The album review of Bearing’s new album which we highly anticipated is now available on our website. Of course we also have selected the most interesting alternative releases and compiled them in our Chaotic Playlist. Quickly scroll down to see all this! Bearings – The Best Part About Being Human After two albums, the last of which “Hello, It’s You” was released in 2020, Canadian pop-punk combo Bearings have announced their third opus, “The Best Part About Being Human”, to be released on 18 August. We really enjoyed “Hello It’s You”, which we saw at the time as a breath of fresh air ..read more

The album review of Enter Shikari is now available on our website. Of course we also have selected the most interesting alternative releases and compiled them in our Chaotic Playlist. Scroll down to discover all of this! Enter Shikari – A Kiss For The Whole World The single “Bloodshot” sounded rather old-fashioned and electronic, which is quite different from previous works like “There’s a Price on Your Head” or “Sorry You’re Not a Winner”. It seems that Enter Shikari is moving forward with “A Kiss For The Whole World”. Don’t expect a quick bite, this is an album that requires some chewin ..read more

The album review of Enter Shikari is now available on our website. Of course we also have selected the most interesting alternative releases and compiled them in our Chaotic Playlist. Scroll down to discover all of this! Enter Shikari – A Kiss For The Whole World The single “Bloodshot” sounded rather old-fashioned and electronic, which is quite different from previous works like “There’s a Price on Your Head” or “Sorry You’re Not a Winner”. It seems that Enter Shikari is moving forward with “A Kiss For The Whole World”. Don’t expect a quick bite, this is an album that requires some chewin ..read more

The album review of Blondshell’s debut album is now available on our website. Of course we also have selected the most interesting alternative releases and compiled them in our Chaotic Playlist. Quickly scroll down to see which ones! Blondshell – Blondshell One day the COVID chapter must be closed, but now we cannot avoid it. Indeed, today sees the release of Blondshell’s self-titled debut album, which is the direct result of the metamorphosis that Sabrina Teitelbaum, thrown back on herself, went through during that period. Read the entire review by clicking on the image. Share Tweet ..read more

This week, we’ll discuss a very cinematic new album from Black Honey and the second album from Dutch band The Vices! As usual, we’ve added the best alternative releases of the week to our Chaotic Playlist, available on Spotify. Check it out below! Black Honey – A Fistful of Peaches Black Honey’s second album, released in 2021, was called Written & Directed, a title you naturally immediately associate with the credits of a film or TV series. Now, two years later, there is a new album: A Fistful of Peaches, which naturally brings to mind that famous spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollar ..read more

This week we take a look at an album released last week: Paul talks about Honeycomb Shades, the debut LP from Dutch singer Robin Kester. Like every week, you can discover lots of new alternative tracks in our Chaotic Playlist on Spotify. Have a good read! Robin Kester – Honeycomb Shades The promotional statement for her participation in Popronde 2018 said: “Hiding and revealing, music as self-analysis. Behind Robin Kester is not only the person, but also a complete band, unexpected melodies and incantatory sound effects.” and this is still true. Expect dreampop with a twist, with Kester o ..read more

Text: Lucas Rebreyend Photos : Lucile Thoron It’s by a cold early evening that we reach the Sonic boat to meet the members of Baston. The interview was arranged a few days before, the band is willing to give us a few moments after their sound check. As we arrived at the meeting point on time, we bumped into four guys along the quayside, who I recognised as the band. I hail them, they seem a bit surprised and for good reason: the information hadn’t been circulated at all and we would have missed the band going for a drink in town without knowing that they were supposed to meet us… what a stroke ..read more

It’s here, “Food For Worms”, the long-awaited new album from British post-punk quintet Shame, two years after “Drunk Tank Pink”. So, is this the album of the consecration? Lucas will tell us. Zaza also tells us about “Privé”, Cashmyra’s new album. Like every week, we’ve also updated our Chaotic Playlist, which you can find on Spotify, with the best recent alternative releases. Scroll down to discover it all! Shame – Food For Worms A gloomy piano suddenly grabs you, and a tornado follows. The voice is still determined, but the guitars that flutter around seem surprisingly multiplied. The b ..read more

Text: Laura Rosierse Photos: Ruben Smit On the 18th of January we are taking over one of the many stages within the Drie Gezusters in Groningen during the international showcase festival Eurosonic Noorderslag. The CHAOS team have selected the biggest promises of the upcoming year for you to come and play some riffing sets. Wasted Youth Club is one of them. They’ve played a crazy amount of shows over the past year and are currently preparing for the release of a debut album. We called singer and guitarist Sven about the past year, the year ahead and the hopes and dreams of the band! Who are Was ..read more

It’s the end of the year! Before we go and eat stuffed turkey, the CHAOS team decided to look back on the past year and sum it up. So, everyone selected the album they would choose if there was only one left to listen to. Check it out below and we will see you next year! Bente van der Zalm – Chief Editor Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia I tried for a long time to get around it. Even to find an album that impressed me more than this one. In the end, I gave in to it. Skinty Fia is my favourite album of 2022. Ever since anthem I Love You came out, I knew this was going to be a good album and the ..read more