LIVE: DUTCH UNCLES – 14/01/2013

– THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER – So it’s fair to say that I’m pretty excited ahead of tonight’s events! Not only is today the day that the first albums of the 2013 have been released but I’m also at my first gig of the year at one of my favourite venues in Manchester for an […]
– Friday 11/01/2012 – Day 3 – Final coverage Right. I think I finally caught up with everything that went down in that crazy student town in the North of the Netherlands. Sure is clear that even 3 years after my last SXSW visit, the industry still knows how to work hard, play hard. As part […]

OUTSIDE BROADCAST: EUROSONIC 2013 – DAY 3

ALBUM: YO LA TENGO – FADE

‘Fade’ is the 13th studio album to be released by Yo La Tengo since they formed in 1984. Hailing from America this three-piece band has worked on a multitude of projects, from charity singles, to soundtracks, to covers for compilation albums. Originally started by husband and wife duo Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, the band […]
– THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER – After a quiet few weeks for gig goers, the Manchester based live music promoters Carefully Planned helped wreck our New Years resolutions of a sober January by hosting the 15th CP All Dayer at Oldham Street institution, The Castle Hotel. I’m eager to see what the day has in […]

LIVE: 15TH CAREFULLY PLANNED ALL-DAYER – 12/01/2013

OUTSIDE BROADCAST: EUROSONIC 2013 – DAY 2

– THURSDAY 10/01/2013 – Day 2 – Let’s see what we stumble across So as a Dutch resident myself, I’ve been bombarded with dozens of great sounding Belgian bands that make it across the border and invade our radio playlists. Therefore, whenever there is a Belgian neighbour, whose music is described to be inspired by The […]
– WEDNESDAY 09/01/2013 –  DAY 1 – Less is more and more is better Kicking off with a quick visit to the European Border Breakers Awards, which culminates in French DJ quartet C2C pick up the ‘EBBA Public Choice Award’, we are off into the cold northern night to crawl our way from venue to […]

OUTSIDE BROADCAST: EUROSONIC 2013 – DAY 1

Album Review: Ólöf Arnalds – Sudden Elevation

Sudden Elevation may be Icelander Ólöf Arnalds’ third album, but it remains a landmark, being her first sung wholly in English. For this I’m awkwardly grateful as reviewing it is my first encounter with her otherworldly brand of folk. However, as a latecomer I find myself trailing behind an influential admirer of Arnalds who has already hit […]
Look Inside is the second album from Norwegian artist Nils Bech. His first critically acclaimed album Look Back, released in 2010, catapulted him onto the world stage. His music is indefinable by any one genre. It is the coming together of art, performance and music, giving birth to the hauntingly beautiful, concept that Nils Bech […]

Album Review: Nils Bech – Look Inside

VIDEO: KAVINSKY – ‘ PROTOVISION’

After releasing three EP’s through the Record Makers label, Kavinsky has emerged as one of the biggest artists of the French electro scene. Kavinsky’s signature track – ‘Nightcall’ – produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk, was the lead track from the soundtrack of the hit neo-noir crime film ‘Drive’. The track has also […]
– EUROSONIC NOORDERSLAG 2013 – In the words of Ice Cube, today we are going ‘straight outta Compton’ and across the Channel for an outside broadcast, two weeks into the future when it’s time for one of the most prolific music conference and showcase festivals in Europe. It’s in the town of Groningen in the […]

OUTSIDE BROADCAST FROM THE NETHERLANDS