Yesterday I went to Parkteateret to see Florence and the machine again. I was hoping that the small stage indoors would significantly make it a better performance than at Øya. I wasn’t wrong. It didn’t hurt matters that the audience knew better what they were coming for either.
To sum things up, it was a great concert. It was pretty much the same songs as on Øya, but they now had an acoustic part which was really great. Her voice is just in a league of itself.
Well, as I’m busy enough not to post very often – here is a bunch of new music!
I’ve had an account at Spotify from the very beginning, but I never saw the real use of it. That was until they launched their player for Android. (And btw, I love my HTC Hero, bye bye iPhone and Windows Mobile!!) So, for you other using Spotify, here’s one of my playlists!
Øya was so much fun, I didn’t even mind the rain the last day, because it was the last day(doh), and it’s vacation time again.
The only thing that annoyed me from the very beginning, which meant I had to put it away mentally already on Wednesday, was the quality of the sound. I mean, come on! The Enga stage just had terrible sound, the bass drowned out everything, including vocals. *put it away again*
Røyksopp was at times amazing, in spite of strange stage behavior and some bad song choices. Erol Alkan was brilliant. Beirut was a bit of a letdown. He seemed nervous.
Florence and the machine was perhaps the best concert, if taken into the consideration all the technical problems they had. She’s crazy, or perhaps just high on cocaine, I mean when you go off stage with a nose bleed, what’s a poor audience to think? Her voice is just amazing, also live.
Fever Ray, Bon Iver, Band of Horses, Mew etc. I’m happy!
is simply lacking these days… Too much happening, too many things that I would like to do, projects I would like to finish. New music should be coming soon, but between vacations and work, I have prioritized other things.
For all Spotify users and Øya participants, this link should be useful!
Ok, so this wasn’t finished as it should have been, but I’m taking a little break and leaving for Croatia. Will update when I get back home, or online on my vacation.
This is probably the concert I’m looking forward to the most. Florence Welch is 21 and was just nominated to the Mercury award and is also the favorite for winning it. I don’t disagree. Her album Lungs which was released on the 6th of June is an amazing debut album. It’s filled with pearls, both musically and lyrically. It is very, very rare that I can actually listen to whole albums these days. But this is one of them. You should too!
I’ve included some mp3s and some YouTubes. They are all favorites!
Glasvegas should be a familiar name. I actually first heard them when I saw their songs were very popular on Spotify. Not quite my cup of tea, but they are good.
No, I’m not talking about comics. Shazam is one of the few programs that have managed to impress me immensely lately. Have you ever heard a song and wondered what it was? Seen a commercial and thought “Hey, that song is so cool!”?
Well, Shazam solves the problem. You install it, preferably on a phone, put the microphone close enough to the music, and let it scan. Yes, it works. Not only does it work, it works seemingly perfect! You would expect it to only recognize pop music, but no, it takes everything it seems, including mashups. Haven’t tried it with classical music, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
This is perhaps a bit cowardly way to present music, not much personality over it. Anyway, my planned tour of Wednesday is the one marked in red. This day is more or less indie vs rock.
If you got a song you think I should hear, or post, send me an email with a link or the song. You can reach me at
music(that symbol)lackoffreewill(one dot)net
