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Concert and album review, Palma Violets at Bitterzoet, Amsterdam March 28 2013 – Generally speaking the British are just as sober as us Dutch. When it comes to Britpop, however, every shred of reasonableness seems to disappear from their minds. At least three times a year the entire kingdom is convinced that the new Arctic [...]
The set list of Foxygen’s gig at the Bitterzoet consisted of maybe ten songs, twelve at the most, and still the show lasted well over 90 minutes. Instead of the elaborate psychedelic improvisations we might expect based on the LA duo’s trippy debut album We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic, it [...]
Album and concertreview of Islands at the Bitterzoet, Amsterdam October 6th 2012. If even the Dutch branch of the Fuzz is going Canadian this may well be the thin end of the wedge. Are our liberators heading for Indie world domination or is it just us? Montreal’s piano rock outfit Islands have no such aspirations. [...]
Concert and albumreview 2:54 at Bitterzoet, Amsterdam, September 17th 2012. It always cheers me up to see people in more mind-numbingly dull jobs than mine. Accountants for instance or tollbooth clerks or fourth officials at soccer matches. As of tonight I will add ‘bass player in 2:54’ to that sad list. After a weekend of [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The time of year has come – time to take a look back to appreciate it all before making the new list of things to do and see in 2012. The fuzzbabe has reflected and made note of all the super and not so super music of 2011… or at least in my opinion. I [...]
Concertreview Portugal the Man, Bitterzoet Amsterdam, 24 November 2011 Talk about things I should have done much earlier. Despite coming to Amsterdam every single year since the release of their brash debut album Waiter: ‘You vultures!’ I never got around to seeing Portugal the Man play live. Thursday, after five years and six (!) albums, [...]
When someone accused me of being a ‘droogkloot’ last Saturday night during the performance of British Nu-disco act Fenech-Soler in Bitterzoet, I didn’t protest. What is a ‘droogkloot’ you wonder? Several online dictionaries have attempted to translate this Dutch phrase and failed miserably. The funniest translation I found is ‘dry fuck’, but the literal translation [...]