Gig review: DeVotchKa @ Lille Vega, Copenhagen, April 16, 2008

back to April 16, DeVotchKa was playing at Lille Vega, for sure one of the best venues for live music in Copenhagen. the place is never too crowded, and you can easily be at the front row, even though you arrived 10 minutes before the beginning, just like i did!

 

the week before, i went to see swedish wonder El Perro del Mar in this very same venue, and i trully enjoyed the show, one of the best i ever saw. it was so intense and intimate, with genius Sarah Assbring lighting candles and incense sticks as though she was in her/our living room. 

 

whenever i go to a concert, i’m always torn between the compulsive need to film the show, or to just live it. and with El Perro del Mar, i wish i had it on tape, because it was sheer beauty. 

so that’s how i ended up filming the whole DeVotchKa show, just in case i would have been the witness of another truly magic gig.

in my opinion it was not the case, but i still enjoyed the show very much.

i’m just gonna put the highlight of the show for me, and the rest of it you can find here.

for starters, here is the set list of the show (i even took Nick Urata’s one, but i still had some trouble putting it together since they made some small variations):

1. Head Honcho

2. Devotchka!

3. Twenty-Six Temptations

4. Queen of the Surface Streets*

5. Along the Way

6. Venus in Furs

7. How it Ends*

8. We’re Leaving

9. Transliterator*

10. Basso Profundo

11. Commerce City Sister

12. Enemy Guns

13. The Last Beat of my Heart*

14. The Clockwise Witness*

15. Undone

16. I Cried like a Silly Boy*

 

(the little * being the best songs of the night for me..)

 

at some point, the band came back on stage with flowers, which they gave to the audience. it was a very cool thing and one of the reasons why i love small venues so much. anyway, most of the people just throw the flowers back at the band, and for sure they deserved some for this good show. 

Now the good stuff:

Queen of the Surface Streets

i gotta admit i wasn’t familiar with this song beforehand, and i kinda fell in love with it. the melody is just so sweet and innocent. 

 

the other good parts were my 2 favourite songs from “A Mad & Faithful Telling” Transliterator and The Clockwise Witness, and the the last one really did it for me. 

go here to see the whole thing.

See you next time DeVotchKa!

First post, tada!

so here it goes. another music blog. the thing is, this one is mine. so it’ll be MY concerts, MY songs, MY favourite albums. you get it.

for now, i’m in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the place is amazing when it comes to live music. i had the chance to see some amazing bands, and it’s not over!

i want this blog to be about these live experiences, and the music coming to my hears everyday thanks to the oh so great internet. i really don’t know yet what form it’ll take.. i figure i’ll just do it, and see how it goes. 

and oh, one more thing, english is not my first language, so be kind!

 

to celebrate this first post of mine, i spent the day (okay, i did some other things meanwhile, i just love to multi-task) uploading the DeVotchKa concert i went to last week. and yes, i taped the whole thing. and i’m glad i did. it wasn’t the best concert ever, but it’s still nice to be able to look back sometimes.. 

the whole thing will be on my youtube channel. the uploading isn’t over yet, but it will soon be. and i’ll probably upload some things from past concerts here in Copenhagen.