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Arjan Hoornstra

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Music lover spec. 90s alt rock, britpop, shoegaze and much more

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Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 8h

#3rdMMCIII #MusicChallenge 2009: Lily Allen - Back to the Start 2009 was the year of Lily Allen's 2nd album, even better than the debut. This song deserved to be a huge hit but was only released on single for record store day 2010, so not for the charts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYgg...

Lily Allen - Back To The Start

YouTube video by lilyallenmex

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#3rdMMCIII #MusicChallenge 2008: Manu - Tes cicatrices I got to know Emmanuelle Monet from France with the 1st album of her band Manu; then found out about her 90s band Dolly. Both great bands. Recently she returned with the band Adieu Barbara, also good www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Vs...

MANU - TES CICATRICES - Official Video

YouTube video by manufriends

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#3rdMMCIII #MusicChallenge 2007: Sophie Ellis-Bextor In 2007 the 3rd album of Sophie was released with this brilliant single, my favourite of her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTwJ...

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Catch You

YouTube video by SEllisBextorVEVO

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#3rdMMCIII #MusicChallenge 2006: The Like Young - For Money or Love One of many make/female duo's in this era; their 3rd album and also their last one. A fine one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AaF...

The Like Young - "For Money or Love"

YouTube video by BlankTV

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#3rdMMCIII #MusicChallenge 2005: The Subways - Oh Yeah In 2005 the debut if The Subways was released, a great album. I've seen the band a few times by now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkJZ...

The Subways - Oh Yeah - Official Video

YouTube video by THE SUBWAYS

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#3rdMMCIII #MusicChallenge 2004: Blond Redhead - Elephant Woman In 2004 Blonde Redhead released their first album for 4AD; I was wondering about that combination, then I heard this first single and it all made sense. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCMM...

YouTube video by Blonde Redhead - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#3rdMMCIII #MusicChallenge 2003: Throwing Muses - Half Blast The 2nd self-titled album of Throwing Muses reunited Tanya with the band on a few songs, something special of course. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ti...

YouTube video by Throwing Muses - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#3rdMMCIII #MusicChallenge 2002: Ikara Colt - Sink Venice In 2002 was the debut album of Ikara Colt, who claimed 'np band should exist for ever 5 years'. They stopped after 5 years and 2 albums; I've seen them about 6 or 7 times that era. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Kh...

YouTube video by Ikara Colt - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#3rdMMCIII #MusicChallenge 2001: Ladytron - The Way that I Found You In 2001 with the 604 album by Ladytron I discovered there was also good new music without guitars :) sensational album www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rfH...

Ladytron - The Way That I Found You

YouTube video by Jethro Mendonça

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge want to go: Boston: Letters to Cleo - Here and Now In the 90s I felt like in Boston you probably could choose every night which great local band you would want to see. So many of my favourite bands from that city that era. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVBL...

Letters to Cleo on The Jon Stewart Show - Here & Now (November 24, 1994)

YouTube video by Tim Theriault

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge been to: Glasgow: The Delgados - Pull the Wires from the Wall In the late 90s I've been in Glasgow a few times, for work installing software updates we made in NL. At that same time this band was formed there, didn't know them at the time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsKf...

Pull The Wires From The Wall by The Delgados

YouTube video by chemikal

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge XYZ - Zeeland: Charmin Children - Chew It Zeeland is a province in the south-west of the Netherlands. In the early 90s this band formed there; this song got some attention. Madchester from the Netherlands, is that even possible? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jPH...

YouTube video by Charmin' Children - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge W - Wales: Melys - Llawenydd The band made some records late 90s/early 00s having John Peel as a big fan. In 2019 they had a few comeback singles followed by an album in 2025. This is a superb single of that album, sung in welsh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK--...

YouTube video by Melys - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge V - Vermont: Persian Claws - Dirty Knees This band is from Burlington, Vermont, USA and made one album in 2013 that I like a lot. Nice uptempo garage pop/rock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3mH...

Persian Claws- Dirty Knees

YouTube video by Purrsia

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge U - Utrecht: Rachèl Louise - Thirty-five I'm living in the city Utrecht now for almost 20 years; an artist from this city is singer-songwriter Rachèl Louise; haven't see her live yet. This is her most recent single giving away her age www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZTI...

Rachèl Louise - Thirty-five

YouTube video by Rachèl Louise

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge T - Thailand: Slowwves - Amber This band released a great album last year which should be a shoegaze classic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xPY...

Slowwves - Amber (Lyrics Video)

YouTube video by Slowwves

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge S - Switzerland:: Jo The Man The Music - Rocket Science I first heard this singer-songwriter last year; she made some good singles and an ep so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stb7...

Jo The Man The Music - Rocket Science (directed by Alina Bichieva)

YouTube video by Jo The Man The Music

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge R - Rotterdam: The Riplets - Summer of 98 In the 00s I lived in Rotterdam where at the time also The Riplets were formed (and disbanded). I must have seen them a dozen times in all kinds of places and festivals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NA0...

YouTube video by The Riplets - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge Q - Quebec: Salomé Leclerc - Tourne encore I found Salomé Leclerc intruiging from the first time I heard her, possibly on french tv. This is a single from 2012. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv4Y...

Salomé Leclerc - Tourne encore

YouTube video by Audiogram

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#NoDullMoments1971 #MusicChallenge 01 George Harrison - What Is Life A late single from the All Things Must Pass album, this was a big hit in 1971 reaching top 3 in the Netherlands (and Germany) and top 10 in the US. Just a brilliant song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XFf...

What Is Life - George Harrison

YouTube video by 45RPMbyJME

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge P - Poland: Stonerror - The Wolf Stonerrock from Poland, great. This is from their debut album (2017) www.youtube.com/watch?v=avz3...

YouTube video by Stonerror - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#NoDullMoments1971 #MusicChallenge 02 Middle of the Road - Sacramento While being #1 for 7 weeks in 1972 (in the Netherlands) the release of this single was in december 1971. They had 7 hits in NL in 1971-73; 3 of which made #1 and 2 more #2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW85...

Middle Of The Road - Sacramento . HD

YouTube video by Louis *Jukebox.Productions*

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#NoDullMoments1971 #MusicChallenge 03 Carole King - It's Too Late A true classic, the album Tapestry by Carole King of which this was the main single. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkKx...

Carole King - It's Too Late (Official Audio)

YouTube video by CaroleKingVEVO

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge O - Overijssel: The Nightblooms - Never Dream at All In the 90s I lived in Deventer, a city in the dutch province Overijssel, for about 4 years. This band is from the same city, I saw them there live once. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmc5...

Never Dream at All

YouTube video by The Nightblooms - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#NoDullMoments1971 #MusicChallenge 04 Carpenters - Hurting Each Other While being a love song it seems the lyrics of the chorus become more and more important every day with everything going on in the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQy0...

Carpenters - Hurting Each Other

YouTube video by Richard Carpenter

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge N - New Zealand: Imperial April - Wake Me from My Sleep This was the first single I heard of this band, only a few weeks ago. I like it a lot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AS9...

Imperial April - Wake Me From My Sleep

YouTube video by Imperial April

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#NoDullMoments1971 #MusicChallenge 05 Deep Purple - Strange Kind of Woman The audience sounds are a bit annoying but it's a cool video with a weird introduction so posted it anyway www.youtube.com/watch?v=derO...

Deep Purple featuring Ritchie Blackmore from 1971 with 'Strange Kind Of Woman'

YouTube video by Ritchie Blackmore Official

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge M - Malta: Beangrowers - Dance Dance Baby This band released 4 albums, this is the title track of their 3rd (2005) which I got interested in because of the album cover. It didn't disappoint. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-azM...

Dance Dance Baby

YouTube video by Beangrowers - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#NoDullMoments1971 #MusicChallenge 06 Golden Earring - She Flies on Strange Wings Two years before their international break through they already had their 14th (!) top 10 hit in NL, many more would follow. This 7 minute track was split on the 7" in part 1 and 2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXeJ...

Golden Earring - She Flies On Strange Wings (Video)

YouTube video by Red Bullet

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge L - Latvia: Amber Sea - The Day After The band released just one EP so far (2024), hoping for more as I really like this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ_H...

Amber Sea - The Day After (official music video)

YouTube video by Amber Sea

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge K - Kent (UK): Thee Headcoatees - Don't Try and Tell Me Band of Holly Golightly and others, garage-/punk rock with a little help from Billy Childish. Like Thee Headcoates and Billy himself formed in/from Chatham, Kent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E5r...

Don't Try And Tell Me

YouTube video by Thee Headcoatees - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#NoDullMoments1971 #MusicChallenge 07 The Doors - Waiting for the Sun The album with the same name was released 3 years earlier, in 71 this song was released as single as follow up from big hit Riders on the Storm, it reached #17 in NL (after Morrison's death). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avf5...

The Doors - Waiting For The Sun (Mono Mix)

YouTube video by Goldie’sRocknRollCollection

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge J - Japan: Haku. - 渋谷から [Shibuya kara] First heard (of) them last year; this was the last single before releasing their new (3rd) album this week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=91E0...

ハク。"渋谷から" ハク。の日 -東京編- at EBISU LIQUIDROOM LIVE MOVIE

YouTube video by ハク。

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#NoDullMoments1971 #MusicChallenge 08 The Piglets - Johnny Reggae I first heard this probably in the 90s, really cool. In NL it peaked at 13 in the top 40 late 71/early 72. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsLi...

The Piglets.... Johnny Reggae. 1971.

YouTube video by gaynormartin

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#NoDullMoments1971 #MusicChallenge 09 Olivia Newton-John - If Not for You The first international hit for Olivia; in a pop quiz a while ago I knew the song and credited the original to George Harrison. No point for that, Dylan was the writer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1ks...

Olivia Newton-John "If Not For You" (1971 - France)

YouTube video by BB AU

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#NoDullMoments1971 #MusicChallenge 10 Black Sabbath - Iron Man The early 70s are not my favourite era at all but a top 10 is doable, starting with this one, made famous by Beavis and Butthead :) released as single in 1971 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRcY...

Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1970)

YouTube video by Beat-Club

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge I - Ireland: Merricat - Merrow A new discovery earlier this year; I loved this song the first moment I heard it. It's on an ep which is also great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqXY...

YouTube video by Merricat - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge H - Hungary: Stone Sober - Insane Hacks Last year I found out about this male/female duo, reminding a bit of white stripes and maybe a bit more blood red shoes. This is their latest single. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4yw...

Stone Sober - Insane Hacks (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Stone Sober

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge G - Greece: Irene Skylakaki - Mary Smiles Singer-songwriter from greece, heard her first with her album Matterless, This is a single from a few years later (2020) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wsa...

Irene Skylakaki - Mary Smiles

YouTube video by Irene Skylakaki

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge F - France - Dynamite Shakers - Cinéma One of my favourite current singles, this nice rocker. It was the first I heard oof this band. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf51...

Dynamite Shakers - CINÉMA (Clip Officiel)

YouTube video by DYNAMITE SHAKERS

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge E - Estonia: Mariin K - Beach Mariin K played for several british bands including Tricky but is from Estonia and also makes music under her own name, like this great single from 2024. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkWX...

mariin k. - beach

YouTube video by mariin k.

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge D - Denmark: Miss B Haven - Nobody's Angel This song is from 1990, loved it at the time and still. They have more albums in danish than in english but I don't know that much later music of them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlu1...

YouTube video by Miss B. Haven - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge C - Chile: Slowkiss - In Vain Originally from Chile, now relocated to Spain I think. More noise rock than shoegaze, this is from their debut (2019) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pn_...

Slowkiss - In Vain

YouTube video by SlowkissVEVO

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge B - Belgium: Slow Crush - Cherry I got to know this band with their 2nd album about 4 years ago. Last year they had a 3rd album, this year I saw them live. Between shoegaze and noise rock, great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9nD...

Slow Crush "Cherry"

YouTube video by Pure Noise Records

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge A - Austria: Lion Season - Later On The band Lion Season released a few singles this year after being quiet for almost 3 years. They are from Vienna, Austria. I like them a lot, nice alt rock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v762...

YouTube video by Lion Season - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax #MusicChallenge track 10: Ladytron - I'm with the Pilots (604) Forgot to post this this morning... the most recent album of my selection proves that I can like synths as much as guitars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ-7...

I'm With the Pilots

YouTube video by Ladytron - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax #MusicChallenge track 9: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand (Psychocandy) A nice noise fest on this track, one of those albums it would be nice to hear for the first time again www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqIW...

Never Understand

Provided to YouTube by WM UK Never Understand · The Jesus And Mary...

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax #MusicChallenge track 8 Echobelly - Call Me Names (Everyone's Got One) From, the great debut album of Echobelly www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR2y...

YouTube video by Echobelly - Topic

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#7DeadlySins #MusicChallenge Sloth: Lizzie Esau - Lazy Brain www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCEb...

Lizzie Esau - Lazy Brain

YouTube video by Lizzie Esau

Arjan Hoornstra @arjanhoo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax #MusicChallenge track 7: Letters to Cleo - Pizza Cutter (Wholesale Meats and Fish) Everything you want in a LtC track, from my favourite album www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsT1...

YouTube video by Letters To Cleo - Topic