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Air Traffic
An indie rockband foursome with piano from scenic Bournemouth. And don’t be put off by the piano, because this has nothing to do with Keane, but everything with pointy and energetic rock songs containing short, catchy guitar riffs, solid piano pieces and cast-iron...More
Angus & Julia Stone
Have you noticed lately that an increasing amount of beautiful music is played in tv commercials? For instance the song ‘Paper Aeroplane’ by Angus & Julia Stone. Discovered by Travis-frontman Fran Healy this Australian duo, however, know how to write more...More
Babyshambles
Never a dull moment with Pete Doherty in the house. Storyteller, lyricist, street poet, hopeless romantic and chronicler of British life. Babyshambles pour their heart and a huge array of influences into their spontaneous sound. More
Black Diamond Bay
Black Diamond Bay results from Patrick Krief’s solo project Krief. Some of the band members you may recognize from the great indie band The Dears from Montreal. After two years of continuous touring with this band, Krief recently recorded an album with a.o. Liam...More
Boemklatsch
“Explosive collective” Boemklatsch are not only renown as organizers of the fattest parties. After knocking down Lowland’s Bravo tent last year, they now conquer pop venues and festivals as a DJ-act. Dj’s Mike Mago, $jammie the Money and Illvester, vj’s...More
Das Pop
Soulwax (aka 2 Many DJ's) especially took a long break from touring and remixing of the world’s greatest artists to produce the new album of Belgian heroes Das Pop. As a result, the band will release an excellent new single at the end of July. Justice are already...More
Dengue Fever
Khmer rock is simply irresistable. Top of the bill is Dengue Fever from Los Angeles, with Cambodian singer Ch'hom Nimol. The band’s third album is called Venus on Earth. Dengue Fever is as contagious as their name suggests.More
Esser
Esser is a person, not a band. He uses a computer and some other instrument to create popular songs, usually in key E. Last April he released his debut single ‘I Love You’. After a tour together with Foals, which completely sold out, Esser’s phenomenal live show...More
Friska Viljor
Living, pleasure, playfulness and the freedom to do what you want. After both their relationships had stranded, friends Daniel Johansson and Joakim Sveningsson sought comfort in booze. And in writing contageous and energetic songs. Sweden immediately fell for the...More
GEM
Gem have re-invented themselves. GEM is New. And better. The best-dressed rock ’n rollers of the Netherlands introduce a New five-headed line-up with a new spirit. Their New album features a few ballads for the first time and the gang vocals too, are a nice novelty....More
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
Electronics, acoustic guitars and trumpets flurry around. Melodiously and danceable. A singer-songwriter with a laptop. As a young boy, Duckworth played in several punk bands. The music has changed, the lyrics are still critical of society. A big name already in Great...More
Good Dog Happy Man
The latest winners of the Grote Prijs van Nederland are from Utrecht. Undpredictable, swinging and intense indie rock. More
GRAM
GRAM is Marg van Eenbergen, in her former life as a singer with Seedling and part of About’s live set. She has locked herself up in her home studio for the past two years, which resulted in a 13 track debut album with an ear for detail. It was all work and no...More
I AM KLOOT
They have been playing together since the late 90s, but still manage to sound utterly fresh and original. In Manchester, I AM KLOOT are fabled for their awesome ability to encapsulate both the epic and the everyday. This trio continues to stun audiences across the...More
Kaizers Orchestra
Music or performance art? Kaizers Orchestra plays intellectual rock with a cabaret- like twist and Norwegian lyrics in an unpredictable style. Live on stage this band offers an impressive, surreal experience. Scandinavian urge to experiment with large oil barrels and...More
Kate Nash
Kubus & Bang Bang
Kubus, producer from Zwolle, won his spurs with distinguishing productions for Opgezwolle, DuvelDuvel, Jawat and Typhoon. He has put his electro, techno and drum ‘n base infected style on the map for good. Frankly rapping BangBang from Britain uses a mixture of...More
Milow
Of course you know this 26 year old Belgian singer-songwriter from his big hit ‘You Don’t Know’. Milow is one of the most interesting acts that Belgium has to offer. In addition it is definitely one of Belgium’s most successful performers. His debut album...More
Mogwai
Unswerving committent to music distinguishes this Scottish five piece who don’t care about sound barriers. Their mainly instrumental music is a variety of long soundscapes with delicate, melodious guitar-playing and walls of outright, intense noise. Rock needs mass...More
Mystery Jets
An unpleasant event lay the foundation of this group: singer Blaine Harrison was born with a defect which confined him to a wheelchair and the use of crutches and isolated him from his peers. Luckily, dad Henry succeeded in rousing his interest for music and...More
Nneka
After the release of her debut album two years ago, people too soon compared Nneka with Lauren Hill. By now, with her second album ‘No Longer At Ease’ we know that she is a lot more exciting than the former Fugees frontlady. This album is full of delightful,...More
Nobody Beats The Drum
In 2003 Nobody Beats The Drum hit the terrestial globe like a meteorite. Since then, the band from Utrecht continuously throw their fat music, beats and images onto boxes and tubes at home and abroad. Beats Work, NBTD’s first album out in March 2008, was launched by...More
Oi Va Voi
The secret of Oi VaVoi- Jewish for ‘I hope it will work out’- is their versatility. With a DJ, violist, hiphopper and rocker in their ranks, they have one foot in the Western and the other in the Eastern European music tradition, making it a fresh and successful...More
Orca
Right from the first note -hit on a fence post with a rope- you are caught. No wonder: Orca plays exciting, trancy rock on self-built instruments, reminding you of Swell, the Einstürzende Neubauten as well as Goran Bregovic. Songs that are built-up fantasticly, full...More
Pete & The Pirates
It is all too easy to joke about parrots on shoulders and wooden legs with a band name like Pete & The Pirates, although that would not downgrade their music at all. Because even looking at (or listening to) this band with an eye patch you would notice their...More
Pete Philly & Perquisite
One day, singer/rapper Pete Philly, exponent of the Amsterdam multicultural melting pot, coincidentally ran into cellist/ producer Perquisite, experimenting with everything ranging from classical music to jazz, broken beats and hip hop. They found each other in their...More
Peter von Poehl
Songs are like public transportation, but still some of them fall out of bounds and off track towards an unexpected adventure. This happened to 'Going to where the tea trees are'. This opened some doors for Peter von Poehl. As a source of inspiration for his sound, he...More
Polysics
This foursome from Tokyo have been together for over ten years now, and have already released seven records and a best of (‘POLYSICS OR DIE!!!!’). According to themselves, they produce ‘technicolor pogo punk’, and we can’t think of a better way to describe...More
Seasick Steve
Seasick steve himself: a real American, trainhopping, jailbirding, cowboying, carnival working, migrant farm picking, occasional tramping. Food for song? You bet. His music is so out of it and old fashioned that it somehow arrives at modern. Low down hobo blues and...More
Shout Out Louds
Being on the road for a long time means you got plenty of time. To think. To drink. To reminisce the past. To play computer games. To miss loved ones. To get lost in new towns. To misbehave and to get your priorities in order. It's all there in their New album Our Ill...More
SoKo
Charming Paris actress with Bjork accent, without record contract. SoKo is Stéphanie Sokolinski. A weird wolf in sheep’s clothing. Her musical inheritance is still limited, but she definitely became ‘cult’ with the briljant song: I’ll Kill Her! Recorded in her...More
The 925s
A golfpro, a politician to-be, a salesman and a gardener. Four friends from Petersborough who shared a classroom and a passion; music. Sharp and sagacious beyond their years, they toy with a very American influenced heavy sound, turning it on its head to create epic...More
The Cribs
They have earned a reputation as one of the best British rock bands to emerge in recent years. Firmly rooted in British indie rock they tower far above the average with provocative punk-power. Live gigs result in barely controlled chaos with roaring guitars, driven...More
The Dodos
The Dodos from San Fransisco impressed before they even had recorded one note. They had record companies line up for them. In the end they will release their album ‘Visiter’ with the same label as Bloc Party. A clever record full of exceptional songs with folk and...More
Unkle Bob
Unkle Bob will shortly release the sequel to their wonderful debut album ‘Sugar and Spite’, which made British magazine The Independent label them 'Britain's Next Big Thing'. The track 'Swans' of this album was used in the successful series 'Grey's Anatomy'. The...More
Voicst
For a long time Voicst has been labeled as ADHD-rock , but there is so much more. A brass section, for instance. Electronics by Rutger Hoedemakers (About). It generates variety, swing, extremes. On their latest album A Tale of Two Devils, Voicst sounds exciting and...More
We Smoke Fags
In the UK this band has definitely raised hell in a bunch of venues with their energetic electro punk and they can count on an increasing crowd of wildly enthusiastic fans. This deranged trio from England produces post-punk-electro-skunk-rock.More
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Singer Mariam Wallentin and drummer Andreas Werliin: a Swedish duo which forges an extraordinary hybrid of spiritual pop, primal blues and ecstatic soul. Wildbirds & Peacedrums was born of a desire to break free and return to music that captures pure feeling. If...More
Year Long Disaster
Threesome consisting of singer/guitarist Daniel Davies (son of The Kinks’ Dave Davies, indeed), ex- Karma to Burn bassist Rich Mullins and ex-Third Eye Blind drummer Brad Hargreaves. The love of bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath sounds through everywhere, but...More