Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.4 Issue #11
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Digest
Vol.4 #11
February 19th, 1997
There are 20 messages totalling 1062 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Sin's NSIB Gig Guide [17-Feb-97] (2)
2. Sin's SIBOS Gig Guide [17-Feb-97]
3. Sin's SIB Gig Guide [17-Feb-97]
4. Sin's Upcoming Record Releases [17-Feb-97] (2)
5. SANDY LYLE at P3
6. Petrol at bla (2)
7. Monkeypig (3)
8. Siesta 54 out! Red Sleeping Beauty
9. Garmarna...
10. Cardigans w/ Beck... (3)
11. Sin's Music on the Radio [24-Feb-97]
12. FWD: Danish indie
13. Backfish on MJ Pop
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 06:43:32 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's NSIB Gig Guide [17-Feb-97]
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Scan-Indie Non-Scandinavian Indie Bands Gig Guide Scan-Indie
February 17, 1997
Corrections, additions or comments to: chief@lysator.liu.se
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Included:
Ben Folds Five, Blur, Gallon Drunk, Lisa Germano, Kula Shaker, Lemonheads,
Lightning Seeds, Live, Ocean Colour Scene, Pavement, Swans, U2, Veruca Salt.
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Ben Folds Five
11/3 Copenhagen, Rust (DK)
12/3 Stockholm, Studion
13/3 Malmo, KB
Blur
7/4 Stockholm, Solnahallen
Gallon Drunk
23/2 Stockholm, Studion
24/2 Malmo, KB
Lisa Germano (w/Giant Sand)
10/4 Stockholm, Studion
Kula Shaker (w/Aerosmith)
8/5 Goteborg, Scandinavium
10/5 Stockholm, Globen
12/5 Oslo, Spektrum (N)
Lemonheads
18/3 Copenhagen, Pumpehuset (DK)
19/3 Oslo, Rockefeller (N)
20/3 Stockholm, Electric Garden
21/3 Lund, Mejeriet
Lightning Seeds
19/2 Stockholm, Studion (110 SEK)
20/2 Oslo, So What (N)
21/2 Malmo, KB (w/Eggstone, The Mopeds)
22/2 Copenhagen, Lille Vega (DK)
Live
6/4 Stockholm, Cirkus
Ocean Colour Scene
6/3 Stockholm, Electric Garden
Pavement
7/4 Copenhagen (DK)
8/4 Oslo, Rockefeller (N)
9/4 Malmo, KB
Swans (w/Panasonic)
17/2 Goteborg, Pusterviksteatern
18/2 Stockholm, Studion
20/2 Malmo, KB
22/2 Copenhagen, Pumpehuset (DK)
U2
2/8 Goteborg, Ullevi
4/8 Copenhagen, Parken (DK)
6/8 Oslo, Vallehovin (N)
Veruca Salt
14/3 Stockholm, Studion
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 06:44:02 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's SIBOS Gig Guide [17-Feb-97]
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Scan-Indie Scand. Indie Bands Outside Scandinavia Gig Guide Scan-Indie
February 17, 1997
Corrections, additions or comments to: chief@lysator.liu.se
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Included:
The Cardigans, Cloudberry Jam, The Confusions, Counterblast, Drain, Fireside,
Gus Gus, Starmarket, Statemachine.
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The Cardigans
17/2 Phoenix / Tuscon (US)
19/2 San Diego (US)
20/2 Los Angeles, El Rey Theatre (US)
21/2 Los Angeles, El Rey Theatre (US)
22/2 San Francisco, Fillmore (US)
24/2 Vina Del Mar, Open Air Festival (CL)
25/2 South America
26/2 South America
27/2 South America
28/2 South America
1/3 South America
4/3 ???, Cat Theater (??)
5/3 Vancouver, Vogue (CA)
6/3 Portland, La Luna (US)
8/3 San Francisco, Live 105 (radio) (US)
11/3 Denver, Ogden Theatre (US)
13/3 Minneapolis, First Avenue (US)
14/3 Chicago, Metro (US)
15/3 Detroit (US)
16/3 Toronto, Opera House (CA)
19/3 Miami (w/Beck) (US)
20/3 - 9/4 US Tour (w/Beck)
Cloudberry Jam
9/4 Nagoya, Club Quattro (J)
10/4 Osaka, Club Quattto (J)
11/4 Fukuoka, Crossing Hall (J)
13/4 Tokyo, Blitz (J)
14/4 Tokyo, Club Quattro (J)
15/4 Nagano (J)
The Confusions
17/2 Hamburg, Knust (D)
18/2 Gustavsburg, Gerbers Cafe (D)
19/2 Offenbach, MTW (D)
Counterblast
27/3 Bremen (D)
8/4 Liege (B)
Drain (w/Type O Negative, Sister Machine Gun)
18/2 Reno, NV, Waldorf (US)
19/2 San Jose, CA, The Edge (US)
21/2 Tacoma, WA, Temple Ballroom (US)
22/2 Vancouver, BC, Graceland (CA)
23/2 Eugene, OR, Wow Hall (US)
24/2 Boise, ID, West Park (US)
25/2 Salt Lake City, UT, Fairgrounds Coliseum (US)
Fireside
Feb - US Tour (dates, cities, venues not decided yet)
Mar - US Tour (dates, cities, venues not decided yet)
Gus Gus (IS)
Jun - US Tour (eight gigs)
Summer - Europe, Festivals
Starmarket (w/Texas Is The Reason & Queerfish)
20/2 Oldenburg, Alhambra (D)
21/2 Kassel, Juz Immenhausen (D)
22/2 Saarbrucken, Ballhaus (D)
23/2 Schweinfurt, Schreinerei (D)
25/2 Berlin, Knaack (D)
26/2 Hamburg, Marquee (D)
27/2 Neuss, Geschwister (D)
28/2 Freiburg, Cafe Atlantic (D)
1/3 Backnang, AJZ (D)
2/3 Bielefeld, Falkendom (D)
Statemachine (w/S.P.O.C.K)
28/3 Schwedt, Bildungszentrum (D)
29/3 Zurich, Dynamo (CH)
31/3 Kiel, Traumfabrik (D)
1/4 Munster, Triptychon (D)
2/4 Heidelberg, Swimmbad MKS (D)
3/4 Frankfurt, Batschkapp (D)
4/4 Magdeburg, Factory (D)
5/4 Berlin, Kesselhaus (D)
6/4 Essen, Zeche Carl (D)
7/4 Braunschweig, Jolly Joker (D)
8/4 Herford, Kick (D)
9/4 Erlangen, E Werk (D)
10/4 Erfurt, Rotplombe (D)
11/4 Cottbus, Gladhouse (D)
12/4 Chemnitz, Kraftwerk (D)
13/4 Koln, Kantine (D)
14/4 Saarbruken, KuFa (D)
15/4 Wien, Szene Wien (A)
17/4 Augsburg, Kerosin (D)
18/4 Rostock, M.A.U. (D)
19/4 Hamburg, Gr. Freiheit (D)
20/4 Stavenhangen, Tankhaus (D)
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 06:44:29 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's SIB Gig Guide [17-Feb-97]
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Scandinavian Indie Scandinavian Indie Bands Gig Guide Scandinavian Indie
February 17, 1997
Corrections, additions or comments to: chief@lysator.liu.se
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Included:
Aquadays, Atomic Swing, Backfish, Bent Spanner Arty Banner, bob hund,
Brazzaville, Candysuck, Coach Bob, Dark Side Cowboys, Dipper, Eggstone,
Fireside, Fivel, Fly, Garmarna, Gus Gus, Hedningarna, Jumper,
Loosegoats, Mismates, The Mopeds, Mother Superior, Mutts, Polythene,
Popsicle, Shallow, Shallow Soundwave, Smash Hit Wonders, Sonic Surf City,
Speaker, The Standards, Starmarket, Statemachine, Sulky, Superswirls,
This Perfect Day, Twigs, The Wannadies, The Wellmeant.
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Aquadays
21/3 Stockholm, Tre Backar (w/Shallow, Shallow Soundwave)
Atomic Swing
18/4 Helsingborg
Backfish (w/The Wannadies)
25/2 Lund, Mejeriet
26/2 Helsingborg, Tivoli
27/2 Malmo, KB
28/2 Jonkoping, Eldslandet
1/3 Eskilstuna, Stinsen
4/3 Stockholm, Electric Garden
5/3 Uppsala, Sten Sture & Co
6/3 Karlstad, Jager
7/3 Goteborg, Vagen (w/Eggstone, Popsicle)
8/3 Umea, Universum
Bent Spanner Arty Banner
28/2 Lund, Blekingska Nationen (Klubb Indigo) (w/Bess, Dipper)
bob hund
22/3 Copenhagen, Loppen (DK)
Brazzaville
19/2 Norrkoping
21/3 Nybro
22/3 Ljungby
4/4 Hultsfred
5/4 Eskilstuna
Candysuck
1/3 Stockholm, Apromus
18/3 Stockholm, Kafe 44
18/4 Boras
19/4 Goteborg, Underground
Coach Bob
27/2 Linkoping, Herrgar'n (w/The Wellmeant, at 22.00, 30 SEK + Student ID)
Dark Side Cowboys
2/5 Stockholm
Dipper
28/2 Lund, Blekingska Nationen (Klubb Indigo) (w/Bent Spanner Arty Banner, Bess)
Eggstone (w/The Mopeds)
18/2 Lund, Mejeriet (at 22.00, 40 SEK)
19/2 Uppsala, Kalmar Nation
20/2 Goteborg, Underground
21/2 Malmo, KB (w/Lightning Seeds)
22/2 Stockholm, Studion (90 SEK)
27/2 Copenhagen, Rust (DK)
28/2 Helsingborg, The Tivoli
7/3 Goteborg, Vagen (w/Backfish, Popsicle, The Wannadies)
8/3 Eskilstuna
13/3 Linkoping, Herrgar'n (tickets will be sold)
14/3 Solvesborg
15/3 Angelholm
10/5 Jonkoping, Eldslandet
Fireside
14/3 Pitea, FH
11/4 Lulea, Sporthallen
Fivel
21/2 Tranas, Sobelhuset
Fly
28/2 Goteborg, Underground
7/3 Lund, Blekingska Nationen (Klubb Indigo)
Garmarna
22/2 Vasteras, Village
21/3 Umea, Applet, Folkets Hus
Gus Gus (IS)
Summer - Festivals, Europe
Hedningarna
5/3 Norrkoping
6/3 Malmo, KB
7/3 Lund, Mejeriet (w/The Persuasions)
8/3 Goteborg, Vagen
12/3 Uppsala, Sten Sture
13/3 Oslo (N)
14/3 Trondheim (N)
15/3 Tromso (N)
18/3 Stockholm, Electric Garden
19/3 Karlstad
21/3 Voss (N)
22/3 Voss (N)
Jumper
20/2 Vastervik
21/2 Stenungsund
22/2 Trollhattan
25/2 Are
26/2 Are
27/2 Are
28/2 Linkoping, Karallen (w/Superswirls)
1/3 Norrkoping
Loosegoats
15/3 Koping, Smedjan (w/Starmarket)
26/3 Orebro (w/Starmarket)
Mismates
6/3 Stockholm, Hyndans Horna
The Mopeds (w/Eggstone)
18/2 Lund, Mejeriet (at 22.00, 40 SEK)
19/2 Uppsala, Kalmar Nation
20/2 Goteborg, Underground
21/2 Malmo, KB (w/Lightning Seeds)
22/2 Stockholm, Studion (90 SEK)
27/2 Copenhagen, Rust (DK)
28/2 Helsingborg, The Tivoli
13/3 Linkoping, Herrgar'n (tickets will be sold)
14/3 Solvesborg
15/3 Angelholm
10/5 Jonkoping, Eldslandet
Mother Superior
14/3 Uppsala, Grand
Mutts
20/2 Kalmar
25/2 Lund, Mejeriet (w/The Wannadies, at 22.00, 50 SEK)
1/3 Simrishamn
7/3 Goteborg, Underground
19/3 Orebro
Polythene
22/2 Eskilstuna, Bla
Popsicle
7/3 Goteborg, Vagen (w/Backfish, Eggstone, The Wannadies)
Shallow
21/3 Stockholm, Tre Backar (w/Aquadays, Shallow Soundwave)
Shallow Soundwave
21/3 Stockholm, Tre Backar (w/Aquadays, Shallow)
Smash Hit Wonders
8/3 Koping, Smedjan
27/3 Skovde
8/8 Emmaboda, Festival -9/8
Sonic Surf City
15/3 Norrkoping
22/3 Stockholm, Studion
28/3 Solvesborg
29/3 Hassleholm
30/3 Angelholm
Speaker
19/2 Karlstad
20/2 Linkoping, Herrgar'n (at 22.00, 30 SEK + Student ID)
21/2 Tingsryd
26/2 Helsingborg
27/2 Salen
28/2 Karlskoga
1/3 Stockholm, Universitetet
4/3 Lund, Mejeriet
7/3 Hogsby
8/3 Vastervik
11/3 Are
12/3 Ostersund
15/3 Overlida
20/3 Stockholm, MS Silja Scandinavia
27/3 Orebro
28/3 Soderhamn
29/3 Kristinehamn
3/4 Gavle
The Standards
28/2 Hultsfred, Metropol
15/3 Lidkoping, Kulturmuren
27/3 Umea, Rotundan/Universum
Starmarket
7/3 Falun, Ungdomens Hus
15/3 Koping, Smedjan (w/Loosegoats)
26/3 Orebro (w/Loosegoats)
4/4 Hultsfred, Metropol
25/4 Uppsala, Kalmar Nation
Statemachine
20/2 Uppsala (w/Psyche)
Sulky
22/2 Goteborg, Pusterviksbaren
Superswirls
22/2 Salen
28/2 Linkoping, Karallen (w/Jumper)
This Perfect Day
20/2 Stockholm, Hannas Krog
7/3 Hultsfred, Metropol
28/3 Koping, Smedjan
Twigs (N)
20/2 Bergen (w/Tequila Girls, Punishment Park)
The Wannadies (w/Backfish)
25/2 Lund, Mejeriet (w/Mutts, at 22.00, 50 SEK)
26/2 Helsingborg, Tivoli
27/2 Malmo, KB
28/2 Jonkoping, Eldslandet
1/3 Eskilstuna, Stinsen
4/3 Stockholm, Electric Garden
5/3 Uppsala, Sten Sture & Co
6/3 Karlstad, Jager
7/3 Goteborg, Vagen (w/Eggstone, Popsicle)
8/3 Umea, Universum
The Wellmeant
27/2 Linkoping, Herrgar'n (w/Coach Bob, at 22.00, 30 SEK + Student ID)
16/4 Stockholm
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 06:44:58 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's Upcoming Record Releases [17-Feb-97]
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Scandinavian Indie Upcoming Scandinavian Record Releases Scandinavian Indie
February 17, 1997
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Date Artist Title Format Label
17/2 Candysuck Score CD Startracks
17/2 Lemonator (SF) Yellow CD Warner
17/2 Mary Beats Jane Locust CD MVG
17/2 Red Sleeping Bea. Soundtrack (E) CD Siesta Records
17/2 Starmarket Sunday's Worst Enemy LP/CD Dolores
17/2 Three Blind Mice Roll Out The Carpet CD Vibrafon
19/2 Odd Numbers A Guide To Modern Living LP/CD Dolores
24/2 Forbidden Colours My Broken Heart CD5 October
24/2 Hedningarna Hippjokk CD Silence
24/2 Theu Nooners tba CD L-Style
26/2 Backfish It's Emily's CD AWSF
26/2 The Bear Quartet Before The Trenches CD5 AWSF
26/2 Carpe Wade Superball CD5 AWSF
3/3 Dipper Instant Man EP CD5 Vibrafon
15/3 Atomic Swing Fluff (JAP) CD PolyGram ?
17/3 Fivel -57 CD5 NONS
17/3 Honeymoons tba CD5 NONS
21/3 Gus Gus Polydistortion 2LP/CD 4AD
24/3 The Bear Quartet Moby Dick CD AWSF
24/3 Carpe Wade Odd Man Out CD AWSF
24/3 Kottgrottorna Tinnitus CD Beat Butchers
24/3 Loosegoats 4-Sale By Owner CD Startracks
25/3 Starmarket Unsaid 7"/CD5 Dolores
7/4 Cane (N) Unable CD Warner
14/4 Honeymoons tba CD NONS
21/4 The All Janet Grace CD Speech (AWSF)
21/4 Various West Side United CD+ROM AWSF
17/7 Cane (N) Private Scene CD5 Warner
[Should have been released but I have no info about it]
Date Artist Title Format Label
? Nov96 Yvonne tba (D) CD ?
? Dec96 Cam Purr (BRAZIL) CD Soap
? Dec96 Melony 2nd Man On The Moon CD5 Soap
? Jan Fanscene tba CD5 Dorian Records
? Jan HappyDeadMen Bullfights Every.. (JAP) CD Polydor
? Jan Mary Beats Jane Day In Day Out CD5 MVG
? Jan Various tba CD Ceilidh
[Month decided, but not exact date]
Date Artist Title Format Label
Feb The April Tears tba CD Memento Materia
Feb Backfish Everyone CD5 AWSF
Feb Cessna (SF) Bordeaux (US) CD Radio Khartoum
Feb Cessna (SF) Holiday on Ice (US) 7" Jigsaw Records
Feb Eggstone Birds In Cages CD5 Vibrafon
Feb Fidget Stop Losing CD5 Mega Records
Feb Happy Todd To Leave The Station EP CD5 Damn The Man Recordz
Feb HappyDeadMen Bullfights Every Sunday CD Trampolene
Feb Hardy Nilsson Harifran CD MCA
Feb Jones Valuable Stuff CD Ax-Products
Feb Sonic Surf City tba (collection) CD Ceilidh
Feb This Perfect Day C60 CD Soap
F/Mar Pimms tba CD5 Dorian Records
F/Mar Superswirls Leave Your Friends CD5 Sesame Records
Mar Atomic Swing Fluff CD Sonet
Mar Dr. Saturn tba CD5 Dorian Records
Mar Fidget No Boogie Coming Your W. CD Mega Records
Mar Grass-Show Something Smells.. (UK) CD EMI
Mar Salt tba CD MVG
Mar Various tba CD Dorian Records
M/Apr The All Janet tba CD5 Speech (AWSF)
M/Apr Engine tba CD DS Records
Apr The Merrymakers No Sleep Til Famous (J) CD Virgin
Apr Ship of Fools tba CD L-Style
Apr Yvonne tba CD Energy
A/May Pineforest Crunch tba CD Polar
May Carpe Wade Odd Man Out (JAP) CD Alfa
M/Jun Sahara Hotnights tba CD5 AWSF
Jun Aquadays Liquid CD ?
Jun Snail (SF) tba (SF) CD ?
S/Oct Whale tba CD Virgin
[Season decided but no month or date]
Date Artist Title Format Label
Spring Cam Purr CD Soap
Spring Wagon tba CD Borderline
Autumn Clawfinger tba CD MVG
[Year decided but nothing else]
Date Artist Title Format Label
1997 The April Tears Heart Shut Down CD5 Memento Materia
1997 Penniless People..tba CD5 AWSF
1997 Starlet tba CD MVG
1997 Sulky tba CD Dolores
1997 Super (SF) tba CD Odor
[No additional information avaliable]
Date Artist Title Format Label
? Doris Days Quiet Withdrawal CD5 Some Pearls
? Humble Bee tba CD Arrow Records
? The Pansies (SF) tba (JAP) CD PolyGram
? Surreal Friends of Soap and Wa.. CD Recordia
? Tennis tba CD Stockholm Label Group
? Whipped Cream tba CD MNW
? Various En Ko Pa Isen CD5 Strawberry Songs
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 15:39:13 +0200 (EET)
From: Kimmo Saaskilahti
Subject: Re: Sin's Upcoming Record Releases [17-Feb-97]
Alexander said:
>> Feb Cessna (SF) Bordeaux (US) CD Radio Khartoum
>> Feb Cessna (SF) Holiday on Ice (US) 7" Jigsaw Records
>
>Chief, I don't know about the Jigsaw release (Chris is probably even slower
>than me), but this isn't going to be ready this month.
Well, the same goes for the Jigsaw release, but you really shouldn't blame
good old Chris McFarlane for the delay, as the only reason for it is that
the band, being the incompetent slackers they are, have not been able to
finish the layout for the sleeves in time. However, at this very moment
everything is just about ready and the rest will be up to the label. The
release might be delayed a bit more, if Chris sticks to his plan to release
the Cessna 7" simultaneously with the Rocketship 7" he is putting out -
nobody knows if Dustin has even completed the tracks yet...
Kimmo
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 17:10:46 +0100
From: Rami Nihlawi
Subject: SANDY LYLE at P3
Hi!
Listen to P3, Musikjournalen, at the Swedish National Radio.
Sandy Lyle is appointed to "The band of the week", between 19-21
TONIGHT, Wednesday...
Also, check out their hompage:
http://www.e.kth.se/~e95_rni/sandy.html
/Rami
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 18:21:52 +0100
From: micke.lonngren@mailbox.swipnet.se (micke lonngren)
Subject: Petrol at bla
PETROL is special guests at venue BLA in Eskilstuna this saturday, main act
is POLYTHENE. PETROL are about to do a tour together with T.P.D later this
spring, and were just confirmed to Hultsfredsfestivalens stereo-stage this
summer.
More info :
http://www.mds.mdh.se/~adb95hln/blue/
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 18:42:22 +0100
From: Michael Rehnstrom
Subject: Re: Monkeypig
Marcus Warn wrote:
>Hi, I wonder if anyone has got some info about the swedish group MONKEYPIG.
>Releases, webpages, etc. Please cc my adress.
According to the swedish fanzine "ettnollett" (# 20+5) they have released
two records. The debut was a five-track CD ("Under the influence of bad
weather) on Borderline records in 1994. Just recently they have released a
7" single (s/t) on the british label Pandemonium Records. According to
ettnollett they are also planning a new album (this number of ettnollett is
a few months old, so the work may have progressed further by now). I guess
there is more info available from other sources, this is all I know.
Ho!
/Micke
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 18:29:01 +0000
From: siesta@get.es
Subject: Re: Siesta 54 out! Red Sleeping Beauty
Hi all!
Soundtrack is out now! Place your order to youe fave mailorder or
distributor (Roundabout, Cowly Owl, Mind the Gap, Jigsaw, Shelflife,
Border.... or Siesta).
Here is the review produced by the beloved Stephen Wood:
It's 4 A.M., in an apartment just outside of Washington D.C. I'm sitting
in a room dimly lit by the solitary glow from my computer screen suffering
from an acute lack of sleep and badly in need of a shower. Outside, a tepid
breeze saunters up from the south, easing through bare trees to settle on the
the ground & turning patches of dirty snow into brown muddied lawns.
The streets are empty but for a few scattered police cars, taxis and the
occasional tow truck out prowling private lots aiming to yank valued 4 wheel
family members off to far distant lots in exchange for inflationary ransoms.
At this hour the ice cream shops are closed down, the refrigerator has been
raided of the last of the frozen Mars bars and the TV is sadly void of anything
I'm in need of. All in all a rather squalid setting.
A mere week ago such a situation would have been a pressing concern, bringing
with it a dampening of enthusiasms and a descent into the glummest of moods.
Mercifully the advent of a new RSB album has changed all this, having brought
on a quickening of the heart & a sense of wonder about my stay on this planet.
Soundtrack is indeed the kind of intimate gossamer ticket to guide us all
through our days and ease us towards dreams at night. Dipping into
"Soundtrack" is like emerging from a cold, blustery day into a house where you
sit by the fireplace with a steaming mug of cafe au lait in your hands.
Your CD player never had it so good! Thirteen songs of lilting pop brilliance
wrapped up in horns, flutes, handclaps and sealed with a kiss from Stockholm.
RSB is a fabulous group of scintillating kids delivering short (to leave the
listener wanting more) guitar or synth-melody pieces chock full of hooks and
catchy bridges. Ooh, don't forget some of the finest-sing a-long choruses to
be found anywhere! They are a breath of sonic beauty; I simply can't fathom
why they aren't wildly famous and loved beyond a loyal cadre of pop
aficionados, college djs and those indie fans who patrol small shops looking
for the manic pop thrill of song and fable. Having Siesta, one of the best
indiepop labels, behind then will be a great boon to their getting the
audience they are both ready for (they've been around since '89), and worthy
of.
Do not hesitate to give this album a long look. We live in times that seem to
look askance on pure pop music, as if we had overdosed in the sixties &
seventies when the radio was awash with flat out pop bands and haven't cleared
our heads yet. There seems to be a deep suspicion about bands that deal in
melody, chorus and hooks - the inescapable charm of a well written love dressed
in jangly guitars and haunting vocals is almost something to be mistrusted
or at the very least held out at arm's length. NO! Reach out and embrace.
I was thinking about this the other day and remembered something written by
John Carbonaro is his excellent fanzine Soft White Underbelly:
"if punk is partly about achieving separation through tension and relief (the
spice of life), pop music is about a collective where familiarity is not
sameness, and longing is not complacency. Where a new song about love won or
lost is no less inviting _just_ because it's the millionth one you've heard.
Apart from content, melody and hooks are about deliberate accessibility that
does not necessarily dilute a unique or universal standpoint. It is for our
collective unconscious a summer fest that runs from day to night and never
really ends." RSB is a band that is unafraid to ride that wave of pure
melody. Just check out Summer At It's Best, Soul Provider, Certainly, Young
Pretenders and you'll find yourself amidst unabashed pop that looks at the
everyday world of being in love, contemplating the seasons, riding a bike
or even one's choice in food with refreshing clarity and with tunes that
you'll be humming for weeks.
This is a band which has consistently met and even surpassed my expectations
For the past 4 years. Oh sure, a lingering doubt as I sprint to the stereo
tearing off the wrappings that maybe _this_ will be the first recording that
somehow doesn't shine as brightly, that fails to make one's head start
spinning in that blissful pop trance we all live for. Sheesh, not to worry
this time around 'cause "Soundtrack" joins a long line of standout material
that represents the very best of what I love about pristine pop music in the
90's. Shimmering girl/shy boy vocals, guitars that glisten & jangle, cool
infectious bass lines, and orchestration that puts you into a swoon! How can
you not get swept up in the deliciousness of it all?
Simply put, Red Sleeping Beauty is a very romantic, dreamy band that
has earned a reputation for putting out some of the catchiest material
while avoiding the pitfalls of being sweet or cloying. They are a
definite part of what's making Scandinavia a very cool place to look
for some fine, fine music!
RSB is a band that makes the music that you'll be wanting to live your
life to - don't be foolish enough to deny yourself the exquisite pleasure of
being caught up in the splendor!
Sara and Mateo Siesta
siesta@get.es
http://www.get.es/siesta/index.htm
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 97 19:41:14 +0100
From: "Jens Agren"
Subject: Re: Monkeypig
On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 18:42:22 +0100, Michael Rehnstrom wrote:
>Marcus Warn wrote:
>
>>Hi, I wonder if anyone has got some info about the swedish group MONKEYPIG.
>>Releases, webpages, etc. Please cc my adress.
>
>According to the swedish fanzine "ettnollett" (# 20+5) they have released
>two records. The debut was a five-track CD ("Under the influence of bad
>weather) on Borderline records in 1994. Just recently they have released a
>7" single (s/t) on the british label Pandemonium Records. According to
>ettnollett they are also planning a new album (this number of ettnollett is
>a few months old, so the work may have progressed further by now). I guess
>there is more info available from other sources, this is all I know.
The singer and songwriter had a band called 'Flowerhappy' or 'Blomsterlyckli'
a few years ago. He's from Kristianstad but Monkeypig is based in Malmo.
Check out old Sound Affects, for reviews of Flowerhappy.
// Jens
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 11:28:22 +0100 (MET)
From: "Christoffer Dahlblom [Bajenfans]"
Subject: Re: Sin's NSIB Gig Guide [17-Feb-97]
On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 chief@lysator.liu.se wrote:
> Pavement
> 7/4 Copenhagen (DK)
> 8/4 Oslo, Rockefeller (N)
> 9/4 Malmo, KB
Hey, weren't they scheduled Stockholm the 6th? What happened to that one?
/Stoffe
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 12:30:03 +0200 (EET)
From: Siim Kalder
Subject: Garmarna...
Heard Garmarna last year on a folk festival here in Estonia. They put up a
quite an impressive performance and the public really liked them. Anyways,
it's almost impossible for me to find anything they have released. If
anybody is willing to send me a copy of their cd/tape/whatever, contact me
privately. Any information will be appreciated.
siimk
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 12:31:51 +0200 (EET)
From: Siim Kalder
Subject: Cardigans w/ Beck...
It's pretty surprising to hear that The Cardigans are playing with Beck in
the US. Has this happened before? If anybody intends to go to the gig(s),
it would be nice, if he/she could describe the event afterwards.
siimk
ps.
...still can not imagine it...
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 08:30:09 -0500 (EST)
From: Chris Forsberg
Subject: Re: Cardigans w/ Beck...
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Siim Kalder wrote:
> It's pretty surprising to hear that The Cardigans are playing with Beck in
> the US. Has this happened before? If anybody intends to go to the gig(s),
> it would be nice, if he/she could describe the event afterwards.
I can't be *sure* I'm going, as the dates haven't been announced yet, but
I sure hope to go. And as to the strangeness of them playing together: I
don't think it's so strange! Ok musically they aren't that similar, but
they both are coming from that kitsch angle a bit, they have an interest
in retro pop (as in popular) culture in common (Cardies covering Sabbath,
Beck showing American country line dancing in his video). So
intellectually I think they go together nicely...
That's all,
//Chris
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 12:56:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Chris Forsberg
Subject: Re: Cardigans w/ Beck...
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Nicolas Moch wrote:
> here are the tour dates for the Cardigans & Beck :
> 27/3 Baltimore - UMBC Fieldhouse support till Beck
I just finished talking with the Student Events Board at UMBC.....they say
this is not official yet. Tickets are not on sale and so far he said
all that has happened is some promoters have said that they want to
have the show there. I don't think the Cardigans should be publicizing
dates if they aren't firm, or even close to firm yet...
//Chris
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:55:29 +0200
From: Michael Rehnstrom
Subject: Re: Monkeypig
I think I have to correct myself about Monkeypig. This is the info about
them so far:
>On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 18:42:22 +0100, Michael Rehnstrom wrote:
>>Marcus Warn wrote:
>>>Hi, I wonder if anyone has got some info about the swedish group MONKEYPIG.
>>>Releases, webpages, etc
>>>Please cc my adress.
>>>Thanks
>>>Marcus
>>According to the swedish fanzine "ettnollett" (# 20+5) they have released
>>two records. The debut was a five-track CD ("Under the influence of bad
>>weather) on Borderline records in 1994. Just recently they have released a
>>7" single (s/t) on the british label Pandemonium Records. According to
>>ettnollett they are also planning a new album (this number of ettnollett is
>>a few months old, so the work may have progressed further by now). I guess
>>there is more info available from other sources, this is all I know.
>
>The singer and songwriter had a band called 'Flowerhappy' or 'Blomsterlyckli'
>a few years ago. He's from Kristianstad but Monkeypig is based in Malmo.
>Check out old Sound Affects, for reviews of Flowerhappy.
>// Jens
The correction is: it is true that they have released the two records I
mentioned above, the s/t single in the summer of 1996. But I think that
they have released another single on Pandemonium, at least they intended to
release one during January. I do not know the title of that one. So there
should be, at least, three Monkeypig releases available somewhere in this
universe.
/Micke
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 02:29:44 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Petrol at bla
On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, micke.lonngren@mailbox.swipnet.se (micke lonngren) wrote
about: Petrol at bla
> PETROL is special guests at venue BLA in Eskilstuna this saturday, main act
> is POLYTHENE. PETROL are about to do a tour together with T.P.D later this
> spring, and were just confirmed to Hultsfredsfestivalens stereo-stage this
> summer.
Hey, good news indeed - but where did you hear about their appearence at
the Hultsfred festival? I thought the festival kept a tight lid on their
list before the "big presentation", or have I missed something somewhere?
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 02:29:27 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's Music on the Radio [24-Feb-97]
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 02:30:53 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: FWD: Danish indie
Forwarded: (please remember to post to: ___ scan-indie@lysator.liu.se ___ )
> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:22:27 +0100
> From: "Thierry Carre"
> Subject: Danish indie
On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Jesper Sandvad wrote about
Hi all (from a newbie):
> before I subscribed to the list, I looked at a few mails in the digest,
> and noticed that we danes seem too have the reputation of not having any
> cool indie bands. Unfortunately, the rep is mostly correct. Compared to
> the shitloads of cool bands from Sweden, Norway and especially Finland, we
> have extremely few really good bands.
and Erik Soderstrom answered :
>I'm working on getting a tape with a bunch of Danish indie bands from
>the Danish radio channel P3 program "Beat!" people which will later be
>sent out on a tape chain, but it seems to take some time before that
>happens, so if you have the time / want to make such a tape for a chain,
>I think we'll all be interested! The guys at "Beat!" mentioned Danish
>bands like Ibens, Lovebites, Kashmir, Port Friendly, Vildensky, Bloom,
>Obstinate Esther, and Subcircus, but I haven't heard any of these!
I'm also new to the list and live in Aalborg too, but I'm french and I am
more into indiepop and indierock. I am on the tweenet mailing list, where
we have a tape swap every month. I always include my favorite danish
bands ( greene, Rhonda Harris, Psyched up Janis, ludox ) on it, they are
maybe not pure indie, but they're great and being danish almost qualify them.
I have heard some of the bands, you mentioned, I don't like Kashmir too
much, but I saw Lovebites on TV, where they also did an interview , I think
we are going to hear a lot from them. Henrik H. Olesen from Greene plays
guitar and Niclas Tange ( early in the Poets, another great danish band)
plays drums. Vildensky plays Tusindfryd, saturday, the 22th of february.
Ibens are a good pop band, but they sing in danish, which is a little bit
of a handicap.
I would say, that Nikolaj Norlund " navnlos " where he sings ( in danish of
course) Michael Strunge's poems, is some of the best danish music, I have
heard, in 96. He is Rhonda Harris' singer and earlier with Trains, boats and
planes. I can't make a tape with all of these bands, but I could start one
and send it to you or somebody else who could continue.
BTW, as Jesper surely knows, here in Aalborg, it's rather difficult to find
swedish indie, apart from the Cardigans and Popsicle. Does anybody knows, a
swedish mail order where I could find eggstone, red sleeping beauty, komeda,
club 8 and that kind of stuff.
Thierry
viridian@post5.tele.dk
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 02:30:05 +0100 (MET)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Backfish on MJ Pop
Oh, and don't forget to listen to Musikjournalen Pop on Swedish national
radion (P3) on monday 24/2 if you're interested in Swedish group _Backfish_
(though I'm not sure how many still are after Ken Stringfellow's work
on their previously oh-so beautiful songs - just listen to their latest
single "Everyone" (out any day now) and his version of "Bless You".. it
is still a good song, don't get me wrong, but it's __nowhere__ near the
feeling of bliss their old, and self-produced, version had.)
Obviously, the band has to say that they love the work Ken did on their
songs because of his "greatness", though I wonder what they really think...
I hope they share my thoughts and produce their next album themselves.
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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