The post-punk era of 1979-83 were one of the most influential times of pop history. Retaining the roots in punk, but more complex and experimental, post-punk constructed the blueprint for modern genres such as gothic rock, industrial, alternative rock and many more. The Dutch collective ULTRA, short for ultramodern, were successfully riding this post-punk wave. [...]
ULTRA2012 : Minny Pops + guests city marathon
February 7, 2012
[Watch] Synth Brittania documentary
May 9, 2011
Watch this BBC documentary called Synth Brittania. This documentary follows a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. The documentary features the likes of Throbbing Gristle, New Order, The Normal, Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and many more!
[Watch] Joy Division – Transmission in Playmobil
February 9, 2011
Check out this cool video of playmobil dolls performing Joy Division‘s classic ‘Transmission’ And talking about Joy Division, bass player Peter Hook is set to perform the whole classic Joy Division album ‘Unknown Pleasures’ on a tour together with his band The Light. They are performing at Effenaar (Eindhoven) on May 29 and Paard van [...]
Help out R. Stevie Moore making a new record!
February 7, 2011
Post-punk/lo-fi legend R. Stevie Moore is looking for people to fund his new record. As you can see on a movie he posted on Kickstarter, this will be gratefully rewarded. If you somehow have 1250$ laying around you can even have dinner with Stevie himself! Go to his Kickstarter page here to see the movie [...]
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 [...]
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The highlights on inlog.org – week 6
February 10, 2012
We can understand that you don’t got all the time in the world to check all our blogposts, so that’s why from now on we give you every Friday the highlights of the week. First of al we are really proud of our live recordings from some artists at Incubated. Listen to Gary War, R. [...]