New Shows, New Album, New Line Up
Monokino is currently in the studio mixing new songs for their 2nd album. It will see the light of day in June 2012. To keep busy Monokino will play 4 shows in January and February. The set mainly consists of new songs. Also, there has been a shift in Monokino’s line up. Keyboardplayer Yu Jin has called it a day and has decided to work and focus on her solo career in Germany... Read More
Monokino Tour 2011: Canada / USA
Monokino is proud to announce that they’ll be touring through the North-American continent the entire month of June. Between the 2nd and the 26th of June, we’ll play 12 gigs, of which 3 are festivals, spread over 6 cities, covering a total of 3851 miles and averaging 321 miles between performances. The longest trip ranges from Toronto to Calgary (1409 miles) and the... Read More
Monokino Tour 2011: Canada / USA – NXNE
The tour schedule includes three festivals: NXNE (Toronto, Canada): two shows on the 17th and 18th. Other bands include Aids Wolf, Deerhoof, Black Flag, DEVO, Art Brut, Dum Dum Girls, Chad van Gaalen, Dirty Beaches and Descendents. The locations are: Friday, June 17 – Rancho Relaxo, 8PM Saturday, June 18 – NOW Lounge, 12PM Read More
Monokino Tour 2011: Canada / USA – Sled Island & WMC 2011
The tour includes three festivals: Sled Island (Calgary, Canada): two shows on the 23rd and 24th. (Other bands include Blonde Redhead, the Dandy Warhols, Off Montreal, Buzzcocks) and Weapons of Mass Creation Fest (Cleveland – Ohio, USA): one show on the 11th. The showcase venues will be: Calgary – Sled Island Festival 2011 Thursday, June 23, 8PM – Sled Island,... Read More
Monokino Tour 2011: Canada / USA – Club Shows
The rest of the tour consists of club shows spread over three different cities: New York, Montreal and Rochester (together with Kristeen Young, Love Inks, Freezepop, Beacon, HonheeHonhee and many more acts). See full schedule here: 2 June – Montreal – L’escogriffe (with The Wilderness & HonheeHonhee) see facebook event 3 June – Montreal – Il Motore (with Manito) see... Read More
New Kid Video
Click here for more info and to watch the full HD version. Das Publikum proudly presents the music video of Monokino’s ‘New Kid’, and welcomes you to the unique and wayward universe of director and scriptwriter Erik Alkema. New Kid, from the critically acclaimed album Human Error, is released by Konkurrent / My First Sonny Weissmuller in Benelux countries and by China’s... Read More
Video of the Week
Video ‘New Kid’ has been video of the week at Stereogum.com together with video’s by Scissor Sisters, Broken Social Scene, Adele, Suckers, Joan As Police Woman, Fujiya & Miyaga and Tapes ‘n Tapes. ‘New Kid’ was also voted as best video on 3voor12/Giel Beelen tv show ‘Afzien‘. The video will be shown on MTV’s Brand New Channel. It’s been praised... Read More
Upcoming November / December shows
Dec 4 – Video Release Party, 23:00 – Eddie The Eagle Museum – Amsterdam – FREE | Dec 4 – Winston, 21:00 (with Redtrack) – Amsterdam – € 7,50 | Dec 3 – Kino Koki, 22:30 – Luebeck (Germany) – € 6,- | Dec 1 – Lovedance – Paradiso – Amsterdam € 15,- | Nov 28 – Festival Club Canapé – Live... Read More
Cover
On the cover of Dutch/Flemish magazine GONZO (circus): “Net voordat er een ouderwets vertrouwde regenbui uitbreekt poseert Monokino in de Hollandse polder met een kostuum van Erik Alkema. Hij regisseerde de videoclip bij de song NEW KID opdat Monokino na groot succes in China de Nederlandse muziekliefhebber een koekje van eigen deeg kan geven.” Foto: Nienke Doekes Read More
‘New Kid’ Video To Premiere in December
The filming of NEW KID is done. We’ve had some bad weather during shootings at the outdoor locations in Holland, but it seems the shots made by talented director Erik Alkema are really beautiful. Special thanks go out to all the patient extras. Behind-the-scenes footage can be seen on our facebook. Read More
