Rounding off election Sunday, I actually found the concluding debate among the party leaders much more interesting than the election itself. Being somewhat of a midway tête-à-tête in between parliamentary elections, the general tone was much more audaciously casual. I found it interesting that when finally getting enough of Pia Kjærsgaards nastyness and slight, Margrethe Vestager aggressively and resolutely quieted her, and was immediately supported by both Villy Søvndal and Helle Thorning-Schmidt. I finally saw the united opposition that we have lacked for so long. Combined with his complete untolerability towards the omnipresent sarcasm, and his inadequately controlled ill-temperedness, I think Lars Løkke Rasmussen will most definitely have his work cut out in an eventual election.
In other notes, i should mention that we played at the new Nordkraft venue Friday. Nordkraft is an old power-plant that has been completely refurbished into a multi-purpose culture centre, although it has been aesthetically kept industrial in appearance. A real figurehead of this city's postindustrial, gentrified harbourfront. We played at a battle of the bands, a kind of event I usually detest, as there's no proper time for soundchecking (and synthesizers often suffer from that), and there's generally too much of a "better-be-grateful-we-let-you-play-here!"-attitude from the hosts. I prefer having enough time to tinker with my setup and sound levels. Anyhow, Friday was a real delight, as the new venue is really impressive. Quite large, and cleverly designed, the acoustics however are what impressed me the most, being very clean and crisp. It's not uncomparable to the costly DR Concert Hall in Copenhagen, and I really hope this new venue is not wasted on the tenants Skråen, who have become slightly mid-age oriented in their selection of acts as of late. There could be real blasts at Nordkraft if they are able to draw some cool acts there!
Finally, I figured I should mention this weeks unavoidable track on P3, which are used-to-be teen-indie-electro-rockers Dúné, and their new single, Victim of the City, from their forthcoming album. After having surged through Danish underground at an early age, they became somewhat of a mainstream choice and thus indie pariah following the release of their debut record in 2007, but there might be potential for them to regain respect among conoisseurs with their sophomore effort. The new single at least is promising, indicating much more matureness and depth.
We'll see, though.
