Triggerfinger’s latest A38 concert, promoting their most recent album, named, in an endearingly Triggerfingerish-grandiose way Colossus, was unequivocally introduced on the event page as one by the second best rock band in Belgium, since the first one will forever be dEUS (themselves regular A38 visitors). It is of course hard to argue with this statement,…
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Best of 2014 in Various Exciting Lists
I like writing my yearly summary lists on the first of January- because what if something universe altering will happen late on the 31st of December? Well, nothing ever did, but I am still somehow hoping. Maybe I can organize a movie marathon this year, or listen to all the overlooked albums in one go…
Triggerfinger @ A38
For a country teetering on the brink of de-country-fying itself one of these days, Belgium is doing quite fine on the musical front. Not only did they produce the sublime dEUS, but they’ve also unleashed Triggerfinger on the unsuspecting continent, prompting us to immediately google their home town of Lier- it’s close to Antwerp, mind…
Best Concerts of Sziget #3: Triggerfinger
Our total awe at the might of Triggerfinger having already been plentifully expressed, we take the liberty of having them share the third place on the podium for best concerts with Yasmine Hamdan. You might inquire why they aren’t first, given all that awesomeness bundled into one majestic unit of Belgianness, and the answer is, well,…
Sziget 2014 Diary: Day Five
The last day was to be kicked off on the VOLT stage with Hangmás, who would in all likelihood be a tad more popular in a country more attuned to indie than Hungary, but as things stand they were relegated to an awkward half past three slot, where they tried their best to please a…
The Usual Suspects of Sziget
Every year when the Sziget line up starts taking shape there’ll be a bunch of moaners complaining that oh, it’s the same acts all over again. There’s no pacifying them- pointing out that maybe these bands are liked by the majority of the audience doesn’t work. Getting a bit more sophisticated and suggesting that…
Pocket Diary Budapest 