Xixa’s unique style is a combination of desolate Americana, gritty guitars, and cumbia. Today we celebrate the release of their new four-track EP, The Code. Read all about it in this Kerrang article.
“They sound like a soundtrack to a spaghetti western film — if that film was about a dustry, goth nightclub in the middle of the Sonoran desert.”
Shows coming up soon!
Ghent, Belgium-based experimental rock band RAKETKANON are pleased to announce they have signed to Alcopop! Records and will release their long-awaited third album RKTKN#3 on 5th April 2019!
As a special Valentine’s Day gift to fans, the band have revealed a suitably dark and disturbing video for lead single ‘Ricky’. Watch it here.
The band have also just announced a short run of UK headline tour dates and festival appearances in May 2019, with an additional stint of EU dates including sold out shows in Ghent and Brussels.
Finally the wait is over. Lala Lala kicks off their European & UK tour in Brighton tomorrow. Check out all dates here and get your tickets. The London show is almost sold out so don’t wait too long.
Lala Lala has recently finished her US tour with WHY? and took a bunch of amazing on-the-road photos. Take a look at them here.
Great news just came in: Phosphorescent will return to Belgium for two shows end of May. Tickets for Trix/Antwerp and De Kreun/Kortrijk are on sale now.
The band was already confirmed for Best Kept Secret Festival on June 1st.
Get your tickets here.
Very excited to announce the first A.A. Bondy album in eight years. “Enderness” was finished the day before a wildfire burned his house down. He recorded and played everything himself. The album will be out on May 10 on Fat Possum. Watch the video for the first single ‘Images of Love’ here.
A.A. Bondy will return to Europe and UK in May-June for headline shows. Check all dates here.
El Yunque, the four-piece experimental band from Hasselt, released a new live video for ‘Earlily’. Check out their performance here.
They just played a great set at We Are Open in Trix/Antwerp. More shows coming up: this week in Hasselt and in March you can see them in Leuven.
Check here for more info and tickets.
For our most recent Toutpartout Sessions episode we invited Crayon Sun! Crayon Sun is Aldo Struyf’s new band. Aldo toured with Queens Of The Stone Age, The Dead Weather, Alice In Chains, Jesus & The Mary Chain, The Mark Lanegan Band … and was the driving force behind Creature With The Atom Brain.
They serve us a mix of voodoo gospel and psychedelic desert blues. Check their stripped down version of ‘The Bender‘, taken from their self titled debut album, out on Waste My Records.
The band is playing at We Are Open in Trix tomorrow and has more shows coming up soon. Check for dates and info here.
ViVii might be your next favorite dream pop band.
The three-piece from Sweden just dropped a new single ‘Love Love Love’. The song was premiered on Clash, check it out here.
‘ViVii took a very basic sketch and built it up into something effervescent, the glistening melodies turning into something highly refined.’
Check back soon for European tourdates.
Xixa is new to our European roster. The band will release their second album in June on Glitterhouse and just revealed a new song from their upcoming EP ‘The Code’ (Feb 15th). Listen to the title track here.
Core members Brian Lopez and Gabriel Sullivan are integral part of Giant Sand’s current incarnation. In the past they produced, toured or recorded with the likes of William Sedlmayr, KT Tunstall and Calexico.
But XIXA wanders far and wide, into the psychedelia of Amazon backwaters, the bumping grind of chicha, quirky electronics, loud indie-rock and desert blues.
Check back soon for upcoming shows!
George Ezra released a new episode of his popular podcast ‘George Ezra & Friends’. Guest this week: Kurt Vile!
“This week George records with one of rock’s most captivating frontmen, guitarists, and songwriters, Kurt Vile. Travel can inspire in surprising ways and Kurt discovered as much making his new record, the eclectic and electrifying ‘Bottle It In’. These songs show an artist and songwriter who can make you laugh and break your heart, often in the same line. George & Kurt talk about this new record, his journey through music and life growing up.”
Listen to it here.
Kurt Vile & The Violators will be back in Europe and UK in May-June. Check out all dates here.