Extreme Music Blog

After a busy day which also included adding some new features to the blog, I went straight to a concert in Karlsruhe with some friends.

After meeting some other friends in front of the club we were too late for the first act – singer and songwriter TOM MESS which is sad because I wanted to see this guy. He seems to be very sympathic and “real”. Next time maybe.

When we came in, TRAGIC VISION were playing. First I was not sure about them. Their music can be described as indie rock with deep punkt influences. They did a good job although some of the songs were a bit uninspiring, but the audience like it and so did I. If you are into alternative / indie rock music and maybe also into punk you should check out their MySpace site.

We were standing outside of the “Stadtmitte” club in the really beautiful and atmospheric beer garden drinking some beers (not for me – I was the driver and of course only drank … a light beer). First we were not sure if TEPHRA already started but as it was clear we immediately went into the club to see the band we were there for.

So it was TEPHRA playing and already building up noisy guitar walls with screaming vocals and – surprise – TWO drummers. Yes, it is true. TEPHRA have two drummers at the moment and they were playing simultanously and really, really tight. I know that they had not enoguh time before this gig to work out something different than the two drummers playing the same stuff – they will do that in the future. It was amazing to see these two drummers having fun, moreover cheering each others up and at the same time playing the same notes really precisely.
The bands raging post rock / hardcore was performed with a deep passion which resulted in one guitar player having troubles with his cables. A break, technical problems like this is something that you can not do anything about but solve them. Finally – the band played some more heavy stuff with 100% of their engery which was intoxicating and simply amazing me. Drawing pictures with music despite of a static bright stage light is what I call art.

After TEPHRA we were heading for the beer garden again. Of course we wanted to check out the headliner, ANTITAINMENT. But their weired electronic-metalcore-whateve-mix was nothing I could bear for a long time. So back in the beer garde. After some more funny discussions and buying a tee, I met the TEPHRA guys and we talked about a possible show in Stuttgart for the next year. It will be a release show and I cannot reveal any details about what is going to be released – it will be a surprise – be sure…

It was a very relaxing evening with some really nice friends and a very cool band – TEPHRA – both, musically and personally…

P.S.: The new blog features include a live last.fm ticker so you can see all the stuff I am listening to and maybe check it out via last.fm.