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KickBoy (UK)

"funky and quite shouty cross-punk"

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Possibly the most exciting grassroots live band in London right now, Kickboy are ferocious yet danceable with their disco infused brand of Post-Punk that they have playfully coined ‘Milk Punk’. They will be touring France and Belgium extensively in May 2024, and will be returning to Europe in October. 

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Possibly the most exciting grassroots live band in London right now, Kickboy are ferocious yet danceable with their disco infused brand of Post-Punk that they have playfully coined 'Milk Punk'. They will be touring France and Belgium extensively in May 2024, and will be returning to Europe in October.



KickBoy (UK) is:

Available for shows at The Official Unofficial

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FRIDAY | V2_ | 22.40 - 23.20

SATURDAY | WORM 1 | 21.30 - 22.10

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Charlemagne (UK)

"Young, dynamic, experimental and loud"

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One fateful evening, while performing in a crowded London tavern called The Windmill, a band by the name of Charlemagne were approached by a mysterious stranger. “I bring word from the Count of Rotterdam,” she said. “He has heard of your talents and invites you to his October feast.

They had never ventured beyond England’s shores, but they could not resist. They were soon in Rotterdam, performing for the Count.

Impressed, the King asked, “Will you play for the good people of Rotterdam this Friday and Saturday?”

“I am hosting a merry festival for the kind people of this town. I call it Left of the Dial”

The band knew what to do- looking at each other they picked up their instruments and prepared to rock once more.

Tot snel, Rotterdam!

Charlemagne

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One fateful evening, while performing in a crowded London tavern called The Windmill, a band by the name of Charlemagne were approached by a mysterious stranger. “I bring word from the Count of Rotterdam,” she said. “He has heard of your talents and invites you to his October feast.

They had never ventured beyond England’s shores, but they could not resist. They were soon in Rotterdam, performing for the Count.

Impressed, the King asked, “Will you play for the good people of Rotterdam this Friday and Saturday?”

“I am hosting a merry festival for the kind people of this town. I call it Left of the Dial”

The band knew what to do- looking at each other they picked up their instruments and prepared to rock once more.

Tot snel, Rotterdam!

Charlemagne




FRIDAY | DE DOELEN STUDIO 1 | 16.30 17.10

SATURDAY | 160K DANCEHALL | 22.50 - 23.30

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Hank Bee (UK)

"Poetic storytelling merges with sweeping melodies and powerful anthems"

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Hank Bee is the solo project of Liverpool based, Northumbrian musician Hannah Brown. Through her music she manages to blend traditional folk and country motifs with modern alternative rock. Each track is a lyrical voyage tackling the themes of love lost and personal angst with dry wit. Traditional guitar playing and reflective song-writing meets with cascading instrumentals and epic rock anthems when combined with the rest of the band, making for live shows that have become well known around the city.

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Hank Bee is the solo project of Liverpool based, Northumbrian musician Hannah Brown. Through her music she manages to blend traditional folk and country motifs with modern alternative rock. Each track is a lyrical voyage tackling the themes of love lost and personal angst with dry wit. Traditional guitar playing and reflective song-writing meets with cascading instrumentals and epic rock anthems when combined with the rest of the band, making for live shows that have become well known around the city.



Hank Bee (UK) is:

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THURSDAY | ROODKAPJE FRONT | 21.00 - 21.40

FRIDAY | PARADIJSKERK | 16.10 - 16.50

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Michael Ekow & May (GH/NL)

"somewhere between Kendrick Lamar and Rod Stewart"

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Alternative genre blending artist Michael Ekow is sonically paving his way between Indie, Pop, Hip Hop, R&B and House, moving alongside the spaces of music, culture and art. Of Ghanaian descent Michael Ekow has spent his life moving around, England, Germany and the Netherlands. A wordsmith zealous to capture feeling in records and poetic expressions that vividly paint moments . Michael Ekow has been inspired by the likes of Rod Stewart, Florence and the Machine, Kendrick Lamar and Frank Ocean.

Michael Ekow has been steadily releasing music since 2020, writing and producing his own tracks with a variety of producers. He’s significant style, unique voice, songwriting approach and live performances didn’t go unnoticed. He received a gracious welcome in the underground club scenes of Amsterdam, Berlin and London. He also became a go to songwriter and vocalist for dj’s & producers like Oliver Heldens and Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano. A selection of his work so far can be listened to in the ‘Sounds of Ekow’ playlist.

Michael kicked off 2024 with a live showcase at Boring Festival and the release of the ‘Keep Me From You’ EP, a club ready collaboration with producer Benno. Simultaneously he kicked oT a monthly ‘Talk To Me Nice’ residency at Kanaal40. Besides performing live, he also invited other musicians and visual artists to showcase their talent. The name of the monthly event draw inspiration from his upcoming EP with producer May.

His collaboration with producer & guitarist May brought “You Don’t Know What’s Going On, Talk To Me Nice!” EP into fruition. The 9 track EP will be released on the 26th of June and is blending English punk inspired vocals, hip hops’ poetic storytelling and RnB/pop fused melodies. May establishes the world in which these tales live, providing an encapsulating ambience. This blend of genres translates into an energetic, funky – yet still – emotional live show.

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Alternative genre blending artist Michael Ekow is sonically paving his way between Indie, Pop, Hip Hop, R&B and House, moving alongside the spaces of music, culture and art. Of Ghanaian descent Michael Ekow has spent his life moving around, England, Germany and the Netherlands. A wordsmith zealous to capture feeling in records and poetic expressions that vividly paint moments . Michael Ekow has been inspired by the likes of Rod Stewart, Florence and the Machine, Kendrick Lamar and Frank Ocean.

Michael Ekow has been steadily releasing music since 2020, writing and producing his own tracks with a variety of producers. He’s significant style, unique voice, songwriting approach and live performances didn’t go unnoticed. He received a gracious welcome in the underground club scenes of Amsterdam, Berlin and London. He also became a go to songwriter and vocalist for dj’s & producers like Oliver Heldens and Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano. A selection of his work so far can be listened to in the ‘Sounds of Ekow’ playlist.

Michael kicked off 2024 with a live showcase at Boring Festival and the release of the ‘Keep Me From You’ EP, a club ready collaboration with producer Benno. Simultaneously he kicked oT a monthly ‘Talk To Me Nice’ residency at Kanaal40. Besides performing live, he also invited other musicians and visual artists to showcase their talent. The name of the monthly event draw inspiration from his upcoming EP with producer May.

His collaboration with producer & guitarist May brought “You Don’t Know What’s Going On, Talk To Me Nice!” EP into fruition. The 9 track EP will be released on the 26th of June and is blending English punk inspired vocals, hip hops’ poetic storytelling and RnB/pop fused melodies. May establishes the world in which these tales live, providing an encapsulating ambience. This blend of genres translates into an energetic, funky – yet still - emotional live show.



Michael Ekow & May (GH/NL) is:

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SATURDAY | V2_ | 18.10 - 18.50

SATURDAY | PERRON BIG | 23.30 - 00.10

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Lézard (BE)

"geometric proto-punk-wave-disco band"

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The ongoing collapse of civilization, however, becomes a lot more bearable to a spicy groove, as Belgium-based collective Lézard have quickly found out. Beneath the quintet’s functional geometry simmers a frenzied hysteria: a Boogie Wonderland for oddballs, misfits and lost souls you can’t help but be a part of. 

With a sound forged in the spirit of Devo, LCD Soundsystem, XTC and Belgian forebears Telex, Lézard have already turned plenty of heads with their ‘disco vogue’ art punk shenanigans. The band wears its garish pop smarts like a too-tight three-piece suit on the hottest of summer days. 

With the high-wired “Nothing At All” and the equally suave & seedy “Coltrane & XTC” as opening salvo’s, Lézard has proven themselves a rapidly evolving creature. This year, the band will infiltrate plenty of haunts with their notoriously hot-blooded live performances, while setting their sights on penning brand new material this fall.

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The ongoing collapse of civilization, however, becomes a lot more bearable to a spicy groove, as Belgium-based collective Lézard have quickly found out. Beneath the quintet’s functional geometry simmers a frenzied hysteria: a Boogie Wonderland for oddballs, misfits and lost souls you can't help but be a part of.

With a sound forged in the spirit of Devo, LCD Soundsystem, XTC and Belgian forebears Telex, Lézard have already turned plenty of heads with their ‘disco vogue’ art punk shenanigans. The band wears its garish pop smarts like a too-tight three-piece suit on the hottest of summer days.

With the high-wired “Nothing At All” and the equally suave & seedy “Coltrane & XTC” as opening salvo’s, Lézard has proven themselves a rapidly evolving creature. This year, the band will infiltrate plenty of haunts with their notoriously hot-blooded live performances, while setting their sights on penning brand new material this fall.



Lézard (BE) is:

Available for shows at The Official Unofficial

Looking for more shows before/after Left of the Dial in Europe

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FRIDAY | V11 | 17.30 - 18.10

SATURDAY | CENTRAAL | 21.00 - 21.40

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Man of Moon (UK)

"electronic rock band with an impressive live show"

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Man of Moon are a two piece psychedelic/alternative rock band formed in Edinburgh and now based in Glasgow. They have over the years sold out shows up and down the UK and toured Europe twice, once with ‘Django Django’ in 2018 and the other with fellow Scottish band ‘The Twilight Sad’ in 2019.


“After the release of their first single ‘The road’ and then their first 2 EP’s ‘Medicine’ and ‘Chemicals’, all of which received much critical acclaim from such sites as The New York Times, The Guardian, NME and CLASH magazine the band then went on to release they’re much anticipated debut album ‘Dark Sea’ in 2020. The debut album won Tenement TV album of the year and saw them sell out shows across the UK in support of the album release including a packed out show at Glasgow’s iconic ‘Oran Mor’.

The band, Chris Bainbridge (Guitarist/Vocalist) and new drummer (Iain Stewart) released sophomore album ‘Machinism’ in May 2024 to great critical acclaim and reached number 20 in the Scottish Album charts and number 20 and 15 respectively in the UK Record Store Chart and UK Independent Album Breakers Chart.

They have a UK tour in support of the album coming up in October and plan on getting back over to mainland Europe in early 2025.”

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Man of Moon are a two piece psychedelic/alternative rock band formed in Edinburgh and now based in Glasgow. They have over the years sold out shows up and down the UK and toured Europe twice, once with 'Django Django' in 2018 and the other with fellow Scottish band 'The Twilight Sad' in 2019.

"After the release of their first single 'The road' and then their first 2 EP's 'Medicine' and 'Chemicals', all of which received much critical acclaim from such sites as The New York Times, The Guardian, NME and CLASH magazine the band then went on to release they're much anticipated debut album 'Dark Sea' in 2020. The debut album won Tenement TV album of the year and saw them sell out shows across the UK in support of the album release including a packed out show at Glasgow's iconic 'Oran Mor'.

The band, Chris Bainbridge (Guitarist/Vocalist) and new drummer (Iain Stewart) released sophomore album 'Machinism' in May 2024 to great critical acclaim and reached number 20 in the Scottish Album charts and number 20 and 15 respectively in the UK Record Store Chart and UK Independent Album Breakers Chart.

They have a UK tour in support of the album coming up in October and plan on getting back over to mainland Europe in early 2025."




THURSDAY | PERRON BIG | 20.50 - 21.30

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Kynsy (IE)

"unapologetic raw emotion and biting yet slick guitar work"

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Irish indie specialist Kynsy shares pulsating new single ‘Stereo Games’, out today (July 16th) via Nice Swan Records (English Teacher, Sprints, Opus Kink).

Following on from the ‘90s influence of spring’s standalone release ‘Money’, ‘Stereo Games’ sees the Dublin-raised, London-based musician deliver a cheeky indie dancefloor prowl, influenced by both New Young Pony Club and the playfulness of Wet Leg, and arrives ahead of an intimate London headliner at Third Man London (Blue Basement) later this month.

Newly partnered with esteemed indie label Nice Swan, Kynsy has already attracted widespread support throughout the tastemaker community (NME, DIY, Dork, Clash, The Line Of Best Fit, Rough Trade, Paste), as well as BBC Radio 1 (Jack Saunders) and BBC 6 Music (Chris Hawkins) airplay. With further material set to be unveiled later this year, the rock sensation will be hitting the live circuit this autumn, capitalising on previous slots alongside acts including Black Honey, Do Nothing and NewDad.

Speaking ahead of her latest single release, Kynsy revealed: “This song is a wild ride through the chaos of love and self-destruction. It’s about the intense, sometimes toxic, passion that can consume us, turning heartbreak into a form of art. With a nod to mythic and modern icons like Dionysus and Kendrick Lamar, it’s a rebellious anthem that immortalises the madness of love in a ‘stereo game’ of emotions and dreams”.

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Irish indie specialist Kynsy shares pulsating new single ‘Stereo Games’, out today (July 16th) via Nice Swan Records (English Teacher, Sprints, Opus Kink).

Following on from the ‘90s influence of spring’s standalone release ‘Money’, ‘Stereo Games’ sees the Dublin-raised, London-based musician deliver a cheeky indie dancefloor prowl, influenced by both New Young Pony Club and the playfulness of Wet Leg, and arrives ahead of an intimate London headliner at Third Man London (Blue Basement) later this month.

Newly partnered with esteemed indie label Nice Swan, Kynsy has already attracted widespread support throughout the tastemaker community (NME, DIY, Dork, Clash, The Line Of Best Fit, Rough Trade, Paste), as well as BBC Radio 1 (Jack Saunders) and BBC 6 Music (Chris Hawkins) airplay. With further material set to be unveiled later this year, the rock sensation will be hitting the live circuit this autumn, capitalising on previous slots alongside acts including Black Honey, Do Nothing and NewDad.

Speaking ahead of her latest single release, Kynsy revealed: “This song is a wild ride through the chaos of love and self-destruction. It's about the intense, sometimes toxic, passion that can consume us, turning heartbreak into a form of art. With a nod to mythic and modern icons like Dionysus and Kendrick Lamar, it's a rebellious anthem that immortalises the madness of love in a 'stereo game' of emotions and dreams”.




THURSDAY | TR8 AHEAD | 20.50 - 21.30

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May Rio (US)

"heartfelt DIY pop for cool kids"

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May Rio practiced and now she is perfect. The project of the pop writer/performer born May Sembera has been steadily evolving since the uncertain days of 2020. Confined to her home studio in New York, she used Ableton to compose off-kilter pop songs about early ’20s hedonism and days spent toiling on tour with her former band, Poppies. These songs became her debut record, Easy Bammer

Easy Bammer was released in June 2021, right as New York’s nightlife began to rouse from its pandemic slumber. Ready to meet the moment, May threw herself into a trial-by-fire gig grind, playing upwards of three shows a week for months on end. During this self-prescribed performance bootcamp, she befriended a group of like-minded emerging artists that she considers a creative cornerstone. “I really enjoy being a solo artist but sometimes it can be difficult to do something so vulnerable on my own,” she says. “Being surrounded by a group of supportive peers makes me feel like ‘Okay, I’m not by myself.’” 

The feeling is mutual: over the past year May has brought her innate knack for melody to a variety of features including The Dare’s indie sleaze hit “Girls” and Blaketheman1000’s underground smash, “Blake 2.” Elsewhere, she’s popped up on tracks by local faves Shallowhalo, Tobias, and Tony Vaz. If there’s a keystone to New York’s downtown music sphere, it might very well be May.

This creative rebirth is immediately apparent on May’s new record, French Bath, which takes its title from a deceptively luxurious act of dousing oneself in cologne to disguise an unsavory stench. From the beautiful models with rotten hearts that stalk the streets on the syrupy daydream “NYC UMTs” to “Mr. Horny Puke Man”’s shallow indie rock lothario, May holds a mirror to the many different ways we attempt to fill our own voids. “No one can fill/Up your emptiness,” she sings on “Getaway.” But rather than passing judgment, May empathizes with these lost souls: she’s been there. 

French Bath squiggles and squelches with an elasticity that reflects the songwriter’s wry sense of humor. “I need your love just like/I need a hole in my side,” she dryly warbles on the devilish lead single “Need You Like.” “Sweet in a sickly way” is how she portrays a fraught relationship on the aptly-titled “Aspartame,” but it’s also an accurate descriptor of these 10 playfully sticky songs. “I don’t have a built-in way that music should be in my head,” she says. “I follow my ear.” This instinctive approach to pop songwriting imbues French Bath with imaginative, unexpected textures. Unlike Easy Bammer, which was written quickly in relative isolation, French Bath was given time to breathe over a year-long recording process that reunited May with co-producer Tony 1 of the eclectic NY duo Tony or Tony. Friends including Simon Hanes of Tredici Bacci, Greg Rutkin of Customer, Syl DuBenion of Standing on the Corner, and country humorist Dougie Poole were invited to contribute live instrumentation, expanding the world of May Rio to reflect the vibrant community that sets her alight.


The result is French Bath, an album that seeks to push beyond constructs towards a more meaningful life. May leads by example on the inward-looking ballad “Self Service”: “I took a look inside myself/I remember it/And it hurt like hell.” But French Bath attests that the journey was worth it.

Bio provided by artist:
May Rio practiced and now she is perfect. The project of the pop writer/performer born May Sembera has been steadily evolving since the uncertain days of 2020. Confined to her home studio in New York, she used Ableton to compose off-kilter pop songs about early ’20s hedonism and days spent toiling on tour with her former band, Poppies. These songs became her debut record, Easy Bammer.

Easy Bammer was released in June 2021, right as New York’s nightlife began to rouse from its pandemic slumber. Ready to meet the moment, May threw herself into a trial-by-fire gig grind, playing upwards of three shows a week for months on end. During this self-prescribed performance bootcamp, she befriended a group of like-minded emerging artists that she considers a creative cornerstone. “I really enjoy being a solo artist but sometimes it can be difficult to do something so vulnerable on my own,” she says. “Being surrounded by a group of supportive peers makes me feel like ‘Okay, I’m not by myself.’”

The feeling is mutual: over the past year May has brought her innate knack for melody to a variety of features including The Dare’s indie sleaze hit “Girls” and Blaketheman1000’s underground smash, “Blake 2.” Elsewhere, she’s popped up on tracks by local faves Shallowhalo, Tobias, and Tony Vaz. If there’s a keystone to New York’s downtown music sphere, it might very well be May.

This creative rebirth is immediately apparent on May’s new record, French Bath, which takes its title from a deceptively luxurious act of dousing oneself in cologne to disguise an unsavory stench. From the beautiful models with rotten hearts that stalk the streets on the syrupy daydream “NYC UMTs” to “Mr. Horny Puke Man”’s shallow indie rock lothario, May holds a mirror to the many different ways we attempt to fill our own voids. “No one can fill/Up your emptiness,” she sings on “Getaway.” But rather than passing judgment, May empathizes with these lost souls: she’s been there.

French Bath squiggles and squelches with an elasticity that reflects the songwriter’s wry sense of humor. “I need your love just like/I need a hole in my side,” she dryly warbles on the devilish lead single “Need You Like.” “Sweet in a sickly way” is how she portrays a fraught relationship on the aptly-titled “Aspartame,” but it’s also an accurate descriptor of these 10 playfully sticky songs. “I don’t have a built-in way that music should be in my head,” she says. “I follow my ear.” This instinctive approach to pop songwriting imbues French Bath with imaginative, unexpected textures. Unlike Easy Bammer, which was written quickly in relative isolation, French Bath was given time to breathe over a year-long recording process that reunited May with co-producer Tony 1 of the eclectic NY duo Tony or Tony. Friends including Simon Hanes of Tredici Bacci, Greg Rutkin of Customer, Syl DuBenion of Standing on the Corner, and country humorist Dougie Poole were invited to contribute live instrumentation, expanding the world of May Rio to reflect the vibrant community that sets her alight.

The result is French Bath, an album that seeks to push beyond constructs towards a more meaningful life. May leads by example on the inward-looking ballad “Self Service”: “I took a look inside myself/I remember it/And it hurt like hell.” But French Bath attests that the journey was worth it.



May Rio (US) is:

Available for shows at The Official Unofficial

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FRIDAY | PARADIJSKERK | 20.40 - 21.20

SATURDAY | TR8 RIGHT | 20.20 - 21.00

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Naive Set (NL)

"'classic-indie artisans'"

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Naive Set is an Amsterdam-based band that takes a loose approach to detailed guitar pop, making songs both easy on the ears and pleasing on repeat. In their three previous full-lengths and one EP, the band weaved together hazy and wavy with bright and shiny, channeling guitar-pop classics without being defined by them.

Dubbed “smart, highly catchy indiepop,” by VPRO 3voor12 and “classic-indie artisans” by MOJO, Naive Set is back in 2024, releasing stellar new material (compared to “silver crystal” by the Volkskrant) with the Amsterdam-based label AT EASE. Their next full length, In Air Quotes, is due in October.

Recorded at Schenk Studio, Amsterdam, then mixed in Melbourne by Mikey Young, the Australian producer of bands like Dick Diver, Total Control, and Twerps.

RIYL: Lewsberg, Nap Eyes, Cate le Bon, Elvis Costello, The Feelies, Chad VanGaalen, A. Savage, Ultimate Painting

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Naive Set is an Amsterdam-based band that takes a loose approach to detailed guitar pop, making songs both easy on the ears and pleasing on repeat. In their three previous full-lengths and one EP, the band weaved together hazy and wavy with bright and shiny, channeling guitar-pop classics without being defined by them.

Dubbed “smart, highly catchy indiepop,” by VPRO 3voor12 and “classic-indie artisans” by MOJO, Naive Set is back in 2024, releasing stellar new material (compared to “silver crystal” by the Volkskrant) with the Amsterdam-based label AT EASE. Their next full length, In Air Quotes, is due in October.

Recorded at Schenk Studio, Amsterdam, then mixed in Melbourne by Mikey Young, the Australian producer of bands like Dick Diver, Total Control, and Twerps.

RIYL: Lewsberg, Nap Eyes, Cate le Bon, Elvis Costello, The Feelies, Chad VanGaalen, A. Savage, Ultimate Painting



Naive Set (NL) is:

Available for shows at The Official Unofficial

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FRIDAY | ARMINIUS | 19.00 - 19.40

SATURDAY | DE DOELEN STUDIO 1 | 21.00 - 21.40

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Moreish Idols (UK)

"Manoeuvring between rapid art rock flair and post-punk intensity."

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Moreish Idols are a five-piece band founded in Cornwall who recently relocated to London to shit jobs and sweet dreams, signing to Speedy Wunderground and releasing explosive debut EP, Float.

2023 harbours the release of brand new music, which sees the quintet deal in hyper-melodic guitar, murmurs of unassuming poetry, blossoms of saxophone, and rhythms that pulse to their own inarguable logic. You could spend days trying to define what exactly it is they are doing, but you’d be wiser to just lose yourself within Moreish Idols’ twists and turns.

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Moreish Idols are a five-piece band founded in Cornwall who recently relocated to London to shit jobs and sweet dreams, signing to Speedy Wunderground and releasing explosive debut EP, Float.

2023 harbours the release of brand new music, which sees the quintet deal in hyper-melodic guitar, murmurs of unassuming poetry, blossoms of saxophone, and rhythms that pulse to their own inarguable logic. You could spend days trying to define what exactly it is they are doing, but you’d be wiser to just lose yourself within Moreish Idols' twists and turns.




FRIDAY | SAHARA | 18.20 - 19.00

SATURDAY | ROTOWN | 18.20 - 19.00

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