We're excited to announce a Jack Playmobil night! The Antwerp-based label brings its blissed-out techno sounds to Troya, Ghent on 21 June. Expect spacey live sets by Hantrax and Hungry Soul, as well as pumping DJ sets by label-head Jan Techniks, Ruby Rage and D.J. Baute. The show is free for members. In order to dance.

We just confirmed two more shows for next month. Lo-fi songwriter and White Fence guitar player John Webster Johns will perform at DOK, Ghent on 16 June. Supported by Ghent-based garage rockers Alpha Whale and drone folk guitarist Urpf Lanze. uSSSy is an instrumental duo that brings merciless noise alternated with heavy psych and eastern rhythms. They will be at Scheld'apen, Antwerp on 20 June. Both shows are free for members.

The American troubadour Sam Amidon is playing an intimate set at Huis 23 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels on 22 May and we're giving away 5x2 tickets for this exclusive event. Send an email to magazine@subbacultcha.be with 'Bedroom Community' in the title and maybe you'll be one of the lucky winners.

Great news for all you Ryan Gosling fans. This week we're giving away 5x2 tickets for Only God Forgives (release 23 May), the new film by 'Drive' director Nicolas Winding Refn. So, keep an eye on our mailinglist. More info after the jump.

This week we're giving away 2x2 tickets for Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht on 18 May. Performing are Mikal Cronin, Dirty Beaches, Ital, Mount Eerie, Thee Oh Sees, Sam Amidon, Deerhunter and more. Sign up HERE and maybe you'll get the chance to see all of those sick acts live for free.

Next week we're spreading the White Fence love. We'll share Will Martin's fantastic interview wherin Tim Presley explains what it’s like being a ‘lifer’ and a one-eyed focused cyclops always running away from something, give away tickets for his show and present you some exclusive White Fence footage. Don't forget: White Fence, Nigh Beats and Alpha Whale play Magasin 4, Brussels on 19 May. Free for members!

Organized by the people of JauneOrange, the Micro Festival comes back to Liège on 2-3 August for its 4th edition. Up till now the first acts announced are Toronto post-hardcore outfit METZ and the garage rock band from Oakland Shannon & The Clams, with more confirmations to come. Free for Subbacultcha! members.

This week we're giving away lots of free tickets via the mailinglist. Sign up HERE and get a chance to see these acts for free: Michael Hurley at Les Ateliers Claus, Death Grips at De Kreun, Eraas at STUK, Celebration at Café Zwerver, Nick Waterhouse at Trix and Mount Eerie at Ancienne Belgique.

The following months will sure be psychedelia-heavy. Brooklyn lo-fi band The Babies play De Kreun, Kortrijk on June 17, then psych-pop group Sic Alps drop by Madame Moustache, Brussels on 28 June. A bit later, two chilean bands who both released their sophomore albums on Sacred Bones this year stop by Benelux: kraut-psych outfit Föllakzoid at AreaFiftyOne in Eindhoven on 20 August and The Holydrug Couple at Madame Moustache, Brussels on 22 November. All shows are free for members. Get Psyched.

Matt Papish a.k.a. Co La is getting ready to release his new album of sample-based electronic music Moody Coup, officially due 7 May on Brooklyn-based label Mexican Summer. But wait no more, as you can now stream the record in its entirety and marvel at the associated visuals via Pitchfork Advance. Co La plays Madame Moustache, Brussels on 9 May with Brussels' very own TG Gondard as the opening act. Free for members.

We are looking for a production manager for our smaller shows in Ghent.

New exciting show confirmed today. The two L.A. pop punksters of No Age are bringing their incendiary live act to Trix, Antwerp on June 19. Free for members.

Great news! We're giving away tickets for Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin at STUK, Leuven and The Walkmen at Vaartkapoen in Brussels. Want to be one of the lucky winners? Sign up for our mailinglist HERE and get a chance to see these sick acts for free.

Great news came in! Relentless noisemaker and ex-Yellow Swans member Pete Swanson will be bringing his broken techno to 019 (DOK Noord 5L) in Ghent on 29 May. Support from harsh electronic act Mathieu Serruys. Free for members.

Ekster is a brand new Antwerp label that aims to collect and immortalize good music. Their first drop, Roman Hiele’s debut album, will be released at Scheld’apen, Antwerp on 31 May. Hiele, Norwegian noise wunderkid TCF and Belgian ambient duo RP GM KRC will be showing their electronic skills. Free for members.

Exciting confirmation today. Alex Zhang Hungtai, the man behind Dirty Beaches, takes his experimental loner cuts to Ancienne Belgique on 14 May. He shares the bill with London-based lo-fi art pop quartet Veronica Falls, who will definitely bring a more British vibe to this Tuesday night occasion in Brussels. Free for members.

San Fran industrial noise punks The Soft Moon will be at Trix, Antwerp on 18 April and we're giving away 2x2 tickets. Want to be one of the lucky winners? Sign up for our mailinglist HERE and get a chance to see Luis Vasquez and his crew for free.

New confirmations. On 12 May the Montrealers of Blue Hawaii bring their dreamy tropical sounds to Botanique in Brussels, then a few days later on 15 May the veteran anarchist dutch group The Ex performs at Vooruit with brass musicians Ab Baars, Wolter Wierbos, Ken Vandermark & Roy Paci joining them as Brass Unbound. Both shows are free for members.

'Sup? This week we are giving away free tickets for Marissa Nadler at Home Plugged and A Track ft. Mittland Och Leo, Dans Dans and more at Concertgebouw, Brugge. Sign up for our mailinglist and maybe you'll be the lucky one.

New shows confirmed, all three taking place at Madame Moustache in Brussels. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Deerhoof contributor Chris Cohen brings his breezy pop to town on May 18, Philly psychedelic trio Purling Hiss shake things up on May 22 and the garage rock outfit The Fresh & Onlys pay a visit on June 5. All three shows are free for Subbacultcha! members.

This week we're giving away lots of free stuff through the mailinglist. You want to win tickets for Teen at Beursschouwburg, Motel Mozaique in Rotterdam or Bombino at Ancienne Belgique? Sign up HERE.

This week we're giving away tickets for Kavka's Bike Repair Day and Legowelt at Tijuana through our mailinglist. Sign up here if you love music.

Justin Champlin's work as Nobunny is something like the mix of garage rock and bubblepop that Hunx and His Punx are known for. He'll be at Effenaar, Eindhoven on 22 March and we're giving away 2x2 tickets. Send 'Blow Dumb' to magazine@subbacultcha.be and maybe you'll be the lucky one.

We're excited to announce that music theorist and Wire contributor Adam Harper will settle in Wiels, Brussels on May 2 for a lecture about pop vanguardist John Maus, connecting him with some of the key issues in today's underground pop music while touching on other relevent movements such as hypnagogic pop and vaporwave. The lecture will be followed by a screening of the cult classic Robocop which is rumored to be John Maus's favourite film - so get your cyborg on for a dystopic trip down memory lane! Free for Subbacultcha! members.

Do you like Subbacultcha! and want to get more involved? If so, here's your Chance: Subbacultcha! needs new distributors in Kortrijk and Ghent. The job involves placing magazines in different locations throughout the city for max. 2,5 hours a month and in return for your not-so-hard work you can look forward to some nice perks as well as a free Subbacultcha! membership. If you're interested, have the time, and will be around for a while, send an email to magazine@subbacultcha.be