Posts Tagged Triggerfinger
Rock Werchter 2009, a BiB overview
Posted by JayAre in Big in Belgium, Music News, Music Video on July 8th, 2009
The first weekend of summer vacation in Belgium is traditionally the Rock Werchter weekend. Rock Werchter is the biggest and best known summer festival we have in Belgium and it was voted Best Music Festival in the World four times over the last five years.
And it was a hot edition this year. While temperatures reached tropical hights, one great band after the other performed on the famous Werchter stages. Of course there was also room for some of Belgium’s best bands: Arsenal, Triggerfinger, Jasper Erkens, 2ManyDJs, The Hickey Underworld, Lady Linn & Her Magnificent Seven, Ghinzu and (really? no really?) Milk Inc.
If you missed it, don’t panic, there’s always YouTube. Below a short overview of the best Belgian band movies we could find so far.
Arsenal (Lotuk):
Triggerfinger (performing live on guitar and bike!):
Jasper Erkens (Everybody Is The Same):
2ManyDJs:
The Hickey Underworld:
Lady Linn & Her Magnificent Seven (I Don’t Wanna Dance):
Ghinzu (Kill The Surfers):
Milk Inc. (a non-conventional choice, a big gamble, but apparently also a big success):
The big Werchter Whirlwind (strange image, a whirlwind over the festival terrain. A few people were wounded):
Selah Sue & Triggerfinger vs. Lady Linn & Absynthe Minded
Posted by JayAre in Big in Belgium, Music Video on June 28th, 2009
Just stumbled across a great video today. It dates from the beginning of this year (2009) and was recorded during the first Red Bull Soundclash in Belgium.
You can enjoy both Selah Sue with Triggerfinger and Lady Linn with Absynthe Minded covering Mercy from Duffy:
Triggerfinger and The Black Box Revelation on The Great Escape
Posted by JayAre in Big in Belgium, Music News on March 30th, 2009
Belgian bands Triggerfinger and The Black Box Revelation are performing at The Great Escape in Brighton (UK), one of the most important showcase festivals in Europe.
Both bands are playing on saturday May 16. During the 3-day festival, almost 300 bands perform live in more than 34 clubs. The festival aims at ‘export ready bands’ and reaches some 3.000 music professionals and 10.000 music lovers.
And what does The Great Escape have to say about The Black Box Revelation?
The Black Box Revelation are a totally fresh rock-sensation indeed, but duo Jan & Dries are “old souls” too, with roots in the blues and the sixties. The two friends from Brussels started playing together as “The Mighty Generators” when they were only 12 and 14 years old, kicked out their bass player, became The Black Box Revelation and have since risen in popularity with the music press adoring their debut album “Set Your Head On Fire”. On stage The Black Box Revelation are a runaway train, combining the best ingredients of idols like Led Zeppelin, The Datsuns, The Rolling Stones, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Stooges and the band follow up their European shows with Eagles of Death Metal with a performance at The Great Escape.
About Triggerfinger:
Triggerfinger hail from Belgium but play a brand of stoner rock that sounds like it was created in the Californian desert with a layer of smoke above their heads. Obvious comparisons can be made to Queens of the Stone Age and the various side projcets that Mr Josh Homme is involved in. After all, singer and guitarist Ruben has an identical earth rumbling growl to Mark Lanegan and that can only be a good thing. For every seductive shuffle that Triggerfinger create there is an accelarating ‘Fear and Loathing’ foot stomper to hypnotise and paralyse. It’s music that is designed to be played live and loud. Very loud.
Loud. Very loud… Rock on!
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