Boomtown 2010 - Di 20/07 tot Za 24/07

BOOMTOWN POSTER COMPLETE

With Adam Green (US), Joe Gideon & The Shark (UK), The Go Find, Sukilove, Balthazar, Boston Tea Party , Tape Tum, Tommigun, Liesa Van Der Aa and Arquettes, the beautiful bill of BOOMTOWN is complete. The countdown to July 20 - the start of the festival - has now officially begun!

Boomtown, the pop and rock festival within the Ghent Festivities, is going all out this year to explore musical depth. and internationalization. The last names announced by the festival also fit perfectly within that picture.

Strong international fare
Adam Green started his musical career together with Kimya Dawson in the band, among others. The Moldy Peaches. However, he has been doing it solo since 2002 and has released 4 full albums, which were well received by the press. His music is classified as indie-pop or anti-folk, often with a socially critical edge. Curious what that will bring to Boomtown. We read about Harum Scarum, the debut of the London brother-sister couple Joe Gideon & The Shark (Gideon Joe Seifert and Viva Seifert) in Humo: “... the garage blues and beautified Americana of Joe Gideon & The Shark has more in common with Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, the American brother-sister couple The Fiery Furnaces and the storytelling of Tom Waits or Lou Reed then with the hard garage rock of the Stripes. But - and let it be said by a WS fan - 'Harum Scarum' is hardly inferior to the best of Meg & Jack! Very expensive, so.” Need we say more!

Home-grown crème de la crème
The list of national names is also more than enough. Or what about the ear-pleasing electronic pop of The Go Find, the inventive pop-rock of Sukilove, the heavy noise pop of Boston Tea Party or the indie rock of Arquettes? And then we are silent - or not - about Tape Tum, the eclectic electronics project of the Dousselaere brothers, the alternative pop music of the Belgian promise Balthazar, the equally fragile and flammable songs of Tommigun or the simultaneously sweet and dramatic violin-pop by Liesa Van Der Aa. So there's something for everyone at Boomtown 2010, and that's how it should be!

Outdoor: free, indoor: 2 drinks per concert
During the Genste Feesten, Boomtown will provide will first take place indoors and outdoors simultaneously for 5 days – from July 20 to 24. The large stage on the Kouter remains reserved for national and international names that know how to reconcile quality with a broader public appeal. The two other outdoor stages (Alles Kan Podium and Alles Kan Box) are reserved for the programming of the Alles Kan Festival. All outdoor concerts are free. The two indoor stages in the Handelsbeurs (Hall and Club) are reserved for specialized genres and niche acts from home and abroad who perform better in an intimate environment. Visitors pay two drinks tokens per indoor concert. Boomtown expects around 7,000 festival goers every evening.

Again the full line-up per day:

TUESDAY, JULY 20
Kouter (free ): Wallace Vanborn, 65daysofstatic (UK), Clockmonster, The Father The Son and The Holy Simon, We Seem To Have Misplaced Our Igloo, Paper Fox
Handelsbeurs (2 drink barrels/concert): Chrome Hoof (UK), Chokebore (US), Boston Tea Party, Dum Dum Girls (US), Amen Ra (acoustic)

WEDNESDAY 21 JULY
Kouter (free): School is Cool, Mintzkov, Intergalactic Lovers, Willow, Joni Sheila
Trade fair (2 drink tons/concert): Dez Mona, Adam Green (USA), Tape Tum, Vivian Girls (US), The Kissaway Trail (DK)

THURSDAY 22 JULY
Kouter (free): Joe Gideon & The Shark (UK), Archie Bronson Outfit (UK), The Vault, Bear Run , IZIE, People of the pavement
Trade fair (2 drinks tons/concert): Isbells, Balthazar, Maya's Moving Castle, John Grant (USA), Tommigun

FRIDAY JULY 23
Kouter (free): Winner VI.BE, The Van Jets, Jerusalem Syndrome, The Jack London Show, Quartier Rouge, Knex
Trade fair (2 drink tons/concert): Junip ft. José González (S), John Parish (UK), Liesa Van der Aa, Amatorski, Sukilove

SATURDAY 24 JULY
Kouter (free): Waldorf, Flip Kowlier, Hermitage, E-scape, Uberdope , Arne Vanhaecke & Band
Handelsbeurs (2 drinks/concert): An Pierlé & White Velvet, Shearwater (USA), Arquettes, The Go Find, DAAU