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“SONGS TO SAVE YOUR LIFE”: MOTOWN

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“This week’s show is all about getting down to the real Nitty Gritty.” [BBC Radio]

It has been more than 70 years since Woody Guthrie changed the direction of popular music when he used the singing voice, an acoustic guitar, and his sanity as a weapon to spread a mindset that slammed injustice and the disparities of an oppressive western society.

‘I need to be myself, I can’t be no one else. I’m feeling supersonic, give me gin and tonic’, sings born to be arrogant – born to cause trouble – born to be impertinent – born to conquer, Liam Gallagher in the Oasis debut single that turns 20 today.

Since more than five decades, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen´s writing has been the subject of a deep study of bohemian inteligencia. Their work require and exhaustive analysis that leads to endless conclusions and infinite reinterpretations of western wisdom and human behavior.

The last time that Klaxons played in London was a mammoth gig at Hard Rock Calling 2013, with nothing to promote other than an omnipresence existence in British music, and few indications of what would be their yet to be released third album.

“The Godfather of Punk turns his attention to the themes of love and sex, this show is both sweet and down right dirty.” [BBC Radio]

‘But each night, I bury my love around you…’, Paul Banks´s baritone explodes in “Say hello to the angels”, an impeccable classic from their full-length debut and opening track at the legendary Brixton Academy…

Singer and guitarist, King Lemon – looking like a depraved version of Roger Daltrey´s outstanding years – and drummer, Vampire Joe, are nothing but loud and psych-garage madness full of cacophony and distortion. If you prefer comparisons? A gear of sound reminiscent of The Cramps, The Sonics, The Velvets and Iggy & The Stooges.

“Iggy Pop’s second show is all about fun seekers, those people who get a kick out of what they are doing. Expect to hear Jimi Hendrix and his band cutting loose, The Ventures freaking out, and Tom Jones thoroughly enjoying himself.”