Infadels

Infadels. Effenaar, Eindhoven, 24th October 2006. Back to the Effenaar for another new English band, this time for the Infadels. What can I say? They were magnificent. They are a dance/pop band from London who are touring their debut album We are not the Infadels. The group burst onto the stage with Jagger '67, a favourite of mine and the crowd erupted. They have a frontman with an amazing voice who clearly knows how to work the crowd and they produced an energetic and driven performance which kept the crowd jumping. It was clear to see that the group really enjoy playing live and I expect they say it everywhere, but they kept repeating how much they love to play for a Dutch audience.(Their live DVD was filmed in Paradiso.) After a version of Steady as she goes and a slightly mis-timed Girl who speaks no words, the set ended with Can't get enough. An incredible track to finally see and hear live. Their hit Love like Semtex was still to come and an extended version of Brandon Vegas rounded it all off leaving us all extremely sweaty, exhausted and still shouting for more.
Infadels

Editors

21st February, 2006 Eindhoven. This was my first visit back to the new-look Effenaar and I was impressed. From the view outside of the ladies loo to the absence of heavies at the front of the stage, I have nothing but praise. The support band this evening, The Brakes are from my home town (Brighton) so I didn't want to miss their show. They seemed to really enjoy themselves and have some good songs - 'Heard about your band'. The singer sounds strangely like the singer from the Violent Femmes. They closed their set with the opening chords of Munich. The crowd seemed to contain a lot of 'foreigners' and some misplaced Goths. As the Editors aren't yet as big in Holland as in England, it was easy to get right down to the front of the stage. Tom was easily in touching distance, which is why I love this type of venue! It was a great set and the crowd were really rocking. I wanted to see this for myself...everyone sang along. They saved my favourite song for the final encore, a powerful and extended version of Fingers in the factories. Fantastic stuff. Hmmm, walking back to the car, my legs seemed to have turned into lead! Obviously, I'm not as fit as I thought I was.
Editors