The Black Seeds played last night at Blijburg, and it went off (as expected). The festival atmosphere was awesome, laid-back and hippie, and by the second song they had I reckon everyone on the entire terrain crammed up in front of the stage rocking out. It was lovely to see the feedback loop, as the initially hesitant crowd (there weren’t many people on-site, sadly) got closer and closer to the stage and the musicians got more and more enthusiastic. (After hearing the two tracks from the new album offered on their site, I was afraid that they had softened their sound somewhat. Be relieved: they rock just as hard as always. Now I’m curious what the rest of the album is like.)

To those who missed it: there is still hope! Wednesday they’re playing Utrecht (in between they’re popping back to London for another gig — glad I’m not a professional musician!), at dB’s studio. I recommend it highly — so highly I’m going along myself to hear them again (yeah, call me a fanboy…). And to buy the new cd, which they had couriered to the Netherlands (import restrictions or something, since they’re not signed with a European label) and which didn’t turn up on time. A little bird told me the gig price is likely to be €5, although that’s not confirmed yet.

Go. See. Enjoy. (Oh, and I’ve got a kortingskaart if anyone is going by train.)