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Tall Poppies Tour

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This myspace site is here to tell you, the enquiring reader about a tour that shall be undertaken throughout the British Isles from September 26th to 28th 2007.

Four of Holland's most brilliant, darkly sparkly, heroic, shape-shifting and downright cussed bands will be performing in three of the UK's most populous cities with the sole intent of cheering some of you gloomy bastards up a bit.

And there's a reason why. The Dutch pop music hierarchy hates people that try to do things outside the state subsidized norm. Thats why this tour is called Tall Poppies. If you remember, they are the beautiful flowers that dare to poke their head above the mass of vegetation to get that little bit of sunlight (and doubtless to do a bit of narcissistic preening) and get the chop kidz... and we think thats a wee bit unjust. I mean, if you're any good...

No, all these bands realise that stewing in a vat of your own potential ain't the way forward. It's time to shake off moribund assumptions and half-assed navel gazing and seek pastures new.

So come along and cut some rug, throw a few shapes....

The bands in question are the majestic Hallo Venray, the psychotically glam Appie Kim, the brooding Vox Von Braun, and the dayglo Sugarettes. All own guitars and profess to make popular amplified electronic sounds of an engaging nature. Some have even cleaned their teeth...

Those wanting to come down and cut some rug will be presented with a free compilation CD of some of the aforesaid bands' recordings, and a nice illustrated booklet explaining everything. Can't say fairer than that, now can we?

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/22/2007
Band Members: Appie Kim, Hallo Venray, Sugarettes, Vox Von Braun
Influences: General; Cats, acid and Delia Smith
Sounds Like: The sound of immaculate contraception


(Vera poster by Jeroen Jager)


Record Label: Willie Anderson, Subroutine, Excelsior
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

It just fell from the sky; a history of Vox von Braun

In the midst of all the squabbling over which Dutch city has the most historical rights to be called "Rock City Number 1", the generally more unpretentious inhabitants of Groningen feel proud of ...
Posted by Tall Poppies Tour on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:12:00 PST

An introduction to Hallo Venray

The name Hallo Venray refers to travelling around the country and showing up in small towns The curse of touring; after all, that's what rock&roll life is like ... On the other hand, it also shows...
Posted by Tall Poppies Tour on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:32:00 PST

A brief yet personal history of the Sugarettes

The first I heard of the Sugarettes was early this year, when a pal who runs an independent label in Groningen stuck a copy of the Sugarettecity EP on the "office" stereo; (in Holland the true spirit ...
Posted by Tall Poppies Tour on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:21:00 PST

A brief history of De Nieuwe Vrolijkheid falling and Appie Kim rising

A brief history of De Nieuwe Vrolijkheid falling and Appie Kim rising I suppose the best place to start is a gig at the Metropolis festival in Rotterdam last summer. It was a stiflingly hot July day, ...
Posted by Tall Poppies Tour on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:42:00 PST