ACTS AVAILABLE FOR FESTIVALS '09
UpdatedJune 08, 2009

This is a selection, please also take a look at our ROSTER.

ACTS FOR
EUROPEAN FESTIVALS '08
EXTRA ACTS FOR
DUTCH FESTIVALS '08
AGENT KOOPER (FIN)
www.myspace.com/agentkooper
melodious 70's rock for the 21st century
current album "Agent Kooper" (Fast Freddie Productions)
bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)

ALEX CHILTON (USA)
www.myspace.com/lxchilton
singer-songwriter extraordinaire (Box Tops, Big Star, Alex Chilton Band)
current album "Live In Anvers" (Last Call; Rykodisc)
bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)

BARKMARKET (USA)
www.myspace.com/bringbackbarkmarket
ultimate and legendary wall-of-sound noise-rock featuring Dave Sardy
bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)

THE BOX TOPS (USA)
(feat. Alex Chilton and founding members)
sixties Memphis-soul/pop with hits like: The Letter, Cry Like a Baby, Neon Rainbow, Soul Deep
bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)

THE CLIKS (CAN)
www.myspace.com/thecliks
rock with primal, stylish ferocity reminiscent of the early Pretenders" (Boston Globe)
new (3rd) album "Dirty King" released June 23! (Tommy Boy)
special act for all LGBT-events like Pride Parades
bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)

eX-Girl (JPN)
www.last.fmmusic/eX-Girl
all-girl poppy avant-garde-noise
current album "Endangered Species" (Alternative Tentacles)
bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)

GORE GORE GIRLS (USA)
www.myspace.com/goregoregirls
garage rock girls from Detroit, 'mix Stooges spit with Supremes soul'
current album "Get The Gore" (Bloodshot Records-Bertus)
bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)

GREG SAGE (USA)
www.myspace.com/gregsagesolo
from punk-rock though grunge and beyond; the ultimate wall-of-sound by the hero of the Seattle-grunge-scene and of many other musicians
(Zeno Records)
bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)

MALA VITA (NLD)
www.myspace.com/lamalavita
'mestizo balkan rumba ska gypsy punk rock'
new album "En Exilio" out now! (Foreign Media Music)
bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)

MARCO CALLIARI (CAN)
www.myspace.com/marcocalliari
"singer-songwriter from Quebec, combines flamenco, raï, reggae, ska and Italian tarentella"
current album "Marco Calliari" (Indika Records)
bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)

MARK STEWART (GBR)
www.myspace.com/markstewartmaffia
political industrial noise-dub with a massive influence on the Bristol music scene
new album "Edit" and documentary-dvd ON/OFF: Mark Stewart - from the PopGroup to the Maffia out now! (Crippled Dick Hot Wax/SPV-Konkurrent)
bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)

MECANO (NLD)
www.myspace.com/mecanomusic
date back to the punk era, combine new wave with poetry, with art, and with remarkable arrangements
current album "Those Revolutionary Days" (Mutantjasz)
bookings worldwide (by Rob)

THE NOMADS (SWE)
www.myspace.com/the_nomads
the godfathers of the Swedish garage rock scene
current album: "Nomadic Dementia - The Best of the First 25 Years" (Bonnier Amigo)
bookings for all of Europe except SWE (by Rob)

SASS JORDAN (CAN)
www.myspace.com/sassjordan
laidback melodic blues rock with power, warmth and passion.
current album "Get What You Give", new album coming soon!
bookings for al of Europe (by Hilde)

SCOTLAND YARD GOSPEL CHOIR (USA)
www.myspace.com/scotlandyardgospelchoir
chamber-pop-collective, mix of rock'n'roll, garage rock and folk
new album due summer (Bloodshot Records-Bertus)
bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)

THE STYRENES (USA)
www.myspace.com/thestyrenes
with Paul Marotta
a legend since 1975; punk, experiment, jazz, much more adventurous than Kings of Leon or The Hold Steady
current album: "City of Women" (Rent a Dog Records)
bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)

22 PISTEPIRKKO (FIN)
www.myspace.com/22pistepirkko
musical journey with rock, blues and folk
current album "(Well You Know) Stuff Is Like We Yeah!" (Bone Voyage-Konkurrent)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Rob)

BALKAN BEAT BOX (USA)
www.myspace.com/balkanbeatbox
Balkan rhythms mixed with rock and mediterranean music
current album "Nu-Med" (Crammed Discs-Coast to Coast)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)

THE BOSSHOSS (DEU)
www.myspace.com/thebosshoss
hard rockin' city-country-cowboys with great live show
current album "Stallion Battalion" (Universal-Universal)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Rob)

BUZZCOCKS (GBR)
www.myspace.com/buzzcocksofficial
purveyors of ultimate pop-punk since 1977
current album: 2CD-re-release of their first three albums, plus bonus-material (EMI Music-EMI Music)
booking for The Netherlands only (by Rob)

CARDIACS (GBR)
www.myspace.com/cardiacs
happysad sympho punkpop - there's nothing like it!
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Rob)

DELINQUENT HABITS (feat. rapper Ives) (USA)
latin hiphop
new album expected in October
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Rob)

DUB SYNDICATE (JAM)
www.myspace.com/dubsyndicateartist
The ultimate On-U dub-band, formed around Style Scott and Adrian Sherwood
current album "The Rasta Far I" (Collision - Konkurrent)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Rob)

THE EXPERIMENTAL TROPIC BLUES BAND (BEL)
www.myspace.com/theexperimentaltropicbluesband
dirty rock'n blues
new album "Captain Boogie" due September (Bang!-PiaS)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)

FIREWATER (USA/IDN/TUR)
www.myspace.com/realfirewater
musical journey, rock with Asian influences, from Indonesia to Turkey
feat. Tod A, Erik Sanko, Uri Kinrot, Reut Regev, Jean-Marc Butty
current album "The Golden Hour" (Bloodshot-Bertus)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)

GZA/GENIUS (Wu-Tang Clan) vs. DJ MUGGS (Cypress Hill) (USA)
www.myspace.com/gza
www.wutang-corp.com/artists/wu-artist.php?id=3
www.myspace.com/djmuggs
Mighty clash between two influential founding members
current album "Grandmasters" (Angeles Records - import)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Rob)

HEAVY TRASH (USA)
www.myspace.com/heavytrash
Jon Spencer + Matt Verta-Ray do to rockabilly what the Blues Explosion does to the blues
current album "Going Way Out with Heavy Trash" (Yep Roc-Munich)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Rob)

HELLSONGS (SWE)
www.myspace.com/hellsongs
heavy metal songs in a folk outfit
current album "Hymns in the Key of 666" (Despotz Records-Rough Trade)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)

I MUVRINI (FRA)
Corsican singer-songwriters since 30 years, mix of tradition with rock
current album: "I Muvrini & Les 500 Choristes" (Sony)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)

JIMI TENOR feat. KABU KABU (FIN)
www.myspace.com/myjimitenor
funk-soul-jazz explosion
new album "4th Dimention" out now! (Sähkö Recordings-Rough Trade)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)

KIERAN GOSS (IRL)
www.myspace.com/kierangoss
Irish singer-songwriter
new album "I'll Seeing You" out now! (Music & Words)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)

LONELY DRIFTER KAREN (AUT/ESP/ITA)
www.myspace.com/lonelydrifterkaren
expressionist cabaret, singer-songwriter with captivating voice, accompanied by fiery piano and gentle acoustic guitar
current album: "Grass is Singing" (Crammed Discs-Coast to Coast)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)

LUC VAN ACKER (BEL)
www.myspace.com/lucvanacker
Belgian enfant terrible, from avant-anarcho-techno to 'slow jazz'
new album due May 2009, as well as a book
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Rob)

MIESKUORO HUUTAJAT (FIN)
www.myspace.com/mieskuorohuutajat
shouting men-choir
(Bad Vugum)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Rob)

MONSOON (BEL)
www.myspace.com/monsoon2
intense and sexy rock
current album "The King Of Eyes, Tits And Teeth" (LC Music)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)

PORTUGAL. THE MAN (USA)
www.myspace.com/portugaltheman
trio from Alaska, noisy/melodic mix from 60's psychedelic, 70's soul, 80's indie, etc.
current album "Censored Colors" (Defiance-Konkurrent)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)

THE SHIN (GEO)
www.myspace.com/shinthe
Georgian polyphony, combination of traditional and contemporary music
new album due September 2009 (Music & Words)
bookings for Holland only (by Hilde)

UNDERWATER SLEEPING SOCIETY (FIN)
www.myspace.com/uwssoc
dark atmosphere combined with 2000's psychadelia and melodic indie rock
current album "All Other Lights Go Out" (Backstage Alliance-Clearspot)
bookings for the Nehterlands only (by Hilde)