Fuzz You!
The most hyped act of last week’s edition of Eurosonic must have been the Danish punk-rock quartet of Iceage. Fridaynight, at 1:15, they were the closing act in Groninger rock temple Vera. During their US tour the angry youths build up a reputation as a provoking live act, whose shows regularly end in mayhem. Indiefuzz… [Continue Reading]
They look like a much younger Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard; Marcus Haughton, the curly brother, on vocals and keys, and Miles Haughton, the brother without dreadlocks, on lead vocals and guitar. Fortunately, their three mates, Louis Bhose (bass) and Oscar Manthorpe (guitar) and Ben (drums) look like they have met up at Hogwarts and… [Continue Reading]
I have to be honest; the first time I listened to Howler, I thought it was some of the ugliest music I had heard in quite while. The grunting voice, the chord limitations, the compelling predictability, they made my taste buds hurt. I realized that to give up at the first rock-challenge would make for… [Continue Reading]
The atmosphere of every live-experience depends on so many little things, like the day of the week, the weather, the tourschedule, the beer and so on. So, a top ten of concerts is more like a list of moments that were important for me personally, than an attempt to rank the best live-bands of 2011: 1… [Continue Reading]
band album country OOR NME Pitchfork 1 Metronomy The English Riviera uk 2 2 Wild Beasts Smother uk 4 3 Dodo’s No Color us 4 Destroyer Kaputt can 13 44 2 5 John Maus We must become the… [Continue Reading]
Album and concert review Wolfendale, Patronaat, Haarlem, 14th of December 2011 – There’s a fine tradition around our way and that’s to dislike everything originating from the city of light. Normally, it’s not a very hard tradition to uphold, but two residents of that city in Brabant are determined to ruin it for us. Sander… [Continue Reading]
What’s wrong with the European music press that we must rely on Pitchfork to pick up on new local talent. It’s not that Copenhagen’s punk outfit Iceage aren’t loud enough. Their debut album, New Brigade, has been out for almost a year, unnoticed anyone this side of the Atlantic. Fortunately, we’re just in time to… [Continue Reading]
Since we started this triptych on George Michael covers, the artist has been treated in intensive care for a severe case of pneumonia. Although his recent health issues have led to speculation about an underlying cause, his Austrian doctors have recently issued a statement that there are none and that the 48 year old George… [Continue Reading]
In my review of the Lloyd Cole Small Ensemble’s performance last April at People’s Place I speculated about the artist having a difficult relationship with Amsterdam and quoted some of the People’s staff commenting on Lloyd’s moody disposition before the gig. The result is that I managed to get one of my long time musical… [Continue Reading]
Another review we should have done months ago. St Vincent’s Annie Clark is a tiny woman with a huge musical imagination. Since hearing the dreamt up ‘Jazz-pop-chanson-theater music’ of her second album Actor (2009) I’ve been hooked. Her solo-performance last year in the Melkweg, as opening act to Grizly Bear was equally impressive, with a… [Continue Reading]