Sun 30 Nov – The Dodos, Jennifer Gentle
The most recent episode of the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen had an interesting share of what can be categorized as 'subtle' acts booked for the main stage, such as Tinariwen, Efterklang and also The Dodos. Now for those of you that have never visited the Noorderzon festival, the main stage is placed rather unusually across a large pond. As a consequence, bands find themselves playing to a large, wet and above all empty space where they're used to seeing the thick of the crowd. This is fine in many cases, but the more intimate and/or intricate types of music tend to, well, drown before reaching the audience that gathers at the pond's edges. This happened to Efterklang and also, be it less so, to the Dodos (I missed Tinarwen's performance, but I can imagine he had a hard time too). Needless to say, I was rather curious to see how the Dodos would do in a regular venue setting, in this case Vera.
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The most recent episode of the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen had an interesting share of what can be categorized as 'subtle' acts booked for the main stage, such as Tinariwen, Efterklang and also The Dodos. Now for those of you that have never visited the Noorderzon festival, the main stage is placed rather unusually across a large pond. As a consequence, bands find themselves playing to a large, wet and above all empty space where they're used to seeing the thick of the crowd. This is fine in many cases, but the more intimate and/or intricate types of music tend to, well, drown before reaching the audience that gathers at the pond's edges. This happened to Efterklang and also, be it less so, to the Dodos (I missed Tinarwen's performance, but I can imagine he had a hard time too). Needless to say, I was rather curious to see how the Dodos would do in a regular venue setting, in this case Vera.
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