This turned out even better than I expected.
My berlin.unlike subscription (available via Google Reader) led me to discover Caravan Palace, this classy electro-swing group that - really - has it all. And fortunately I did manage to check the feed when I did, as I had just got back from Austria, was feeling a bit kaputt, and the concert was on the day I saw the post (i.e. yesterday).
I fell in love already by the first song I came across on their MySpace page, but the actual concert experience was AWESOME! Already in the beginning I wish I hadn't been so cheap and just simply shoved all my stuff in the Garderobe, as there was just dancing, dancing, and more dancing. Club house beats + jazzy, brassy swing = everybodyhappydancing!
The stage presence was amazing among all members, and of course especially among the main vocalists: the lady vocalist and the violinist-vocalist continually caught themselves in an amusing diva-dance showdown, complete with funny-facial-expressions-and-microphone-theft-galore. Did I mention that everybody was dancing? When the audience claps their hands to the rhythm and scream at the top of their lungs without prompting from the stage, that's a pretty good sign of (satisfaction)^100.
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So yes, I'm feeling pretty kaputt today, but in a good way. I also discovered, in searching for their MySpace URL, their music video for Jolie Coquine, which makes me love them even more, if that's even possible.
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To double the fun, the concert took place at arena Berlin. Basically: alien red lights, gigantic park benches, chia-pet cars, hammock-and-heated-pool deck on the Spree, and a family of swans. One of those times I should've given in to my Asian impulses and brought my camera (or stole Joseph's :-D ).
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