Who said that Thursday is not an appropriate day for rock and roll?
Euskaraz irakurri: Nork esan du osteguna ez dela rock-and-rollerako egun aproposa?
The end-of-year festivities, sanjuanes, the beginning of the holidays, solstice celebrations… and, in Vitoria, in Azkena Rock Festival. As summer approaches, guitar music will not miss its annual appointment with the capital of Alava. This year, Jane’s Addiction, L7, Ty Segall, Queens of the Stone Age, Redd Kross, The Real McKenzies and PiLT will thunder in Mendizabala for three days, and, on more relaxed frequencies, Sheryl Crow, Mavis Staples and Band of Horses .
On the first day, the responsibility of opening the venue will fall to two Basque groups: Txopet and Crazy Brigade, who last year could not play at the festival as a result of the strong storms on Saturday. This year, they will have the opportunity to remove the thorn.
The Bilbao locals’ concert will begin at 6:15 p.m. on the Respect stage; That’s where the songs from his first album will resonate, Nahiz eta jausi: punk attitude, a powerful rhythmic base, a voice colored by autotune and, above all, very effective melodies.
punk rock group Crazy Brigade He will be in charge of relieving Txopet. Those from Bergara will finally set foot on the Gold stage starting at 7:05 p.m., the one that their admired Social Distortion took over in 2022 (this is how their guitarist, Alex Arteaga Urrutia, explained it to us last year), after the frustrated attempt last year because of the water. There is little doubt that it will be a good opportunity to continue warming up and shout some choruses into the air.
After them (20:05, Respect stage), it will be the turn of one of the most pleasant surprises found in the review of the poster, the Belgian quintet Whispering Sons. They will present their third album in Vitoria, The Great Calmpresenting as its main features its dark post-punk, some pop winks and the deep, mysterious and suggestive voice of its singer, Fenne Kuppens.
For the evening, two sure bets appear on the poster, each in its own style: the Californian Ty Segall (21:10, God) and Tarque & the Riff Association (22:30, Respect). There is no doubt that the Californian will triumph if he chooses the rockiest songs from his wide and diverse repertoire, but Segall is as profuse as he is unpredictable.
Carlos Tarque, singer of M-Clan, for his part, will give what is asked of him starting at 10:30 p.m.: his privileged voice on classic rock and roll performed by a reliable group like few others; His two albums with the Riff Association show them.
The headliners of the first day, the rock group from the 90s Jane’e Addiction, will take the stage at 11:35 p.m. One of the godfathers of that movement called alternative rock along with Blind Melon or Stone Temple Pilots, who will not refuse to play songs from their famous album Ritual of the Habitual will be represented in Vitoria by its founding quartet: singer Perry Farrel, guitarist Dave Navarro (who replaced John Frusciante in Red Hot Chilli Peppers in his first escape, to record One Hot Minute), bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins.
Those who are excited can continue the night with the hard rock of the Swedes Bonafide or the Asturians Ukulele Joe and his Hula Shakersbut it doesn’t hurt to remember that Friday and Saturday will still remain.
Source: Eitb
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