Photo Essay

Bands & Brands

Photos shot by Lonneke van der Palen

When we asked our favourite local bands about their favourite local brands, photographer Lonneke van der Palen turned their lists into these beautiful and colourful shots. Are you craving that Snickers bar yet?

Lemontrip

Lemons – ‘I put lemon in everything.’
COS – ‘Minimalistic fashion, both classic and timeless,
just how I’d like my music to be.’
Sambal Gledek – ‘Very,very, very spicy sambal. I just love it!’

 

Naive Set

Alexander Krone Hot Sauce – ‘Hot sauce for the tongue and brain.’
Sportlife – ‘If we were to chew gum, this would be the one.’
Brouwerij De Afleiding – ‘Great beer brewed across the street
from our HQ.’

 

Apneu

Kukident (now called Fixodent) – ‘They had us at “Kuki”.’
Foetsie-ba – ‘A real lifesaver when it’s too cold to shit outside.’

 

Bird On The Wire

Volvo – ‘Our favourite band van.’
Snickers – ‘Ultimate Bird On The Wire snack.’
Tasty Melody – ‘They serve the best ‘Baras’ in Amsterdam.’

 

Apneu, Bird On The Wire and Naive set play Bright Lights, Big Cityon 02 April. Lemontrip plays OT301 on 03 April.