The Ex has been a highly influential band in punk, experimental and avant-garde scenes for over three decades now. In 1979 the band formed out of the squat scene of Amsterdam and Wormer and has since then developed into a prominent musical force covering such diverse styles as punk, noise, rock, jazz, improvisation, and ethnic [...]

Watch this trailer of Christina Hallström and Mandra Wabäck’s Beautiful Frenzy, a documentary on legendary Dutch anarcho punk/noise/avant garde collective The Ex.
The Ex will perform and curate an evening at Incubate 2010 on Monday September 13th.

Vortex 2006
The Netherlands’ longest lasting metalband Vortex is working on a new album. Going strong since 1979, these guys just won’t give up. And right they are in doing so. Stay updated on the work on their new album at their youtube channel and in the meantime, check out this golden oldie from 1986.

Three months ago we let you met fantastic dutch artists with awesome album/single covers. And now Zwar found us a music video of one of these fabulous artists. Recorded at the Tilburg funfair. Enjoy!
Of course this song, Schone Maid, is a classic.

The original version is by Tony Marshall.

But talking about zangers: Zanger Bob, one of [...]

A lot of you will know who Richard Bruinen aka Richie Backfire was. And if you don’t: he was the drummer for hardcore punkbands Right Direction, Backfire!, Determined, Swish and One Night Stand. Richard took his own life on March 20th 1999.
If you don’t know him: watch this (Dutch…) documentary, and if you do know [...]

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

Dio 3 (DIO – [...]

Serge Gainsbourg was a drunkard who smoked three packs a day. He yelled obscenities at world-famous stars and let under aged girls sing about lollipops with anise filling. He wrote a novel about a man who broke toxic winds and recorded the most scandalous number of all times which was banned by the Vatican. Someone [...]

Here it is again: the Generation Bass update!
First things first:
Lowlands, one of the most prominent festivals in The Netherlands, has a Global cLIMAx program. This means the Lima tent will be the place to be for peeps that wanna hear something different when it comes to dance music. Fridaynight is definitely the one you DO [...]

“Ik ben Rachid
Ik zing voor jou het levenslied
[...]
Ik ben wat je ziet
Want ik ben Rachid”
Who do you like more? This exotic Frans Bauer or the Surinamese Jan Smit, Damaru we posted earlier?

Howdy!
Na het succesvolle bloggen vanaf The Great Escape vorig jaar, zijn Effenaar programmeurs Robert en Tom wederom afgereisd naar Brighton om verslag te doen van dit coole driedaagse event. Meer dan 300 bands in 35 venues, dat wordt weer rennen en vliegen door The Lanes en over de Brighton Pier.
Dag 3
Vanaf onze vaste ontbijt en internetstek [...]