Las Profetas were quite a tough act to follow for the musically very different Casiokids (Norwegain synth vs indie poppers). But they hit their stride quickly with some fun drum and bongo-led rhythms and falsetto vocals reminiscent of Royksop. Photographers may have outnumbered audience members and the band didn't encourage the audience to dance in the same way Profetas did.
Perhaps Norways has been wrongly labelled as the home of death metal when it produces beardy quirky indie pop like this. The band looked like they were guests at the party in the video for Peter, Bjorn and John's 'Young Folks'.
They closed set the set with an uptempo 'Blue Monday'-esque tune with a latin-tinged beat. The band also and changed instruments during last song (when did that come back in? It seems to have been happening a lot over the past few years) and then most of the hit drums (when did that start? Loads of pople seem to have been doing it recently).
Ximena Sarinana's soundcheck created expectation of something quite different from the actual set.
One girl and a keyboard with good hum-along-able tunes, some in English, but mainly in Spanish.
Especially good eas the song 'Differences' about her experience of the culture clash when she came from Argentina to record her second album in LA.
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