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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Ekstasis is by far the most fascinating album I’ve heard in recent months. It’s the second album by L.A. artist Julia Holter. Ekstasis has been labeled as anything from freak folk to ambient, minimal music, psych, drone, experimental, avant garde and so on. The sheer number of different labels rightly suggests that not one of… [Continue Reading]
Finally, after five long years of waiting a new album by the Shins hits the (web)stores. Frontman James Mercer has been especially busy with other projects (including his successful collaboration with Brian Burton a.k.a. Danger Mouse as Broken Bells) but also found it necessary to suspend the rest of the band indefinitely after Wincing The… [Continue Reading]
Album and concert review Lonely Drifter Karen, Paradiso, Amsterdam 18th of March 2012 – Lonely Drifter Karen are grist to the mill of the pro-Europe campaigners. Singer Tanja Frinta was born in Vienna, moved to Sweden, formed the band in Barcelona with the Majorcan keyboard player Marc Meliá and an Italian drummer. Recently the band… [Continue Reading]
Concert and album review School of Seven Bells at Bitterzoet, Amsterdam March 11th 2012. Everything about School of Seven Bells wants to stress the obvious fact that its members have a wider understanding of the universe than most people. The Cleopatra haircut and make up, the excessive jewelry, the Om tattoo, the staring absently into… [Continue Reading]