Agenda Magazine Blog

  • OMD: English Electric



    De Britse synthpoppioniers van OMD vieren hun 35e verjaardag in stijl. Waar comebackalbum History of modern twee jaar geleden nog halfbakken klonk, luidt English electric onmiskenbaar een terugkeer in naar hun gevierde synthpoproots.

  • Rudimental: Home



    Last year, the good vibes of “Feel the Love” flooded the dance floor and the charts. On Rudimental’s first CD, Home, there is even more streetwise soul to loosen up your hips in the commercial jungle.

  • Capoue


    (© Ivan Put)

    It’s high time for ice cream because we’ve been waiting more than long enough. Sint-Katelijnestraat/rue Sainte-Catherine – a veritable hotspot for culinary experiences and discoveries – has recently welcomed a branch of Capoue, the Belgian artisanal ice cream makers. 

  • Ted Benoit : entre ligne claire et camera obscura



    Le dessinateur de B.D. français Ted Benoit, l’un des représentants les plus illustres de la célèbre « ligne claire » qui caractérise l’école franco-belge et dont le bruxellois Hergé a été le père fondateur avec Tintin, porte un regard large et fouillé sur son parcours dans une nouvelle publication : Camera Obscura.

  • Des gestes de la pensée



    La Verrière, l’espace galerie qui se trouve à l’arrière de la boutique Hermès boulevard de Waterloo, a depuis peu un nouveau directeur, le curateur français Guillaume Désanges. Avec Des gestes de la pensée, il nous propose une exposition qui en même temps sert de teaser de ce que nous pouvons attendre de sa programmation.

  • Lou Lou


    (© Saskia Vanderstichele)

    “The best pastrami in Brussels”, is the claim to fame of Lou Lou, a pleasant snack bar around the corner from the busy Stefaniaplein/place Stéphanie. Superlatives always rouse our curiosity, so we decided to explore.

  • Deerhunter: don't go with the flow



    For the last few years, the industrious thirty-year-old rocker Bradford Cox with - "God”, according to some media – has been making a big impression with the guitar pop of his solo project Atlas Sound and the indie rock group Deerhunter.

  • White Fence: dans l’oeil de l’autre Presley



    Quand on s’appelle Presley, on doit d’une façon ou d’une autre vivre avec le rock’n’roll. Si Tim Presley n’a aucun lien de parenté avec Elvis, sa vie s’articule depuis toujours autour des cordes d’une guitare. Membre semi-permanent des Strange Boys, le Californien s’est glissé en solo sous le pseudo White Fence.

  • European Literature Night 2013

    Brussels is one of twenty cities taking part in the 2013 edition of the European Literature Night tonight. You'll be able to listen to Dutch- and French-speaking writers reading texts from their European colleagues at seven locations throughout the city: Tropismes Librairie, the Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits, La Bellone, Passa Porta, Le Cercle des Voyageurs, Le Wolf, and the Bibliothèque des Riches Claires!

    The timetable is available here: http://www.literaturenights.eu/uploads/273/47d58e745d28bf83eb76372850f6d79d.pdf.

  • Silence Is Sexy: Lubomyr Melnyk


    (© Martyn Heyne)

    Met zijn sublieme, eigenhandig aangeleerde techniek is Lubomyr Melnyk de snelste pianist ter wereld, maar door het klassieke muziekveld werd zijn continuous music nooit serieus genomen. Het straffe Erased Tapes-label rehabiliteert hem op zijn 65e en ook de AB geeft hem een verdiende stek in zijn Silence Is Sexy-reeks.

  • Party Tip: Groovalicious

    For quite some time, La Tentation has been drawing in crowds that like parties with a twist. From salsa lessons on Sunday evenings to the flashbacks to the Fifties and Sixties of Radio Modern, they all have their own niche.

    The beautiful dance hall is now also the setting for Groovalicious, a recent party concept that takes a musical journey around the world. DJs Mukambo and Bruselo came up with the idea. Both gentlemen have been promoting world music in Brussels for years. The first is more specialised in Afro-beat, Afro-Latin, reggae, global hip hop, and exotic sounding genres like mangue beat and Ethio-grooves. The latter of the two, on the other hand, is a Balkan beats, cumbia, drum & bass, and dubstep wizard. We probably don’t need to tell you that these two guys guarantee fireworks on the dance floor. Elated birds of different feathers all happy together. Want to watch Brussels transform into an urb’n’jungle? Come to La Tentation this weekend.

    Groovalicious 17/5, 22.00, €5/8, La Tentation, Lakensestraat 28 rue de Laeken, Brussel/Bruxelles, www.centrogalego.be

  • Ozark Henry volgens zijn eigen spelregels



    Op Stay gold, het zevende studioalbum van Ozark Henry, heeft Piet Goddaer er een zangeres bij genomen, maar toch is hij dichter tot zijn eigen essentie doorgedrongen. “Mijn muziek is altijd al een dialoog geweest.”

  • New releases 15/5



    Five new releases this week, featuring trees, darkness, senior citizens, the Roaring Twenties, and some evil dead!

  • Tom Odell on cloud nine



    He has been called the “one man Coldplay,” but that’s a bit too simplistic for Tom Odell. The young Brit and his melodious, heartfelt piano pop are nevertheless knocking at the door of fame.