London trio Factory Floor is coming back to the Netherlands again. The band, who have signed to James Murphy‘s DFA Records this fall, is coming at the 17th of May to Effenaar. With their music, which The Guardian describe as synth-noir, it sounds like they’re mixing modern-day electronic music with ’80s synthwave. That’s why it isn’t [...]
[Win] 2×2 tickets Factory Floor at Effenaar
April 27, 2012
The Art World Redefined through Contemporary Slang
March 15, 2012
In a reaction to a recent Guardian article that redefine the giants of literature through contemporary slang, Flavorwire digged trough Urban Dictionary for slang versions of famous artists and related works. Here is a selection of what they found, you can find the entire article here. Picasso “A typically negative term describing a person who appears attractive from [...]
Baby Dictators
March 18, 2010
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Still adored: The Stone Roses at 20
May 13, 2009
They were one of the coolest bands ever, paving the way for many bands like Oasis and most of all: looking cool and making dancing cool again. The Guardian made a slideshow of their best pictures like Reni rolling a joint in 020 and Ian Brown looking like a monkey.
Snoop Dogg joins the Nation of Islam
March 3, 2009
Extra extra, read all about it! “I’m an advocate for peace. I’ve been in the peace movement ever since I’ve been making music” Without Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Doggy Dogg aka Tha Doggfather aka Cordozar Calvin Broadus aka Snoopy, we’d all be very lost right now.
Jonathan Jones: 'Why I judge albums by their covers'
February 26, 2009
“I would spend hours on Saturdays in the grey 1980s looking through racks of vinyl LPs in dingy record shops. I was looking for the most beguiling, beautiful, mysterious-looking covers. I believed an arty sleeve must hold art within. This was of course a dangerous theory, for it made me a Pink Floyd fan.” Read [...]
The Detroit band that never sold out
February 10, 2009
At the ZXZW office we kinda like Detroit bands like The Stooges and MC5. But we’ve never heard of Death. The Guardian wrote an interesting piece on them. Check it here.
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[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 [...]