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Way Out West round-up: day three

The festival came to a close yesterday with a little rain, a little thunder, and a lot of great music.

The final day of the festival fell on another overcast day, but a particularly eclectic line up ensured it was more than a little colourful in its variety. Making The Knife look as ordinary as a James Blunt tribute band, Goat brought a new kind of infectious mayhem to Swedish music. The Gothenburg based experimental rockers are notorious for their many world music influences, and released an awesome debut album last year appropriately titled, “World Music”. If the masks, outfits and manic dancing aren’t peculiar enough for the average festivalgoer, the general secretiveness and occasional occult reference certainly make them an act to try and keep your eyes on. Dashing across to the Azalea side of the park saw Cat Power, aka Chan Marshall, bring a wonderful sincerity to her set, with a mixture of melodic tales from her uneasy past, and the hopeful songs of her recent release. It was rare to see an artist exhibit so much tenderness and affection to the crowd without it seeming contrived, “I love you more!” she told the audience as they applauded at the end of one track, “I love everyone, it’s my weakness”. A fantastic set was rounded off by excellent city name-dropping “Ruin”, before Ms Power distributed flowers to each member of her band and crew, with the last precious few reserved for the grateful audience...

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Way Out West round-up: day two

The festival basked in the Friday Sun before a neon night show from headliners The Knife, as the first full day kicked off the festival in earnest.

It’s not just Slottsskogen that is enjoying playing host to Way Out West; as well as the many Stay Out West club shows in the early hours of each morning, there are a series of quality films being shown across the city, with several Swedish premieres on the schedule.

The fantastic Shane Meadows documentary The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone was an apt beginning to a day crammed full of musical promise. Juxtaposing the bands original growth into the biggest and most celebrated British band around, with their self-proclaimed “resurrection” after fifteen years of acrimonious separation, the film uses Meadows’ (This Is England) trademark nostalgic style to effectively tell the story of this immensely talented band. Seeing the smile on the band’s face as they dust off their old tracks in rehearsal for a series of huge shows is really what this business about: creativity, fun and solidarity.

Back on the Flamingo stage, Rodriguez, the focus of last year’s Academy Award winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, completed his remarkable tale with another European festival appearance. His wonderful voice, delivering Dylan-esque poetry rapt within catchy folk ditties, evoked memories of a sixties summer that didn’t seem so far away in the warm Gothenburg sunshine...

http://www.goteborgdaily.se/entertainment/way-out-west-round-up-day-two

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Way Out West 2013 round-up: day one

Neil Young & Crazy Horse headline, but for the wrong reason on festival opening day. 

Way Out West Festival goers were left disappointed last night, after the headliners had to cancel their performance just a few hours before they were due on stage. The weather had already somewhat commandeered Gothenburg’s “summer festival”, with gloomy clouds and rain showers the trend throughout the whole day. But there was still a party atmosphere heading into the final few bands of Thursday.  However, what promised to be a spectacular evening was dulled somewhat just as Australian psychedelic rockers Tame Impala were due to take the Azalea stage. Festival officials came out and announced to the crowd that Neil Young & Crazy Horse weren’t able to play, and as a result the rest of the night’s schedule would be adjusted.... http://www.goteborgdaily.se/entertainment/way-out-west-round-up-day-one

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A footballer's life in Gothenburg - An interview with England international Anita Asante

Anita Asante, one of England’s most established national footballers, is now plying her trade in Gothenburg's Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. In the lead-up to the Women’s Euro Championships, held in Sweden next month, Göteborg Daily’s Che Thomas met with Anita to talk football, career and life in Gothenburg.

At just 28, Anita can look back on a playing career with a vast amount of honours and achievements. She has won trophies in three different countries, starting with an outrageously successful period with Arsenal that saw them achieve the quadruple in 2007 (UEFA Cup, League, League Cup and FA Cup). She then moved on to three years in the NWSL in the US, then the top league in the world, which saw her register another league title with Sky Blue FC. Anita is now in Gothenburg with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, where she won the Swedish Cup in her first season. With England she has played in two World Cups and two European Championships, as well as turning out for Team GB in last summer’s London Olympics. In just a few weeks Anita will be hoping to take part in another showcase summer event, the 2013 European Championships.... (continued through link)

http://www.goteborgdaily.se/a-new-life-abroad/a-footballer-s-life-in-gothenburg

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The Gothenburg Comedy Club is a recent addition to the city’s entertainment repertoire. A comedy night performed in English, perhaps for those still searching for the Swedish humour in this long cold Spring, this no way restricts the nationalities of the comedians on show, with Brits, Americans, and Swedes all taking turns in front of the mic.

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“I’d rather be homesick than home.” - Leo Vroman One of the most striking things about Sweden and Gothenburg, for me at least, is its ability to be both familiar and unfamiliar to the first time visitor.