Gilbert Vierich playing @ Vicious Club, Rome
Last Friday night I went to the Vicious club in Rome. Hosted by Rock’n’Yolk, Gilbert Vierich was playing there for a solo DJ session. For those who don’t know him, he’s part of the amazing band Crystal Fighters. After almost one year from their second LP release, Cave Rave, the band is still very active in the European and American alternative scene. They will be touring this summer hosted even in the coolest festival such as Glastonbury. In Italy we must find happiness in Gilbert’s DJ sets in Turin and Rome.
The Roman one, took place in a pretty small club: Vicious. I hope the size is the only reason why they have a door selection. Wearing a total black outfit I could easily find my way to the bar, already under siege by the most loaded fashionistas. Mostly Taylor Momsen and Mary-Kate wannabes, armed with smartphones in sparkling covers, they were looking aloft their own flashes in fervent adoration of the #selfie goddesses alias themselves.
I suppose the party target was pretty different from the Crystal Fighters’ one. Sure enough, once I finally joined the main room, a girl dressed as Lindsay Lohan dressed as a pirate, shrieked on me because I hurt her whit a shoulder. I guess she didn’t know what pogo means. Anyhow, even if I wasn’t pogoing at all, she just reacted like Lilo facing a Xanax withdrawal. Chock-full the club, chock-full my tolerance: misanthropy was the way.
“At least we got Gilbert, he’ll save us all!” – I was repeating to myself as a mantra. I was right. We just needed a song like Plage and the mood changed in Peace&Love. This hairy guy is diametrically opposed to the last hairy guy I listened, a.k.a. Pocahontas, a.k.a. Steve Aoki. Vierich seemed playing for real, having a little or no pre-recorded remixes. The track selection was really good too, not only Crystal Fighters, I particularly appreciated “Standing in the Way of Control” by the Gossip – Soulwax remix.
NAUGHTY KEY 
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so the fish is now the guard of the sink. This can be a nifty little device that squeezes whole potatoes into
perfectly cut fries which are instantly ready for frying.