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Tuesday, August 15, 2006
The companion post to last week's live set from The Legends, here's their label and tourmates, Acid House Kings. I was woefully unaware AHK's 15-year history before the show was announced, but familiarized myself a bit with their self-described Swedish guitar pop before they got to town. Their brand of pop is a bit more pure than The Legends, a little on the lighter side, with guy/girl vocals and enough songs of love to give you a couple new cavities (just look at the titles below). They're damn infectious, moreso when their charming selves are right in front of you, and I'm not exaggerating when I say my cheeks ached from smiling throughout their set. Here it is...  Acid House Kings Live at TT the Bears Cambridge, MA Monday, July 10th, 2006 01. First Time 02. Yes, You Love Me 03. The Heart Is A Stone 04. Sunday Morning 05. That's Because You Drive Me 06. Keep Your Love 07. Tonight Is Forever 08. This Love Is All We Need 09. Do What You Wanna Do 10. Say Yes If You Love Me encore... 11. London School Of Economics 12. We Are The Acid House Kings 13. banter 14. Summer Nights  A few of the songs they played can be found on their latest disc, last year's "Sing Along With The Acid House Kings", others come from 2002's "Mondays Are Like Tuesdays and Tuesdays Are Like Wednesdays", and even as far back as 1997's "Advantage Acid House Kings". The TTs crowd was enamored enough to force them into one more encore song than they planned on: an apparently long-ago-learned cover of "Summer Nights" from the Grease soundtrack. What they missed in the lyrics they made up for with enthusiasm, and the crowd helped fill in some gaps. Like I said, I couldn't help grinning and I wasn't alone. You'll notice comparing the photos above to those from The Legends post that there's more than a little member-sharing going on within the touring versions of the two bands. In fact, four out of five Legends became four of the six Acid House Kings on stage, with the two front-people (singer Julia Lannerheim and singer/guitarist Niklas Angerg�rd) exclusive to AHK's studio version along with Legends mastermind Johan Angerg�rd (yes, they're brothers) on second guitar. At least I think I've got that straight. So it makes even more sense that the two bands would team up for dates, including those seven U.S. shows they played last month. Be nice to see them return in the not-so-distant future and hit up some cities that missed out. Some Acid House links...
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