Time for some awards. While most awards are about what people write or dumped on their sijt, there’s actually also some awards for their well trusted backbone/platform and online services which aren’t as much mentioned.
Well, yesterday for the first time the first Dutch web awards for the next wave of webservices and tools, aka web 2.0, were handed out: Web 2.0 awards.
The presentation was done in a very cozy and beautiful room. Even a mac on the toilet! I enjoyed the event, congratulate the winners and are looking forward to next years event. More photos and reviews here and here.
Update: nu.nl, Telegraaf, Emerce, the Netvibes blog, Webwereld and shock doc by Spunk.nl
Traditionally every music year starts with the Noorderslagweekend in Grunn’. Starting at thursday and friday (pdf-alerts) with the Eurosonic-festival and the saturday Noorderslag itself. While Noorderslag is an all dutch-party, Eurosonic is a showcase festival for the new lightning of musicians from Europe. The ideal place to check what will be hot (or not) this year!
During Eurosonic in every lousy bar with a stage there are performances. In total more than 100 bands made their waiting in two days. So it is very important to prepare yourself and to plan a route in advance (including backups). Otherwise your ending up in queues and missing that essential gig. Below a report of the route yours trully has followed. Do you want a complete coverage of the Noorderslag Weekend? Check out the 3voor12 site!
Eurosonic: Day One
Eurosonic: Day Two
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Gisteravond was het de eerste LOOS, de “clubavond” van de Tilburgse 013, van het jaar en kregen we bijzonder veel waar voor ons 3,50 geld. C-Mon & Kypski mochten de Kleine Zaal op z’n kop zetten.
Het optreden stond in het teken van het vorig jaar verschenen album “Where The Wild Things Are“. Anders dan de naam doet vermoeden bestaat C&K sinds de laatste twee album niet meer alleen uit C-Mon (Simon Akkermans) en Kypski (Thomas Elbers) is het een full-size band. Met C-Mon achter de sampler en draaitafel, Kypski op drums én draaitafels (Kypski is viervoudig winnaar van Turntablized en weet rustig te drummen én te scratchen tegelijk), Daniel Rose op bass, gitaar en toetsen en Jori Collignon op toetsen.
Op WTWTA doen nogal wat gastmuzikanten mee zoals de Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Voicst en Pete Philly, deze kunnen natuurlijk niet allemaal mee komen, laat staan dat ze op het kleine podium hadden gepast. Dat gemis wordt kundig opgevangen met behulp van samples zonder dat het gevoelloos wordt. Vrijwel het gehele album passeert de revue, de rustigere nummers eerst. Vanaf Circus gaat het los zowel in de zaal als op het podium, met behulp van een klappertjes-pistool, roltong en andere toeters en bellen. De band heeft zichtbaar bijzonder veel plezier en nummers worden opgerekt en live geremixed en voor Eyes on the Road komt als verassing Voicst het podium op. Als eerste toegift worden Shitty Bum en The Evil Needle van het vorige album Static Traveller gespeeld en als superextragratis toegift Make My Day, normaal met Pete Philly maar nu met Jorri achter de microfoon en luidkeels meegebruld door de zaal. Conclusie: C-Mon & Kypski zijn niet alleen op band ongelovelijk goed (ik weiger de term on-nederlands goed te gebruiken, als het Nederlands Elftal wereldkampioen wordt, dát is on-nederlands goed) maar live zijn ze verdomme nog véééél beter.
The way I look at it now 2007 might be heralding the return of good old traditional Death Metal. Not those snot nosed imitation bands that we have been coping with all these years… No, new bands by veterans from the old scene and people that actually care to remember how this all started, excreting sounds based on music by Death, Autopsy, Repulsion, Nihilist, Possessed etc. etc.
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Vyvienne Long – Birdtalk EP
I’ve mentioned her before in a tunesday-post, and I’m mentioning her again. Bass player for Damien Rice released a solo EP containing 5 lovely songs from which 2 are covers. And still, if her to-be debut album is anything like the 3 songs she wrote herself, I’d totally buy it.
Score: 11/14 Preview and Bonus!
Klaxons – Xan Valley EP
Another EP! These guys forced NME into labeling them with a new genre. Extremely young “new ravers” are the Next Best Myspace Hype and already rocked everybody’s socks @ London Calling this year. How they sound? “Like when Buzz Aldrin returned from the moon and turned Muslim”. I’m not sure yet. Score: 12/14 Preview
The Fratellis – Costello Music
It seems ages ago Arctic Monkeys crashed onto the scene, and Franz Ferdinand must have been something from last century. Anyhow, the British invasion of the popscene seems neverending. The Fratellis are next in line and, oh! how they deliver. It doesn’t get catchier and pubfriendlier than this.
Score: 10/14 Preview
Damien Rice – 9
I’ve tried to get around this album, because it would never be able top his debut “O”. And I still think so. But everytime I listen to it, it gets closer. It sounds the same on first glance, but things definitely evolved. “Just as delicate” became “Fuck you!”. But it’s still great. Worthy follow-up.
Score: 12/14 Preview
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager Talented English youngster combines guitar with a wide range of samples. Result: Fairly nice combination of Death Cab For Cutie lyrics brought with teen pop sensation Panic! At The Disco polished freshness, bleeps and tingles (not a bad thing!). Also props for the coolest band name of 2006. Score: 09/14 Preview
As a species we humans are easily recognisable. Barring a few other types of monkeys we’re the only creature on the planet that uses tools. After years of baking shit in plastic pans made of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) I had this one question. How did all my ancestors bake eggs when they clearly didn’t have the power of Teflon®? Did all their eggs stick to the pan? OMFG, how did we manage to survive this ellende?
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