“My God! What have I done?” – David Byrne plays Falkoner Salen, Copenhagen
David Byrne played Falkoner Salen in Copenhagen. But for some unknown reason, he brought dancers …
Roskilde Festival 2008 – day 4 (in English)
Sunday I arrived to the Festival in time for Slayer. Well, what can I say? Their power and precision is impressive. But it seems to me they are still playing a style of metal that once was groundbreaking but since …
Roskilde Festival 2008 – day 3 (in English)
Tokyo Police Club was a great starter for my third afternoon at Roskilde. These young Canadians delivered their hard and fast rocking beat with the casual detachment of The Strokes or (my personal favourites) The Rakes. Danish The Fashion offered …
Roskilde Festival 2008 – day 2 (in English)
The programme described Polarkreis 18 as a German answer to Muse and Radiohead. And they did have the crystal-clear vocals of the former and the brooding chord sequences of the latter, but at times an infectious disco beat lifted their …
Roskilde Festival 2008 – day 1 (in English)
It just struck me: The Roskilde Festival can be seen as an embodiment of the civilized Danish society. Only the Danes could manage to make a huge rock festival so safe and comfortable. I arrived midway through MGMT‘s set – …
Club Transmediale – synthpoppens grand old man
Mandag aften var Maria am Ostbahnhof i det gamle Østberlin fyldt til randen af forventningsfulde elektropopfans. De fleste var sandsynligvis kommet for at se giraffen – synthpoppens grand old man, Jean-Jacques Perrey, som helt tilbage i 50′erne skabte en revolutionerende …
Jörg Immendorff retrospective, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Saw the Jörg Immendorf retrospective exhibit at the Neue Nationalgalerie. Brilliant stuff. The collection of works spanned his entire career: Naivist Fluxus-type stuff, socialist realism from the 70es, “wild” paintings from the 80es. And then his recent work, which impressed …
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Bob Moog – den elektroniske musiks Onkel Morfar
Ingen rundsave på albuerne. Ydmyg til det selvudslettende og kun drevet af ønsket om at løse andres problemer bedst muligt. Alligevel var han både en succesrig forretningsmand og sågar en kultfigur. Sidste efterår mødte vi manden, der opfandt synthesizeren, Dr. …
Pet Shop Boys – en panserkrydser på tværs af genrer
I Berlin fortsætter sommeren ofte ind i september, og på denne varme aften er der næppe en sky på himlen – perfekt til en udendørskoncert. Alt er udsolgt, og de heldige forsamles i den lille have foran det pompøse Alte …
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Roskilde Festival 2005 – day 4 (in English)
The Futureheads offered an explosion of pure energy. Absurd as it is to imagine a cross between Devo and The Proclaimers, delivered with the pop-punk simplicity of The Buzzcocks, The Futureheads make it work. I had a great time, but …