You absolutely, positively must go see Aavikko if you can at their upcoming
dates in Chicago, Boston, and New York City. They are from Finland, on
their first US tour. They played out west with Monopause and sold out
in San Francisco. They didn't sell out here, but the crowd there was well
and truly up for it.
They are a three piece band -- two gentlemen on keyboards and a drummer --
he's a gentleman too. They use consumer grade keyboards -- the obscolescent
toy keyboards in everyone's closet, to make a rocking amalgam of 60s film
music, Surf, Eastern European Disco, and even a bit of Klezmer thrown in
for good measure.
It's been a long time since I've seen a live band really smoke live; as much
as I like music made by mouse, there's a visceral thrill to people banging
it out live. The rock solid drumming -- a mix of casio beats, mattel synsonics
and electronic drums makes it even more groovy.
To use one of those soundclash metaphors, it was like booker t jamming with
kraftwerk, abba, and ennio morricone. In a way it's very synthetic music,
but with a great sense of humor and very musical verve. Highly recommended.
In Chicago, tomorrow night (7/28) they're playing at the Abbey Pub
3420 W Grace (at Elston)
7-30 Cambridge, MA TT The Bear's
8-1 New York, NY Knitting Factory w/VHS or Beta
This is one show that Iowa City got and Detroit did not. Nyah Nyah.
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