Amsterdam Weekly
26 June-2 July 2008 their new CD, A Tale of Three Cities, with their international jazz treats inspired by Rio de Janeiro, Durban and Amsterdam. Bimhuis, 21.00, €10 Soul: The Clipsters Vintage soul sounds from a modern ten-piece ensemble. Sugar Factory, 21.00, €10
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Thursday 26 June
Rock: Radiohead While a Radiohead ‘greatest hits’ set has recently landed in the stores, don’t be mistaken for thinking that Oxford’s most awkward are here to go wild with the classics. This is very much the In Rainbows tour; the album they famously threw onto the internet last year, seemingly testing the morals of their fans with their sliding scale payments. Since many just grabbed it for free anyway, maybe it would have been a bolder experiment to let fans pay whatever they want to get into this show. Westergasfabriek, 19.30, sold out
Tongue-In-Cheek But whose cheek? Happy and cosy party that pits hiphop against house. Club 8, 22.00-03.00, €5
Pop: Doe Maar Only the biggest band in the world... ever. Sorry, biggest band in Holland... ever. Or biggest band in Holland 25 years ago. They’re back to mark their 30th anniversary. Heineken Music Hall, 20.15, €59
The Underrated Eclectic beats. Odeon, 23.00-05.00, €12
11_Laatste_Dagen Get pixellated at Pixel, with Isolée (Frankfurt), Marbert-Rocel (Erfurt), Sascha Funke (Berlin), Bert de Rooij and Carlos Valdes. See Short List. 11, 22.30-04.00, €15 Your Biggest Bang! Hiphop, electro, Baltimore, baile funk and even some rock. Hotel Arena, 23.00-04.00, €10 Vreemd 2.0 Weirder and weirder electro. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €8.50 WKND Building you up for the weekend with nu-house and deep house spinning. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €5 Blue Note Trip Jazz and dance fusion. Tonight’s jazzy vibes are fronted by Maestro, together with sax men Benjamin Herman and Ben van Gelder. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 23.30-late, €8 + membership
Friday 27 June The Raconteurs Rock: The Raconteurs Jack White (of The White Stripes) and Brendan Benson lead this rather famous ‘side-project’. Last time round, single ‘Steady, As She Goes’ dominated radio. This year, they stunned fans by releasing recent album Consolers of the Lonely with only a week’s advance warning. Melkweg, The Max, 20.30, sold out Jazz: Hans Dulfer & Friends Casablanca Muziek, 21.00, free Roots: John Butler Trio Australian rootsy jam band that’s suitably massive in their homeland. The tunes are a mix of folk, country, blues, hiphop and reggae. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 21.00, sold out Rock: Comets on Fire Californian psychedelic rock outfit, who’ve been known to blaze a trail of noise through time and space. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 22.30, €9 + membership
Wednesday 2 July Soul: Duffy New Brit pop starlet, who’s gone from zero to hero in just six months. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.00, sold out Rock: R.E.M. Opening night of the summer European tour. In the run up to these dates, guitarist Peter Buck has been stating that journalists who find new album Accelerate a return to form, in comparison with the previous two awful albums, are simply lazy. Well, actually, Mr Buck, I’m pretty sure it’s a fair statement, as neither of those two albums are likely to leave my CD racks ever again. Accelerate, on the other hand, while unlikely to change anyone’s life, is at least bursting with energy, which is what this gig is likely to be about. Westergasfabriek, 20.00, €47.50 Classical: Residentie Orkest Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.2 and Fifth Symphony; conducted by Neeme Järvi, with Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €17.50/€21 Pop/Rock: Elvis Prestello Elvis sings the songs of Elvis. Winston Kingdom, 20.30, €5 Rock: Hallo Gallo #9 Featuring the psychedelic riffage of American trippers Sunburned Hand of the Man, Canadian analogue experimentalist Brian McKenna, and the twisted and broken folk sounds of Swedish boys, The Ray Pacino Ensemble. OCCII, 21.00, €5 Jazz: Pat Martino Quartet The world-renowned Italian-American jazz guitarist and composer has recorded hoards of legendary Blue Note albums, the most recent of which is Remember—a tribute to one of his biggest inspirations, jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. See Short List. Bimhuis, 21.00, €22 Electronica: 5 Days Off—Day One—Melkweg Five days of electro-thumping madness starts here. Hosted by Rauw, performing tonight are Peaches (DJ set), The Count & Sinden, Surkin, Joost van Bellen and Mr Oizo. Melkweg, 22.00, €17 + membership day ticket, €60 festival pass Electronica: 5 Days Off: Day One—Paradiso Sets from Hercules and Love Affair, Santogold (See Short List), MSTRKRFT, We Smoke Fags and Neon Neon. Paradiso, 23.00, €17 + membership day ticket, €60 festival pass
Fuck Yeah Fucking Poptrash-y sounds on a fucking Friday. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €5/€7 11_Laatste_Dagen The final Static to be hosted at 11, though your host, Bart Skils, will be keeping the concept alive. Guests tonight include David Labeij, Kabale und Liebe, 2000 and One, Lauhaus and Boris Werner. See Short List. 11, 22.30-04.00, €15 Appletree Nights Summer hiphop grooves, with Ben Westbeech (UK) and SP. Bitterzoet, 23.00-04.00, €7.50 Connaisseur Labelnight With Estroe, Kollektiv Turnstrasse (live), Zoe Xenia (live), Alex Flitsch (DE), Plasmik (live), Unders, Jorn Liefdeshuis, Drrie and Carlos Valdes. Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €10 T.N.T. Time to look out those old guilders in the cupboard, as Odeon heads back to the ’80s and ’90s, financially as well as musically. Odeon, 23.00-05.00, €12 Sexy Bag One of the worst party names to grace these pages in 2008, and that’s saying something. Apparently this urban/dancehall night will be rather ‘naughty’, but mainly it should be taken as a reminder to recycle your plastic bags. The Powerzone, 23.00-06.00, €20 Art Of Noiz: A Greekadelic Night Psychedelic trance night. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €12.50
Goodfellas DJ Crew at Basement Basement A hiphop ‘Summer Special’. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 23.00-late, €15 + membership
Saturday 28 June Au10tique House sounds from Rutger Docter and Thomas Martojo (Dekmantel). De Kring, 22.00-04.00, €8 Hed Kandi ‘The Ibiza Summer Edition’, though if you’re looking for commercial dance sounds and actual summer weather, you should maybe just consider going to Ibiza. Hotel Arena, 22.00-04.00, €22.50 Fck Minimal…Go Maximal Electro that peaks on all meters. Ruigoord, 22.00-late, €10 11_Laatste_Nacht Well, we knew it was coming. It couldn’t be avoided. It’s the final party at 11 and it’s likely to be a great one. Guests are being kept under wraps, but expect electronic stars from both Amsterdam and abroad. See Short List. 11, 22.30-04.00, €15 Amstereo Galaxy With Aysam (Paris), Rogerseventytwo & The Walk, STRFCKR crew, Oslo Hilton and Wannabeastar. Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €8.50 Koppig! Eclectic, hiphop and house tunes. Odeon, 23.00-05.00, €12 Rex...Electronation Live A mixed bag of electro, crunching techno and funky house. Performing live is Marc Antona from the Freak ’n’ Chic label. DJing is Emerson Todd, Sven & Tettero and Voldaan & Hay-T. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €15
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