BLACK MIRRORS RELEASE – Look Into The Black Mirror

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'77, Anouk, Black Mirrors, Debut Record, Funky Queen, Gateways Tour, Günther Kimmich, Horisont, Jack White, Janis Joplin, Jex Thoth, Krautrock, Look Into The Black Mirror, Napalm Records, Pierre Lateur, Pitcher, Psychorizon Anniversary Event, Queen of Doom, Queen Of Spades Photography, Queens Of The Stongeage, The Vintage Caravan, Wucan

Hailing from Brussels, Belgian four-piece BLACK MIRRORS offers a great blend of groove enthused Garage Rock, taking inspiration from the likes of Janis Joplin, Jack White, Anouk, Nirvana and Queens Of The Stone Age – this is pure, raw Rock-entertainment. Vocalist Marcella Di Troia impresses with her vigorous and well-trained voice, looking like a younger version or younger sister of Jex Thoth. Their eponymous first EP came out March 3rd 2017 via Napalm Records. Just a month from today, BLACK MIRROS will release their much anticipated full-length debut entitled “Look Into The Black Mirror”. 

An endless amount of influences which have been ruling within the Rock music universe for decades. With songs like the funktastic “Funky Queen” and their latest uptemto track “Günther Kimmich”, BLACK MIRRORS will stand prove that they are here to stay. Furthermore they will be joining Iceland’s powerhouse trio The Vintage Caravan and German Krautrockers Wucan this fall for the 2018 Gateways Tour. After my first encounter with them was at a sold out  sweaty show at Pitcher Duesseldorf, when they opened up for Horisont und ’77 in March ’17. So it does not come as a surprise it only took me a split second to decide which band to book as a headliner for the Psychorizon anniverary last year!

Be sure to check out this awesome package at any of the dates below!

Live picture courtesy of Queen Of Spades Photograpy!

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BLACK MIRRORS, ’77 & HORISONT – We Need More Cowbell

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'77, About Time, AC DC, Andy Cobo, Anouk, Armand Valeta, Axel, Black Mirrors, Break The Limit, Century Media, Charles, Crusher Records, David, Debut, Funky Queen, Guillem Martinez, High Decibels, Horisont, Jack White, Janis Joplin, Jex Thoth, LG Valeta, Magnus, Marcella Di Troia, Metal Blade Records, Napalm Records, Nightrider, Nirvana, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us, Odyssey, Pierre Lateur, Pitcher, Pontus, Queen Of Spades Photography, Queens Of The Stongeage, Rise Above Records, The Unseen, Två Sidor Av Horisonten

Early on in promoting their About Time Tour 2017, Swedish Classic Hard Rockers Horisont announced a first date as sold out. What to expect from a show in a rather tiny venue, selling out on a Saturday night to host the third day of their European leg with special guests ’77 and Black Mirrors: Nothing but one of the best live packages of early 2017, maybe the entire year.

Starting off with a slight delay of about ten minutes and a strict curfew to be done by 10pm sharp, opening act Black Mirrors enters the small stage of Pitcher – Rock’n’Roll Headquarter Düsseldorf. The Belgian four-piece offers a great blend of groove enthused Garage Rock, taking influences from Janis Joplin, Jack White, Anouk, Nirvana and Queens Of The Stone Age, this is pure, raw entertainment. Guitarist Pierre Lateur gives in to the power of the moment as if there was no tomorrow, laying on his back, bending his knees as much as the strings on his white stratocaster. While vocalist Marcella Di Troia impresses the audience with her vigorous and well-trained voice, looking like a younger version or younger sister of Jex Thoth. Their self-titled debut EP has been released on March 3rd via Napalm Records and with songs like the funktastic “Funky Queen” a full-length record is only a matter of time.

Won’t You Take Me To Funky Town?

With both founding members, brothers Valeta well in their 30s and their minds set somewhere in the 70s, Spanish Powerhouse ’77 saw quite a rejuvenation right after I’ve last seen them in early 2013. Adding youngsters Guillem Martinez and Andy Cobo to the lineup, the new face of the band is vivid and rough. Though Armands lead vocals seem a bit frail at first, each member delivers all the way through from the introductory part to the final tone. My personal fave “High Decibels” comes in second and as I changed my position from stage left to merch right, this proves to come in handy mid through the set, as lead guitarist LG climbs up the bar the present his entertainment skills. No need to warm up the audience for the main act with sweat literally dripping from the ceiling, ’77 take the title of their most current record literal as there is no stopping them – “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us” released 30.10.2015 via Century Media. And no need to compare this act with AC/DC during the Bon Scott era, as they rock and roll a niche entirely of their own.

On Your Knees And Play!

A century into their career, Horisont take the headlining position serious enough to choose tracks from all phases of the past ten years. Epic timelessness flows from tracks such as “Electrical” off their most recent release “About Time” (out on 03.02.2017 on Century Media) or “Writings On The Wall” & “Diamonds In Orbit”, both off “Time Warriors” (out on 27.09.2013 via Metal Blades Records). The night clearly peaks with the uptempo masterpiece “Break The Limit” from the fourth full-length “Odyssey” (out on 18.09.2015 through Rise Above Records), that has main parts of the crowd singing along with the chorus. But my personal highlights are the two beautiful bluesy pieces from their debut “Två Sidor Av Horisonten” (out on 25.09.2009 on Crusher Records) “Nightrider” and my all-time fave “The Unseen”. Needless to say that the with its current incarnation featuring vocalist Axel, guitarists Charles and David, bassist Magnus and drummer Pontus, the band is as strong as ever.

All pictures courtesy of Queen Of Spades Photograpy!

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BLUES PILLS – Official Music Video On “No Hope Left For Me” Released!

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Blues Pills, Chubby Checker, Cory Berry, Cream, Debut Album, Don Alsterberg, Dorian Sorriaux, Elin Larsson, Grand Magus, Graveyard, Gypsy, Hammer Of Doom, High Class Woman, Horisont, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Kaleidobolt, Marijke Koger-Dunham, No Hope Left For Me, Roadburn, Rock Am Ring, Rock Hard Festival, Rock Hard Megazine, Rock im Park, Rock Revelation Tour 2014, Solstafir, Streetclip.TV, The Beatles, The Vintage Caravan, TuRock Essen, Voyage, Zack Anderson

Multinational breakthrough-band of the year, BLUES PILLS have released the official music video for the current single, ‘No Hope Left For Me’. The clip was shot by renowned director Patric Ullaeus (WITHIN TEMTPATION, EUROPE and many more.

In other news, the band has been confirmed to play Rock am Ring and Rock im Park 2015. Once again the band has accomplished something incredible with just their debut out: The four-piece, fronted by charismatic vocalist Elin Larsson will appear live at the two biggest and most important German festivals, taking place from June 05 to June 06 at Meding airport at Vulkaneifel as well was Nuremberg Zeppelinfeld.

The great coronation of a fairytale like story – entering the German charts at position #4, remaining in the charts for eight long weeks, playing a largely sold out tour and being praised by both fans and critics is what paved the bands daily life for the past months.

Tomorrow the foursome will kick of the French leg of their ongoing tour. All dates listed below:

FRANCE TOUR
BLUES PILLS
presented by MyRock
06.11.2014 F – Strasbourg, La Laiterie
07.11.2014 F – La Roche sur Yon, Le Fuzz Yon
08.11.2014 F – Paris, Le Point FMR

UK TOUR
BLUES PILLS
10.11.2014 UK – Bristol, The Fleece
11.11.2014 UK – Birmingham, The Oobleck
12.11.2014 UK – Manchester, Star And Garter
14.11.2014 UK – Milton Keynes, Crauford Arms
16.11.2014 UK – Glasgow, Audio
18.11.2014 UK – The Dome, London

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BLUES PILLS – Presenting Home-Made Video For Home-Made Music

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Alexander Örn Númason, Óskar Logi Ágústsson, Blues Pills, Chubby Checker, Cory Berry, Cream, Debut Album, Don Alsterber, Don Alsterberg, Dorian Sorriaux, Elin Larsson, Grand Magus, Graveyard, Guðjón Reynisson, Gypsy, Hammer Of Doom, He-Man, High Class Woman, Horisont, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Kaleidobolt, Marijke Koger-Dunham, Mikael Akerfeldt, Roadburn, Rock Hard Festival, Rock Hard Megazine, Rock Revelation Tour 2014, Solstafir, Streetclip.TV, The Beatles, The Vintage Caravan, TuRock Essen, Voyage, Zack Anderson

After entering the German Media Control Charts on a most overwhelming #4, BLUES PILLS have released a new video for their album track ‘Gypsy’ (A CHUBBY CHECKER Cover) as a way of thanking their fans.

Stated the band on their Facebook page: “We made a home-made music video to the song ‘Gypsy’ from our debut album. We wanted to give something back to the fans as a “thank you” for all the amazing support! We shot it one night on tour, in our hotel room in Frankfurt. Hope you dig it!”

Furthermore BLUES PILLS have just recently sold out the Hamburg show of their upcoming headlining run in October. The show has now been booked to a bigger venue, called Uebel & Gefaehrlich. More shows on this tour will be sold out soon!!! Be quick!

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02.10.2014 DE – Leipzig, Moritzbastei
03.10.2014 CH – Pratteln, Up In Smoke Festival
04.10.2014 DE – Nürnberg, Rockfabrik
06.10.2014 AT – Vienna, Arena
07.10.2014 AT – Innsbruck, Weekender
08.10.2014 DE – Ludwigsburg, Rockfabrik
10.10.2014 BE – Antwerp, Desertfest
11.10.2014 DE – Kaiserslautern, Kammgarn International Blues Festival
13.10.2014 NL – Nijmegen, Doornroosje
14.10.2014 DE – Essen, Turock
15.10.2014 DE – Hamburg, Headcrash
17.10.2014 DE – München, Keep it Low Festival
18.10.2014 DE – Berlin, Bi Nuu
19.10.2014 DE – Frankfurt, das Bett

FRANCE TOUR
BLUES PILLS
presented by MyRock
06.11.2014 F – Strasbourg, La Laiterie
07.11.2014 F – La Roche sur Yon, Le Fuzz Yon
08.11.2014 F – Paris, Le Point FMR

UK TOUR
BLUES PILLS
10.11.2014 UK – Bristol, The Fleece
11.11.2014 UK – Birmingham, The Oobleck
12.11.2014 UK – Manchester, Star And Garter
14.11.2014 UK – Milton Keynes, Crauford Arms
16.11.2014 UK – Glasgow, Audio
18.11.2014 UK – The Dome, London

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BLUES PILLS – Announce European Headlining Tour!

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Alexander Örn Númason, Óskar Logi Ágústsson, Blues Pills, Chubby Checker, Cory Berry, Cream, Debut Album, Don Alsterber, Don Alsterberg, Dorian Sorriaux, Elin Larsson, Grand Magus, Graveyard, Guðjón Reynisson, Gypsy, Hammer Of Doom, He-Man, High Class Woman, Horisont, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Marijke Koger-Dunham, Mikael Akerfeldt, Roadburn, Rock Hard Festival, Rock Hard Megazine, Rock Revelation Tour 2014, Solstafir, Streetclip.TV, The Beatles, The Vintage Caravan, TuRock Essen, Voyage, Zack Anderson

Up and coming multicultural Blues Rockers BLUES PILLS announced their upcoming European headlining tour in support of the band’s forthcoming self-titled debut album. The quartet will be supported by Icelandic label mates THE VINTAGE CARAVAN. Produced by renowned Don Alsterberg (GRAVEYARD, HORISONT), »Blues Pills« is set to be released July 25, 2014.

The album is already being praised by pretty much every rock magazine out there and described as “the debut album of the year” (Boris Kaiser/ROCK HARD).

TOURDATES
02.10.2014 DE – Leipzig, Moritzbastei
03.10.2014 CH – Pratteln, Up In Smoke Festival
04.10.2014 DE – Nürnberg, Rockfabrik
06.10.2014 AT – Vienna, Arena
07.10.2014 AT – Innsbruck, Weekender
08.10.2014 DE – Ludwigsburg, Rockfabrik
10.10.2014 BE – Antwerp, Desertfest
11.10.2014 DE – Kaiserslautern, Kammgarn International Blues Festival
13.10.2014 NL – Nijmegen, Doornroosje
14.10.2014 DE – Essen, Turock
15.10.2014 DE – Hamburg, Headcrash
17.10.2014 DE – München, Keep it Low Festival
18.10.2014 DE – Berlin, Bi Nuu
19.10.2014 DE – Frankfurt, das Bett

The first limited edition of »Blues Pills« will also include a special bonus DVD which will feature the band’s entire gig at 2013’s installment of renowned German “Hammer Of Doom” festival as well as a video interview with Streetclip.TV – see tracklist below.

DVD (Live @ Hammer Of Doom 2013):
01. Bliss
02. Dig In
03. Devil Man
04. Little Sun
05. Mind Exit
06. Astralplane
07. Black Smoke
+ Video interview with Streetclip.TV
The ten tracks of »Blues Pills« will also feature a cover version of the CHUBBY CHECKER classic ‘Gypsy’.

“It’s a song everyone in the band liked and we used to play it on our soundcheck. Slowly it worked itself into our set list, and now it’s going to be on our debut album as well. Back in the days lots of bands covered each other to honor the other artist, and they did it with their own touch on it. Some examples are, JIMI HENDRIX ‘All Along the Watchtower’, JANIS JOPLIN ‘Tell Mama’, ‘Summertime’ and ‘Ball and Chain’, or JOE COCKER ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’, everyone was doing it with the right reason. For us, we want to honor CHUBBY CHECKER and also bring it back to life by doing the cover version the BLUES PILLS way. Hopefully people like both versions and, yeah, it’s just a killer tune.“ – BLUES PILLS

»Blues Pills« Tracklist:
01. High Class Woman
02. Ain’t No Change
03. Jupiter
04. Black Smoke
05. River
06. No Hope Left For Me
07. Devil Man
08. Astralplane
09. Gypsy (CHUBBY CHECKER cover)
10. Little Sun

The cover art (as seen in the tour poster) was created by legendary artist Marijke Koger-Dunham (THE BEATLES, CREAM).

Commented the band: „The artwork is by the incredible artist Marijke Koger-Dunham. She painted it sometime in the late 60ies, and because we were looking for some 60ies inspired artwork, we thought “what could be better?” For us, it is a representation of the balance of life, as shown in all the symbolism of natural dualities such as darkness and light, sun and moon, life and death, etc. It shows how opposite forces are interconnected and compliment each other to form a whole. Besides that, it just looks absolutely amazing!“

The band will be playing the following open air events this summer:

27.06.2014 NO Steinkjerfestivalen, Steinkjer
04.07.2014 NO Skanevik Blues Festival, Skanevik
10.07.2014 CH Montreaux Jazz Festival, Montreaux
11.07.2014 AT Clamrock, Klam
12.07.2014 AT Lovely Days Festival, Wiesen
17.07.2014 LT Devilstone Festival, Vilnius
24.07.2014 CH Blue Balls Festival, Luzern
25.07.2014 IT Totem Psychfest, Rome
26.07.2014 DE Wilwerath Rock City, Wilwerath
28.07.2014 UK St. Pancras Old Church, London
31.07.2014 DE Burg Herzberg Festival, Breitenbach am Herzberg
01.08.2014 DE Krach am Bach, Beelen
02.08.2014 DE Labertal Festival, Schierling
07.08.2014 NO Oya Festivalen, Oya
09.08.2014 SE Getaway Rock Festival, Gävle
14.08.2014 DE Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbühl
16.08.2014 PT Sonic Blast, Moledo Do Minho
22.08.2014 CH Open Air Gränichen, Gränichen
23.08.2014 NO Parken Festival, Bodo

More to be announced soon!

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THUNDERMOTHER – Filippa Nässil On Elk in Beer Stew

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AC/DC, Backyard Babies, Close-Up Boat, Danko Jones, Deep Purple, Evami Ringqvist, Filippa Nässil, Giorgia Carteri, Gothenburg Rockfest, Imperial State Electric, Janis Joplin, Lenny Kravitz, Ozzy Osbourne, Rage Against The Machine, Rebecca Meiselbach, Rhandy Roads, Rut Karin Arvidsson, The Hellacopters, The Hives, Thundermother, Turbonegro, Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen

2012 marks the second year of the female sound collective known as THUNDERMOTHER. Vocalist Evami Ringqvist , Guitarists Filippa Nässil & Giorgia “Jo” Carteri, Bassist Rut Karin Arvidsson and Drummer Rebecca Meiselbach seem to have come out of nowhere, as the interest surrounding THUNDERMOTHER arouse during the première at Gothenburg Rockfest in the spring of 2012 and it has escalated ever since. After two successful Tours this year, one through Italy and the other supporting DANKO JONES on the road through Sweden, the five Rock Ladies from Stockholm are about to set sail on the infamous CLOSE-UP Boat with Turbonegro and Imperial State Electric – as the first through history, unsigned Band (without neither record nor record label).

Please tell us how each of you has gotten into Rock and Metal initially and how you all met.

I was 13 years old when I got into Ozzy Osbourne and Rhandy Roads guitar solos. The first rock album I ever bought tho was Rage Against The Machine with RATM. I also listened to a few riff rock songs like Highway to hell with AC/DC, and Are You Gonna Go My Way with Lenny Kravitz and also swedish bands like The Hives, The Hellacopters and Backyard Babies. When I turned 16 I started listen to Deep Purple. I went to a school to learn guitar so I was playin a lot more rock then I was listening to at that period; Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen to mention a few. It took a lot of time to realise that the best music is simple music with three chords haha;-) on that same school at that same time went Evami, our singer, but we never spoke until years later when I asked her to join Thundermother.

Did any of you ever plan to play in an All-Girl Band or is that something that just happened?

It was not a plan in the beginning but when we met Rebecca, it was definite to be an all girl band. With her passion we got motivated to find a girl bass player to be complete rockin’ , beer drinking gals. It sounds good, it looks good, it’s all good to be girls. And we write sexy lyrics about guys so It feels more natural.

How much harder is it to be taken seriously as a female musician?

A lot I would say. It’s not in people’s genes yet, I mean, not so long ago we couldn’t vote, now we play Rock’n’Roll and people turn their heads.

By now you have recorded a few songs available on your Facebook page – are you planing or working on a first album so far?

We have decided to record and release an album 2013 and we are so excited!

Let’s talk about songwriting: How does this work among the five of you, is it a democratic act or is there one dictator?

I have done a lot of riffs and songs in the beginning but the others is joining now and we arrange together in the rehearsing room. Often I have an idea at home and then Evami for example make a lyric; Sometimes via email, sometimes via jam or over a bottle of wine.

You have been touring pretty constantly in 2012, how did you get to be opening for DANKO JONES and what are your up to in the near future?

Danko and John liked us and wanted to push for us so we got to come along, a dream come true.

Release an album and tour even more!

Any plans so far for 2013 and any chance you’ll be playing in Germany sometime soon?

We sure hope so! We have plans to expand so this is the plan :)

“THUNDERMOTHER represents the ultimate combination of AC/DC and Janis Joplin” , is how you are described online. Are there other important influences you would like to mention?

Listen and hear for yourself when our album comes..;)

Is there anything else you want to tell the world, greetings, curses or cooking recipes?

We will actually be featured in a Swedish Rock band cooking book soon and there you can see how to make our Thundermother Elk in Beer Stew. Enjoy!

Thanks a lot for taking your time to answer my questions! See you soon.

Cheers, see u in Germany, soon hopefully !:)

Filippa Nässil