04-19 the Blue Van @ Shindig!
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I've been keepin' an eye on the Blue Van ever since I caught them delivering a crunching blast of old school hard rock at Southpaw in Brooklyn a while back. The Danish band is heavily influenced by 60's Brit-rock classics (i.e. any band Clapton was in) and in less capable hands it might come off as played out retro Boomer-Candy (like so many other bands), but these guys can really tear it up live. This is the third time I've caught the Blue Van and I've noticed that each time the crowds normally have started off seeming somewhat apathetic, scattered around the room, sipping their drinks. But as the band plays they slowly inch in closer and closer towards the stage with each song until by the end it's just a swirling mass of heads rocking out to the sweet Voxy grooves.
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