Crying Boys Cafe

I was a singer

Rotterdam avant pop fantasists Crying Boys Cafe have a quirky melancholy about them...

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Bombay

Bored

Prior to their gig at Rotterdam's Light Vessel 11, indie rock trio...

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Moon Tapes

Desire

Last year, Amsterdam-based dream pop quartet Moon Tapes made waves on the internationa...

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DOOL

Oweynagat

DOOL is a newly renamed rock formation build around singer and guitarist Ryanne Van Dorst. Van Dorst...

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The Slow Show

God Only Knows

The five gentlemen comprising "The Slow show" make nostalgic, emotion evoking music, heavily influen...

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The Indien

Summer Night

Intriguing vintage beauties, owned by Tuned Imports, set up a perfectly fitting backdr...

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BC Camplight

Just because I love you

We met up with BC Camplight (the moniker of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian...

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DeWolff

Ride With You

Psychedelic blues-rock trio DeWolff make 70's infused energetic tunes since 2008. In ...

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Sue the Night

Look Forward

Sue the Night is the alternative pop formation based around singer/songwriter Suus de Groot. The six...

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The Afterveins

Wanking in the Shower

It's not without just any reason local up-and-coming talent 'The Afterveins' were bei...

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Sleepy Sun

Slowdown

Californian psychedelic rockers Sleepy Sun joined us at the New Pavilion and played a beautiful rend...

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Our Minor Fall

Even If We Fall Below

We met our Minor fall in the living room of the very hospitable Hostel Ani & Haakien. The Amster...

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Sharon van Etten

Taking Chances

Sharon van Etten and fellow musician Heather Broderick joined us, in Amsterdam's largest city park, ...

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Intergalactic Lovers

Islands

The alternative rock four-piece from Flanders met up with us in the beginning of their tour and play...

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Cloud Control

Scar

Cloud Control joined us just before their concert in Rotown Rotterdam in Cokkie Snoei, an art galler...

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Hunting the Robot

Don’t Break the Boy

"Afro indie-rock 3 piece Hunting The Robot elevated their sound to the 16th floor of the iconic new ...

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Town Of Saints

Stand Up

The Dutch/Finish Indie folk formation Town of Saints met up with us in Rotterdam's newest Urban gem,...

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The Boy Who Spoke Clouds and Broeder Dieleman

Bird in my Chest

With Fading Trails 2014 in hindsight, The Boy Who Spoke Clouds performs "Bird In My Chest" with broe...

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Swearing At Motorists

The Darkest September

Swearing At Motorists's Dave Doughman sings a bone-chilling a-cappella version of 'The Darkest Septe...

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Hiss Golden Messenger and Alasdair Roberts

If I Needed You

Alasdair Roberts and Hiss Golden Messenger perform together for the first time, doing a breathtaking...

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The Garden

Crystal Clear / Interrupt

Orange County-based punk duo The Garden perform barn burners "Crystal Clear" and "Interrupt" prior t...

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Wooden Saints

We Love The Night

(Almost) half of the 10 piece music project-turned-band from Amsterdam joined us in the Arminius chu...

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Pien Feith

The Future

Pien Feith stopped over at Rotterdam's pride and joy Groos, to give us a unique acoustic version of ...

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Sir Ian

Don’t get me wrong

Sir Ian played a lovely stripped down version of his song "Don't Get Me Wrong" in the artist in resi...

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Dichter

Toen Het Licht Was

For our 10th and final instalment of our "Locals Only" series for Popunie we filmed an intimate sess...

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We Sell Guns

Never Saw This Coming

This Rotterdam based rock 'n roll duo felt so at home between all of that vinyl during an instore gi...

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Wooden Saints

All is Art in You

Wooden Saints is a ten piece collective comprised of members of different bands (The Black Atlantic,...

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Cosmic Carnaval

Clockwork

The Cosmic Carnival chose the deserted subtropical swim-paradise Tropicana, Rotterdam as backdrop fo...

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Revere

A Road from a Flood

The London based band Revere joined us for an acoustic session at the harbour museum in Rotterdam an...

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Tim Vantol

If We Would Know

Dutch Punk-Rocker Tim Vantol joined us in "Veerhaven" a small port situated on the historical neighb...

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Rue Royale

Pull Me Like a String

We caught up with Rue Royale during their in-store session in Velvet, one of Rotterdam's finest musi...

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Ming's Pretty Heroes

Roots

The seventh instalment of our "Locals Only" series features none other that Ming's Pretty Heroes in ...

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Angela Moyra

Emma’s Island

Our fifth session of our "Locals Only" series features none other than Angela Moyra, a young singer ...

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Special Steve

Role Play My Heart

The sixth instalment of out "Locals Only" series is none other than Special Steve. The 3 piece rock ...

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Concrete Knives

Wallpaper

Concrete Knives are an edgy art rock five piece hailing from Normandy, France. Fronted by the best o...

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Tessa Rose Jackson

Lost and Found

Tessa Rose Jackson is a young multi-instrumentalist from Amsterdam. She makes pop-folk songs with ca...

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The Two Man Gentlemen Band

Wash Them Hands

The Two Man Gentlemen Band are an American tenor guitar and string bass duo performing songs with an...

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Lucky Fonz III

Take This Stain

Otto Wichers aka Lucky Fonz III plays an intimate version of his song "Take This Stain" taken from h...

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Ziggi Recado

Liberation

Ziggi Recado returns to his native Rotterdam to perform an acoustic version of his hit Liberation, a...

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The Maydays

The Pressure

This is the third video for a series of collaborations with the Popunie entitled Locals Only which f...

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Rachel Sermanni

Waltz

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon last April, we took Rachel Sermanni and band out to historical Delfs...

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The Black Atlantic

Quiet, Humble Man

While the Rotterdam Marathon was roaming on some other part of the city, The Black Atlantic were mak...

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Stuurbaard Bakkebaard

In The Morning

We asked Dutch rockers Stuurbaard Bakkebaard to do a quick backstage session right before their show...

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Herrek

Drown

This is the second out of a series of collaborations with the Popunie entitled Locals Only which fea...

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Jaimi Faulkner

In The Morning Light She Goes

Jaimi Faulkner is an Australian singer-songwriter living in Berlin, used to carrying his guitar wher...

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Mystery Jets

Greatest Hits/ Hale Bop

The guys from the Mystery Jets were kind enough to give us some of their precious time right before ...

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Wolf in loveland

Truth Be Told

This is a first out of a series of collaborations with the Popunie entitled Locals Only which featur...

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Janne Schra

Italian family

Janne Schra and the Red Limo String Quartet (Sietse van Gorkum, Camilla van der Kooij, Rani Kumar &a...

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Boho Dancer

Gemini

We caught up with Boho dancer during their brief stop in Rotterdam last November for a quick session...

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Patrick Wolf

Teignmouth

Patrick Wolf played for us this beautiful version of "Teignmouth" performed on harp and accordeon in...

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Lucky Fonz III

Lampedusa

We caught up with Lucky Fonz III, right before his gig during the Hollandse Kost festival in " De Do...

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Awkward I

Angelica Tells me

Djurre de Haan, (aka Awkard I) is a talented singer songwriter hailing from Groningen, who has relea...

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I Like Trains

Mnemosyne

The originally five piece alternative/ post rock band from Leeds, represented in its minimised form ...

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Skip & Die

Love Jihad

The Dutch/ South African quartet Skip & Die, make an intriguing blend of cosmic psychedelia ge...

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Joshua Woods

Ugly Tree

Joshua Woods, is a Rotterdam based band, around vocalist/ songwriter Jochem van den Bos. The boys de...

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Ken Stringfellow -

110 or 220V

Seated amongst the patrons of Rotterdam's finest cigar bar 'The Cat', Ken Stringfellow -who you migh...

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Bombay Show pig

Making Friends

The second out of two Sessions Bombay Show Pig did for us in Schieblock, Rotterdam. The staircase se...

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Monstercat

Underwater

Fresh from playing at Hamburg's Reeperbahn Festival MONSTER CAT made another brief european stop to ...

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Bombay Show Pig

Wires

Bombay Show Pig rocked the roof of the Schieblock in the heart of Rotterdam. They played for us an a...

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Clock Opera

The Lost Buoys

Clock Opera played for us a stripped down version of their latest single " The Lost Buoys" of their...

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Afka

Call Your Girlfriend

Afka gives us her own melodic version of "Call Your Girlfriend" by Robyn. The location couldn't have...

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Sir Ian

Saint Simon

Sir Ian played for us a cover of the Shins's "Saint Simon" in the artist in residence space of galle...

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