“Indie” (Used 22 times)

Purple Pop was a one time event (at least till now, you never know) held at the OCCII in Amsterdam and was seen as an alternative to...Pinkpop the major festival which this year is headlining such acts as The Cure and Bruce Springsteen. Great stuff we all love the classics but not everyone can afford it and for those fans of sub- and counter-culture they could "pick up their hearts and dance until the early hours at Purple Pop." (Pinkpop finishes at 01.00 sharp wtf?!).

Purple Pop took place on May 28, 2010 in Amsterdam. The festival was an iniciative from the producers who also organized the “Anti-Lowlands Festival" a year before, which was very successful and sold-out as a lot of people got the "anti" statement...but then a lot didn’t.

"We did Purple Pop deliberately the same weekend as Pinkpop. Were not per se anti-Pinkpop but want to offer resistance to the big commercial festivals and to give a fun place to indie bands who, like the big acts, deserve attention and showcase. The independent music scene in Amsterdam is quite small. Everyone has had enough of so little selection of authentic sub-cultural music. As with Anti-Lowlands, Purplepop is a network of like-minded people." Yes...Go Purple Pop!

The festival started early with veggie dinner at the MKZ restaurant behind the OCCII were acoustic bands where playing. Highlights went to the Suicidal Birds acoustic set of guitar and contrabass. Line up for the evening on the main stage was all awesome bands Apneu, Red the Planeeet, Pattern Cut-off and The Stutters.

“My bootleg” is a recording of laura mura's concert at Alkestis theatre (Cagliari, November 6th, 2011), so small, yet perfect for her show. She had arranged her good music with few instruments, many toys, a great deal of wizardry…(read more)

Genre/Style: live, acoustic, lo-fi, indie, pop

laura mura & the seven dwarves:

laura mura – vocals, toy trumpet, thingamagoop

francesca corrias – vocals, glockenspiel, melodica, toy piano, toy guitar

fabio ciggiotzkij coronas – vocals, trombone, flugelhorn, bass, melodica, toy guitar, beatbox

elia casu – vocals, guitar, balalaika, bass, toy guitar, glockenspiel, melodica

special guest:Batman - beatbox (more or less)

Gianluca Pischedda - cello

19 honest live recordings w/Zoom H4: Paolo Fiuzzeddu Cugusi at Alkestis Theatre, Cagliari  slight audio nursing: Alessandro Coronas

cover: Fabio Coronas

This is the first record from La Gramola Netlabel. We hope you enjoy it!

Some best music and songs of August on a netlabel Clinical Archives.

01 - Tobias Herzz Hallbauer - Song - 3:53 (ca462)
02 - Gosprom - Tvoim Imenem - 5:06 (ca464)
03 - _ - Joining a Teenage Fanclub - 1:20 (ca461)
04 - Yonograph - Ceol - 2:28 (ca466)
05 - Marc Broude - Happy Like Jazz - 7:48 (ca463)
06 - Claudio Nuñez - solitario (lonely) - 10:36 (ca465)

Total time: 31:10

Artists:  Tobias Herzz Hallbauer (Germany), Gosprom (Ukraine), _ (Japan), Yonograph (France), Marc Broude (United States), Claudio Nuñez (Argentina)

As part of our 2011 Polaris Music Prize coverage, we will spend the next few weeks helping you get to know each of the 10 short listed artists, one per week, in alphabetical order. This week, we highlight Montreal band Galaxie with their album Tigre et Diesel.

This is the band's third LP since they formed under the name Galaxie 500 (not to be confused with the American band of the same name). They call themselves a "genuine piece of rock machinery," and this song bolsters that claim. From Tigre et Diesel, check out this track called Piste 1.

You can hear more music from Galaxie at CBC Radio 3!