Westside Cowboy
The new sensation of English indie rock, blurring the boundaries between genres
You can’t plan for everything. When Jimmy Bradbury asked Reuben Haycocks, Paddy Murphy and Aoife Anson-O’Connell if they fancied starting a band called Westside Cowboy, none of them had a plan. A couple of years, a clutch of singles, a killer live reputation and a deal with Island Records’ Adventure Recordings later, they’ve become one of the UK’s most exciting new acts.
The four members met in Manchester. Reuben (guitar, vocals), Paddy (drums) and Aoife (bass, vocals) were music students, and Jimmy (guitar, vocals) worked at Johnny Roadhouse after graduating. Their earlier projects had grown too complex and draining, so Westside Cowboy arrived at the right time. Inspired by Billy Bragg’s Roots, Radicals and Rockers, they embraced a DIY spirit and wrote their debut EP This Better Be Something Great in just two weeks. Songs like ‘Alright Alright Alright’ and ‘I Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)’ captured a raw, joyful energy.
Their sound, “Britainicana”, blends classic British songwriting (The La’s, Lonnie Donegan, Lennon) with American alt-rock (Pavement, The Replacements, Pixies). Early gigs in Manchester built buzz fast. Demos spread, labels took notice, and they signed with Nice Swan and Heist or Hit. Produced by Lewis Whiting (English Teacher), the EP’s release in 2025 followed breakout sets at The Great Escape and Glastonbury, leading to tours with Blondshell, Black Country, New Road and Ezra Furman.
Alongside their rise, they co-founded No Band Is An Island, a collective uniting indie artists for political and social action. “It’s about building community and using it positively,” says Aoife. The project channels their frustration with global injustices into collective accountability rather than nihilism.
In just two years, Westside Cowboy have gone from a spontaneous idea to a major-label act. Humble but driven, they aim to make music “for everyone”, not just for cool scenes, but for parents, grandparents and kids alike.
For a band that started without a plan, Westside Cowboy have quickly worked out exactly who they are.
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Westside Cowboy
A TRIBUTE TO WHITNEY HOUSTON
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Concert
A TRIBUTE TO WHITNEY HOUSTON
Lara Fabian
She started singing at the age of eight and Lara Fabian has since become one of the most beautiful and popular Belgian voices of all time. Don't miss her concert at Forest National!
Lara Fabian has been on stage for over 30 years and has performed in the most prestigious concert halls in the world, from the Olympia in Paris to Carnegie Hall in New York. Not bad for someone from little Belgium! In 2025 she will play a home game at Forest National.
Forest National
Forest
Concert
Lara Fabian
Belinda Davids
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Concert
Belinda Davids
Fifty Lab Music Festival
Fifty Lab is for the curious ones, the people always wondering what’s next?!
Every year, we bring exciting new artists from Belgium and beyond for live music, DJ sets and big discoveries, in the heart of Brussels. Come get lost somewhere unexpected, and leave with a veryyyyy long new playlistTeymaTeyma is a French R&B and pop urbaine artist who blends contemporary beats with smooth, auto-tuned vocals. Her sound is characterized by a modern, energetic flair, showcased in popular singles like "NÉGATIF" and "SHAKE IT UP." She presents a distinct visual identity with vibrant aesthetics, complementing her fresh musical style.WaterbabyWaterbaby is the musical moniker of 24-year-old Stockholm-born Kendra Egerbladh. She quickly made her mark on the Nordic music scene after featuring on releases by Seinabo Sey and Hannes, which left labels battling it out for her signature. Famed US label Sub Pop came out on top and, after several singles, they released her debut EP ‘Foam’ in June 2023.It formed the perfect introduction to Waterbaby’s world of enchanting bedroom r&b-indie-popand top tier soft dreamy vocals. 2025 has seen the release of two singles including a featurewith Hannes, and solo work ‘Amiss’.H.LLSDescribed by Dazed as an “anonymous alt-R&B trio”, H.LLS are one of the most intriguing new voices emerging from London’s underground music scene. Blending alternative R&B, electronic production and rave influences, their distinctive sound is as raw as it is forward-thinking. Following their debut album *TAPE 1*, discover H.LLS live in an unmissable night of music.LinLinLinLin is an artist who blurs the boundaries between rap and electronic music.Driven by raw energy and a distinctive aesthetic, she shapes a hybrid sonic universe where electronic pulses and sharp flows intertwine.LinLin made her debut with the EP “THE ESPERS”, quickly followed by the single “KISS X3”, which established her artistic identity from the very start.In 2025, she returned with two striking new releases, “CONTACT” and “BOOGEYMAN”, confirming both her musical evolution and her determination to make her mark on the contemporary scene.With an approach that is both experimental and accessible, LinLin embodies a new generation of artists who push boundaries, moving fluidly between depth and energy, intimacy and intensity
LinLin, waterbaby, Teyma, H.LLS
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Fifty Lab Music Festival
Klassiek met De Keere: sound design in klassieke muziek
Discover how composers pushed the boundaries of what the ear can perceive
This lecture will be given in Dutch.
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Klassiek met De Keere: sound design in klassieke muziek
Wallace Cleaver
Marcel Tour
A different kind of music, for a different setting. Hailing from the Loir-et-Cher region, Wallace Cleaver takes a step back from the mainstream of French rap, whilst remaining a worthy heir to the genre. Driven by introspective lyrics that recount the journey of a provincial boy as he conquers the City of Light, the album is imbued with nostalgia and ambition, budding relationships and those we try in vain to forget. His new album, ‘Marcel’, is now available.
Henri Bleu
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Wallace Cleaver
Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire has been building a distinctive sonic world for around fifteen years, moving effortlessly between the core of jazz and its most adventurous corners. Driven by an endless urge for innovation, he constantly seeks dialogue with other genres and art forms, from spoken word to hip-hop. This openness translates into layered music full of contrasts: at times restrained and minimalistic, at others bursting with exuberant grooves. With his distinctive trumpet playing, Akinmusire leads his quartet through soundscapes that feel at once experimental, urgent, and deeply personal.
Flagey
Ixelles
Concert
Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet
Koala Disco
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Koala Disco
«Ô, la biche» 4 Sens Ensemble Vocal at Lunch Concerts
MIM - Musical Instruments Museum (MRAH)
Brussels
Concert
«Ô, la biche» 4 Sens Ensemble Vocal at Lunch Concerts
OrelSan
ING Arena
Laeken
Concert
OrelSan
Conjunto Media Luna
Conjunto Media Luna
Mango (Baobab Music)
Adam Bkr (Midnight Voodoo)
Baobab Music and Midnight Voodoo join forces for a full night of cumbia, featuring a special live performance by
Sounds Jazz Club
Ixelles
Concert
Conjunto Media Luna
SpeakEasy: Spoken Word Brussels
Every second Thursday of the month, a multitalented open mic. More info on Facebook: SpeakEasy: Spoken Word Brussels
Every second Thursday of the month, a multilanguage open mic. SpeakEasy: Spoken Word Brussels is an open stage for emerging and established artists; poetry, stories, music and more. With a monthly special guest - someone who has something to say, a beautiful, necessary or poetic message. At SpeakEasy it is important that performers *and* audience feels good and safe, actively learning to oppose racism, sexism, LGTBQIA+ phobia and all the other bad -isms. Come amplify your voice! ---- Sign up 19.30, start 20.00. ---- Website SpeakEasy
GC Pianofabriek
Saint-Gilles
Concert
SpeakEasy: Spoken Word Brussels
Tribute to John Scofield
A tribute to John Scofield, one of the great voices of contemporary jazz guitar. Blending jazz and groove music, this concert celebrate his unique sound and spirit !
The Music Village
Brussels
Concert
Tribute to John Scofield
Conjunto Media Luna + Adam Bkr & Mango • Sounds Brussels
Baobab Music and Midnight Voodoo join forces for a full night of cumbia, featuring a special live performance by Conjunto Media Luna straight out of Bogotá, Colombia. Who will play in Brussels for the first time!
Baobab Music and Midnight Voodoo join forces for a full night of cumbia, featuring a special live performance by Conjunto Media Luna straight out of Bogotá, Colombia. Who will play in Brussels for the first time!
After years at the forefront of Bogotá's contemporary cumbia scene, Conjunto Media Luna has developed a unique sound blending Colombian, Mexican and Southern Californian cumbia traditions with synthesizers, accordion, vocals and heavy electronic bass influences.
Since 2021, CML has released music on renowned labels including Bongo Joe Records, Soundway Records and Okra Jirushi, while collaborating with artists such as Meridian Brothers and Turbo Sonidero. Following extensive tours across Europe, the UK, the US and Mexico, CML continues to bring its energetic live show to audiences worldwide.
Expect hypnotic rhythms, electronic energy and modern cumbia at its finest.
Live at Sounds! Don't miss it!
Timetable:
19:30 Mango (baobab music)
20:30 Conjunto Media Luna (LIVE)
22:00 Adam bkr (Midnight Voodoo)
Tickets:
Pre-sale €12
Doors €14
Sounds Jazz Club
Ixelles
Concert
Conjunto Media Luna + Adam Bkr & Mango • Sounds Brussels
Manouchedrome invites Nicolas Hauzeur- Gypsy Jazz
Art Base
Brussels
Concert
Manouchedrome invites Nicolas Hauzeur- Gypsy Jazz
Key Time : Joachim Caffonnette & Adinda Hertmans
New weekly rendezvous!Every Thursday, start your evening the right way — after work, before dinner, or as a prelude to the night’s concert — with the finest local pianists playing timeless standards in a warm piano-bar atmosphere.In partnership with Omer!
Joachim Caffonnette (piano) ; Adinda Hertmans (voc)
Toots Jazz Club
Brussels
Concert
Key Time : Joachim Caffonnette & Adinda Hertmans
Seba Colson : International Bop Sextet
The young trumpeter Seba Colson is on the rise. A lover of bebop, tonight he’s bringing together an exceptional international line-up to pay tribute to this pivotal era in jazz. With virtuoso solos, frenzied tempos and soaring high notes, fans of bebop and hard bop are in for a real treat!
Seba Colson - trumpet (BE) ; Tom Callens - sax (BE) ; Joan Codina Cusó - trombone (PARIS/SPAIN) ; Deschanel Gordon - piano (LONDON) ; Slim Chikhaoui - double bass (PARIS) ; Malte Arndal - drums (PARIS/DENMARK)
Toots Jazz Club
Brussels
Concert
Seba Colson : International Bop Sextet
Cummings and Goings. TRY OUT
Poems by E. E. Cummings (1894–1962), recited by the acclaimed actor Josse De Pauw, accompanied and underpinned by exploratory percussion, stuttering grooves and melodic drumming by Eric Thielemans, and the music of composer and pianist Kris Defoort, which moves between composition and improvisation.
Three unique voices. Performing, searching, singing, speaking, exploring. Cummings’s work is regarded as avant-garde because of his formal, syntactic and linguistic experiments. The poet invented his own words and imbued existing words with personal meaning. He conceived the poem both as a visual object on the page and as a text intended to be read and spoken aloud. In “Cummings and goings”,
Thielemans, De Pauw and Defoort, in turn, add their own interpretation to this innovative work through a musical performance. “Cummings and goings” is presented in the form of a concert in which each performer wears headphones. The result is at once introspective and expressive, musically maximalist and deeply resonant, with no explicit translation in the performance. It is as if the audience were invited to witness the intimacy of a recording session.
Eric Thielemans (BE) – Drums, percussion; Josse De Pauw (BE) – Spoken word; Kris Defoort (BE) – Piano
Le Baixu
Brussels
Concert
Cummings and Goings. TRY OUT
Trio Grande
Jazz Station
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Trio Grande
Wamen (RUCHE TOUR) + Furah
Édith Piaf meets neo-soul. For fans of French chanson, poetic lyrics and powerful female voices.
Wamen is a Franco-Cameroonian artist drawing inspiration from both African and European traditions. Think of performers like Nina Simone, Édith Piaf and Jacques Brel. Her music is organic and straightforward, yet rich in complex emotions. Her work revolves around words: direct, poetic and deeply emotional. Wamen tells stories of love, loss and the fractures of a generation. With songs like “Discipline”, she also shows her fighting spirit, tackling social issues such as sexism head-on.
De Vaartkapoen @ Shoolstraat
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Concert
Wamen (RUCHE TOUR) + Furah
Jules & Jo – Le Futur est Génial - BXL sur Scènes
Le Jardin de ma Soeur
Brussels
Concert
Jules & Jo – Le Futur est Génial - BXL sur Scènes
Close Encounter
Open rehearsals: experience the orchestra up close and feel the power of our collective. In the historic Studio 4, you’ll find yourself right in the heart of the music—and in the world of the conductor, the soloist, or one of our musicians.
What will be rehearsed? We can’t say just yet—the rehearsal process follows its own path. But one thing is certain: you’ll be stepping straight into the core of our symphonic universe.
Flagey
Ixelles
Concert
Close Encounter
SpeakEasy: Spoken Word Brussels
Every second Thursday of the month, a multitalented open mic. More info on Facebook: SpeakEasy: Spoken Word Brussels
Every second Thursday of the month, a multilanguage open mic. SpeakEasy: Spoken Word Brussels is an open stage for emerging and established artists; poetry, stories, music and more. With a monthly special guest - someone who has something to say, a beautiful, necessary or poetic message. At SpeakEasy it is important that performers *and* audience feels good and safe, actively learning to oppose racism, sexism, LGTBQIA+ phobia and all the other bad -isms. Come amplify your voice! ---- Sign up 19.30, start 20.00. ---- Website SpeakEasy
GC Pianofabriek
Saint-Gilles
Concert
SpeakEasy: Spoken Word Brussels
NES
New wave French rap with futuristic production and a minimal, introspective, distinctive flow
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
NES
