On October 19 2011 Spoelstra did a live set at the Stubnitz in Rostock, Germany. The people of Subcity Radio were so kind to make a recording of this performance available online. Listen and enjoy here!
review
incendiary magazine
december 5 2011
by richard foster
How to beat that? Well, despite playing to a rapidly emptying room (due mainly to people anxious about getting trains); Spoelstra gives a performance of wit and bravura, drawing from his great LP The Almighty Internet,  as well as snatches from his EP and recent cassette release (a work which is encased in a strange book about his obsession with pallets). Those who hung around were smitten with both his music – a heady mix of glitchcore and bastardised alt.country – and his showmanship. This is a gregarious man who grins through his gigs, and expects you to as well; and he has a happy knack of making his act (which is really just a great deal of delay pedal pressing) look a lot of fun. Maybe it’s his silly crab-like walk which breaks out every time he uses his guitar. Whatever, what’s left of the crowd gives him a great and deserved reception.
Boutros Bubba bass player Freddie Mercury and drummer Vreselijk Ongeluk perform Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody while Spoelstra changes strings.
Mister Spoelstra will embark on a tour of International Cities of Big Importance this weekend. On Friday night he will play a gig in The Hague, the International City of Peace and Justice. The next day he will do a show in Erfurt, the birth place of that other musical genius. On Sunday Spoelstra will play in Berlin, the International Capitol of Hipsters and after a day of rest he will arrive in Leipzig, the International Capitol of Gothic Parties. The last day of his tour will see Spoelstra playing Rostock, the main port of call of the MS Stubnitz. That is exactly the place where Spoelstra will play, so this is your chance to see the man on a boat. After that Spoelstra will drive the lonely autobahn back home, to the International City of Cheese with Cumin Seeds.
