Broken Bells - The High Road
Broken Bells is a collaboration between James Mercer of The Shins and Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton of Gnarls Barkley and DANGERDOOM who has produced artists like Beck, Gorillaz, The Rapture and The Black Keys. This year they have released their self titled debut album to much critical acclaim.
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On Thursday night we were treated to an evening of exquisite music. During the performance of Jóhann Jóhannsson and his band/ensemble you could literally hear a pin drop in the packed out Kleine Zaal of the Melkweg. At times the music is very quiet, so quiet in fact that I could not take many pictures [...]
Jóhann Jóhannsson is a composer and producer from Reykjavík in Iceland and makes neo-classical ambient music that is evocative of icy Scandinavian landscapes. His 2006 album ‘IBM 1401 - A Users Manual’ featured heavily on my playlist and is one of the most interesting ambient albums that I have heard in some time. [...]
Its the start of 2009 and a good time to look back at the gigs that we liked last year. Here’s a list of some of the gigs that we liked in no particular order.
The Chap @ The Nieuwe Anita
This art rock pop act from the UK played a very nice set in the basement [...]
On Wednesday night while looking at our map trying to orientate ourselves we wondered what kind of insane planning results in a train station exiting through a shopping center. Yes we were outside on a rainy Utrecht night trying to work out our up from our down. After several false starts followed by some decidedly [...]
Under Byen, pronounced “Oh’nah-Boon”, hail from Denmark and their name means “Below the City”. True to their name they have managed to avoid the mainstream despite being on the go now for thirteen years. Their sound is a lush atmospheric soundscape with elements of trip-hop, jazz, pop and rock. If I had to give [...]