I have to admit that I have been mesmerised by the latest Tortoise album, “Beacons of Ancestorship” (their sixth). Its their first release in five years and it goes off like a bomb. At heart an indie outfit the band cross genres with reckless abandon, from Jazz to Rock, Punk to Hip Hop, Dub [...]
The Cat Empire are from Melbourne Australia and this year they are bringing a bit of summer sun to Europe. This band has been around for about ten years and have released four albums so far.
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We’ve mentioned these guys when they came through town last year. They are back and what’s more they have a new album that was released just last week. Its a dub reworking of The Beatles’ classic 1967 Sgt. Pepper album.
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Holy Fuck are an indie dance/electronica band from Toronto Canada and with a name like that you would expect an act who are lots of fun. With two drummers and a bass player the band plays electronica without the use of backing tracks, sequences etc. This is by no means an original format, as bands [...]
This hardcore/punk band from Montreal Canada played in the Maloe Melo on Wednesday night. The crowd that had come along to see the local band Huig mostly cleared out after after they had finished.
They really missed out as the Trigger Effect are in a different class and played a blistering energetic set. As with many [...]
Friendly Fires are an indie dance & pop act from England. They are right out of the 80’s and their sound contains that derivative sound in common with the wave of 80’s revival bands. However it is uniquely their own and is fused with an infective dance funk.
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The Yohimbe Brothers are DJ Logic and Vernon Reid in collaboration with many guest musicians (including Doug Wimbish (Living Colour), Slick Rick, Prince Paul, Latasha Nevada Diggs, Leon Gruenbaum, Deantoni Parks and Ricky Quinones).
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I came across this band a few years back when they played in the Kleine Zaal of the Melkweg. I was blown away by their sound and I predicted that the next time they played in Amsterdam it would be in a much bigger and less intimate venue. Well not all predictions come to pass [...]
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 [...]