Europavox 2024 - de nouveaux artistes rejoignent la programmation !

18 artistes, de 11 nationalités différentes, rejoignent la programmation de cette 18e édition ! ✨
Ils et elles vous donnent rendez-vous cet été, sur la Place du 1er Mai (Clermont-Ferrand), aux côtés de SHAKA PONK, ZOLA, EDDY DE PRETTO, THE LIBERTINES, DIONYSOS, OLIVIA RUIZ, L'IMPÉRATRICE...
Nous vous avons déniché le meilleur de la scène européenne : découvertes et coups de cœur garantis ! La scène locale sera également mise à l'honneur avec la très talentueuse Morgane Imbeaud, la pop déjantée de Par.Sek et la fougue punk du quatuor Foxhole. Ces derniers sont les grands vainqueurs de la finale régionale du tremplin Europavox Campus, qui s'est déroulée le 14 mars dernier à la Coopérative de Mai.

Vendredi 28 juin :
ASH OLSEN (NO) - AUPINARD (FR) - KID SIMIUS (DE/ES) - KOÏKOÏ (RS) - LUCY KRUGER & THE LOST BOYS (DE) - MARTHA DA'RO (BE) - PAR.SEK (FR)
Samedi 29 juin :
ANUSHKA CHKHEIDZE (GE) - BLACKWAVE. (BE) - ELIZABETE BALČUS (LV) - MORGANE IMBEAUD (FR) - SHARKTANK (AT)
Dimanche 30 juin :
ALO WALA (DK) - ÃO (BE) - FOXHOLE (FR) - JJ PAULO (DK) - LOVERMAN (BE) - POSTMAN (UA)

www.europavox.com

Live Nation concert – Aurora
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EARTH? PART 1.
Op vrijdag 27 september in Vorst Nationaal, Brussel

Aurora, een artieste die niet in een hokje te plaatsen is, fascineert de muziekwereld met haar unieke charisma. Met haar uiterst gevoelige en intense stem zal de Noorse singer-songwriter ons binnenkort opnieuw betoveren met de release van haar vierde album. Als kers op de taart komt er een Europese tour aan, met ook België op het programma! Aurora is vrijdag 27 september te zien in Vorst Nationaal.

Met drie studioalbums op haar naam, een Oscarnominatie voor "Into the Unknown", Frozen II en haar eerste boek lijkt het succes van Aurora grenzeloos. Haar authentieke alternatieve popsongs, kristalheldere stem en intense podiumoptredens bezorgden haar al snel een hechte schare fans. In 2022 bracht ze haar laatste album 'The Gods We Can Touch' uit. Met meer dan een miljoen verkochte albums en 2,6 miljard streams, en 14.000 verkochte exemplaren van haar boek 'The Gods We Can Touch', bevond Aurora zich op het hoogtepunt van haar professionele carrière. Maar tegelijkertijd voerde ze een gevecht tussen haar verstand en haar hart. Deze ervaring vormde de inspiratie voor haar vierde album. 'What Happened to the Heart?' is een reis van zwakte naar kracht, van zelfvernietiging naar genezing, naar de eenwording van een gefragmenteerd persoon. Met dit album begint de jonge artieste aan een nieuw hoofdstuk in haar steeds evoluerende carrière. Ontdek het live in Vorst Nationaal op 27 september.

TICKETPRIJS: €43,00 (inclusief service- en mobiteitskosten)
Het nieuwe album van Aurora, 'What Happened to the Heart ?', zal binnenkort verschijnen via Universal Music.

www.livenation.be

Suikerrock 2024 – 2 augustus t-m 4 augustus 2024 - Girlpower in The Palace en op The Cube!

De eerste namen voor The Palace en The Cube, onze twee zijpodia, zijn bekend. Bereid je voor op heel wat girlpower want Suikerrock verwelkomt op vrijdag 2 en zaterdag 3 augustus enkele straffe dames. Want ‘Who run the world?’ Exact!

Van de Nieuwe Lichting 2024-winnaar ISE over het Nederlandstalig poptrio WIES met leading lady Jeanne, tot girlband BLUAI: feest gegarandeerd in The Palace!

Op The Cube kun je je dan weer verwachten aan straffe optredens van hiphopsensatie Miss Angel en ‘Back to Black’-zangeres Tsar B.

The Palace
In 2022 stond ze nog op ons toenmalig Acoustic Stage, en ook 2023 was voor ISE een onvergetelijk jaar. Nog maar net gestart als singer-songwriter, kreeg ze geweldige speelkansen op de festivalpodia van Pukkelpop, Sziget en Bospop. Daarnaast sleepte ze prijzen in de wacht tijdens de gerenommeerde muziekwedstrijden Sound Track en Imagine Music Experience. En als kers op de taart begon ze aan 2024 als winnaar van De Nieuwe Lichting met haar song ‘Goodbye Letter’, waarmee ze de eerste plaats haalde in De Afrekening van Studio Brussel.
ISE herken je meteen aan haar karaktervolle, rauwe stem. Alleen gewapend met haar gitaar, creëert ze een unieke live sound. Puur en authentiek: perfect dus voor de intieme setting van The Palace. Haar emoties zijn zo echt, ze zal je op Suikerrock niet onberoerd laten.
WIES is een Nederlandstalig poptrio uit Amsterdam. De groep bestaat uit frontvrouw Jeanne Rouwendaal, Tobias Kolk en Dan Huijser. Naast invloeden van alternatieve rock en elektronica kenmerkt de muziek van WIES zich door een onmiskenbare Do It Yourself-mentaliteit. Hun debuutalbum ‘Het Is Een WIES’ verscheen in 2021 met onder andere de singles ‘Soms Is Het Te Laat’ en ‘Meisje’. In 2023 brachten ze een tweede album uit: ‘Alles Anders’. Onlangs won WIES in Nederland, naast onder anderen Joost en Suzan & Freek een fel begeerde 3FM award voor ‘Best Indie Act’.
Daarnaast zijn niet alleen wij, maar ook Pommelien Thijs, fan. En dat zegt veel! Samen zongen ze tijdens Pommelien's Nederlandse clubtour een duet tijdens 'Roekeloos'. Dat zou zomaar kunnen herhaald worden op Suikerrock.  We zijn alvast benieuwd!
BLUAI is een Belgische all female  band, die balanceert tussen indiefolk en Americana. In 2022 won het trio zowel Humo's Rock Rally, Sound Track, als De Nieuwe Lichting. Het toeval wil dat hetzelfde jaar toenmalig bandlid Ilayda Cicek ook met haar eigen band ILA de Nieuwe Lichting won, warna ze voor haar eigen band koos. ILA staat dit jaar trouwens ook op Suikerrock, op dezelfde dag als BLUAI.
Met  radiohits als 'Lady' , 'Dime Store' , 'In Over My Head' en het recente 'My Kinda Woman' was het uitkijken naar een full album. In maart kwam eindelijk hun highly anticipated debuutalbum ‘Save It For Later’ uit. Oefenen voor Suikerrock mogen ze meteen doen op de mainstage van Rock Werchter!
The Cube
Angela aka Miss Angel is een jonge lyriciste uit Antwerpen. Hiphopmuziek speelde altijd al een grote rol in haar leven, maar in 2016 vond ze haar eigen stem en begon ze liedjes te schrijven. Het duurde niet lang voor ze met enkele beatmakers de studio indook. In 2018 zagen straffe nummers als 'All of the Shmoke', 'Money Making Mami' en 'Ghetto Supahstar' het daglicht. Ondertussen mogen we daar ook een samenwerkingen aan toevoegen met onder meer Zwangere Guy, Selah Sue en Blu Samu. Dankzij haar explosieve podiumprésence stond ze al op Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop, Dour, Couleur Café én veroverde ze zelfs een plek op een billboard op Times Square.
Miss Angels sound is sterk beïnvloed door UK grime, old school hiphop en vrouwelijke MC’s. Er komt nieuw werk aan voor de zomer, met andere woorden: bereid je voor om los te gaan.
Tsar B is het muzikale alter ego van muzikant, producer en componist Justine Bourgeus. In haar vroege loopbaan stal Bourgeus de schijnwerpers als violist in verschillende indiebands, waaronder School Is Cool. In haar soloproject Tsar B verzoent ze elektronische popproducties met haar liefde voor klassieke muziek en folk. Haar zangcarrière werd gelanceerd met de Oscar and the Wolf-coversingle ‘Back to Black’ van Amy Winehouse, die werd opgenomen voor de soundtrack van Adil El Arbi en Bilall Fallahs film ‘Black’.
In 2015 bracht ze haar solodebuutsingle ‘Escalate’ uit die op internationale aandacht kon rekenen van onder andere The Fader, Noisey UK, BBC Radio 1 en dergelijke meer. De daaropvolgende jaren bracht ze nog meer nummers uit zoals ‘Golddigger’ en ‘Rattlesnake’. Wie Tsar B al live zag optreden, weet dat ze meermaals zoekt naar het experiment. Aan showgehalte geen gebrek! We zijn benieuwd wat ze voor Suikerrock in petto heeft!
Een gigantisch popfeest met Anne-Marie Lost Frequencies, Anne-Marie, Froukje, Joost, Compact Disk Dummies, Pommelien Thijs, DIKKE, Miss Angel, ISE en WIES op vrijdag 2 augustus,  een dikke indiepop line-up op zaterdag 3 augustus met Oscar and the Wolf, Faithless, blackwave., Portland, Brihang, Equal Idiots, Royel Otis, ILA, Used, Tsar B en BLUAI, en een Nederpop Walhalla op zondag 4 augustus met Clouseau, Metejoor, André Hazes, Suzan & Freek, Maksim en Gustaph.

www.suikerrock.be
Suikerrock -Tienen vzw
Industriepark Soldatenplein zone 2 nr 51
3300 Tienen, Belgium

Pias news – Arab Strap - "Strawberry Moon", nieuwe single

"Lyrically, it's probably the most personal song on the album", says Aidan Moffat. "It's about a period when I wasn't doing very well, both mentally and physically. I was walking with a cane and in pain most of the time, and drowning my sorrows too, trapped at home and watching the phases of the moon through a window. The moon always seems to pop up in my lyrics, and the song is a sort of secular hymn in praise of her constant change. She's always a comfort, always hopeful, and always makes me smile".
The song's video, created with David Arthur - who worked with Moffat previously on the film "Where You're Meant To Be" -, features Moffat and his colleague Malcolm Middleton as priest and werewolf in a chase across the city of Glasgow, and is the first time the duo have fully appeared in a video together in almost 25 years. "Aye, it's been a while", says Moffat. "So we thought we should go all out - costumes, make-up, special effects, acting, mobility scooter and all".

Arab Strap's unieke signatuur wordt al sinds 1995 gekenmerkt door hun Schotse tongval, poëtische teksten en humor. De indie rock / alternative pop band levert met "I'm Totally Fine With It - Don't Give A Fuck Anymore", 'their most sonically expansive album', weer een waar meesterwerkje af. Het duo Malcolm Middleton en Aidan Moffat, met hun jarenlange productionele metgezel Paul Savage (The Delgados), staat wederom garant voor 12 nieuwe pareltjes 'with a mix of intoxicating melodies and a threatening intensity'. Arab Strap's gelijk vertrouwd aanvoelende en Schotse half gesproken, half gezongen songs bevatten dit keer wat extra pit, beats en urgentie (met veel maatschapplijke thema's) en 'furthers the band's transformation from swooning, lo-fi, slow-core, post-rock romantics to raging, alt-pop chroniclers'.
Arab Strap - Strawberry Moon (Official video) (youtube.com)

Op 10 mei verschijnt het album: "I'm Totally Fine With It"
TRACKLISTING:
1. Allatonceness
2. Bliss
3. Sociometer Blues
4. Hide Your Fires
5. Summer Season
6. Molehills
7. Strawberry Moon
8. You're Not There
9. Haven't You Heard
10. Safe & Well
11. Dreg Queen
12. Turn Off The Light

Unday records news - Bluai releases a music video for their melancholic and heartfelt indie-folk track 'Not The One'

BLUAI launches the third single from their debut album today. 'Not the One' might be our favourite song on the record, and it comes with this video the band shot during the 'Save it Later' recording sessions. Sing along like no one is listening.
The follow-up to My Kinda Woman is a heartfelt and melancholic indie-folk song that gets lodged in your brain before you know it. You know those songs that you find yourself singing even just by reading the title? Well, this is one of those. While Not the One may seem like a typical love song at first glance, it delves into the realm of friendship. The song contemplates how friendships, too, are not immune to high expectations and other complexities. According to singer and songwriter Cath Smet, the song originated in a relaxed jam session, with the words flowing effortlessly.

On their debut album Save It For Later, BLUAI embarks on a road trip through the sonic landscapes where Big Thief, Pinegrove, Haim, and Alabama Shakes reside. After winning the three leading Belgian music awards (Humo's Rock Rally, De Nieuwe Lichting, and Sound Track), the trio is expanding its horizons.
Save It For Later is a record like a Polaroid picture. Belgian songwriter Catherine Smet captures the memories of her youth in lyrics that carry a perfume of Americana, country pop, and indie folk. The band joined forces with producer Willem Ardui (blackwave.) for Save It For Later. Their instruments were expanded with banjo and lap steel. Engineer Tobie Speleman received 'Nashville tuning' as a briefing. BLUAI thus shifts the focus from indie rock to Americana and breaks open the band's frame of reference. In its first weeks, their debut was greeted with glowing reviews, sold-out release shows, and over half a million streams.
BLUAI - Not The One (Official Video) (youtube.com)

BLUAI ON TOUR
MARCH 29 - ANCIENNE BELGIQUE, BRUSSELS (BE) (sold out)
APRIL 12 BLUE HEART FESTIVAL, ALKMAAR (NL)
APRIL 13 HEARTLAND FESTIVAL, HENGELO (NL)
MAY 2 - HET DEPOT, LEUVEN (BE)
MAY 8 - DE ROMA, ANTWERP (BE) (sold out)
MAY 9 - DE ROMA, ANTWERP (BE) (sold out)
MAY 18 - BLUES PEER, PEER (BE)
JULY 7 - ROCK WERCHTER, WERCHTER (BE)
JULI 12 - CACTUS FESTIVAL, BRUGGGE (BE)
JULY 27 - ROCK OLMEN, OLMEN (BE)

Sdban records news - De Beren Gieren – What eludes me
DE BEREN GIEREN - WHAT ELUDES US
Two and a half years after their acclaimed last release 'Less Is Endless', De Beren Gieren ("The Bear Vultures")  have finished their seventh full album. What Eludes Us is an ode to what escapes us and what we consciously want to look away from.
For this new full album, the band left aside the unimaginable beauty of the Norwegian fjords and crawled into a dusty recording studio in Bergen harbour. They did so with the celebrated and mysterious producer Jørgen Træen (a.o. Jaga Jazzist), who silently watched over the imperfections and interference as a guiding force behind the adept playing of the electro-acoustic jazz trio.
The result turns out to be compelling music with deceptive rhythms, clear melodies and uninhibited electronics in a way that also managed to surprise them themselves. With De Beren Gieren, it is clear that there is still gold to be struck from the classic jazz piano format. Instead of changing direction, the band resolutely chooses to dig deeper.

What Eludes Us is out via Sdban Ultra

Tracklist
1. De Beren Gieren - Papir Freedom
2. De Beren Gieren – Mimic
3. De Beren Gieren - A Loving Stumbler
4. De Beren Gieren - Very Important vs. Nothing
5. De Beren Gieren - The Feline
6. De Beren Gieren - I'll Explain Later
7. De Beren Gieren - The Houses
8. De Beren Gieren - Light and Illusions
9. De Beren Gieren - What Eludes Us

About De Beren Gieren
De Beren Gieren is a post-contemporary jazz trio in which minimalism and bursting energy go hand in hand. It may be no coincidence that this band is based in Belgium, the home ground of surrealism and techno. De Beren Gieren consists of musicians highly active in the European music scene, but it is within this band their versatility flow freely. Its music is multi-layered, improvised and visionary. Corresponding acts could be Visible Cloaks, Radiohead, Erik Satie and Jon Hassell. Well, expect at least Beren music.
Pianist Fulco Ottervanger composes most of the tunes, shining a childlike clarity, yet without ever pointing to a specific genre. It challenges the band to conceive a never-heard combination of sounds and parts supporting those sing-along melodies, often resulting in cinematic structures with a kaleidoscopic quality.
Bass player Lieven Van Pée and drummer Simon Segers, join Fulco in a shared effort of control and letting go, tying the three together in a unique band. Live concerts of De Beren Gieren are an ongoing adventure full of beauty, dynamics and group interaction.
De Beren paved their own path since 2009. They started off as a quirky acoustic neder-jazz trio, naturally evolving to the subtle acoustic-electronic realm of their latest albums 'Dug Out Skyscrapers' (2017), 'Less is Endless' (2021) and the upcoming 'What Eludes Us' (2024), for which they worked together with the Norwegian producer Jørgen Træen.
De Beren Gieren have played with external guests such as Ernst Rijeseger, Louis Sclavis and Susana Santos Silva, giving them international acknowledgement.

De Beren Gieren | Live dates
09.04 | Ha Concerts, Ghent | BE |
14.04 | Ancienne Belgique, Brussels | BE |
17.04 | Nona, Mechelen |BE |
25.04 | De Doelen, Rotterdam | NL |
03.05 | TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht | NL |
04.05 | De Roma, Antwerp | BE |
20.07 | Gent Jazz, Ghent | BE |
12.10 | De Warande, Turnhout | BE |

Rockhal + Atelier, Luxemburg - events
01-04-2024 - Nico Santos @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
02-04-2024 – Simple minds
03-04-2024 - Slift
03-04-2024 - Lord of the lost - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
04-04-2024 - Mahmood
06-04-2024 – Freeway Jam
10-04-2024 - Bushido
11-04-2024 – Djamil Le Shlag - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
11-04-2024 - Puggy
12-04-2024 – Hollow coves – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
12-04-2024 – Pineway (release show)
13-04-2024 – Alison Wheeler @Conservatoire (Org: Atelier LU)
15-04-2024 – Mr Big
15-04-2024 - Dirty Dancing @Trifolion Echternach (Org: Atelier LU)
20-04-2024 – Takeover, metal edition
21-04-2024 – Bernard Lavilliers
21-04-2024 – Jeff Panacloc
23-04-2024 – Cali @Opderschmelz (Org: Atelier LU)
24-04-2024 – Pink Martini
25-04-2024 – The Jesus & Mary Chain (Org: Atelier LU)
26-04-2023 – Renaud @Philharmonie (Org: Atelier LU)
26-04-2024 - Slash
27-04-2024 - Kasalia- Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
28-04-2024 - Heavysaurus - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
30-04-2024 – Carl Verheyen
02-05-2024 – Avishai Cohen - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
03-05-2024 – Tenacious D @Rockhal
06-05-2024 – William Fitzsimmons
07-05-2024 – Bob Sinclair
08-05-2024 – Danni Gato & friends
16-05-2024 – The Libertines - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
19-05-2024 - Soolking
21-05-2024 - Yes
21-05-2024 – Angus and Julia Stone - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
24-05-2024 - MC Solaar
24-05-2024 – Alvaro Soler @Luxexpo (Org: Atelier LU)
25-05-2024 – J Balvin
27-05-2024 – The Robert Cray Band
29-05-2024 – Casawi, Destiny Flexboy
30-05-2024 – The Vaccines – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
31-05-2024 – Pierre De Maere
01 + 02-06-2024 - Usina24 Festival: CRO, Joris, English teacher, Kids with buns, Say yes dog, Baling Tiger, Tali, Naft, …
03-06-2024 - Asinhell
04-06-22024 – Slowdive  - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
08-06-2024 – The Streets - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
09-06-2024 – Dogstar - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
13-06-2024 - Plini
16-06-2024 – The Interrupters (Org: Atelier LU)
16-06-2024 - Imany
17-06-2024 – Crosses - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
18-06-2024 – Atreyu - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
19-06-2024 – Karnivool – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
19-06-2024 – 7last, De Pascal Vu Wooltz
23-06-2024 – Mr. Bungle - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
24-06-2024 – Of Mice & Men
25-06-2024 – Steel Panther – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
26-06-2024 – Five Finger Death Punch
26-06-2024 - Rival sons – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
28-06-2024 – The Smashing Pumpkins @Luxexpo open air (Org: Atelier LU)
29-06-2024 – Alexander Stewart
29-06-2024 – Siren’s call festival @Neimënster: Bombay Bicycle Club, Alvvays, Bat For Lashes, Fat dog, Kim Gordon, … (Org: Atelier LU)
30-06-2024 – Bruce Dickinson
30-06-2024 - Garbage
01-07-2024 - Passenger
02-07-2024 – Scorpions, Extreme  @Luxexpo Open Air (Org: Atelier LU)
03-07-2024 – Jane’s Addiction @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
05-07-2024 – Nick mason’s saucerful of secrets  - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
06-07-2024 – Calvin Harris @Luxexpo Open Air (Org: Atelier LU)
07-07-2024 – Snow patrol @Luxexpo Open Air (Org: Atelier LU)
08-07-2024 - Jungle
09-07-2024 – Bad religion
11-07-2024 - Heart
12-07-2024 – Silbermond @Niemënster (Org: Atelier LU)
13-07-2024 – Sam Smith @Luxexpo Open Air (Org: Atelier LU)
13-07-2024 - Deluxe
15-07-2024 – Birdy @Festival de Wiltz (Org: Atelier LU)
16-07-2024 – Air @Niemënster (Org: Atelier LU)
16-07-2024 – Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
21-07-2024 – Status quo
24-07-2024 – Paolo Nutini - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
25-07-2024 – Bodycount ft Ice-T
06-08-2024 – Chris Isaak - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
07-08-2024 – Pixies - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
08-08-2024 – Gene Simmons Band – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
14-08-2024 – Clutch  - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
19-08-2024 – The Offspring @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
22-08-2024 – Tinariwen - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
07-09-2024 – Gossip – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
09-09-2024 – Calum Scott @Niemënster (Org: Atelier LU)
18-09-2024 – Marie s’infiltre @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
20-09-2024 – Sam Feldt – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
21-09-2024 – Joe Jackson – two rounds of racket tour @Conservatoire (Org: Atelier LU)
22-09-2024 – Cannibal corpse
25-09-2024 – Nortlane, Novelists
27-09-2024 – Greeen - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
30-09-2024 – Murmuration de Sadeck Berrabah
03-10-2024 - Soen
09-10-2024 - In Flames, Arch enemy, Soilwork
10-10-2024 – Powerwolf, Hammerfall
12-10-2024 – Bibi Blocksberg @Opderschmelz -(Org: Atelier LU)
12-10-2024 – Alice Cooper + guests
12-10-2024 – Wallows – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
13-10-2024 – One Vision of Queen ft. Marc Martel
18-10-2024 – Fu Manchu - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
22-10-2024 – Eric Cantona - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
25 t-m 27-10-2024 – Les Misérables @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
26-10-2024 – l’Impératrice - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
29-10-2024 – Frank Turner and the sleeping souls - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
31-10-2024 – Deep Purple @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
01-11-2024 - Schiller
02-11-2024 – Purple disko machine - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
02-11-2024 - Unearth
06-11-2024 - Sepultura
09-11-2024 – Schëppe Siwen - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
10-11-2024 – The irons maidens
11-11-2024 - Apocalyptica
12-11-2024 – Saïan supa celebration
17-11-2024 – Peppa Pig live @Opderschmelz (Org: Atelier LU)
17-11-2024 – Trentemöller @Kulturfabrik (Org: Atelier LU)
21-11-2024 – Therapy?
27-11-2024 – Selig – Atelier (Org: Atelier Lu)
29-11-2024 - Fat Freddy’s Drop - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
30-11-2024 – Ales Ramirès @Conservatoire (Org: Atelier LU)
01-12-2024 – Jacob Collier @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
03-12-2024 - Kreator, Anthrax, Testament
04-12-2024 – Raf Camora @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
05-12-2024 - Within Temptation
06-12-2024 – Patrick Bruel
07-12-2024 – Alcest – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
08-12-2024 – Deichkind @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
14-12-2024 – Die Fantastischen Vier @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
2025
02-02-2025 – Gims
05-02-2024 - Artus
13-03-2025 – Clara Ysé - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
14-03-2025 – Clara Luciani
06-04-2025 – Ahmed Sylla
Rocklab events - zie site
Info  http://www.rockhal.lu  of Info http://www.atelier.lu

Even voorstellen – Crumb – Amama op 14 juni 2024
Crumb "AMAMA" 14/06 (crumb records/konkurrent)

“AMAMA” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUk9vYUc-9w

New York psych-pop band Crumb return with AMAMA, their most carefree and open-hearted album to date. A soundscape full of playful and patchwork experimentation — glitchy pitch-shifted vocals, cell phone recordings, nautical blips, sax mouthpiece solos, blasted drum samples, and piano strings dampened with Silly Putty — AMAMA continues to deepen the band’s hypnotic sound in a cohesive line back through 2021’s Ice Melt, 2019’s Jinx, and breakout EPs Locket and Crumb. Without a doubt, AMAMA is Crumb — singer and multi-instrumentalist Lila Ramani, keyboardist and saxophonist Bri Aronow, bassist Jesse Brotter, and drummer Jonathan Gilad — at their most animated. 

Buoyed by Ramani’s songwriting, at turns poetically abstract and directly confessional, AMAMA culls the strange encounters from Crumb’s touring years, tracing the dizzying path of a group that’s been in movement for nearly a decade. “Crushxd” is an ecstatic requiem for a turtle flattened under the tires of a tour van; “(Alone in) Brussels” finds Ramani in forced isolation in a distant city. On “The Bug,” we’re at a pit stop in a seedy motel, where a critter’s bite leaves a nagging feeling: “It’s always on my mind / it’s just always on my mind,” Ramani repeats over a creeping groove as she wanders the place at night. On “Side by Side,” perhaps the most candid track on AMAMA, frenetic percussion and disorienting, layered synth envelop Ramani as she considers the personal sacrifices she’s made along the way. 

Even as it explores transient stops and fraught encounters, AMAMA features some of Crumb’s most vulnerable, tender searches for organic connection. “Home is what I want and what I need,” Ramani sings on the clear-sighted opener, “From Outside a Window Sill”—which samples a police radio scan about a flock of geese crossing a bridge in Gowanus, Brooklyn, where Ramani grew up. The title track, “AMAMA,” is an upbeat and hopeful homage to Ramani’s grandmother, her namesake, who sings in Malayalam in the opening sample. The two voices, Lila’s and Leela’s, separated by language and place, intertwine as if on a spotty long-distance call in what is the most direct love song of Crumb’s repertoire. On the album’s closer, “XXX,” laden with distorted, industrial sounds, we finally find respite—a house shared between two lovers, a safe place. In the last moments, Ramani asks: “Isn’t this as good as it can get?”

AMAMA exists at the crossroads of psychedelia, pop, jazz, and rock, and cements Crumb as a band uniquely their own. Released independently on Crumb Records and produced alongside Johnscott Sanford and Jonathan Rado in Los Angeles, AMAMA is an incandescent statement about searching for solid ground, connection, and clarity in a life 

“AMAMA is dedicated to my namesake, my grandmother, whose voice is sampled throughout the song. A video sent to me over WhatsApp of her singing originally inspired the melody and ethos of the song, from which I built its glitchy, warped foundation. It’s a love song! My partner and Crumb's creative director [Abraham El Makawy] directed the video, which combines his family's archival footage of the neighborhood we grew up in, home videos from the band, as well as drawings from 702 fans who helped us animate the last part of the video. The song is the title track and spiritual center of our new album.”

BIFFF - Premières troef op programma van 42ste editie van het BIFFF, van 9 tot 21 april in Paleis 10, Brussel

Het programma voor het 42e BIFFF is net van de pers gerold, en het is er geen van de minste. Er staan 72 langspeelfilms op het menu, waaronder 4 wereldpremières, 10 internationale premières, 9 Europese premières en 39 Belgische premières. Er is een focus op FRENCH CONNECTION(S), een grindhouse-avondje met de vertoningen van KRAZY HOUSE, THE BELGIAN WAVE én THE TOXIC AVENGER uit 1984 om de 50e verjaardag van TROMA te vieren, gratis concerten, duivels entertainment, een BORN AFTER... MATRIX-dag waar alle films gratis zijn voor jongeren onder de 26, een family day met wel zes fantastische films voor jonge BIFFF'ers... En natuurlijk langverwachte films zoals openingsfilm CIVIL WAR van Alex Garland, ABIGAIL van Matt Bettinelli-Olpin en LOVE LIES BLEEDING van Rose Glass met Kristin Stewart en Katy M. O'Brian!

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival - BIFFF

Even voorstellen – Pond – Stung
POND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM STUNG!, OUT JUNE 21 VIA SPINNING TOP RECORDS

NEW SINGLE “(I’M) STUNG” POND - (I'm) Stung (Official Video) (youtube.com)

06/10 La Grand Salon, Botanique - Brussels, BE

Prolific and beloved psychedelic rock band Pond has today announced Stung! which will be released June 21, 2024 via Spinning Top Records. The announcement of the Perth band’s tenth album arrives alongside new single “(I’m) Stung,”

“I wrote most of this while mowing someone’s lawn. I went home and put my fingers on the piano and pretty much played the base of it first go. This is a very rare and special treat and buoyed me for weeks. It’s funny because I had a mad crush on someone, and they dropped me like a sack of shit and this song just flew down and clocked me right in the forehead and I felt totally better. Then Gin and Gum added all their magic - cool sounds, passing chords..

It's about being totally pathetically stung by someone and just having to be cool with it being unrequited. Being resilient, accepting that you are a bit of a goose, but life goes on.”

‘(I’m) Stung’ arrives alongside a video shot in Western Australia by Chris Adams. “We went to Lancelin, one of the most stereotypically Western Australian looking places in Western Australia, armed with a super 8 camera, 12 tubes of silver body paint and a rock eisteddfod wardrobe,” Pond say of the visualiser. “Nothing but the blistering heat and dehydration and a battalion of legendary holidaymakers in ATVs stood between us and cinema history. Our friend Chris Adams also put on his little “filmic auteur” cap and carried our shit around while we cavorted among the dunes dressed like a knock off NSYNC. Omg and the bee!! The bee obviously makes it. Nick kind of lost his mind in the endless whiteness and started fearfully battling the beast in the sky. Probably all the paint fumes.

The last four Pond albums have been showcases of tidiness and brevity, 10 ideas always tucked into 40 minutes or so. But on Stung!, they gleefully, madly, and willfully lean into double-LP largesse, tapping the spirit of Tusk and Sign ‘O’ the Times by funneling 14 songs into the most unfettered and splendid hour of their recording career. A band for the better part of two decades, Pond has accepted (with no small joy or relief) that they are no longer beholden to shifting expectations of cool. That idea has empowered them, allowing them to play precisely what they want, to not move toward any goal but being themselves.

It takes more effort for Pond to make a record these days—not musically, of course, but logistically. They’re all adults with relationships, children, professions, hobbies, side-projects, or some mix of them all. (To wit, Allbrook and Jay Watson, or GUM, both released solo albums last year.) They began making Stung! in piecemeal fashion, then, a member or two showing up at the little studio in Watson’s back yard to work on a new idea. They’d tinker joyously and endlessly in Watson’s little workshop, trying a panoply of machines and widgets to get the most interesting sounds. What’s more, they were able to let the songs they had sit over time, so that Pond’s deeply democratic process could not only siphon and improve the best ones but also tease out what they might be missing for this very full double-record.

At last, they realised they ran the risk of being stuck in this phase—creation, adjustment, addition—forever. The whole quintet decamped to Dunsborough, the scenic surfing hub on Australia’s southwestern coast where a friend had recently finished a spacious and state-of-the-art studio. Allbrook would run near the shore each morning. They’d all swim during the day, then record until deep in the night. They left most of their ancillary gear at home, forcing them to drill down on the songs, ideas, and sounds they already had, to make them better without getting carried away in endless possibility. After all, after nearly a year of writing and workshopping, they had plenty of material, the makings of a set more expansive than any previous Pond album.

The title Stung! began as a joke in Pond, a reference to having a crush on someone or something that they began to use so often they simply had to make it the name. They still laugh when they hear it now, a silly inside wisecrack suddenly open to the outside world. But it’s kind of a credo, too: despite the bruises, the callousness, and the suffering, they remain stung with music, with the idea of making songs that feel just so and doing it together, as friends. And they are stung with the world, too, even when it bites back. “Well, I’m stung/the bells been rung,” Allbrook sings during the winning title track. “If love’s a game, then I guess you won.” Ten albums in, though, Pond seems to be having more fun playing now than ever before.

Following a run of dates in Australia with Queens of the Stone Age this winter and a run of US shows in the spring, Pond’s world tour will arrive in Europe in September. The band will stop in eight UK cities including London, where they headline the distinguished Scala on 3rd October.