Hits In The Car

It’s all red...

2009-11-06T14:02:00.012+01:00

Wanted to write a blogpost yesterday, but spent the entire day listening to Röd (that’s the new album by Kent, in case you’ve somehow managed to miss that) and never got around writing anything. I’ve said a number of times before that I’m no fan of Kent experimenting (I’m still hoping it’s just an experiment) with an electronic sound, as I prefer thinking of them as a rock band rather than a synth pop ditto. But, as the band (understandably) doesn’t care about my thoughts, feelings, whatever on this topic and as indicated by first single Tönterna, they stuck to the formula used when they recorded Tillbaka Till Samtiden and ended up exploring the electronic world even further on the new album. Consequently my expectations where pretty modest, when I downloaded the album (from the official webpage of course and not some illegal copy), as a kind of precaution to prevent major disappointment. However I could have saved myself from all that, because this album would have no problems meeting any expectations I might have had, as songwriting and production melts beautifully together to create a rather overwhelming whole. And this despite I have yet to listen to it at home in quiet surroundings while checking out the lyrics, which makes me confident that the album will continue to grow on me. So perhaps time has come for me to finally accept that Kent is a rock band turned electro, though I seriously doubt that the journey is going to end here? Synth pop, disco, rock or whatever path they’ll choose to follow, something definitely has to go terribly wrong before they’ll be dethroned as best band on the planet.

Oh well – other bands do exist!

The albums by Danish Daycare and Digits are on my ever growing pending list. They have left good first impressions and I really ought to give both some serious listens!
+ Danish Daycare – A Story of Hurt
+ Digits - Monster

New single Days by Sambassadeur is spreading real fast in the blogosphere. No wonder really, as this, exactly as expected, is a short, sweet, uptempo and infectiously catchy pop tune. A yet untitled (?) album will be out in January...on Labrador of course!
+ Days

Danish band Mushi has announced that a new album will be released in late spring next year. A much more welcomed piece of news than the “Mushi has come to an end” announcement published six months ago!

Snacks...

2009-11-04T13:12:00.007+01:00

Will one loose one’s street cred (if one has any) if one says that ones likes the new Snow Patrol single? Risking an eye and putting in writing that I think Just Say Yes is a terrific pop song. Watch the video if you need to be convinced that I haven’t lost it completely.

This has to be one of the best promo mails ever. Texas quartet Fate Lions has mailed this download link for their album Good Enough For You and adds "Please feel free to treat it however you like. Perhaps you know someone that might enjoy it or know someone that would hate it but whom you'd enjoy annoying, either way please feel free to share, etc. We play wannabe smarty pants fist pumping roller rink bubble gum downer pop.". Not a word about how fabulous they think they are. A short, intriguing and (just a little bit) funny message is really all it takes!
+ Seen It All

Swedish indie popsters Tellus About The Moon will be holding a release party for their album Australia tomorrow at the nightclub Svanen in Gothenburg. Clever as I am, I obviously understand that this means that the album will be released and thus available for purchase. How come then that I cannot find any info on how to buy it or even who is releasing it (though I do suspect that the band is releasing it themselves).

Interesting remix project mixtoverdener.dk (mix two worlds) has reached its final chapter and rounding out the experiment are these two recently published remixes by Carpark North and Nikolaj Nørlund. Samples were taken from cello concerto no. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich.
+ Carpark North - The One
+ Nikolaj Nørlund - No Love Lost

Music, music, music...

2009-10-31T21:51:00.013+01:00

Tonight’s agenda is pretty simple. Read some mails. Download some music and listen to it. Post whatever is worth our (that’s you and me) time. No words. Just music!

Some seriously bad stuff so far...

+ PJ Bond - You, Too

Not at all loyal to my own formula. Peter just mailed a link for this video of Kent performing new track Svarta Linjer. New album Röd will be out November 6.

Back on track...

+ Pants Yell! - Cold Hands
+ Ravens & Chimes - Hearts of Palm

Things are improving dramatically now! Nice!

+ White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
+ ArpLine - Fold Up Like a Piece of Paper

Must have deleted a hundred emails (at least) by now! And that will probably be all for tonight!

Oh well - that was one big lie. Here's one final one...

+ Lullwater - One More Time

A secret beer...

2009-10-30T20:43:00.002+01:00

This one sounds familiar. Wife’s out, the kids are sleeping, the mailbox is bursting (or just about to) and I’ve found a beer in the fridge. And no; the post title certainly isn’t meant to be a joke, as all information on the beer label (enlarge the photo and perhaps you'll be able to see that yourself) has been printed using the Braille system. The beer has therefore been given the name "blindeøl", so calling it a “secret beer” can't be completely wrong? But as funny and interesting this might be, I'm afraid that it also means that my only option is to learn the system, if I want to know exactly what it is I’m drinking. Lazy as I am, I’m probably not going to bother, so I'll just drink and (hopefully) enjoy it. Definitely worth mentioning is that for every sold beer the brewery will donate 2 DKK to Dansk Blindesamfund....

SuperTroels, who hasn’t been using that alias for quite some time and instead preferred his real name Troels Abrahamsen, offers “a near final version” of new track Swaat as a free download. The final version will be included on his forthcoming album BLCK.
+ Swaat

Speaking of Troels, I was wondering if there was any news on VETO? Last year’s album Crushing Digits was monster, so any sign of a follow-up being in the making would be classified as "great news". But there was no information to be found or at least I couldn't find it. Instead this oldie, which always is worth sharing…
+ You Are A Knife

Did you download your copy of the Bodebrixen album? If you need to be convinced why you should even bother, I strongly recommend you check out this lovely pop gem. Unless of course you're not at all prepared to be charmed off your feet!
+ Shone

Here's a real nice one from the inbox. It has already been featured by a number of blogs, so I'm taking the easy path here and letting the music speak for itself!
+ Loch Lomond - Wax and Wire

I don’t know how many times I’ve written this before, but I’ll never be a fan of remixes. More often than not the only thing a remix does is ruining the original track and I’ve never fully understood the purpose of this! The few remixes adding something to the original or at least being “listenable alternatives” are few and far between, but whenever I stumble upon one of those, I guess it’s somehow my “duty” to post it. And this recent remix of the Phoenix track Fences by Son Green definitely falls under the “listenable” category!
+ Fences (Son Green Remix)

Various...

2009-10-28T13:23:00.008+01:00

I've promised myself that I will not start whining or complaining about small insignificant things in today's post. Though I do suspect that blogging will be less interesting that way, as words just seem to come more easily to you, when you're pissed off. Luckily my computer is a reliable ally and does it's best to prevent me from keeping my promise, as it is unusual slow today. I mean it normally operates at a pace which wouldn't even impress a snail, but somehow it has found a way to be even slower today. This actually impresses me quite a lot, as something this slow would normally accept its destiny and simply roll over and die! But from time to time it does show signs of life and allow me to type a few words, so maybe (or maybe not) I'll be able to add to this...

J.A. just mailed a reminder that the new Bodebrixen album is free to download from the band's webpage. Thank you and shame on me for forgetting! The bitrate is a measly 128, but should be plenty to convince you whether or not the album is worth buying! So far it has been downloading for half an hour, so things really are slow around here today!
+ Keychain

And whenever things get back to normal, I'm definitely going to download the rest of the Hold It Close album by Canadian electro pop artist Digits. Just to find out if the rest can possibly be as fine as these two promo tracks!
+ Monster
+ Nonstop

Grumpy...

2009-10-27T13:56:00.011+01:00

Fuck this has become predictably boring! Once again I’m a grumpy old man and feel the need of complaining about something! Perhaps my age has finally caught up with me and begun to show its ugly face? Because, believing that the world has united in a collective attempt to piss me off is simply too paranoiac, so it has to have something to do with my age! I suppose! I hope! Anyhow; this morning I learned that my file host boxstr.com had transformed itself into OpenDrive, but of course not before deleting all my previously uploaded files. I did read somewhere that true reason is that boxstr.com has been hacked, but I can find no verification of this anywhere. And no matter the reason, this meant that I had to spend quite some time re-uploading a string of songs to prevent people from bumping into far too many broken links. Well at least on the front-page. And tomorrow I wouldn't be surprised if things are back to normal, thus making today’s work a complete waste of time...fuck modern technology and bring back the glorious days of vinyl and cassettes...told you I was grumpy!

Guess it’s time to put focus back on music and leave all my whining behind!

Danish youngsters Avisitor has three new tracks streaming at Myspace. While you're there, why not give the new track Easy Come Sit by the lovely Majorian a listen? And Lastbandalive has a couple of new ones streaming as well! Too much streaming for my liking, but still great to learn that things are brewing!

Chris is excited about the news that Shout Out Louds are in the studio recording their third album! And give me one good reason why he shouldn't be?

Konrad has mailed me his never-released remix of the Track a Tiger track (try repeating that: “Track a Tiger track”) Don’t Make a Weapon. Since I really like this band and the remix certainly isn’t “killing” the song, I have no problems posting it. The original version of the song can be found on the band’s second album We Moved Like Ghosts.
+ Don't Make a Weapon (Konrad remix)

Oh sweet bitterness...

2009-10-26T14:47:00.007+01:00

Okay then. I did pull my act together. I asked and had not problems at all getting a “going out” permit for Saturday evening. I even managed to get my name (and a friend as well) on the guest list for the Grand Avenue + Sorgenfrei/Villumsen concert, so things were all set for a great evening. However Saturday afternoon a second friend called and asked if could join us, and prescient as he was, he even asked if I was sure that he could get a ticket. Still recalling a concert some years ago, where less than 70 people showed up for a Grand Avenue concert and at the same time feeling certain that the brilliance of Sorgenfrei/Villumsen has yet to reach a larger audience, I confidently replied that of course he could. Today I’m everything but proud of my confidence (which actually is very unlike me, as I normally double-check everything), because the concert turned out to be completely and totally sold out, which obviously left us with quite a dilemma. Three guys, two names on the guest list and a 40 minute drive away from home. With some friendly assistance, we did try to get an extra name added to the guest list, but with no luck, as the venue wasn’t exactly cooperative on this matter. So in the end the only acceptable solution was to drive back home, find a bar and have a few pints instead. Nice of course, but not exactly the way I hoped and expected to spend my Saturday evening. The Sorgenfrei/Villumsen part of the concert went pretty well (at least so I’ve been told), though it did hurt and still does, when I learned that the duo had included a rendition of my favorite Entakt song Kunsten at slippe taget in their set! Bummer...naaah...MEGA bummer!
+ Kunsten at slippe taget

Thoughts and such...

2009-10-23T12:07:00.011+02:00

In a whining mood, as I’m once again contemplating whether or not I should continue blogging. Well I’ve been through this a number of times before and the outcome is pretty much given, as I will of course carry on. But today is just one of those days, where things seem to make no sense. Spend far too much time on this. Both writing posts and constantly searching for new (and interesting) stuff. Still it happens way too often that I never get around to write about or even listen to things I ought to check out (generously sent to me by artists I like and respect – some of it I even asked them to mail me), and therefore end up having a bad conscience. And isn’t blogging supposed to be fun? And not about feeling guilty? I mean! I know I’ll never make a living out of this, so this will forever remain a hobby. A hobby is definitely a good thing. At least so I’ve been told! But what’s the point if it’s puts you under constant pressure or makes you feel that you’re letting someone down? Oh well fuck the whining. I’ll post whenever I have the time and I’ll post whatever I feel like posting and if the music you sent me is never featured, I swear it’s not ill will.

U2 inspired Danes Grand Avenue will be playing at Templet (located in Lyngby just outside Copenhagen) tomorrow night and I’m seriously thinking of going. I’ve seen the band twice before and they are surprisingly much better live than on recordings. However the true reason for my considerations is the supporting act Sorgenfrei/Villumsen; a fairly new constellation consisting of Andreas Sorgenfrei (of Didium & The Black Bonnie Picture) and Jonas Villumsen (of Entakt). Now all I need is the guts to call the chief and ask for a “going out permit”. Read more about the track below here or here.
+ Bygdebarn (En Sang For J)

Experience has taught me not to be too blue-eyed optimistic, when it comes to Matinée Recordings and release days, but November looks as if it could turn out to be rather noteworthy, as the label will (finally) release the Northern Portrait debut as well as the sophomore album by The Electric Pop Group. As everyone should be aware of by now, I’ve eagerly been awaiting both releases for, if not ages then at least, a long, long time! Another intriguing release by the label could be The Matinée Grand Prix compilation, which will include (new?) tracks by 11 absolutely amazing artists!!

Danish shoegazers Dorias Baracca writes that they are on the verge of being signed by glorious label Club AC30. Accordingly this should be followed by the release of the band’s debut EP Handsome Meltingpoint!
+ The Only Touch

Shorties...

2009-10-21T10:59:00.003+02:00

Working my way through mails, updates etc.

Northern Portrait (sort of) verifies that they have finished the recordings of the debut album Criminal Art Lovers.
+ I Give You Two Seconds To Entertain Me

Quite frustrating to learn that the Ruined by Martin concert at Rust (Copenhagen) November 14 has been cancelled. Especially annoying since the problem "finding a babysitter" had been solved. Instead I'll attend the first (of hopefully many) The Banana Hold-Up club nights.
+ Defy The Odds

Glorious acts like Play People, Celestial and The Legends are among the artists included on the forthcoming Rough Trade Indiepop 09 compilation. Check the tracklist and start drooling!
+ Play People - Goes Out

Two brand new tracks by excellent Danish band Lastbandalive are streaming at Myspace.

Slumberland Records has just put out a smorgasbord of 7” singles; each accompanied by a free download promo track. Currently trying to figure out which track I like the most!

Swedish synth pop duo This Vision has just released their self-titled debut album on their own label Devotion Records. I'll write more once I've listened to the entire album, though I do recommend that you give the four streamable tracks a listen. Unless of course you don't like catchy pop music!

Former Decorate Decorate band member Mikkel Holtoug shares his remix of the Turboweekend track Trouble Is.
+ Trouble Is (Holtoug ReMix)

The bodega of dreams...

2009-10-20T15:17:00.007+02:00

A second band rising from the ashes of Oliver North Choir has now seen the light of day (the first being The Boombox Hearts), as new combo Mikkel Max og Drømmenes Bodega has decided to publish (and share) a brand new recording named De sidste glade dage af Romerriget. Oh boy! Lots of Danish words there, but the band name roughly translates into something like Mikkel Max and the bodega of dreams and the song title The last happy days of the Roman Empire. So as you’ve already figured out by now, the song is obviously sung in Danish, which I’m afraid could scare quite a few non-Danish speaking listeners away. But you really shouldn’t be, because as always it’s the quality of the music that matters the most (at least to me it is), although in this case the heartbreaking and no doubt personal lyrics about lost love, cannot and shouldn’t be totally ignored. Musically this has been called “folkpop with hint of indie and country” and this is probably as good as any description I could come up with, so I’ll stick to that one. The vocal might be a bit challenging and for my part took some getting used to, as it a number of times sounds like it’s on the edge of bursting. Neither should that scare anyone, as the song itself is just brilliant and the production pretty fine too (I really like those drums!). The band is still so brand new that no webpage, Facebook group or even a Myspace profile exists (and no pictures either), but Ivan (who takes care of the bass "in the bodega" as well as fronting The Boombox Hearts) has posted some further information on the band in his blog.
+ De sidste glade dage af Romerriget

UPDATE: suddenly doubting if "bodega" has the same meaning in English as in Danish. According to wikipedia "bodega is "Danish term for a small local bar", so if the above translations didn't make much sense, this little piece of extra information might help?

Low profile...

2009-10-19T14:59:00.003+02:00

Didn’t post anything last week and though Chris mailed and suggested otherwise, the hiatus had absolutely nothing to do with me recovering from Denmark qualifying for The World Cup. Instead week 42 means autumn holiday (is it really called that?) in Denmark, so to spend some time with the kids, I took the week off from work, which ended up being time off from blogging as well. But as usual the flow didn’t stop, and news and mails are piling up, so I've got plenty of catching up to do. Now I just need to get my brain going and then posting should (hopefully) resume tomorrow.

Celebration time...

2009-10-10T22:06:00.009+02:00

Denmark just qualified for next year's soccer World Cup by beating Sweden 1-0 tonight. South Africa beware! A horde of vikings will invade your country next summer! And right now I can't think of a better way to celebrate it than having (yet another) Russian beer, thus keeping yesterday's thread alive. I've been told that this one's called "Old Mill", but Anders do please correct me if I'm wrong. It's actually my daughter's 4 years birthday today as well, but I'm not quite sure if it's really possible to get the rest of Denmark to be equally excited about this. So let's stick to celebrating the soccer win instead!

Sticking to the theme (sort of), so here's some Russian dance music. I expect it to be rather easily forgotten, but should nonetheless get a few feet moving. The track was mailed to me last night and the mail appropriately included verification that yesterday's beer is indeed called "White Bear".
+ Xuman - Panic

Russian beer and some music...

2009-10-09T20:28:00.026+02:00

Thought it smarter to start a new post rather than continuing today's previous post. Not sure what tonight will bring, but the kids are sleeping, the wife's out and I've just opened this Russian beer (you tell me what it's called), so a good bet should be that I will spend the evening at the computer checking mails, reading blogs, listening to some music etc.

I mentioned UltraChorus earlier today and a few hours later the band mailed a download link for the Ultra-Def album. Other bands please read and learn!
+ Scarlet Eyes

Blaa Vinyl has a nice post up on Bodebrixen including an interview with Andreas Brixen of the band.

It's time to check a few mails. There are more than +500 unread ones in the inbox. Actually the number is closer to 600!

I somehow doubt that major supermarket chains are willing to stock the debut album Blew It Again by Electric Tickle Machine. It's a nice album cover, though perhaps a tad bit...well you know! The music is some kind of psychedelic garage rock of decent quality, which is quite surprising taking the album wrapping into consideration.
+ Blew It Again

Just stumbled upon a US five-piece with the gorgeous name The Most Powerful Telescope In The Universe, who has just put out their debut full length album named The Moonlight's Fair Tonight. The 11-track album is a free download via Datawaslost (which is not a label, but more like a "close-knit group of musicians ... making records") and this is something I absolutely have to explore further really soon. Appealingly sounding like some mysterious blend of everything from Pink Floyd to shoegaze.
+ The Last of the Incas

I won't mention any names, but some of the stuff found in promo mails is really bad. Seriously bad. Really, seriously bad in an utter crap kind of way....Who's actually paying for this?

Hey cool! Just found the self-titled debut album by nice electro pop duo (?) Letting Up Despite Great Falls in the mailbox. This is good stuff and certainly should be mentioned in the same breath, as the many garbage bands I just complained about. But don't tell anyone that the mail was sent September 2 and I didn't read it until now! In due time, as the album will be out on Tuesday...
+ In Steps

Proud Simon will release a 5-track EP named Anchors Aweigh on November 10. I'm new to this americana inspired duo, but the promo track really makes me want to hear more! Awesomely it seems like the EP is free to download at Bandcamp?
+ Rock Unturned

Indeed it helped complaining! Everything I've checked out since has been pretty good...

Rounding out today's post is brilliant new track Don't Let The Nightlight Dance by Track a Tiger. Taken from new album I Felt The Bullet Hit My Heart.
+ Don't Let The Nightlight Dance

Assembly line...

2009-10-09T10:15:00.012+02:00

Spleen United has re-launched their webpage. I cannot really figure out if there's supposed to be a deeper meaning to it, except showing a few short and rather fuzzy video clips and providing us with some external links. Reload the page (press VIII) and a new clip will pop up (I believe there’s a total of 5 different ones). I know complaining has sort of become my trademark, but I’d much rather have a less fancy and more informative site instead (obviously) including a few free downloads (remixes, covers or something like that)! The band will soon be playing a few dates in the US (check their Myspace for exact dates), and just like the previous time the band spent some time “over there”, I strongly recommend that you go see them.
+ Running Up That Hill (Kath Bush cover with The William Blakes)

I've heard some rather trustworthy rumors that Northern Portrait has finished the recordings of their debut album Criminal Art Lovers. But still, these are just rumors; nothing more!
+ Crazy

Obscure Sound has posted a lengthy review, probably containing more words than I’d write in a month, of the soon to be released UltraChorus debut album Ultra-Def. First promo track of the album Words Kept Talking was an instant favorite way back in March, so nice to learn that the rest should be equally great. If Mike’s review is to be trusted of course!
+ Words Kept Talking

BandBase.dk track of the day is Robin Parts by As In RebekkaMaria. The song is based upon Symphony No. 2 by Danish composer Carl Nielsen and is this month's featured remix at mixtoverdener.dk.
+ Robin Parts

Chris is doing a great job getting his blog Music Of The Moment back up and running. Today's post on Scottish trio AirSpiel is well worth reading.

The new album Whatsinsideswhatsoutside by Bodebrixen will be released on Monday. According to this newspaper article, the album will be free to download from the band's webpage in an attempt to attract more listeners.

...paused...

The everlasting...

2009-10-08T13:29:00.006+02:00

I cannot say that I’ve cared much about my once favorite band Manic Street Preachers the past decade, and though I stubbornly continued buying their albums, I never gave any release more than perhaps a few spins. This year’s release Journal for Plague Lovers I brutally ignored as I decided that it was time to store the band in the box “dinosaurs of the past”. You know; that archived box you only open, when melancholy smacks you in the face and you simply need to get verified that “everything was so much better back then”. Thus filed and (almost) forgotten, but suddenly this weekend Frank started sharing his excitement about the band’s recent concert in Toronto and once I glanced through the setlist, I got the most irritating nostalgic itch. Annoying to such an extent that I began wondering if my decision of “parting ways” with The Manics had been a tad premature! So as much as I hate admitting “I was wrong”, I have a strong feeling that time has come to re-open the files and have another go with the band! Attic! Here I fucking come!

Since I’m already in the “confessing I was wrong” mood, I might as well add that the new single by Kent is a whole lot better than I gave it credit for. I will continue my silent prayers for a return to Hagnesta Hill form and never stop rooting for them to trash their love for electronic pop, but Töntarna is still a pretty good song in its own right!

The assembly line has stopped running...no point in checking back later...

Nothing but music - the endless post?

2009-10-06T23:29:00.000+02:00

This is an ever changing and (hopefully) expanding list of some of the songs I have mentioned before in this blog or simply stuff I have found somewhere on the web that I find interesting, but have no time to write about. All files have been found somewhere in cyberspace (and NONE of them have uploaded by me, so I cannot help you with any requests you might have - just keep returning and something new might pop up), so they will be available until the artists, record labels, fans, whatever decide to remove them. Thanks to a few readers, I've just finished yet another round of cleaning up (actually I'm doing this more or less all the time). But please leave a comment if some of the links are no longer working, and I will do my best to remove them as quickly as possible....

If you are interested in finding even more songs than the ones I have listed below, these links will provide you with lots and lots of free AND legal mp3's - I really hope you'll enjoy the list!!

¤ Indicates new additions

* Badman Recording
* Bad Taste Records
* Barsuk Records
* Beggars Group USA
* Better Looking Records
* betterPropaganda
* Cityslang
* Cloudberry Records
* Darla
* Eenie Meenie Records
* electronically yours
* Friendly Fire Recordings
* Go, Jukebox!
* Hybris
* Indiecater
* Insound.com
* Jade Tree
* Jagjaguwar
* Joyful Noise Recordings
* killbeat music
* Killrockstars
* Labrador
* Last.fm
* Lujo Records
* Magic Marker
* Matinée Sounds
* Misra
* The Musebox
* Music From Denmark
* Music Is My Girlfriend
* Novoton
* Parasol
* Plastilina Records!
* Polyvinyl
* Pox World Empire
* Radarmaker
* Secretly Canadian
* Series Two Records
* Shelflife
* Sick Room Records
* Slumberland Records
* Songs I Wish I Had Written
* South By Southwest 2008 + 2009
* Subpop
* Supertroels
* Team Clearmont
* We Are Free
* What Are Records?
* White Whale Records
* Wonderland Records
* World's Fair (check the various releases)
* Yellow Mica Recordings
* To be continued......

+ Aberdeen - Sink or Float
+ Aberdeen City - God Is Going To Get Sick Of Me
+ Acid House Kings - Almost
+ Afraid of Stairs - When Nothing
+ Air - Cherry Blossom Girl + (Air shopping)
+ The Airfields - You're So Wonderful
+ Airiel - Cinnamon
+ Alaska in Winter - Berlin
+ Alcian Blue - See You Shine
+ Amber Smith - Hello Sun
+ Ampel - Simon Says + More songs by Ampel
+ Anamia - Butterfly In Paris
+ Angel Pier - Make
+ Annemarie - Bubblegum I See
+ The Antique Toys - Joey (Concrete Blonde Cover) + More songs by The Antique Toys
+ Antony and the Johnsons - Another World
+ Anything Box - Clean
+ Anything Box - Living In Oblivion
+ The April Skies - Rise & rise again
+ The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) + (Arcade Fire shopping)
+ Arctic - Launching Pad
+ The Argonauts - Swords & Words
¤+ The Argument- black eyed bunny
+ The Arrogants - The Distance Between Us + More Songs by The Arrogants
+ Asobi Seksu - Walk On The Moon + (Asobi Seksu shopping)
+ The Atomica Project - Larsen
+ Audrey - Big Ships
¤+ Audrye Sessions - Julianna
+ Avocadoclub - Too Much Space To Walk Away
+ The Ballet - In My Head
+ Baby Blonde and the Downs - Slowly
+ Bakers at Dawn - tesla
+ Band Of Horses - The Funeral + (Band of Horses shopping)
+ Bang Gang - Something Wrong
+ Devendra Banhart - The Charles C. Leary + More songs by Devendra Banhart
+ The Bastard Fairies - Ode To The Prostitute
+ Bear on Bear - Magpies
+ Beatnik Filmstars - Skill
+ Bedroom Eyes - Blueprint for Departure
+ Bellaparker - The Things We Say
+ Benko - '84 Gran Fury
+ Benzos - Hurt Everybody
+ Beirut - Postcards From Italy + (Beirut shopping)
+ Biker Boy - Heart
+ Billie the Vision & The Dancers – City
+ Black Belt - Road Crew
+ Black Kids - Hit the Heartbreaks + (Black Kids shopping)
+ Black Tie Dynasty - Tender
+ Blonde Redhead - 23 + (Blonde Redhead shopping)
+ Blood Ruby - Midsummer Fires + More tracks by Blood Ruby
+ Blue Foundation - Stuck In A Hard Place (2008 Rework)
¤+ The Blueflowers - I Wasn't Her
+ Bodebrixen - Keychain
+ Andrew Boland - How The West Was Won
+ Bon Iver - Blood Bank
+ The Boxer Rebellion - Never Knowing How Or Why
+ Boygirlme - The Action's Falling
+ Boy Omega - Explode
+ The Bridal Shop - From Seas
+ Brideshead - Love Makes The Sun Shine Bright
+ Bright Channel - Airborne
+ The Brilliant Trees - Don't Believe The Right
+ British Sea Power - Waving Flags
+ Built To Spill - Alarmed
+ Bunnygrunt - We Belong
+ California Snow Story - Out of Time
+ Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken
+ Canada - Beige Stationwagon
+ Pelle Carlberg - I love you you imbecile
+ Paddy Casey - Fear
+ Castanets - This Is The Early Game
+ Celestial - Crystal Heights
+ Champagne Riot - Scandinavian Warfare
+ Cheshire Cat - Souls
+ Choir of Young Believers - Apart
+ Ciao Transizta - A volume has a max
+ Cinnober - Re-Sound + More songs by Cinnober
+ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Love Song No. 7
¤+ A Classic Education - Toi (Gilbert Bécaud cover)
+ Cleo Malone - Diamond Cleo
+ ClickClickDecker – Wer hat mir auf die Schuhe gekotzt
+ Club 8 - Saturday Night Engine
+ Jarvis Cocker - Angela
+ Cof Cof - Dirty Tricks
+ The Consultants - Snow Fell (It's Night)
+ Allison Crowe – Smells Like Teen Spirit + More songs by Allison Crowe
+ Cut Copy - Lights & Music
+ DALIEGTGOLD - Teil Von Dir
+ DAMPFBAHN! - All Is Swell (ONBC Lummertmix) + More tracks by DAMPFBAHN!
+ Danish Daycare - A purpose to my sins
+ F.R. David - Words
+ Daydream Nation - Morning Light
+ DAYS - Never Came To Last
+ Oceano De Cruz - beehives mighty vicious
+ Dear Euphoria - Falling Behind
+ Death Cab For Cutie - A Movie Script Ending
+ Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
+ Death Valley Sleepers - Sweet End
+ Delaware - Loss
+ Delicia Mini - 1,000,000,000 Beats
+ Delta Waves - Her Static Energy
+ Denali - Hold Your Breath
+ Depeche Mode - Peace (Leave Anger in the Past) - Indefinite Cure
+ Disco Ditto - Float
+ Dntel - Dumb Luck
+ Doí - Missing
+ Dora Flood - Everywhere We Go
+ Dorsia - She Went Off To Milan
+ Dorsia - Unprovoked
+ Drive-By Truckers - Feb 14
+ The Eames Era - Could be anything + More tracks by The Eames Era
+ EAR PWR - Future Eyes
+ Early Day Miners - All Harm
+ Dustin Edge - The Ideal Citizen
+ Editors - Bullets (NoBraiN reMIX)
+ Edson - Sunday, Lovely Sunday
+ Kathleen Edwards - In State
+ Eels - Jelly Dancers + (Eels shopping)
+ Efterklang - Mirador
+ Eiffel Tower - A Perfect Day
+ Einstürzende Neubauten – Weil Weil Weil
+ The Electric Mainline - We Are Now
+ The Electric Pop Group - Popgirly
+ The Electric Soft Parade - Cold World
+ Elefant - Lolita
+ Elenette - Jag hatar män
+ Anders Elowsson – Main Street
+ Emerald Park - Obscured by Lies
+ The Enright House - Darkwave = MC Squared
+ The Essex Green - Our Lady In Havana
+ Evil Death Machine - Pieces
+ The Exploding Boy - Shot Down
+ Explosions In The Sky - Welcome, Ghosts
+ Exsonvaldes - Going Away
+ Factory45 - Supermarkets
+ The Fairways - Close To Me
+ Fanfarlo - I'm A Pilot
+ Fat Tulips - Reward
+ Jacob Faurholt - Golden Strings
+ Feather - My Apple Has Four Legs
+ Fever Hut - Kill Me Again
+ Field Music - Tell Me Keep Me
+ The Fields - Brittlesticks
+ Figurines - The Wonder
+ Fireflies - I Was A Brontosaurus
+ Firefox AK - Where are we going? (Minty Fresh version)
+ Firewater - This Is My Life
+ Flashing Knives - Pedro El Negro
+ Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal + (Fleet Foxes shopping)
+ The Floor Is Made Of Lava - Do Your Sister
+ The Forced Oscillations – Diaries
+ David Ford - Trying To Find My Feet + More songs by David Ford
+ The Forms - Knowledge in Hand + (The Forms shopping)
+ J. Forte - Lines To Follow
+ Fosca - Confused and Proud
+ Foxes! - Albania + More songs by Foxes!
+ Foxglove - Something Wrong
+ Fredo Viola - Red States (Exsonvaldes Remix)
+ Free Loan Investments - If You Leave
+ Friday Bridge - Love and Nostalgia
+ Frightened Rabbit - Modern Leper
+ Fruit Bats - A Bit Of Wind
+ Fujasaki - Poets Dying
+ Garmisch Partenkirchen - Black Paint
+ Gentle Touch - Smedby
+ GimmiJapan - Confidential
+ Girl Alliance - Best of Seasons + More songs by Girl Alliance
+ Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies - The Road
+ José Gonzalez – Teardrop (live)
+ Goodbye The Band - The Lion
+ Grapes of Grain - Lemon Hill
+ Gravy - Meltdown
+ Great Lake Swimmers - Bodies and Minds
+ Green Concorde - This Time (tWAMi Remix)
+ Green Concorde - 2:26
+ The Greens - Bricks & Mortar
+ The Guggenheim Grotto - A Lifetime In Heat
+ The Guild League - Dead Hour
+ Halph - Calm
+ Hari and Aino - On My Usual Catch Up With Cecilia
+ Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80's
+ Head Like A Kite - Noisy In The Circus
+ The Helpmeplease - 1992
+ Heartbreak Disco - New Romantic Street
+ Johan Hedberg - Var Dig Själv
+ Hej - With or Without You
+ Helen Stellar - You Glow From Within
+ Hello Saferide - If I Don't Write This Song, Someone I Love Will Die
+ Hello Tokyo - Steady The Gun
+ Claus Hempler - Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
+ The Hermit Crabs - I Don't Know Her
+ The High Dials - Invisible Choirs
+ The High Violets - Invitation
+ The Higher - Insurance?
+ The Higher Elevations - Breaking the News
+ The Hillfields - Front Room
+ Micah P. Hinson - Jackeyed
+ Horowitz - Sister (4-Track Version)
+ Hot Hot Heat - Get In or Get Out
+ Hot Seconds - Excuse Me
+ Hot Springs - Headrush
+ Huckster - Drive Me Crazy
+ IAMX - Think of England
+ I Am Bones - The Ostrich Approach
+ I Am Jack - Stockholm
+ I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper – TOP 20
+ Ides of Space - Moving
+ iLiKETRAiNS - Terra Nova
+ iLiKETRAiNS - Wendy House
+ I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - When You Go Out
+ The Imaginary Orchestra of mr. Kite - Mind the Gap
+ Indurain - The Moment
+ [Ingenting] - Punkdrömmar
+ Irene - Baby I love your way
+ Iron & Wine - Boy With A Coin
+ Japan Air - Sept.
+ Javelins - Out On The Sand
+ Jets to Brazil – Resistance is Futile
+ John Wayne Shot Me - Let Sleeping Monsters Sleep
+ Jomi Massage - The Last & Saddest Way
+ The Joy Formidable - Cradle
+ Joy Serene - Possible
+ Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God
+ Kaka - The Hotspurs (the less we know the faster we go)
+ Kawaii - Rural Profond
+ Khonnor - Blindness Bats
+ Kicker - Blue
+ The Kid - Kit Club Hotel
+ A Kid Hereafter - Never Too Late
+ Kite With Lights - The Weight of Your Heart
+ Klee - Gold
+ Björn Kleinhenz - China Blue
+ Kni9hts - El Diablo + More songs by The Kni9hts
+ Knoxville - Fireworks
+ Kontraband - Brist
+ Kuryakin - Take My Hand
+ Lampshade - New Legs (tWAMi remix)
+ Dawn Landes - Young Folks (Cover)
+ Language of Flowers - Where You Belong
+ Larsen & Furious Jane - Tourist With A Typewriter
+ Late Night Venture - Skylights
+ Late of the Pier - Space and the Woods
+ Layabout - Arms Around The City
+ Le Chevre - Everything Reminds Me
+ Le Firm - Bastille Day
+ Le Futur Pompiste - Walk on Water
+ Le Sport - Your Brother Is My Only Hope + More songs by Le Sport
¤+ The Legends - Seconds Away
+ Leisure Alaska - Transistors In My Mind
¤+ Jens Lekman - Black Cab
+ Cameron Lewis - Telephone Lines
+ Parker Lewis - Wasting Time
¤+ Light in Your Life - Smile that Smile
+ Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance
+ Liars - Cycle Time
+ Lightspeed Champion - Stay The Fuck Away From Me
+ Like Honey - Airport
+ Limf - To The Stars (Back Again)
+ the lk - Stop Being Perfect
+ The Lodger - The Good Old Days
+ Loons - The Way The Rain Drives In
+ Loto - Cuckoo Plan
+ Lovejoy - In The Rain
+ The Lovekevins - Blame the English
+ Loveninjas - I wanna be like Johnny C
+ Lovespirals - Love Survives
+ Low - Monkey
+ The Lucksmiths - A Sobering Thought
+ The Lucksmiths - Up With The Sun
+ The Maccabees - the picnic song
+ made of buildings – As We Make a Break For Dawn
+ The Manhattan Love Suicides - Never Far From You
+ Manual - Moonlit Shores
+ Marching Band - Letters
+ Montt Mardie - New York
¤+ Marillion - This Train is My Life
+ Marqui Adora - Do Anything
+ The Martial Arts - Duality
+ Mary Goes Round - Mary Sleeps Alone + More songs by Mary Goes Round
+ The Mary Onettes - Lost
+ The Maybellins - Our Midnight
+ Mazarin - Another One Goes By
+ Meho Plaza - We'll Drink The Blood (Nopse Remix)
+ Memoplay - Words Are Small + More songs by Memoplay
+ The Mendoza Line - Catch a Collapsing Star
+ Midlake - Roscoe + (Midlake shopping)
+ Milke - Love Get Out Of My Way
+ The Mirror Lounge - Drifting into a Secret Area
+ Mixtapes & Cellmates - Quiet
+ Moby - Mistake (Shoutoutoutout Remix)
+ Moby - Shot In The Back Of The Head
+ Modeselektor – ModeSelektor 3
+ Modest Mouse - Interstate 8 + (Modest Mouse shopping)
+ Monster Movie - Driving Through The Red Lights
+ Moonbabies - Take Me To The Ballroom
+ The Moonwalkers - Blank Soul
+ Moto Boy - Young Love
+ Museum - Flowers And Dust
¤+ Mushi - Dusk
+ My Brightest Diamond - Something of an End
+ My darling YOU! - Taxidriver
+ My Favorite - Burning Hearts
+ Mystery Jets - Diamonds In The Dark (Dusty Cabinets Mix)
+ Nada Surf - Do It Again
+ The Name - Elearnoy Rigby
+ The Name - On My Own
+ The National - Fake Empire + (The National shopping)
+ Neon Machine - Lost World
+ Neon Zoo - Alive
+ Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945
+ The New Division - Nocturnal
+ Nine Inch Nails - Discipline + (Nine Inch Nails shopping)
+ The 1900s - When I Say Go
+ Ninotchka - Sunday Gangster
+ Noah and the Whale - 2 Bodies 1 Heart
+ theNoLifeKing - I Walked Through The Sky
+ Northern Fields - Never Take The Beauty
+ Northern Portrait - Crazy
+ Null Device - Footfalls
+ Null Device - Unknowingly (Iris mix)
+ The Octopus Project - Truck
+ of Montreal - Jaques Lamure + (Of Montreal shopping)
+ Oh! Custer - Post
+ Oh No! Oh My! - The Boy With An Anchor
+ The Ondt and the Gracehoper - Savior
+ One Weekly Gun - Heath Ledger
+ 120 Days - Get Away + (120 Days shopping)
+ Otter Petter - Winter Days
+ The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Higher Than The Stars
+ Pallers - Humdrum
+ Paloalto - Still
+ Palomar - Our Haunt
+ Paper Sky - Perfect Day
+ Papercuts - Poor and Free
+ The Papertiger Sound - Pale Eyes + More songs by TPS
+ Parker Lewis - Wasting Time
+ Pascal - Längtar Efter Dig
+ Pay TV - Fashion Report
¤+ Peace in our time – You know nothing of use
+ People Press Play – These Days(Dntel Instrumental remix)
+ Pernice Brothers - Somerville
+ Pet Politics - Sunday Morning
+ Pet Shop Boys - Yes Megamix
+ The Pink Mountaintops - New Drug Queen
+ Pipas - Riff Raff
+ Pocketbooks - Fleeting Moments
+ The Poems - Ballad of a bitter end
+ The Positions - Back To Me
+ Postal Blue - You Should Keep It To Yourself
+ Robert Post - Got None (Acoustic demo)
+ The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
¤+ Precious Fathers - 100% Pure Rock Fibres
+ Printer - Minds Out
+ Professor Pez - Imperial Airways
+ Racingpaperplanes - City Lights
+ Radical Face - Ghostpodcast
+ The Radio Dept. - Freddie and the trojan horse
+ Radiohead - Nude (Sir Salvatore Remix)
+ Raining Pleasure - Rainsong 55
+ Ray – Mountain Song
+ Red Orkestra - Red Stars
+ Red Sleeping Beauty - Summer Tells Stories
+ Reverend Big O - Car Nights
+ Revolver - Since Yesterday (Strawberry Switchblade cover)
+ The River Detectives - Some Kind Of Love
+ Roadside Poppies - A Gentleman Alone
+ Ronderlin - Aside
¤+ The Ropes - Kill Her Off
+ The Rosebuds - Govenor's Daughter
+ Röyksopp - Tricky Tricky (post50UND Remix)
+ Rubik - Photobiotic
+ The Ruling Class - Flowers
+ Ruined By Martin - Defy The Odds
+ Saint Etienne - Lose That Girl
+ Saint Thomas - My Morning
+ Salem - I Love The Avenue
¤+ Sambassadeur - Between The Lines
+ The San Marinos - Half A Million
+ Savoy - Star
+ Scarlet Soho - Isolation
+ Ulrich Schnauss - A Letter From Home
+ Second Language - In A Little While
+ The Search - The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
+ Sennen - I Couldn't Tell You
+ Sensommersne - Lad Os Mødes I Drømme
+ Ron Sexsmith - Hands of time
+ Shermans - Falling Out Of Love
+ Kevin Shields - Muscle Hair
+ The Shins - Australia
+ Shortwave Dahlia – Manic, Impressive!
+ Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It
+ Sia - Electric Bird
+ Sibiria - Jag minns bara hur du plågade mig
+ Signed Papercuts - Nothingness
+ Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
+ Sinai - The Brightest White
+ Sir Salvatore - Townies
+ The Sky Drops - Now Would Be
+ Sky Larkin - Fossil, I
+ Slaraffenland - Polaroids
+ Sleepwalk - Disco From Italy
+ The Slip - Children of December
+ Slowlands - Nigel
+ A Smile and a Ribbon - Book Cover
+ Elliott Smith - High Times
+ Snowden - Anti-Anti
+ The Soft City - Wallflower
+ Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Oregon Girl
+ The Somnambulants - Evacuation
+ Song To The Siren - These Days
+ The Sound of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C.
+ The Sounds - Dorchester Hotel
+ Southside Stalkers - Not Able
+ Speaker Bite Me - Teach Me Tiger (Holtoug Remix) + More Speaker Bite Me Remixes
+ Split Seconds - A Sick Dream
+ Spoon - I Turn My Camera On
+ Star Club West - Comme I Want
+ Starflower - Dance Til Morning Light
+ Stars in Coma - Radio
+ Stars of Aviation - Love Is Only In Your Mind
+ The State of Samuel - The Residents of Gloom
+ The Steadies - Elegance in defeat + More songs by The Steadies
+ Stereo Inn - Out of my room, into my life
+ Sufjan Stevens - Henney Buggy Band
+ Strawberry Fair - Regression
+ Strawberry Story - Ashlands Road
+ Strawberry Whiplash - Who's In Your Dreams
+ Strip Squad - Hairless Youth of Bosnia
+ Karin Ström - Klaustrofobi
+ Karin Ström - Silent Night (Pacific Remake)
+ Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Funeral Face
+ Summer Cats - Discotheque
+ A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Best Summer Ever
+ Surrounded - Safe Tomorrow Sun
+ The Svengalis - Love Letters for Delinquents + More Songs by The Svengalis
¤+ Swedish For Beginners - Special Offer (for a limited time only) + More songs by SFB
+ Robert Svensson - 1991
+ Swimm TV is TV - Speed Test
+ Swimmer One - Cloudbusting/Lovesong
+ Tales Of Jenny - Tuesday Girl
¤+ Sofia Talvik - So Good to Me
+ The Tamborines - Bewitched
+ Tears Run Rings - Beautiful Stranger
+ Teenage Fanclub - Fallen Leaves
+ The Teenagers - Starlett Johansson
+ The Telescopes - Another Sky
+ Televise - Smile
+ TempEau - Mädchen aus Greifswald
+ That's Him! That's The Guy! - Anne with an E
+ Then - Fool (Blur Cover)
¤+ The Thermals - Now We Can See
+ Thermostatic - The Box
+ Thieves Like Us - Für Judith
+ This Year's Model - Ten O'Clock Murder
+ Those Dancing Days - Toxic (Live Britney Spears cover)
+ Tiesto feat. Christian Burns - In The Dark
+ Tiger Baby - Girlfriend
+ Tiger Tunes - (Angry Kids of the World) Unite
+ J. Tillman - Evans and Falls
+ Tompaulin - Heard You Whisper
+ Tower Of Foil - Comedy of Summer Rain + More songs by Tower Of Foil
+ The Traditionist - I Know My Ocean
+ trashcan sinatras - Leave Me Alone (Quickmix)
+ Travel By Sea - Complete Shakeup
+ Tribeca – Her Breasts Were Still Small
+ Tugboat - Reynard St. + More songs by Tugboat
+ The Turn-Ons - Crystalize
+ tWAMi - My Spanish Romance + More stuff by tWAMi
+ Twisted Wheel - SMASH IT UP
+ The Tyde - Pound For Pound
+ Ultrasport - The Boy That Never Lied
+ Unarmed Enemies - Missing Out
+ Unicova - Hush, Yeah Fly
+ Universal Poplab - Summer Struck
+ The Upsidedown - Wake Up Drive Thru
+ Valdez - Purple Rain
+ Van She - Kelly (Shinichi Osawa remix) +(Van She shopping)
+ John Vanderslice - Bill Gates Must Die + (John Vanderslice shopping)
+ Vapnet - Ge dom våld
+ VAST - Sunday I'll Be Gone
+ Velour - If You Really Want Me
+ Vines - Get Out
¤+ Viola - No Connection
+ The Violet Hour - Unreal City
+ Viva Voce - When Planets Collide
+ Volvoe - Remedy + More songs by Volvoe
+ The Von Bondies - This Is Our Perfect Crime
¤+ Voxtrot - Trepanation Party
+ Martha Wainwright - Bloody Mother Fuckin Asshole
+ Chris Walla - Sing Again
+ Dan Wallace - Fell
+ The Walls - Black and Blue
+ Warm Morning - Behind The Curtain
+ Laura Watling - Secret
+ Watoo Watoo - Un Mot de Trop
+ The Wave Pictures - We Never Motored West
+ We are soldiers we have guns - Jodi's Noise
+ The Weakerthans - Watermark
+ Wendy - First Against The Wall
+ Whiskey Go Gos - Whiskey Rain
+ White Denim - Mess Your Hair Up
+ Windermere - Trailer Park
¤+ Windsor For The Derby - Giving Up
+ Winter Took His Life - Oh
+ Winterpills - Handkerchiefs
+ Yeasayer - 2080
+ The Yellow Melodies - Let It Be Tonight
+ Yellow Powder - Mercury Chainsaw
+ Yellowish - This is my Direction
+ You Are My Everything - I Was A Punk
+ The Young Knives - Weekends And Bleak Days (Hot Summer)
+ Zemskov - Safety of the Town
+ The Zookeepers - Beautiful World

Shorties...

2009-10-06T12:16:00.007+02:00

Despite my initial disappointment with the new Kent single, I’m still planning to buy tickets for the band’s concert on March 13 next year at Copenhagen’s new venue Tap1. Tickets go on sale on Monday.

Four new tracks by The Electric Pop Group are now streaming at Myspace. Seems like the band’s second album Seconds will be out come November, but as usual the Matinée Recordings webpage hasn’t been updated for a while.

The soon to be released Whatsinsidewhatsoutside album by Danish indie-popsters Bodebrixen can be streamed in its entirety at Bandbase.dk.
+ Keychain

Now that the Turboweekend album Ghost of a Chance is being released abroad, the promo mails suddenly start arriving. I hate the way music is promoted in Denmark, because why didn’t I hear anything in March, when the album was released here?
+ After Hours
+ Something or Nothing

7" single How To Look Imploring by Horowitz will be out some time late November on Cloudberry Records.
+ How To Look Imploring

From the Labrador Records twitter account: "Sambassadeur just finished their upcoming single "Days". It definitely different from their previous work, but I'm sure you'll love it.". This is awesome news!

The jerks...

2009-10-05T14:09:00.011+02:00

New single Töntarna by my favorite band Kent is released digitally today (visit the homepage to find a link for purchasing the track) and though it’s not bad at all (of course it isn't), it’s not exactly overwhelming either. Especially since it gives you the impression that the band hasn’t moved an inch (musically) since their (fine, but easily forgotten) previous album Tillbaka Till Samtiden, which perhaps has something to do with Joshua once again being the producer? I know I'm spoiled and I know I shouldn't be disappointed, but unfortunately I cannot help being just that, as I was (once again) hoping that they’d return to the sound of their masterpiece Hagnesta Hill. Tönterna is the first single off forthcoming album Röd, which will be out November 6.

Played like a record...

2009-10-02T14:22:00.003+02:00

The Camera Obscura concert Wednesday evening was lovely. Of course it was. How could it not be, even though one reviewer thought it was yawningly boring? But I (and since this is my blog and my life, my opinion is what matters the most around here) did enjoy the evening thoroughly, which, some great music aside, also included the chance to finally say hello to a few people as well as spending some hard-earned cash on a t-shirt plus the Underachievers Please Try Harder album. I even took a few pictures, but the quality of the snapshots is the lowest of low, so I doubt very much that one or more will end up here.

Anyone remember Le Chevre, which I featured a few years back? The electro pop one-man project of Crispin Glover look-a-like Michael Barksdale? Probably not! But to refresh your (and my) memory, an 8 track self-titled EP/album was released (apparently as far back as) in 2004, which included some rather infectious stuff. So today’s good news (to me at least) out of Myspace is that Le Chevre is still alive and that a new EP is being recorded (a few new tracks can be streamed). If your memory needs to be refreshed further, do check out the three Last.fm freebies below.
+ Everything Reminds Me
+ The Woods Never Ended
+ Played Like A Record

Shorties...

2009-09-30T13:12:00.014+02:00

Can't help myself, so here's one last reminder. Do remember the Camera Obscura concert tonight! Check (and listen to) the setlist of the concert at The Musician, Leicester on September 25. If the band repeats this setlist, we're in for a treat!

This Must Be It is probably my favorite track on the Junior album by Röyksopp, so obviously I was pretty excited to see that the LehtMoJoe Remix of said track is a free download at Last.fm. But why do I continue being this blue-eyed optimistic, 'cause (once again) it's business as usual, as a remix of an otherwise brilliant song leaves no lasting impression whatsoever.
+ This Must Be It (LehtMoJoe Remix)

I’ve probably been sleeping or something 'cause I didn't see this one coming, but Tap Tap has just put out a brand new album named On My Way on Stolen Recordings. There seems to be no promo track to share, but a few song clips are streaming at Myspace. I loved the previous album Lanzafame to death, so I probably "have" no other option than ordering the new album as well.

Grand new single Sea of Regrets by I Like Trains is now streaming at Myspace.

Shame on me, but I still haven't found the time to listen to my promo copy of the new T. H. White album Company Book, which was released yesterday.
+ Earth is on Fire
+ The Darkest Horse

The brilliant A Classic Education has recorded a lovely cover of Spanish Harlem and shares it via the MBV blog.

Ready to be heartbroken...

2009-09-29T14:30:00.008+02:00

Only one day to go and tickets are still available for the Camera Obscura concert tomorrow night at Loppen in Copenhagen. Rather surprised by this, as the capacity of the venue is 400 and tickets cost a mere DKK 120. Hopefully it has more to do with it being Wednesday night (just read that the music won't start until10pm), rather than one of the world’s finest indie pop bands having this few fans in Copenhagen (and pretty much the rest of Zealand as well). For anyone still needing to be convinced that it might be a brilliant idea going, please download the songs below and then read Thomas Ladegaard’s nice little write-up (in Danish) about the band.
+ Suspended From Class
+ Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken
+ French Navy
+ My Maudlin Career

Mixed bag...

2009-09-28T14:01:00.007+02:00

Why is it that I always find it so incredibly difficult to get anything going on Mondays? Be it work, be it blogging or be it even life in general. Probably caused by the waking up early, getting kids to school plus kindergarten, rushing to get to work on time and the general lack of excitement about work; somewhat amazing how it only takes two days to get used to not going to work, but at least three or four to get used to be back “in action” again. And by then it’s almost weekend. A vicious cycle if there ever was one!

So time to do something about the bad habit of taking Mondays off from blogging, so here we go with something (as always) old, something (very little) new, something (definitely) borrowed, something (doubt it) blue.

Danish industrial/goth inspired rock band Demons Are Real has a new band name and is now called We Are Real. The change of name was included in the unwelcomed announcement that the band has decided to part ways and leaving singer/songwriter Kenni Møller as the only continuing band member under the new alias. The split happened primarily due to musical differences, as Mr. Møller wants to focus on a more “softy melodic sound”. Since the split up seems inevitable, one can at least hope that it will lead to a return to the sound of the brilliant 2006 EP Hum Speed On/Off.
+ Burning Oil

German label Tapete Records shares the track Nothing But Clues from the brand new album Take It by Danes The Elephants. Lovely indie pop to cheer you up, if your Monday resembles mine!
+ Nothing But Clues

Finding myself humming along to this nice pop piece by Sweden's Friska Viljor. A tribute to a street (and the people living there) in Hamburg named Wohlwill Strasse. Check out the really lovely horns! On the track of course and not on the street! Whatever that would have meant anyway?
+ Wohlwill Strasse

Next Danish band in line to part ways is Decorate Decorate. Never fun to learn about those breaking ups, but my relationship with the band was somewhat strained, as I had been impatiently waiting (the past three years) for them to just once again reach the level of the grand and ever so promising Surname of Copenhagen.

Soldier on...

2009-09-25T13:17:00.017+02:00

Spent yesterday on the couch at home, as I wasn’t feeling well at all. Countless times did I start writing a blog post, but my heart and head (especially) wasn’t in it at all. Instead I spent parts of the day listening to the new Richard Hawley album, lying on said coach with my eyes closed and the music streaming from the headphones. And what a truly luxurious thing to be able to do, and definitely something I wish I could do more often (family does take its toll you know), as the experience of listening to music this way is vastly superior to the way I normally get my daily dose of music; streaming from the computer at work. So needless to say I embraced this opportunity with gratitude and as Truelove’s Gutter had just arrived in the mailbox, the timing could hardly be any better. Can't say I'm feeling 100% today, but at least good enough to "soldier on" (!).

As always words seem to fail me completely, when needing to express how wonderful an album is. And Truelove’s Gutter really is nothing but just that. So I suggest you turn to Chromewaves’ excellent write up instead, and I seriously doubt I could come up with a more accurate conclusion than “It’s a thing of beauty”.

The William Blakes, one of the most talented and interesting new Danish bands to emerge in recent years, has signed a distribution deal with Canadian indie label Last Gang Records. Unable to find the news on the label’s webpage (check the Danish press release instead), but the band’s excellent debut album Wayne Coyne will (accordingly) see a North American release in November.
+ Violent God

Nomethod Records are offering the new single from Mixtapes & Cellmates as a free download. The press release claims that the band is heading in a new musical direction, and Soon somewhat verifies this. Still plenty of noisy guitars, but the programmed drums are gone and so is the shoegaze inspired sound. Taken from the forthcoming album Rox, which will be out October 28.
+ Soon

A couple of new demo tracks by Yoav are now streaming at Myspace. Or sign up for the mailing list and get an mp3 of newbie Yellow Brite Smile for free.

Shorties...

2009-09-23T10:05:00.011+02:00

Despite massive complaints blogger still hasn’t reinstated Music of the Moment. Instead Chris has reloaded the blog himself now using Wordpress.

A trio of news from glorious indie label Shelflife Records:

The CDEP+7" The Imperial School by Horse Shoes has now hit the stores. It's a limited edition release, so hurry up ordering your copy!
+ The Imperial School
+ Changing Winds

On October 27 the label will release the debut album It Hertz! by UK electro pop duo Katsen. The tracks on the album constantly switches back and forth between being catchy then playful, which immediately made me think of the OMD album Dazzle Ships.
+ Where Nobody Can Find Us

The last piece of news from Shelflife made my heart beat just a little bit faster of sheer excitement; “We're planning new releases for Days...”. Days! Hopefully you do recall this incomparable and totally ingenious indie pop quartet from Gothenburg? Anyway this is absolutely phenomenal news and something I’ve been eagerly awaiting for a long, long time! Rather unfathomably the band’s debut CDEP+7” Downhill hasn't been sold out(?).
+ Simple Thing
+ Downhill

UK newgazers Sennen has recorded a cover of the New Order track Bizarre Love Triangle. Obviously it’s not better than the original (I seriously doubt I’ll ever hear a New Order cover better than the original), but nonetheless the band’s rendition of the song is excellent and the noisy guitars add an extra dimension that suits the track just fine! Taken from the band's forthcoming EP Destroy Us.
+ Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order Cover)

Elise And The Guardian Angel by sadly overlooked Danish indie/americana/multi-inspired singer Mushi is track of the day at Bandbase.dk.
+ Elise And The Guardian Angel

More bullshit...

2009-09-22T09:25:00.005+02:00

I just received a message from fellow blogger Chris that his blog Music Of The Moment has – without notice and explanation – been deleted by blogger. Now that’s a drastic move and one I simply cannot understand!

First of all I've met Chris in person a couple of times, and know he’s a true music fan and everything he’s done with and written in the blog has been for the love of music. Furthermore he’s one of the few remaining loyalists, who spend a rather large sum every year on music and CD’s especially. So pissing him off like this (as blogger and whoever else is responsible for this just have) is probably the stupidest thing the “business” could possibly do. And the whole concept of deleting before warning (or asking) the blogger is so plain stupid and inappropriate that I refuse to waste any energy on that!

But second and most importantly. Gaze randomly at Hype Machine and you’ll see countless of blogs posting tracks they have not received any permission to share. As an example you can easily find and download (without paying a single cent) the entire debut album by The xx just by visiting a handful of blogs. That despite The xx (and the label etc.) being so generous to actually make one of their tracks a free download. But at least most of these bloggers are passionate, write about the music, go to concerts and probably buy the music in some shape (there are in fact quite a few vinyls freaks around). Still it puzzles me that they can go on posting those tracks, without IFPI etc. at some point aiming their cannons at them. But the true bad guys (and Hype Machine doesn’t and never will list them) are those ”full album blogs”, who have no other content (and purpose) than the entire albums being shared. Delete those blogs. Torture the bad guys for hours and hang them up in a tree. Just kill the mother fuckers. At least they deserve it, as they are of NO use whatsoever.

So going after guys like Chris (and me for that matter, should they be contemplating that) seems to me like a country in war foolishly believing that a strategy of fighting children, women and the elderly of the opposing nation, rather than the heavily armed artillery, will be the certain path to a glorious victory. So guys please pull your act together, say you're ever so sorry and reinstate Music Of The Moment...NOW!

Finally; Chris has set up a temporary blog, where you can read his take on the incident.