{"id":121,"date":"2007-10-10T16:25:14","date_gmt":"2007-10-10T15:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tempelores.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2020-04-28T22:25:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T20:25:29","slug":"08-10-2007-enter-shikari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempelores.com\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"08-10-2007 Enter Shikari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><small><em>Supports: Lost alone, Malkovich; Venue: Tivoli<br \/>\nBy: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tempelores.com\/?page_id=13#wouter\">Wouter\u00a0van de Kamp<\/a><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Finally there was an interesting gig in my home town again. I was very curious<br \/>\n\u00a0 after this show. Not because of the crowd, which would undoubtedly mainly consist<br \/>\n\u00a0 of emo teens just like the three times I saw them live already this year, but I was curious\u00a0 as to what the intensive touring had done to the<br \/>\n\u00a0 band. When I arrived at the sold out venue (with a capacity of 1.000 visitors)<br \/>\n\u00a0 there was a long row in front of the door. Fortunately I saw friends halfway<br \/>\n\u00a0 the row which saved me quite some waiting. Upon entering we read that the gig<br \/>\n\u00a0 featured a third band called Lost Alone and that the other support act had moved<br \/>\n\u00a0 to 20.00h. That other support act was just like the gigs in Doornroosje and<br \/>\n\u00a0 Waterfront &#8220;Malkovich&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 It was clear to me already that Enter Shikari had gotten more mainstream attention.<br \/>\n\u00a0 At least if one judged from the people attending the show. That made me curious<br \/>\n\u00a0 as to how they would dig the quite complex and odd metal\/jazz\/rock\/core (to<br \/>\n\u00a0 name but a few) combination. But I had forgotten about the advantages of having<br \/>\n\u00a0 such a young audience. They generally like anything if it&#8217;s just loud. The sound<br \/>\n\u00a0 was quite professional, especially the drums, which I found quite unsuitable<br \/>\n\u00a0 for a band like Malkovich. Besides that it just didn&#8217;t have the vibe I am used<br \/>\n\u00a0 to with them. Perhaps the audience, perhaps the height of the stage, I don&#8217;t<br \/>\n\u00a0 know. But the emo kids just did not seem to care about that. They just wanted<br \/>\n\u00a0 to have a good time and considering their shouting and clapping and even the<br \/>\n\u00a0 moshpits here and there, they did. Malkovich must have had a good time as well.<br \/>\n\u00a0 Memorable moment during the show is some kid close to the stage asking for some<br \/>\n\u00a0 water. Then the singer walks out to the kid with a nice smileface offering his<br \/>\n\u00a0 bottle like: you want some? And just when he&#8217;s about to give it he empties it<br \/>\n\u00a0 in the crowd with one smash&#8230; Next on he takes a whole tray of water bottles<br \/>\n\u00a0 and throws it in the crowd. Good joke.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Next on was Lost Alone. The crowd&#8217;s voices were seemingly warmed up through<br \/>\n\u00a0 Malkovich because this Derby-based (UK) band was greeted with even more cheers,<br \/>\n\u00a0 shouting and clapping than Malkovich. I hadn&#8217;t heard of the band before and<br \/>\n\u00a0 after two songs I wish it would have stayed that way. But that was just my personal<br \/>\n\u00a0 taste. They got a very steady performance and this was obviously not their first<br \/>\n\u00a0 gig they played. Musically they bring some mixture of punk\/grunge and britrock<br \/>\n\u00a0 with some emo-influences. Sort of like Soundgarden being molested by Muse using<br \/>\n\u00a0 emo knifes to slit their wrists. The crowd seemed to like it though. But I went<br \/>\n\u00a0 out to the corridor next to the entrance to get some fresh air. Or at least<br \/>\n\u00a0 some fresher air. It was enormously hot in the hall. And Enter Shikari had not<br \/>\n\u00a0 even started yet. I saw people coming out very enthusiastically and judging<br \/>\n\u00a0 from the merchandising sales a lot of people liked it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Then it was time for the MySpace sensation of this year. The English version<br \/>\n\u00a0 of Dutch Esmee Denters, who both gained enormous attention and a record deal<br \/>\n\u00a0 without having an album out was starting their intro and the crowd went wild.<br \/>\n\u00a0 Just before the first notes on guitar me and my friend started out a moshpit.<br \/>\n\u00a0 But we could only do that for two songs. We are both used to some moshing and<br \/>\n\u00a0 some heat, but this was just unbearable. And so did many people think. Moshpits<br \/>\n\u00a0 started with a large group but in no time almost 80 percent just quit. Many<br \/>\n\u00a0 seemed to like to jump and dance in other ways though. Respect to those that<br \/>\n\u00a0 did that during the whole show. Back to my question I started this review out<br \/>\n\u00a0 with. Their extensive touring (doing a show almost every day) did unfortunately<br \/>\n\u00a0 have an influence on them. They had a guy with them who pushed people off the<br \/>\n\u00a0 stage when they were too long on stage and also on other perspectives you could<br \/>\n\u00a0 see they professionalised their performance. From the very beginning to the<br \/>\n\u00a0 end there was some lack of enthusiasm with the bandmembers. Not that they were<br \/>\n\u00a0 just bluntly playing their songs. Into the contrary, they still jumped and ran<br \/>\n\u00a0 against walls etcetera. They just seemed to have gotten used to the outrageous<br \/>\n\u00a0 crowd, in full contrast to the Melkweggig. Nevertheless there were<br \/>\n\u00a0 happy faces everywhere and a crowd continually going wild. It seems to me as<br \/>\n\u00a0 if Enter Shikari is again an undergroundband lost to the mainstream. Either<br \/>\n\u00a0 they should go one step further in their professionalism and learn how to make<br \/>\n\u00a0 a show special for a crowd and improvise with more jokes and entertaining or<br \/>\n\u00a0 you will not see me too often at their shows from now on. Not that they should<br \/>\n\u00a0 care. They have succes. They sold out a 1000 visitors venue. They play almost<br \/>\n\u00a0 everyday. I was happy to be outside again, because I was in desperate need of<br \/>\n\u00a0 fresh air after moshing through their hit song &#8220;Sorry You&#8217;re Not a Winner&#8221;.<br \/>\n\u00a0 Judging from the presence of sweat on all other people&#8217;s happy faces that came<br \/>\n\u00a0 out I was not the only one. I will keep track of what this band is doing and<br \/>\n\u00a0 am curious what the next step will be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entershikari.com\"><br \/>\n\u00a0 Enter Shikari official<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/entershikari\">Enter Shikari Myspace<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0 Malkovich Myspace<br \/>\n\u00a0 Lost alone<br \/>\n\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tivoli.nl\">Tivoli<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supports: Lost alone, Malkovich; Venue: Tivoli By: Wouter\u00a0van de Kamp \u00a0 Finally there was an interesting gig in my home town again. I was very curious \u00a0 after this show. 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