Cairo Liberation Front @ Dudok / Photo by Jostijn Ligtvoet
Tilburg is a fairly big city by Dutch standards, but to outsiders, it feels small, cozy, even. It's supremely walkable, easy to navigate, and charmingly European, and best of all, its residents are completely unfazed by the streams of weirdos and riff-hounds that pack its streets several times a year. Incubate, the long-running "annual celebration of cutting-edge culture" that takes over the city for an entire week each year, brings out some of the wildest, most unexpected, and most fanciful artists in the world. Noisey was on hand at this year's edition to document some of the magic (and spent most of the weekend communing with its darkest offerings at the Natuurtheater).
Check out a rogue's gallery of these amazing artists and talented weirdos below, shot by Incubate photographers William van der Voort, Jostijn Ligtvoet, Jan Rijk, Niels Vinck, Paul Verhagen, Tomas Mutsaers, Minco den Heyer, and Thomas Quack.
Photo by William van der Voort
MERZBOW
Photo by Jostijn Ligtvoet
PRIMITIVE MAN
Photo by Niels Vinck
MERZBOW + FULL OF HELL
Photo by Niels Vinck
ADAM GREEN
Photo by Tomas Mutsaers
ALCEST
Photo by Jostijn Ligtvoet
CAIRO LIBERATION FRONT
Photo by Jan Rijk
DEAD NEANDERTHALS
Photo by Jan Rijk
ZAZAZOZO
Photo by Jan Rijk
INCUBATE RADIO + WALTER ROADBURN
Photo by William van der Voort
EAST INDIA YOUTH
Photo by Jan Rijk
TO LIVE AND SHAVE IN LA
Photo by Jostijn Ligtvoet
GGU:LL + FARIDA LEMOUCHI (THE DEVIL'S BLOOD)
Photo by Paul Verhagen
GIRL BAND
Photo by Jan Rijk
ACID ARAB
Photo by Jostijn Ligtvoet
THE WIRE INCUBATE ALL-STARS
Photo by Thomas Quack
JEFFREY LEWIS
Photo by William van der Voort
THE SHIVAS
Photo by Minco den Heyer
FCKN BSTRDS
Photo by Niels Vinck
KISS THE ANUS OF A BLACK CAT
Photo by Jan Rijk
THE SOFT MOON
Photo by William van der Voort
LAVINIA MEIJER
Photo by Jostijn Ligtvoet
DIY SYNTH CONVENTION
Photo by William van der Voort
LIQUID LOFT
Photo by Jostijn Ligtvoet
THE MELVINS
Photo by Jan Rijk
INCUBATE 2015
Photo by Jostijn Ligtvoet
TEARIST
Photo by Jostijn Ligtvoet
DENGUE FEVER
Photo by Jostijn Ligtvoet
SOLIDS
Photo by Jan Rijk
SHINING
Photo by Jurgen van Hest
INCUBATE 2015
Photo by William van der Voort
Kim Kelly is heading back to Tilburg in a few months, but for now, is reliving the magic on Twitter.