I don't know how many times I've seen Der Tante Renate so far, but this dude cracks me up every time, no matter how bad I feel. Still, I can't get over the fact that he was in Loxiran - but maybe this is scientific evidence that your music gets so much better once you start drinking. I mean, just think of Poison Idea being a straight edge band... pheeew. I have picked this show as a particular outstanding one, because it was the first time I have seen Renate play his incredible cover of Slayer's "Raining Blood". Plus, Saalschutz also performed that night, added to the fun, and things went wild. Nice bonus.
OBSTACLES
One of the two times that I've seen Obstacles this year, and one of the reasons why I started to develop a love affair with this wonderful band. Miss Cowcow and me travelled to the show for the sole reason that my friend Emil would fill in on bass for them on this tour. If you know Emil, you know how incredibly awesome he is. If you don't know Emil, at least make sure to check out the wonderful record label he runs. So, well... here I am at a show in a foreign country, not knowing what to expect at all, Obstacles get on the stage, hit the first few chords, and I am hooked. In a time when brain damaged art students decide to play instrumental post rock just because an Explosions In The Sky-reference gets you laid, Obstacles is a breath of fresh air. They r-o-c-k. Watch this space for an interview, dude.
BleubirdOh, praise the glory of independent hip hop! And no, you idiot, I am not talking about Anticon... if this is all you know, you just have not been digging deep enough. Monsieur Bleubird has a free download EP available here, do yourself a favour and check it out. So, well... me and Mieze Medusa spent the day with these two distinguished gentlemen over coffee, and then witnessed a show later that night which left us both speechless. Audio88 dropped a lot of words that didn't even rhyme (Literature anyone? Do you still know what that is, in times of teh intOrwebz?) over beats that would have made El-P proud, and the 'bird just went crazy. And when I say "crazy", I mean ker-razy in an HR kind of way, including backflips and everything else that hurts backs and muscles. That night, a handful of people with a clue saw two of the best contemporary hip hop acts, while you were probably sitting at home and downloading G-Unit and Kool Savas tracks.
JACK TERRICLOTH
This man can do no wrong. I mean it. From the criminally underrated Sticks & Stones all the way to The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Jack Terricloth is the man. He can wrestle with words in a way that's both punk and literature at the same time, he is one hell of an entertainer, and... oh, the voice! (And by the way, while you're at it, check out his book The Collected Cloth. One of the best reads in a long, long time). So, anyway - the reason I picked this show in particular over the W/IFS show a few months later was because (a) it was at a squat, (b) intimate and charming like a candlelight dinner, and (c) J.T. played "Theme Song For Nothing", which is one of my all time fave songs.
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