Nice one: Bruce Springsteen explains the difference between Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster guitars to The Los Angeles Times.

It’s getting pretty cold right now in The Netherlands.. Time to warm yourself by the fire and listen to the soothing new single of Alex van Holstein: ‘De Winter’, a duet with the Belgian singer Martine de Kok. The lyrics are in Dutch, but you’ll get the vibe! The song was recorded, mixed and mastered by me and Wilco Minderhoud at the Labtones Studio.

Bromley’s album Oh Oh Oh, which was recorded at the Labtones Studio by Wilco Minderhoud and me, is now officially released! You can order it on vinyl for only 10 euros by sending them a message. Do yourself a favour if you like indie and pop/rock and listen to the whole thing below:

I saw the Belgian singer/songwriter Astronaute a.k.a. Myrthe Luyten at an edition of [F]luister recently. Her music and voice are beautiful, and the best thing is, you can download her EP Myriad for FREE!

This is one of the songs she performed with her band at [F]luister:

Well, what can I say… Elbow did it again.

Here’s my list of 20 favourite albums over 2013. I’ve listened to a lot more albums, but above position 20 the order is fuzzy anyway ;).

01. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
02. Atoms for Peace – Amok
03. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
04. Laura Marling – Once I Was an Eagle
05. Keaton Henson – Birthdays
06. The Veils – Time Stays, We Go
07. Sigur Rós – Kveikur
08. Nadine Shah – Love Your Dum and Mad
09. Ásgeir – In the Silence
10. Alela Diane – About Farewell
11. Ólafur Arnalds – For Now I Am Winter
12. Daniel Norgren – Buck
13. Daughter – If You Leave
14. Samaris – Samaris
15. Claw Boys Claw – Hammer
16. Drangar – Drangar
17. Ron Sexsmith – Forever Endeavour
18. Stuurbaard Bakkebaard – Boys Do Cry
19. Julianna Barwick – Nepenthe
20. Agnes Obel – Aventine

Since the EP is clearly coming back (I am expecting a lot more in 2014), here’s my EP top 3:

01. The Pixies – EP1
02. Fleetwood Mac – Extended Play
03. Pelvic Fins – Kings of Town

The movie “Heima” by Icelandic band Sigur Rós might just be the most beautiful music movie ever made. And it turns out you can watch the whole thing for free on Youtube! Do you yourself, your eyes and your ears a favour and enjoy this masterpiece.

Here’s an interesting interview with the German composer and piano genius Nils Frahm by Interview Magazine about his upcoming live album Spaces. You can also listen to a new song called Says!

Exclusive Song Premiere and Interview: ‘Says’, Nils Frahm