tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95510942011-04-22T05:02:52.952+02:00short and (occasionally) not so short ramblings about the live music that i have "witnessed".werwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01272734324755631712noreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551094.post-19607985283695044082007-06-27T11:24:00.000+02:002007-06-27T11:25:13.888+02:00

now that the backlog of concerts is cleared (i've missed so many that i'd rather have seen, but that's life) upcoming posts will be longer. hopefully. stay around. cheers.

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SHITDISCOflex / vienna, austria14th may 2007out of all the so-called "nu reve" [1999 they would've still been called electroclash] acts to crash into our hi-fi equipments these days, SHITDISCO easily rank among my favorites. and they proved their worth with a brilliant live show in front of tiny, lethargic (as to almost be autistic), yet quite appreciative audience.

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BLOC PARTY / BIFFY CLYROgasometer / vienna, austria05th may 2007in terms of popularity BLOC PARTY had every right to be headlining this gig. but in terms of live quality... well, BIFFY CLYRO just couldn't be beat.not that BLOC PARTY were bad, not at all! it was just a bit... lacking. standing in the audience you'd always expect something more, the moment where it all breaks out and you really

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CSSflex / vienna, austria13th april 2007there's just something about a bunch of brazilian girls/guys pushing out some electroclashy mix of rock and electro that has to go to your heart. and in CANSEI DE SER SEXY's (CSS) case it really did. at least for me. at least on record.live? well, many are of the opinion that they are great live. and that they have been so this time. not me. i thought it

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KING TIGERplanet music / vienna, austria06th april 2007another outstanding but under-appreciated peformance by KING TIGER, this time at the fluxus wear party.has to be said though that they had maximum audience, more than the supposedly headlining SHARONAS.

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BEATSTEAKSporgy & bess / vienna, austria01st april 2007FM4 surprise concert with the BEATSTEAKS? yeah! and it turned out great. porgy & bess was packed and damp and sweaty, the band ripped into their set (as always) and everybody went home very satsified. good, innit?

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KLAXONSflex / vienna, austria19th march 2007"golden skans" made me check them out, "from atlantis to interzone" and "four horsemen of 2012" made me really appreciate them. they have been credited with coming up with the term "nu reve", more as a joke than anything else, but it's ironically quite fitting to the KLAXONS' highly recognizable blend of punk, british rock tradition, electro, acid and

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ROGER CICEROstadthalle f / vienna, austria17th march 2007ROGER CICERO is one of the many artists i have to work with and his music is, honestly, not what i would listen to in the sanctuary of my own 4 walls.but he's a.) a great performer and singer, b.) has an amazing band to back him up and c.) is a very professional, friendly and nice guy to work with. all of these things together culminated in

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TOOL / MASTODONstadthalle / vienna, austria19th november 2006don't care what people say, MASTODON is a great live band!seen them before in the arena - that was shortly before or after the release of "remission" - and they blew me away.unfortunately that wasn't the case this time. shitty sound, quite unfocussed performance... don't know, maybe they had a bad day or it just wasn't the right venue

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ENTOMBED / DISMEMBER / UNLEASHED / GRAVEplanet music / vienna, austria14th november 2006hey, come on, what do i need to say?!GRAVE? death metal legends in their own right. have to say i don't care much for anything after the second album, but that's just me.UNLEASHED? if there's anything like soccer-anthem death metal, then UNLEASHED must be the king's of that genre. or do you know many other

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FUOCOshelter / vienna, austria26th october 2006my good friend florian baum and his band FUOCO came to town. psychedelica rules ok!great musicians, some extremely intriguing songs, very few not so good ones (sorry, flo!). highly recommended!

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THE VERONICASraiffeisen forum / vienna, austria05th october 2006poor girls! it was supposed to be a nice unplugged show case, 3 songs, some fans, lotsa media people. what it turned out to be was: few fans, few media people, bad sound. a bit embarassing actually, but it's nobody's fault.

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DEICHKINDarena / vienna, austria27th july 2006german hip hop act DEICHKIND have turned into german electroclash performers DEICHKIND. great stuff! in your face all the time and loud and funny. these guys rule!

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NITZER EBBszene wien / vienna, austria7th july 2006a really great ebm / industrial dance band, famous in the 80ies, then kind of disappearing from view and coming back now. "murderous" has become the traditional finishing song for all my electro dj sets.

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JESUszene wien / vienna, austria22nd may 2006justin broadrick of GODFLESH fame back with a new project, calling it JESU.interesting on cd, rather lacking as live band.

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SADUSmonastery / vienna, austria26th april 2006steve di giorgio is back with SADUS! thrash metal at its finest! great show!and there was an italian support act, unfortunately i can't remember their name, but they were quite good as well.

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EMIR KUSTURICA & NSOwuk / vienna, austria11th april 2006well, what is there to say besides: unza unza time!good fun, highly recommended.

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BILL FRISELLgartenbau kino / vienna, austria01st april 2006amazing musician BILL FRISELL was in vienna during the VIENNAL to perform his music written for three highly interesting silent movies. absolutely fascinating!

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well, my live eyes have been blinded for some time now, due to various reasons. i hope to be able to change this now and keep on posting in a more regular fashion again. first things, quick recaps of all the shows i haven't posted about. not as long as usually, but what the heck...

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ATOMIC BITCHWAX / CYRUSSescape / vienna, austria08th march 2006ranking very high among my favorite new riff-rock bands are the infamously little known (at least hereabouts) ATOMIC BITCHWAX. consisting of chris kosnik of GODPSEED, keith ackerman (who used to play with probably my most favorite stoner band, SOLACE) and until recently also ed mundell of MONSTER MAGNET fame, who has now been replaced

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SUNN O))) / EARTH / PITAszene wien / vienna, austria28th february 2006my penchant for the more adventurous and experimental manifestations of modern rock music have, a couple of years ago (i'd say it was probably 2001), led me to a band that had named itself after a defunct brand of bass amps: SUNN O))). only shortly after i had found out about the band they released a record, that is to this day

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CATHEDRAL / ELECTRIC WIZARD / GRAND MAGUSarena / vienna, austria15th february 2006DOOM ASSAULT! oh, baby, yeah! what a great line-up! i was drooling over this concert for months. finally, the day arrived.let's start with the openers of the gig, GRAND MAGUS. these swedish stoner metalheads just kick ass and fiercly so! seen them once before and they blew me away. this time they rocked solid, no

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SEEEDgasometer / vienna, austria14th february 2006thumping bass, crispy electronics, dub-heavy samples, soulful background vocals, groovy horn section and energetic lead vocals - bas(s)ed on dancehall, tinged with reggae, a touch of soul and some sprinkles of electro and hip hop.welcome to the world of SEEED.third or fourth time i've seen this band now and never disappointed. just check out the

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SASHAorpheum / vienna, austria13th february 2006the good thing about my line of work is that i get in touch with music that i usually wouldn't take much notice of. for instance SASHA.this german pop singer is coming back with a new album and i am his austrian product manager. so far, so good. i did know that he personally is a very likeable and charming fellow. also, i was told that he's pretty

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YAMATOhalle e, museumsquartier / vienna, austria25th january 2006for all the disappointment that angie reed's performance brought, YAMATO cleared all of it away and had me watch on in slackjawed amazement.my fascniation with rythmic instruments has a long history and there were many opportunities for me to watch masters of the art perform and display almost unbelievabel skill. yet, what the

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ANGIE REEDtanzhalle / hamburg, germany20th january 2006if the first concert of the year has any prophetic properties, than this is going to be a bad year for my gig-going activities.sure, i like ANGIE REED. there's much to be discovered in her brand of electronica cabaret. but that's just it: if you want to tell a story, you need to be able to tell a story. angie's performance at the tanzhalle in

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OPETHszene wien / vienna, austria17th december 2005notice a trend there? another brilliant concert at the szene. and this time, i think they hit the jackpot. this was probably the most impressive and best concert of 2005, i dare say.hopefully everyone knows who OPETH are by now, because if not... well, then you seriously missed out on one of the best acts of the last decade. the venue was,

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GOGOL BORDELLO / THROW RAGszene wien / vienna, austria16th december 2005i've seen some of the best concert of 2005 at the szene wien. time and time again the venue proves itself as innovative, daring and quality oriented. and they even manage to make a buck just when you'd think that they are hanging in the ropes and it seems to look really dreary. no, really, i hope the szene is going to be

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LOUIE AUSTENone smart space / vienna, austria14th december 2005this wasn't a real concert. i'm not even sure if i should include it here. but i do, because there's a story to tell. see how desperate i am?a german colleague - julia labonte (check out here parties next time you're in hamburg and look out for her djing) - spent a week in vienna and she just had to see LOUIE AUSTEN. her many contacts

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JAHCOOZIflex / vienna, austria12th december 2005M.I.A. cleared the path for similar acts and now they finally get the chance to scratch a bit more at the surface. make way for JAHCOOZI!the trio mixes dancehall, ragga, reggae, soul and even pop into a dominating base of heavy low-end electronics, with a few glitches and small bits and pieces of sampling thrown in to make it crunchy. live all eyes

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THE HAUNTED / GOD FORBID / GOD DETHRONEDszene wien / vienna, austria10th december 2005who still remembers AT THE GATES? those of you that do: who remembers the buzz when the first rumors of a band named THE HAUNTED were spread? oh yeah. what a kick it was to have music like that back in our laps, eh? a couple of years down the line and THE HAUNTED are back to form after a bit of mucking around in

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GORGOROTH / 1349planet music / vienna, austria17th november 2005there was a time when i liked black metal. never really too big on it but there were a few acts that really stood out. like (the now unfortunately defunct) EMPEROR or the early incarnations of ULVER (and to this day i still like all that comes from the progress mill that is UVLER). GORGOROTH on the other hand aren't quite my cup of

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YOUNG GODSszene wien / vienna, austria16th november 2005a month of cult bands! first NEW MODEL ARMY and then the YOUNG GODS.and what a great show it was. they didn't even bother with their more recent ambient and orchestral stuff, but went straight for the jugular. "envoye", "skinflowers", "gasoline man" and all their other tracks of that ilk. still fascinating, after so many years of technical

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KING TIGERb72 / vienna, austria15th november 2005KING TIGER were at it again! really, there's not much to say about this band, then i've said before: they rock!nice gimmick for this gig: sitting on me and a friend's shoulders both guitarists fought ought a solo showdown in the crowd.

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NEW MODEL ARMYplanet music / vienna, austria14th november 2005there are some acts that always linger there on the borders of one's perception but never really make it into focus. until something happens. and then you realize what a fool you've been and that you should've taken interest way sooner. NEW MODEL ARMY is one of these bands. a couple of years earlier i found a live recording of the band

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T.RAUMSCHMIEREwuk / vienna, austria14th october 2005i wasn't 'there' when the whole electroclash / electropunk business started over there in new york. and i wasn't 'there' when it got bigger in berlin. but i clearly remember hearin WIT and some early ATOC things at the end of the 90ies. and i very clearly remember a very dear friend of mine babbling enthusiastically about something called

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FUOCO / URBAN EGO / THEDORISOPEN / THE DEFENDANTSszene / vienna, austria8th october 2005call me an arrogant bastard, but most of the austrian bands are shit. sure, there are many good ones as well, no doubt about it, and i'm first out there to give them support. but there are just so many aweful ones and, incidentally, those are the ones that usually get the most support. let's not elaborate on

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KAIZERS ORCHESTRAszene / vienna, austria28th september 2005there is no sure-fire way of testint whether a patricular concert was good or not. of course, there are the main 'ingredients' (if you will) like good sound, good crowd and things like that. but that's about it. you can't compare a concert of, say, THE BOSTON POPS with that of J.G. THIRLWELL or LOOPTROOP. totally different things. but if

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THE ROBOCOP KRAUSb72 / vienna, austria25th september 2005after the CAESARS had finished - see previous post - we moved to the B72, a very cool and small club in the city. THE ROBOCOP KRAUS were playing.we got there long before their stage time, which left me some time to socialize and talk with a couple of friends and business partners. i should've done more of that and not even cared about the

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CAESARSflex / vienna, austria25th september 2005most people will know the song "jerk it out" by the CAESARS. but only few know that the song is called "jerk it out". and even less know that it is by the CAESARS. sad but true, but due to change (hopefully). they'd deserve some more recognition at least.playing their 60ies inspired, farfisa organ adorned, glam version of garage punk, the CAESARS

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FUOCO / MINZEsargfabrik / vienna, austria23rd september 2005FUOCO is the band of florian baum, a young man i met and befriended when he was working for the local emi music company. a very talented fellow: played all the instruments on his demo himself and, believe me, it sounds like a fullfledged band. something you need to know about him: he's a huge THE DOORS fan.together with his brother and

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HELLACOPTERSflex / vienna, austria21st september 2005ok. so i am not a big HELLACOPTERS fan. heck, sure i like them! they are very good musicians, they're doing some great rock 'n' roll. i definitely like the HELLACOPTERS, but it's not like i care as much about them as many of my friends do.and to me they will always stay 'the band that used to be roadies of ENTOMBED'. but, hey, let me tell you

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DE LA SOULarena / vienna, austria12th september 2005'hey, how you doin'? sorry you can't get through. why don't you leave your name and your number and i'll get back to you.'or maybe this one'when we talkin' 'bout the vibes... vibrations... stakes is high! higher than high! you know them stakes is high!'or this one here'mirror, mirror on the wall, tell me mirror, what is wrong? can it be my de la

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PERE UBU / BULBULszene / vienna, austria11th september 2005who doesn't know PERE UBU? what? you? you don't know PERE UBU? good grief, person, go and read up about this band! very few other bands have been as influential in the post-rock and art-punk scene as PERE UBU were and probably still are. i remember my first contact with a PERE UBU record cleary. it was 1992 and we were hanging around a

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TWOdaysAweek FESTIVAL 2005wiesen / wiesen, austria31st august - 2nd september 2005there really isn't that much i can say about this festival, having missed the first 2 days of it. yeah, the name is misleading. it's actually 3 days. but since it started out as a 2-day-festival and over the years it evolved into a 2-day-plus festival, they (wisely) decided to keep the name and just don't take the '

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FM4 FREQUENCY FESTIVAL 2005salzburg ring / salzburg, austria18th - 20th august 2005well, it's been quite a while since my last entry here. there were quite a few concerts inbetween, but i just didn't have any time to write about them. this one's going to be all the bigger for it.i never was much of a festival goer myself. sure, it's fun if the line-up is good and you have someplace nice and cozy

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SLAYER / DISBELIEF / THE DUSKFALLarena / vienna, austria29th june 2005took me some time to write this one down. mainly because it wasn't as spectacular as i had hoped for it to be. the thing about SLAYER is that they're not the coolest guys in the book. so, they have their way of doing things and if it doesn't run smoothly that way they'll be a bit flabbergasted as to what to do next. and that's

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NOVA ROCK FESTIVALpannonia fields / burgenland, austria09th may 2005first of all a hint for everyone who ever thought about putting together an open air festival: DON'T DO IT ON FARMLAND! especially not freshly ploughed farmland, for fuck's sake! the reason why? if you're lucky and it's dry outside you're gonna have some massive dustclouds everywhere, because the people are gonna kick up the

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THE ARK / SUGARPLUM FAIRYszene / vienna, austria23rd mayi took too long to write this review. the impressions of that night have faded from my memory. most of them. what remains is a bright, shiny thing that jumps up and down with unbridled glee and innocent arrogance. you could sum up a THE ARK concert like that. we had missed SUGARPLUM FAIRY, but that didn't hurt much. i like the band, but i

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ARCADE FIREflex / vienna, austria21st may 2005missed ZITA SWOON on the 19th, which is quite a pity really, but had the opportunity to watch a great hungarian movie. whether it was worth missing those fantastic, crazy and absolutely brilliant belgians i don't know, but it was a great movie nevertheless. no regrets.on to the topic at hand, namely ARCADE FIRE. a tantalizing effort on "funeral", but

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ISIS / JESU / MONNOszene / vienna, austria16th may 2005one after the other. first thing: lots of people! was expecting many people, but not that many. quite a few guys and gals from eastern neighboring countries (hungary, poland, croatia, serbia, etc.) and also the usual hardcore scenesters. therefore many familiar and even more unfamiliar faces. good thing.first band: MONNO. boring. not bad, but

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TRUCKFIGHTERS / EL THULEarena / vienna, austria13th may 2005i made a headcount. 27. 27 people were attending the TRUCKFIGHTERS concert. hello? what the fuck is going on? actually, i can just imagine what IS going on, still... i would've assumed the rock-community in vienna to be more enthusiastic. of course, right now there's an overload in supply: each day there are 2 or sometimes even more good

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SUNRIDE /JUNIAS / THE ACCIDENTS (headliner)arena / vienna, austria10th may 2005stoner rock is not very popular in these parts. street punk on the other hand is quite popular. so much so, that a great support act - SUNRIDE - play in front of perhaps 30 people, while they have to be headlined by one of the worst street punk bands i have ever witnessed, THE ACCIDENTS, play in front of perhaps 150

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OVERKILL / 10 FOLD B-LOW / CONTRADICTIONplanet music / vienna, austria09th may 2005there is a certain magic to things that have accompanied you through a lengthy period of your time. things that you will perhaps one day look back upon and not really understand why you liked them in the first place, but somehow can't help feel nostalgic about it. even more beautiful if those things never lose

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JAMES BLUNT / SIRUPOPszene / vienna, austria07th may 2005ok, ok, so i confess - this is partly self-promotion. not self-promotion like "hey, i am james blunt!" - because i am not - but self-promotion like "hey, i did a great job with james blunt!". yeah, so this was james' very first concert in austria and his first european tour. that's why i am very glad that he could play his first show at the

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AWESOME MACHINE / MANNHAIarena / vienna, austria27th apr 2005i really wanted to post some pictures with this entry, but i can't seem to get the pictures off my v220. darn it all... if i manage i'll put the pics up at a later time.swedish stoner-powerhouse THE AWESOME MACHINE were in town and i was really looking forward to this concert in more than one way.first of all i'd always (well, at least

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HIGH ON FIRE / WINNEBAGO DEALszene / vienna, austria20th apr. 2005if i had to point the most menacing and heavy band i know, i'd probably have to say ELECTRIC WIZARD. but a very close second definitely are HIGH ON FIRE. not only do they kick ass, no, they kick ass like it's nobody's business!hot on the trails of their new, third album the mighty HIGH ON FIRE came to town and played a monstrous

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ROOTS MANUVAflex / vienna, austria21th mar. 2005witness the fitness! yes! ROOTS MANUVA is just brilliant! unfortunately i did not get to see much of the concert, which was mostly due to the very sudden and drastic decline of my mood which was caused by the people attending the concert. you see, i don't really care about "scenes" or what-have-you, i get along with pretty much everyone just fine.

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KISSOGRAMb72 / vienna, austria03rd mar. 2005those of you who understand german can check out this review that i have written about KISSOGRAM. for those that don't, let me summarize: if there ever was an intersection between post-punk and indie rock and electro and club-music, then KISSOGRAM has found it. best to visit their homepage and listen to what they do.let's talk about the concert. or

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ZEKEshelter / vienna, austria28th feb. 2005"areyouready?youready?ready?huh?ready?ready?go!1234!" - imagine that said within about 2 seconds. that's how ZEKE chimed in every block of songs. i say block, because they never played just a single song, but about 5 to 10 in one go, without interruption.for those that don't know ZEKE - the show lasted about 35 or maybe 40 minutes and they played about

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DRESDEN DOLLSflex / vienna, austria28th feb. 2005another day, another gig. ahh, sweet music! :)anyways, this was one gig to remember. the DRESDEN DOLLS describe themselves as brechtian punk cabaret - and sure enough that is pretty fitting. what made me take notice of this neat boston band was their constellation before i knew their music: piano and drums + vocals. that sounded intriguing and as i

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KAPTAIN SUNarena / vienna, austria21st feb. 2005swedish (i think) stoner rock act that has gone berserk! this needs explanation. i knew KAPTAIN SUN from their first ep, but not too well really. listened to a couple of their tracks on mail-order sites and similar related sites. back then they seemed to be going into very much the same direction as GRAND MAGUS for instance. only much heavier and

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USAISAMONSTER / VIALKAfluc_mensa / vienna, austria15th feb. 2005before i go into this review there's a little story i need to tell: in vienna there's the ERNST KIRCHWEGER HAUS. about 14 or 15 years ago a group of enthusiastic and zealous autonomous anarchists and turkish kurdish communists occupied the building, that was in the possession of the austrian communist party, and renamed it after

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LAST VEGAS / LOWDOWN HIGHarena / vienna, austria13th feb. 2005man, it's been a while since i last posted something here! which doesn't necessarily mean that i didn't go to any concert (i've been to FEIST, BREATHER RESIST, FETTES BROT, UK SUBS + VIBRATORS, SCORN, LUKE VIBERT, DJ ZINC and that's just to name a few that i have kept from you) , but i didn't quite manage to write a review about those

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THE FAINT flex / vienna, austria 13th dec. 2004 i've been following their exploits since their days as NORMAN BAILER, but like them a lot better as THE FAINT. and i finally got the chance to see them. ironically i missed about half of their show... for various reasons, which were partly unpleasant, but in any case were a great deal more important than that concert. nevertheless, i managed to be

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WHITEHOUSE / DAS FLEISCH fluc mensa / vienna, austria 12th dec. 2004 bouril, this one goes out to you. ;) the legendary WHITEHOUSE, precursors of what turned into noise, originators of "power electronics", played for the first time in over 10 years in austria again. they were supported by an act going by the name of DAS FLEISCH, who were more into ambient noise manipulations with live objects.

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MARDUK / NAPALM DEATH / FINNTROLL / VADER / BLACK DAHLIA MURDER / BELPHEGOR planet music / vienna, austria 11th dec. 2004 well, whaddaya know? after so many years, finally, another chance to see my heroes once more on stage: NAPALM DEATH!!! there are many bands that i really appreciate and have looked to for inspiration over the years, from many, many different genres, but there are only 3 that

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AEREOGRAMME flex / vienna, austria 9th dec. 2004 scotish indie rockers AEREOGRAMME sloshed their goodness all over the flex's stage yesterday... and no, not in THAT way, webkilla. now get your mind out of the gutter. their latest release is over a year old by now, but still nice to have these scottish beards in town. imagine what would happen if MOGWAI would finally grow some balls - yeah,

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JUNGLE BROTHERS flex / vienna, austria 6th dec. 2004 JBEEZ in da house!!! ok. anybody here who doesn't know about the JBEEZ? say what??!?! well, then .get fuckin' EDUCATED! just kidding. ;) but, yeah, the JUNGLE BROTHERS were one of the most influential hip hop combos of the late 80ies and early 90ies. basically you could call 'em the successors to AFRIKA BAMBAATA's massive and impressive

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THE END arena / vienna, austria 30th nov. 2004 jeez... i'm at a loss here. this was basically my first encounter with THE END, before that i had only sampled some of their songs on various compilations and/or at friend's places. after finding out about their concert in vienna, i decided it might be worth a shot. and it was not a bad concert at all, really, but i just could not make out what's so

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THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES (oeoc) planet music / vienna, austria 26th nov. 2004 i've been waiting years for this concert to happen... well, let me begin this newest entry in our live-review thread by saying that it was one heck of a strenous friday. first of all, i was (still am) ill with a cold - sore threat, snot clogging any free space in my head (of which there is a lot, virtually all of

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KONK PACK fluc mensa / vienna, austria 19th nov. 2004 and again at the fluc! christ, i love that place... anyway, KONK PACK... erm... how to describe KONK PACK. well, basically it's a project of electronics and jazz musicians. it's all about improvisation. they're a 3-piece: tim hodgkinson on guitar and electronics, thomas lehn on synths, roger turner on drums. ummm... ermmm... blaaa... fuck,

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KID KOALA fluc mensa / vienna, austria 17th nov. 2004 time and time again i find myself at the fluc and each return makes me a little bit more anxious and sad, because only a few more months and they might be closing down this wonderful spot of arts, subculture and unbriddled fun. fuckers... anyway, on to the topic at hand: KID KOALA. name might be familiar to some of you: canadian turntablist,

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DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN / POISON THE WELL / BURST / HOTCH POTCH / FRESNEL planet music / vienna, austria 15th nov. 2004 first of all, nobody ever told me that FRESNEL were playing! not a single mail-out, not on the venue's homepage, on no billboard did it ever say anything about FRESNEL!!! fuck! arrived too late, missed them. shit. HOTCH POTCH made up for that... NOT! i don't wanna slam the

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ARCHIVE / AVRIL wuk / vienna, austria 12th nov. 2004 crikey! ;) i've been waiting years for this band to finally show up hereabouts and they finally did! and even better: i get to be their project manager, how fuckin' terrific is that?! ARCHIVE are amazing! day started off pretty easy. did all of the preparations the day before so there would be no unnecessary hurry and hectic. got to the venue

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AKUFEN porgy & bess / vienna, austria 5th nov 2004 marc... erm, something (i always forget his last name and i'm too lazy to look it up now)... well, he's AKUFEN. for those that don't know AKUFEN: pretty interesting electronics, somewhere between leftfieldish experimentalism and electronic hip hop, partially sample-heavy. me likes! :) [no d'uh!] so, anyway, it was actually more of a

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T.RAUMSCHMIERE fluc_mensa / vienna, austria 22nd oct 2004 cor... that was one freakish evening! ok. so first you must know that i was up and about the entire week. not enough sleep, less relaxation, lots of alcohol, malnutrition. so, comes friday, rolling around and sez in my filofax in big bold letters T.RAUMSCHMIERE at the fluc_mensa. methinks: "nice one!" so i call up a couple of people who

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KING TIGER shelter / vienna, austria 3rd nov. 2004 KING TIGER! check out their homepage here. the band spun off from the ashes of my former band mar - mazo on drums and georg on lead guitar. all i have to say: BEST FRIGGIN' AUSTRIAN ROCK ACT EVER !!! these are some of the best rock musicians ever: georg's solo licks are amazing, peter (the 2nd guitarist) is always dead on and also plays

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THE FALL + some band that i don't remember its name anymore szene wien / vienna, austria 13th oct. 2004 yes, there indeed was a support band. but they sucked. i mean, they were a very nice bunch of people and kinda, you know, enthusiastic about what they did, but what they did was sort of... bad, really. there's no other way to put it. i guess, they were trying to be a mixture of post-punk

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PLACE OF SKULLS fluc_mensa / vienna, austria 09. oct. 2004 no rest for the wicked, or so they say. two days in a row i found myself at the fluc_mensa. by the way, check out the artsy fluc homepage. they are in danger of being shut down, because the city is contemplating renovating the buildings and rooms that are now home to fluc. i signed the petition against it. hope many other viennese will

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SIR ALICE + UMBERTO GOLLINI + ICKE MICKE DJs fluc-mensa / vienna, austria 08. oct. 2004 damn it, i love this city! vienna might be a tiny place and not have too much to show for itself... but that's only how it seems! for all its small-ness, vienna delivers frigging huge amounts of to-do-ables! especially whenever it comes to subculture. see SIR ALICE live at the fluc_mensa. the fluc itself is a

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ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY arena | vienna, austria 7th oct. 2004 hell yeah, y'all! fucking massive rock and fucking roll from virginia! but i'm getting ahead of myself. when we arrived at the venue there was a local band playing. opener. i think their name was DREADFACE, but i'm not sure. anyway, we were standing outside and could hear bits and pieces of their performances wafting through the door

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hey, hey! well, i've just realized that i use to start a "recently on stage" thread on whatever forum i spend some more time at... which is at the moment only... one... but, you know, usually. so, why not turn that into a blog? yeah, there you go. the basic idea is that i just write my own short live-reviews of whatever shows i have seen recently. that's about it. yeah, so to start things off,

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