Freshly imaged in neo-corspe make-up, The Netherlands look more like a band from the hulking Nordic country Norway, than a group paying homage to the European Ganja Mecca. Maybe they’re just obsessed with geographical land masses starting with the letter N, but this band is actually from Brooklyn and their music doesn’t quite conjure up the sound of black metal, church-burning Norsemen, but it does pummel with it’s fair share of thrash and power. It’s a sort of a dark, spastic party music with weird demented vocal effects, spontaneous shifts and authentic rock and roll. Come see the Netherlands "destroy" The Charleston on May 13th. – Maria Perhaps