If you say
garage punk the first and only name that springs to my mind is The Nomads. I
think they are the #1 garage band.
The Nomads was, is and and will be the Pride of the northern Stockholm suburb Solna. Solna is a city of its own the locals say,
-Yeah right, we reply.
Besides The Nomads Solna is most notable for Football hooligans that hang around the football club AIK and corruption.
So they need their Pride to be at their best.
The Nomads have just released a new record called Solna. And I think with the cover they manage to be spot on the Zeitgeist there. And the record is probably their best ever. It´s too early to tell yet.
The Nomads was, is and and will be the Pride of the northern Stockholm suburb Solna. Solna is a city of its own the locals say,
-Yeah right, we reply.
Besides The Nomads Solna is most notable for Football hooligans that hang around the football club AIK and corruption.
So they need their Pride to be at their best.
The Nomads have just released a new record called Solna. And I think with the cover they manage to be spot on the Zeitgeist there. And the record is probably their best ever. It´s too early to tell yet.
The Place
At Strand, down at Hornstullstrand, not far away from Skål they put up a few restaurants and bars. Strand is working hard to become as hip and creadable as they could to attract the people of Södermalm. It´s a bit off from the main streaks so they have to have good acts and club to make us drag our sorry asses down there. I know, for a short while I tried to run a club there. And if the band fails to attract the crowd, the club fails. There for are Quality act important to them. And The Nomads are such an act. The stage and the place itself is one of the bigger in Stockholm. Compared to Broder Tuck it seems huge. Tonight every Nomad have come to see the Nomads. So its well crowded.
The Crowd
Most of them to see the Nomads so they hardly give a fuck about the support act, Royal Baths, which is a bit pity. Not all though, some of us really appreciated the odd American band. I pointed out the fact before about the Stockholm crowd, If you get them to move an eyelash you really succeeded. Even when the Nomads play at their best people hardly even nod their heads. It´s a fucking parody on my claim. But Nomads are experienced enough to not getting disturbed by it.
Most of them to see the Nomads so they hardly give a fuck about the support act, Royal Baths, which is a bit pity. Not all though, some of us really appreciated the odd American band. I pointed out the fact before about the Stockholm crowd, If you get them to move an eyelash you really succeeded. Even when the Nomads play at their best people hardly even nod their heads. It´s a fucking parody on my claim. But Nomads are experienced enough to not getting disturbed by it.
Royal Baths
The Support act. Royal Baths
If you take a bit of Early, Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd, a spoon of Velvet Underground and a lot of Jesus and the Mary Chain, Mix it in a blender you will have Royal Baths. This isn´t said in a bad way, oh no. I think this four young lads take on their legacy with a pride. It´s nothing wrong with their effort, well one thing bothers me a bit. The songs are pretty much the same tempo so there isn´t as much dynamic in the set as it could be. But the trouble the band face is that everybody is waiting for the Nomads.
The Nomads
The Nomads
They start off with their new and smashing good single Far Away and I realize I wasn´t ready for it. Oh, please do it again, I wasn´t there when it happened. Then the Nomads move on, new and old in a good mix. Unlike other bands, I don´t wanna hit the bar or go to the gents when they play the new songs. Actually I think they are better most of the old ones. The problem I have with their set and always had, is that the songs tend to sound a bit too similar. It is the same three chord blues bar rock n roll over and over again. When it is at its best they could be on a Quentin Tarantino movie sound track, as cool and back street their sound are. The guitarist Hans Östlund rises the temperature a bit with his solos and energy. Over all it’s a good concert even if I could wish for a bit of more variation in their songs.
Worth it`s 100Skr in entrance fee? Definitely!
The energy from both the bands keeps me company on the subway home.
They start off with their new and smashing good single Far Away and I realize I wasn´t ready for it. Oh, please do it again, I wasn´t there when it happened. Then the Nomads move on, new and old in a good mix. Unlike other bands, I don´t wanna hit the bar or go to the gents when they play the new songs. Actually I think they are better most of the old ones. The problem I have with their set and always had, is that the songs tend to sound a bit too similar. It is the same three chord blues bar rock n roll over and over again. When it is at its best they could be on a Quentin Tarantino movie sound track, as cool and back street their sound are. The guitarist Hans Östlund rises the temperature a bit with his solos and energy. Over all it’s a good concert even if I could wish for a bit of more variation in their songs.
Worth it`s 100Skr in entrance fee? Definitely!
The energy from both the bands keeps me company on the subway home.
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