Author Archives: ike

| December 31, 2018

In 2018 I still haven’t broken out of the indie rock circle that I’ve been lost in for the last 25 years. The best music has guitars. The best songwriters are women. Just like it has always been. These are my favorite albums of last year: Yowler – Black Dog In My Path Listen to […]

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These last few months I finally found the time and inspiration to finish a few songs of which the underpinnings have been lying around for quite some years. Drawing from this unexpected rush of inspiration I even created an entirely new one, on my birthday, in the span of an hour and a half. I […]

| December 19, 2018

And this is the ‘too long, didn’t listen’ list of just my ten favorite songs, also from the least to the most noisy.

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These are my favorite songs of this year. I figured I had to stick them in some order, so I ordered them from the least up to the most noisy.

| December 7, 2018

A new sketch-like song that was quick to execution: “Verjaardag Thuis”. You can hear my daughter in the background.

| December 6, 2018

The time of year has set in where I mostly just stop listening to new records and start revisiting records from the last eleven months. So if you want to get in my year-end list, releasing your album in December means you’re out of luck.

| November 29, 2018

I always thought that liking the earliest Rainer Maria records was kind of a guilty pleasure, but my favorite album of theirs got the Pitchfork Seal of Approval, so yeah.

| November 17, 2018

God said give ’em drum machines.

| November 15, 2018

I’m obsessed with Cat Power’s gorgeous song “Woman”.

| November 8, 2018

I made another song. It’s a short one, called “Huis te Landelaan”.

| November 7, 2018

YOWLER’s new album is just astonishing.

| October 31, 2018

Went to see the Beths in my hometown – their album is one my personal favorites this year, and their show was awesome. If you’re into Death Cab For Cutie, you can catch the Beths again as support during their European tour. On a much bigger stage, and well-deserved.

| October 29, 2018

I finished a new song today, it’s called “Sevastopol”.

| October 25, 2018

Stuck in my head song of today: Speedy Ortiz – “Villain”

| October 22, 2018

Issue #5 of Incredible Doom is finished.

| October 17, 2018

Get your gorgeous Kim Gordon-drawn Carrie Brownstein t-shirt. In doing so, a girl in Togo can attend school for a full year.

| October 16, 2018

I just finished another track and called it “The Bowery”.

| October 11, 2018

I know I’m starting to sound like some dude constantly harping on his old favorites, but the reissue of Bikini Kill’s singles compilation couldn’t not be mentioned. 25-some years in, these songs still are such a monumental triumph, calling patriarchy, harassment and prejudice towards women to order, before ripping right through it. It was awesome […]

| October 9, 2018

Loud And Quiet did an interview with Lala Lala.

| October 6, 2018

Stereolab’s “Switched On”, “Refried Ectoplasm” and “Aluminium Tunes” have been reissued on LP. Pitchfork did an extensive review. These are among my favorite albums in the world.