Friday
February 14
Templo Diez + Labasheeda + DJ Just Regards
Doors 20.00, first band 21.00, tickets 10,- (presale here)
LABASHEEDA
Labasheeda is an idiosyncratic rock quartet from Amsterdam. The band is known for its dynamic and intense shows. Labasheeda’s music has a penchant for concise, stripped down melodies, and quick switches from spacious bass lines and drums to heavy, rousing or sometimes epic guitar driven songs. The unorthodox use of violin, the often deviating time signatures and Saskia van der Giessen’s distinctive voice give the band its unique sound.
The last few years, the band played as a trio, but has recently expanded the sound with keys. In November 2023 Labasheeda released its sixth full-length album Blueprints, which has been described as an innovative post-punk masterpiece by the international press.
“It’s just at the point where rock and roll tips over into noise, where melody turns into sonic soundscaping and where song structure becomes untethered and unruly, that you find Labasheeda” (The Big Takeover, NY)
TEMPLO DIEZ
Templo Diez, the Dutch-French-Italian veterans mixing a gothic blend of rock, dream pop and Americana, are back after a 4-year sabbatical. With renewed inspiration drawing from real life, chance reads and vintage road movies, they are currently putting the finishing touch to their new (seventh!) album , exploring the favourite Templo Diez tropes (flailing hopes, waves at night, loss and undying love, soft-spoken elegies and endless roads) in 9 tracks intended as sonic short-movies.
Over the years, raving reviews resulted in an invitation for the prestigious show case festival SXSW in Austin, Texas and regular gigs in the US, Canada, UK, France, Belgium and Spain, including festivals such as CMJ (New York), NXNE (Toronto) and CMW (Montreal). In their home country, they played at major events such as Crossing Border or Motel Mozaïque, but also thrive in intimate performances in smaller clubs and galleries, sometimes swapping their reverb-laden electric sound for a more acoustic approach, when the right stars are aligned.
DJ JUST REGARDS
Just Regards brings you an eclectric mix with a large dose of new wavian post punk disco to move your bodies to drive