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[cliggomusic]

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[zaphmann]

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[sparkleandsnarl]

The Great Escape 2016, day 3, part 1!

The Great Escape, day 3! I was torn between wanting to cram in as many gigs as possible on the final day and simple fatigue. Constantly trying to rejig my schedule depending on energy or crowds or weather (it rained a lot on Saturday...) got old fast. I really appreciated seeing other people with printed-out and annotated timetables or even their own spreadsheets (... I had both). With phone battery charge at a premium -- all the tweeting and Instagramming of bands takes a toll -- I agreed with one guy who fervently told me paper was the only way to go, the festival's app (which was, to be fair, very good: I think it was the same code as the one by:larm used, which was amazing) only to be used as a backup.

I started off with the Big Moon over at Komedia. The club, ickily enough, was apparently not mopping its floors during the festival: it was only lunchtime, and the floors were so sticky it hampered movement, certainly dancing. Anyway! The Big Moon are four confident, cheerful young women with tons of rock swagger. I loved watching them grin at each other and do all the requisite power posing (guitarist and bassist facing off, etc.). Their music is scratchy, buzzy pop-rock that put me in mind of the Muffs (or maybe that just means most of my musical references remain from my high school days), but with sweeter, less growly voices. They were hugely entertaining to watch!

Next I ducked briefly into the Spiegelpub, the big tent area that I'd only been to for wristband exchange a couple days ago. I kind of felt compelled to at least see one dePresno song -- he's so hyped at the moment, and I've missed seeing him about 3 or 4 different times (I meant to see him at by:larm and elsewhere, and just... never did). Visually he's got a kinda retro nerd thing going on, a combination of old Life cereal commercials and Ron Weasley. I love the warmth and resonance of his voice. He started off with some song that -- sorry! -- I can't even remember right now (I've just been clicking around his Soundcloud trying to find it, alas), but I remember that a weaker singer couldn't have carried the lyrics, because they would've been cliched and overwrought, but he made them so heavy and poignant that I clutched at my chest a little.

I had to scurry after that, over to Patterns to see Elifantree. My festival priorities always include focusing on Finns and/or women and/or people of color, and the intriguing Elifantree hit the first two items. They do a lot of... kind of noodley-jazz-improv-type stuff. To be honest, it was a bit too much so at times for me; it's just not hugely my thing. Still, I did enjoy their set; their personable singer has an incredible, versatile voice, and the three of them played with such verve and glee, it was a pleasure to watch. I would go see them again.

I next went over to the Latest Music Bar (where I'd happily had my rooibos tea and orange juice the other night!) to catch Korean doo-wop girl group the Barberettes. The room was rammed; for most of the show I could barely see them at all. They were a delight: impeccable styling, gorgeous voices, and bubbly. Their guitarist asked for the sound to be adjusted very nicely, noting, "You have to be very polite in England." Later on, after exhorting us to sing along, she said something like, "English people sing very well, I am very surprised!" Their set was somewhat heavy on English-language cover songs -- sharply and confidently done, but I wanted more original stuff, and wondered if they felt like too much Korean-language music would put off the audience (quite possibly, alas).

Then I had an encounter with a musician whose band I've already mentioned seeing at the festival: I saw him at a restaurant during dinner and flailed pathetically to him about how much I dug their music. Thrilling and embarrassing at the same time!

Next I went back to Patterns (enjoying feeling the vaguest bit familiar with the venue) to see the Polish band Sorry Boys. I'd describe them as doing witchy rock, an impression added to by the long white lace dress with random silver bits on it worn by their singer. At one point, she announced a song and someone called out from my right, "My favorite!" Someone to my left then chimed in, "Mine too." It was very sweet! (Later on the same person on the right called out, "Bela, give me your dress!" It was a pretty cool outfit...) The singer explained the cultural context of one of their songs, "Dagny" -- I've forgotten the details, but something about love frustrated by a political marriage, and how the story captured everyone's imagination at the time. It's sort of melancholy-languid-sultry; check out a live version here:

I'm going to stop here for now, but: one more post & I'll actually have written up an entire festival, woo! This never happens (you'll note on my first post it took me something like 4 years to write up 2 Stars gigs, however briefly...).

[thoregil]

Elifantree var helt ukjent for meg før konserten. Men siden det var på Blæst lå ikke forventningene i retning tradjazz akkurat (i fjor spilte Swans der). Og hvilken fantastisk trøkk og energi fra denne trioen! Vi få som hadde funnet veien til denne konserten sto igjen med bakoversveis alle sammen. Det er bare å drømme om at de kommer tilbake igjen en dag.

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2016-05-04 Elifantree – Jazzfest, Blæst Elifantree var helt ukjent for meg før konserten. Men siden det var på Blæst lå ikke forventningene i retning tradjazz akkurat (i fjor spilte Swans der).

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[burlveneer-music]

Act of Will by Elifantree - Finnish band combining synthpop, jazz, and experimentalism

[allthatihaveiswhatidont]

Love them.