Weeks highlights

Dutch singer songwriter Jacco Gardner brings his slice of hazy washed out neo psychedelic songs to the Rockhal this Thurday night. His new album ‘Hypnophobia’ was released this week and you can expect much of the same summer vibes as the last record, keeping it 60s infused psych pop, think Syd Barrett Pink Floyd.

CarréRotondes are throwing a leaving party to celebrate the 7 years they enjoyed at Exit07 and to look forward to their new home. They’ll be joined by Blueprint (DJ set), Napoleon Gold (DJ set) & Sun Glitters to name just a few, I’m sure this will be a worthy send off for what I feel was one of the best venues in Luxembourg.

The Irish indie folk band Villagers, fronted by Conor O’Brien, will be playing Rockhal this Saturday night. Compared to Bright Eyes, O’Brien’s carefully crafted indie-folk being underpinned by an eerie sense of disquiet. “Darling Arithmetic” is the third album from Villagers, released on 13 April 2015. The follow-up to the debut, “Becoming a Jackal”, and its successor, “Awayland” – both hugely acclaimed and Mercury-nominated. Support from Luxembourg’s own ‘Seed To Tree’

Upcoming gigs in May

1/5 – 90’s Party (2nd Night) @ den Atelier

2/5 – 24H Electro for Kids (FREE entry) @ Rockhal

2/5 – The Four Owls (Hip Hop) @ den Atelier

2/5 – Alright the Captain & Cheap Jazz (Math rock) @ Café Rocas

3/5 – And So I Watch You From Afar (Post Rock, Instrumental) @ den Atelier

6/5 – Turn Back The Pages – Tribute to the music of Paul Lebrun @ Rockhal – Club

6/5 – Lily Luca (Singer/songwriter) @ Konrad’s

6/5 – Close Talker @ de Gudde Wëllen

7/5 – Jacco Gardner @ Rockhal – The Floor

7/5 – Patrice @ den Atelier

7/5 –Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

8/5 – Charlie Winston @ den Atelier

8/5 – Sun Glitters @ Exit07

8/5 – Rock Against Cancer @ Rockhal – Club

8/5 – Giora Feidman (Jazz clarinetist) @Trifolion

8/5 – Onyx @ Melusina

9/5 – Villagers @ Rockhal

9/5 – Medialuna Flamenca @ Kulturkabrik

9/5 – Rodriquez (SOLD OUT) @ den Atelier

9/5 – Angle at My Table (Final Show) @ de Gudde Wëllen

9/5 – Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson @ Philharmonie

10/5 – Two White Cranes (singer/songwriter) @ de Gudde Wëllen

11/5 – Jonathan Jeremiah @ Rockhal – Club

12/5 – Sophie Hunger @ Rockhal – Club

13/5 – Wiltz Session #3 W Corbi, Dillendub & WaIIace Dice @ de Gudde Wëllen

13/5 – Robin Schulz @ Däichhal Ettelbruck

14/5 – Joy Wellboy @ Rockhal – Café

14/5 – Patrick Watson @ Rockhal – Club

14-17/5 – Like a Jazz Machine (festival) @ Dudelange

15/5 – Rock Against Exclusion W Fréro Delavega & Isaac Roosevelt @ Rockhal – Club

15/5 – Retrace my Fragments @ Café Rocas

16/5 – 24hr Electro workshop for kids @ Rockhal

16/5 – Guy Noël band @ Ancien Cinema

17/5 – Katrin Scherer’s Momentum (Jazz) @ Neimënster

17/5 – Maceo Parker (Funk/Jazz) @ Opderschmelz, Dudelange

17/5 – Foxygen @ Rockhal – Club

19/5 – Quimby @ Melusina

19/5 – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Afro beat) @ den Atelier

19/5 – Tops @ de Gudde Wëllen

20/5 – Blug plays Hendrix W Remo Cavallini & Bernard Allison Group @ den Atelier

22/5 – Gene Taylor @ Sang a Klang

22/5 – Shantel & Bucovina Orkestar (Balkan, Dance) @ den Atelier

23/5 – Calogero @ Rockhal

23-24/5 – Koll an Aktioun (festival) @ Martelange

26/5 – Mike and the Mechanics @ Rockhal – Club

26/5 – Ky-Mani Marley @ den Atelier

27/5 – Our Last Night (rock) @ Kulturfabrik

28/5 – Emmure + Caliban (metalcore) @ Kuturfabrik

29/5 – TOTO @ Rockhal

29/5 – Matisyahu (Hip Hop/Reggae) @ den Atelier

Upcoming April gigs

1/4 – Moonspell (Death, Gothic Metal) @Kulturfabrik

1/4 – Another From Above (melodic hardcore) @ Rockhal – cafe

2/4 – Jaimi Faulkner @ The International (formerly Soulkitchen)

2/4 – Jessica Pratt (folk) @ Exit07

2/4 –Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

3/4 – Steel Panther @ den Atelier

3/4 – Jeff Mills @ Rockhal – Club

4/4 – Moofest – 4th Edition (Rock) @ Kulturfabrik

4/4 – Honningbarna (Punk, Rock) @ de Gudde Wëllen

4/4 – Tuys @ Rockhal – The Floor

4/4 – Sub Culture presents Vacum’s Birthday bash (Drum & Bass) @ den Atelier

5/4 – David Carreira @ Rockhal – Main Hall

6/4 – Steel Pulse @ den Atelier

7/4 – Fanfare Ciocărlia @ Neimënster

8/4 – Tom Bright @ de Gudde Wëllen

9/4 – Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

10/4 – The Barcodes (album launch) @ Rockhal – Club

10/4 – Yannick Noah @ den Atelier

10/4 – Flako (Electronic/experimental)@ Exit07

11/4 – Ibeyi @ Rockhal – Club

11/4 – The Stanley Clarke Band (Jazz) @ den Atelier

14/4 – David Blair + Heidi Browne @ Konrad’s

14/4 – The Ghost Inside @ den Atelier

15/4 – Nach @ Rockhal – Club

15/4 – Ryley Walker @ de Gudde Wëllen

16/4 – Rae Morris @ Rockhal – The Floor

16/4 – Cali @ den Atelier

16/4 –Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

17/4 – The Parov Sterlar band @ Rockhal

18/4 – Sharon Van Etten @ Rockhal – Club

18/4 – Klingande (House) @ den Atelier

19/4 – While She Sleeps + Cancer Bats @ Rockhal – Club

20/4 – Marcus Miller @ Rockhal – Club

21/4 – Moriarty @ Rockhal – Club

22/4 – Carmen Souza Quartet (Jazz, World) @ den Atelier

23/4 – Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

23/4 – Hannah Lou Clark @ de Gudde Wëllen

24/4 – Oscar & The Wolf @ den Atelier

25/4 – Out Of The Crowd Festival w Russian Circles + Helms Alee (Alternative, Math-rock) @ Kulturfabrik

25/4 – Calexico @ den Atelier

26/4 – Kings of Convenience @ Rockhal – Club

28/4 – Christine and The Queens @ Rockhal – Club

28/4 – Fantasy Talk @ Rocas

29/4 – The Roger Cicero Jazz Experiance @ den Atelier

30/4 – Gregory Porter (jazz) @ Philharmonie

30/4 – Selah Sue @ Rockhal

30/4 –Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

30/4 – 90’s Party @ den Atelier

Weeks highlights

Tonight sees German alt rock band Sizarr come to Exit07 to play Luxembourg for the first time. Sizarr had just left their teens when they sold out national tours in Germany, shared stages with acts like Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective and Editors, and stole the limelight from SxSW to Sonar, from Iceland Airwaves to Germany’s own Melt.

“We all want the world to be beautiful. We want scribes and songbirds to tell us so – and sometimes they do and then it is. They point their pens and focus their lens where they will and surprise us to our soul. On Your Own Love Again is a record that does it to us, with songs from a spine-thrilling new place and a gifted young singer with her own musical logic”. On Thursday sees the much lauded Jessica Pratt play Exit07, she has been compared to folk artists such as Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Sibylle Baier and Karen Dalton.

On the other side of the music spectrum we have Steel Panther, who will be thrusting their way through their set at den Atelier on Friday night. Steel Panther have brought back the glam rock days of the 80s but with their own stereotypical parody angle on the genre and hilarious lyrics, which most will find offensive on almost all levels. If you’re a fan of Mötley Crüe, Guns ‘n’ Roses and Poison, then no better way to get your weekend started than Steel Panther.

Also on Friday night techno legend Jeff Mills will be playing the Rockhal but in a change to proceedings he won’t be performing the Time Tunnel project as initially scheduled but instead a 3hr DJ set. I’ve been to a few Jeff Mills shows in my time and if you’re in anyway a techno fan don’t miss one of the true pioneers of the genre.

On Saturday night Norwegian punk rock band Honningbarna, who’s frontman rocks out with a cello as well as anyone can with a guitar, bring their energetic live show to de Gudde Wëllen. Although they mainly sing in their native tongue their energy will make everyone take note and watch. Great live act.

Now time for another EP release, this time from local indie pop band Tuys. There seems to be a real Foals influence running through some of the tracks I’ve heard from Tuys, so it will be interesting to see where they go with the new EP, which is aptly named “Carousel” referring to the band’s constant progress and artistic introspection.

Weeks highlights

Tonight sees the return of Underworld. Following unprecedented demand for tickets to their 20th anniversary live performance of ‘dubnobasswithmyheadman’ album at London’s iconic Royal Festival Hall, the band announced a series of additional shows. These unique and intimate performances will take place throughout Europe, landing at den Atelier when they reach Luxembourg. Underworld will perform their classic landmark album ‘dubnobasswithmyheadman’ in full tonight, it was hailed as a game changer on its release at the start of 1994. Two decades on, it is unarguably one of the most influential British electronic records of all time – a signpost for everything from dance music’s easy relationship with festival main stages, to the radio and globe-conquering EDM phenomenon.

Continuing on the electronic front this week Etienne de Crécy plays Rockhal this Wednesday. After the release of his fourth studio album earlier this year ‘Super Discount 3’ he comes to Rockhal backed by his long-standing friends Alex Gopher and Julien Delfaud for the third episode of his legendary French touch sampler.

This Friday night Rockhal bring another legend to Luxembourg, this time it’s every hopeless romantics favourite man with a moustache, Lionel Richie. Lionel’s shows feature songs from one of the most loved repertoires in music spanning his entire career from the Commodores through to the present day, with songs like “Dancing On The Ceiling”, “Say You, Say Me”, “Hello”, “Three Times A Lady”, “Easy” and “All Night Long”. The show really does deliver on its promise of ALL THE HITS ALL NIGHT LONG.

Now time for some afro-post punk from Luxembourg’s No Metal in This Battle at Exit07 this Friday. The band is very much influenced by deep down Nigerian afro-beat, post-rock and math-rock mixed to a punk attitude. Their sound merges from an unlikely encounter between Tony Allen, 90 day men, Tortoise and Fugazi. Their live shows always turn into a spiritual and powerful sharing experience with their audience. They have supported the likes of !!! (CHK CHK CHK), Calibro 35, Minot (ex-Monument to Masses), God Is An Astronaut.

Glass Animals – Exit07 17/3/15

After a triumphant UK tour out the way, which included a host of sold out shows including Shepherds Bush Empire, it really feels like Glass Animals are going to be the next British Indie (I use that term lightly) band on the cusp of breaking through in a big way. This coming 10 months after the release of their debut album, it all seems to have just been simmering under the radar till now. So with them arriving in Luxembourg to play Exit07 I felt it was time to see if the hype was to be believed.

As they emerge on stage I start to wonder how their precisely produced album will translate to the live experience, straight away it’s rawer, rougher round the edges, they seem to have more edge live, which is a pleasant surprise. Frontman Dave Bayley dances and weaves his way through interacting with the audience and pulling them in with his offbeat energetic moves. As the show continues it dawns on me that as much as ‘Gooey’ is their big hit and went down as well as you’d expect they have plenty of great tracks pulling you in with intrigue and making you all dance such as ‘Black Mambo’ with it’s dirty groove, which was always going to be a crowd pleaser. I suppose if there were any drawbacks it was the sound on ‘Cocoa Hooves’ which I was looking forward to but the guitar seemed to drown out everything else, just giving way to a real muddy sound not allowing anyone in the crowd to get into it. Other than that small blip to proceedings they started finishing up the show with a Kayne West cover of ‘Love Lockdown’ which you can clearly see Dave Bayley loves performing as he jumped onto of the speakers raising above the crowd singing to the very back. They then sent us home with the energetic ‘Pools’ leaving everyone in a high and hoping they will be back sooner rather than later.

Earlier in the evening Dave Bayley told the audience this is their first time in Luxembourg, well after seeing them live tonight lets hope for music fans of Luxembourg it wont be the last time. It’s was a suitably packed Exit07 tonight, I just wonder how long it will be till they have outgrown such a size of venue.

Weeks Highlights

Following on from their triumphant UK tour, Glass Animals come to Exit07 tonight bringing with them their palm leaves i’m sure. From their artwork to videos it’s obvious Glass Animals have a clear idea of how the whole experience should be consumed visually as well as audibly and if the album is the bench mark then the show should be the highlight of the week. I only came to Glass Animals recently but their album has barely been off the stereo since. Their sounds goes from mellow grooves to to jazzy hip hip beats and although ‘Gooey’ was released last year, seing as i’m a late comer I have it down as my song of the year so far.

Bringing in the weekend with his blues rock Hanni El Khatib has already progressed from the raw blues debut album to the more polished Dan Auerbach produced (Black Keys) second album, which from the few tracks I’ve heard it’s quite clear the influence the Black Keys man has had. Hanni is back with a new album this year so expect some new tracks at Den Atelier this Friday.

Also on Friday night expect propulsive bass lines, primitive disco drums and guitar lines sharp as broken glass from London’s Shopping at Exit07. Formed in November 2012 the band released a 7 inch single a few months later which sold out within a week. Their debut LP Consumer Complaints was released November 2013 in the UK via MILK records and quickly sold out its first pressing. A US re-issue of Consumer Complaints is due in early 2015 via Fat Cat records and this will be quickly followed by the band’s highly anticipated 2nd LP, out worldwide in Spring 2015.

The band are tirelessly committed to taking their sound to new audiences and spreading the Shopping gospel, securing impressive gigs along the way including main support for ESG and Gang Of Four as well as a BBC 6 Music session for Marc Riley. Described by the NME as a “band you need to hear” their gigs are incredibly fun and undeniably thrilling to watch.

If you’re looking at keeping it more chilled this weekend then singer/songwriter Astronauts at de Gudde Wëllen with his self styled experimental dad-folk could be just your gig this Saturday. Astronauts is the new project from Dan Carney, formerly of critically-acclaimed East London alt-folkers Dark Captain. After his former band finished in 2012, Dan decided to go it alone, enlisting the help of a few friends – most frequently former bandmate Michael Cranny – as and when he needs it.

Debut single ‘Skydive’ arrived to great acclaim, climbing into the top ten on hypemachine and staying there for over a week! Then followed a rush of critical praise.  Skydive is a cascading, gently menacing mish-mash of creaking acoustic guitar, bleeps, electronic beats, and breathy vocal harmonies, which tell a tale of escape from constraint and freedom to fly unchecked through the air.

To finish off the weekend we have some classic 80s power pop from Spandau Ballet. This show sees them returning to touring for the first time since their 2009 Reformation tour which saw the band finally reunited, this gig is surely going to be ‘Gold’ (sorry, I had to)

Weeks highlights

They are back, Toronto based duo Death From Above 1979 are continuing on their glorious comeback. It’s now over 10 years since their debut album ‘You’re a woman, I’m a machine’ was released to rave reviews. The band was to breakup just two short years later citing creative differences differences as one of many reasons for the split. They kept a cult following throughout the split and in 2011 announced new shows and material. Still as raw as ever their garage rock sound with pummelling riffs still delights all these years later. Den Atelier will be rocking this Monday night.

On Tuesday night Liverpudlians All We Are come to Rockhal. They describe their sound as “The Bee Gees on diazepam” I you can’t really argue with that. There are some slow grooves and psychedelic touches throughout, which should make for a head bopping, foot tapping evening.

If you’re looking for a big slice of that German 80’s new wave scene, which you should be, look no further than den Atelier this Friday with Nena and her 99 Luftballons or as I knew it, 99 Red Balloons.

What better way to end the weekend than with the soulful sounds of Curtis Harding at Exit07 this Sunday. Harding says that soul music, and his music, speak for themselves. It’s self-evident on the Atlanta artist’s debut, Soul Power. The driving sound of his electrified Stratocaster, the foot-stomping backbeat and the lyrics swimming in reverb — with something this flourishing, it’s almost reductive to just dig around the roots.

Upcoming March gigs

1/3 – Rocky Horror Show @ Rockhal

2/3 – Death From Above 1979 @ den Atelier

3/3 – All We Are (FREE) @ Rockhal – cafe

4/3 – Saint Motel @ Soulkitchen

4/3 – Biréli Langrène Gipsy Project (Jazz) @ den Atelier

4/3 – M185 @ de Gudde Wëllen

5/3 – Within Temptation @ Rockhal – Main Hall

5/3 – Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

5/3 – Salon listening club (live set by Tomás Tello & DJ set by D.E.T.90) @ de Gudde Wëllen

6/3 – Nena @ den Atelier

6/3 – Corbi – album launch @ Rockhal – Club

7/3 – Dope D.O.D. (Hip-Hop) @ Kulturfabrik

7/3 – Suddenly Human @ Why Not? Bonnevoie

7/3 – Cats on Trees @ Rockhal – Club

7/3 – Balualei (Samba, Bossa Nova) @ Konrad’s

8/3 – Curtis Harding @ EXIT07

8/3 – Bülent Ceylan @ Rockhal – Main Hall

9/3 – ASA @ Rockhal – Club

10/3 – Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox @ Rockhal – Club

11/3 – Last Train @ de Gudde Wëllen

12/3 – Baden Baden @Kulturfabrik

12/3 – Shaka Ponk @ Rockhal

12/3 – Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

13/3 – Y-Titty @ Rockhal – Club

14/3 – Danakil (Reggae) @ Kulturfabrik

14/3 – Seed To Tree (Album launch) @ Rockhal – Club

15/3 – The Subways @ Rockhal – Club

16/3 – Jan Delay & Disko No.1 @ Rockhal

16/3 – Josef Salvat @ Rockhal – Club

17/3 – Otep (Nu Metal) @ Kulturfabrik

17/3 – Glass Animals @ Exit07

18/4 – Cyclorama @ de Gudde Wëllen

18/3 – Beat Assailant (Hip-Hop, Electro) @ Kulturfabrik

19/3 – Christine and the Queens @ Rockhal – Club

19/3 – Open mic Jam session @ Rocas

20/3 – Hanni El Khatib @ den Atelier

20/3 – Shopping @ Exit07

20/3 – Toronzo Cannon (Blues) @ Sang a Klang

21/3 – Astronauts @ de Gudde Wëllen

21/3 – Steven Wilson @ Rockhal – Club

21/3 – Juli @ den Atelier

22/3 – Spandau Ballet @ Rockhal – Main Hall

22/3 – Andy Timmons @ den Atelier

23/3 – Underworld @ den Atelier

24/3 – Ennio Morricone @ Coque Arena

24/3 – Brett Newski (folk) @ Konrad’s

24/3 – Snow Owl (Jazz) @ den Atelier

25/3 – Wedge @ de Gudde Wëllen

25/3 – Étienne de Crécy (elctro) @ Rockhal – Club

26/3 – Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

27/3 – Michael Shepherd band (Classic Rock) @ Kulturfabrik

27/3 – Lionel Richie @ Rockhal – Main Hall

27/3 – No Metal In The Battle (Afro-beat/Math rock) @ Excit07

27/3 – Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials (Blues) @ Sang a Klang

27/3 – Biga Ranx @ Rockhal – Club

28/3 – Krahnstover @ Why Not? Bonnevoie

28/3 – Cassandra Lobo (Jazz/Afro beat) @ Kulturfabrik

28/3 – Flash Bang Band + Cousin @ Rocas

29/3 – Muvic @ de Gudde Wëllen

29/3 – Danko Jones @ den Atelier

30/3 – Sizarr @ EXIT07

31/3 – Asaf Avidan @ den Atelier

4/3 – Saint Motel @ Soulkitchen

4/3 – Biréli Langrène Gipsy Project (Jazz) @ den Atelier

4/3 – M185 @ de Gudde Wëllen

5/3 – Within Temptation @ Rockhal – Main Hall

5/3 – Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

6/3 – Nena @ den Atelier

6/3 – Corbi – album launch @ Rockhal – Club

7/3 – Dope D.O.D. (Hip-Hop) @ Kulturfabrik

7/3 – Suddenly Human @ Why Not? Bonnevoie

7/3 – Cats on Trees @ Rockhal – Club

7/3 – Balualei (Samba, Bossa Nova) @ Konrad’s

8/3 – Curtis Harding @ EXIT07

8/3 – Bülent Ceylan @ Rockhal – Main Hall

9/3 – ASA @ Rockhal – Club

10/3 – Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox @ Rockhal – Club

11/3 – Last Train @ de Gudde Wëllen

12/3 – Baden Baden @Kulturfabrik

12/3 – Shaka Ponk @ Rockhal

12/3 – Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

13/3 – Y-Titty @ Rockhal – Club

14/3 – Danakil (Reggae) @ Kulturfabrik

14/3 – Seed To Tree (Album launch) @ Rockhal – Club

15/3 – The Subways @ Rockhal – Club

16/3 – Jan Delay & Disko No.1 @ Rockhal

16/3 – Josef Salvat @ Rockhal – Club

17/3 – Otep (Nu Metal) @ Kulturfabrik

17/3 – Glass Animals @ Exit07

18/3 – Beat Assailant (Hip-Hop, Electro) @ Kulturfabrik

19/3 – Christine and the Queens @ Rockhal – Club

19/3 – Open mic Jam session @ Rocas

20/3 – Hanni El Khatib @ den Atelier

20/3 – Shopping @ Exit07

20/3 – Toronzo Cannon (Blues) @ Sang a Klang

21/3 – Steven Wilson @ Rockhal – Club

22/3 – Spandau Ballet @ Rockhal – Main Hall

21/3 – Juli @ den Atelier

22/3 – Andy Timmons @ den Atelier

23/3 – Underworld @ den Atelier

24/3 – Ennio Morricone @ Coque Arena

24/3 – Brett Newski (folk) @ Konrad’s

24/3 – Snow Owl (Jazz) @ den Atelier

25/3 – Étienne de Crécy (elctro) @ Rockhal – Club

26/3 – Open Mic Jam Session @ Rocas

27/3 – Michael Shepherd band (Classic Rock) @ Kulturfabrik

27/3 – Lionel Richie @ Rockhal – Main Hall

27/3 – No Metal In The Battle (Afro-beat/Math rock) @ Excit07

27/3 – Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials (Blues) @ Sang a Klang

27/3 – Biga Ranx @ Rockhal – Club

28/3 – Krahnstover @ Why Not? Bonnevoie

28/3 – Cassandra Lobo (Jazz/Afro beat) @ Kulturfabrik

28/3 – Flash Bang Band + Cousin @ Rocas

29/3 – Danko Jones @ den Atelier

30/3 – Sizarr @ EXIT07

31/3 – Asaf Avidan @ den Atelier

Weekend highlights

Toronto based trio Absolutely Free bring their well lauded show to Exit07 this Friday night. The group formulates musical experiments based on instrumentation, compositional structure and other formal qualities ubiquitous to popular rock music. Following years of touring and releasing albums with defunct art punk band DD/MM/YYYY, the members of Absolutely Free set out to create a more hypnotic, patient music that integrates analog electronics, African polyrhythms, psychedelia, Bollywood and Krautrock. Their debut album displays fragments of Phil Spector, Kraftwerk, Terry Riley, Gang of Four & modern neo-psychedelia.

Also on Friday night Irma will be delivering probably the most sensual R&B you’ve heard in a while at den Atelier. Cameroonian singer/songwriter Irma funded her debut album, Letter To The Lord, through the assistance of hundreds of fans impressed by several YouTube performances of her self-penned compositions. Influenced by the likes of Ben Harper, Michael Jackson, and Eric Clapton, its 12 English-language tracks stick to the acoustic soul sound that won her an army of admirers, as evident on the lead single, I Know. Her reputation as a most emotional live act is growing by the hour ever since. With her second album, Faces, she’s firmly aiming at an international breakthrough.

Finding their way through post rock and dark psychedelia, Leipzig based three-piece ensemble Warm Graves will be presenting their debut album ‘Ships Will Come’ at de Gudde Wëllen this saturday. With haunting vocals shouting their way through droning ambience only to be swallowed by the next reverberating wave, sliding on hypnotic grids with one song bleeding into the next, the band invites you to a dreamy yet tense adventure through space and time.

Now, the real aficionados are in for a once-in-a-lifetime experience this Saturday at den Atelier. On the Renegades of Rhythm Tour, turntablist supreme DJ Shadow and his fellow archivist/experimentalist Cut Chemist celebrate the legacy of hip hop vanguard and Universal Zulu Nation Founder Afrika Bambaataa. This is a VINYL-ONLY tour, honouring Afrika Bambaataa’s influence on hip hop by spinning his prodigious record collection as textbooks. DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, a couple of forward-thinking cratediggers from the Bambaataa tradition have come together to pay tribute to the Godfather’s importance to the genre.