At the
moment, Het Depot has a temporary venue in Leuven. Since they are rebuilding
their normal venue, they had to look for another location. This new venue in
the Kapucijnenvoer has a smaller capacity: they can only accommodate about 450
people. Last Monday, The Shoes played in a quiet, empty venue. Only 45
tickets were ordered in advance. Understandably, it was not exactly a case of
the crowd going wild. The evening started with a DJ-collective from Leuven
called Mindwarp, followed by another DJ called Shindu. They were both quite
redundant because there was no audience and they had to play for an almost
empty venue. But then The Shoes started. The classic rock band- formation (four
guys on a podium) still seems to work. Two guys playing percussion, two guys on
electronica and guitar. From the beginning of the show they were excellent.
They had an outstanding set list of ten songs that was quite short, but despite
of the small turnout they were able to stir up the audience. With a good light
show and a perfect sound, the technical aspects were first-class as well.
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