The Hickey Underworld + KRaS!
Double bill of beautiful mayhem from Antwerp. Both have been brooding for 10 years, and both bring a new album that is about to explode.
€18 at the door
The Hickey Underworld
Ten years after their last full album, and three years after their previous sold-out show at Beursschouwburg, the Borgerhout behemoths of The Hickey Underworld awaken once more from a fever dream with Cold Sun, their fourth and most furious album to date! The pre-released singles “Euromancer”, with its abrasive Sonic Youth guitars over a Prodigy-esque breakbeat, and the refreshingly soft “Keep” are two devilishly catchy warning shots.
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KRaS!
With a sound that balances energetic rock and poetic chansons, Antwerp-based four piece KRaS! quickly carved out a unique place in the music world with their first two albums back in 2013. Both were produced by Blixa Bargeld, who worked with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and sophomore EP Berlin Recordings even won two Independent Music Awards in the USA. Today, after a prolonged period of letting their unique poetry-punk infusion ferment deep in the Antwerp scene, with contributions from Triggerfinger and Voetvolk to name but a few, matriarchal siren Hadewig Kras (vocals, bass), Jan Bijvoet (guitar), Tom Meeuws (drums), and Tim Pensaert (bass) are ready to unleash their new full album KRaS! @RockstarRecordings onto the world. Sounds like a powerful live antidote for today’s artificial world, doesn't it?
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photo © Dorith Govaerts
