Month: May 2005

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If there’s something really beautiful going on you have something underneath it that keeps it down to Earth.

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Continue reading “Bury those anthems. Athlete discuss the makings of a risky album.”

““I’m so happy, I got sick.””
Continue reading “Adam Green – Oude Zaal, Melkweg, Amsterdam – 02/03/2005”

Apart from the next two albums I’m going to review in this article, Deluxe is quite possible the greatest Krautrock album of them all..

Continue reading “The (long and winding) Story of Neu!”

"He vandalised cigarette ads with a giant letter K and in his temple every Saturday night, dressed as a shaman, he performed weird anti-smoking rituals while the crowd chanted ‘Bram! bram! Ugga! ugga! Bram! bram! Ugga! ugga!”"

Continue reading “Brilliant Orange – The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football by David Winner”

Don’t mess with fucking fools. In fact, if you can avoid them outside the workplace, I would advise you to do so. Especially ones who go to Chicken Cottage.

 

Continue reading “Dealing with Dutch phone companies”

“There’s always been hyped bands.  I don’t know how we fit into it. I don’t think we’re really bothered about it.  If it happens, it happens…”
Continue reading “Tiffany Davenport interviews Little Barrie”

These are the idiots who will praise the Fall for being Important, without ever troubling to listen to them, or the idiots who persistently buy glossy magazines, or the IDIOTS who like Tapas

Continue reading “Being Clever”

“And if I tell you now that, (after constanly playing this cd), it’s the girl pop album of the year, bar none, would you believe me? Well, you’d better.”
Continue reading “Sissy Wish – You May Breathe”

"Great, three bands, two of which contain the remnants of the great Kyuss, and one of which is first up, playing the shamefully empty LVC. "

 

 

Continue reading “Vic Du Monte and Brant Bjork live- LVC Leiden, 21/04/05”

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Continue reading “Pinkpop 14-16th May”