il tour americano è finito con la data di giovedì. adesso sono in canada per poi tornare da venerdì prox (il 23) in europa all'hurricane festival in germania
questa è una recensione del gig dello scorso 15 giugno a Boston (ultima data americana), parole di elogio per nick
en weeks ago Arctic Monkeys jumped onstage at the Paradise to the strains of gangsta rap and kicked off their set with a short, fierce rock song called ``The View From the Afternoon." Having arrived on these shores riding a massive wave of hype, the young British band had a lot to prove and no time to waste.
Against all odds, things have gone well. Critics, by definition a skeptical lot, roundly concur that Arctic Monkeys are the real thing. American alt-rock fans, who tend to be more exacting than their UK counterparts, adore them.
On Thursday, the final date of the group's US tour, the band strode purposefully down a staircase onto a much larger stage at a far bigger venue serenaded by a loop of lush violins. The opening number at Avalon was ``Riot Van," a positively languid song, the gentle giant buried among the sharp jolts and fevered riffs of the group's debut album, ``Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not."
t was confounding, this understated start, and the idea that a baby band would surprise us at all testifies to Arctic Monkeys' warp-speed trajectory. (The band's grueling pace has taken a toll: Bassist Andy Nicholson dropped off the tour a few weeks ago, citing exhaustion. Nick O'Malley, his replacement, was formidable.)
But the boogaloo break that materialized like a nerd at a nightclub on ``Still Take You Home" -- that was a beacon. So was drummer Matt Helders's solo midway through ``Perhaps Vampires is a Bit Strong But . . ." Amid all that pummeling it was a swinging little snare that reduced Alex Turner's and Jamie Cook's thrashing axes to dust, and opened a window on the real possibility that amid all those fashionable influences, Arctic Monkeys may be a band with depth -- and a future.
hanno aperto il gig con Riot Van
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