Johnossi played to a reasonable crowd on the main stage, and though they were only a duo, delivered enough energy for their explosive songs. Everything sounded pretty good, and Johnossi even played “Family Values”, a track I was surprised to hear because of its slow tempo. They ended with their best song “Man Must Dance” to much happiness, it definitely has a good festival feel; “A monkey needs to dance, and so do you”.
Datarock, to put simply, were fun. With their signature red jumpsuits and excellent sense of humour, Datarock put on a great show. I just managed to get in the tent for my favourite song, “Computer Camp Love“, which had more people singing along than I expected, considering the audience was German. They continued with lots of wild head banging and funny crowd interaction and before playing their final song, they mimed fantastically to “I’ve Had The Time Of My Life”.
Franz Ferdinand are one my favourite bands, and so I’m sorry if I declare them the highlight of the weekend. It was not just because they delivered some amazing songs, they skipped over even the highlights of their second album, they just know how to work a crowd. Alex Kapranos’s sexiness helps a bit too. Half way through the set, the best track from their new album; “Bite Hard” simply blew me away. As the piano interlude started, Alex Kapranos romantically went through the members of the band and then as the bass swept into everyone started jumping. Next they played “Take Me Out”, which as expected, was the most popular song and had everybody going insane. “Lucid Dreams” was also pretty incredible, as the whole field turned into a giant rave, as the instrumental half of the song kicked in.“This Fire“, as the final song was changed from it’s short punk three minutes to a crazy epic eight minute version, with plenty of crowd singing, guitar throwing and every other trick you can think of. Time restraints left the crowd in a fury, everyone had wanted to see so much more.
Thanks to Claus Meyer for the Franz Ferdinand picture.
More pictures from the festival here.
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