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New Finds – LXXI

The year’s first post from this series is obviously another rushed one, which by now should go without saying, but it does at least include one actual new find and all of the bands are once again from the same country… Which is yet again Greece, same as in post number 69, and it does […]

New Finds – LXX

This is probably the year’s last post in this series, and it’s obviously once again rushed, but it actually includes what for me are two new finds, since I stumbled into the first one just this week and into the second probably in early November, and definitely after writing the previous post from the series. […]

Few Hold Firm as the EBU and Most Members Again Prove Double Standards

Some rule changes that are supposedly “designed to stop governments and third parties from disproportionately promoting songs to influence voters” were apparently enough to stop even a vote about banning Israel from Eurovision 2026, the EBU doing everything to push through their double standards by connecting the two issues and holding a single vote, those […]

Austria Rejects Israel’s Eurovision Ban as Artists and Labels Say No Music for Genocide

After initially refusing to comment on the report that he and quite a number of other members of his party are trying to convince the organizers to withdraw from hosting next year’s Eurovision Song Contest if Israel will be banned, Austria’s chancellor decided to speak out and firmly reject the ban, though he doesn’t seem […]

New Finds – LXIX

Yes, this is another rushed post in this series, but at least it includes one actual new find and all three bands are once again from the same country, which in this case is Greece. And I also had a quick look for some other Greek bands, but rushing meant that I only added one […]