Ryan West’s music is like Kingsley Amis’s great quote about boozing and having fun; “I want more than my fair share before anyone else has had theirs”.
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T. Raumschmiere – S/T
Raumschmiere’s newie also captures that sense of disconnect in real time that you get when staring out on a still, clear autumn day. Brilliantly.
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Incendiary Go to Haldern Pop 2015 – Day 1
Dan Deacon. Where do we begin? With the Crocodile Dundee led dance off? The bizarre tai-chi contest. The drummer? The drummer! The cat noises?
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Requiem for SUB071
Someone should make a plaque when they stick the shiny new building up. ‘You probably don’t know it, but this is where “greatest rock and roll bike shed in the world” was.’
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Crows, St Tropez, SUB071, Leiden 21/7/15
Both bands contributed to a great night, and a lot of new people turned up and realised that there is another world outside the 3fm bubble that is actually a creative drip-feed for it.
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Ein Abend Mit Kapitein Rummelsnuff, WORM, Rotterdam 8/7/15
The gig was also sort of dressing up game indulged in by two grown men whilst singing about your pals, eating, sailors, and bodybuilding.
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The Ex, Fendika, WORM, Rotterdam 10/7/15
WORM had filled up nicely with a mix of Ethiopians, trendies, part time punks and Roffa dossers, existentialists, and the odd emissary from the world music chin-stroker club.
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Plein Open Goes Bazart Goes Paard van Troje 25/7/15
One day, I promise, I will get bored about writing about Rats on Rafts. But not yet. Rats are unstoppable at the moment.
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A Memory of Some Free Festivals – Houtfest and Park Pop 2015
Some of my Dutch pals look at me like I’ve just announced that I’ve converted to satanism when I say I love Frans Bauer.
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King Ayisoba, Blue Crime, Spoelstra – AA NIght, Gebr de Nobel Leiden 26/6/15
Somehow things ended and a room full of people with a second wind ran around wondering what on earth to do next. Some night!
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