Gig Guide
Updated July 19, 2010

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MARCO CALLIARI (CAN)
www.myspace.com/marcocalliari
singer-songwriter from Quebec discovers his Italian roots
current album "Marco Calliari" (Casa Nostra)
bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)
Wed. Jul. 21 BEL Spa - Francofolies Festival (Place des Arts)
Thu. Jul. 22 BEL Spa - Francofolies Festival (La Brasserie des Thermes)
Fri. Jul. 23 BEL Spa - Francofolies Festival (Scène ouverte)
  and BEL Spa - Francofolies Festival (Scène Dôme Fortis, 19:00)
Sat. Jul. 24 BEL Spa - Francofolies Festival (Le Café de l'Europe)
Sun. Jul. 25 BEL Spa - Francofolies Festival (Le Lido)
  and BEL Spa - Francofolies Festival (La Brasserie des Thermes)

 

THE EXPERIMENTAL TROPIC BLUES BAND (BEL)
www.myspace.com/theexperimentaltropicbluesband
dirty rock'n blues
current album "Captain Boogie" (Bang!-PiaS)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)
Sun. Jul. 25 NLD Stamproy - MiniRok Festival

 

PORTUGAL. THE MAN (USA)
www.myspace.com/portugaltheman
band around trio from Alaska, noisy/melodic mix from 60's psychedelic, 70's soul, 80's indie
new album "American Ghetto" out now! (Equal Vision-import)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Thu. Aug. 05 NLD Amsterdam - Paradiso

 

HEAVY TRASH (USA)
www.myspace.com/heavytrash
Jon Spencer + Matt Verta-Ray do to rockabilly what the Blues Explosion does to the blues
new album "Midnight Soul Serenade" out now! (Crunchy Frog-Sonic Rendezvous)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
Sat. Sep. 04 NLD Amsterdam - Studio Desmet (VPRO Shouting Boots) (afternoon)
  and NLD Asten-Heusden - Misty Fields Festival (23:00)
Sun. Sep. 05 NLD Vlieland - Into The Great Wide Open Festival
Mon. Sep. 06 NLD Haarlem - Patronaat

 

THE EXPERIMENTAL TROPIC BLUES BAND (BEL)
www.myspace.com/theexperimentaltropicbluesband
dirty rock'n blues
current album "Captain Boogie" (Bang!-PiaS)
bookings for the Netherlands only (by Hilde)
Fri. Sep. 03 NLD Asten-Heusden - Misty Fields Festival
       
Fri. Sep. 24 NLD 's-Hertogenbosch - w2 (Club Rockula!)
       
Fri. Oct. 01 NLD Maastricht - Muziekgieterij
       
Sat. Nov. 13 NLD Horst - OJC Niks

 

BEDROOM MONKEES (NLD)
Dutch americana
debut album "Born To Love" out now! (Bone Records/Coast to Coast)
bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)
Thu. Sep. 09 NLD Nijmegen - Merleyn (album release party)

 

TACKHEAD (USA/GBR)
www.myspace.com/mightytackhead
Keith LeBlanc, Bernard Fowler, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood and Doug Wimbish combine industrial sounds, dub techniques and hiphop into a unique sound
new album (covers, archive songs) due soon (Echo Beach Records)
bookings for all of Europe, non-exclusive (by Rob)
Fri. Sep. 10 POL Lódz - Soundedit Festival

 

AFRIKA BAMBAATAA (USA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of breadk-beat deejaying, and is known as the "Grandfather" and "Godfather" and The amen Ra of Universal Hip Hop Culture as well as The Father of The Electro Funk Sound
(Tommy Boy Records)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
Sun. Sep. 12 NLD  
Mon. Sep. 13 NLD  
Tue. Sep. 14 NLD  
Wed. Sep. 15 NLD  
Thu. Sep. 16 NLD  
       
Mon. Sep. 20 NLD  
Tue. Sep. 21 NLD  
Wed. Sep. 22 NLD  
Thu. Sep. 23 NLD  
       
Sat. Sep. 25 NLD Leeuwarden - Freeze Festival (t.b.c.)
Sun. Sep. 26 NLD  

 

EMILY JANE WHITE (USA)
www.myspace.com/emilyjanewhite
new mystic American songwriting
current album "Victorian America", new album due October (Talitress-Munich Records)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Sat. Sep. 18 NLD Groningen - Take Root Festival

 

KRS-ONE (USA)
www.myspace.com/templeofhiphop, www.myspace.com/krsoneandbuckshot
www.duckdown.com/krsbuckbook, www.templeofhiphop.org
hip-hop pioneer never afraid to do his own thing while continuously delivering the goods.
new album "Survival Skills" (KRS-One & Buckshot) has received rave reviews (Duck Down Records-Universal)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
"The Gospel of Hip-Hop Tour"
Tue. Sep. 21 NLD Arnhem - Luxor Live
Wed. Sep. 22 NLD Groningen - Oosterpoort
       
Sat. Sep. 25 NLD Tilburg - 013
Sun. Sep. 26 NLD Amsterdam - Melkweg

 

DEADSTRING BROTHERS (USA/GBR)
rough alt-country / americana from Detroit
current album "Sao Paulo" (Bloodshot Records-Bertus)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Tue. Oct. 19 NLD  
Wed. Oct. 20 NLD  
Thu. Oct. 21 NLD  
Fri. Oct. 22 NLD Leiden - Q-Bus
Sat. Oct. 23 NLD Delft - Ciccionina
Sun. Oct. 24 NLD Assen - Witte Bal

 

BOMB THE BASS (GBR)
www.myspace.com/bombthebass
a.k.a. Tim Simenon, who made 21st century electronic music in the '80's already
current albums "Future Chaos" (2008) and "Back To Light" (2010) (!K7 / Electric Tones-Play It Again Sam)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
Thu. Oct. 21 NLD Amsterdam - t.b.a.

 

THE FALL (GBR)
www.guardian.co.ukmusic/musicblog/2010/apr/21/fall-album-your-future-our-clutter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Future_Our_Clutter
The Fall (Mark E. Smith) is back with a vengeance with the 5-star album
new album "Your Future Our Clutter" (Domino-Munich Records/Bertus)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
Fri. Oct. 29 NLD  
Sat. Oct. 30 NLD  
       
Mon. Nov. 01 NLD  

 

THE SITUATIONS (NZL)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Situations/49647285920
guitar-rock with a sixties feel, influenced by Bo Diddley, Velvet Underground, White Stripes, The Fall...
new album in October '10 (Munster Records-Sonic Rendezvous)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
Wed. Nov. 10 NLD  
Thu. Nov. 11 NLD  
Fri. Nov. 12 NLD Utrecht - dB's (t.b.c.)
Sat. Nov. 13 NLD Haarlem - Patronaat (t.b.c.)

 

EMILY JANE WHITE (USA)
www.myspace.com/emilyjanewhite
new mystic American songwriting
current album "Victorian America", new album due October (Talitress-Munich Records)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Thu. Dec. 09 NLD  
Fri. Dec. 10 NLD  
Sat. Dec. 11 NLD  
Sun. Dec. 12 NLD  
       
Wed. Dec. 15 NLD  
Thu. Dec. 16 NLD  
Fri. Dec. 17 NLD  
Sat. Dec. 18 NLD  
Sun. Dec. 19 NLD  

 

LONELY DRIFTER KAREN (BEL)
www.myspace.com/lonelydrifterkaren
Pan-European trio crafting unique cross-genre songs that mix beautiful shades of folk, jazz, rock, indie pop and more ...
new album "Fall of Spring" (Crammed Discs-Coast to Coast)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Wed. Dec. 01 NLD  
Thu. Dec. 02 NLD  
       
Sun. Dec. 05 NLD  
       
Thu. Jan. 20 NLD  
Fri. Jan. 21 NLD  
Sat. Jan. 22 NLD  
Sun. Jan. 23 NLD Ottersum - Roepaen (or Jan. 30) (int.)

 

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)
Sat. Dec. 11 NLD Eindhoven - Speedfest

 

DELINQUENT HABITS (USA)
www.myspace.com/delinquentxhabits
latin hiphop
new album "The Common Man" (Intergroove - Suburban)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
Sun. Dec. 26 NLD  
Mon. Dec. 27 NLD  
Tue. Dec. 28 NLD  
Wed. Dec. 29 NLD  
Thu. Dec. 30 NLD  
Fri. Dec. 31 NLD  
Sat. Jan. 01 NLD  
Sun. Jan. 02 NLD  
Mon. Jan. 03 NLD  
Tue. Jan. 04 NLD  
Wed. Jan. 05 NLD  
Thu. Jan. 06 NLD  
Fri. Jan. 07 NLD  
Sat. Jan. 08 NLD  
Sun. Jan. 09 NLD  

 

Editorial:

int. = interest
t.b.c. = to be confirmed
t.b.a. = to be announced

Editor: Hilde Spille
Record companies and distributors are correct for the Netherlands.
Information correct at time compiled.