This was an interesting day. My friends in Siena Root were
playing across town at KB18 but I had already committed to coming to the Black
Rainbows show to record the bands. So I
arrived at Loppen when Black Rainbows were soundchecking and I said hello to
the guys. I had been writing mails and reviewing CDs from the guitar player,
Gabrielle’s record label, Heavy Psych Sounds for some years but we had never
met. The whole band were really nice people.
Anyway, this was about 16 so I headed off for KB18 to meet Siena Root.
They were in a good mood and this was the first gig of the European tour and
only the 2nd gig with the new singer. I was a bit bummed I could not
see them as they are a great band and old friends but I can’t be a both
places.. We talked for a while as they set up and they were in a great mood. We
talked about their deal with Cleopatra records in the USA…. This has not gone
that well, you could say.
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| Black Rainbow soundcheck |
Anyway, back at Loppen about 20 and they asked me to make
Spotify playlist as a sort of DJ for the night so I programmed it with Deep
Space Riders, Monomyth, Astrosoniq, Gas Giant, Hawkwind, Edgar Broughton Band,
Farflung, The Spacious Mind, Hidria Spacefolk, Black moon Circle, Widespread
Panic…. There was not a lot of time
between bands.. No one commented on any of the music so I don’t think they paid
much attention..
The Swedish band, The PreSolar Sands hit the stage a 21:30.
There are a four piece with two female vocalists (on bass and rhythm guitar)
plus lead guitar and drums. They had recently released a 7” record (which I
will review shortly) this summer. The concert had some quite intense parts and
one really long song (that I filmed). It was part dreamy shoegaze psych and some
more rocking stuff. The lead guitar player did not play rock lead guitar but
more noisy, wild solos with some cool effects. I loved the bass players sound.
IT was really cool but I missed that she played the bass more like a guitar
than a bass and some of the tracks lacked a groove… the drummer has a hard time
driving it alone, in my opinion.. Anyway, I quite enjoyed their short 35mins
set..
Set List: Into the Dirt, Voodoo Ritual, Counting,
Prostration, Anchorsoweights, At least I know this about fire that
nothing can die in Ashes
The Danish band, Måneskjold (Moon Shield) hit the stage
quite quickly and played a really powerful set. Rasmus’s vocals were great and
the band really seem to enjoy themselves and really played great versions of
the songs tonight with a bit of jamming, improv as well. One of the new songs
they squeeze in a few lines from the Bob Calvert songs, Aerospace Age Warrior,
which is cool… They debuted one completely new track.. The crowd was small,
about 60 people but really into it. The female sound lady did a great job and Lars did amazing projections..
Finally, Black Rainbows get to play in Denmark.. They had
never been here before and were having a good time. They would see a bit of
each band and then go hang out with some of their friends from Italy that live
here in Copenhagen. Such nice people.
Only about 45-50 people left when they hit the stage around 23:30…. They play the same set every night so it was
the same set as I had seen in Portugal but of course much more intimate on this
night… The open with the powerful, Fu
Manchu inspired No Fuel, No Fun and then right into Wolf Eyes.. The highlights
of the set for me were the new tracks, Hawkdope and The Cosmic Picker… they had
a great sound and groove and people were totally into it. The sound was awesome
as well. The do a great 15min version of the MC5 classic, Back to Commn.. I
think they might have played one more but he broke a guitar string in the last
track.. I think they sold some records and t-shirts even with this small
crowd.. It was a great night and I met some friends, some new people including
a cool couple from Argentina (Guadalupe and Luis??), a guy from Australia..but still I missed my wife…
Set List: No Fuel No Fun, Wolf Eyes, Hawkdope, Hypnotize my
soul with R&R, The Prophet, The Cosmic Picker, Black to Comm (MC5)
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