NEUN

Things are slipping my mind too quickly, therefore a brief report on last Wednesday's gig at the Gleis, probably one of the best clubs around (and that's not only Münster) when it comes to indie music.

On the menu: Swimming and The Megaphonic Thrift - I was lucky and won free tickets. Not much to say about swimming - I only listened to a few of their songs, nice enough, a bit of electronic sounds, atmospheric. Check out a couple of their songs on youtube, e.g. Island in the Sun

The Megaphonic Thrift put a lot of energy on stage, despite the small crowd at the venue. The Bergen-based Norwegians consist of 4 guys and a girl, with a female/male voice. Starting most of their songs quite slowly they eventually create a soundwall that kind of blows you away, especially at the volume they chose. :) They've got a phenomenal drummer (I think), a driving bass and a more noisy attitude to songwriting than most indie bands at the moment. Thus, their songs start slowly and sort of develop...interchanging harmonic and disharmonic tunes, a gradual increase of guitars and driving drums and all of a sudden, you feel teleported back to the 90s and some great moments in alternative music.
Undertow is a good example of that. Having been the greatest smashing pumpkin fan for most of my life, I found quite a few similarities.

A band calling one of their songs Acid Blues certainly does not lack self-esteem. That song has - once more - a driving energy, and if I'm not completely mistaken that was also the song the band decided to end their show with - including experimental feedback (is that the term you use when you place your guitar close to the amp?) which lasted for hours. My ears will definitely remember.

Since I never listened to that band before, I can't shake the feeling tho that a lot of their songs resemble each other strongly - maybe that changes when you're familiar with their songs?