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Roadburn Festival 2024 // In Review // Vol.I

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I went back and forth on whether I would write about Roadburn this year, mainly because I had no idea if I would have the motivation or the commitment to doing so once I got back home. Over the Festival weekend a few people asked and I was still leaning towards no up until the Sunday morning of the fest. It’s been quite a long time since I wrote anything substantial and even longer since I wrote about live music. However, the weekend was quite extraordinary and on Sunday morning after a strong coffee, I decided to go for it.

I got home and those feelings disappeared quite quickly. Was it worth it? To write down how I felt about several bands, how they performed and how the crowd received them? I still don’t know and yet here I am, writing about my feelings once again.

Roadburn Festival is a unique place. The atmosphere is always one of welcoming and of being open to new and interesting music. People wander in groups or alone, although there is never a feeling of being lonely in Tilburg as everyone is there for the same reason. To enjoy the bands you know and to discover the ones you don’t. I missed last year for personal (I was hella sad) reasons and so getting back into the spirit was a little harder this year. Getting up at 02:30 may have had something to do with this, yet a triple espresso on the train from Schipol to Tilburg certainly helped in boosting the energy levels.

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Neurosis + Yob and Kowloon Walled City // Dachstock, Bern 14/07/19

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Bern’s Dachstock is the kind of venue that seems lived in; the graffiti that adorns every available wall space feels like it’s been there since the dawn of time and the punk aesthetic that seeps into the atmosphere is the kind that you’d have expected to find when Neurosis were still starting out – it’s fitting then, that this is the place that they are playing this evening and the hot, stifling air only adds to the electric atmosphere that is already rippling through the venue as Oakland’s Kowloon Walled City take to the stage.

The quartet are heavy where it counts and despite the weighty tones thrown out by the guitars and prominent bass, there is a sparse feeling to their sound – the music is allowed to breathe and move around Scott Evans’ voice, which is throaty and rage-filled from beginning to end, while still fulfilling the sludge aesthetic. Kowloon Walled City play with their sound enough to make them stand out from the crowded “post” scene and their approach is crushing and one that leaves the audience visibly shaken.

Kowloon Walled City @ Dachstock, Bern by Cheryl Carter

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Yob + Pallbearer and Bast // The Underworld, London 08/09/14

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Occasionally a live show comes along which proves to be utterly compulsory to attend. For those that miss out on said event, the jealously is all-consuming, for those who were lucky enough to grab a ticket early on, the glow of happiness is hard to ignore. One such show was Yob’s appearance in London along with the phenomenal Pallbearer (for many, the main draw) and local doomsters Bast at The Underworld in Camden.

yob tour

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