This is just a quick tunecast. On a random Thursday evening I decided to drop by the Gleis, in need of some loud n’ live. Before leaving, I quickly checked the listing and stumbled over a norweigan band that goes by the name of Katzenjammer (literally cats wail). It sounded kind of exciting, advertised as Folk-County-Balkan-Gypsy-Klapperrockpop, and as I only have the best of experience with norwegian live acts, this was a mild must-see. With no tickets at hand, and no real idea what kind of sound to expect, I made my way over to the Gleis around 2100 (which is the normal procedure). To my surprise, there was quite some commotion in front of my local gig palace and it started to dawn on me that, a) Katzenjammer is well known in the sub scenes and b) I was probably going to miss a must see gig. And, sure enough, the crowd was mixed and interesting and the sold-out sign propped up beside the door. So after cruising home, opening up a blond trappist beer known as ‘La Trappe’ , I dragged Katzenjammers 2008 album ‘Le Pop’ off of emusic. And now to the beef: the album is solid. Le Pop is fast paced, busy in fact, features more than 10 different instruments (from what I could hear, there could easily be more involved), perfectly synced 4-piece harmonies, some strong song writing, mariachi trumpets, accordions and fair organs all held together by gooey, stick-in-your-head melodies; ‘Hey ho on the devils back’ immediately made me want to listen to the Charlie Daniels band, ‘Der Kapitän’ to Gogol Bordello. In short – Katzenjammer is fun, and the fact that I missed their show is not. I attached the mentioned Danilesque ‘Hey ho on the devils back’ to this post. I am positively certain that this band is a solid live act – be sure to check them out if their in town.