I tried to leave all of my preconceptions at home before my trip to the Black Cat to see Animal Collective last week. I knew nothing about the openers, Storsveit Nix Noltes, but i was having fun trying to guess the pronunciation of their name in my head. Unfortunately, I still don't know. I hope it has something to do with this guy.
Leave it to A.C. to find such an obscure opening band for this tour. Who would have even thought that there were musicians in Iceland (pop. 296,737) playing traditional Bulgarian folk music, much less nine of them? All novelty aside, they put on a great show. The band was all smiles and good energy, and once they found their groove, they put the rock back in Bulgarian folk. Unfortunately and expectedly, this recording does not do the spark of their live show much justice. I still think it's a great song that demonstrates the band's adeptness at breathing an almost punk rock spirit into what is clearly an antiquated piece of music.
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I read online that four of the members are also in Múm... go figure
yeah, apparently the beautiful accordionist is the singer of múm... interesting. i briefly fell in love with her.
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