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FAVE
EVENT of December 2008:
Thomas D., Dec 18th @ Gasometer
I never was a fan of his music, but Thomas D. manages to catch you
with his performance, his lyrics, his charm,... He enjoys every second
he is on stage, he loves his audience, he lives his music, so there is
no other way then to love him.
And with lyrics like this, you just have to worship him:
Denn
da alle Liebenden
Innerlich
immer noch Kind
Und da
die, die reinen Herzens handeln
Unsere
größten Helden sind
Rett
ich die Welt
Mit
Deiner Liebe in mir
Denn
ich bin für Dich da
Nein
ich bin wegen Dir hier
Da Dir
die Fähigkeit
Zu
lieben geblieben ist
Und
die Kraft zu vergeben
Ein
Bestandteil Deines Lebens ist
Wurde
ich erweckt
Und
was tief in mir schlief
Führt
nun Feder
Und
schreibt Dir diesen Liebesbrief
FAVE
EVENT of November 2008:
Travis, Nov 21st @ Jugendstiltheater
November was so full of amazing
gigs that is
hard to decide which as the best gig, so we go for the most special
one: Travis,
actually just Fran and Andy played a acoustic session in the beautiful Jugendstiltheater
at the Baumgartner Höhe.
A show full of amazing songs and funny story. We are in love with Fran
Healy and his songs.
You can watch the show at the FM4 website here.
(c) Pamela Russmann / Fm4
FAVE
EVENT of October 2008: The Wombats, Oct 18th @ Arena
The Wombats manage to get everyone in the
audience to dance, shout and sing. And everyone went home happy that
night.
So join the band in singing:
Let's
dance to Joy Division and celebrate the irony. Everything is going
wrong but we're so happy!
FAVE
EVENT of September 2008: Veto, Sep 17th @ B72
September
had lots of
superstars in Vienna, and some of them (Coldplay) did an amazing job,
but still, we nominate Veto's showcase at the B72 as Fave Event of
September.
Indie, Electro, Rock combined with a fabulous voice and danceable songs.
We love Veto and are "Crushing Digits" with them.
FAVE
EVENT of August 2008: Frequency Festival, Salzburg
It has always been and still is Austria's
best festival.
All your favourite indie and rock bands on three days
surrounded by the Salzburg mountains.
Not even the rain can change the fact the Frequency festival is just
the place to be each August.
FAVE
EVENT of July 2008: FIB 2008, Benicassim, Spain
The best festival of the season,
beach during the days, gigs at night. RockMISSes turned the nights into
days and partied hard.
An amazing venue, lovely food and
geniuses on stage - that's what a festival needs.
Miss BB fell in love with Mr. Leonard Cohen and danced the night away
to the sound of Hot Chip, while Miss Ana dreamed to Death Cab for
Cutie, to name but a few of the amazing acts.
The
Great Escape, May 13th - 15th, Brighton, UK
There is absolutely no doubt what
our FAVE EVENT
in May was:
The
Great Escape, the 3-day-new music festival in Brighton,
could easily be the event of the decade. Best new music
(think: The Mae Shi, We Are The Physics, Maths Class, Elle Milano, Pete
& The Pirates...),
great locations (old-school-pubs, gigs on balconies, street &
beach gigs)
and lovely people all over the place.
RockMISSes are in love with Brigthon and the great "new music / city
festival" concept. We'll be back!
Not
a gig that you would call rock'n'roll, but still the best of the past
month. José Gonazles' voice is magical, his guitar picking
unique and the quality of his song-writing undoubted. Considering what
huge venues he already plays in UK and US, Vienna was lucky to have a
chance of the intimate encounter at Flex. We are already looking
forward to seeing Mr.Gonzales back at the Frequency festival!
FAVE
EVENT OF March 2008
The Fashion - March 5th- Arena
Our
Fave Event of March title goes again to a band from Denmark:
THE
FASHION played in Arena Wien on March 5th
and made us dance our night away.
Definitely
not the biggest, not the busiest and not the longest gig that
RockMISSes attended
in March.
-
but definitely the one that we will still talk about in 5 years.
A
few weeks after their gig in Vienna
they played many shows in the USA -
also on the SXSW - and got amazing critics. So, it seems these talented
and creative boys from Kopenhagen did not only impress RockMISSes.
So
we say: next time The Fashion come to Vienna,
they are determined to play the biggest, the busiest and the
longest gig! :-)
FAVE EVENT OF FEBRUARY 2008
Duné (support of Panic at the Disco)- March 1st - Gasometer
February started somewhat slow, continued
slightly hectically and and
ended with a bang: 3 nights of great gigs in a row
(Mando Diao, Guadalajara, Panic at the Disco)
Miss Ana's definite hightlight was the Mando Diao
performance in the Stadthalle. Yes, she is being slightly subjective
there, ok - but the guys played well as never before!
Miss BB's heart was dancing during the Jimmy Eat World
expectedly great performance in Gasometer.
But we will give the FAVE EVENT of February
to these guys's performance:
Duné from
Denmark opening for Panic
At The Disco at the Gasometer.
They were energetic, the sound was awesome
and the audience picked on
the good vibes from the first beat on. They might be young, but they
perform like pros!
Apart from that they were rightly drinking and partying like there was
no tomorrow at the aftershow party on Badeschiff.
They proved that they have manners, though, as they did not forget to
come around and introduce themselves to the RockMISSes
from Vienna. Way to go, guys! :-)
FAVE EVENT OF JANUARY 2008
Smashing Pumpkins - Jan 31st - Wr. Stadthalle
Music
wise it was definitely the show of the month;
they played a 2,5 hour set including (nearly) all hits (at some point RockMISSes wonder
if it was because they loved playing, or if Mr. Corgan needed to prove
that he had written that many songs). It sounded great most of the time.
But as a lovely FM4 Host said, they just
worked, like a machine, this machine is working perfect -
but sometimes it is better not to be that perfect.
(c)
Musicnet
FAVE
EVENT of 2007
Sounds big, doesn't it? The sole
words "THE BEST EVENT" of an entire year puts a slight
pressure. Especially, if the mentioned year was as exciting and
inspiring as this one. MissAna & MissBB together
saw over 300 bands performing, went to the one and
the other party, lived music 24/7. So how to measure, where
to start, what emotions to apply?
We say: no other than our own guts!
And therefore for the RockMISSes
there is only one event of the year 2007 that can take this
throne.
MUSE headlining the Escenario Verde,
July 22nd 2007 @
FESTIVAL
INTERNACIONAL de BENICASSIM 2007 (aka
FIB07)
A
MIND-BLOWING GIG:
For sure, MUSE have proven one more
time that they are the best live performing band on
EARTH these days. They blew our minds off by the sound and the
visuals and it was hard to believe that 3 guys on
stage could produce something that... HUGE (and that
the electricity would not break down during
that atempt). The audience was left dumbstruck after those
60min and it would have been a nice view from the above to see
how it actually took everyone awhile to realise their coordinates and
where-to-go-now's.
There are many additional reasons
why FIB07 could be voted the FAVE EVENT of 2007. Some of them you can
read in Miss Ana's Festivals' Sparks.
But there is also...
SOMETHING MORE:
Most probably there would be
no RockMISSes if
it weren't for FIB07. There is no factual connection between
those two, like cause and consequence. But the lack of those
makes it even more charming to us. Like a magic of a Fave
Show.
FIB07
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