greetings to bella by barlight. thanks. amazing that someone actually reads this. well anyway, i went to see blonde redhead on monday in this old cinema in reykjavik called austurbaejarbio. i was actually quite star struck by then, as they had come to a show on saturday which a bulgarian folkband i'm playing in was playing. of course they just stood there and we stared at them awe struck. but on monday there were two bands warming up, skuli sverrissons band and slowblow. When Blonde finally came to play, the tension had gotten to build a bit. Kazu stormed on stage wearing a white miniskirt, and the twins beside her, black clad with a touch of grey. i was bewildered by how amazing kazu looked so that was kind of enough for the first few songs. After i'd gotten over the shock, i noticed how much more aggressive they are live than on theyre albums. Even with the computer sequencing behind them, their playing still had this kind of noisy swagger to it. Theres something very nihilistic about Blondes music, there is a touch of bad luck that weaves itself through everything. They tore through many of their best songs, (although i must say i missed hated because of great qualities, which is my personal favourite), and ended in a noisewall of guitars and heavy drums. skuli sverrisson played bass in about half the songs, but else hid behind his amplifier. as a coda they played magic mountain which kazu was still learning to play on her clavinet. i was surprised by how much she used the clavinet, which is a nice instument. they are a ridicuclously good band, and i hope they take time to come here again.