol and Cardiff, which perhaps is not my first choice of cities to visit, but they both proved to be nice destinations. I really enjoyed the concerts which included 4 Yazoo songs.

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