Cecilia::eyes - Here dead we lie Last Post Rock 2007’s Mountain Tops are Sometimes Closer to the Moon was always going to be one hell of a tough record to follow. 3 years on, and Cecilia::Eyes have been on a trip through the battlefields and conflict...
Sons of Disaster dish up good hard rock & roll with as much humor as passion. A great discovery in the first round with a performance that suggested there was no doubt about a place in the final. Let's see what they have on the menu today... (Français...
Sensey Shogun is creating quite a buzz in the Brussels underground and far beyond usual Hip-Hop circles. J azzy tunes and engaging text, let's make better acquaintance with this Kampioenschap van Brussel finalist. Français en bas (après la vidéo) Yo Man!...
Translated by Jez from an original article by Michel Preumont Clickez ici pour lire en Français Say it ain’t so, Joe please, say ain’t so ... not RickyBilly! (one of the local wildlife - ed.) Holy shit, you stumble across this cackling Aztec more often...
Subsonic Hornet DNA Café, Brussels 2nd December 2011 The rich, intense blend of guitars and bass draw you into that deep comfort zone of nothingness. Visually, think of the 'Perfect Day' scene in Trainspotting with the wellbeing and contentment of sinking...
Human Tetris, Magnetic Poetry DNA, Brussels 6 feb 2012 I only found out about this yesterday, and given that the main act might sound a bit like Monozid, and have travelled a long way to get here, I really think I should make the effort and get my arse...
Concours Circuit 2012 Brussels Botanique, Friday 7 September 2012 She died while hunting Start with a bang, this is not. To be honest, the dear and owl masks look naff, the guitars (for this is 2 guys each with a guitar) are going nowhere, and playing...
Listen whilst you read: http://sandraferretti.bandcamp.com/ I do like things that are recorded quick and simple without too much fuss. It sounds so live and natural. Especially when you have a great voice like Sandra’s and you can write songs like the...
Kampioenschap van Brussel 7th October 2011 Rits Café Indie/Rock night OK I've seen a load of good musicians tonight, but good musicians do NOT make a good band. In fact the best band of the night were represented through the exquisite company of Simon...
Rock Olmen, Olmen, 26 July 2013 How do you pigeon-hole Muse now-a-days? Progressive pop-metal? It suits In-Kata from Antwerp. They're a pretty tight outfit, with a singer both sounding and looking like a cross between Matt Bellamy an Ozark Henry. Though...
Ext'inT + IKKo + Antilux @ Soirées Cerises - 20/09/2009 Antilux 2 guys, a couple of Korg Electribes and a few gadgets. I just caught the very end of the set. Pleasant ambient electro, with a melodica processed through a Korg MS20, and some other unusual...
http://www.hetkampioenschapvanbrussel.be/ Candelershuys, Ukkel, 21st October 2011 Luck of the draw has OK Cowboy on at 19:30, and traffic and difficult parking conspire to me also missing Laughing Academy. OK Cowboy, I have heard good things about and...
For Against, Red Zebra, Perverted by Language Fantastique Nights, Botanique Witloof Bar, 27 October 2008 To cut a long story short, For Against released Sunny Side Shade Side at the beginning of 2008. It proved to be an absolute cracker, got some rave...
Jez just had to pop along to: Texas Trauma & Graceland – DNA – 11th September 2010 Graceland is the solo project of Brussels resident Raphael Haubourdin. With nothing more than a laptop, a couple of controllers, it’s an insane cacophony of screaming synthesis...
70 bands over 3 days, almost all of them from Brussels. For links, etc., please see the official line-up and presentation here. Not time for a proper review, but there were some notable highlights. In priority order of who I'd go to see if they were all...
Ancienne Belgique, 3rd December 2011 We're here at the Ancienne Belgique tonight for the final of the Kampioenschap Van Brussel. 8 diverse bands, mainly here to showcase their stuff and win new fans, and maybe win something towards recording more material....
Lots of stuff to write about... Boutik Rock at the Botanique on 10, 11, 12 & 13 February I was impressed by the psychedelic country folk rock from Too Much & the White Nots – excellent tunes and a very original orchestration. Full on in-yer-face metal...
I irritatingly managed to catch about 2 minutes of Tervueren before having to go off to see Taxidermists, then run off to Another Belgian Band, to pass Peplum on the way to Rodolphe Coster. This was going to prove to be a real festival day, with clashes,...
Fête de la Musique 21, 22, 23, 24 June 2012 The venue is provided by the TAG, just off Place Rogier. The music direction comes from Soirées Cerises, the Brussels organisation that has programmed in venues across the town over 600 gig in the past few years....
I get loads of hits on the translation I did of Philippe Cornet's interview with Annik Honoré. I need to write something now she's passed from this world. Fortunately, others have had more eloquence. Richard 23, Front 242 Annik was one of the first person...
Day 3. If you were playing and don't get a mention, it's for one of the following reasons. 1. I missed you cause I was watching something else 2. You were crap/defective/dickheads, and not worth seeing again 3. I couldn't be arsed In the case of the Punk...
Ian Curtis and Annik Honoré: The thunderous (hi)story of Joy Division Click here for the original article in French First, a note from Jez - Frequently unasked questions. A: I know what you google for - I see the stats. A: No, I did not write this. I...
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I don't get out quite as often as I'd like.
But when I do, it's almost invariably got something to do with live music - either performing with my band - Perverted by
Language, or going to some sort of gig in the Brussels area.
In doing that over the past few years, I've discovered that Brussels has a truly great underground music scene. With some great venues, some excellent bands, some excecrable shite and a lot to
talk about.
Why pay through the nose to get to an overcrowded venue with overpriced drinks and an act that still hasn't quite worked out where Belgium is yet when you can go to a café, get well ratted on
trapiste, and spend the evening with a great band and great people for a fraction of the cost?
