Fuzz You!
Album and Concertreview – The Secret Love Parade, Paradiso 14th of February 2012 You have to be an absolute killjoy to rain on The Secret Love Parade. They’re so young, adorable and full of likeable musical ideas. Plus they’re from Amsterdam and are signed to the up and coming indie-label Snowstar, which recently surprised us… [Continue Reading]
Concert review – Howler + I Break Horses (Paradiso, Amsterdam, Febuary 10th 2012) ‘Don’t believe the hype, we’re just kids with guitars.’ If US rock-promise Howler are trying to make a statement on Friday night, in a reasonably well filled upstairs hall of the Paradiso, then surely this is it. Any suggestion of mainstream appeal… [Continue Reading]
We’re giving away 2× 2 tickets for the Yukon Blonde concert at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on Sunday, the 19th of February! Yukon Blonde is a band from Vancouver, Canada, playing fresh guitar-happy folk-rock with some great vocal harmonies. Just leave a funny comment to this post – something with the word ‘yukon’. You can also… [Continue Reading]
The newest obsession started back in December. We were at the Paradiso for an Indievloot night and starting sharp at 7pm was Dan Mangan. Ok, so we were so sharp with our arrival time so when we did get there the upstairs room was packed. And I mean packed! I was standing in the hallway… [Continue Reading]
Why would one bike into town at 10pm and in minus 5 weather? Well, to see Friends. It was cold but the chill was long forgotten after we entered the Paradiso, caught a few songs of the D’Angelo show, and then headed upstairs to the other room where Friends would be playing. The room was… [Continue Reading]
Concert review: Blaudzun, Paradiso Amsterdam, January 20th 2012 – There’s a remarkable amount of ‘black-nerdy glasses’ in the upstairs hall of the Paradiso resembling those of the “object of our affection.” Thoughtful, intelligent faces. Dark, ‘slobby’ clothing. There’s not going to be a lot of dancing tonight, that much is clear. We are in a place… [Continue Reading]
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]
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]
3 Foster The People – Torches (US) Startime International Foster The People have been called a carefree version of MGMT, but they are much more an electronic act and much more a dance act than MGMT were even before they went all psychedelic on us. Also there is something distinctly European about Foster The People…. [Continue Reading]