This is it folks, the final show for Jase W this year to wrap up 2024 before he signs off from work until the new year and get stuck into far too much booze and stodgy food on my return trip to Blighty. What a year it’s been and what a way to end it in true Dutch style with absolutely fucking awful weather and one of the Netherlands’ most interesting up and coming bands, DOOL.
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DJ Astrocreep’s last scheduled home town gig of the year saw him take in Scottish shoegaze troubadours JThe esus and Mary Chain for the first time, whilst also in a new venue for the first time. Content is based in the old Cain’s Brewery complex and is almost like a Tardis – you don’t realize just how big it is until you’re inside and the room just keeps on going! Acoustically, the venue is great, with well laid out speakers meaning the sound is loud without needing to be ramped right up and destroying the clarity. Brighton’s Ciel were our only support for the evening, which hinted at great things to come.
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This Cardiff quartet are definitely reaching for the heights,and slowly climbing their way to the top of the south Wales rock ‘n’ roll mountain, and there is #NothingHigher we can offer them in terms of an accolade than to name them one of our last #DailyPicks of the year.
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This Geordie emo-punk trio are exploring the transformative nature of relationships, which sees us both building and destroying #Castles with this latest standalone offering:
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The Netherlands certainly does seem to do what Jase W would consider more unusual show setups and this was one of them. Briqueville, another band on Pelagic Records’ roster, were the opening act for an all-day event at Paradiso and certainly seemed to be a bit at odds with the other acts on the bill but in this instance our man was there solely for Briqueville. It was probably just as well because he was fucking shattered!
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