Hinds (Best active band in the world)

[hollywood]

They have just announced a March 21 date at the Echoplex (capacity 780) in LA before Boise.

[Wilfrid]

I did see the new U.S. dates, nothing in the northeast yet. As I just booked a roundtrip to Barcelona to see them, I think I can skip Boise with a good conscious.

[Wilfrid]

Four hours to Hinds. Too early to start drinking but I think I've had enough cafe solos for one day.

[hollywood]

Party on.

[Wilfrid]

[Wilfrid]

More to come but here's the important part.

[hollywood]

It must be love.

[Wilfrid]

The show, in an old ballroom with a kind of red glow, was spectacular and the audience reaction the wildest I've yet seen. After the show, I got lucky. My friend and I went for refreshments to a craft beer bar nearby. We must have been there thirty or forty minutes and when we came out there was a gaggle of people outside a different bar. I just immediately saw drummer Maria's afro; which is quite distinctive. She was with bassist Paula so I went up and said hello, then I knew I had to say "Where is Ana? She knows me." And suddenly there she was and she did know who I was. Hugs, conversation, selfies. I said I wasn't very good at selfies, Ana said "I am" and grabbed my phone. 

[hollywood]

Looks like you got one extra song, "Girl So Confusing."

Nice snaps.

[Wilfrid]

Was that the last song in the regular set? I certainly didn't know it. Some video on IG for anyone interested. 

By the way, Ana and I aren't singing above. She said we had to shout "Noo Yawk!"
 

[hollywood]

First song in the encore. A Charli XCX cover.

[Wilfrid]

Oh that must be it. I don't know the Charli really.

Guess what the second encore was, extra points for shouting Gabba Gabba Hey wherever you are now. 

[small h]

I Wanna Be Sedated? I know, it's very obvious, but it's the first thing that popped into my head.

[Wilfrid]

Ooh no, there's a history. Hinds encore with "Davy Crockett," a furious blast from a British all-woman band called Thee Headcoatees. That song quotes the Ramones' "Pinhead," which in turn quotes a scene from a 1930s movie "Freaks" which has so much contemporary relevance I could cry.

@small h If you knew all that please remember it's late here...

[small h]

11 minutes ago, Wilfrid said:

 If you knew all that

I knew that Pinhead has a Freaks connection, but that's it. And now I have the Fess Parker song stuck in my head, which is unpleasant.

[hollywood]

5 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

Ooh no, there's a history. Hinds encore with "Davy Crockett," a furious blast from a British all-woman band called Thee Headcoatees. That song quotes the Ramones' "Pinhead," which in turn quotes a scene from a 1930s movie "Freaks" which has so much contemporary relevance I could cry.

@small h If you knew all that please remember it's late here...

Per setlist.fm the second encore song was "En Forma."  Last was "Davy Crockett."

[Wilfrid]

It was certainly the last.

[Wilfrid]

Recently posted on YouTube, full set from Brighton last October. Pretty good quality too. It says full set, but 52 minutes seems a bit short.

 

[Wilfrid]

I watched it through and the brevity might be explained by it cutting from song to song with no applause or talking from the stage (and Carlotta will talk).

Result, a really complete and quality version of the current Hinds show, from hi how are you to gabba gabba hey and therefore utter magic. If you have an hour to spare.

I am looking at Austin in the spring but  surely they will post a show in the north east.

[Wilfrid]

https://www.instagram.com/stories/anaperrote/3566693557158993198?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=bWE0cmRsMzVqeHdt
 

Gabba gabba in Istanbul, love them. Eta: Does that link work?

[hollywood]

Works for someone who is not on instagram.  Nice abs.

[Wilfrid]

April 5 doesn't seem far away now. Hinds, Austin. Hmm. I like Austin.

[Wilfrid]

I asked Ana about New York shows. She says come to Austin.

[Wilfrid]

So this is unmissable, Ana and Cisi showing off their musical knowledge interspersed with casual performances that are just a delight. Recorded last year because Ana has her broken foot. This is some of their best stuff. And funny, which they are.

[Wilfrid]

I bought a concert ticket for Austin. I wonder if the current collapse of the airline industry will push travel costs up or down?