And So And So I Watch You From Afar âVk Concerts
Last week I
have been to a show in Molenbeek, by Brussels. The show had been organised by
true Vk Concerts in a venue called The Chocaleterie. It was the first time I
came to this very small but cosy venue. The group that was playing was ASIWYFA,
one of my favourite bands. ASIWYFA is a North-Irish four-man formation that
plays instrumental rock. They are known for their energetic and powerful
actions. They began in 2005 and since then they made two excellent full albums
and three EPs.
The show
The show
was amazing. Like I said before, I am a huge fan of this band so my
expectations were really high. However, ASIWYFA did not let their audience
down: my expectations were met and even exceeded.
In total
they played ten songs, two of which were encores. They started with the
powerful song BEAUTIFULUNIVERSEMASTERCHAMPION. In the beginning, the audience
was a bit unresponsive and quiet. However, after two or three songs ASIWYFA was
able to wake up the crowd and get everybody enthusiastic, especially the people
at the front row (where I was standing). They played songs like 7 billions
people live at ones, Search:part:Animal and Lifeproof, to end with a bang
with Voiceless and Set guitar to Kill.
Last
Saturday, I went to Play festival. Play festival is an indoor club festival in
the Muziekodroom. The festival has five stages, some with quite funny names
like Fuzz and Bleep. The line up mostly consisted of Belgian acts.
The bands I
saw were:
-Quarterback:
Unfortunately, I only saw them perform their last song. I was very pleasantly
surprised and I am dying to see more of them in the future.
-Rape
Blossoms: Noise bands are not really my area of expertise, but as far as I
could tell they did a good job.
-The
Allophons: Without a doubt the most interesting band of the evening. This
DJ-duo did a cut- and paste set. It was clear that they enjoyed themselves on
stage, which is always a fun sight to see.
-Intergalactic
Lovers: I already saw them a few times and they did not really bring something
new, so this set could not hold my attention for very long.
-Benny Zen:
The worst band in the world.
-Psycho 44:
This band was one of my personal favourites that evening. Instrumentally very
good and an absolutely amazing singer with a flawless voice: their sound was so
astonishing that it completely blew me away.
-Balthazar:
Like Intergalactic Lovers, I already saw them a few times. However, I enjoyed
Balthazar a lot more this evening. As always they were very good.
-Steak
Number Eight: The best band of the evening. I had never seen them before and
Im normally not into metal, but they were fantastic. A great sound, great
front man, great light show and a great performance all in all.
-Hickey
Underworld: Also a really good show. Free beer, plectrums and sweat of the bass
player soaring through the air gave a nice touch to it.
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