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As a sure-fire way of getting the last drunks out of your house, I’ve found that Heart Beeps was unbeaten this Christmas past. ”
Sissy Wish – Tuning In
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With this album – and the last one for that matter – she’s earned her place high up the list that is Great Lost Pop Albums. And that is something I suppose.
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Omar Rodriguez – Omar Rodriguez
Last up, Spookrijden op het Fietspad is a demented Can, EFS-style work out with bags of charm, though a crazy sax part keeps the sonic aggravation levels at the maximum.
Test Icicles – For Screening Purposes Only
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A cartoon hybrid of an incredibly stupid Fall, a incredibly sloppy Beastie Boys and a dreadfully undercooked UK Subs, they charmed yours truly.”
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Editors Rant – Bloody tapas.
I find it ridiculous to eat in a (normally) overpriced restaurant with your hands. Eating foodstuffs with your hands in a public place normally involves such hearty fare as fish and chips, pies, burgers and fried chicken; foodstuffs that are often of dubious quality.
Xiu Xiu – La Foret
“Stewart sings of the insipid voice of his lover, wonders if he can hear their glass heart clinking, and then finally cuddles up at their “disgusting feet”. Really, you can only laugh.
Blue Aeroplanes – Swagger Deluxe
The only thing missing is a video showing Wotjek – he was their dancer. Pre-Bez he ‘interpreted’ the songs by flailing his arms and jumping up and down. Or that’s how I remember it.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
“Imagine Byrne as a child at a supermarket. He’s at the till with mother and she has said he can’t have any of the sweets on offer. He wails and cries and moans. That gives you some idea of how Alec Ounsworth sounds. ”
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Recommended Sites
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Dutch Music SitesNationaal Pop InstituutKindaMuzik Festival InfoVNP2 Meter Sessies3voor12Ticket Service BV Pop Dutch Rock and Pop InstituteMusic From ConamusOOR
Pop StichtingUnderwater AmsterdamRADARPopscene
Dutch Concert Venues
Regional Music/Pop Links
Popism – Pocket Raindrops, volume 2
“The Nectarine No. 9’s Hanging Around/Re-Model (with it’s rather risqué chorus of “bring back hanging”; which of course mutates into the line “bring back hanging around”. (I very obligingly included this caveat, just in case you were wondering about the bands views on the penal justice laws).”
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