Roskilde Festival 2013

Oh, Roskilde. This is a bit belated, but I wanted to compile all the writing I did over those magical five days in early July. Wednesday and Thursday were mellow, more seeing the non-musical aspects of the festival like Dream City and the camps.  Thursday evening kicked off with Suicidal Tendencies, of all things and Friday things started with Henry Rollins and ended with Rihanna, two musicians I never thought I would put in one sentence. Saturday I did the art tour and got to meet Ron English, which was an unexpected surprise. The mock ads he designed for the grandstand wall were hilarious.

Sunday was my favorite day, with a surprisingly fun set from Kid Koala. He played a song he wrote for the kids TV show Yo Gabba Gabba and got the audience to dance a long. I also conducted a few interviews. Read the one with Henry Rollins (don't be impressed, it was over email, tried to meet him in person but no luck.)  I talked to Jonathan Schultz of Schultz and Forever, who I have interviewed before, but this time we talked about his top ten influential songs. He introduced me to this William Basinski track that blew my mind, dlp 1.1 I also saw the girls from Baby in Vain and got an insider Danish view on Roskilde, that one still needs to publish.

the interview to end all interviews: Low

Please follow the links to read about the amazing conversation I had with Low.  Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker were incredibly easy to talk to, and we covered a range of interesting topics. I could not include everything, but we talked about Jeff Tweedy, nervous breakdowns, internet cat videos, potty training, and the complications of touring.

I also reviewed the latest David Bowie release, The Next Day. My favorite description of the new album cover was by someone at the Guardian, who said it looked like he stuck a post it over the album Heroes.

Baby in Vain

And lastly, the excellent founder of NBHAP Rob Helbig proved once and for all how devoted he is to women's rights by letting me post a track for International Women's Day. Baby in Vain is the Danish equivalent of Black Sabbath, but aged nineteen and female.