Sunday Song: Need Your Love by The Temper Trap

We are now in the spring and we set the summer time last night, so what is better than a song with a light spirit ? Well, we are lucky because this week was marked by the come back of the Australian band, the Temper Trap. So I suggest you to discover their new single, Need Your Love. What do you think of it ? Know that their new album self-titled will be released on May 19th in Australia / New Zealand and will be available on May 21st in Europe (on June 5th in the USA).

Sunday song: Bavarian #1 (Say You Will) par Miike Snow

This week was released Happy To You, the 2nd album of the Swedish band Miike Snow (and yes it is a band contrary to what their name could let think). I thus decided to celebrate that by putting in the the spotlight Bavarian #1 (Say You Will) this Sunday! Devil Work and Paddling Out had been available to listen to last January, I wanted to make you discover another song of this album. If you love Miike Snow as I do, you can see them at Reading and Leads Festival on August 24th and 26th !

Ram's Pocket Radio + Snow Patrol @ Zénith de Paris (7/03/12)

On Wednesday evening I was at Paris Zénith to attend the concert of Snow Patrol. The opening act was assured by Ram's Pocket Radio, a young band coming straight from Ireland which was joined by the talented Shauna Tohill. They remained around thirty minutes on stage, offering us their compositions. Led by the charismatic Peter McCauley, the group knew how to captivate the attention of the public with a sound closes to Fall Out Boy sometimes.

Let 's focus on the Snow Patrol gig in itself. The numerous musicians of the band arrived after an intro kinda long during which a planet swirled on the screen which occupied the bottom of the stage. They opened the set with I' ll Never Let Go and were very well welcomed by the public. Introduced by Gary Lightbody, the leader of the band, Hands Open continued to make the temperature rise in the Zénith! For the occasion he did not hesitate to go closer to his public.

Snow Patrol it's a musicians package, 6 in all. If Nathan Connolly, the guitarist gave himself completely, the others stayed at the back, in the shadow. Quickly Run arrived in the setlist. Useless to say that it was one of the most expected songs of the evening. It filled perfectly its contract, the Zénith sang in accord all the way long!

During all the concert Gary was smiling and communicative, it was pleasant to see! He played with the audience by speaking to us and by inviting us to raise our arms and to sing along. He also made the people who were softly sat in the seats stand up. I have to say that in spite of all Gary's efforts, the public remained rather passive, at least beyond the first 10 rows. Nevertheless, the band developed a certain nearness with his public, the numerous plans on the spectators on the big screen contributing to it. For the anecdote, there was in the room a spectator who apparently had seen the band in the O2 Arena  of London and who wished to let it know. He exchanged some words with Gary about an Irish footballer that came see the band in London.

It was the last concert of the band in Europe, it thus reigned a particular atmosphere. While Ram's Pocket Radio took advantage of their presence on stage to thank Snow Patrol for having chosen them on this tour, these last ones wanted the public to give an ovation to the crew that followed them on this tour.

We had almost 1h30 of show with a well tied up setlist. They mainly interpreted titles stemming from their albums Fallen Empires and Eyes Open as Call Out In The Dark, In The End, Shut Your Eyes or still You' re All I Have. Shauna Tohill also returned on stage to interpret Set Fire To The Third Bar with Gary. Personally I liked seeing Run live but I have even more appreciated to see Chasing Cars. When the tempo accelerated in the middle of the song with guitars and drums, it was a big moment!

The band came back for a 3 songs encore, Just Say Yes closed in beauty the concert. My only regret is the lack of Spitting Games which I would have liked seeing live but as the song says " You can't get always what you want ". To find videos of the concert you can go on Youtube, otherwise here is the  setlist:

Berlin

I'll Never Let Go

Take Back The City

Hands Open

This Isn't Everything You Are

Run

Crack the Shutters

In the End

Set the Fire to the Third Bar

The Garden Rules

Make This Go On Forever

Shut Your Eyes

Chasing Cars

Chocolate

Called Out in the Dark

Fallen Empires

You're All I Have

Encore:

Lifening

Open Your Eyes

Just Say Yes

Sunday Song: Chapel Song by We Are Augustines

This sunday I chose to present Chapel Song by We Are Augustines, an indie band from Brooklyn. Their debut album, entitled Rise Ye Sunken Ships was released last year in the US (march 5th in UK). It's a song that I discovered a couple weeks ago already and once more it was thanks to Xfm. I hope you'll appreciate it as much as I do. Their album is worth the listening, you should try it if you like Chapel Song ! They were touring in Europe earlier this year and they're gonna be touring in the US this spring if you're interested. Hope they'll come to Paris too someday. This week, taken back of the blog's activity with Snow Patrol's gig in Paris. Stay tuned and have a nice week !