02.02.2009
Kaiser Chiefs, at Coliseu de Lisboa, yesterday: what a great band, what a great gig, what a great night! I’m in luuuuurve!
Kaiser Chiefs, at Coliseu de Lisboa, yesterday: what a great band, what a great gig, what a great night! I’m in luuuuurve!
Five amazing musicians, a cozy little jazz club and a few g&ts in good company made for an excellent night out, despite the stormy weather we had to face to get out there.
In a band’s history, second album gigs are usually the best. When a band has only one album, they can’t afford being picky, and just have to play everything they have. If they have a few more albums, they have to be too selective, and sometimes losing some really good songs, or risking very long […]
Saturday, 26th January 2008, Coliseu dos Recreios - Lisbon. What a great night! The No Smoking Orchestra play music-to-make-you-happy, which the people who name these sort of things decided to call “Gypsy techno-rock”. As expected, the show was as much a rock concert as it was a circus act, with a big ensemble of quirky characters, part […]
The Cure are coming to town! Being one of those bands I totally ignored when I was a teenager and people around me were going nuts about them, I never got to see them live, and was starting to worry I never would. The ticket is safely bought now, so it’s looking like I will be able to cross them out of my list of never attended gigs. Another band coming off that list is Emir Kusturica’s, in three weeks, which should be a great concert as well.
As expected, 2008 is looking good from here. I wonder what surprises will the Summer festivals bring.
Yesterday’s Interpol gig in Lisbon’s Coliseu dos Recreios was great. I was a tad too tired to join the crowd and jump like a teenager, which is how I always behave like in concerts, but we found a very nice sitting spot with a good view of the stage and enjoyed every minute of it. I […]