‘The Incubate gospel according to’ section gives you tips from insiders. Check others out here. Who are you? Angelique Spaninks, director of MU art space in Eindhoven, where I program arts and popculture in the broadest sense of the words. We have worked with artists like Henrik Vibskov, Mike Mills, Miranda July, Ari Marcopoulos, Peter [...]

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A one night festival crosscutting a variety of musical styles and boundaries. The Night of the Unexpected Friday 11 September 20.30 hours Paradiso, Amsterdam, the Netherlands With Pan Sonic, Talibam!, Knalpot, Wilbert Bulsink and Thomas Myrmel, Lunapark, Andre Avelas Octet, Yu Tao, Sensational and Spectre, Huba de Graaff, Amsterdams Bach Consort, Los Siquicos Litoralenos, Jan-Bas [...]

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‘The Incubate gospel according to’ section gives you tips from insiders. Check others out here. Who are you? Albin ‘Sunlight’ Julius – Der Blutharsch – from the woods around Vienna. What will you be doing during Incubate 2009 (Sept. 13-20)? Being on tour with my gang, and at least perform Incubate Sunday 20th of September. [...]

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Is it just us, or are there more good records by female singers this year? Soap&Skin, Fever Ray, Micachu & The Shapes, jj, Laleh, St. Vincent, Bat For Lashes, just to name few. Another really good one comes from English singer Florence Welch with her band Florence + The Machine. Only 23 years old, she [...]

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Andrew Keen, who will give a keynote speech during Incubate, Hans Abbing, who will discuss with Andrew Keen (and others) that same day, and Ernesto Priego have at least one thing in common: They all wrote articles about the question ‘Why are artists poor?’ Hans Abbing published a book with this title. Andrew Keen wrote [...]

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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou will play Incubate Sunday 20 September 2009, 14:30 – 15:30 in the open air Muzetuin FOR FREE! This swinging collective has never performed in Europe before this tour, so you can finally check them out live! At the French Marsatac festival they will play together with FRANZ FERDINAND as you can [...]

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As Incubate is rapidly coming near you can expect a lot of updates from now on. First up: the festival guide! Check it out! Or watch it here.

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After months of touring, travelling and working abroad all the members of Vatican Analog are finally back in Tilburg, time for some serious partying! Live: THE!DIE!DIE!DIE! FRANZ FJODOR STAPLERFAHRER THE DAY THE BLACK MAN DIED SVARTVIT all live, no mercy doors: 20:00 hrs free entrance cheap beers

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Dio 1 (Ronnie James Dio (b. 1942): Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven and Hell, Elf and many other bands) Performing in The Netherlands: Wednesday 2 dec 2009 in 013, Tilburg: 27,50 Dio 2 (Diorno Braaf (b. 1988) Dutch rapper on the TopNotch label) Performing in the Netherlands: Thursday 12 dec 2009 in Effenaar, Eindhoven: 12,50 [...]

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In only five days ‘Reverence for Fallen Trees’ the new album of The Black Atlantic (also on ZXZW 2007) is downloaded over 20,000 times! *applause* Peter, our assistant booker, describes the new album as: “Very beautiful. It’s a very intimate album, with a lot of details. The songs radiate a certain warmth.” So now, at [...]

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