Life’s a beach: German duo Odd Couple bring their crazy, infectious glam-power-pop to Rotondes on 10 August. Julian Weigand

Life’s a beach: German duo Odd Couple bring their crazy, infectious glam-power-pop to Rotondes on 10 August. Julian Weigand

Delano continues its look ahead to what’s on at the Congés Annulés festival at Rotondes. The second week features Russian avant-pop, East Frisian-Berlin dada-rock and Japanese psych-rock from Montreal.

The second week at Congés Annulés features a truly eclectic and internationally diverse line-up.

Things kick off on Saturday 6 August with London-based post-punk quartet Italia ’90, whose angular, funky social-commentary songs are reminiscent of Gang Of Four and The Fall. In a last-minute change of line-up, they are supported by Belgian quintet Marcel from nearby Arlon (Dutch band The Homesick were originally scheduled but had to pull out of the show). Marcel makes an infectious noise that is best described as a mix of rock’n’roll, post-punk, punk-rock, grunge and indie.

German composer, producer and pianist Moritz Fasbender (real name Friederike Bernhardt) will bring a whole new calm to the Rotondes on Sunday when she performs dark, neo-classical songs from her last album 13 Rabbits as well as others from her rich back catalogue. Bernhardt has worked mainly as a stage musician and composer for film and especially theatre and her compositions have a distinct cinematic ambience about them.

Monday night is film night at Congés Annulés, and this week’s screening is of the career-spanning documentary Lydia Lunch--The War Is Never Over, focused on the multi-faceted New York singer-No Wave icon.

Luxembourg support acts

Another female artist with a pseudonym, Kate NV (aka Ekaterina Yuryevna Shilonosova) performs on 9 August. Russian born, Shilonosova is donating proceeds from her latest collection of music, bouquet, to Ukrainian refugees. Her brand of pop music is experimental and exuberant. Also on the bill is local electronic-pop duo Cosmokramer, comprised of Yves Stephany and Olivier Treinen.

And another Luxembourg duo is on stage on 10 August, when Jamie Reinert (electric baritone guitar) and Christophe Demart (drums) perform as First Mote. The duo released their first EP, a six-track EP of beautiful instrumentals called Middlecroft, in late April this year. They are supporting East Frisian-Berlin dada-rock duo Odd Couple (guitarist Jascha Kreft and singer-drummer Tammo Dehn), whose infectious synth-guitar pop is guaranteed to get the Rotondes jumping. The band’s songs, with titles like 10 Bier Bitte or Dübelmann (dowl man), are fantastic, cocky slices of glam-power-pop that showcase a brassy attitude to life and how to live it.

Thursday 11 August is given over to local hip hop DJ PC, who “will bring you back to the rough sounds of the 90s with the help of his large collection of vinyl records and samplers.”

Finally, on Friday 12 August, Montreal-based Japanese psych-rock band Teke:Teke headlines a show that will see them perform their very unique blend of classic Japanese balladry, Bulgarian folk and Brazillian psychedelia.

Support comes from yet another Luxembourg band, crowd favourites No Metal In This Battle who always put on a good show with their take on afro-post punk.

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