Amsterdam Jam

Viral Radio Festival

Temporal — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:57:59 +0000

The Gaslamp Killer @ Trouw 2009 This weekend the Viral Radio festival brings nice treats for music lovers in the Netherlands. This bijou festival runs over two days in two different venues in Amsterdam and features artists from today’s most cutting edge music labels. Its interesting to see that all of the visiting musicians are from either California or London which [...]

Broken Bells

Temporal — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:36:09 +0000

Broken Bells - The High Road Broken Bells is a collaboration between James Mercer of The Shins and Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton of Gnarls Barkley and DANGERDOOM who has produced artists like Beck, Gorillaz, The Rapture and The Black Keys. This year they have released their self titled debut album to much critical acclaim. So [...]

Errors

Temporal — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:54:10 +0000

Coming up next week are a 4 piece electro/electronica/post rock band from Glasgow. They’ve released two albums so far. I like some of the tracks on the first album, though I am not totally convinced by the album as a whole. Their latest album “Come Down With Me” is a cracker, you should definitely [...]

Jon Hopkins

Temporal — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:06:32 +0000

Some beautiful ambient music to chill you out after the recent sub tropical Amsterdam weather. Jon Hopkins is a classically trained composer who hails from the UK and makes music that has influences from Brian Eno and Global Communicatios to Boards of Canada and Henrik Swartz. His live shows boast big beats, throbbing bass and stunning [...]

Tortoise

Temporal — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:21:28 +0000

I have to admit that I have been mesmerised by the latest Tortoise album, “Beacons of Ancestorship” (their sixth). Its their first release in five years and it goes off like a bomb. At heart an indie outfit the band cross genres with reckless abandon, from Jazz to Rock, Punk to Hip Hop, Dub [...]

Black Milk

Temporal — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:31:45 +0000

Black Milk is back this week in Amsterdam playing the small room of the Paraidiso on Friday night. We’ve covered him when he played last year here. If you feel like seeing a talented hip hop artist this weekend check this guy out. Black Milk - “Losing Out” featuring Royce Da Share on Facebook

The Cat Empire

Temporal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:15:05 +0000

The Cat Empire are from Melbourne Australia and this year they are bringing a bit of summer sun to Europe. This band has been around for about ten years and have released four albums so far. Their sound jumps between reggae, ska, jazz, hip hop, pop and funk with some elements cross over into the sound [...]

TAKE

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:21:12 +0000

TAKE (aka Sweatson Klank) is on Pooh Bah records hails from the LA beat scene. He released his debut album a couple of years ago and has put out numerous singles and 12′ over the years. Recently he has done remix work for artists such as Flying Lotus. He played in the Bimhuis last summer [...]

Atmosphere

Temporal — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:47:27 +0000

Atmosphere are an indie hip hop duo from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They have been together for 11 years and have six album releases under their belt. Last year they released an excellent album titled “When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold” that featured heavily on my playlist. On that album tour they played [...]