Showing posts with label Beach Boys. Show all posts
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A stand for gold

Posted by Patrik Edvardsson | Posted in , , , , , , , , | Posted on 1:48 PM

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Girls were wounderful last night. Singer and Curt Cobain look a like Christopher Owens moved his way through his debut album, easily jumping from fuzzy Beach Boys sounds via sun drenched No Age punk and pulled of an amazing version of their breakthrough ballad Hellhole Ratrace. Someone in the audience told him 'your so dreamy' and Owens answered, 'your mom is dreamy'. It was all very cosy and the second guitarists hair was epic.

Then we sneaked in to see Patrick Wolf (picture) in the big hall. I'm still trying to process that event. But just let me say that if Patrick Wolf happens to come to a town near you, I think you should go. He has one of those voices that makes the hair on your arms stand up like they were soldiers in the army. He also professed his love for Amsterdam, being the gay icon that he is, and when he left the scene in a gold covered outfit after several costume changes and recklessly throwing himself and his songs through everything from epic balladry to industrial metal (!) I biked home feeling I just witnessed something very special.

Tonight I am back in Paradiso to witness The Tallest Man On Earth. Or Bob Dylan junior, as I like to call him.

We'll tell you what to see

Posted by Patrik Edvardsson | Posted in , , , , , , , , , , , | Posted on 12:10 PM

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Delta Spirit - looks exactly like every other cold rock band on a pier

A little bit over a year ago I flew down from San Francisco to San Diego to visit a good friend of mine. We drove around in his American car with plastic details, listening to Jay-Z and The Knife (or ‘kniven’ as he likes to say). It was a nice time. Delta Spirit is also from San Diego. They play a beautiful combination of Americana/Northern Soul/Beach Boys/ sounding rock music. On Monday they stop by Amsterdam and Paradiso’s small stage. Tickets are 6 Euros and many things point to the fact that this might be one of the nicest experiences that 6 Euros can buy. Excluding a Whopper Meal at Burger King. Children is my favourite song of their album Ode To Sunshine from last year, you should immediately go here and download it:
http://outtheother.typepad.com/blog/2008/12/favorite-songs-of-08-1511.html

Or you can go here to watch them play the song during last years SXSW-festival (indie music’s equivalent of Queens Day).
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7YmslGNYRQ

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