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The Cosmic Carnival – Change the World or Go Home.
Lucky Fonz III Roosbeef, Marine Dorleijn (Moss), Marike Jager, Charlie Dee, Eefje de Visser, Leine. All these fine Dutch artist have in the last ten years competed in the singer-songwriter category of de Grote Prijs van Nederland. It’s an impressive list, but unfortunately not every category of the competition is this successful in bringing forth… [Continue Reading]
Marques Toliver Playing 2nd Fiddle .. & 1st, 3rd, 4th ..
Concert review Marques Toliver, Amstelkerk, Amsterdam May 16th 2012. The last truly great song recorded by Swindon’s cult heroes XTC is called River of Orchids, opening track to the orchestral album Apple Venus pt. 1. The uniqueness of this grand eco-anthem of a song lies in the tensive build up of layer after layer of… [Continue Reading]
Donna Summer
The Fuzz commemorates the queen of disco with this 1984 song by Prefab Sprout that carries her name and soul.
Lovelock – Burning Feeling
What would you get if you take Neon Indian or Washed Out and leave out all the obligatory loops, samples and hazy Glo-fi elements. The answer to this question is provided by a multi-talented producer/musician from New York who goes by many aliases. His given name is Steven Moore. Moore is the bass player and… [Continue Reading]
Alabama Shakes And The Power Of Mamie Smith
Concert and album review of Alabama Shakes. Albama Shakes live at the Bitterzoet, Amsterdam. Concert review by Manou Chen. If I’m honest, listening to Alabama Shakes’ debut album Boys & Girls initially gave me the impression that the hype machine had been running over hours. Boys & Girls stands-out through its authenticity and its candor,… [Continue Reading]
Breton’s credible audio attack
Album and concertreview Breton at Paradiso, April 19th 2012 - Breton are four cutting-edge sound (and video) designers with a Britpop attitude that could easily have made them into an insufferable symbiosis of Blur and James Blake. Fortunately, Breton do not utilize their Cockney wit by prancing about like a bunch of smart alecs, trying to… [Continue Reading]
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
Concertreview Manic Street Preachers, Paradiso Amsterdam April 19th 2012 – It was a year ago when The Manic Street Preachers played their provocative early single You Love Us toward the end of their Amsterdam gig and the entire Melkweg agreed that they had once more deserved our love. Last Wednesday when they played the same… [Continue Reading]
Rooting for the Cast of Cheers
Dublin’s quartet The Cast of Cheers have chosen their band name well. Their bouncy mix of math-pop and new wave is cause for jubilations. Catchy like Two Door Cinema Club, spiky like Foals and edgy like Dutch Uncles, the band, who released their debut album Chariot in 2010 as an online freebee, sound very twenty-tens…. [Continue Reading]
Kris Berry – Marbles
The name Kris Berry has been singing around a while. The Curaçao born singer debuted last year with a promising and well-received EP, which yielded her a spot on North Sea Jazz yielded. Last week, finally her long awaited debut Marbles has been released, supported by a fair amount of media attention. It’s well earned,… [Continue Reading]
Dan Is The Man !
Back in December the fuzzbabe wrote a short and fuzzy review of Dan Mangan performance at the Paradiso for his latest CD ‘Oh Fortune’. When reading the post the signs of an everlasting love are clearly present. From December to March I wore my Oh Fortune CD thin – only symbolically of course since it… [Continue Reading]