Shocking Blue vs. Bananarama | Face Off
![Shocking Blue vs. Bananarama: Face Off No. 17 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; London Records Ltd, Red Bullet; fotografoedsonj ed, Marlon Schmeiski from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/shocking-blue-vs-bananarama-face-off-17-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 17th edition of Face Off (2026), Shocking Blue and Bananarama face off for the best rendition of “Venus.”

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Shocking Blue vs. Bananarama: Face Off No. 17 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; London Records Ltd, Red Bullet; fotografoedsonj ed, Marlon Schmeiski from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/shocking-blue-vs-bananarama-face-off-17-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 17th edition of Face Off (2026), Shocking Blue and Bananarama face off for the best rendition of “Venus.”
![Shocking Blue, Venus: Throwback Vibez No. 100 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Red Bullet; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, schubinger from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/shocking-blue-venus-throwback-vibez-100-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 100th edition of Throwback Vibez (2026), we reflect on “Venus,” the number one hit by the Dutch rock band Shocking Blue.

In the 519th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, Clint Bakker provides the inside scoop on the Dutch band Neverskin.
![Choir of Young Believers vs. Kid Cudi: Head 2 Head 🗣️ No. 20 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Ghostly International, Layers, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Republic, RODNAE Productions, Tiger Spring, Valentin Tikhonov]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/choir-of-young-believers-kid-cudi-head-2-head-2022-20.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 20th edition of Head 2 Head (2022), an ‘apples and oranges’ version, Choir of Young Believers & Kid Cudi contend for the best song.
![Getting to Know... River of Souls [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, River of Souls]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/getting-to-know-river-of-souls-interview-107.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
For the 107th interview on The Musical Hype, we get some insight into the ‘doomed heavy death metal’ Dutch collective, River Of Souls.
![Getting to Know... Before The Drop [Photo Credit: Before The Drop; Brent Faulkner; The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/getting-to-know-before-the-drop-the-musical-hype.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
For our 24th interview, The Musical Hype chats with guitarist and vocalist Rob Dokter of the Dutch indie/alternative rock band, Before the Drop.