Mon 28 Sep – Future of the Left

Future of the Left last night in Botanique - this show was absolutely great. The band rocked from the very beginning till the very end, non-stop :) It’s a shame it’s become rare to see a band with punky vocals (and not only guitars!), which can bark and shout and scream and pull the energy of the room high high up. These guys definitely did it, in spite of the static belgian audience which just doesn’t seem to know to dance :p seriously, i’ve got no idea what the fuck is wrong…

Hi people,

I wanted to send this mail a long time ago, when your last album came out, but I never sat down to actually do it. So it's a bit late, in a sense, but anyway…
I wanted to tell you how much I miss your kick-ass approach, which used to groove in your previous stuff, and which simply isn't there anymore in Myth Takes. The whole idea of disco-PUNK turned into disco-something (maybe disco-hipster?), and instead of that original groove, there appeared much more mass-conforming melodies. Pitchfork celebrated you, while last.fm shoutbox got flooded with new fans…

Wed 11 Jun – Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, General Mindy

Stephen Malkmus is definitely a great musician. He knows what to do with the guitar, he knows to sing, and in so far he rocks. But (wo)man, is he distant when performing live, last night at this show of his (and it really was *his* show cause I think if all of us from the audience left the room, he wouldn't have even noticed it), he hardly ever even communicated with the people "on the other side" of the stage, he barely said "thanks" for an applaud… the best…

Sat 15 Dec – Magyar Posse / Circle / Pan Sonic & Arne Deforce / Aavikko & Samuli Alapuranen – + Polarparty

This was the first time I was at a show in Belgium at which the audience actually danced! Yes, it's true!!! :D After the static crowed at The New Pornographers' show in Brussels last month and even more frozen audience at the show of Liars (yes, people really didn't move there! i don't believe it either!), Aavikko finally managed to kick these asses! Maybe because half of the audience consisted of Finnish guests? :p let's hope not……

When I last time wrote about the show of The World/Inferno, I forgot to mention those tiny differences between the sorts of concerts. There are also shows which you can best describe with a simple WOW. —> Fri 26 Oct – Animal Collective, Islaja
Animal Collective makes you feel like having a trip through a specific mixture of your most special childhood dreams with fulfilled wishes and secret adventures. Something like in this animated movie Paprika… WOW :)

Thu 14 Jun – The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Gummo
Every time I walk out of the show of The World/Inferno Friendship Society, I say "Wow, this is the best show I've ever been too!…*long break before the next sentence*". This was the fourth one. And again, it's been The Best one I've ever been to! :)
There are shows which you watch, and there are those in which you take part (and it seems to me more and more that these ones are exactly where indie stops being punk). I prefer the latter ones.
Let me put it this…

… basically sucks. It's a shame in the town with 250.000 inhabitants there's no club with decent "indie" music. Not to mention the electro-punk direction… there's not even a club with electro-pop music. I don't understand this, since I really believe people would dance to such stuff (say, bands like Felix Da Housecat, Vive la Fete, New Young Pony Club, !!!, Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, etc.) I mean, these are really the classics of dance music nowadays. Don't know about Brussels, but if anybody knows an interesting club there, please let me know! Otherwise, seems…