It
has been some years since I have seen Brant play. Last time he played at
Roadburn, we could not get into the Midi Hall and missed his show… There was a
really good crowd for a Weds night. I hung out with the guys from Wonderland
and Lone and an old friend, Morten Jensen and his wife also. Some of the
Roadburn gang (Nils, Tom, Magnus, Sven) were coming later.
A
new young Danish band called South, opened the show. They are a 5 piece band
from Nørrebro in Copenhagen and play a pretty aggressive high energy stoner
rock, heavy rock (metal) music. The drummer and bass player had a really great
groove and the two guitar players whipped up a furry with some really cool
riffs. The female lead singer had a pretty cool voice for their style and good
stage presence. The 2nd songs was a slow and doomy one (Nils would
have liked it!). The 3rd song also started with a heavy bass line
and quite slow and heavy but it really built up in a cool way. Both guitar
players play solos but they have quite different styles: one a more traditional
heavy metal style lead work , the guy with the SG, a more searching
experimenting style, perhaps he is not as confident or competent as a lead
guitarist yet. The 2nd to last song was a really fast number and
also short. The final number was also a fast rock and roll number and hard to
distinguish from the previous. This was only their 2nd
show ever, so I thought they did pretty well but some of their songs are too
much a like but you can say that about Brant as well! They played 6 songs in
about 35mins.
Set List: Black Saw Wing, Knife
Twister, Blind Faith, Night, Satan’s Sister, Sleepless
Race
with myself
Brant
did not hit the stage until 23, which is too fucking late on a week night. I
really wanted to see him though. He started off with too long stoned out jammy
versions of some of his older tracks starting off with Low Desert Punk. He is more or less playing the same set every
night on this tour from what I can see on the internet (below is a guess). I was really surprised
how hard rocking and cool the new songs were. I think the new record will be
really promising. I was really sad that he did not play anything from Gods and
Goddesses as this is my favourite BB record….
Anyway, most of the songs were played pretty straight up but a few were
stretched out. The new lead guitar player was pretty cool and damn, the
drummer, he pounded the drums and was awesome. He had a killer band for sure..
It was a fun show. I think he played about 90mins.
Set List: Low Desert Punk, Lazy
Bones/Automatic, Fantastic, Controllers Destroyed, We Don't Serve Their Kind, Let the Truth be Known, Stokely Up Now, I Miss MyChick, Buddha Time (Everything Fine), Freaks of Nature, ?, Boogie Woogie
On Your Brain
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