Nog een dikke 1 1/2 maand...

Voor die tijd nog lekker Wolfmother, Black Angels, Goose, Black Keys en Magic Numbers pakken, maar het hardst kijk ik toch uit naar Arcade Fire op 2 april.

Levensgevaarlijk natuurlijk om je té hard te verheugen, maar te veel zorgen maak ik me er niet over.

Ze hebben inmiddels al enkele optredens gegeven en de indruk die ze hebben achtergelaten is verpletterend.
Enkele flitsen:

The Guardian:
Expanded for the night from a six- to an 11-piece band of multi-instrumentalists, the Arcade Fire produce a sound so explosive you fear the crackling speakers might rupture.

But what's lost in complexity is gained in excitement: so propulsive are No Cars Go and Antichrist Television Blues, it's hard not to feel intoxicated.

Music OMH:
People deserve to experience this. Trying to sum it up in words is like asking a soldier what combat is like. Everyone has their stories, but sometimes you never really, truly understand these unless you've seen them through your eyes.

Independent:
As with much of the set, when the song builds to its fullest, fattest sound, with all eight, nine, or however many of them there are hammering away at the riff, it's like riding an avalanche, a solid, unstoppable flow of sound that would shame the most determined of heavy metal bands.