FlyingCloud
Forum Replies Created
-
last night I saw… the Arcade Fire, finally
:):)fortunately the singular showcase in March in Berlin (where I didn’t go) has been followed by a decent germany tour with a stop in my city
I don’t know how many people go into that hall, over 500 I think, and it was really full. I had a nice close spot on the stairs up to the gallery, and a perfect view over the stage. first come first servethe opener was a guy called Owen with his amplified violin. he had some loop pedals and so he first recorded some picking sounds and strange noises to finally accompany himself, which came out weird but charming and intense, so I wish him well with his new record contract. later it turned out that he was also one of the many Arcade Fire members on stage.
then the 8 piece band entered the stage, swirling around, trading and sharing mics and instruments all through the show. Régine Chassagne was surely the one who turned all eyes on her the most, as she was singing, playing and acting devotedly in her fascinating, innocently professional way.
other band members were climbing up the stage columns, hitting everything with their drumsticks what made a sound. and all through the bustle, every single note was hit to the point by everyone. The songs from Funeral and some earlier songs were filled with life and energy, it was demonstrated how complex they are in their simplicity. so there was so much to view and to listen to, it felt like being in a magical theatre
they didn’t play long, but everyone understood that the band has given all they could, and everyone left happy
the Arcade Fire got lots of attention over here, goo, lately, but I wouldn’t say they’re overrated, but just get the attention they deserve, even though their sound might not fit into the current styles. I can only recommend to listen to "Funeral", if not already done.
I just found that there is a new fan forum on loobiecore:
the new Sleater-Kinney album "the Woods" will be out on May 24.
It is already streamed on their homepage: http://www.sleater-kinney.com/”>http://www.sleater-kinney.com/"Hansione" wrote:BTW I?ve got tickets for Lou Barlow?s show on the 25th of mai
cool!!! will be interesting to hear how you liked it
I’ve got a ticket for Lou Barlow right for tonight, so I’ve gotta run🙂I totally fell in love with the new Beck album Guero
…at the first listen it sounds restrained, but then the great tunes, guitar bits and sound pieces add together, and become catchy as hell. can’t get the stupidly ingenious na-na-na from E-Pro out of my ears since days, and the song Missing is simply brilliant.. and lots of other great songs to detect. I recommend anyone who ever liked Beck, to give this album a chance
New date according to dinosaurjr.com: Amsterdam/ Paradiso on June 14
great find, indeed!
"Show Me The Way" now on Bug!
translations Japanese to English: Babelfish translation, just paste the site link there and select the languages needed, and it translates the entire site.
for exchange rates, there are currency calculators
Hamburg would definitely be cool!
…but I doubt it. the Hurricane festival is too close to Hamburg, about 80km.
those who book a tour don’t understand that the Hurricane festival is like on another planet, and that it’s not at all comparable to the regular shows here in the city. Hamburg is big enough to have a good venue filled despite of that festival!
well, both Modest Mouse and the Pixies played Hurricane last year and also skipped Hamburg
(MM and the Pixies played there at the same time on different stages and the fans who liked both had nervous breakdowns, also, because the sound of both bands mixed in a horrible way, as the stages weren’t far enough from each other 
)would be interesting to read that interview/article, dB!
…and there’s a very new show date on dinosaurjr.com:
Gent (Belgium) on Tuesday, June 14, @ Vooruit
wow, what a Euro tour so far! Groningen/Netherlands -> London -> North Germany -> South Germany -> Berlin -> Belgium. quite a zig zag tour with long distances to cover
I wonder what the TBA date on June 15 will be like!
on the sites of the Hurricane and Southside festivals, the timetable is now out. And it says for Dinosaur Jr:
Hurricane festival: SAT 11, 1:00 – 2:00 am
Southside festival: SUN 12, 9:00 -10:00 pm(…the dates on dinosaurjr.com are the other way round…)
on both festivals, Dinosaur Jr is the last band to play on the respective night, and other than most of the bands they’ll play 1 hour instead of about 45 minutes
A sad chapter is the ticket price. there are no day tickets like in the last years, and for the entire w/e, it’t 89 Euros + 5 Euros refuse fee
Among the other bands, there’s no "must-have" band for me.
the bands are: 3 Doors Down · Amplifier · And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead · Ashton! · Athlete · Audioslave · Beatsteaks · Beck · Boysetsfire · Brendan Benson · Broken Social Scene · Cake · Die Ärzte · Dinosaur Jr. · Eagles of Death Metal · Fantômas · Feist · Flogging Molly · Kettcar · La Vela Puerca · Madrugada · Madsen · Millencolin · Moneybrother · New Order · Nine Inch Nails · Oasis · Olli Schulz und der Hund Marie · Phoenix · Queens of the Stone Age · Rammstein · Sarah Bettens · SKA-P · Slut · Swosh! · System of a Down · Team Sleep · The Dresden Dolls · The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster · The Stands · Turbonegro · Underoath · Wir Sind Helden ·so I’m still unsure if I’ll go to the Hurricane festival, although it’s quite close to where I live. I’m hoping for more Euro dates. and of course there is the London shows, for which I already have my ticket
🙂
