Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.2 Issue #08
Scandinavian Indie Digest Sat May 20, 1995 Volume 2 : Issue 08
There are 15 messages totalling 1057 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Swedish Indie Band Gig List (950516)
2. Non-Swedish Indie Band Gig List (930516)
3. Green Interview (950504)
4. Forwarded: Whale EP
5. Stockholm 28/5 Happenings
6. Mouth - Live
7. Cinnamon
8. Stockholm 27/5 Happenings
9. WeCD 084 CD 94 Compilation Making New Friends (2)
10. Salt Interview (02-Feb-95)
11. Blue Interview (30-Mar-95)
12. May 27 Happenings in Stockholm?
13. Love Handles & Sweetheart live date!
14. Cloudberry Jam album title?
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Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 04:14:11 +0200
From: Erik S|derstr|m
Subject: Swedish Indie Band Gig List (950516)
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Gig list for swedish "indie" bands
16-May-95
Corrections, additions or comments to: chief@lysator.liu.se
Scandinavian Indie Mailing List: scan-indie-request@lysator.liu.se
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Description
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This is a weekly updated tour date list for some swedish "indie" bands.
The more the better, so if you have additional information, corrections,
or bands you like to see in this list, please e-mail me (see address
above). This information has been gathered from swedish newspapers
Expressen, Aftonbladet and Corren, as these are the only papers I have
access to (or can afford on a weekly basis).
Key
---
* Each new or added date since last update is marked with a '-' at
the very left end of the screen.
* Old dates are deleted.
* Other countries are marked with (COUNTRY) after the date and place.
* New bands are marked with (NEW) after their name in the list.
Included in the list below
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Big Fish, Blue, Bob Hund, Brainpool, Broder Daniel, Cardigans,
Cloudberry Jam, Electric Eskimoes, Fireside, Garmarna, Green,
Hedningarna, Honey Is Cool, Kent, Mouth, Piggy In The Middle,
Pinko Pinko, Planet Waves, Puffin, Refused, Salt, Shredhead,
Sindy Kills Me, Souls, Whale, Yvonne.
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* Big Fish
16/6 Trollhattan
26/8 Uppsala, Metro
* Blue
3/6 Malmoe, Krokodilen
* Bob Hund
26/5 Umea
3/6 Handen
17/6 Karlshamn
29/6 Bollnas
7/7 Hedemora
8/7 Laholm
15/7 Skelleftea, Trastocksfestivalen
* Brainpool
17/5 Stockholm, Grona Lund
18/5 Uppsala, Sten Sture
19/5 Falkoping
20/5 Virserum
26/5 Lund, Mejeriet
3/6 Timmele
9/6 Skinnskatteberg
10/6 Linkoping, Universitetet
14/6 Gothenburg, Liseberg
16/6 Emmaboda, Absurt Trevlig
30/6 Hudiksvall
7/7 Sundsvall
8/7 Kristianstad
4/8 Gothenburg
5/8 Ahus
19/8 Vetlanda
* Broder Daniel
- 18/5 Gothenburg, Underground
- 30/5 Lund, Elverket
- 4/6 Handen
- 9/6 Karlstad
- 16/6 Koping, Raj Raj
- 17/6 Emmaboda, Absurt Trevlig
- 28/7 Stockholm, Lollipop
- 29/7 Ostersund
- 12/8 Hultsfred, Festival
* Cardigans, The
23/5 Stockholm, Grona Lund
27/5 Umea
1/6 Gothenburg, Q Club
16/6 Trollhattan
17/6 Koping, Raj Raj
30/6 Roskilde, Festivalen (DENMARK)
10/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
11/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
12/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
16/8 Malmoe, Festivalen
* Cloudberry Jam
22/5 Gothenburg, Valand
25/5 Varberg
* Electric Eskimoes
17/6 Karlshamn, Festivalen
* Fireside
24/5 Falun
25/5 Sandviken
27/5 Fagersta, Bergslagsrocken
* Garmarna
20/5 Goteborg, Liseberg
3/6 Riddarhyttan
4/6 Stockholm
13/6 Falun
17/6 Koping, Raj Raj
1/7 Delsbo
22/7 Valadalen
9/8 Orebro
15/8 Stockholm, Vattenfestivalen
17/8 Malmoe
* Green
- 19/5 Norrkoping
20/5 Malmoe, Caf Pandora
22/5 Gothenburg, Valand
- 24/5 Kristianstad
26/5 Karlskrona
30/5 Stockholm, Kaf 44
- 16/6 Lund
* Hedningarna
10/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
11/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
12/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
* Honey Is Cool
10/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
11/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
12/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
* Kent
16/5 Lund
18/5 Malmoe
19/5 Karlskrona
20/5 Kalmar
- 24/5 Stockholm, Gino
26/5 Varberg
27/5 Norrkoping, Tango (with The Gwen Stacys)
- 10/6 Linkoping, Universitetet
10/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
11/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
12/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
* Mouth (NEW)
18/5 Linkoping, Herrgar'n
19/5 Karlstad
26/5 Gothengurg, Underground
21/7 Arvika, Arvikafestivalen
* Piggy In The Middle
25/5 Linkoping, Herrgar'n
* Pinko Pinko
22/5 Gothenburg, Valand
* Planet Waves
20/5 Ahus
26/5 Malmoe
2/6 Gothenburg
3/6 Stromstad
10/6 Linkoping, Universitetet
16/6 Karlshamn
24/6 Skelleftea
30/6 Mjolby, Folkets Park
* Puffin
18/5 Karlstad
19/5 Helsingborg
28/5 Kristianstad
* Refused
3/6 Riddarhyttan
8/6 Haparanda
- 16/6 Koping + Kil
17/6 Emmaboda, Absurt Trevlig
* Salt
18/5 Stockholm, Studion
- 25/5 Falun
- 26/5 Sandviken
1/6 Karlstad
16/6 Emmaboda, Absurt Trevlig
17/6 Emmaboda, Absurt Trevlig
2/7 Visby
14/7 Skelleftea, Trastocksfestivalen
15/7 Skelleftea, Trastocksfestivalen
21/7 Arvika, Arvikafestivalen
22/7 Arvika, Arvikafestivalen
- 28/7 Ostersund, Storsjoyran
* Shredhead
27/5 Umea
- 12/? Lycksele
14/7 Skelleftea, Trastocksfestivalen
15/7 Skelleftea, Trastocksfestivalen
* Sindy Kills Me
2/6 Motala
* Souls
19/5 Lund, Blekinge nation
20/5 Gothenburg, Magasinet
3/6 Malmoe, Folkfesten
4/6 Handen
12/8 Hultsfred, Festivalen
* Whale
1/7 Roskilde, Festivalen (DENMARK)
* Whale (with Teddybears Sthlm)
16/5 Uppsala, Sten Sture
17/5 Gothenburg, Cue Club
19/5 Malmoe, KB
20/5 Lund, Mejeriet
22/5 Copenhagen, Eigens Ballroom (DENMARK)
* Yvonne
3/6 Riddarhyttan
16/6 Koping, Raj Raj
17/6 Emmaboda, Absurt Trevlig
1/7 Lulea
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//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 04:14:50 +0200
From: Erik S|derstr|m
Subject: Non-Swedish Indie Band Gig List (930516)
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Gig list for Non-swedish "indie" bands
16-May-95
Corrections, additions or comments to: chief@lysator.liu.se
Scandinavian Indie Mailing List: scan-indie-request@lysator.liu.se
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Description
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This is a weekly updated tour date list for some non-swedish "indie"
bands around Scandinavia and the Baltic countries. The more the better,
so if you have additional information, corrections, or bands you like
to see in this list, please e-mail me (see address above). This
information has been gathered from swedish newspapers Expressen,
Aftonbladet and Corren, as these are the only papers I have access to
(or can afford on a weekly basis).
Key
---
* Each new or added date since last update is marked with a '-' at
the very left end of the screen.
* Old dates are deleted.
* Countries other than Sweden are marked with (COUNTRY) after the
date and place.
* New bands are marked with (NEW) after their name in the list.
Included in the list below
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Archers of Loaf, Bad Religion, Band of Susans, Black Crowes,
Boo Radleys, Freak Power, Gene, Live, Monster Magnet, Teenage Fanclub,
Weezer.
Notable changes since last update
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Bad Religion - wrong month (7) in last update. The real one is 6 (June)
Boo Radleys - Place of gig changed in Gothenburg. TBA.
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* Archers of Loaf
15/6 Stockholm, Studion
16/6 Emmaboda, Absurt Trevlig
17/6 Emmaboda, Absurt Trevlig
11/8 Hultsfred, Festival
* Bad Religion
11/6 Hultsfred
12/6 Uppsala, Fyrishov
14/6 Oslo, Sentrum (NORWAY)
16/6 Karlshamn
* Band of Susans
17/5 Stockholm, Studion
18/5 Malmoe, KB
19/5 Copenhagen, Loppen (DENMARK)
* Black Crowes
28/6 Stockholm, Sjohistoriska
* Boo Radleys, The
25/5 Copenhagen, Gra Hall (DENMARK)
26/5 Lund, Mejeriet
27/5 Gothenburg
29/5 Oslo, Sentrum (NORWAY)
30/5 Uppsala, Sten Sture
31/5 Stockholm, Gino
* Freak Power
23/5 Lund, Diary
24/5 Gothenburg, Park Lane
25/5 Stockholm, Gino
26/5 Oslo, Head On (NORWAY)
27/5 Copenhagen, Loppen (DENMARK)
* Gene
16/5 Oslo, Sentrum (NORWAY)
17/5 Stockhom, Gino
18/5 Lund, Mejeriet
19/5 Copenhagen, Pumpehuset (DENMARK)
10/8 Hultsfred, Festival
11/8 Hultsfred, Festival
12/8 Hultsfred, Festival
* Live (NEW)
9/6 Stockholm, Gino
* Monster Magnet
10/8 Hultsfred, Festival
11/8 Hultsfred, Festival
12/8 Hultsfred, Festival
* Teenage Fanclub
11/6 Stockholm, Gino
* Weezer
8/7 Hedemora, Dalarocken
9/7 Stockholm, Gino
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//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 04:15:40 +0200
From: Erik S|derstr|m
Subject: Green Interview (950504)
Short interview with "Green" 04-May-95 - by Erik Soderstrom
(chief@lysator.liu.se) after a gig at "Herrgar'n", Linkoping, Sweden. (v1.0)
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Green are:
Fredrik Persson (drums) Bj|rn Palmberg (guitar)
Henrik Langdal (bass) Lars Wirtn (guitar)
Magnus Fridh (vocals) Helen Widmark (violin, keyboard)
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(if the answer is "A." it was answered by someone. If the answer came from
someone special, the initials are written.)
Q. WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE GIG TONIGHT?
FP. It was really hot with that many people! A _lot_ of people actually.
The sound equipment was great this time too, compared to last time
we played here when it just stunk, but it was as fun as last time
anyway. We always play 'My Special Applepie', our very first song
really, and that was a stunner! Everyone seemed to know it! We never
rehearse it, but we always play it.
Q. ANY PROBLEMS?
FP. The guards pushed down a bunch of stage-divers at first, but after a
while they got more relaxed about it. Vitte's [Lars Wirtn] cord broke
after the third song, so we had to play half a song ['Schlager'] which
we never really play.
Q. WHAT SONGS DID YOU PLAY?
FP. 'Swanson vs. Spencer', 'Taxinight In New Dehli', 'I Like Mondays', then
half of 'Schlager', after that 'Plasticlife', 'I Don't Mind',
'My Special Applepie', 'Sunday Sway', 'Weekend Trip' and 'Comaneci'.
The extra number was 'Smudge' and 'Lucky Star'. Last time we were here
we played all the songs from the EP (plus a few extra).
Q. WHEN DID YOU START AND WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
FP. The band actually started in january 1992 in Lund. We're all from Lund,
and all of us were members from the start except for Helen, who joined
about half a year later. She only played violin then. It was when we
worked on our latest album, the full-length [Schlager] she started with
keyboards as well.
Q. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT PLAYING IN A BAND?
FP. Magnus studies the Tibetan language in Stockholm (really!). I study
economics, Bj|rn studies history, Lars runs his own company and is
a freelance journalist, Helen studies music and film science in
Stockholm and Henrik also studies economics.
Q. ARE YOU TOURING RIGHT NOW?
A. Well we're playing in V{stervik on the 5th [May], at a support gala for
Bosnia, then we're not sure if we're going to play in Sundsvall on the
12th, but we hope so. After that we're hopefully in Katrineholm on the
13th. Norrkoping is booked on the 19th, Malmoe on the 20th, Gothenburg
on the 22nd, Kristianstad on the 24th and Karlskrona on the 26th. In
june, we're only sure of a gig in Lund on the 16th right now.
Q. HOW ABOUT RELEASES?
FP. In december 1993, we released "My Special Applepie", the single and
the 7-track EP "Couldn't Bear To Be Special". And now recently, on the
9th of march this year we released the full-length "Schlager".
[See below for details on review scores].
Q. ANY DEMOS OUT THERE?
FP. "Wunderbaum" came first, then "April 1993" and the last one was "May
1993". [See below for details on review scores].
Q. HOW ABOUT INFLUENCES?
FP. James Taylor Quartet. And that goes for Henrik, Helen and Lars as well.
_Eggstone_, Smiths and early REM. Other than that, all of us have
different taste in music.
Q. ANY SWEDISH BANDS YOU LIKE?
FP. If I have to mention a couple, On A West Side Fabrication, Puffin and
The Bear Quartet. And yes, we like Brainpool as well.
Q. HOW DO YOU WRITE YOUR MUSIC?
FP. Magnus writes the lyrics and the melodies, then all of us arrange it
together, so most of the time, something comes out of what we do.
We're very self-critical, so it usually comes out okay. We work on
a song until we're all satisfied with it. Like 'Taxinight In New Dehli'
which some of us didn't like first. We only had to work on it a little,
and then it was okay.
[Later during the interview]
FP. Actually, three of us write songs. Which I think is great. It gives
us so much to work on at once. For "Schlager", we had 22 songs in
four weeks. But it wasn't easy to sort out 12 of them to put on the
album. Like I said, all of us have different taste in music, so it
wasn't a painless process. And sometimes such problems can create
funny effects. Like the last one we decided on for "Schlager" was
'Taxinight In New Dehli', and the last song we decide on is sort of
the song we all can say "okay, let's take that one then" about. It
got on the "Best Right Now" list in N|jesguiden. [laughter].
Q. AS A KEYBOARD PLAYER MYSELF, WHAT KEYBOARD DO YOU USE AND WHAT SOUNDS?
HW. I use a Korg M1 and I have Korg's own sound cards for it, though
most sounds I use, I have edited and changed from those.
Q. HAVE YOU BEEN FEATURED IN THE PRESS/TV/MEDIA?
FP. When we released 'My Special Applepie', we got a lot of attention
in the press. Especially Expressen. Actually, we got reactions from
every music magazine and paper. "Schlager" got reviews in every
music magazine and paper except for Aftonbladet. We've made a video
that has been shown on Z-TV and we've been featured in Musikjournalen
on the national radio (P3 channel). TV4 were in Lund last tuesday, to
cover the Lund music life. It was supposed to be recorded in march,
but the person who did the interviews was sick. They said they would
show what came out of it sometime during may, so keep your eyes open!
We're featured [on the cover + article/interview inside] in Svenska
Dagbladet's City magazine tomorrow. Be sure to check that out as well!
Q. YOU'RE SIGNED TO THE "RAINBOW MUSIC" LABEL. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
FP. When we released our last demo, "Maj 1993", the Ceilidh label showed
interest in us, but they had so much to do with Sonic Surf City and
Suredo and all that, so we were signed to Delicious Goldfish instead.
We released the single and the EP, and then when it was time for
the full-length, which really became pretty expensive, Rainbow Music
in Solna came in more and more. Payed for this and that and... So it
was only natural that they took over. Those who are left on Delicious
Goldfish are Sunshine and Crescent Venus (who now changed drummer for
the 4th time). We were also the only three bands who got to release
singles on that label.
Q. I'VE HEARD RUMORS ABOUT RELEASES IN JAPAN?
FP. Actually there are two companies there who are interested. We're hoping
for the best, and that we will be able to release something. Can't
say anything more at the moment though.
Q. WHAT FESTIVALS WILL YOU BE PLAYING THIS YEAR?
FP. Nothing is ready yet. We're first on the "reserve list" for Emmaboda
though [Absurt Trevlig, Emmaboda, Sweden, 16-17 June, 1995]. We hope
we get to play at the Hultsfred Festival this year. Last year we
almost got to play, but nothing happened. So we think it's our turn
this year.
Q. WHAT FESTIVALS DID YOU PLAY LAST YEAR?
FP. Emmaboda and Karlshamn (Sommarfestivalen). In Karlshamn, we were the
only pop band except for Brainpool.
Q. YOU'RE SOMETIMES COMPARED TO THIS PERFECT DAY AND WANNADIES?
FP. Okay, during our "demo time", I'll admit we did sound somewhat like
them, but not nowadays!
Q. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE WAY YOU ARE COMPARED TO BRAINPOOL ALL THE TIME?
FP. We started at the same time. We're all from Lund and we didn't know
about them until "At School" [single with 'At School' and 'Popstar'.
Released on the Ceilidh label in 1993] came out. When that happened
we thought "Wow! Buzzcocks again!" Other than that, there's nothing
similar. We're _not_ influenced by them, though we have listened to
the same things before, like Jam, Clash and Sex Pistols. That may
have had something to do with why both bands sound the way we do.
Q. JENNIE MEDIN [from Cloudberry Jam] WAS FEATURED ON "SCHLAGER"...
FP. Well, we both have the same guy getting our gigs, we play a lot
together, and one day we came up with the idea to include her on our
album, called her up, she said okay, came down here and we recorded
two songs, 'Schlager' and 'Plasticlife'. She's really a fantastic
singer.
Q. I KNOW YOU HAVE PLAYED IN FINLAND. WHERE AND WHEN DID YOU PLAY?
FP. It was at the end of may last year when we played in Finland at
Tavastia Huset in Helsinki and a student place in Tammerfors.
Q. ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO FINISH THIS INTERVIEW WITH?
FP. One interesting thing; A Hip-Hop band from Stockholm sampled the chorus
from 'My Special Applepie', though I don't remember their name. It
was fun to hear though.
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[Known Review Scores]
Demo/Single/EP/Album Magazine/Paper Scored/Out of
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Wunderbaum Demo Sound Affects #19 (1993) 3/5
April 1993 Demo Sound Affects #20 (1993) 3/5
? Demo Pop #4 (1993) 6/10
Couldn't Bear To Be Special EP Pop #8 (1994) 7/10
Schlager Album Pop #12 (1995) 7/10
Schlager Album Svenska Dagbladet (1995) 4/6
Schlager Album Corren (10 march 1995) 4/5
Schlager was reviewed in Dagens Nyheter (22 march 1995), but they don't
have a scoring system. It got a "so-so" review though. Compared to
Brainpool again.
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//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 04:16:10 +0200
From: Erik S|derstr|m
Subject: Forwarded: Whale EP
Forwarded message:
> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 10:35:54 +0200
> From: Mark Tazewell
> Subject: Re: Whale
>
> G'day all-
>
> I have to add my voice to the multitudes (?) praising the whale EP,
> especially buzz box babe (we played it on student radio the other week-
> I hope a bigger station picks it up too). Buy it if only for the cheesy
> reflective cover.
>
> mark
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Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 04:16:36 +0200
From: Erik S|derstr|m
Subject: Re: Stockholm 28/5 Happenings
On Mon, 15 May 1995, Albert Sigurdsson wrote:
> Im comin to Stockholm on Sat. 28. May, and will have to spend
> the night there. Can anybody tell me if there are any good
> gigs that night or which bars, night clubs I should go ?
Gigs that night (that I know of):
None! Anyone else on the list who knows?
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 04:17:05 +0200
From: Erik S|derstr|m
Subject: Mouth - Live
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M O U T H
(from Stockholm)
(are playing this year's Hultsfred Festival)
- Live at Herrgar'n, Linkoping, Sweden -
- Thursday 18 May 1995 -
On stage at 10pm
Friday I'm In Love?-Night with indie music all night long. 6pm -> 3am.
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Anyone on the list know anything about Mouth? I'll try to do an interview
so some information, questions (if anyone got any?) and so on would be
appreciated. Thanks!
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 04:17:21 +0200
From: Erik S|derstr|m
Subject: Cinnamon
Did anyone see the interview (+ live performance) on TV4 yesterday morning
(breakfast-TV) with Cinnamon? I missed half of it, but I heard the song.
I don't know _anything_ about this band, and yet, they sound _really_
like The Cardigans (which they didn't want to hear during the interview).
Anyone have the story on them, or at least some info?
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 13:31:20 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Albert Sigurdsson
Subject: Stockholm 27/5 Happenings
So what about the 27th of May, if I move my trip forward to
a Saturday night, there must be something to do in Stockholm
on that particular night !
Albert
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Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 14:15:56 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: WeCD 084 CD 94 Compilation Making New Friends
WeCD 084 CD 94 Compilation Making New Friends
Anyone know if this one contains a track from the Bear Quartet?
ANd if that's the case what's the name of it?
(I need it for the Bear Quartet discography and haven't yet
seen the compilation in the shop.)
petter
Sami: If finding Liimanarina among the numerous releases of
american bands on Drag City isn't surprising I don't
know what isn't! :)
Btw, I just thought of that swedish band the Brainbombs are
on the american label blackjack, that's almost as cool.
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Date: Wed, 17 May 95 16:26:50 +0200
From: ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne)
Subject: WeCD 084 CD 94 Compilation Making New Friends
> WeCD 084 CD 94 Compilation Making New Friends
>
> Anyone know if this one contains a track from the Bear Quartet?
> ANd if that's the case what's the name of it?
> (I need it for the Bear Quartet discography and haven't yet
> seen the compilation in the shop.)
The reson you haven't seen it in the shop(s) (Is there only one record shop
in Lule? :) is that it's promo only. I found a second hand copy at Doolittle
in Lund, though, and yes, it has a BQ track. I don't remember which one, but
I'll check next time I go home. I'm pretty sure it wasn't something
exclusive to that compilation, though.
/Ludde
PS. Don't miss Band Of Susans tonight at Studion if you're anywhere near
Stockholm. They know how to make noice!
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Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 02:25:09 +0200
From: Erik S|derstr|m
Subject: Salt Interview (02-Feb-95)
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Short interview with v1.0
S A L T
02-Feb-94
by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se)
after a gig at "Herrgar'n", Linkoping, Sweden
Salt are:
Jim Tegman (drums)
Daniel Ewerman (bass)
Nina Ramsby (vocals & guitar)
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(if the answer is "A." it was answered by someone. If the answer came from
someone special, the initials are written.)
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Q. WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE GIG TONIGHT?
NR. It was a good gig. Everything went pretty much okay.
JT. I just lost the feeling in my arms!
DE. A small stage though we're only three. I'd give the gig about 4
points out of 5.
Q. WHAT SONGS DID YOU PLAY?
JT. 'Witty', 'Flutter', 'Honour Me', 'Lids', 'Bluster'
'Beauty', 'Frust' 'Undressed', 'You', 'God Damn Carneval'
and 'Occasions' (the extra number).
Q. ARE YOU TOURING RIGHT NOW?
A. No, not really. We're playing in Gothenburg on the 9th, Sk|vde on the
18th and Lund on the 13th of april. We play a lot around Stockholm
though we've played everywhere from Ume} to Gothenburg. This is our 27th
gig actually. We'll plan more of a tour when we release our full-length
album.
Q. WHY SALT, WHEN DID SALT START AND WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
A. We started about 2 1/2 years ago. At first we were called God Damn Carneval
but we changed it because it was so hard for people to catch. We were called
a lot of different things back then. Miry Bliss (dirty luxury) was our name
before Salt. Well, we tried to play most things just to find out what we
could play together that sounded good as well. Salt was the best name we
could think of that could describe what came out of it. Back then, we had
a fourth member who painted on the stage while we were playing. We're from
Stockholm, met at an art school, moved together on a houseboat, and here
we are. This is our first "real" band by the way.
Q. HOW ABOUT RELEASES?
A. We've released an EP called Salt, just last week. Other than that
only demos, but we've never released them. They exist somewhere, but
they're not available. There are about 2 to 10 songs on each of them.
NR. You never get enough time to make a demo "ok" so it's no fun
to release them.
A. On the 9th (or something like that) march, out full-length CD will
be released. It's called "Auscultate".
DE. I was sitting at a lecture, and suddenly this word popped up. Bam!
That's the title! It means "Educated apprehension through listening".
A hint to journalists perhaps...
Q. WHO ARE ON THE COVER OF THE SALT EP?
A. We are! No, but you must see that there are similarities!
JT. The picture is from a movie poster, and the surrounding graphics
are from a cuban cigar-label.
Q. HOW ABOUT INFLUENCES / SONGWRITING?
A. We've listened to everything. All of us have a wide taste in music
and that's why we sound like we do. When we write our songs, we all
say "this sounds like that song" at the same time, but never quite
the same anyway, so you could never say we've stolen anything from
someone else. We're influenced by most things on the indie/alternative
scene though. When one of us likes the sound of something we're working
on, the others automatically do too, but nothing sounds the same from
when we start working on a song to what comes out of it in the end.
Q. WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO RIGHT NOW?
NR. Fireside, Deus, Dinosaur Jr...
A. Afghan Whigs, Sonic Youth.
Q. HAVE YOU BEEN FEATURED IN MAGAZINES/PAPERS/MEDIA?
A. We've been in N|jesguiden - a review and also with an interview/
presentation of the band. In R|d Press we had the whole middle pages
last winter. A big picture but not that much text. (laugh) and we
had long hair. When we played with Kajsa Grytt we were mentioned
in Westerbottens Kuriren. That's when we changed our name to Salt.
On the demo-pages in Pop #4, october 1993 we got 6 points (out of
10?), and was the second best demo in that issue. Beetroots
(now Pinko Pinko) beat us with 1 point. Terry (the reviewer) had
a strange label for our sound. ["Led Zeppelin-goes-baggy-land"].
Q. YOU'RE SIGNED TO MVG. IS THAT GOOD?
A. Yes, it's fantastic. Completely. It feels like a small company but
it's big. There are three people working there (and secretaries)
and it's impossible not to know all of them personally. They give
us free hands and we're not pushed in any directions. Our contract
is written that way anyway. What we like to do, we can do. If MVG
wants us to do something, we don't have to, because it's in our
contract. They spend a lot of money on studio time because they
want it to sound good - not "you have three days, do what you can".
It's a good concept! And we felt our producer fit us perfectly
from the first time we met.
Q. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE BRITISH/AMERICAN/WHATEVER INDIE SCENE?
A. The American scene is the most interesting one, though there are
interesting bands from the UK as well. Green Day, they're good.
Offspring? Good music. We're happy that they sell records. If they're
doing something good, on a big or small label doesn't matter. If
they're good, they're good. Though we're all for the Pearl Jam
boycott [TicketMaster]. It's a good initiative, but it was probably
pretty hard in the beginning for them.
Q. HOW ABOUT SWEDISH INDIE GROUPS?
A. We like Puffin and Ray Wonder and Shredhead and Souls and Blithe.
Stina Nordenstam. Mazarine Street, if you've heard about them, will
release something on a small U.S. label. They sound like a mix of
Rolling Stones and Beck. They're going to be big.
Q. WHO WRITES THE LYRICS?
NR. I do. Most of the time. Sometimes we all write them. They're about
love, relationships, experiences. Mostly own thoughts and emotions
based on things that have happened. The important thing is to recognize
oneself in the lyrics. They're not for/to someone special at all.
Just a product of feelings at the moment I write them.
Q. YOU PLAYED AT THE HULTSFREDSFESTIVALEN. HOW WAS THAT?
A. Wild but fun. We were really nervous though. We played the last day
on the StoraDans Scenen at the same time as Maria McKee. It was packed
with people. Loaded.
JT. I loved the Verve gig. We all sat on a VIP bench sort of, and was
there and gone at the same time.
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//Erik
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Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 02:24:22 +0200
From: Erik S|derstr|m
Subject: Blue Interview (30-Mar-95)
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Short interview with v1.0
B L U E
30-Mar-95
by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se)
after a gig at "Herrg}r'n", Link|ping, Sweden.
Blue are:
Mikael Nordgren (vocals, guitar) Michael Ohlsson (bass)
Robert Persson (drums) Claes Olofsson (guitar)
Magnus Palmquist (guitar)
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(if the answer is "A." it was answered by someone. If the answer came from
someone special, the initials are written.)
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Q. WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE GIG TONIGHT?
A. It was okay really, though the sound on stage was a bit low. We never
did a sound check though. And there weren't many people here tonight?
[I told them there was a huge party at the university the same night].
A. Okay. There's always _something_ going on somewhere else when we play!
Q. DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS?
A. Well, the stage swayed a bit and the drums kept moving forward all the
time! They should get a carpet or something back there.
Q. WHAT SONGS DID YOU PLAY?
A. 'Tin Soldier' (a Small Faces cover), 'Calling', 'Holliday', 'Lazy',
'Dancing All Night Long' and 'Hold On My Heart'. Then the extra
number, 'Can't Explain' (a Who cover), 'Beatboy', 'Hearts',
'Hey Cissy', 'Atomic Tommy 'and 'Be There'.
Q. WHERE ARE YOU FROM AND WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN A BAND?
A. We're all from |rebro, and all of us study except for Claes who
works in a music/record store.
Q. YOU HAVE PLAYED IN LINK\PING BEFORE. WHERE AND WHEN WAS THAT?
A. Yeah, we've played here twice before. Both times in december last year.
The first one at J's Place and the other at Skylten.
Q. ARE YOU TOURING RIGHT NOW?
A. We've played a lot after "Sitting On The Sofa" came out. We're going
down to Sk}ne now. In Lund with Mufflon 5 on the 27th of april at
Lunds Nation, Kristianstad on the 28th and Malmoe on the 29th.
Q. HOW ABOUT RELEASES?
A. A mini-CD "Blue" 1993 on West Side and Telegram, two CD singles,
"Popsong EP" 1993 and "Calling" 1994 on West Side and "Sitting On The
Sofa" a full-length CD at the end of 1994 on West Side. All of them
have sold okay really. Oh, we've also made a full-length demo which
we sent to Sound Affects called "Soon" in 1992.
Q. ANY STORIES BEHIND THE RECORDING OF "SITTING ON THE SOFA"?
A. First, the day before we were to go to Skellefte} to record it, Robert
dived straight into the bottom of a pool. They wanted to keep him at
the hospital, but he decided to go anyway. Well there, now this was
in july. You remember how hot it was! And we thought they had air
conditioning, but it almost didn't work. It took us three weeks to
record the whole thing. Then, the cover. We really wanted a group
picture on the cover, but the pictures they took were lousy, so all
we got was a red background with yellow text. It's the worst cover
we've seen!
Q. HOW ABOUT INFLUENCES?
A. Motown, Soul. The Jam, Small Faces, Portishead, Blur. Actually most
things between Soul and Rock Music.
Q. YOU'RE SIGNED TO THE WEST SIDE FABRICATION LABEL. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
A. We just sent a demo to Jocke, and suddenly we were recording our
mini-CD. Actually Pioneer in Japan likes us a lot, so the full-length
will be released there on the 27th of april. West Side released a
compilation there a while ago, and now there's a new one to be
released with The Bear Quartet and Blithe for example. The cover on
the CD looks fantastic! [West Side reported last week (may 1995)
that the new compilation have sold 10.000 copies, and the other bands
on West Side who have released something in Japan have sold 15.000
copies so far].
Q. HAVE YOU BEEN FEATURED IN THE PRESS/TV/MEDIA?
A. A lot in Slitz magazine, though we only got a "2" from Eva Kvanta
for the full-length. She gave everyone 2's in that issue though,
so maybe she had a bad day. We've been featured in a lot of local
papers, Pop, where we got a 7 [out of 10] for the full-length, and
N|jesguiden, where we got a "happy face" review. A lot of fanzines
want to do interviews as well. We plan to do a video, but we haven't
found someone to do it for the money we can offer yet. Maybe in may...
Q. WHAT FESTIVALS WILL YOU BE PLAYING THIS YEAR?
A. Tr{stocksfestivalen [in Skellefte} 14-15 July] and Raj Raj [in K|ping
16-17 June].
Q. WHAT FESTIVALS DID YOU PLAY LAST YEAR?
A. We've played at Tr{stocksfestivalen both years. It was great the first
year but nothing worked for us last year. It got too late, we didn't
have any drums, and no-one knew we were supposed to play! That was
because it got too late really. We played at Dalarock last year too.
Q. OTHER SWEDISH BANDS YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?
A. Waring Corn (now signed to the Roadrunner label). They have a Clawfinger
sound sort of. Their have 20.000 pre-hand orders for in Germany for their
release! Be sure to check them out. Millencolin. Cripple, who are not
that soft [laugh].
Q. ANY PLACES YOU'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND?
A. Caf Creole in Karlstad. That's a great place. We saw Popsicle when
they played there.
Q. I KNOW YOU HAD A DEAL WITH PLEASUREHOUSE. HOW DID THAT GO?
A. Yeah, we were supposed to play in Norrkoping and they were supposed
to play in |rebro a couple of times, but nothing ever happened.
They're all in Stockholm now, under a new name, by the way.
Q. ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO FINISH THIS INTERVIEW WITH?
A. Yeah. Claes here isn't really a member of the band [is he now?].
He usually plays in a soul band called "Cold Sweat", but they have
put it on ice right now. We all knew he was good, you know, people
talk a lot, so we asked him if he wanted to play with us, and...
CO. It's only fun to jump into such things, and that's why I decided
to go for it. I had listened to "Sittin On The Sofa" a lot before
they asked, so it was nothing I would have turned down [laugh].
We've only rehearsed three times, but everything has worked really
well.
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//Erik
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Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 03:35:33 +0200
From: Erik S|derstr|m
Subject: Re: May 27 Happenings in Stockholm?
On Wed, 17 May 1995, Albert Sigurdsson wrote:
> So what about the 27th of May, if I move my trip forward to
> a Saturday night, there must be something to do in Stockholm
> on that particular night !
Actually, nothing that I know of on that night either. I know
it looks dumb to post replies when I don't know something,
but the reason I do this is so that you'll know I'm not just
ignoring them.
//Erik
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Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 13:13:54 +0300 (EET DST)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti)
Subject: Love Handles & Sweetheart live date!
Hello!
The monthly Pop Friday night at the YO-talo club in Tampere will take
place on the forthcoming *Saturday* (!), that is May 20th. The bands
performing will be Love Handles and Sweetheart.
Love Handles could be described as 'guitar wall pop' and are worth
seeing for the excellent guitar work of Ilkka Mattila and Tommi
Pietil{inen (hmm...I'm not 100% sure of his last name?). They released
a CDEP about a year or so ago.
Sweetheart have released a lot of stuff on Bad Vugum, and that should
tell you already that they are quite aggressive and like to make a big
noise, both live and on records. Lately they have developed into less
straightforward and a little bit less heavy (I wouldn't call it
lightweight by any means though) direction. Some of their newer songs
reminded me even about Captain Beefheart with their cryptic
rhythms. And the vocalist sounds just like a paranoid and neurotic
version of 22-Pistepirkko's P-K.
I hope neither band will cancel their gig this time - I was very
disappointed when Candy Darling didn't show up last month...
Kimmo
trkisa@uta.fi
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Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 14:27:00 +0300 (EET DST)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti)
Subject: Cloudberry Jam album title?
Hello folks!
I've got a simple question for you:
I can't remember the name of the Cloudberry Jam album which was
released some time ago, so somebody who knows might like to share the
information with me.
I'm sure I would find it from the digests, but I'm too lazy to dig it
up, besides I am not sure if I want to re-read all my silly postings
:-)
Thanks in advance,
Kimmo
End of SI Digest #2.08
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