10-16 April 2008 Classical: Wendingen 15 jaar Caplet’s ‘Un tas de petites choses’ and other piano works by Ravel, Fauré, Bizet, Satie, Stravinsky, Martin, Orthel and Andriessen. Amstelkerk, 15.00, €12 Pop/Rock: Some Weird Sin Surprisingly decent female-fronted guitar/piano trio from Amstelveen launching their new CD. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 15.30, €3
Malcolm Middleton Singer-songwriter: Malcolm Middleton The former Arab Strap man continues with his ‘post dour’ solo career. Recent lyrical gambits include ‘We’re all going to die and what if there’s nothing / We’ll all have to face this alone / There’s a when not an if inside everybody / Mortal thoughts like this can make you feel so alone’ from his Christmas smash ‘We’re All Going To Die’. Sometimes the wit shines through. Other times the honesty stabs you in the stomach. Paradiso, 16.00, €10 + membership Big band: De Amstel Big Band With guests Wolter Wierbos and singer Mathilde Marlon. Bethaniënklooster, 20.00, €10 Classical: Mitsuko Uchida A solo recital from the acclaimed Japanese-Austrian pianist. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €44/€55 Contemporary: Axyz Ensemble—Medcezir A programme consisting of new pieces by Turkish composers, carefully selected and arranged authentic folk melodies, classical Turkish music pieces and of unique improvisations by soloists. The result is a warm blend of authentic Turkey with modern Western jazz, classical and electronic elements. Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €15 Pop/Rock: Shout Out Louds Indie pop from Sweden. Sure, they aren’t as fun as Amsterdam’s very own Hospital Bombers, but you could have spent the ticket money on worse. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, sold out Pop: The Hilfiger Sessions Amsterdam Kickin’ out the jams with Alain Clark, Moke, Dennis, Rose, Roger Happel and Berget Lewis. Panama, 20.30, €10 Jazz: Cosa Brava Fred Frith apparently misses playing in a rock band. The pioneering avant-garde guitarist revisits group chemistry with Zeena Parkins, a multi-instrumentalist who’s collaborated with Björk and Yoko Ono, violinist Carla Kihlstedt and drummer Matthias Bossi of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. See Short List. Bimhuis, 21.00, €16
www.amsterdamweekly.nl/forsale Pop: The Kooks The cuter sell-out side of indie Britpop. Support from Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. Melkweg, The Max, 20.30, sold out Big band: Amsterdam Jazz Orchestra Launching their new CD, Finding the Way, which features new works by talented composers and top arrangers. The opening track, ‘Zed’s Chopper’, by Ruben Hein references Pulp Fiction, while other contributions reveal tasteful influences of soundtracks and show tunes. Eric Vloeimans and Jesse van Ruller also join for this party. Bimhuis, 21.00, €12
Tuesday 15 April
Huiskamer Hits Bitterzoet’s serving of home away from home. Who doesn’t want to have a bar and a DJ in their living room? Today: The O.G.’s edition. Bitterzoet, 23.59-03.00, €5
Opera: Kwasi & Kwame—The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi English-language opera based on the successful historical novel The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi, about the two Ghanaian Ashanti royal children who were sent as a ‘gift’ to William I of the Netherlands in 1837. Het Muziektheater, 20.15, €15-€40
Friday 11 April
Classical: Nederlands Kamerorkest (See Friday) Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €28.65/€34
Classical: Nederlands Kamerorkest (See Friday) Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €28.65/€34 Classical: Piano Trios With top soloists: pianist Silke Avenhaus, violinist Antje Weithaas and cellist Quirine Viersen. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €33.50 Singer-songwriter: Billy Bragg Sociological insights and, of course, pop tunes from a Brit who needs very little introduction. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €15 + membership
Dee-Day Celebrating the first 40 years of life of acclaimed New York DJ Lenny Dee, who’s typically regarded as the world’s first hardcore DJ. Joining the party are Manu Le Malin, Akira, Buzz Fuzz, Peaky Pounder, Unexist, Promo and Obsession. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 22.00-late, €18 klinch: Súperrauw Pushing the boundaries of dance, punk, disco and electronica with sets from Boys Noize, Crookers, Ebony Bones, Bad Brilliance and, of course, Joost van Bellen. Melkweg, The Max, 22.00-late, €19 + membership
World: The Ipanemas The sounds of classic Brazil from the real McCoy. All the better if it’s a warm spring day. See short List. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €18 + membership
Drie Jaar Niks Celebrating their birthday, marking three years of, apparently, nothing. But at least there’ll be free vodka! And the line-up includes Herrie Gekkehuis, Steam Supreme and Aardvarck. Add live performances by Seymour Bits and The Pigtails, throw in a free ‘Nikstape’ for early birds, and all of a sudden nothing sounds like quite something. Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €8
Singer-songwriter: Open Mic Weekly podium for singers to share their tunes and hear their peers. Lots of international voices are heard, so you could be pleasantly surprised. Cafe Sappho, 21.00, free
Reggae: Gregory Isaacs Jamaican star, responsible for hits like ‘Night Nurse’, ‘Toot’, ‘Lonely Lover’ and ‘Cool Ruler’. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.00, €25 + membership
Singer-songwriter: Jana Hunter, Phosphorescent Floaty acoustic folk pop from Hunter (US). Raw gothic Americana from Matthew Houck, AKA Phosphorescent (US). Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 20.00, €9 + membership
Caput #4 The pop edition. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €10
Rock: dEUS Belgium’s sophisticated indie-rock heroes delve back into the Dutch club scene to welcome the release of new album Vantage Point. Are they too old? Running on empty ideas? Well, they still have some lulling violin melodies toying with the guitar lines, and fans aren’t particularly fussed how ‘mature’ they get, seeing as tickets flew out the door. Melkweg, The Max, 20.30, sold out
Bluegrass: Hayseed Dixie Are you a fan of O, Brother Where Art Thou? and classic rock songs? This is the band for you. They made their name with white-trash hillbilly-style bluegrass tributes to AC/DC and Kiss. Now no popular bands are safe from the Dixie. Trashy and stupid, yes, but good fun. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 21.00, €13.50 + membership
Heavy: Every Time I Die Overly dramatic metalcore and hardcore to match the ‘badly applied eye-shadow’ band name. Support from Drop Dead, Gorgeous and Scary Kids Scaring Kids. Melkweg, The Max, 19.30, €12 + membership
Fool’s Gold Let’s dance to Joy Division! And to The Wombats! And other indie goldies! Winston Kingdom, 23.00-03.00, €5
Americana: South San Gabriel, Centro-matic The Will Johnson show, featuring sets from his two most prolific projects. Look out for a rootsy Texan journey from rock through to raw country. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 19.30, €10 + membership
Wednesday 16 April
Monday 14 April
CLUBS
Thursday 10 April Big band: Konrad Koselleck Big Band Jazz pop e is issu dance fusion—big band style. Joining Koselleck th f o F D Rock ’n’ Rave Indie electro and new rave. Club 8, clean P tonight is singer Ingram Washington l find aand sax and 22.00-04.00, €4 you’lDeurloo. e n li harmonica specialist Hermine Sugar Facn O tory, 21.00, €9 Poptrash Three decades’ worth of rock, electro and hiphop with The Punchout DJs and guests. Special Experimental: DNK-Amsterdam Weekly concert guests tonight are Lies in Disguise. Melkweg, Oude series for new live electronic and acoustic music, Zaal, 23.00-05.00, €5 now in a new location. Juan Parra and the internationally renowned cellist Frances-Marie Uitti Wildvreemd Berlin must be a weird place, for its DJs collaborate, plus the acclaimed young British guiare perpetually showing up here. This time it’s the tarist James Blackshaw will be playing an acoustic dance grooves of Maayan Nidam (AKA Miss Fit), with set with Amsterdam’s Jozef van Wissem. SMART warm-ups by Lauhaus and Carlos Valdes. Sugar FacProject Space, 21.30, €5 tory, 23.00-05.00, €10
Rock: Die So Fluid, Pimpersticker Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €6
Jazz: Ready for Freddy Fat grooves from Jos de Haas (New Cool Collective), Stefan Schmidt (Zuco103), Alex Oele (Yinka), Stefan Kruger (Zuco103) and special guests. Badcuyp, Noordpool, 21.30, €5
Singer-songwriter: Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters A serving of anti-folk from the multi-talented artist/musician. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 22.00, €9 + membership
Opera: Un ballo in maschera (See Thursday) Het Muziektheater, 19.30, €15-€90
Classical: Piano Trios (See Monday) Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €33.50 Pop/Rock: Newton Faulkner This ginger Brit singer-songwriter is a rising star of the melodic pop world. Fans can lap up his cover of Massive Attack’s ‘Teardrop’ and previous hit single ‘Dream Catch Me’, although it continually threatens to transform into ‘Supergirl’ by German balladeers Reamonn—never good. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.30, €15 + membership Jazz: Fab Trio With bassist Joe Fonda, drummer Barry Altschul and violinist Billy Bang. Bimhuis, 21.00, €16 Heavy: Hallo Gallo! #5 Germans aren’t so bad. They can’t help being angry. So hardcore-ish noise from our neighbours Shokei and Kids Explode is perfectly acceptable. Maybe they’ll be more friendly if you pay €5 to display their listing. OCCII, 21.00, €5
DJBroadcast presents Clone We Are With I-F and Raiders of the Lost Arp (Rome). 11, 22.30 04.00, €12
Saturday 12 April Housekeeping House and acid party. Free entry is what comes to those who clean their kitchens on the weekend. Westergasterras, 22.00-03.00, free Kiss Off Raw electro and power pop: a strange combination only at first sight. Think about it. Both have tunes, both have beats, both are loud and both are made to jump around to. With the Homework DJs and Vance (of Fightclub fame). OT301, 22.00-03.00, €5 1+1=3 Rekorder & Vs Ensemble present their own sweet little pre-summer mini indoor festival throughout the Westergas locations (Westergasterras, Westerunie, Westerliefde & Flexbar). You’ll find DJs like Johannes Heil, Bart Skils, Melon, Isis, Ille Bitch and De Man Zonder Schaduw and whatever dance music it takes to appease your weekend soul. Westergasterras, 22.00-04.00, €20 Betty en Billie’s BeatBoutique An intergalactic voyage into ’60s soul and pop hits. Club 8, 22.00 -04.00, €6 Dynamite A new night at Sugar Factory, aiming to get back to house basics but also throwing in a modern twist. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €12.50
Rock: Dancing With The AllStars Comedy covers from Kinderen Tegen Kinderen and rock from Pitch Blond. Winston Kingdom, 22.00, €5
Stop Zinloos Geluid Most sounds don’t make much sense. Where’s the value in screeching trams? Polyphonic ringtones? Screaming babies? The organisers of this technofest promise to make an end to all that acoustic futility by offering quality music. With Fabrice Lig, AKA Sould Designer, Ortin Cam, Daphne Darretta vs Angela Brown, Renzo, Dave de la Costa and Sinal Cord. Studio 80, 23.00-06.00, €12.50
Funk: Hipdrop Live session featuring members of Cmon & Kypski, Zuco 103 and Lefties Soul Connection. Bitterzoet, 22.00, €5
Bassline Spin Off meets the Battle of the Year afterparty. Urban, hiphop and big bass beats will rule. Paradiso, 23.59-05.00, €12 + membership
Contemporary: TryTone presents Experimental jazz concepts with sets from Duo Purves/Van Beek, Trio Van Bommel/Provan/Pallesen and Trio Baars/Kamperman/Duijves. Zaal 100, 21.00, €5
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