They turned out to be the unplanned break-through on the festival. We offer more than 250 bands each year and just a few of them are lucky enough to make it to the mainstream. Most of all, because we do not program that many mainstream acts. We program the bands and artists that represent independent culture.
But that doesn’t change the fact that Rats On Rafts made it to the big league. The aggregator? The show in Kafee ‘t Buitenbeentje, during Incubate 2011. No other than the English well-known former-musician and BBC-commentator John Robb said he was blown away by their performance. From there on, it went quick. The Dutch paper De Volkskrant declared them ones to watch in their review of Incubate 2011. The biggest Dutch TV-show De Wereld Draait Door gave them the opportunity to perform on the show.  They performed on the showcase festival Eurosonic/Noorderslag and now they’re headlining their own tour and they even hit the UK. We programmed them on Frisse Oren in January to show the Tilburgers what they missed out on.
And this month, they will perform in 013 again. We  can assure you, you do NOT want to miss it. Not only because the amazing Harry Merry (well-known to the frequent Incubated visitors) is to perform there as well. But also because this is probably the last time, you will see them in a small hall. And if you buy a ticket for Rats On Rafts/Harry Merry, you get a ticket for the show of Waters/Houses for free! Waters is the new band from ex-Port O’Brien frontman Van Pierszalowski. Check out a cool single here. But we like to stress you to see Houses. An Amsterdam-based Dutch indiepop-band, who show some great potential. Not every song on their debut is a direct hit, but if they can write songs like ‘Stay With Me‘, they sure can write great tracks.

Witness the bloom of great Dutch bands!