RADIO KURTODROME'S PUKKELPOP PREVIEW PART 2
LONEY, DEAR - Saturday Nights
KATE NASH - Foundations
COCOROSIE - Rainbowarriors
BONDE DO ROLE - Solta O Frango
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - North American Scum
M.I.A. - Jimmy
UNKLE - Morning Rage
DINOSAUR JR - Been There All The Time
Welcome back to part two of our prelude to Pukkelpop. Our first stop is Sweden, home of Emil Svanängen a.k.a. Loney, Dear. His album, Loney Noir is distributed by Sub Pop, notorious for releasing The Postal Service, a band Loney, Dear is often compared to. Which is a bit sad, as we don't think he can live up to such high expectations yet. Nevertheless, do check out Loney, Dear: you can listen to some snippets at his site or listen to four tracks on his MySpace. We recommend the track 'Saturday nights'.
A late addition to the Pukkelpop festival (Sat, 15.55, chateau) is Kate Nash, who skyrocketed from the UK via MySpace. Things are going evidently very for Kate, as her MySpace situates Lowlands in Germany (last time we checked it was in Holland) and has the Belgian festival spelled 'Pucklepop'. Which - one has to admit - looks charming.
Kate's MySpace has four songs on the player (two of which, "Dickhead" and "We Get On (Live)" are downloadable) and a YouTube link to "Foundations" - which sounds cheerful but isn't (sit back and enjoy the lyrics). Kinga Burza directed the video and here it is:
Back at the time when The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn was released, there was no video for 'Rainbowarriors'. Now that CocoRosie are coming to Belgium again (saturday, 18.30, marquee), it's a good opportunity to mention the track again (and our review of the Belgian concert in April). You can download the song at their MySpace or watch the video here:
Bonde do Role come from Brazil and there's a reason this band was put in the dance hall (Thu, 13.05). Honestly, we think this is the sort of band you'll enjoy more on a stage than on a record, but that won't stop us from showing you the video for 'Solta O Frango':
Most of us will remember 'Bucky Done Gun', just one of the impressive tracks on M.I.A.'s Arular. Two years later M.I.A. has released a second album, Kala. One of the first released tracks was the quite eclectic Bird Flu (we will refrain from using the pun 'catchy', thank you very much). 'Jimmy' is a song that, rather than using a Bollywood sample, is a clever mix of Bollywood sounds with London beats. Peculiar!
We never noticed the technical difficulties LCD Soundsystem had in 2005: we were in the chateau to enjoy Patrick Wolf. James Murphy can get his revenge now. Apparently the band is planning to be on all the Pukkelpop stages: after the dance hall (2004) and main stage (2005) the band will now perform at the marquee (Sat, 20.25). North American Roamers!
UNKLE is back with an album entitled War Stories. This is the third release from the project that started way back in 1994 by James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy. Tim moved on to DFA Records (think LCD Soundsystem) . UNKLE has included people like DJ Shadow, Josh Homme, Ian Brown and now Chris Goss. You can listen to five tracks on UNKLE's MySpace. We suggest track n°5, 'Morning Rage'.
Dinosaur Jr are still around, in fact they've been here all the time (we can't always avoid weak puns, you know). The band split in 1997, but reunited in 2005 and released new album Beyond in 2007 (their first release in 10 years). J Mascis! Lou Barlow! (And Murph, of course!) Pukkelpop! (Fri, 0.30, marquee!) Nuff said. "Been There All The Time"
And that is all for our second brief prelude to Pukkelpop. Did we fail to mention a couple of bands? Sure, but there are over 150 acts at the festival, so we just picked a handful that sounded good together and that we'd recommend to you (if you're going). Radio Kurtodrome will return soon after the Pukkelpop festival. For now, enjoy yourself and listen to some good music!
