Final chapter of our
Indietracks Festival's summary with the quick chronicle of Sunday 27th of July!
The Good
Splendid day: Saw nine complete gigs! I think we beat the
Primavera Sound mark! And seven of them were excellent shows. Particularly happy with a couple of recent discoveries,
The Hobbes Fanclub and
The Wendy Darlings, who were terrific live. Give them a listen, you'll thank me!
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With The Swapsies, Liverpool's finest!
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Friends playing: In which universe can the stars align and allow us to watch
The Swapsies,
Watoo Watoo and
The Very Most in less than five hours? The answer is Indietracks. First, the Liverpool band just confirmed us that if they don't put a smile in your face while hearing/watching them, you are in big trouble. They are not only a
group to love, delivering a charming set where new tunes were as exciting as their classics (they are classics, at least for me), but also a bunch of the nicest people. What a pleasure to meet them! Later on,
Watoo Watoo overcame some sound issues at the church stage and built a fine
Stereolabsque show, with a charming cover of
Young Marble Giants included. And finally, "our Boise man",
Jeremy Jensen, aka
The Very Most, and his assembled international super-band, put a slowly in crescendo concert at the outdoor stage, with lovely
Vinnie Ransome in shared vocal duties and Pablo Valcárcel nailing it from his drum kit. Thank you friends!
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Watoo Watoo, French's delight
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Afternoon with The Very Most
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The Bad
Sweet Baboo/The Just Joans: Just a matter of taste, but after two songs at the
Sweet Baboo's gig we just got bored, so we moved to the indoor stage to see what was all the fuzz about
The Just Joans. At an overcrowded and loudly singing venue of the night... didn't get it. For me, very flat and unremarkable.
Headliner downer (again): 'Awoo' was a great album, but since then I lost track of
The Hidden Cameras... until Indietracks. Dark disco? Tribal pop? Not my cup of tea, and a pretty weird choice to put an end to the Festival, imo.
Two painful misses: Couldn't make it into the church to see
The Yearning, and
Cosines clashed with The Very Most. Was so eager to see both bands. Best, and painful example of what an amazing line-up was arranged on Sunday.
The Queen
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Withered Hand, with Pam Berry
on his right. I'm converted
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Withered Hand:
Was really looking forward to hear
Dan Willson live, as I believe their latest album, 'New Gods' is among the
best of the year to date. Expectations only got higher when realised
Pam Berry from mythic
Black Tambourine was on stage on backing vocals duties. Soon, quite early on the set, masterpieces 'Horseshoe' and 'Black Tambourine' appeared, summoning the spirit of
Alex Chilton and giving me goosebumps. Then I thought the gig could only get worse. But I was wrong. Tremendously wrong. The MOMENT, my moment at Indietracks arrived with 'Religious Songs'. First time I heard it, but what an immense, breathtaking,
infinite tune and performance. A blast. A revelation.
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