We’ve told you earlier before that this Thursday it’s our second edition of Incubate Scene Report. Now we’ve got a special announcement to make: Because Sleep Party People and Pinkunoizu is gonna play the same night in Tilburg, we decided, in collaboration with 013, that we are gonna mix both events and turn it into one free mini-festival. The night [...]

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The second live-edition of Incubate Scene Report is on its way. This Thursday 2 bands from Groningen get the chance to represent their hometown at Cul de Sac, entrance is free. First Earth Control, a nice lo-fi garage band with electronics. They got pretty weird Dutch lyrics, including song titles as ‘ Passen jullie maar op [...]

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Groningen is the biggest city in the north of the Netherlands. It’s also a very lively, creative and interesting place with a strong underground scene. VENUES The music scene in this city is diverse. There is De Oosterpoort, which has cabaret, dance, theatre, classical music and some shows from bigger artists. Vera  (photo) is a [...]

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Under the name Incubate Scene Report we are putting a city in the spotlight. Two weeks ago we wrote an article about the music scene in Copenhagen and last week we hosted a night at Cul de Sac with two bands from Haarlem. This will get a follow-up, at the 26th of April there is [...]

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I have a love/hate relationship with Eurosonic/Noorderslag. The first 25 years of my life i lived in and near Groningen, so i know how the city behaves without music industry people. This year is my 9th time to visit the festival, the first time as a delegate. In the past i saw some amazing shows [...]

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Eurosonic Noorderslag is an annual festival that takes place in Groningen, the Netherlands. Of course a lot of Incubaters are at the festival watching bands, listening to keynote speeches and drinking some beers. Each of them made a little report of how they experienced it! Today you’re going to hear about the experiences from Frank Kimenai. Soooo, [...]

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Eurosonic Noorderslag is an annual festival that takes place in Groningen, the Netherlands. Of course a lot of Incubaters are at the festival watching bands, listening to keynote speeches and drinking some beers. Each of them made a little report of how they experienced it! Today you’re going to hear about the experiences from Erik [...]

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Good morning. We found a really cool band from Groningen. They make fuzzy indierock with some hints of garage, noise and post-punk. We like it. You can listen to them below, or download their 7″ for free on their bandcamp. You can also buy their 7″ there.

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We’re pretty sure that we’ll piss off some people for not being at some of these amazing shows, yet this archive is an amazing source of posters from Vera events in the past. Check out the archive here as well as the whole new website here while you’re at it!

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The ‘Incubate gospel according to’ section gives you Incubate 2010 tips from insiders. Seventh one: Robert Meijerink. 1.Who are you? Robert Meijerink. Promotes and books shows in Doornroosje, Merleyn, Festival de-Affaire in Nijmegen and is booker of EuroSonic-Noorderslag Festival in Groningen. 2.What will you be doing during Incubate 2010 (Sept. 12-19)? Will visit Incubate probably [...]

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