So, you think you know Bettie Serveert, huh? The Dutch combo that set the template for '90s indie rock with their classic 1992 debut, Palomine, and its follow-ups, Lamprey (1995), and Dust Bunnies (1997). The energetic outfit that peddled their infectious, hard-edged guitar pop on numerous tours with colleagues like Belly, Dinosaur Jr., and Buffalo Tom.
Hmmm. Maybe you want to reconsider just how thoroughly acquainted with Bettie Serveert you are. Because if you approach Attagirl, the band's seventh full-length (and their first for Minty Fresh), with those opinions set in stone, you'll be as shocked as any teenybopper who slapped on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band back in 1967 expecting to hear "I Want To Hold Your Hand, Pt. 2." Oh, the players are the same. Singer Carol van Dyk, guitarist Peter Visser, and bassist Herman Bunskoeke remain front-and-center. But Attagirl is the work of a band refreshed, one full of new ideas. Put simply, this ain't your old college radio director's Bettie Serveert.
Summer 2006 they celebrated their 15th birthday, releasing a new semi-acoustic cd & (their first) dvd " Bare Stripped Naked"
18 years and 8 previous albums (including their 1998 limited edition set of Velvet Underground covers, Venus In Furs) have passed since Bettie Serveert first formed in Amsterdam, yet they continue to evolve.
Between April 6th and 10th 2009 the Betties were in the La Chapelle Recording Studios (Belgium) recording a new cd.
On Nov 27th 2009 their new Single/EP ‘Deny All’ will be released on iTunes.
Their 9th CD, which is called ‘Pharmacy of Love’, will be in the shops in the Benelux on January 11th 2010, followed by a tour in the Netherlands!
In the USA the Single/EP ‘Deny All’ and CD ‘Pharmacy of Love’ will be released by Second Motion Records, in Canada they will be released by Sound of Pop. Single/EP release: Jan 26th 2010 (iTunes), CD release: March 23rd 2010.
CONTACT INFO:
Bettie Serveert Management:
bettieserveert2010@gmail.com
Postbus 14642
1001 LC Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Booking Agency in the Netherlands:
Double Vee Concerts: http://www.doubleveeconcerts.nl/
contact: jacco@doubleveeconcerts.nl
Booking Agency in the U.S.A.:
The Agency Group
contact: SteveKaul@theagencygroup.com
Booking Agency in Germany:
Hotellounge Booking
contact: info@hotellounge.de
Peter & Carol did a project, called 'ME & STUPID', with "In A Cabin With' in Australia. The CD will be released in the spring 2010:
http://www.inacabinwith.com/site/australia
Beste Bettie Serveert, Eindelijk is-ie er, mijn eerste single: Kantoorpik Verkrijgbaar bij o.a. iTunes en downloadmusic.nl Op 9 januari speel ik Kantoorpik live in Ekdom in de nacht, wat tegelijk op 3FM én op Nederland 3 wordt uitgezonden. Vriendelijke groet, Sven
So I had $3 left on an Amazon.com gift cert balance & used it to buy three of the mp3s off the Deny All EP ("Deny All", "Waiting For Control", and "Calling (XL Version)"). I really like "Waiting For Control" and I love "Calling" omg. Wish I could have gotten the fourth track (I'm blanking on the name, sorry!).
Schotel van de dag / Lost Bear : 10inch Split Schotel van de dag (dish of the day) is a brand new punk/hardcore/indie-band from Utrecht. They came to this world to serve humanity with uncompromised guitar violence! For this split they've teamed up with the 90's inspired hairy indierockers of Lost Bear. -- GET IT FOR FREE --
Two abstract urban meditations composed by French visual artist Jérôme Schlomoff.
Both filmed with a pinhole movie 35mm camera, these two films create mysterious and eerie portraits of the two cities, a ghostly New York City under a snowstorm and a poetical exploration of Amsterdam as a city suspended between past, present and future, in a visual voyage filmed at some of the city’s building sites.
Both films are going to be presented with a live soundtrack performed by experimental hip-hop producer Smooth One and bass player Mouard Baali.
Smooth One biographical notes:
Smooth One comes from the abstract hip-hop scene. He wrote with Dj cam the two first album in 1996 and 1998, Underground Vibes and Substance. After a live album recorded in « Transmusicales » festival in Rennes and many remix for Air, Tek9 and Silent Poets, Smooth One decided to work alone, mainly on film music, and managing his own label, Superflux, which also published the soundtrack of
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