Last night I saw Get Well Soon at Winterthurer Musikfestwochen (review coming up) and I was reminded of just how remarkably creative Konstantin Gropper is, both lyrically and musically. Really impressive and affecting. They played ‘Roland, I Feel You’, a track from their brand new album La Bestia Scarlatta Con Sette Teste (The Scarlet Beast … Continue reading »
And we have lift off – the 37th Winterthurer Musikfestwochen starts today! Twelve days of sunshine, fab music (incl. lots of free stuff), open air cinema and all-round good end-of-summer vibes. You’ll be there, won’t you? As usual, the festival has a bumper programme, with freebie concerts from likes of Isbells, Max Prosa, The Bianca Story, … Continue reading »
Well, this is pretty damn exciting – after a three year absence from the stage, epic Icelandic band Sigur Rós are headlining the Winterthurer Musikfestwochen in August 2012, along with Get Well Soon, and Leech. Woohoo! I’ve never seen Sigur Rós, but they’ve always been on my list of must-see bands. I saw Jonsi at … Continue reading »
I arrived prepared for battle with the elements, with heavy-duty wet weather gear, gumboots and 4 layers of clothes. The skies stretched cold, grey and dreary overhead as I picked my way carefully through the mud and flotation devices masquerading as walkways scattered around the festival site. Continue reading »
Day 2: Yawning, stretching and cursing the sticky, stinking mud. Great wallows of mud, as far as the eye could see, with flotation devices masquerading as wooden walkways in the deeper crevices. Good people watching (and no small amount of schadenfreude) to be had watching the look of horror on the faces of new arrivals … Continue reading »
The heavens opened up with full force yesterday for the the first day of Zurich Openair. Gumboots and rain ponchos were de rigeur amidst the squelching puddles of mud and torrential rain. A staunch crowd braved the elements to see The Shout Out Louds, a crushing (literally) show from The Hives, Hole, the awesome Vive … Continue reading »
