“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 …
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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 – …
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 …
Roskilde Festival 2005, Day 2 (in English)
What would heavy metal sound like played in super-slowmotion? Something like Sunn O))): A deep, almost motionless drone – a primordial soup of distorted guitars and bass synthesizer. From the outside it sounded like the Odeon Stage had been transformed …
Roskilde Festival 2005, day 1 (in English)
The day started with perfect sunny weather, which amazingly ended up lasting for the entire festival. On the station I met Hans E. Madsen, whom I know from my Århus days. It turns out he was the mastermind behind (among …
Roskilde Festival 2004, day 4 (in English)
With State of Mind bass man Morten Barnekov Johansen (right) in front of light sculpture by Hans E. Madsen
The Von Bondies from Detroit played the Odeon stage: Oh my – more retro garage rock of the massively noisy and uncompromising kind. They do have a good (almost danceable) groove going at times, but to often they fall back …
Roskilde Festival 2004, day 3 (in English)
With State of Mind bass man Morten Barnekov Johansen (right) in front of light sculpture by Hans E. Madsen
It may be me, but I don’t really understand the hype surrounding I am Kloot. Sure, he writes decent songs and has a pleasant voice, but to me it’s just another singer/songwriter thing. Someone gave me a tip about Lali …