Ten albums in ten years of time, Xiu Xiu is doing a pretty good job if we’re talking about productivity. The man behind Xiu Xiu, Jamie Stewart, worked with a lot of different band members but he himself is the only consistent person in this project. His newest album is called ‘Always’ and you can listen to [...]
[Listen] Stream new album by Xiu Xiu
February 28, 2012
Incubate live recordings: Han Bennink, :zoviet*france: and others
September 26, 2011
We already reported about :zoviet*france: putting their entire hauntingly beautiful Incubate set online. Now Han Bennink has followed that example, putting his concert on Soundcloud. It’s an amazing accumulation of rhythms, dynamics and drum layers, creating a 33-minute (!!) drumsolo. Artist in Residence Daedelus made tracks with students at the Fontys Rockacademie during Incubate. We streamed [...]
[Listen] Afterschool avant garde #incu11: Audio from casio workshop with kids from Basisschool Andreas (Tilburg)
September 15, 2011
The afterschool avantgarde project has been a great success far! We’ve had people like Felix Kubin (photo above) and Sylvain Chauveau working with the kids as you can see, but we now have some audio as well! The kids over at Basisschool Andreas (primary school in Tilburg) had a Casio workshop and we’ve uploaded two [...]
[Interview] Gaspard Kuentz, co-director ‘We Don’t Care About Music Anyway’ (Incubate 2011)
May 17, 2011
The movie ‘We Don’t Care About Music Anyway’ is set to show at Incubate 2011. Jantien Borsboom (Incubate) interviewed Gaspard Kuentz, who co-directed ‘We Don’t Care About Music Anyway’ with Cédric Dupire. 1. Can you please introduce yourself? “My name is Gaspard Kuentz. I directed the film “We Don’t Care About Music Anyway…” with Cédric [...]
The Ex Files: Come see them at Incubate!
July 26, 2010
All good things must come to an end, and thus also The Ex Files end. We’ve illustrated the first two decennia of The Ex‘ impressive music career, and by now you should have gotten a pretty good idea of The Ex’ legendary status and their importance to contemporary music. That is, if you didn’t have [...]
The Ex Files: The next decennium (1999)
July 19, 2010
The year 1999 sees The Ex touring all over Europe and the U.S. In February, The Ex play New York and Houston, and then tour the U.S. West together with Fugazi. Back in Europe they tour Germany, followed by the release of the joint Tortoise/The Ex collaboration for the In The Fishtank series, a special [...]
The Ex Files: The next decennium (1996-1998)
July 12, 2010
In 1996 Terrie goes on a year long round-trip through Africa. Although The Ex are supposed to have a sabbatical this year, it’s members are not idle. Singer Sok tours with the troubadouresque punk-folk posse De Kift, bass-player Luc can be heard on the album The Untraceable Cigar of melancholic free-jazz quartet Roof (featuring a.o. [...]
The Ex Files: The next decennium (1992-1995)
July 5, 2010
In March 1992 The Ex finish their 7″ singles series with a 12″ single that doesn’t fit into the compilation-box. The next period sees The Ex slowly but surely moving more and more towards the jazz and improviational scene. Most of the year The Ex tour extensively with Tom Cora in the U.S. and Western [...]
The Ex Files: The next decennium (1990-1991)
June 28, 2010
In 1990 The Ex release a split live-cassette with the Dog Faced Hermans called Treat. When Dog Faced Hermans take a year off their guitarist Andy Moor joins The Ex. More releases follow that year, including the first ever Ex release on cd. In January 1991 The Ex and New York cellist Tom Cora go [...]
The Ex Files: The early years (1989)
June 21, 2010
During the summer of 1989 The Ex record another double-LP, Joggers & Smoggers, at Amsterdam’s squatted ADM-complex, an old shipyard. The Ex are supported by a whole slew of guest musicians, such as Ab Baars (who will also perform at Incubate 2010), Wolter Wierbos, Wilf Plum from Dog Faced Hermans, and Sonic Youth‘s Lee Ranaldo [...]
Recent posts
[Spotifriday] Your weekend soundtrack – Week 21
May 25, 2012
Exitmusic – Passage This duo consists of husband and wife Devon Church en Aleska Palladino, from (Shit, again?!) Brooklyn, New York. With EP From Silence, which they released a year ago Exitmusic showed us their first sign of life.. Passage, their debutalbum, is a bit more bombastic, but still got the sultry sound. Next to this sultry [...]