aug 14 2015

Way Out Thursday

Jonas

And: it begins! The valley of our dreams, the woods of the castle, the rhythm of our hearts. The festival of our home town.

• THE WAR ON DRUGS

• 6/7 Kentuckyseven’s

Photo: Jonas Löfvendahl

Photo: Jonas Löfvendahl

Adam Granduciel is a hero. Together with Kurt Vile he started The War On Drugs and he’s still here on stage swinging. It’s all very Dylanesque, the throw-out-songstyle, and still very much his own thing. In one word: space. They fill a room, and certainly the entire Slottsskogen with swift greatness. It’s music no one can really tag or understand, it’s plain War On Drugs. The drummer, the saxophone, The Grand Parade. Great gig!

• BECK

• 4/7 Kentuckyseven´s

Photo: Jonas Löfvendahl

Photo: Jonas Löfvendahl

Becks first gig in Sweden in 14 years. Well almost, anyway. He played Pustervik yesterday in a bad-PR-stunt that backlashed on the Way Out West-crew. Not Becks fault. Now he’s here and starts off with a messy Devils Haircut and then dives into Loser and then rolles the surf-pop-vibe all over the big crowd. Didn´t get me going, but Beck worked hard and played hard.

FKA TWIGS

5/7 Kentuckyseven’s

Photo: Jonas Löfvendahl

Photo: Jonas Löfvendahl

Tahliah Debrett Barnett is an English superwomen with the alternative soul-corner all messed up. The tent of Linné is jammed with rowdy people and when FKA TWIGS (signed to Young Turks) gets started the hurricane arrives. This is star material, no doubt. She dances heavily to the electronica, it’s part The XX and part Massive Attack. But the best part tonite is the audience, on red alert: an impressive following!

 


okt 7 2014

Kozelek and the Drugfight

Jonas

mark koz

• We love War On Drugs. Well, Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) don´t. The WOD played high n’ loud next to the man on a gig the other night and he promised to write a song called ”War On Drugs Can Suck My Cock”. Well, he did. Pretty damn good too – in its passive-aggressive splendor.