Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Worth the wait of fifteen years: Ulver Live

Ulver’s first show in fifteen years according to the Roadburn Blog. Great visuals and light effects. Ulver’s music is of course outstanding. Too bad the video and sound quality are not too good.
Anyway check it out, and help us hope they will start playing more live.

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Roadburn Audio online!

3voor12 a Dutch online music magazine has put some recordings of Roadburn 2009 online (scroll down).
So everyone who wants to relive that awesome experience can do so. Or if you could not be there, talk along with the cool guys about UFOMammut, Rose Kemp, Baroness, Farflung and others.

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Win: 2×2 Bidi-Bookings anniversary (Dÿse and more) @ W2 Den Bosch tickets

You can rock on your own, with a beatlesque four or just with two mofo’s. Less is more, you know. Dÿse (on Myspace) is a two-man band, formed in the Spring of 2003 and named after the Dysecatmotel in Amsterdam where they’d first met. It began as a fun, drunken side project for Jari Rebelein [...]

Monday, May 4th, 2009

R.I.P. Jon Blank (Wino) 1974 – 2009

Last Saturday night, bass player Jon Blank past away from a drug overdose, a day after his return in the Unites States. He just got back from an amazing tour in Europe with Wino, which also hit Roadburn 2009’s Afterburner.
A letter to the fans from the other band of Blank, Rezin, can be found here.
Jon [...]

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Artist Exposed: The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers

Did you return safely home from the Roadburn fest, or did you cry all weekend long because you could not be there? Fear not! There is coming more fine music to Tilburg between 13 and 20 September 2009!  One of the things that might very well be interesting for the stoner rock fans is The [...]

Monday, April 27th, 2009

How to get roadburned

Missed Roadburn last week, or want to relive the festival you just came home from? Read a nice review here (day 1) and here (day 2):
“It’s really easy to tell as you walk around Tilburg who is here for Roadburn and who isn’t. Even when I first got here from Amsterdam on the train, the [...]

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Roadburn 2009: Seven That Spells

We’re all looking forward to the sold out Roadburn Festival 2009, from Thursday to Saturday at 013, Tilburg. This week, we will highlight a few artists that will perform during the three days in stoner-heaven.

At V39, the new Roadburn venue on the other side of the road at 013, Seven That Spells (ZXZW 2008) will [...]

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Roadburn 2009: Motorpsycho

We’re all looking forward to the sold out Roadburn Festival 2009, from Thursday to Saturday at 013, Tilburg. This week, we will highlight a few artists that will perform during the three days in stoner-heaven.
The drummer of Motorpsycho, Kenneth Kapstad, performed at ZXZW 2008 with his band Monolithic, which was great (debut album available now). [...]

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Motorpsycho drummer's debut with Monolithic.

“One part extreme metal, one part big balls rock’n roll, a whole lot of sweat and more energy than a raging flock of bulls.”
That is part of how we described Monolithic for last year’s ZXZW.
Now this band with on drums Motorpsycho’s Kenneth Kapstad and Stian Westerhus (Puma, Bladed, Jaga Jazzist etc.) on baritone guitar have [...]

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Roadburn 2009: The Devil's Blood

We’re all looking forward to the sold out Roadburn Festival 2009, from Thursday to Saturday at 013, Tilburg. This week, we will highlight a few artists that will perform during the three days in stoner-heaven.

The Devil’s Blood (ZXZW 2008) celebrated their very first show at Roadburn Festival 2008, which was a blast. It’s a nice [...]