tuesday september 17, 2024     

BandShirtDay 2024 #2

Allright second day in my #bandshirtdayweek. Today again a relatively new shirt. The best Dutch 7" released in 2023 came hands down from the awesome NUSANTARA BEAT! They're a Dutch band from Amsterdam with 6 people, all of them with more or less some Indonesian ancestry in their veines. They released two awesome singles, both of them on vinyl, unfortunately the second one is sold out. Beautiful stuff and on the wings of those great stuff they even managed to tour Indonesia in the summer of 2024.

Me, my wife and the kids had a beautiful trip on Java and Bali last year. I remember being near Mount Igjen a certain moment that I realised the Indonesian music really did get in my system. It never left. Since then I've been on the lookout for Indonesian music and due to Maarten Nijkamp I now have around a dozen or so. There was a shitload of music released in Indonesia in the 60s and 70s. I'm still learning but regardless of anything be sure to check out Koes Bersadaura, Yanti Bersaudara, Panbers and Dara Puspita for a start! And of course NUSANTARA BEAT! More to follow some time soon.

Last thing for today: Post your bandshirts on instagram or Twitter or anywhere else. There's an instagramaccount: instagram.com/bandshirtday and a website: bandshirtday.com.
Be sure to enjoyn in!

monday september 16, 2024     

BandShirtDay 2024

The wonderful Marc(issist) and Howard of Wastoids podcast The Spindle discussed it last week. Next friday, sept 20, it is the third BandShirtDay. Last year this rad initiative collected 30 thousand bucks for charity. Since there's a shitload of band(shirt)s in my head and my closet I thought to join them a bit and talk here about bandshirts this week all the time.

Of course wearing recent shirts are the coolest. Last months I got a PRIVATE FUNCTION shirt, a LA LUZ shirt. I myself am wearing a CARRION KIDS shirt today. They are a bunch of insane mexican gpunkers who in VERA managed to do something I cannot recall ever seeing before. They improved upon a DEVO-original, "Mongoloid" even. I hope to list this awesome version on the list of DEVO-covers one day;) Be sure to buy their LP. I did.

Last thing for today: Post your bandshirts on instagram or Twitter or anywhere else. There's an instagramaccount: instagram.com/bandshirtday and a website: bandshirtday.com.
Be sure to enjoyn in!

monday september 2, 2024     

Misty Fields 2024

I'll hope to type some more this week but just telling you I'll be going to a neat cool festival again. After 2023 it will be my second visit to MISTY FIELDS. It is locatd in Noord-Brabant which actually is a province in the SOUTH of The Netherlands...

The festival is sold out, but back in february or so 2024 I bought a couple of tickets. Due to opportunistic planning on my side and some other folk not coming I can take three (!) people to the festival. The arrangement is complete with transport by car, provided you live inbetween my home and Asten/Heusden. Tickets are including the camping, but excluding a tent so cool folk of the world ...
You know what to do, email me at evert[AT/@]grunnenrocks[.\DOT]nl and we'll work it out.

BE THERE OR BE a fuckin' SQUARE (once again)!

wednesday april 24, 2024     

THE GORIES
fifth eurotour

After 1992, 2009, 2015 and 2017 ... my personal alltime fave band, THE GORIES, comes to Europe once again. Oh and yes I prefer to see them over any band I already saw before in the first place and in the second place over most of the bands that ever existed or still exist, and do not play any more ... you get my drift, and that EXcludes: The TALKING HEADS and a couple more, but actually not that much. I'm guessing a dozen or so.

Due to a sad miscommunication they will not play in the worlds best club VERA, but close enough ... they'll come and destroy Iduna in Drachten and some more places. See the schedule to the right. I'm hoping to go and see all Dutch shows.

BE THERE OR BE a fuckin' SQUARE!

#monsterhit: "Telepathic"
- originally released on the ITR 7" of course

thursday april 18, 2024     

THE COURETTES
sixties garage fuzz rips

Awesome gig almost 3 weeks ago (march 29) by The amazing Courettes. A Brazilian singing guitarist, Flávia C., a mighty Danish drummer Martin C. that used to be in the Columbian Neckties and a revolving bassplayer. This tours bassplayer look like he dreams of having sex with the insanely cool Emma Peel. I guess he is either German or English, but hey who knows? And who cares?

Of course I saw 'em in the worlds best club VERA, Groningen (= Grunnen Rocks City), NL, Europe. I would totally love to see 'm again while hummin' all their hits on the mighty cool american debut LP on the acclaimed English panklabel Damaged Goods. They have a shitload of vinyl already out. Be sure to check 'm out, especially if you're into anything from the 60s, Cee Bee Beaumont, fun, The Pipettes, the Wall of Sound, Thee Headcoatees or dancing.

#monsterhit: "Hop The Twig"
- originally released on their 3rd studio LP "Back In Mono"

thursday december 7, 2023     

BE YOUR OWN PET
and ... we're back!

OK this year is a rollercoaster, but musically it is a good one. I even have several candidates for "best LP of 2023", but in this first week of december it is BE YOUR OWN PET's "Mommy". After 15 years they returned and finally released a 3rd album which is as good as #1 or #2. Best songs are: "Hand Grenade", "Worship The Whip", "Goodtime".

I saw 'em in 2006 at the Dutch Lowlands Festival, but they never were in our beloved VERAclub In Grunnen Rocks City. I would totally love to see 'm finally in our club. That would be a day to remember.