The great concert month of 2013: November

In November I attended four concerts, one every week. Two of these were attended with my fabulous co-blogger Eva. The schedule looked like this:

November 5th: Thirty Seconds to Mars, Hallenstadion, Zürich.

November 12th: Emiliana Torrini, Club Xtra, Zürich.

November 18th: Placebo, Hallenstadion, Zürich.

November 28th: Sigurros, Oslo Spektrum, Oslo.

Thirty Seconds to Mars:

Going to see 30STM was a spur of the moment thing since I had only discovered the band about two weeks before the concert. I have pretty much been obsessed with them since the beginning of November. Now, I'd be lying if I said that a lot of that obsession didn't have anything to do with the pretty frontman Jared Leto. However, his brother the drummer, is also quite awesome. Everytime they showed him playing on the jumbo screen you couldn't look away. He has such a dynamic energy when he plays that it kinda made me want to learn to play the drums. The concert was also extremely good. Jared is very interactive with the crowd, although sometimes a bit too much, since I come to a concert to hear the band. Not fans singing their songs. A lot of people were brought up on stage and they released giant balloons for the crowd to play with. I was so happy after the show that I actually bought a band T-shirt. I almost never do that. Especially after such a short relationship.

This is my current favourite song by Thirty seconds to Mars; Kings and Queens from the album This is War. Their new album is called Love Lust Faith Dreams, available at iTunes here.

    

Emiliana Torrini:

I've been a fan of hers for years! Actually, I can't quite remember if I have been to a concert with her before. That's not so good. Blame it on my educational alzheimers. The mood at this concert was fantastic. She is a great musician. She plays mostly slow and somewhat sad songs but she is truly one of my favourites. There was no extravagant light show, just her and the band. She also attempted to speak German so I could actually not understand much of what she said. But she made people laugh. She also played almost all of my favourite songs from her new album and the older ones I've fallen in love with. I actually wanted to buy a T-shirt at this concert too but I forgot to withdraw some cash. In Switzerland you must always have cash. Otherwise you miss opportunities like this.

This is my all time favourite Emiliana Torrini song; Today Has Been Okay from the Album Fisherman's Woman. The new album is called Tookah and is amazing. I highly reccomend it. Buy it on iTunes now! 

  

Placebo: 

I've always liked their music quite a lot even if I was never really a die-hard fan. As a result, I didn't know many of their new songs but they also played some of the good older ones that I do like. The only downside was that I was quite flu-ish during the concert. Towards the end I could no longer speak. The music was good and the mood excellent. However, there was this one guy that kept shouting "PLACEBO" at unappropriate times. But he probably just wanted to make sure that the band didn't forget who they were. What I kind of missed at this concert was the interaction with the fans. 30STM overdid it a little bit but Placebo hardly even acknowledged the crowd. But overall it was a good show. Although, I would have preferred not to be sick.

This is one of my favourite Placebo songs (even if it's a cover); Running up That Hill originally from the album Sleeping With Gosts. Their new album is called Loud Like Love, available on iTunes here.

   

Sigurros: 

Been a die-hard fan of theirs for years! But I always missed their concerts. When they played in Bergen I lived in Iceland, when they played in Iceland (for free!) I lived in Bergen. When they played at Iceland Airwaves I lived in Switzerland. When they played in Switzerland tickets sold out before I could get my hands on some. An so on and so forth. So when they were playing in Oslo on my Birthday I took it as a sign. That was my concert. And I was going. I went. It was awesome. Here I also bought a T-shirt. Even if I had no cash. Scandinavia is card friendly.

This is my favourite song from their new album, Kveikur. They started the concert with this song. It was perfect.  

I'm pretty sure that I will have a hard time topping the great concert month of 2013. But I will try my very best.

-Hüldi