ladies who loop

i loved the whole looping thing (technical term?) when its used well. most of the acts that spring to mind at the moment who use it are 'solo' female artists. one of my favourite performers who incorporates this into their set from leeds is fran rogers. 



(photo taken a couple of years ago at brainwash festival)

and in recent weeks i've seen a few more - tune-yards being the primary one (playing in leeds tonight!). here she is recording tunes on her wee guitar (?) in amsterdam recently:

there's also bachelorette who i saw playing last night at the subbacultcha night of the north by northwest in an inflatable dome across the river ij in amsterdam.

ha, well...not that you can see her in this pic, as the visuals take over a bit! i wasn't really there to shoot the band but couldn't resist capturing something from the night. her set was over all too quickly.

and i also caught the fusee doree during her set this week (as part of the enigmatic night of musical curated by pfaff) who definitely had a good looping thing going on. again, this was a night when i wasn't there to take photos officially, so i've only got a phone snapshot. great performance all the same!

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primavera memories

last saturday night was a primavera reunion in amsterdam in my favourite venue (de nieuwe anita) - watching bands that were there and hanging out with people that were there. it was even sunny for a bit and we had pizza outside before the gig and i was swept back to my favourite primavera past-time of spotting famous peeps. in fact, ducktails was the person i saw most times wandering around in barcelona, and who should i spot wander past whilst scoffing my pizza - ducktails himself. and then julian lynch (sans labrador). and probably big troubles, although i didn't actually recognise them.


during the gig, first up was big troubles (the supporting and backing band for the whole night) and altho i sat enjoying their set from the side of the room, i did manage to take one or two shots through the crowd (this pic is my fave of the night actually).



next up was julian lunch, who i did see play at primavera, but for some reason i was distracted during his set. so last week whilst watching, i imagined him played in sunny spain, and i finally got it and i drifted off into a dreamy summery haze.



i didn't however get any shots of the headliner ducktails alas (couldn't squeeze my way to the front). so my prima shot will have to suffice, or the set when solo ducktails played amsterdam last time.

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indievloot festival part#2

a somewhat delayed part #2 of the indievloot festival, which took place last month (part #1 is here). part #2 included the following (for individual sets, click on the band name; for a jumbled set of all of the bands, click here):

herman dune




wye oak





waters

 


cave singers





blues brother castro





no joy



some of these shots also feature in an OOR.nl photo gallery (see here).
 
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colourful drumming: tune-yards // AND thee oh sees

tune-yards
the headliner this night in the upstairs room at paradiso was all about the drums and the loops and the gutteral yelps and the beats and the smiles and the TUNES!



full set here and full BAMSHAKALOVIN here.

thee oh sees
and the band that played earlier the same night at the same venue but as part of a separate gig was this one which was all about the rock and the roll and the DRUMMING and the bouncing floor.

springtime festivals

three festivals in quick succession, all wildly different and all good fun in their own right. the first was a wee festival one sunday in central amsterdam, divided over two venues (paradiso and de balie). the second at parc del forum in barcelona (woo!). and the last in various (and unexpected) venues around amsterdam oost. just a few pics here, with links to full sets elsewhere.

invdievloot
not much to say about this one, except i was glad to get to see cass mccombs, i am oak and thus:owls. plus to get to see my first ever brudenell social club t-shirt adorned in amsterdam (by dan sartain)! :)








primavera
i've wanted to go to primavera for years. and i finally decided at the last minute to jet out to barcelona, thanks mainly to the fantastic host katie with whom i stayed, and also octopus windmill for planting the seed in my head (after the luyas gig) that it wasn't too late to sort out a ticket. lots of late nights, bands and sunshine. what more could you want from a festival?  (i didn't think i'd manage to play out until the first metro after the first day of music; i blame frits and tom for that!) the photos i took were snapsots (mainly on my phone) to aide my memory rather than any real gig shots, like this one of TTMOE. a photopass at primavera, now that would have been a dream come true. maybe next year?!





lente uitje
a musical tour of amsterdam-oost: not sure if i live in the lower east side of amsterdam or just the east (oost), but i enjoyed my first dutch hemelvaart public holiday by following a musical and poetrical (is that a word?) tour around my neighbourhood, the line-up of which was mostly secret right up to the last minute. along the way, we discovered performers in living rooms (the first of which we climbed in through the window, the next which was on our street and the third had a hidden oasis), plus a school and fantastic printing works, not to mention the excellent local venue which was the start and end point (deli zeeeburg). just a few shots here; for the full photo-documentation, click the link above.










it was an awesome event. great concept, creat performances, great organisation. i met loads of great people too, all of which i hope to see again soon!


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