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Sunday evening I dragged my fever infested body back to the fields of Roskilde Festival for the closing concert by Kings of Leon. The festival fields bore clear traces of the heavy water masses and mud was the dominant ingredient. But after a quick meal at the much more civilized Media City and a bunch of painkillers I felt ready for the last (and unfortunately only my second) concert at this years Roskilde.

The clock showed 22:00 when they entered the stage. Boom – Radioactive was blasting vividly through the speakers. After a few intro tracks lead singer Anthony Caleb Followill announced what seemed so straightforward: “We are Kings of Leon”.

Leading the show on with Tennessee-classics from their older albums: “The Bucket” and “Fans” and adding a few from their latest album like the slow “Back Down South”. Then a sudden break. Caleb on the mic again. He tells us that this is their last show on the tour and because of that he want’s to have a party. The 3 brothers and the cousin puts on the heavy “Crawl” to open the ball and follows up with the distorted “Charmer” from “Because of the Times”.

A rather unenthusiastic Caleb grabs the mic again the thanks us, the people at Roskilde Festival, for sticking out through the rain and staying this last night. We thank them for being there – on the stage.

Then something interesting happens. It got political.

“This next song is about gay marriage”. Boom, what a bomb. The band from the small heavily conservative town of Mount Juliet, Tennessee where same-sex marriage is banned by law suddenly stated their support of gay marriage. “Oh and we’ll dance like boyfriends …”

This was definitely the turning point of the gig. It got sharper from here and more interesting. The Kings added edge to the show by that little remark.
Still with an almost perfect mix of old songs and new songs like “Closer” from hit album “Only by the Night” and “California Waiting” from their debut album “Youth & Young Manhood”.

All in all I found that the Kings were slow to get going but when they first put it in 5th gear the were definitely in control and the audience loved it. For that I’ll give them 4/6 orange tents.

Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire (Richard Sharkey & Peter Sar Remix) (download)

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Kings of Leon – On Call (Grum Disco Remix (download)

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Efter en tur rundt om søerne med Kings Of Leon i ørene er der lige et par tracks der skal deles.
Lykke Li har haft fingre i Knocked Up og det er der kommet noget ganske friskt ud af.
Og Grums Disco Remix af On Call er i mine øjne genialt!

Kings Of Leon – Knocked Up (Lykke Li vs. Rodeo Remix)

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Kings of Leon – On Call (Grum Disco Remix)

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Bonus:
Kings Of Leon – Knocked Up

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Husk at købe albummet hvis det falder i godt jord.

Så blev det endelig fredag! Ikke at det betyder noget i denne uge, for vi har alligevel alle sammen påskeferie. Fra nu af vil vi hver fredag poste 5 vilde weekends-tracks der kan sparke røv i sagerne. Vi indfører hermed begrebet Friday Bangers!
Vi fortsætter hvor Bloc Party slipper med et dejligt remix fra Fake Blood. Her har de haft fat i Armand Van Helden’s I Want You Soul.

Næste track er et GrandTheft remix af Chris Cornell’s Part of me. Drengene fra Canada har sat lidt mere tempo på drengen og gjort tracket mere club-venligt.
Tredje nummer er en gammel klassiker der er blevet nyfortolket af Ocelot. De har haft gang i en ordentlig omgang cut’n'slice af Robyn’s gode game Be Mine.

Phoenix har mildest talt være hypede de sidste par måneder. Deres mest populære track er pt. 1901 som kan hentes gratis på deres side! Den i Cape Town bosatte sydafrikaner DJ Lapse har haft tracket under kærlig behandling og der er der kommet et virkelig sprødt nummer ud af. Det oser af sommer og dans!

Sidste track er en personlig favorit. De to drenge fra Liverpool, Richard Sharkey og Peter Sar, har pumpet hastigheden lidt op på King of Leons megahit Sex on Fire og det spiller rigtig godt! Husk forresten koncerten to dage efter Roskilde-festivalen for dem der kan overskue så meget musik i ferien.

God weekend!

Armand Van Helden – I Want Your Soul (Fake Blood Remix)

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Chris Cornell – Part Of Me (ft. Timbaland) (Grandtheft Disco Remix)

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Robyn – Be Mine (Ocelot Mthrfckrs Remix)

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Phoenix – 1901 (DJ Lapse remix)

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Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire (Richard Sharkey & Peter Sar Remix)

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nu som mixtape.