Jason Lytle, Jason Lytle, how I love thee

February was special for a lot of reasons. First, it was dark and totally sucky. Then, I went on vacation and got strep throat and got to experience the French emergency room. "Je suis mal a la gorge" is how you say "I have a sore throat in French." Lastly, I went to Brussels for the PIAS [NITES] festival. I was hoping to interview Alt-J and Jason Lytle and both interviews fell through the day before. I never wrote a review of the festival because it was such a disappointment. Jason Lytle (who was introduced as Jason "Little") got so frustrated during his set he almost walked off stage, there was some malfunction with a drum tone that kept going off. He ended his set with ten minutes of drone and stomped off looking majorly pissed. The one good thing was I found this amazing photographer, see one of her choice pictures below.

Jason Lytle at PIAS Nites in Brussels, photo by Trân N. Kulash

However, it was a magical month because a few days later, two weeks to be exact, Jason Lytle was in Berlin and I had the privilege of seeing him in a much better venue, Zur Gluhlampe, a great bar with a total SF vibe. It just goes to show how much place has to do with enjoyment of a band or a musician, and a giant warehouse in Brussels is not ideal for someone as earnest and intimate as the former Grandaddy frontman. I wrote a review of it, and was reminded of how much I love writing show reviews.

So, to counteract all the stuff that went wrong earlier, I found a great bar and saw an awesome living room style show. See, life is...worth it. Jason also remixed an Indians track, follow the link for the free download.