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One and a half years ago I labeled the self-titled debut of the London based band Veronica Falls as one of the best debuts of 2011. ‘The best of the best from Lush, Belle & Sebastian, The Pixies, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Ride, The Velvet Underground, The Xx, The Dum Dum Girls, [...]
Tied at number 17, we have Canadians and Americans. No, these aren’t the standings for the world field hockey championships. This is still Indiefuzz’s countdown of the best records released in 2012 with numbers 17 to 14. T-17. Joel Plaskett Emergency – Scrappy Happiness (MapleMusic Recordings) The track Lightning Bolt won a Bucky Award in [...]
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 [...]
Album & Concertreview, Love Inks, september 28th, Paradiso, Amsterdam Love Inks or the Guillemots? It wasn’t until late in the afternoon that I could decide between the Texan lo-fi trio playing upstairs at Paradiso’s and the Birmingham five playing in Bitterzoet at the same. In the end Love Inks won. Not only because it meant [...]
Review in Dutch by Nina Photo: Yeasayer, is taken from a wonderful series on Lowland 2010 on Parool.nl “Nee! Niet nog even wachten! je moet NU een kaartje kopen anders is het uitverkocht!”. Zo begon Lowlands 2010 al in april. Wel een kaartje van 155 euro in de pocket, (weer duurder dan afgelopen jaar) maar geen [...]