THE BACKSTAGE RIDER

Tag: Pukkelpop

The BackstageRider Definitive TOP 11 “THINGS” OF 2012
In which I dissect the year in a painstaking, list-like fashion. The last few months may have sucked, but overall, this was a ROCKTACULAR year for the BSR.
December 25, 2012
EXCLUSIVE: JASON LYTLE from GRANDADDY’s new album Dept of Disappearance, track by track
World exclusive: track-by-track review of Jason Lytle from Grandaddy’s not-yet-released solo album, Dept of Disappearance. Spoiler: contains a ton of musings. And the album is amazing.
September 27, 2012
Flanders is a Festival – PUKKELPOP in Pictures: Day 3 (feat. STEPHEN MALKMUS, BOB MOULD, LOWER DENS, REFUSED and more)
Stephen Malkmus, Bob Mould, The Shins, The Antlers, hanging out with Lower Dens, the Foo Fighters, Black Keys and the return from the dead of REFUSED. This is my final day at the Pukkelpop. Enjoy the adventure, I did.
September 22, 2012
Flanders is a Festival – PUKKELPOP in Pictures: Day 2 (feat. EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, GRANDADDY, AFGHAN WHIGS, STONE ROSES)
Day 2 is all 90s revivalism bliss: your heroine has dinner with Grandaddy, gets all anthemic with the Stone Roses, gets gritty with the Afghan Whigs and takes in 9,877 more bands as part of Day 2 of Pukkelpop.
September 21, 2012
Flanders is a Festival: PUKKELPOP in Pictures – DAY 1 (feat. alt-J, DJANGO DJANGO, HIGH CONTRAST, HOT CHIP, BJORK and more)
What do you call one of the best indie/rock/rap/dance music festivals in Europe? A place where you can drink Belgian beer if you’re over 16, eat waffles, and party in the dust to bands for 14 hours? It’s called Pukkelpop and here’s my Day 1 photo diary.
September 3, 2012