Fuzz You!
Concert review Marques Toliver, Amstelkerk, Amsterdam May 16th 2012. The last truly great song recorded by Swindon’s cult heroes XTC is called River of Orchids, opening track to the orchestral album Apple Venus pt. 1. The uniqueness of this grand eco-anthem of a song lies in the tensive build up of layer after layer of [...]
I pity artists who feel they have to pretend that age doesn’t affect them. I’m talking about the Madonnas, Mick Jaggers and K3’s of this world. At the other end of the spectrum is a man who wrote his first song about turning middle-age when he was 26 (Hey Rusty) and hasn’t stopped since. If [...]
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 [...]