Reviewing your parents' music collection
Spinvis makes music that drifts. That swims around in the air, airy without the usual abundance of synthesisers. That feels restless without the stressful element, not panicking about the fact that it hasn't found the direction of its journey yet. Floating with the musical current instead of fighting it, adrift among the chords and lyrics… Continue reading The River and the Sea – Captain Cool Presents: “Ik Wil Alleen Maar Zwemmen” by Spinvis
Sounds don't always merge. Think of the cacophony you experience when walking down the street, passing a musician playing songs to earn some change, their music battling the music playing on your headphones, not merging but overlapping in unpleasant sonic waves. An unintelligible bundle of noise. Rats of Rafts / De Kift may sometimes sound… Continue reading Remembering 2019: Like Oil and Water – “Rats on Rafts / De Kift” by Rats on Rafts & De Kift
There is a specific sense of anticipation that comes with a band's debut album. What is it going to sound like? What is it going to sound like? Who are they going to be? Well, if you're asking about Dutch alternative/indie band Figgie from Utrecht, I'd say: "Utterly brilliant." Genoeg Houvast (Enough Hold On) was… Continue reading Remembering 2019: A Dutch Debut – “Genoeg Houvast” by Figgie
It shouldn't be a big deal for male artists to write lyrics about sharing their feelings or reaching out in times of struggle or the beauty of life's simpler things. And yet it feels like one. It's quite remarkable to listen to Karavaan by Dutch rapper Diggy Dex and find all those things compressed on… Continue reading The Human Experience – Captain Cool Presents: “Karavaan” by Diggy Dex
The Dad Anthology 