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Beatles Remastered, Top of Flop?
September 11th, 2009 by nodog
De hype zal niemand ontgaan zijn; eerder deze week werden voor de zoveelste keer de definitieve versies van de Beatles-platen uitgebracht. Dat in de voorgaande zin de zinsnedes “zoveelste keer” en “definitieve” gebroederlijk naast elkaar zijn gestald is geen geweldig inzicht van de schrijver dezes aangezien al velen voor mij zich hebben afgevraagd wanneer het een keer ophoudt met het commercieel uitmelken van de discografie van de, volgens velen, invloedrijkste popgroep ooit.
Dutch Nouveau
June 3rd, 2008 by Amazone
Yes, today is the day. The day Vl0gje is calculated, but as a proper diva (m/f) it is waiting for the party to gather momentum. I think. So let’s focus on the remaining event of the day: the arrival of the Hollandse Nieuwe. Very tasty, good firm structure, delicious and subtle of taste. Mmmmh!
50-Word Reviews V
March 31st, 2008 by JayJay
R.E.M. – Accelerate Face it, R.E.M. have been boring us with a lot of pointless junk the last one-and-a-half decade. So what do you do if you’ve lost momentum? You become that garage band again. Result: 35 minutes of tight alternative-punk-rock that will pull us through the summer. Apart from that awful closer, that is. Score: 9/14 Preview
Foals – Antidotes Last year Oxford quintet Foals released an exciting live 12” full of bleepy math-nerd-indie. Sadly they didn’t include their singles so far on the album which sounds pretty boring compared to the nervous EP. With Battles’ success (Mirrored) in mind though, this band could be this year’s festival surprise, having an intense live reputation. Score: 7/14 Preview
The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely …and then there was a new Raconteurs album. And boy oh boy, it’s good! Jack White and Brendan Benson produce yet another modern blues rock classic, this one beating the debut by quite some. Stomping rhythms, screaming solos, heavy horn sections, already an album of the year candidate. Score: 13/14 Preview
Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster… My head is full of one-two-three-fours and xylophone tingles! I can’t read out loud most song titles on this record without breaking my tongue! Yet cheeky lyrics on joyful melodies also left me unable to stop dancing around my room for the past month! Great dance-pop with guitars! Los Campesinos! make me Clunk-Rewind-Clunk-Play-Clunk! Score: 11/14
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The Kooks – Konk I’ve tried not to mention that stupid album name in this review. But since this record sounds exactly like the debut, they might as well rename it Inside Finally Out. And to be perfectly honest, it doesn’t even really compare to the debut apart from a single or two. Sophomore slump in a nutshell. Score: 5/14 Preview
Nobody Beats The Drum – Beats Work
February 26th, 2008 by JayJay
What is new? According to the dictionary, new means “recently brought into being”. It can also mean “unaccustomed”, as in “They are new to the scene.” The first definitely applies to the Utrecht-based collective Nobody Beats The Drum, but the second doesn’t.
The crossover trio consists of a DeeJay handling the wheels of steel in Zuco 103 (Sjam Sjamsoedin), a VeeJay (yes, a band with a video artist!) that made clips for C-Mon & Kypski (Rogier Van Der Zwaag) and a KeyJay that happens to be in C-Mon & Kypski (Jori Collignon). They won the Grote Prijs van Nederland back in 2003. They have been building on an outstanding live reputation ever since. So what’s new then? It has taken half a decade to make, but it has finally arrived: Beats Work. The band’s debut album should be the final missing piece, the crown on their success so far. Question remains: is it? Continue reading ‘Nobody Beats The Drum – Beats Work’
Filmfestival Rotterdam 2008
January 31st, 2008 by nodog
Lots of feminist roadmovies and films about gay cowboys eating pudding. Not much left to watch (certainly not as much as last year and even that year was worse than the year before). Still… the few films I did see were mostly excellent.
Eurosonic 2008
January 13th, 2008 by J-One
Traditionally a new music year kicks off with the “Noorderslagweekend” in Groningen. First two days of Eurosonic followed by the saturday for the incrowd dutch music business at the Noorderslag festival itself. For the real music pioneer the Eurosonic festival is the thing to look for. With over 200 bands playing at 30 venues, it is the ultimate wet dream of every music sn0b. Below you can find the route which I and my brother in music have followed.
Eurosonic: Thursday
Eurosonic: Friday
Eurosonic 2007
Sell-Out of 2007
December 12th, 2007 by Chocotoffert
Which band is the sell-out of the year? While its easy to become subjective, lets make it objective.. using a moby equation, bob dylan?…..
In the middle of Expatriating our way
November 23rd, 2007 by Chocotoffert
Similar to a earlier gig of the Australian band Poedervinger, here’s another band that has not yet come our way (and hopefully other then the just reunited poedervinger will head our way), but is addictive as crack. Maybe this pots helps? PS. poederfinger is apparently that old it hasn’t yet been converted back from our pivot times to wp.
Mininova | Torrentspy
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