Friday open thread: support acts

[dolorosa_12]

It's the first day of a four-day long weekend here. The sun is shining, the fruit trees are blossoming, and I'm remaining blissfully close to home for the entire time, which is very much needed after an exhausting few weeks.

Matthias and I have made a tentative return to live music. We saw one concert — God Is An Astronaut — in London a couple of weeks ago, and Goldfrapp in Cambridge on Monday. Both were great, but what really blew me away was Goldfrapp's support act, Salt Ashes, whose music reminded me of that of another of my favourite bands, The Knife, during my very favourite period of their music. (Less sharp, and more conventional lyrics, maybe, but a similar sound.)

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So my question to you all on this Friday open thread is this: have you ever experienced a gig where you went in knowing nothing about the support band, and came away with new, enjoyable music? And, if so, what was the gig, and who was the band/singer?

Comments

[torachan]

There's been a few, but my problem is that the sound mixing for opening acts is usually not great so it's hard for me to process the music if I don't already know it and thus it's not going to make a big impression on me.

The one opening act that I liked the most and still regularly listen to their songs is Maximo Park, who were opening for Travis.

[dolorosa_12]

You're so right about the sound mixing!

Maximo Park is the favourite band of one of my good friends, so you have great taste there!