“It was perfect a dream came true, just like a song by Blink-182″
One of my favorite things to do is going to concerts and discover new music. Since I’ve been here I haven’t had the chance to do so, until last weekend!
Last Friday we decided to stay in Bilbao after our work to visit the Bilboloop Festival in Kafe Antzokia. When we entered place, I instantly felt at home. The stage, the atmosphere and the extremely good music. It was the very first time I heard music I really really love and I felt like nothing could ruin my kill my happiness-buzz. Not even the first band of the evening, Tom Boyle.
They started off kind of ok, but during the half of their second song I already wished the concert was over. There was nothing happening on stage, it looked like the musicians were almost as bored as I was. And I can’t really blame them for that because their music wasn’t really exciting. But well, there was one song in the end that wasn’t bad and I even found myself enjoying it for a little while, but they didn’t blew me away at all.
Next on the menu were The Teenagers, a funny French quartet who play catchy indiepop with an electronic twist. Their music I already knew, so I was sure it wouldn’t be a torture to listen to. When they started with their first song Feeling better, they immediately set the right vibe: having fun and dancing carelessly, I totally dug it! It wasn’t only enjoyable to listen to, but also to watch. The singer of the band was interacting with the public and even dancing with the girls on the front row. Other highlights of the show were the songs Scarlett Johansson, Fuck Nicole and Homecoming (with hilarious lyrics: It was perfect a dream came true, Just like a song by Blink-182.) That’s the thing about The Teenagers, you shouldn’t take them very seriously, but they sure know how to throw a party!
The Teenagers. © Myspace
The band who had to perform last were The Basque collective Crystal Fighers, who are singed at the hip Kitsune label (who also signed Hot Chip, La Roux, Klaxons, …) . It’s really hard to put them in a musical genre-box . Hard noisy electronic music sprinkled with some Basque folk influences is maybe the closest to what they create. Nevertheless, it was mind-blowing! The singer was jumping up and down like a monkey on speed, the half-naked guitar player went crazy hitting on pieces of wood and the electronics-guy looked and acted like Mowgli from Jungle Book. And that’s what Kafe Antzokia also started to look like, a hot sweaty jungle with crazy dancing people in it. After they played their last song, everybody in the crowd begged for more, so eventually they played two encores. But alas, they couldn’t play forever!
Crystal Fighters © MySpace
Time for the afterparty! I loved the dj, whoever he or she was. They played a lot of my favorite party songs , something that doesn’t happen that often to me, not even in Belgium. So in my point of view, it was the perfect ending to a perfect night!
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