This Tuesday, Zs will play our upcoming Incubated together with Bismuth and Nü Sensae. To ease the wait we wanted to share this great video of one of Zs’ shows at SXSW. If the music won’t give you an immediate case of anxiety, the way it is shot will; there is even a brief 2001 part [...]
[Watch] Zs drop new video ‘Uni-sex Earplug’
April 15, 2013
Gigi Ravelli, Cocaine, Traumahelikopter, and Good Times/Bad Times or GTST
March 22, 2013
The girl in the picture is Gigi Ravelli. Ok, now we have your attention; the piece is not about her. Yesterday’s episode of “Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden” or “Good Times, Bad Times“(perfect translation) was a special one. The Dutch version of “As The World Turns” was amazing; not because someone cheated on someone, killed someone, [...]
[Storify] Nü Sensae plays and wrecks SXSW
March 18, 2013
Last week one of the biggest music festivals in the world, SXSW, took place in Austin. One of the bands that stirred things up a bit was Nü Sensae. And what a coincidence: we have invited them to Tilburg. See what you can expect when Nü Sensae (together with Zs and Bismuth) will be playing April 16th [...]
[Go to] Metropolis festival + five acts you can’t miss
June 29, 2012
One of our favorite free festival in the Netherlands is the Rotterdam based Metropolis. In a nice setting, the Zuiderpark is this festival booking nice and refreshing bands since 1988. So examples? Let’s see; TV On The Radio in 2004, Death From Above 1979 in 2005 and maybe more recent in The xx three years ago. [...]
[Watch] The Men – Full performance (live on KEXP)
April 13, 2012
Last [Incu Thursday] we announced that The Men will be playing at Incubate 2012. To keep your tensions high, watch the following full live performance at SXSW to get a grasp of the termendous force unleashed at their liveshows. For even a better view on how a The Men show is like, read the following 2 reviews [...]
Incubate tips for Roadburn 2012
April 11, 2012
Tomorrow starts Roadburn 2012 festival, one of the coolest things happening in Tilburg each year. Our music promoters each selected three of their must-see acts out of Roadburns extensive music-programme. Peter Meeuwsen Barn Owl Ambient kraut drones reminiscent of Earth, really good live band as they proved at Incubated last year. For those not attending Roadburn, make sure [...]
[Spotifriday] Your weekend soundtrack – Week 15
April 6, 2012
With last week’s Incubate Scene Report, yesterday evening Incubated and yesterday of course also the Incu Thursday we are a bit busy at the moment. But of course we made some time to find the best new releases on Spotify so got some good music if you are visiting your granny this Easter. Yppah – Eighty [...]
[Watch] Hubble @ SXSW (#Incu2012 Artist)
March 27, 2012
Last ‘Incu Thursday‘ consisted of four bands including Hubble. One of the most recent performances of Hubble, at the SXSW TerrorEyes.tv party, got recorded and made available for everyone to watch. Experience why Hubble has been described as: ‘A full-on shredfest of endless repetitions with subtle variations combined with an energetic performance giving it something spectral’. [...]
[Go See] Jacuzzi Boys @ Effenaar
March 22, 2012
The Jacuzzi Boys got noticed in our reports from Eurosonic and SXSW and now they are heading towards The Netherlands for their European tour. If you like unpolished garagerock that make you dance and scream, you might want to visit Area 51 the 6th of April. Listen to the catchy Glazin’ below .
[Report] Frank at SXSW – Final report
March 21, 2012
Our colleague Frank Kimenai was at SXSW last week. After his reports from last week (part one, two, three and four) this is his final report. The week went by really fast; it’s saturday again, so it’s the last day of SXSW. We were invited by the dudes of Howlin’ Rain to come check their show at the Mohawk [...]
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