Yesterday I went to see the Asteroids Galaxy Tour with the guys from Motoko. About six months ago tAGT were touring all over Holland. No matter how hard I tried I missed them every time. Grmblz. So this time I was lucky as one of the Motoko guys bought me a ticket for the show at Paard in The Hague. My best friend tried to get tickets too, but by then it was allready sold out. The reason for this was that they played in the small venue/parlor/hallthingy. Quite weird for such a band as the big venue/parlor/hallthingy wasnt even used.
The evening starting with some opening act done by two girls who introduced themselfs as ‘mmmhmhmhmhm’. I know I am getting old but none of the people around me could tell what they were saying. Probably nervous or something. (update: they were called The Secret Love Parade) And they were not bad or anything, just not what I would like to see while waiting for tAGT. It was kind of a mix between Ladytron and some high school band. Clumbsy in their performance. But still being able to grasp a difficult concept like harmony. They should keep the drummachine but add a base player to keep the flow. Also they started of with some very slow softpop. They should started with a bang. Now with each number they started increasing their aggressiveness but by then they had already lost most of the audience’s interest. A least ours, so we went to the merchandise booth. Here we bought the limited edition vinyl version of Fruit. I guess it is called limited as it wasnt pressed on 180gram vinyl. 
After returning, tAGT was ready and started their set with ‘Push the envelope‘. Now that’s how you start off a live set. Lot’s of screaming, a fat baseline and fast drums to get the audience going. After that the somewhat more relaxed tunes were done. And I noticed that the songs were played a bit slower then on the album version. Much better to dance on, but because they were in a small venue/parlor/hallthingy there was not much room to do that. It was also quite funny to see the trumpet player doing the baseline with his free hand on the keyboard. Except for vocalist Mette and drummer Rasmus all the band members regularly switched instruments per number. Talk about talent.
Because tAGT only got one album, their repetoire isnt that big. So I was amazed that they played some new material including a Inner City Blues cover. No where near Marvin Gaye, but much better than the Powderfinger version. Then after two songs it was “good night” and “dankuwel“. But after a “we want more”, they came back for one encore. The Golden Age. I really don’t like those planned encores. Either play your set and do a real return. Or just pause somewhere in the middle if you need the rest.. And I can get my beer.
