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]
Plumb, the fourth release by Sunderland’s Field Music equals the level of its double disc predecessor. Considering that Field Music (Measure) was a Fuzz favorite in 2010, to continue on the same level is quite an achievement for David and Peter Brewis. Compared to Field Music (Measures), Plumb is more compact (15 songs averaging 2:30… [Continue Reading]
The American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten debuted nearly three years ago with the subdued folk album Because I Was In Love. The austere folk songs on the album had a lot of growth potential, but only a few fans gave this much somewhat spartan style album enough time. Van Etten hit back in 2010 with… [Continue Reading]
Last Saturday when Mel Brookes’ sci-fi parody Spaceballs (1987) was shown on MGM, a generation gap manifested itself within our household. Bill Pulman flying an interstellar Winnebago with a bumper sticker that says: ‘I heart Uranus’ still made me grin, even when all around me eyebrows were raised. I feel certain that, despite their young… [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]
According to the British music press, London based Tribes could grow out to be of one of the great sensations of 2012. The band is being compared to many great sensations from the past, both British (The Libertines, Blur, Oasis, Suede) and American (Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, The Lemonheads, The Pixies). Even though those very same… [Continue Reading]
The kids are sleeping over at friends and family, the sounds of the city are muffled by a soothing white blanket, finally the house is quiet enough to listen to the debut album by slowcore band LUIK in the way it deserves to be listened to. Owls seems to have been recorded in a bubble… [Continue Reading]
I had great expectations of Lana Del Rey’s debut album ‘Born To Die’. Since Video Games and Blue Jeans I’ve been fascinated with her 50s sound, her dark nasal singing voice, her style and looks (obviously). Much like one of her inspirations, Antony from Antony and the Jonhsons (the sadness of Video Games reminds me… [Continue Reading]
Of all the world class albums released by Dutch bands this month, the one that truly surprised me is by a band called Hospital Bombers. The main reason I was surprised is that I had never before heard of this band from Amsterdam, even though they apparently played at SXSW way back in 2008. The… [Continue Reading]
Last year I was a little early with my review of Lisa Hannigans’ new album. It had been released in England but we had to wait for it in the Netherlands…and now it has arrived! Lisa Hannigan initially attracted attention a few years ago as a background vocalist for Damien Rice on his legendary debut album ‘O’. Shortly thereafter she… [Continue Reading]