Vrooom

Posted on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment

Dear good people of the world,

We have been busy of late working on our degrees and keeping the roofs over our heads….Doing too many things not related to the band luckily hasn’t kept the ideas from bursting out of our heads, so we have still been able to write two brand new songs during the limited time we have had together as a band.

It was great to get back out on the road again last week when we headed to Bonn and Limburg to play a couple of shows and test those new songs. We had the pleasure of playing with Lingby in Bonn. Brilliant band. Do check them out. Thanks to Sandor, Mike & Alwin for their help and hospitality.

With some Germany dates planned in May, a few Dutch shows thrown in here and there in April and an eleven day tour in Belgium/England lined up in June, things are about to get busy. More details here.

We brought our friend Vincent “good driver and friend, worst roadie ever” Perdijk along to take some photos and videos of the two days. He made a video in the back of our bus of a new song entitled “Feathered Folk”. We will have this video online in the coming weeks…watch this space for more updates.

In the meantime, enjoy this brief clip from inside our bus in downtown Cologne:

Enjoy the spring!
Anna, Pete, Tim & Rolof
x

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La-de-digital

Posted on February 8, 2011 | 1 Comment

We’re all up in the digital world now. We finally got over the fact that new Twitter accounts look silly with zero followers and no tweets, and got ourselves this quirky new account.

We’ve also added a newer, better Facebook page and Tim is finally click-able too; he finally budged and got Facebook, so we can tag him all day long.

In other news, we have aquired a new video from our show at the library in Utrecht, when all was white at the back end of last year:

We are planning on doing more things out in the real world too; we’ve got a couple of interesting video’s planned for March, when we’ll record live versions of new songs ‘Feathered Folk‘ and ‘Dead Air‘. Watch this space!

So, these are exciting times in the Goodwin Sands camp but before then we’ll be playing a handful of shows in February and March. Hope to see y’all there :)

Rolof, Tim, Pete & Anna

10th February|Preipop Festival, Groningen
15th February|Cafe Favoriet,Leiden
18thFebruary|StarsoundStudios,Utrecht                                                                                27th February|Nivon, Rotterdam
26th March|The Living Room Society, Bonn GERMANY
27th March|Huistheater, Wahlwiller

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Best wishes from us!!

Posted on January 5, 2011 | Leave a comment

A very happy new year to everyone! We would like to wish everyone the best of luck, good health, sugar, spice and everything nice in a hopefully fruitful, fantastic and musical 2011. feel best on the road

After our little Christmas holiday, the Goodwin Sands machine is up and running again, fine-tuning some new songs for the brand new year. These will be out in the (digital) open for everyone to hear very soon. In the meanwhile we have updated our website and put some new touring photos online.

Even though our main focus right now is to write new material for the extensive touring schedule we’re working on in the summer and fall, we have a couple of shows lined up in the next couple of months where we hope to see lots of faces, both old and new.

Also; we’re still looking for that extra special person to complete us, so if you are, or know the Siouxsie to our Banshees, the KC to our Sunshine band, please EMAIL US. (a nice drummer/bassist/multi-instrumentalist living in or near Utrecht, or willing to travel, with enough time for practice and live shows)
That email bit also goes for anyone that knows a nice, affordable practice space in or near Utrecht.

LOVE
Tim, Rolof, Pete & Anna

9th January|Acoustic Alley, Den Haag (afternoon show)
19th January|Billabong, Nijmegen
10th February|Preipop Festival, Groningen
15th February|Cafe Favoriet, Leiden
27th February|Nivon, Rotterdam
25th March|The Pools Club, Goettingen, GERMANY
26th March|T.B.C., GERMANY
27th March|Huistheater, Wahlwiller
Come see us on any one of these dates, or check the
'shows' section for more info on forthcoming shows/tours.

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Out with the old, in with the new

Posted on December 9, 2010 | Leave a comment

After a busy 5 weeks we are licking our touring wounds in the warmth until January. The past twelve months have been somewhat manic for our little band: 56 shows in 5 countries, 2 E.P’s, a new camper van, a few new instruments here and there and masses of new, friendly faces sketched into our memories along the way.

We finished the year at the town library in Utrecht last Thursday, where we received a nice review from the kind people at 3 voor 12 Utrecht.

Next year is already shaping up to be a busy one, with tours planned in England, Germany and Ireland. We are also excited to announce that we will be playing with The Black Atlantic in June, thanks to the lovely people at Red Shoe Sessions in Nijmegen.

We are still on the lookout for a multi-instrumentalist to add to the Goodwin Sands ranks. If you are interested and living in the Utrecht/Amsterdam area, with enough time to keep up with our very fun, but busy schedule, then please send us an email.

In the meantime, we wish everyone a warm and happy festive period and we will see you all in the new year.

Anna, Pete, Tim & Rolof

And here’s some Christmas music for people who don’t necessarily like Christmas music (by Brown Feather Sparrow)

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All work and lots of play

Posted on November 12, 2010 | Leave a comment

Now that all bandmembers  are back in the country, we’re happy to get out of our tiny houses again and hit the road. We started our list of autumn shows in lovely Deventer. Last week we were invited to play in Nijmegen, which was swiftly followed this week by a session on Radio Zuidplas in Nieuwekerk a/d Ijssel. We had a wonderful time on all occasions and are looking forward to our upcoming shows in the coming weeks leading up to the festive period.

We are kicking things off this evening in Bibelot, Dordrecht, where we have been invited to play alongside Dutch bands Moss and Most Unpleasant Men.

A fifth band member with mechanical expertise is also a bonus after our little outing in Nijmegen

With all the excitement of playing shows we’d almost forgot about our decision to start the search for a fifth member of the band. NO, we’re not kicking anybody out, we’d just like to add a little something to our songs. Rolof could probably play the bass, cajon, mandolin and whatever he plays at the same time if he wasn’t limited to only four limbs, so awaiting the availability of an operation for that, we are looking for a bassplayer. Preferably a nice one living in the Utrecht/Amsterdam area with enough time to keep up with our very fun, but busy schedule.

Do you think you’re the one for us, or do you know somebody who is? We’d love to hear from you; so please email us. 

Here are our remaining shows for 2010:
12th November|Bibelot, Dordrecht 
13th November|De Drukkery, Middelburg (afternoon show)
13th November|Cafe Averechts, Utrecht (evening show) 
19th November|De Tram, Huizen
20th November|Madam Fortuna, Antwerpen BELGIUM
23rd November|De Rode Pimpernel, Den Bosch
25th November|Spatz & Wal, Unna, GERMANY
26th November|Cafe Modern, Teuven, BELGIUM
27th November|Curieuze Neuze, Gent, BELGIUM
1st December|Theater Borra,Amersfoort
2nd December|De Bieb,Utrecht

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Sony Sessions

Posted on October 24, 2010 | Leave a comment

We were lucky enough to be invited to do a live set for Sony Sessions in September. The four videos are now available online, including a brand new song, entitled “Beast”. You can follow this link to watch the four songs we recorded in the Hilversum mediapark.

We are looking forward to getting out and about and playing live again and have a busy period of shows up until Christmas, including our first shows in Germany and Belgium. You can catch us at the following:

  • 29th October|The Art of Memory/Muziek Totaal, Deventer
  • 2nd November|Cafe Camelot, Nijmegen
  • 9th November|Radio Omroep Zuidplas
  • 13th November|De Drukkery, Middelburg (afternoon show)
  • 13th November|Cafe Averechts, Utrecht (evening show) with Sally Goodin
  • 19th November|De Tram, Huizen
  • 20th November|Madam Fortuna, Antwerpen BELGIUM
  • 23rd November|De Rode Pimpernel, Den Bosch
  • 25th November|Spatz & Wal, Unna, GERMANY
  • 26th November|Cafe Modern, Teuven, BELGIUM
  • 27th November|Curieuze Neuze, Gent, BELGIUM
  • 1st December|Theater Borra, Amersfoort
  • 2nd December|De Bieb, Utrecht

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A well-earned rest

Posted on September 29, 2010 | Leave a comment

After this month’s hectic but fun schedule in the Netherlands and Ireland we are putting our feet up beside the fire this month to prepare for our jam-packed winter full of shows.

We have met some fantastic people in the last few weeks, notably Michael of Origin Promotions in Ireland. We cannot thank these people enough for their help and support. You know who you are.

We are looking forward to hitting the road again. In the meantime we will be weeping over the photographs of the “Time Well Spent” tour.

See you soon.

Anna, Pete, Tim & Rolof

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