Fuzz You!
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 Norwegian punk/rockband Honningbarna was our favorite act at Eurosonic, less than three weeks ago. Today we received this sad press release from their manager: “It’s with a very heavy heart I bring the news to you that the drummer of Honningbarna, Anders Askildsen Eikås (20) died in a car crash tonight. The boys are… [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]
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]
In this Internet(-piracy) age, few formats have become more redundant than the compilation album. In a world where everyone can download everything ever recorded by every band and create their own personalized playlist, the term ‘Best of’ no longer has a universal meaning. So to keep the format interesting, what you see is that record… [Continue Reading]
Singer Amy Winehouse, 27, has been found dead at her north London home. A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed that a 27-year-old woman had died in Camden and that the cause of death was as yet unexplained. The Brit and Mercury prize-winner had struggled with drink and drug addiction and had recently spent time in rehab…. [Continue Reading]
One of our favourite live and studio-acts of 2010 will play in Amsterdam for the first time on the 8th of October. British nu-disco outfit Fenech-Soler delivered one the best dance-pop album in recent history, containing excellent dancefloor hits like Lies and Demons. On top of that their live performances are totally uplifting. Should summer… [Continue Reading]
Only 16 days ‘till Melt! Das Zeitplan is finalized, so we can make our personal schedule. I am afraid that Cold War Kids will not make to mine. The reason is that they are programmed against de Aussie DJ duo Chris Stracey & Jack Glass performing together under the name Bag Raiders. Like Friendly Fires,… [Continue Reading]