SELMA PEELEN + IDLΞYES + DJ’s Yoke, Jooke & Jokuh (THE EARWURMS)
Album Release In The Boy’s Room: SELMA PEELEN + IDLΞYES + DJ’s Yoke, Jooke & Jokuh (THE EARWURMS) Selma & Band invites you into In The Boy’s Room: the raw, haunting world of their brand new album. This is not just a release show. It’s an exorcism. Selma & Band is an all-female force where…
Read MoreEARTH BALL (CA, UPSET THE RHYTHM) + DIRAR KALASH (PSE) & LUKE STEWART (US, Irreversible Entanglements)
EARTH BALL (CAN, UPSET THE RHYTHM) + DUO KALASH (PSE) & STEWART (US, Irreversible Entanglements/David Murray 4tet) Earth Ball (can) A Dreamscape of Improvised Psychosis Heavyweight psychedelic weirdo improvisers Earth Ball are back with their third and most monstrous record to date: Outside Over There, released on Upset The Rhythm. Born from the haunted basements…
Read MoreFilm-talk-Jam-and-record-listening session w/ Cyrus Moussavi (Mississippi Records) + Jamal Khadar (NTS Radio) & Special Jam!
MISSISSIPPI RECORDS Presents: “THEY’RE DREAMING ME” – 20 years of Mississippi Records Archives Nearly a decade after Mississippi Records last crash landed at OCCII, we return with another dispatch on preserving DIY underground music in the decrepit 21st century. Label head Cyrus Moussavi shares rare images, stories, and films about the music of Emahoy Tsege…
Read MoreSLANT (KOR) + MEDITATION
SLANT (Seoul, South Korea) …”a vicious slab of modern HC with its influences firmly rooted in the classics of ’80s American hardcore. While this is a snotty, stomping blast from start to finish, I find it’s the lighter touches on this record, like the squealing, STOOGES-esque guitar solos that tail-end a lot of the choruses.…
Read MoreKB_ HALLOWEEN: BRIGADERA + YED + MINIMARKT + SPOOKY-J (DJ) + PEDRO DA MATA (DJ)
Independent collective KB_ :: The Most Develish HALLOWEEN Night w/ BRIGADERA (LP RELEASE) | YED | MiNiMARKT | SPOOKY-J (DJ) | PEDRO DA MATA (DJ) “KB_ is an independent collective focused on nourishing globalized scenes through live music events since 2023. In this special edition, they offer a freaky Halloween concert + party, celebrating the debut…
Read MoreSCHANDE (UK) + THE HOBKNOBS + DJ STEVE
SCHANDE (UK) London based rag tag team of misfits bringing the heat. What’s not to love? The band’s line-up include; Jennifer Chochinov (guitar, vocals), Ryan Grieve (drums) and Giovanni Villaraut (bass guitar). “Making music in various forms since the early 90s, Schande (Sharn-deh) deal in gloriously fuzzed-out guitar pop; quiet/noisy songs, catchy but never predictable,…
Read MorePretty//Ugly w/ Plus Instruments + Geo + Brorlab
Pretty//Ugly presents: Truus de Groot (Plus Instruments) is returning again to OCCII, this time joined by the no wave funk freaks of Geo and the high energy gabber punx of Brorlab. FFO: Blank City, John Waters, synthesizers, telephones and computers Plus Instruments (picture by Diana Putavet) Born in Eindhoven but based in the States, Truus…
Read MorePLAN KRUUTNTOONE + Tashi Dorji & Terrie Ex (BH/NL) + RAZMOTCHIKI KATUSHEK (RU) + DUFFHUES
IN O.K./OUT K.O! at de WILLEM DE ZWIJGERKERK w/ PLAN KRUUTNTOONE + Tashi Dorji & Terrie Ex + RAZMOTCHIKI KATUSHEK + DUFFHUES Tashi Dorji (BH) & Terrie Ex A guitar adventure! Tashi Dorji, the great player from Bhutan in combination with Terrie Ex! Tashi Dorji grew up in Bhutan, on the eastern side of the…
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