Eurosonic is a musicfestival in Groningen, The Netherlands. It's mostly a platform for young/new bands that have had their breakthrough in their own country and are ready to do the same in Europe. This year's themecountry was Finland, so I decided to get me some tickets, listen-in to some bands and enjoy them live. I found quite some bands that I liked and they all were really awesome live, so I really want to share them with you. I'll name here the bands that I still listen to, almost a month later.
First up is Tommigun. It's a band from Belgian with a male and a female singer. They have awesome cool inspiring songs and here are the ones that I liked best:
♪♫ Spotlight
♪♫ Ride with Me
♪♫ Fodder on her wings (Nina Simone cover)
The second is Disco Ensemble, a Finnish band. I already knew them before the festival. They were actually touring in The Netherlands a month before but I couldn't go and I'd never seen them live before and they didn't disappoint! They mostly played new songs, but I'll list here my own favourites, which are mostly from their other recent albums:
♪♫ Pitch Black Cloud
♪♫ Bad Luck Charm
♪♫ Threat letter Typewriter
♪♫ Headphones
The third awesome songs writing band from Eurosonic was 77 Bombay Street: four brothers from Switserland. I didn't know them before, but they make happy funny music. Here's some examples from their first album. They've just released a new one, but I haven't listened to it yet:
♪♫ Up in the sky [so catchy!]
♪♫ I love Lady Gaga
♪♫ In the war
♪♫ Miss you girl [a slower song]
The fourth band that you'll get to know soon is Satellite Stories from Finland. The band exist of young boys making cheerfull music. Their performance was so energetic! The festival doesn't allow extra songs, but with this band the public shouted so long for more that they were allowed to play an extra song. And then they did, but they didn't prepare more songs, so they played one of the songs again and EVERYBODY danced! So they're really cool, go check them out!
♪♫ Sirens
♪♫ Kids aren't safe in the metro
They also played a song about 'Scandinavian Girls' but I can't find it anywhere on youtube and I don't know whether it was a cover or not..
The fifth band that I want you to know is Asgeir Trausti Band from Iceland. I listened to them on youtube before going to the festival and I thought they were ok, and no other cool band was playing at the same time so we decided to go there, and they were a real positive surprise. Really good live!
♪♫ Heimförin
♪♫ Leyndarmál
Also Handsome Poets was at the festival! They're a Dutch pop group and they're famous for their 'Sky on fire' song, which was the 2012 Olympic theme song. Their songs are all so catchy and I wouldn't want you to miss on them! They actually have a new album out as well, but I haven't listened to that one yet..
♪♫ Sky on Fire
♪♫ Dance (The war is over) [Just as catchy]
♪♫ Silence is Sexy [a beautiful, slower song]
And last, I want to present the following good-to-get-to-know artists!
♪♫ Andy Burrows
♪♫ Honig
♪♫ Jake Bugg
♪♫ Mikhael Paskalev
♪♫ Kensington
Weekly stuff:
Favourite song this week: ♪♫ Tommigun - Honeybee
As I said, a month later I'm still listening to Tommigun. Honeybee is the only song I downloaded, so that's the one I've been listening the most to after Eurosonic.
Shuffle song this week: ♪♫ XS - Maalaistyttö Oon
XS is a Finnish girl band. I don't remember how I got to know them, but their music is simple pop/rock, which works fine for me :)
Remember to click the '♪♫'-sign to listen to the songs!
☆NiinQ☆
