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Those Mauskovic Dance Band boys are back, back with Bongo Joe Records and back with another fine slice of snappy syncopation. The mischievous Amsterdam four piece, Nico, Donnie, Marnix and Mano Mauskovic, may quirkily take the same surname to maintain their mystique but this time around their collective purpose seems intensely serious. New album ‘Bukaroo …

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Amsterdam’s leftfield space disco troubadours Mauskovic Dance Band are getting busy. With their new album ‘Bukaroo Bank’ due 28th October via Bongo Joe, it’s time for a second snapshot to cue us up for the main event in the shape of new single ‘Face’ . Streaming now through all the usual operatives, the track pumps …

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It’s hard to pin down Mauskovic Dance Band. The mischievous Amsterdam four piece, Nicola, Donnie, Marnix and Mano Mauskovic, may playfully take the same surname to preserve some mystique but their collective purpose is deadly serious. For several years now they’ve been honing a very individual, skeletal electro- funk soundtrack from their Garage Noord workspace, …

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Jacob Allen better known as Puma Blue is currently on his North American and EU/UK tour. Backseat Mafia’s Cath Dupuy caught Allen at his Amsterdam, Bristol and London gigs. Lucy Lu & Uma supported in Amsterdam, but then became ill and couldn’t do rest of tour. Puma Blue then had their very own Harvey Dweller …

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Critically-acclaimed Amsterdam synth duo Weval (aka Harm Coolen and Merijn Scholte Albers) have arrived on Ninja Tune’s Technicolour imprint with news of forthcoming 4-track EP Changed For The Better. Having cultivated a unique sound, they balance high energy electronic funk and emotive synth arrangements with bold, beautifully composed melodies and songwriting. During the time of …

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Byron Bay electronic, chillwave 4-piece Tora have just released their smoothly-layered new single Call On Me. The ambient track follows on from Why Won’t You Wait and When Will I Learn, all of which will feature on the band’s forthcoming third album A Force Majeure, due for release on 3 September. A week before the …

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The filthy, dirty, squawling guitars in ‘Punk por Buleria’, the closing track to Dutch band Rex‘s eponymous EP, epitomises why this band is so special and rare. ‘Rex’ (the EP) is raw and visceral – carnal even – dealing with themes of desolation, loneliness and survival on a bed of delirious and wildly intoxicating music. …

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Amsterdam-based trio Rex have released an epic single ‘Palaces’ which has about it an exciting studied pose and swagger, and a video that captures this band’s cool presence. Singer Jonathan Rex has that razor sharp feel and profound delivery that cannot help recall the likes of Leonard Cohen or Nick Cave – ultra cool yet …

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Influential Dutch post-punks Minimal Compact have announced a new album – ‘Creation is Perfect’, is being released via October 25gh via the bands own Minimal Compact label. It contains new versions of tracks from the bands back catalogue, which dates back to their formation in 1980. From it the band have released their new version …

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Although sounding like a singular, Pip Blom are actually a band from Amsterdam, although slightly confusingly, they’re led by the aforementioned Pip Blom (singular again). Through an EP, Paycheck, and slowly becoming 6Music darlings, they’ve created interest and attention that has led to this debut album, Boat, out today (31st May) on ever brilliant Heavenly …

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