The Mighty Vipers are a seven piece from Northern England, who play a mix of ska, reggae, dub, funk, swing and calypso. Their music is aimed squarely at the dancefloor. As Big Cheese Magazine puts it, ‘If your legs aren’t moving then you must be dead’. Think ‘The Cat Empire’ meets ‘The Skatalites’, and throw in a little of ‘The Clash’, and then you’re somewhere close.
The Vipers sing about the grit of modern life with protest optimism, and sweet nothings of love, loss and perseverance. With music that swerves from brass-fuelled stomping swing, to lamenting Caribbean choruses, salsa and more. All underpinned by a solid ska groove, and an onstage frenzy.
In early 2016 the band toured northern Europe for the first time. Trailblazing across Belgium, Netherlands and France to the delight of many new fans. The plan is to go back in Autumn 2017 with a new record, Elemental, released on 1st April 2017.
Minor Citizen is a new rock band from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The band consists of Hessel Visser (drums), Tisha Smit (bass) and Thomas Curvers (guitar&lead vocals). Minor Citizen is inspired by Queens of the Stone Age, Royal Blood and many more. They combine powerful riffs with rhythmic hooks and the three of them build a wall of sound with it.
Seductive guys, twisted stories - Pop turned on it's head. The fresh but solid sound of this band settles into your head and crawls into your heart. Band members Geert van Oorschot, Bram Capel, Luuk Timmerman and Koen Beerkens make a kind of pop music that makes the speakers pop. The catchy vocal lines that frontman Geert van Oorschot writes at home surely will make you pull out your best moves.
In 2015, the band released their first single ' different from all the Rest. " This was followed by their debut EP in 2016 ' men's talk '. Since then a lot playing, dancing and flirting has been going on, but also many songs were written! That is why the gentlemenrecorded their second EP in may 2018, produced by Jurriaan Saeed (including Jett Rebel, Lucas Hamming, Herman van Veen).
The blues in all its qualities. From Chicago’s streets till Louisiana’s swamp. With the up-pace and groovy repertoire of this four-piece, you’ll be a true blues connaisseur in no time!
Ruben Klavers (singing and guitar), Daniel Camacho (drums), Peter Sid (bass and harmonica) and Francois Spannenburg (mondharminica) provide an evening full of classics from the genre with more than enough trips to rock and funk. Sid and Spannenburg are also not afraid to start an epic harmonica-battle!
Wat does this band do? It is a common question, but one the band Monkey Sandwich connot easily answer. And that is exactly the good thing here: de band’s songs are not easily descibed with one style. We do get pretty close with: summer, happy, relaxed, dance-able and reggae- or ska-alike.
These summervibes received an extra boost with the addition of keyboard-player Marijn Snip and guitar player Pieter van Zaanen. Singer Janne van Zaanen usually gets inspired by her experiences as a student at the academy of arts. And consistent with the life of a student, lovestories in every key are a part of that. The music is being written together, and this will sound happy. Even when the love-moments turn into fights or dissapointments. Joeri Kuijs and PePe Vooijs supply the grooves and complete the musiucal circle.
The band performs a couple of covers, but prefers the audience dancing to their originals!