Helping Keith out ever so slightly in the Airwaves roundup. FM Belfast are a major party act. Their entire set has shooting streamers and dropping confetti and glitter - not just the final song. It also seemed like every song was made for chanting along by a bouncing audience. Basically: not the most polished or sophisticated but undeniably fun. They released a new album last Friday... maybe we saw a combo album-release party? Either way, worth a night out if they're in your town.
Vök - Show Me
Vök's set at Airwaves was really cool and reflected their sound well; a terrific blending of soulful vocals, synths and bright horns. They reminded me a lot of Poliça and had a similar style live show.
Glowie - No Lie
Having probably the best voice of all the acts we saw at Airwaves was Glowie. Her show was a lot of fun, and we found ourselves getting into it despite it not really being our thing. She's just about as sugary as you can get, but you can't deny the talent there.
Gurr - #1985
I think my favorite Airwaves act, aside from Pinegrove, whom I was already very familiar with, was Berlin garage rockers, Gurr. They reminded me a lot of some of my favorite indie rock outfits namely, Cayetana and Diet Cig. Their live show was lit and if they come to Austin you know I'll be there.
Valdimar - Yfir Borgina
Here we go, the first in a series of make up posts for the week(ish) we spent in Iceland. We enjoyed quite a bit of music while there, and we wanted to retroactively share some of the highlights with y'all. First up? The wonderful Valdimar, a mellow, polished indie rock outfit we saw several times and would have gladly caught again.