When the seventies start dancing their nineties waltz
Date: February 12th
Bands: JR Ewing / Coheed and Cambria
Venue: Melkweg, Amsterdam
Admission Fee: 10 euro
JR EWING supposedly is a (post)hardcore band from Norway. I couldn't really attach that genre to their music, perhaps to their singer, but ironically that was the main flaw in their set. Their singer isn't that bad, it's just like he isn't there. The vocals blend in with the noise close to the bar. The music they make is somewhat like stonerrock on a very high speed. It's slow and fast at the same time and makes for good appreciating nods while sipping beers. Alright band, not too impressive.
And then! The mighty Coheed and Cambria appeared on stage. The fourth time I've seen them live, but they keep being interesting. Opening up with their epic Welcome Home they immediately got everyone's focus. It's one of my favourite songs by them and they delivered it well. During the next 50 odd minutes they played a variety of their classics, from old time favourites like Everything Evil via the stormy In Keeping Secrets... (With a loudly sung along "MAN YOUR OWN JACKHAMMER!") to the quiet and acoustic version of Wake Up. They ended, just like they did on the Lowlands festival, with one of my favourite songs: The Final Cut. This Pink Floyd-esque song really turned the Melkweg upside down and had everybody vibrating with guitar thrills as the song expanded into a beautiful 20 minute mayhem of music as it one day was intended to be. Twenty minutes that made probably everyone in the venue glad to not only be right there, but glad that they were alive on that particular moment in history. An overwhelming opening, a more timid and I must say less impressing middle part, but an invigorating ending.
JR Ewing: 6,5/10
Coheed and Cambria: 8,5/10
Bands: JR Ewing / Coheed and Cambria
Venue: Melkweg, Amsterdam
Admission Fee: 10 euro
JR EWING supposedly is a (post)hardcore band from Norway. I couldn't really attach that genre to their music, perhaps to their singer, but ironically that was the main flaw in their set. Their singer isn't that bad, it's just like he isn't there. The vocals blend in with the noise close to the bar. The music they make is somewhat like stonerrock on a very high speed. It's slow and fast at the same time and makes for good appreciating nods while sipping beers. Alright band, not too impressive.
And then! The mighty Coheed and Cambria appeared on stage. The fourth time I've seen them live, but they keep being interesting. Opening up with their epic Welcome Home they immediately got everyone's focus. It's one of my favourite songs by them and they delivered it well. During the next 50 odd minutes they played a variety of their classics, from old time favourites like Everything Evil via the stormy In Keeping Secrets... (With a loudly sung along "MAN YOUR OWN JACKHAMMER!") to the quiet and acoustic version of Wake Up. They ended, just like they did on the Lowlands festival, with one of my favourite songs: The Final Cut. This Pink Floyd-esque song really turned the Melkweg upside down and had everybody vibrating with guitar thrills as the song expanded into a beautiful 20 minute mayhem of music as it one day was intended to be. Twenty minutes that made probably everyone in the venue glad to not only be right there, but glad that they were alive on that particular moment in history. An overwhelming opening, a more timid and I must say less impressing middle part, but an invigorating ending.
JR Ewing: 6,5/10
Coheed and Cambria: 8,5/10