I've been noticing how artists are performing everywhere, the more random is the venue, the coolest is the gig, anyways, during the years I have been delighted by watching some of my favorite bands do such gigs, here are some of them, I urge you to explore the sites, you never know what you could find.
Being Architecture in Helsinki an excellent hippiesh Australian band I didn't find this strange, but I think it is pretty good the way they handled this thing, being empathic and all with the people, they look genuinely happy conquering the quartier parisien with their song: heart it races!.
Band: Britt Daniel (lead singer and guitarrist from Spoon)
Where? - A cab driving around London streets
This is my favorite, maybe because I like Spoon so much, but I bet Daniel a guy from Austin, TX never thought he would be singing I summon you on a taxi in London wearing sunglasses.
Where? - The Alpha Delta Phi Literary Society at Columbia University, New York City
I found this one pretty amazing, at first I thought what the heck are the doing playing there?, but then I just realized how much they fit, their preppy-geeky clothes, the songs, being Vampire Weekend from NY, I don't doubt they're friends with the girls and the guy playing the chords. I just liked the intimate feel to it.
Where? - In front of the old train station Viger at Montreal
A friend just showed me this clip today, and I said to her I'd marry Coeur de pirate tomorrow, I just liked this session too much, I think she's quite good, and of course she's playing outside an old train station in Montreal that looks like a castle, it just couldn't get better.
Lately, I just don't get tired of listening to these songs:
The flash and the pan - waiting for a train : I heard it for the first time in Rocknrolla, I didn't really like the movie that much, but the scene where they dance to this song is amazing and it's burned in my mind
Lismore - 1979 : I dowloaded this cover a long time ago from a blog, and didn't really listened to it, just went through it pretty fast and found it kind of boring, but I just rediscovered it and I really enjoy it every single day for the last week at least, pretty sweet!.)
La Roux - In for the kill: A good friend of mine introduced me to this pretty amazing and catchy electroclashy-pop hymn, which I'm almost sure it's already being played all around London, Montreal or Paris, but here in Mexico this will be huge in a year or so.
Alex Egan a.k.a. Astronomer (from cloudy London)
Gigamesh from Minnesota also makes music with Discotech
Gigamesh from Minnesota also makes music with Discotech
