Another missed gig, it's a shame...Lorenz went there for me.
Buddies: Ecki, Lorenz, Stolli
Lorenz took that photo:
19 November 2015
02 October 2015
Brad Mehldau & Friends - "The Salvation Hunters"
Location:
Konzerthaus Wien
Brad Mehldau, an extraordinary contemporary pianist and composer, plays his own soundtrack to "The Salvation Hunters"
Score: 4 out of 5
Buddy: Jakob
Again? Any time
Stage and screen set for the show:
Buddy: Jakob
Again? Any time
Stage and screen set for the show:
16 September 2015
Machine Head II
Location:
Majestic Music Club, Bratislava
If the first song of a gig starts with a Cirle Pit, you know that it will be a big evening...easily among my top 10 gigs.
Score: 5/5
Buddies: Stolly (thx for driving!), Tom
Merch: none
Again: probably yes
Big kudos to Bratislava and the venue, great place and nice people. Machine Head play the hell of a gig. (more to follow)
Buddies: Stolly (thx for driving!), Tom
Merch: none
Again: probably yes
Big kudos to Bratislava and the venue, great place and nice people. Machine Head play the hell of a gig. (more to follow)
04 July 2015
Fernwärme Wien Open Air II
Damn hot weather as last time, and look at the ticket price...
Score: 3 out of 5
Buddy: Täubchen
Again: definitely
Buddy: Täubchen
Again: definitely
29 May 2015
Fanfare Ciocarlia & Adrian Raso
An incredible Balkan brass band meets the band of a great guitarist. Wiener Konzerthaus is very good in performances like this.
Buddies: Taeubchen
Score: 5/5
Merch: nope
Again: anytime
To be completed...
Buddies: Taeubchen
Score: 5/5
Merch: nope
Again: anytime
To be completed...
08 April 2015
Laibach V
Even in its fifth reincarnation, Laibach surprise and fascinate. Got my first stamp into my NSK passport.
Only one year later, without a new release aside the Specre Remixes, Laibach perform another stellar gig. Spectre being still in its focus, but there was quite a lot of new (or otherwise unknown) stuff with them. Like last year, the first part of the gig was the more experimental one, yet very fascinating Laibach. Everything was much more abstract and demanding. Then came the obligatory 10 minutes break monitored by a countdown, again waltz music. This time the second break began quite experimental as well. Iron Sky was the first 'blockbuster' moment, and this performance made no prisoners, one of my personal highlights of this evening. Then the two speedy songs 'Eat Liver' and 'Bossanova', the heat rose. A rather reminiscent 'Geburt einer Nation' again reminded how strange Queen's 'One Vision' sounds with German lyrics. Near the end, then as always 'Tanz Mit Laibach' - and every year it's my impression that the song gets even more brutal. Eventually 'Leben Heißt Leben', polished up to today's standards, still the old, noisy song. On the downside, Arena was not that full although the hall has slimmed down considerably. And sometimes you had this substances in your nose with very very strange smells.
Whatever, Chapeau Laibach, I did not expect such an intense gig just a year later. If you want to, please visit Vienna every year.
Buddies: Täubchen, Michael, Werner; further colleagues (Daniel and Viktor)
Rating: 5/5
Merch: another belt (don't ask me where I lost my first one...)
Again: still much room left in my NSK passport
Only one year later, without a new release aside the Specre Remixes, Laibach perform another stellar gig. Spectre being still in its focus, but there was quite a lot of new (or otherwise unknown) stuff with them. Like last year, the first part of the gig was the more experimental one, yet very fascinating Laibach. Everything was much more abstract and demanding. Then came the obligatory 10 minutes break monitored by a countdown, again waltz music. This time the second break began quite experimental as well. Iron Sky was the first 'blockbuster' moment, and this performance made no prisoners, one of my personal highlights of this evening. Then the two speedy songs 'Eat Liver' and 'Bossanova', the heat rose. A rather reminiscent 'Geburt einer Nation' again reminded how strange Queen's 'One Vision' sounds with German lyrics. Near the end, then as always 'Tanz Mit Laibach' - and every year it's my impression that the song gets even more brutal. Eventually 'Leben Heißt Leben', polished up to today's standards, still the old, noisy song. On the downside, Arena was not that full although the hall has slimmed down considerably. And sometimes you had this substances in your nose with very very strange smells.
Whatever, Chapeau Laibach, I did not expect such an intense gig just a year later. If you want to, please visit Vienna every year.
02 March 2015
Crowbar, Kielkopf, Throes
SMOKING @ GIGS SUCKS COMPLETELY
Score: 2.5 out of 5
Buddy: Tom (Rob was also here)
Merch: none
Another Gig: no smokers' gigs anymore!
Call me a sucker, but I no longer can stand this. It seemed that everybody smoked as it was their last day on earth. Anything to mention about the support acts? No, we just left out to get some fresh air. During Crowbar, I wondered all the time how the band can actually stand this. I hardly did.
Not the best start into a new gig year.
Crowbar were decent anyway, and the sound was the best sound you can get at Viper Room, a remarkable good job this evening.
Buddy: Tom (Rob was also here)
Merch: none
Another Gig: no smokers' gigs anymore!
Call me a sucker, but I no longer can stand this. It seemed that everybody smoked as it was their last day on earth. Anything to mention about the support acts? No, we just left out to get some fresh air. During Crowbar, I wondered all the time how the band can actually stand this. I hardly did.
Not the best start into a new gig year.
Crowbar were decent anyway, and the sound was the best sound you can get at Viper Room, a remarkable good job this evening.
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