MAR23: POST FEST TRUCKIN IN HELL
with a new release and a new show to seal this momentous month!
They say spring is in the air, and in our little lowlands that means the weather sucks and it’ll probably freeze over like hell on a losing day. IT’S FINE, we deal with it, and shit’s always made easier when there is so much loveliness to behold ~ we’re still beaming from KRAAK fest & the jokes/offensive impersonations at the office which never stop rolling, so with that in mind let us look at what’s ahead in this still-budding month:
OLIMPIA SPLENDID - 2
We’re stoked to team up once more with the formidable Fonal Records for a new release by our favorite stoner queens, Olimpia Splendid ❤️ Almost 10 years after their self-titled debut LP, these mythical emissaries of post-grunge energy are back with the aptly titled 2, a slightly more polished second full-length that nevertheless delivers all the raw kicks. You can pre-order it on our Bandcamp or with Fonal, whichever works best for you bangin buck 🤑 A release show might just happen in some months ~ let the slow burners burn slowly!
DEKANTTIMES KRAAK’S RETURN
And how fucking cool is it that we get to return to the Villa Bota plateau with our Dekant buddies for another concert collab, this time to host shared heroes and true weirdos (in an interchangeable way):: MARCH 26 IN BRUGES we got this stacked bill ripped partly out of the Sonic Protest bandwagon ~ they should really expand to the neighboring countries lol ~ with ultimate electronic pioneer Asmus Tietchens doing his abstract collage thing, confused clubbers Jazzoux doing their trippy non-jazz thing, improv warriors Les Marquises doing their record spinning wild drums thing, and amp shredders Rump State doing their fried guitar psychedelic church thing.
It’s an early Sunday service kinda show, with doors at 4 and first show at 5 + food sold in situ! More info here, tot sebiet in the Brugesian ponds 🧚
ODDS & ENDS
Here’s some KRAAKfest memory lane-ing for ya 🥲 We got the yearly photo report from gonzo Antwerpian Hans van der Linden, RELIVE THE DREAM! Plus numerous radio specials:::: a gg-based Kiosk mix, fun times with Steven & Fred on Namaakkanttekeningen, interviewships on Sterrenplaten, a We Are Various set featuring a live set by Chien Fer, and as always our Radio Panik DNVG pre and post KRAAKfest specials. Eye & earfuls to keep sated until next year <3
Man that’s it for and from us right now CAN YOU BLAME US