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XL NMTH x Popronde Routes in Breda, Enschede & Den Haag!

En daar is het allerlaatste Popronde-weekend alweer! Althans voor dit seizoen hé, en dan is er ook nog een Eindfeest op zaterdag 30 november in de Melkweg Max in Amsterdam. Bovendien is er een week eerder nog een grote, tweedaagse Popronde Pre-party in de hoofdstad. Sterker: Popronde heeft een serie pre-party’s opgetuigd op donderdag 21 november op het Westergasterrein en zaterdag 23 november in Concerto Recordstore. Er is die donderdag

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Railing against the new world order: a boisterous final night with The Ex and Tropical Fuck Storm

The final night of the festival tends to be a more mellow experience as the largest flood of bands has come and gone. However this year they’ve saved some of the best for last with two heavily punk inspired bands in The Ex and Tropical Fuck Storm, though they’ve moved far beyond the confines of this genre. Both bands have ironically attained a lot of clout precisely through their rejection

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A Rawkward Review: STAKE – Critical Method

Iets meer dan een klein jaar geleden sloeg de schrik hem redelijk om het hart bij de aankondiging dat Steak Number Eight de pijp aan Maarten zou geven, en zelfs niet het sprankje hoop er bij wenste te geven in de vorm van de alom gebezigde, uitgekauwde en het bovenal oervervelende van executie uitstellende ‘We gaan tot nadere orde met hiatus’. Maar naast de schrik was er dus sprake van

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Organisatie Brainstorm Festival haalt de krenten uit de pap en dropt ze in Gigant

In november reist de avontuurlijke muziekliefhebber naar Apeldoorn voor het Brainstorm Festival dat onderdak vindt in poppodium Gigant. Op het programma staan twee dagen metal en rock in veel verschillende vormen. Daarnaast is er in Gigant eveneens aandacht voor cultuur, is er een expositie en wordt er een lokaal goed doel ondersteund. De organisatie weet muzikaal de krenten uit de pap altijd wel te vinden. Ook deze twaalfde editie.  Tekst

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LGW2019: The 5 highlights of Le Guess Who?

With an eclectic offering of bands from all over the world, it seems that Le Guess Who? has once again succeeded in maintaining their renowned reputation. The thirteenth edition had around 200 artists scattered over four exhaustive days, creating a unique experience. Whether you like world music, jazz or electronic music. Either way, the visitor was bound to find a whole heap of surprises, being able to form the festival

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LGW2019: The greatness of independence – A noisy night in dB’s with The Glücks, Italia 90 and Empath

Most of Le Guess Who?’s venues are right in the city centre, but two main ones stand out on either side. To the southeast De Helling provides an alternate location for more abrasive bands less suitable for their main Vredenburg complex. On the northwestern side of the centre a large industrial warehouse is situated, called the CAB-building, containing amongst others a brewery, a film studio and dB’s, one of a

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LGW2019: A celebration of psych with Moon Duo, Acid Mothers Temple and Acid Rooster

Whether you like jazz, world music or electronic: with over 200 bands Le Guess Who? has something for everyone. But the way Le Guess Who? realizes its full potential is also via an unrequited love for psychedelic music in all its facets. Throughout the years there has been a good dosage of psychrock acts and this year is no different. From Earth on Thursday, two Mythic Sunship sets to up-and-coming

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LGW2019: How Mythic Sunship became one of this editions highlights

It is strange to think that Mythic Sunship, with seven albums under their belt, only just now in 2019 visited the Netherlands for the first time, back in April at Roadburn. Naturally, the anaconda rockers from Copenhagen, seem a great fit for Le Guess Who? too, because the band has been steadily rising in the psychscene. And for good reason, because their discography encompasses a whole heap of influences, from

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LGW2019: A headfirst dive into a sea of noise and deprivation with Moon Relay and Girl Band

As usual Le Guess Who? has a lot to offer for enthusiasts of noise and experimental rock. From the wildly innovative, deeply unsettling or just immensely loud, bands all across this genre have made their way to Utrecht to wreak havoc this weekend. Primary among them on this Friday are the freewheeling spacerock of Moon Relay from Norway and the Irish menace Girl Band with the honours of properly ending

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LGW2019: Timeless post-punk in a packed Pandora with The Raincoats

Post-punk seems to be back and stronger than ever, with bands such as Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital or black midi releasing critically acclaimed albums in 2019. But every genre has its starting point and even post-punk would not have been the same today without a couple of legendary bands. Rest assured, The Raincoats are one of them, a cult act embodying that DYI approach and raw British rock-’n-roll spirit.

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