Gig Reviews
The fourth edition of Best Kept Secret Festival began this Friday with Editors, Beck and Jamie XX as big headliners, a big batch of middle letter bands among which highlighted Beach House, Wilco, Band of Horses or Dinosaur Jr and which this year has forgotten proposals such as HipHop ones in favour of a clear
American Eli "Paperboy" Reed came to the Dutch capital a week before launching their fifth studio album My Way Home, which as we have heard on the streaming of NPR still shows the roots of the guy from Boston; American blues, country and rock 'n' roll. The show at the Bitterzoet room started on time and with
Scots Travis returned to Amsterdam after the failed attempt of 2013, when their show had to be canceled due to problems in the voice of Fran, to present their eighth studio album, Everything at Once, which was released just over one month ago. Perhaps for this reason, or by the undoubted fact that they are
Americans Band of Skulls visited the Dutch capital just a couple of days before launching their fourth studio album titled By Default, two years after delivering the magnificent Himalayan which confirmed them as one of the main bands on the blues rock style after the surprise of Sweet Sour back in 2012. The ones in
Nearly a year after his last visit to the Netherlands, Noel Gallagher returned to Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam as a part of the European tour to promote his second solo album, Chasing Yesterday. Responsible for opening the night were Americans Augustines, also closer to release their long-awaited second album, and for about 30 minutes
Canadians Black Mountain came to Melkweg room in Amsterdam as next-to-last stop of their European tour to promote IV, its highly anticipated fourth studio album which was released just 15 days ago. Before a crowded room in which surprised the presence of different generations, and with a sober scenography with only two side screens with
One more year, the London Calling Festival lands at Paradiso hall in Amsterdam to showcase the best emerging bands of the independent scene. Without a clear headline as happened in recent editions (Royal Blood, Jungle, Spiritualized or Spoon), the edition of this year was clearly dominated by the presence of female voices and rhythms rather
With one of the best albums of 2015 on their back pocket, Americans Deafheaven landed at Paradiso room in Amsterdam to present for the first time in the Netherlands their acclaimed LP New Bermuda. Responsible for opening night were Myrkur, Danish band led by Amalie Bruun, who has been part of dream pop and indie
British band The Libertines return this Monday to the Paradiso room in Amsterdam as part of the tour to promote their album Anthems for Doomed Youth after having played two years ago in the Heineken Music Hall and last summer at the Best Kept Secret Festival, where we could enjoy a more than adequate show. Thus
For the second consecutive year, the Cross Linx Festival returned to the impressive enclosure of the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ to celebrate its residence in Amsterdam. The festival, which aims to show the fusion of independent music with classic sides and is held for four consecutive days at various Dutch cities, counted this year with
