Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.3 Issue #06
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Digest
Vol.3 #06
Jan 22, 1996
There are 41 messages totalling 1197 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Olle + Loosegoats live mm (3)
2. CORRECTION: Loosegoats!
3. NON-SCAN: Glastonbury 96
4. Sin's Selected News [17-Jan-96]
5. Motor Tour List Update [16-Jan-96]
6. Petrol
7. Planet Sound Gig List
8. Finnish Tape (2)
9. Yvonne - Drifter
10. Red Sleeping Beauty
11. Petrol, VIP parties
12. Sin's Selected News [18-Jan-96] (2)
13. Swedish Indie Tape Chain
14. Upcoming Gigs
15. Slowdive & Mojave 3 Discographies
16. Stevepops / Aloon gig (2)
17. Super (2)
18. news & gossip from Finland
19. Swedish Indie Tape Chain - Synth/Body
20. icelandic tape chain
21. Topp40 lists 1995 albums/placings
22. Finnish Indie Tape
23. Topp40 lists 1995 singles/placings
24. Warner Showcase
25. Sin's Selected News [20-Jan-96]
26. Sin's Music on the Radio List [22-Jan-96]
27. Sin's Music on the TV List [19-Jan-96]
28. Beat Butchers Release Party
29. New WWW server
30. Ruby: free ticket for Stockholm gig!
31. Swervies full scandinavian tourdates
32. Swedish Tape
33. Sin's Selected News [22-Jan-96]
34. Selected Finnish News
35. Swedish synth/body/electro bands
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 17:49:54 +0100
From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Olle + Loosegoats live mm
Hey!
Why isn't anybody saying anything?!
Olle Ljungstrom is playing live, and you just sit there, silent?!?
Actually, he's in Stockholm, Gino 6 feb.
I also see there's a Supersuckers/Loosegoats/Sindy Kills Me extravaganza at
Gino on 2 feb. Should i check it out? I've heard some rave reviews about
LG, but what are the others like???
Jan Sundstrom
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 18:00:34 +0100
From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: CORRECTION: Loosegoats!
Supersuckers/Loosegoats/Sindy Kills Me extravaganza is sunday 4 feb. at Gino.
^^^^^^
Sorry, read the wrong date...
Jan Sundstrom
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 18:29:17 +0100
From: Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen)
Subject: Re: Olle + Loosegoats live mm
> I also see there's a Supersuckers/Loosegoats/Sindy Kills Me extravaganza at
> Gino on 2 feb. Should i check it out? I've heard some rave reviews about
> LG, but what are the others like???
Supersuckers are somewhat like Nomads, punky garage rock. I'm seriously
considering going, seems like a great triple bill to me.
Then there's Foetus, Swervedrive, Superchunk... hoo boy, I foresee some
holes in my wallet.
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 02:29:03 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: NON-SCAN: Glastonbury 96
Just heard that the Glastonbury festival this year has been cancelled
according to the festival boss Michael Eavis. They're planning to add
another 5.000 tickets to the Reading festival instead.
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 02:29:50 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's Selected News [17-Jan-96]
Lousy - that's right, one of the bands featured on the Scandinavian
Indie Demo Zone pages, will play at Hyndans Hörna in Stockholm
on January 25th (that's next week!). This is a great chance to
see them live, so don't miss it!
TV - Tomorrow (January 17th), the first program in the new weekly music show
"Musikrevyn" starts. It's on Swedish Television channel 1 at 19:15.
Every week, they will present the Swedish Top-list as well as having
guests, reports, interviews, etc. Tomorrow, the show includes a re-run
of the Red Hot Chili Peppers special.
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 02:30:10 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Motor Tour List Update [16-Jan-96]
Motor Tour List (_Update_)
16 January 1996
The Cardigans Stockholm Records
23/1 London - NME Brats Awards Date Changed
24/1 Bryssel - Botanique New
4/2 Hamburg - Logo New
5/2 Köln - Luxor New
7/2 Berlin - Huxleys Junior New
8/2 Munchen - Substanz New
9/2 Milano - Tunnell New
Gordon Roligan New
16/2 Alvesta - Heydays
16/3 Malmö - Eter
Hedningarna & Vimme Saari New
10/2 Uppsala - Norrlands Nation
12/2 Dorotea - Medborgarhuset
13/2 Vilhelmina - Folkets Hus
14/2 Storuman - Folkets Hus
15/2 Ammarnäs - Ammarnäsgarden
16/2 Malö - Forum
17/2 Umeå - Folkets Hus
Liberator Burning Heart New
9/2 Lund - Mejeriet (Popstad 96)
Millencolin Burning Heart
2/2 Borlänge - Kosmos New
16/2 Nyköping - Slakthuset New
22/2 Malmö - KB Changed. All ages. 19.
22/2 Malmö - KB Club A. At 22.00
23/2 Helsingborg - Exilo New
24/2 Karlskrona - Oden Moved Date from 24/1
Popsicle Telegram/Wea
25/1 Gothenburg - Hemulen New Venue
17/2 Eskilstuna - Exit New
Stakka Bo Stockholm Rec.
26/1 Växjö - Baten New
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Boss Hog (US) MCA/Geffen New
22/3 Copenhagen - Loppen
D`Angelo (US) Emi
9/2 Stockholm - Gino Cancelled
10/2 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset Cancelled
Goldie (UK) Polygram New
29/3 Stockholm - Gino
30/3 Oslo - Rockefeller
31/3 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset
Green Day (US) Wea New
special guest : Mr T. Experice Look Out Rec.
31/3 Stockholm - Isstadion
1/4 Copenhagen - Valby Hallen
Marion (UK) Polygram
29/2 Oslo - So What New
Moondog Jr. (UK) Island/Polygram New
14/3 Copenhagen - Loppen
Napalm Death (UK) Earache/HOK New
6/3 Århus - Huset
7/3 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset
8/3 Oslo - Rockefeller
9/3 Gothenburg - Underground
10/3 Stockholm - Studion
12/3 Helsingfors - Lepakko
14/3 Lund - Smålands Nation
Urge Overkill (US) MCA
special guest :
12/2 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset Cancelled
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The _full_ Motor Tour List can be found on the Scandinavian Indie WWW at:
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/motor.html
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 02:31:02 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Petrol
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote:
>>Ha ha! :-) I didn't quite get the connection there though. "the Ace Of Base
>>of indie" because of their looks?
>
> Hey, I said _don't laugh_! ;) Yeah, because of their looks, man. You'd know
> what i mean if you saw them.
Well, Am I to understand that they look like two euro-pop women? Brrrr...
>>_That_ sounds interesting! Do you know if they're going to play somewhere
>>else in the near future?
>
> Hmm. Nothing booked for the moment, but i think Warner has a spring
> showcase every year for their new acts, for "in" people and VIPs. I'd say
> they would show up there?!
Where would one find out where/when/etc about the Warner Showcase? Call
them perhaps, but I guess it's invited people only, right?
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 02:31:27 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Planet Sound Gig List
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote:
> Found this very slick page w/ loads of tourdates, also links to many
> booking agents in germany, labels etc etc. The tourdates could be of
> interest, some also list Swedish/Danish/other European dates. Right
> now, i just saw Cardigans will come to Germany in February.
I think those dates are the same as the ones on the Motor Tour list,
but I'll keep an eye open on the page.
> So here's the URL: http://planetsound.is-bremen.de/tourdate/
> Chief, take a look and maybe you can add a link from Scan-Indie?!
I knew I recognized the thing. :-) I've visited the place once, while
scouting for good gig lists / music sites in Europe, but I forgot all
about it. I even bet it's in my .bookmarks file! :-) Anyway, I'll add
the link to the Gig Guides page ASAP. Thanks!
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 02:31:49 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Finnish Tape
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote:
>> Okay! I'd appreciate if you'd post the artwork somewhere, and maybe we
>> could continue with the other tapes with similar artwork to make some
>> sort of series out of the whole thing?
>
> Well, I can post the inlay card somewhere, or make it available on
> WWW, but I don't know if anybody will want to continue with that kind
> of design, as it will be a sort of a messy low-fi job anyway (that's
> what you get 'designing' yer stuff on Macrosoft Word...wotta powerful
> tool! :)
Okay. If you're going to send "cover" sheets with the tape, there's
no need for posting it (for me at least :-)).
> Besides, I think the first chain tape is already past that
> stage (the Swedish Industrial one), so maybe we can't get a uniform
> design concept going on.
And Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) wrote:
> Yes, this tape is on the way now. If I may say so myself the design of that
> inlay card is really neat. I scanned a picture from a cemetary, which I then
> imported into an Island Draw document (postscript).
> It perfecly reflects the mood of the music on the tape, and it looks great.
Okay okay. We'll have different covers for each tape then. A pity though.
It probably would have looked pretty great in the cassette holder. :-)
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 02:32:21 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Yvonne - Drifter
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote:
>> Yes, on one of their demo tapes, but nowhere else that I know of. Unless
>> it's included on their single, but I doubt that. Anyone know for sure?
>
> Yeah, that's what i meant. Isn't that 2nd single called Drifter? the white
> one, with them sitting in chairs on the front?
I haven't got a clue. Maybe someone else does? Would be interesting to know.
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 02:32:07 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Red Sleeping Beauty
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote:
>> Uh-oh. Maybe I won't check them out after all. I'm not at all impressed
>> by the whole wimpy pop scene. Blur, Pulp, ... ugh.
>
> Well, I wouldn't say RSB are wimpy in that way, instead (IMO of course)
> they are wimply in a 'anti-rock, anti-aggressive' way. Sort of beautiful,
> gentle, sensitive kind of thingy, you know... I'm sure somebody out there
> can give a better description than my restricted vocabulary allows...
Would that be something like listening to Slowdive without the guitar-walls?
(ie. the Mojave 3 sound really) No outbursts of noise covering the floor?
No hysterical screams? Hmm.. sounds like something I might like. :-)
> Give it a listen in the shop at least!
Will do.
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 12:03:59 +0100
From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: Petrol, VIP parties
>> Hey, I said _don't laugh_! ;) Yeah, because of their looks, man. You'd know
>> what i mean if you saw them.
>
>Well, Am I to understand that they look like two euro-pop women? Brrrr...
Hey, now you're preconcieved. The girls look great, that what i meant. Just
maybe a bit "un-indie". But then, i think the babes in Ace of Base are not
that bad either. Perhaps my taste is a bit "un-indie", then?! :P
>> Hmm. Nothing booked for the moment, but i think Warner has a spring
>> showcase every year for their new acts, for "in" people and VIPs. I'd say
>> they would show up there?!
>
>Where would one find out where/when/etc about the Warner Showcase? Call
>them perhaps, but I guess it's invited people only, right?
Hey, Erik, you could certainly mingle your way in there, you're the editor
of Scan-Indie! Just tell them how many visits your website has every week.
I think it's time we start to look at maintainers of sites as real
journalists, since they have a big influence....
Jan Sundstrom
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 13:56:36 +0200 (EET)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti)
Subject: Re: Finnish Tape
According to chief@lysator.liu.se:
* Okay. If you're going to send "cover" sheets with the tape, there's
* no need for posting it (for me at least :-)).
Yeah, whatever you say, chief! :) Seriously speaking, I am going to
include copies of the inlay card of each person in the chain, except
if I need to make 100 copies or so...
* Okay okay. We'll have different covers for each tape then. A pity though.
* It probably would have looked pretty great in the cassette holder. :-)
Don't you think that sometimes variety adds to the pleasure, Erik? :)
Kimmo
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 14:52:13 +0100 (MET)
From: Per Långström
Subject: Re: Olle + Loosegoats live mm
On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Marten Sahlen wrote:
> > I also see there's a Supersuckers/Loosegoats/Sindy Kills Me extravaganza at
> > Gino on 2 feb. Should i check it out? I've heard some rave reviews about
> > LG, but what are the others like???
>
> Supersuckers are somewhat like Nomads, punky garage rock. I'm seriously
> considering going, seems like a great triple bill to me.
hmm supersuckers play punk rock wearing cowboy-outfits, doing over the
top karate kicks and generally acting silly/drunk. like a punk rock
version of zz top maybe. pretty fun to see. at least for a while.
mmm does anyone know what the ticket-price is for seeing these three bands?
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 06:55:15 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's Selected News [18-Jan-96]
Scandinavian Indie's Selected News
[18-Jan-96]
Monostar - previously known as Midnight Moses, were featured in an article
with an interview in the morning paper Svenska Dagbladet's
friday edition January 12th, 1996. Among other things, they
reveal that the only reason Carl Silver (bass) was added to
the already working band was because of his resemblance to
Neil Young. (?!) The band was also featured in one of Gotland's
(where they are from) papers around christmas last year, which
seems to have become a standard of sorts. At least the last
couple of years.
Musikrevyn - the music TV show on swedish TV 1 had premiere yesterday.
It made kind of a mixed impression on me, sort of a fast
version of "Nöjesrevyn", which means I think it stinks.
The contents of the first program were, apart from small-talk:
Videos: Leila K - Electric, Skee-Lo - I Wish, Mouth - The Hole
Of Your Head, Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall.
Segment: Red Hot Chili Peppers special, w/interview, music etc.
Naked - are just about to release their debut single "Left Alone Again".
Described as Powerpop by SA's Jesper Larsson, and "A swedish
Weezer.", it sounds pretty interesting. Their self-titled album
will be released in March.
//Erik
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 07:02:57 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Swedish Indie Tape Chain
Keep them votes on the groups for the Swedish Indie Tape fill
my mailbox!
You have until February 1st to select 10 Swedish bands that you'd
like to see included on the tape, which will then be sent around
the world. :)
E-mail me with your top-10 today! (chief@lysator.liu.se)
//Erik
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 06:54:44 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Upcoming Gigs
On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote:
> Hey!
> Why isn't anybody saying anything?!
> Olle Ljungstrom is playing live, and you just sit there, silent?!?
> Actually, he's in Stockholm, Gino 6 feb.
I didn't know about that one really. If I had it would have been added
to the gig list. :-)
> I also see there's a Supersuckers/Loosegoats/Sindy Kills Me extravaganza at
> Gino on 4 feb. Should i check it out? I've heard some rave reviews about
> LG, but what are the others like???
Well _that_ one _is_ listed in the Swedish Indie Bands Gig Guide! (I stopped
posting those lists to the mailing list a couple of months ago, and no-one
said anything about it, so I figured no-one was interested?)
I would recommend that gig, though only for seeing Loosegoats, really.
//Erik
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 07:04:19 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Slowdive & Mojave 3 Discographies
Just wanted to say that the Discographies for both _Slowdive_ and _Mojave 3_
in their latest versions (0.1 for Mojave and 1.9 for Slowdive, both updated
on January 17th, 1996) are now available on the WWW.
Slowdive - http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/slowdive.html
Mojave 3 - http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/mojave3.html
(there are links to these pages from the Slowdive & Mojave Mailing List
Digest page - http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/avalyn.html - as well.)
Of course they're also available in ASCII format, though at the moment
only by letting me know through email that you want them. That is -
email me (chief@lysator.liu.se) with requests, and you'll have the
info in your mailbox ASAP.
Time to hit the sack,
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 96 10:51:08 +0100
From: ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne)
Subject: Stevepops / Aloon gig
Stevepops are playing at Studion (Stockholm) friday 9/2, supported
by Aloon, featuring ex. Suredo member(s?).
Anyone heard Aloon?
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 14:23:12 +0200 (EET)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti)
Subject: Re: Super
According to chief@lysator.liu.se:
* Got some email from Minna from the Finnish band _Super_ the other day,
* of which we have heard a lot about on this list from Kimmo and Sami
* (if I'm not mistaken) earlier.
Yeah, check out the archives for some no-holds-barred rave reviews :)
* She also said they were interested in getting signed to a Swedish label,
* which of course would be really interesting. :-) I recommended West Side
* but I don't know if Jocke still has a "stop" signing new bands? Any
* other labels that might be interested?
Well, West Side have already got one Finnish band in their roster
(Penniless People of Bulgaria, crap name, but they are told be quite
good these days) - maybe Jocke should start a sub-division called
An East Side Fabrication :)
Anyway, the point of this message (for once their is some point to it)
is to tell our Stateside readers that there is a very strong
possibility for the Super cd single "Spark" to be available from at
least one mail order service in the US.
Watch this space for further updates...
Kimmo
trkisa@uta.fi
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 14:32:23 +0200 (EET)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti)
Subject: news & gossip from Finland
In the spirit of Erik's 'Selected News' extravaganza, I thought I'd
drop in a couple of tidbits from the Finnish pop scene:
Fridge, the Jyvaskyla-based powerpop trio, will soon release both
their debut 7" EP and their first full-lenght CD as well. They will be
on some new Finnish indie label(s). I had the luxury of getting a
'sneak preview' (quite literally, but that's anohter story :) of the
forthcoming stuff, and it was quite impressive; perhaps a bit flat,
but they weren't the final mixes and the song order hadn't been
decided yet.
The most promising new band from the Tampere area (Nokia to be more
exact), Dada Girl, have been in the studio preparing their second demo
tape, featuring three songs. And it's going to be massive, judging
from Sami's comments (he had the honour of hearing this already in the
'rough mix' stage, as he knows everybody and their sister from the pop
scene here :)
And finally, another local band Coo will be heading for studio as well
later this year to record tracks for a possible CD-EP release on
Tangerine. No exact dates were given, though.
Kimmo
trkisa@uta.fi
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 14:26:10 +0100
From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: Swedish Indie Tape Chain - Synth/Body
When voting for the Swedish indie tape, i come to think of all those great
synth/body/electro bands that used to be around.
Most of them are now defunct, or playing some other style of music
(Mainstream, hardcore, crap teenypop), but once in history there guys made
_great_ music. I'm thinking of bands like:
Arvid Tuba
Scapa Flow (1st, 2nd albums)
Nasa
Adolphson & Falk
Pouppee Fabrikk (Portent CD, singles)
Cat Rapes Dog (1st, 2nd albums, singles)
SPOCK (early)
Cultivated Bimbo (first singles)
Elegant Machinery (first album)
Nike Strom (don't know if he ever made anything, was great live. Anyone know if
there are demos around?)
Don't be turned off by the names, many of them play lousy stuff today, but
created magic back in 1990-91.
Maybe there could be interest for a tape like this too???
Jan Sundstrom
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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 13:12:07 +0100 (MET)
From: Per Långström
Subject: Re: Sin's Selected News [18-Jan-96]
On Thu, 18 Jan 1996 chief@lysator.liu.se wrote:
> Naked - are just about to release their debut single "Left Alone Again".
> Described as Powerpop by SA's Jesper Larsson, and "A swedish
> Weezer.", it sounds pretty interesting. Their self-titled album
> will be released in March.
yes, z-tv has played the video for the single a few times already.
i think they like it. and so do i. "a swedish weezer" isn't too bad
of a describtion. but completely without the, sometimes annoying,
heavy metal influence. kind of geeky/wimpy catchy pop along with
some nice, heavy distortion. hmm, darn, it's sounds like i just
described sammy yet again.. ;)
.per
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 04:52:15 +0200 (EET)
From: Albert Svan Sigurdsson
Subject: icelandic tape chain
I have a tape for you guys to borrow, copy, drewl and go crazy over.
Send your addresses and email to me so I can prepare the chain list.
Albert
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 06:15:20 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Topp40 lists 1995 albums/placings
Topp40 presented a complied list of 1995's top album lists, with each band
and their best place on the list. Here are a couple of Scandinavian Indie
related bands and their best placings, which at least I find interesting:
Artist Album Best Placing Weeks on the list
22 Pistepirkko Rumble City, La La Land 42 1
Björk Post 2 18
Brainpool Painkiller 12 24
Broder Daniel Saturday Night Engine 39 3
Cardigans Life 20 5
Fireside Do Not Tailgate 40 1
Kent Kent 27 20
Popsicle Popsicle 31 2
Stefan Sundström Nästan Som Reklam 9 5
This Perfect Day Don't Smile 41 5
Whale We Care 12 9
Yvonne Yvonne 29 2
And some Non-Scandinavian related indie bands:
Artist Album Best Placing Weeks on the list
Black Grape It's Great When You're... 13 7
Blind Melon Soup 40 3
Blur The Great Escape 2 16
Boo Radleys Wake Up! 46 2
Buffalo Tom Sleepy Eyed 43 1
Charlatans The Charlatans 28 1
Cranberries No Need To Argue 1 29
Elastica Elastica 34 2
Gene Olympian 26 2
Hole Live Through This 22 12
Levellers Zeitgeist 5 6
Monster Magnet Dopes To Infinity 17 5
Nirvana Unplugged In New York 4 15
Oasis (What's The Story) Morning.. 1 13
Pearl Jam Vitalogy 11 5
PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love 11 18
Pulp Different Class 7 9
Radiohead The Bends 26 1
Red Hot Chili Pe. One Hot Minute 1 16
Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie And The Inf.. 1 11
Stone Roses Second Coming 28 6
Supergrass I Should Coco 36 1
Teenage Fanclub Grand Prix 33 2
Weezer Weezer 8 24
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 06:14:35 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Finnish Indie Tape
On: Wed, 17 Jan 1996, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote:
>> Okay. If you're going to send "cover" sheets with the tape, there's
>> no need for posting it (for me at least :-)).
>
> Yeah, whatever you say, chief! :) Seriously speaking, I am going to
> include copies of the inlay card of each person in the chain, except
> if I need to make 100 copies or so...
Great, that's the way I figured I'd do the Swedish tape as well. The
most easy way of doing it, I think.
>> Okay okay. We'll have different covers for each tape then. A pity though.
>> It probably would have looked pretty great in the cassette holder. :-)
>
> Don't you think that sometimes variety adds to the pleasure, Erik? :)
Well.. :)
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 06:15:49 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Topp40 lists 1995 singles/placings
And of course Topp40 also presented a similar list of Singles for 1995.
Here are some interesting ones, Scandinavian Indie-related ones first:
Artist Single Best Placing Weeks on the list
Björk Army Of Me 12 8
Björk It's Oh So Quiet 29 6
Brainpool Bandstarter 23 15
Brainpool Tomorrow 21 8
Popsicle Not Forever 19 4
Whale Pay For Me 6 9
And some Non-Scandinavian related indie bands:
Artist Single Best Placing Weeks on the list
Blur Country House 10 19
Blur The Universal 57 1
Cranberries Zombie 2 14
Gene Sleep Well Tonight 39 1
Levellers Hope Street 35 1
Menswear Daydreamer 32 1
Nirvana About A Girl 26 3
Oasis Whatever 10 11
Oasis Roll With It 3 7
Oasis Some Might Say 7 13
Oasis Wonderwall 13 10
Pearl Jam Merkinball 14 4
Pulp Common People 4 16
Pulp Mis-Shapes 25 3
Red Hot Chili P. Warped 24 2
Red Hot Chili P. My Friends 50 1
Weezer Buddy Holly 14 14
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 06:14:13 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Warner Showcase
On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote:
>> Where would one find out where/when/etc about the Warner Showcase? Call
>> them perhaps, but I guess it's invited people only, right?
>
> Hey, Erik, you could certainly mingle your way in there, you're the editor
> of Scan-Indie! Just tell them how many visits your website has every week.
> I think it's time we start to look at maintainers of sites as real
> journalists, since they have a big influence....
Heh heh. Well, I've received invitations to Beat Butchers release party
next friday in Stockholm, but that's really because I work on their pages,
and I did get press passes to the Lollipop festival last summer, but
the Warner Showcase? Hmm, who should I contact?
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 06:14:53 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's Selected News [20-Jan-96]
Scandinavian Indie's Selected News
[20-Jan-96]
Beat Butchers - the swedish punk/pop independent label presented their
1996 promo CD, which you soon will be able to win in the
Beat Butchers contest on their WWW pages (that's
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/beathome.html). The
promo has thirteen tracks from 12 bands, including the
latest signed bands Brandgul and Svart Snö. Brandgul's
sound can be described as hard rolling power-pop guitars
with swedish lyrics, and Svart Snö as genuine punk. The
promo is only avaliable through the contest, so keep your
eyes open!
Komeda - the band on the North Of No South label, is out with a new CD
titled "Genius Of Komeda" (NONSCD26).
Lousy - the Tenhult five-piece, will start recording their new demo in
February. After listening to four of their new songs that will
be included on the tape, two of them still without name, and the
other two called "Bug" and "Canada", I'd have to say that they
are still Lousy. :-) Seriously, all the segments that make Lousy
sound the way they do are there, the full-effect alarming guitars,
the whining synthesizer, fast hitting drums and light vocals.
Though "Bug" is far from their normal sound. A single guitar with
dreamy vocals, which really surprised me. Magnus says that it
probably won't sound that way when they record it "for real",
which I think is unfortunate, because it's great the way it is.
Pineforest Crunch - from Stockhom were featured in an article in morning
paper Svenska Dagbladet's friday edition "City" on
January 19th. Among other things, they tell the story
about when they used Stars On Mars' tour bus for a
completely self-booked tour of the UK, and that their
album, which will be released on February 26th, is
called "Make Believe".
Smash Hit Wonders - the band from Skövde are making their own home pages
as we speak. They are planned to be ready by week 4.
They also have a couple of gigs coming up - among
those, they play together with Popsicle in Sundsvall
on February 1st!
Topp40 - the swedish business music/entertainment magazine also noted
the Frank Black promotion "three guys dressed in black wearing
sunglasses, dancing to FB's latest single in a cassette deck
on the floor" stunt, with a picture of the guys and everything.
Wannadies - have finished recording their new album, but aren't sure when
it is going to be released. If their upcoming tour of the UK
together with Frank Black, starting January 29th, and the
forthcoming UK single "How Does It Feel" which will be released
on February 22nd (in two versions), are successful, the album
will not be released until autumn. If not, it will be released
this summer. It's the best album we've made, says singer Pär
Wiksten, who also tells the tale about the time when they played
in Finland last year and a police man came up on stage, wrestled
him down and took his guitar, because they had played too loud
and for too long.
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 06:16:26 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's Music on the Radio List [22-Jan-96]
Scandinavian Indie's
Weekly Updated Interesting Music on the Radio List
January 22nd -> January 28th
---------------------------------
Swedish National Radio Channel P3
---------------------------------
Day Date Artist Recorded
--- ----- ----------------------------------- ------------------------------
Mon 22/1 Di Leva Hultsfred, Aug-95
Tue 23/1 Elphaarana Group Kairo
Wed 24/1 The Source Experience Tartanfestivalen, 08-Jul-95
Thu 25/1 Fistfunk Elverket, Stockholm, 02-Dec-95
Sun 28/1 tba ?
P3 Live - always at 21.03
This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie WWW pages.
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 06:16:55 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's Music on the TV List [19-Jan-96]
Scandinavian Indie's
Weekly Updated Interesting Music on the Television List
January 19th -> January 25th
-------------------
Various TV Channels
-------------------
Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time
--- ----- ----------------------- ------------------- ------------- -----
Fri 19/1 Pearl Jam Unplugged MTV Europe 21.30
Counting Crows Saturday Night Live ZTV 22.00
Sat 20/1 Family Tree Nöjesrevyn SVT 1 23.35 R
Sun 21/1 Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 22.30
Mon 22/1 Toppen Toppen ZTV 19.15
Smashing Pumpkins Rockumentary MTV Europe 21.00
Salt-N-Pepa Saturday Night Live ZTV 22.00
Tue 23/1 Pop & Indie Pop & Indie ZTV 19.15
Guide To Alternative.. Guide To... MTV Europe 21.30
Crash Test Dummies Saturday Night Live ZTV 22.00
Toppen Toppen ZTV 00.50 R
Wed 24/1 Musikrevyn Musikrevyn SVT 1 19.15
Stone Temple Pilots Unplugged MTV Europe 21.30
Dwight Yoakam Saturday Night Live ZTV 22.00
Thu 25/1 Guide to Alternative.. Guide to... MTV Europe 21.30
Pearl Jam Saturday Night Live ZTV 22.00
Viktoria Tolstoy Nöjesrevyn SVT 1 22.30
R = Rerun
This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie WWW pages.
//Erik
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Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 04:17:41 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Beat Butchers Release Party
This coming Friday (26/1) Beat Butchers will have a release party at
Studion for their new records with Coca Carola, Svart Snö and
Radioaktiva Räker. The festivities are "invitation only" though, but
Jojo at the label suggested that maybe some people on this list would
like to meet up in Stockholm and go to the party?
I'll be in Stockholm from friday afternoon, and think it's a great
idea. If you'd want to meet up and go to the party, let me know
(with your snail mail address, as Beat Butchers have to send you
an invitation-card), and we'll have a couple of beers, discuss the
scene (heh) and whatever!
Sounds good?
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 04:18:14 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: New WWW server
Good Sin WWW news! - Lysator has finally moved the WWW server from the old
net hog which was far to low on memory and slow slow slow. The new server
is of course reachable through the old name of www.lysator.liu.se, but
also, if you want, at hanna.lysator.liu.se.
That is, you don't have to change any pointers or URLs if you don't
want to.
The old one was a Sun SPARCserver 4/300 with 32MB RAM.
And here's the specifics for the new one if you're interested:
Hanna is a Sun SPARCserver 1000, donated by Sun Microsystems AB.
It came with:
* 4st SuperSPARC 51-CPU:s (50MHz Supersparc)
* 128MB RAM
* 4st 515MB SCSI-disks
* 1st CDROM-drive
* 1st DAT-tape station
* 2st extra FSBE-SCSI/Ethernet-cards (a total of 4st SCSI-controllers and
ethernet-ports)
This one's speedy, let me tell you. :-)
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 11:16:13 +0100
From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Ruby: free ticket for Stockholm gig!
Hey!
I got two tickets to the RUBY gig at Studion monday 22/1 (I won them on
Radio Bandit!). I'm going, but i don't know what to do with the other ticket.
So i'm giving it away for free. (well you can buy me a beer if you want, or
something.. ;)
First reply gets it. I'll mail you back so we can meet up at Studion.
"Who are Ruby anyway?" - It's Leslie from ole' Silverfish, you know that
tune, "... and now i smell like parafine". Haven't heard the album, but
it's supposed to be OK.
Jan Sundstrom
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Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 11:22:47 +0100
From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Swervies full scandinavian tourdates
I haven't seen the full listing of the dates on S-I, so here it comes:
23/1 Lund, Mejeriet
24 Linkoping, Skylten
25 Goteborg, Underground
26 B=F6 i Telemark, Kro & Kultur (North Norway?!?)
27 Bergen, Hulen
29 Oslo, So What
30 Stockholm, Studion
31 Copenhagen, Loppen
1/2 Arhus, Blitz
Someone from Lund said that the entrance was only 30 SEK ($4.50). Lucky you!!!
Here in Stockholm it's 135 SEK ($20).
Don't miss 'em. First time in Sweden (maybe in whole Scandinavia) AFAIK....
Jan Sundstrom
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 05:12:49 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Swedish Tape
Okay, I have received top-10 group (and in some cases tracks as well) lists
for the Scandinavian Indie Swedish Indie tape from the following people:
1) Christer Nilsson
2) Marten Sahlen
3) Kimmo Saaskilahti (trkisa@uta.fi)
4) Martin Eksten
5) Elin Olson
6) Petter Edström
7) Jan Sundstrom
8) Daniel Hansson
Remember, you do not _have_ to vote for your favourite top ten bands
or tracks to be on the tape chain when it's realized in a couple of
weeks.
If you want to vote and help decide what to put on the tape, please
e-mail me (chief@lysator.liu.se) with your top-ten swedish artist/group
list reflecting what you'd like to see included on the tape.
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 05:12:20 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's Selected News [22-Jan-96]
Scandinavian Indie's Selected News
[22-Jan-96]
Beat Butchers - announced that Tuk Tuk Rally's new compilation CD has
finally gotten a title: "Då å Nu". You'll find it in your
local record store on March 3rd, 1996.
Tangerine Records - the finnish label will soon have their WWW pages ready
and open to the public! Be sure to check them out (you'll
find their address in this column soon), and specially
look for the promising band "Super"!
//Erik
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 05:13:03 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Stevepops / Aloon gig
On Thu, 18 Jan 96, ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne) wrote:
> Stevepops are playing at Studion (Stockholm) friday 9/2, supported
> by Aloon, featuring ex. Suredo member(s?).
>
> Anyone heard Aloon?
If anyone goes to this gig, please let me know what they (Aloon)
sounded like (to you).
Pop's Terry Ericsson once wrote (about one of Aloon's demos):
"One of Sweden's most underestimated indiepop bands, Suredo, never got the
attention they deserved, and quit. Now they have their continuation, through
Mikael Myrnerts new project Aloon. Sometimes searching - and not at all in
parity with Suredo - this is something for all Pavement/Sebadoh-fans to keep
eyes and ears on. 'I Know What I Know' is in any case the best Chapel
Hill-pop that has ever been written in Johanneshov."
Though I don't trust Terry's word that much, so I'd rather hear it from
someone on the list. :-)
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 05:13:16 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Super
On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote:
> Well, West Side have already got one Finnish band in their roster
> (Penniless People of Bulgaria, crap name, but they are told be quite
> good these days) - maybe Jocke should start a sub-division called
> An East Side Fabrication :)
My thoughts exactly (the ones about already got one finnish band that is).
Minna said she had received a load of addresses and stuff from a friend
of hers as well, so I trust we'll see what they'll do. :)
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 05:13:33 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: re: Selected Finnish News
On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote:
> In the spirit of Erik's 'Selected News' extravaganza, I thought I'd
> drop in a couple of tidbits from the Finnish pop scene:
A great idea, and I hope you'll keep us on the list updated in
the future as well?
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 05:13:57 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Swedish synth/body/electro bands
On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote:
> When voting for the Swedish indie tape, i come to think of all those great
> synth/body/electro bands that used to be around.
>
> Adolphson & Falk
I actually have all of their albums. I was truly a fan and hooked when
I heard "10010", and what was it called.. "Signalen Blinkar Blå" (?)
the first time. :-) They remind me of Stockholm when I was younger
every time I hear them nowadays. Don't know why, though it may be
because of the subway-samples they had on their third (?) album. :-)
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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