Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.4 Issue #22
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Digest
Vol.4 #22
May 14th, 1997
There are 54 messages totalling 1343 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. harry lime
2. News from Latvia
3. Cry in Gothenburg
4. Coming out.
5. new swedish artist..? (4)
6. Upcoming GBG events in May (4)
7. the Bear Quartet show.. + other stuff
8. John Peel bootleg cds (2)
9. more bear quartet (4)
10. NOW: charlatans on P3
11. other stuff
12. Silverbullet! (3)
13. Eggstone (2)
14. Jeopardy-Aquadays
15. emmaboda (2)
16. Sin's Music on the Radio [12-May-97]
17. Quick Note - May 8th
18. Kartegen, Lulea May 10, 1997
19. yvonne this weekend (2)
20. robot + surreal gig at underground, Goteborg tonight
21. More bear quartet and more
22. New Bear Quartet Home Page (2)
23. yvonne correction!
24. about Robot/Surreal
25. Bear Quartet concert
26. sisters of mercy to arvikafestival? (2)
27. Oven & Stove (2)
28. What to do in Sweden july 1-9? (2)
29. Sobsister (was: More bear quartet and more) (3)
30. Nomads with Afro's!
31. tuesday night in stockholm
32. Starboy
33. Starboy recordings
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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:31:50 GMT
From: johang@isp.su.se (Johan Gille)
Subject: Re: harry lime
once i was like:
>> listen to the lyrics to "april and may"! per sunding sings something along
>> the lines of "sara and june", right? well, he is actually singing about
>> sara reis, eggstone fanatic supreme, fozzie editor and concert arranger
>> with kalmar nation. you should have seen her face when she played that
>> passage of the album this christmas! wow.
to which the chief naturally went like:
> Heh heh heh - isn't that just wishful thinking on her side, or is it
> _really_ true? It might just as well be "Sara & June" - the two girls
> singing those .. umm, pre-school pop "things", you know... It's
> a fantastic, gorgeous and beautiful song though.
not according to per sunding! yours is the natural interpretation,
obviously, but let's go with per's version, ok? it would make sara
so sad if that little bit of recognition was taken away from her...
np. mary lou lord _mary lou lord_ (thanks again, toby!)
johan.
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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 14:59:38 +0200
From: Jan.Sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: News from Latvia
chief@lysator.liu.se,Internet writes:
>> So this guy gave me an hour to present swedish indie,
>> live on the air, all over Latvia!
>
> Whoa! I would have been both happy and sad if I got that chance.
> There are just too many songs I would have wanted to play! I still
> hope you managed to squeeze in some Eggstone, Fidget, Cloudberry Jam,
> Aquadays, The Wellmeant,
Hmm, I broght the two first EPs from Eggstone to the studio, but i
believe nothing went on air, there was not enough time. And concerning
the rest, i must admit that i don't have much of those particular bands
on CD, just tapes. Sorry everybody ;-)
Umm, I pesuaded Roberts to tape a copy of the brilliant
synth/body-album "The Guide" with Scapa Flow (of Uppsala fame).
A far shot from indie, but nevertheless epic. If you haven't heard them
yet, check them out. Roberts, did you like it!?
Jan
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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 16:41:02 +0100
From: Johanna Hillgren
Subject: Cry in Gothenburg
After all the talk about Gothenburg rocksters Cry on the list, I feel a
need to express my feelings about them.
Yesterday they played a short gig at Harrys Playground here in
Gothenburg. It was actually at the releaseparty of Chunks, but since
they share the same label (Velodrome) Cry got to perform as well.
And IMHO didn't do it particularly well.
They play loudmouthed rock'n'roll without any kind of finesse, without
dynamics and with a singer who desperately tries to squeeze every bit
out of his very limited charisma. Sorry guys. I really like rock'n'roll
but Cry are just a rockband-by-numbers.
Daniel
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Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 16:23:32 +0200
From: Johan Weitner
Subject: Coming out.
Hi. Suppose I've lurked enough on the list now, (hello BSAB-Mats). My
name is Johan Weitner and I live in Malmo, (formerly known as Boogie
Town). I'm currently neglecting my studies at the Dept of Education,
Lund University, and eagerly awaiting spring. I'm in a band called
Elevator Adam, which holds the Swedish record in "recording-demos-not-
sent-anywhere", I believe. Our latest will be posted however; (we
finally woke up from our official coma and accepted an invitation from
Tambourine, and the result IS satisfying for a change). We did release
an overly produced EP - Alcomoon - two years ago, but not many cared
much. Someone voted for the video on ZTV's "Toppen" though. Dunno who or
why - it stunk. But...we're happy...really...
I'm mostly into the American stuff myself, (you know; Replacements,
Husker Du, Pixies, Posies, AMC, B.Tom, and so on), but Sweden is coming
along nicely these days I think. I still do detect an unpleasant
Brit-hype-mania-over-nothing-tendency here and there though. But one
can't deny the brilliance of bands like Eggstone and Wannadies.
And now for a little treat especially for you guys :-)
Be the first to visit the not-yet-official EA homepage! Go to:
http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/hiss
Pics, sound clips and divine reviews in one place!
See you.
~Johan Weitner
mailto:mkv96jow@lustudat.student.lu.se
Until May 12th, then for some reason: mkv96jow@student2.lu.se
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Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 09:04:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chris Forsberg
Subject: new swedish artist..?
>From Intergalactic Garage's new arrivals list:
> SARA SARA CD (UK) $24.95
> SWEDISH. A new Swedish artist, sounding like BJORK, PJ HARVEY, and
> DIAMANDA GALAS
Hey all,
Saw this posted on another list I'm on.....anyone at all heard, or heard
of, Sara Sara? First I've heard of them...
thnx,
Chris
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Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 20:34:39 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Ola Lundkvist
Subject: Upcoming GBG events in May
Some upcoming events in GBG:
Underground:
Fri 2 Psychore
Sat 3 Silverbullet
Fri 9 Robot + Surreal
Sat 10 Sludge Nation + Carpe Wade
Wed 14 Hellfire Club
Thu 15 Servotron
Fri 16 Backyard Babies
Sat 24 Honey is Cool
Wed 28 Jungle Nite Out
Sat 31 Chunks
V}gen:
Wed 7 Waveparty I:
The Herbaliser, DJ Ollie Teeba, DJ Melachi, DJ Food,
DJ Amon Tobin.
Wed 14 Waveparty II:
Dirty Beatniks, Les Rythmes Digitales, The Wiseguys.
21-02, 90 SEK for one night, 150 SEK for both.
Liseberg:
Fri 23/5 Soundtrack of Our Lives
Sat 31/5 Petrol
Chalmers:
Fri 6/6 Soundtrack of Our Lives
Finally - don't miss Shallow Soundwave at Harry's Playground 15/5.
/Ola
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Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 21:28:04 +0200
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: the Bear Quartet show.. + other stuff
Hi,
I just thought I'd write a few things about the show that
took place 2 days ago at Sporhallen, Lule}.
At 8 Elephantine, from Kiruna, started playing. It was not
so interesting, sort of like a sloppier Fireside.
About 1 hour later it was Sun Boy's turn (who I of course have
heard before, since they played 2 songs on TV4 Norbotten)
played pretty nice jazzy pop, a bit boring at times though.
They ended with "R.O.C.K" by Sha-Boom which was more funny
than good.
They were done around 10 pm, and annoyingly enough, those
Hockey dorks "Ebba Blitz" didn't start playing before 11 pm.
("Ebba Blitz" is a band consisting of hockey players from
Lule} Hockey and 2 of their girlfriends or something, and
they play Ebba Gr|n and Th}str|m covers.. Do I need to say
anything more?)
Ok, a short while after midnight the Bear Quartet started playing,
they played the at least 7 year old song "Spoon", which funnily
enough was written by Johan Forsling (who isn't in the band
anymore, he was at the show though :). A lot of songs from
Moby Dick (His Spine, Machine Gun, Before the Trenches) and
a pretty weird version of "I never saw the ban".
They ended with a 15+ minutes long version of "If you have
a heart". Well however, this was the first time I saw them
playing with their new drummer and he and the rest of the band
did great.
Too bad only about 100 showed up, but i think getting people to
come to a drug free show on Valborgsm{ssoafton is pretty hard.
Kinda silly that they had rented a place with room for more than
2000 people for the whole event.
Ok, on to other things... Doesn't anyone know anything about the
7" the Bear Quartet released in Japan? I was supposed to get a
copy but I never did :/
I will update the discography pretty soon, and maybe I'll make it
look a little bit less boring.
Check out a Bear Quartet fan page at http://hem.passagen.se/b4/bq,
it looks pretty nice. Kind of funny that on the picture on the
first page is Niclas from Him Kerosene (who DID play for them
during at least one show), and I can't decide on if the guy on
the right side of Mattias is Kristian from Breach or if that
really is Urban Nordh (who is no longer in the band).
In kommer G|sta,
Petter
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Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 23:40:53 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: John Peel bootleg cds
Hie again,
Guess what? The Bear Quartet's Peel session seems to be
available on CD at http://www.thefinest.com/fine4f.htm
Petter
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Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 19:31:52 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: more bear quartet
Just forgot to mention that TV4 Norrbotten played their
video for "Before the trenches" and interviewed Mattias and
Jari last week. I taped it..
And there was a whole page in Aftonbladet yesterday(friday)
about them..
Petter
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Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 18:08:23 +0200
From: Jan.Sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: NOW: charlatans on P3
Charlatans are playing/interview on Swedish p3 at the moment!
Jan
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Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 18:27:55 +0200
From: Jan.Sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: other stuff
burrito@ludd.luth.se,Internet writes:
>In kommer G|sta,
>Petter
...vill du ha kaffe?
(Sorry, couldn't resist it! :-)
The line is from Philemon Arthur and the Dung, the forefathers of
swedish experimental hippie weird stuff... inspiration for Bob Hunnd
and many others.
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Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 19:55:51 +0200
From: Michael Rehnstrom
Subject: Re: new swedish artist..?
Chris Forsberg wrote:
>>From Intergalactic Garage's new arrivals list:
>> SARA SARA CD (UK) $24.95
>> SWEDISH. A new Swedish artist, sounding like BJORK, PJ HARVEY, and
>> DIAMANDA GALAS
>
>Hey all,
>Saw this posted on another list I'm on.....anyone at all heard, or heard
>of, Sara Sara? First I've heard of them...
thnx,
>Chris
I recall that there was a female solo artist, called Sara, who released an
album some months ago. I guess this is her. I haven't heard anything from
her but according to a review I read it should be some kind of
hippie-inspired pop/rock. Not bad, according to the reviewer, but sometimes
a bit too much flower power over it. And 25 dollars would be considered
expensive even in Sweden!
/Micke, amazing himself and, mostly, his friends by buying four records
totally lacking (authentic) guitars at a record fair in Linkoping this last
weekend
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Date: Sun, 04 May 1997 20:12:47 +0100
From: Johanna Hillgren
Subject: Silverbullet!
Last night, saturday, Silverbullet conquered Underground here in
Gothenburg. The best gig I've been to in a long time. Full-on
rock'n'roll from the very first note.
They really have come to terms with how to look like a band on stage and
this time not only the fantastic singer Simon Ohlsson attracted roars
from the crowd. They all looked so cool. And they really sounded great.
Probably they got a bit of a confidence-boost after all the good reviews
of the album.
Catch up with them, even if you've seen them a million times before. The
best night out you can have.
Daniel
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Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 16:54:21 +0200 (METDST)
From: Joakim Naeslund
Subject: Re: new swedish artist..?
>> Chris Forsberg wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>> Saw this posted on another list I'm on.....anyone at all heard, or heard
>> of, Sara Sara? First I've heard of them...
>> thnx,
>> Chris
>
> I recall that there was a female solo artist, called Sara, who released an
> album some months ago. I guess this is her. I haven´t heard anything from
> her but according to a review I read it should be some kind of
> hippie-inspired pop/rock. Not bad, according to the reviewer, but sometimes
> a bit too much flower power over it. And 25 dollars would be considered
> expensive even in Sweden!
Sara got a track "Forecast of doomsday" on the Compilation "Defenders of the
oppressed breed" (VEG001) released by Nordiska Samfundet mot pl}gsamma
djurf|rs|k, Dolores etc. and distributed by MD.
A CD "Sara" is suppose to be out now on SOME PEARLS Records and distribured
by Border.
/joakim
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Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 18:22:57 +0100
From: Michael Rehnstrom
Subject: Re:Eggstone
Guess there ain't too many people on this list who are interested in an
Eggstone-gig in Linkoping but for those who are - the gig this friday seems
to be cancelled. According to some tour guides and Eggstone's own record
company there should have been a gig at venue Skylten but it is cancelled
(says Vibrafon, the record company). The strange thing is that the people
at Skylten (and at Get Back, a local record store with connections to
Skylten) seemed to be totally unaware of the fact that Eggstone was about
to host them, they thought that the concert was to be held somewhere else
in Linkoping!!? Strange, isn't it?
/Micke
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Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 20:20:23 +0200
From: Michael Rehnstrom
Subject: Re:Eggstone
> totally unaware of the fact that Eggstone was about
> to _host_ them,
> /Micke
Of course Eggstone was about to _visit_ Skylten, it would be highly
uncomfortable the other way around. Sorry, also trying to quit the crack
;-).
/Micke
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Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 05:40:44 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Jeopardy-Aquadays
I hope everyone's watching Jeopardy tonight (the Swedish one on TV4)
when Martin Aamot is playing (he's been on the show since friday
last week - and is the champion since). Martin Aamot is a member
of the wonderful band Aquadays of course.
Another note - no Music on the TV list this week, as you probably
have noticed by now. The reason for this is that I have spent the
last 9 days moving house, and I have finally been able to hook
up my computer today. I'll be spending another week unpacking
and doing that kind of stuff, so I'll be pretty transparent
for a while. Talk amongst yourselves. :-)
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 10:50:40 +0000
From: Mats L
Subject: Re: emmaboda
chief@lysator.liu.se wrote:
> Regarding Emmaboda - Do you know who's playing at the promo CD release
> party in Vaxjo?
What I've heard, is that the party is cancelled.
sorry for the late reply....
/Mats
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 03:08:44 +0200 (MET DST)
From: magnus@lousy.pp.se (Magnus Johansson)
Subject: Re: emmaboda
First chief@lysator.liu.se wrote:
>> Regarding Emmaboda - Do you know who's playing at the promo CD release
>> party in Vaxjo?
Then Mats L wrote:
> What I've heard, is that the party is cancelled.
Hmm... I talked to Ulf Ekeroth today (yesterday actually) and he talked about
it like it was going to happen.
/Magnus
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 05:18:06 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: re: new swedish artist..?
On Fri, 2 May 1997, Chris Forsberg wrote about:
new swedish artist..?
>> From Intergalactic Garage's new arrivals list:
>>
>> SARA SARA CD (UK) $24.95
>> SWEDISH. A new Swedish artist, sounding like BJORK, PJ HARVEY, and
>> DIAMANDA GALAS
>
> Hey all,
> Saw this posted on another list I'm on.....anyone at all heard, or heard
> of, Sara Sara? First I've heard of them...
Umm, some of the listies have already replied to this one, but I just
wanted to say that Sara has released one album and one 6-track single (so
far). The album is s/t and the single is called "Liberation". The single
was released at the end of 1996 and the album on January 10th this
year. And as someone else said, she's on the "Some Pearls" label
(Slask Records - slask@algonet.se).
When it comes to what she sounds like, I'm not sure what to say though.
One can of course find references to all of the above mentioned artists,
but in a much more spaced-out way than you'd probably imagine. With titles
like "Forecast Of Doomsday", "Echoes Of Doomsday" and "Infected Obsession",
it would be enough when describing a death metal band, but when it comes
to Sara, I'd say it's enough to describe what she feels when she's singing,
or perhaps want the listener to feel.
What I do know is that I had to turn off the album after five songs,
wait a while, and then listen to a couple more. Just because I couldn't
handle all of it at once. I didn't want to go crazy. Harsh words perhaps,
but that's just me and my opinion.
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 05:18:42 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: John Peel bootleg cds
On Fri, 2 May 1997, Petter Tiilikainen wrote about:
John Peel bootleg cds
> Guess what? The Bear Quartet's Peel session seems to be
> available on CD at http://www.thefinest.com/fine4f.htm
Neat! But I can't "surf" at the moment :-( Any chance you could pull
the info on these CDs off the site and post it? Or perhaps better yet,
send it to me privately (I'm sure everyone else on the list has checked
it out on the net by themselves by now). How many Peel Session CDs are
available by the way? And what's on them? And how much do I have to
shell out for one? I have loads of questions, don't I?! :-)
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 05:18:27 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Upcoming GBG events in May
On Fri, 2 May 1997, Ola Lundkvist wrote about:
Upcoming GBG events in May
Hey Ola - thanks again for posting these updates! It really helps (at
least me) out when deciding if/when one should say 'what the hell, it's
only 600 SEK' and go there. It also helps out with the gig guides of
course - I see the Chunks gig at Underground has been moved a week
for example. The people at various (no names) booking agencies are
way lazy when it comes to updating their lists - some never even
notice changes like these.
> Finally - don't miss Shallow Soundwave at Harry's Playground 15/5.
And I second that - mostly because I can't go myself, and I want
a bunch of gig reports posted to the list! :-)
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) - NP: Honeymoons "This Coherent Excitation"
(which has been spinning in my cd player
for about a week now - I'll say it now,
and I'll say it again: GET IT!)
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 05:18:54 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: more bear quartet
On Sat, 3 May 1997, Petter Tiilikainen wrote about:
more bear quartet
> Just forgot to mention that TV4 Norrbotten played their
> video for "Before the trenches" and interviewed Mattias and
> Jari last week. I taped it..
Heh, yeah, it's a way cool video. BQ style. Did anyone see the TV
program Present with Fireside last week? They showed about a minute
from a really really old BQ video which they gave the award "worst
video ever". After a minute they turned it off, only because it was
so bad. :-)
> And there was a whole page in Aftonbladet yesterday(friday)
> about them..
And where Matti is forced to reveal that he reviews records in
a newspaper... He actually gave list member band Gentle Tuesday
a good review in it not long ago.
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 05:19:12 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Silverbullet!
On Sun, 04 May 1997, Johanna Hillgren wrote
about: Silverbullet!
> Last night, saturday, Silverbullet conquered Underground here in
> Gothenburg. The best gig I've been to in a long time. Full-on
> rock'n'roll from the very first note.
Talking about Silverbullet - does anyone know if it is really true
that they are going to "tour" with the Beavis & Butthead movie here
in Sweden, and play during the film? That's at least what I have
heard from someone who should know, but I thought it might be a
good idea to ask on the list as well...
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 05:19:51 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sin's Music on the Radio [12-May-97]
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Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE RADIO Scandinavian Indie
May 12 -> 15
by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se)
Day Date Artist Recorded
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Mon 12/5 Nada Surf G|teborg, 1997
Tue 13/5 Hoven Droven Ume}, Folkmusikfestival Mar-97
Wed 14/5 Larry Heard Hultsfred, Festival -96
Thu 15/5 Earth Crisis Sundsvall, Pipeline 02-May-97
This list covers the Swedish National Channel P3's "Live" - at 21.03-22.00
or 18.03-19.00 where marked with a '*'. (R) = Rerun
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This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie WWW pages
at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/uprad.html
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 05:19:33 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Quick Note - May 8th
Quick Note (a killer Selected News is on the way, but this just had to
---------- be posted today - last date thing and all that) :
If you are in Stockholm (Sweden) tomorrow (May 8th, 1997) - you can
(and will :-)) go to The Gwen Stacys' release party held at Studion!
Performances from: The Gwen Stacys, The Super Eight Group and
------------ The Roadrunners.
If you are in Linkoping (Sweden) tomorrow (May 8th, 1997) - you will
obviously miss the release party, but go to the This Perfect Day
outdoors gig at Herrgar'n (who's opening??) instead.
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 16:25:04 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: Re: more bear quartet
According to chief@lysator.liu.se:
> Heh, yeah, it's a way cool video. BQ style. Did anyone see the TV
> program Present with Fireside last week? They showed about a minute
> from a really really old BQ video which they gave the award "worst
> video ever". After a minute they turned it off, only because it was
> so bad. :-)
Bleh, I missed it. I *like* that video... But sure, it's kinda
bad.
> And where Matti is forced to reveal that he reviews records in
> a newspaper... He actually gave list member band Gentle Tuesday
> a good review in it not long ago.
Yep, Norbottenskuriren (www.nkuriren.se), he can be pretty
cruel sometimes! ;-)
Petter
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 16:32:55 +0200
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: Kartegen, Lulea May 10, 1997
The Wannadies, Magnum Bonum + Factory, Javlar Anamma + a bunch
of other bands are playing at Kartegen, Lulea.. The festival
area opens at 18.00 and it costs 200 sek to get in (170 if
you buy your ticket in advance). I'm kinda annoyed that I
can't find any info on who else plays, because there is
supposed to be several stages, so there is definately more
bands than just the ones above.. Oh well, I will be there
anyway.
Petter
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 18:27:42 +0100
From: totte.pop@swipnet.se (Totte Pop)
Subject: Re: more bear quartet
hi,
for those who live close to eskilstuna, dont miss BQ at BLA tomorow 8/5...
im sure BQ will give us a great show and then i'll spin the turntables
'upside down' so come down and say hi.....
totte.pop@swipnet.se (Totte Pop)
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Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 09:52:09 +0100
From: totte.pop@swipnet.se (Totte Pop)
Subject: yvonne this weekend
hi,
dont miss yvonne this weekend, they are playing at smaland nation tonight
in Lund and tomorow with eggstone in Jonkoping.....doors open at....22.00?
the new album is out and if you liked yvonne live before, you wont be
disappointed, they are better then ever!
there are 6 more dates for you to see them this time!
totte.pop@swipnet.se (Totte Pop)
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Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 10:36:38 +0200
From: Ptrik Nyborg
Subject: robot + surreal gig at underground, Goteborg tonight
Hi!
What kind of sound are these bands into? Are they nifty livebands?
When does the concert start?
Ip!
veganboy
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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 00:52:53 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Jens Agren
Subject: Re: yvonne this weekend
On Fri, 9 May 1997, Totte Pop wrote:
> hi,
> dont miss yvonne this weekend, they are playing at smaland nation tonight
> in Lund and tomorow with eggstone in Jonkoping.....doors open at....22.00?
Tobbe. I have to say you're wrong.
They're NOT playing smalands nation. It's Blekingska. Not that I really
care but I think the people who arrange the concert do...
// Jens
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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 09:24:14 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Starck Erik
Subject: More bear quartet and more
>> And there was a whole page in Aftonbladet yesterday (friday)
>> about them..
>
> And where Matti is forced to reveal that he reviews records in
> a newspaper... He actually gave list member band Gentle Tuesday
> a good review in it not long ago.
And of course, the latest number of Pop (the best Stockholm-based swedish
music-magazine in the universe), has a couple of pages about them. I
got it in my mail yesterday. It also says that Teddybears STHLM are
recording a new album, so is Sobsister. And the guitarist from Broder
Daniel nowadays plays in a band called Fiesta. Maybe something to be
looking forward to?
Erik Starck
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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 17:54:04 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Ola Lundkvist
Subject: Re: Upcoming GBG events in May
On Wed, 7 May 1997 chief@lysator.liu.se wrote:
> Hey Ola - thanks again for posting these updates! It really helps (at
> least me) out when deciding if/when one should say 'what the hell, it's
> only 600 SEK' and go there.
Actually if you take the bus (SWEBUS EXPRESS) the cost between STHM -
GBG is 190 SEK (140 SEK if you are a student). If you only go to/from
Linkoping (either way) it is of course a little cheaper. AND, you could
get a coupon which gives you a free ride back. I don't know where to get
the coupons though. I just got three with my newspaper (GP).
/Ola
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Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 12:39:40 +0200
From: "Daniel Hansson"
Subject: New Bear Quartet Home Page
I've finally managed to put up a Bear Quartet page at:
http://hem.passagen.se/b4/bq/
/Daniel
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Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 19:24:20 +0100
From: totte.pop@swipnet.se (Totte Pop)
Subject: yvonne correction!
>On Fri, 9 May 1997, Totte Pop wrote:
>
>> hi,
>> dont miss yvonne this weekend, they are playing at smaland nation tonight
>> in Lund and tomorow with eggstone in Jonkoping.....doors open at....22.00?
>
>Tobbe. I have to say you're wrong.
>They're NOT playing smalands nation. It's Blekingska. Not that I really
>care but I think the people who arrange the concert do...
hi,
oops, i was dead wrong here....i should have known better!
the show was great though at blekingska with lots of people, yvonne
presented a magic set with songs from the new album, but i must say that
songs like Wires, Modern Love, Cut a smile, Protect me, Viens and Broken
parts where simply smashing and made the audiens go crazy.
in the middle of the show girls in the front where pushed down to the floor
like it was an punk concert......
again im sorry for not knowing my home work!
p.s by the way my name is not tobbe, its simply totte....d.s
totte.pop@swipnet.se (Totte Pop)
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Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 20:27:59 +0200
From: Carl
Subject: Re: New Bear Quartet Home Page
At 12:39 1997-05-11 +0200, Daniel wrote:
>I've finally managed to put up a Bear Quartet page at:
>http://hem.passagen.se/b4/bq/
>
>/Daniel
And it's a nice page too - though you should probably try to compress some
of the images a bit more (370 k is a bit hard for us using only a modem).
I was especially impressed by the fact that the lyrics are there. How did
you do that? I mean, it's not like it's real easy to hear what is sung,
especially not on the earlier albums. (Some of you might remember a brief
discussion about TBQ lyrics about a year ago, where I used Elvis Beach as
an example. "Mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, on Elvis Beach...")
Keep up the good work!
Carl
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Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 12:34:22 +0200
From: Magnus Skarbo
Subject: about Robot/Surreal
Patrik Nyborg wondered about Robot/Surreal:
Went to Starboy's showcase in Stockholm. Surreal's opening song sounded
great, then it all fell remarkably - but there is a potential there.
I also wish they would show that they were a bit more alive on the stage!
Robot - A jokingly 80's synth-pop-kitch band in the spirit of Superswirls.
More fun than good.
And finally, a band called Freinds. Superb power-rock a la Jon Spencer
and MC5. Extremely good. A band that's really alive!
magnus skarbo
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Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 14:20:45 +0200
From: Torsvall
Subject: Bear Quartet concert
Last Saturday I was at the Bear Quartet's gig at Studion. It was the
first time I've seen them live and I was not dissapointed. They rocked!
The songs were a lot rockier than on the albums and it worked great.
Except for "who's knocking", which I think they destroyed with some
new drumcomp.
They played mostly new songs. One or two from each old album except
"cosy den" and the rest from "moby dick" or the "before the trenches"
single. The set finished with the 15-minute version of "if you have a
heart". Amazing! Jari must be Sweden's best rock guitar player. New
drummer Jejo Perkovic was great too.
I don't know if this is true, but it seemed to me as if Mattias
Alkberg hid behind faces and silly gestures in the beginning. But he
soon relaxed and started dedicating songs to various people; his
daughter, old friends, new friends and other bands in the audience.
There were rather many people there but it wasn't crowded. (Studion
can take around 350 people, I think).
I'm really looking forward to seeing them again on June 1st (They're
playing at bottleneck for only 30 crownes :-)
Jonas
BTW, great page Daniel!
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Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:04:50 +0200
From: iggystooge.livevid@mailbox.swipnet.se
Subject: sisters of mercy to arvikafestival?
does anyone here know if the rumours i've heard about sisters playing at
arvika festival is true or not?
j.nilsson
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Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:20:59 +0200
From: Jan.Sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: sisters of mercy to arvikafestival?
iggystooge.livevid@mailbox.swipnet.se,Internet writes:
> does anyone here know if the rumours i've heard about sisters playing at
> arvika festival is true or not?
Haven't heard anything about arvika, but SoM are doing several other
gigs this summer, so it might be a chance. I know three festival gigs
in Germany at the end of may + three gigs in England in June. If arvika
doesn't come off, I might go to Manchester 11/6 instead.
jan
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Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:32:56 +0200
From: Jan.Sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Oven & Stove
Hey!
I just found an album of pre-Bob Hund pranksters Oven & Stove, I
believe it's called "The men who understood women". It's a test
pressing with a cue sheet.
Anyone seen this before? Is it rare?
Jan
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Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 11:03:38 -0500
From: mqo4365@is4.nyu.edu (Martin Olson)
Subject: What to do in Sweden july 1-9?
Hey there,
Being the little ol' swede-in-exile in New York that I am, I'm
psyched as hell that I'm going back to Sweden this summer for a bit. Thing
is though, my trips to Sweden tend to degenerate into mad record shopping
sprees for great swedish music I can't get over here, but usually just
stuff I buy on impulse without having heard much about.
So, enough introduction, basically why I'm writing is to ask if
anyone has any major recomendations of good swedish pop or punk to pick up
while I'm there (or anything they might need me to pick up for them) AND if
there's any particularly good shows going on in the stockholm or uppsala
areas... I realize there's a gig list posted to this list every once in a
while, but I'm not sure who most of the bands are, so it doesn't do me that
much good...
So thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have. If you want to
e-mail me in person (mqo4365@is4.nyu.edu) rather than cluttering up the
list with it, that's cool too!
later,
Martin
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Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 05:43:15 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: What to do in Sweden july 1-9?
On Mon, 12 May 1997, mqo4365@is4.nyu.edu (Martin Olson) wrote about:
What to do in Sweden july 1-9?
> So, enough introduction, basically why I'm writing is to ask if
> anyone has any major recomendations of good swedish pop or punk
> to pick up while I'm there (or anything they might need me to
> pick up for them) AND if there's any particularly good shows going
> on in the stockholm or uppsala areas... I realize there's a gig
> list posted to this list every once in a while, but I'm not sure
> who most of the bands are, so it doesn't do me that much good...
Well, I'd love to recommend a bunch of records - but when it comes
to concerts/gigs in July - I'd say it's a bit early yet. My top
(now-ish) three genre Swedish record recommendations would be:
Hard:
Play Dough (on Dolors Records) - anything you can find with them.
As far as I know they have only released an album (CD),
but what a devastatingly good album it is! Kind of like
Salt but harder and w/male-female vocals. Not one bad
song on the whole album. A pity the band split up
after this was released...
Medium:
Salt (on MVG Records) - well, they release their last album ever
today (May 13th), which contains 6 previously unreleased
songs + a bunch of b-sides. Even though I haven't heard it
yet, I know it's a classic.
Light:
Honeymoons (on NONS Records) - actually, pretty much everything with
this band is highly recommended if you like the early 90's
Manchester / UK pop scene. They just released their new
album, which apart from the gorgeous cover/sleeve, delivers
the kind of pop I want pop to be like.
Of course bands like Yvonne, Bob Hund, Soundtrack Of Our Lives,
Eggstone, The Bear Quartet, etc. etc. are always recommended.
I think I'll leave it up to other list members to continue to
recommend records now..
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 05:42:39 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Sobsister (was: More bear quartet and more)
On Thu, 8 May 1997, Starck Erik wrote about:
More bear quartet and more
> And of course, the latest number of Pop (the best Stockholm-based swedish
> music-magazine in the universe), has a couple of pages about them. I
> got it in my mail yesterday. It also says that Teddybears STHLM are
> recording a new album, so is Sobsister. And the guitarist from Broder
> Daniel nowadays plays in a band called Fiesta. Maybe something to be
> looking forward to?
Hmm, they interviewed Sobsister on Musikjournalen Pop on Swedish national
radio yesterday, and they didn't say anything about an album being recorded.
They did say that they were going to release a 7" single called "Hey Mike"
(w/Promenade as the second track) (on Freak Scene) late May, and that they
have recorded a new demo in the Tambourine studio, but that was about it
(as far as I heard).
It isn't surprising to hear that Pop wrote something that isn't true, as
they have done so on several occasions (Yvonne, The Charlatans etc.) but
I'd rather know the truth before I add this one to the list.
That is to say - does anyone know if they are recording an album, and
if so, on what label will it be released?
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 05:42:57 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Upcoming GBG events in May
On Sat, 10 May 1997, Ola Lundkvist wrote about:
Upcoming GBG events in May
>> Hey Ola - thanks again for posting these updates! It really helps (at
>> least me) out when deciding if/when one should say 'what the hell, it's
>> only 600 SEK' and go there.
>
> Actually if you take the bus (SWEBUS EXPRESS) the cost between STHM -
> GBG is 190 SEK (140 SEK if you are a student). If you only go to/from
> Linkoping (either way) it is of course a little cheaper. AND, you could
> get a coupon which gives you a free ride back. I don't know where to get
> the coupons though. I just got three with my newspaper (GP).
You're right - I have a couple of those coupons here somewhere. So it'll
only be 140 SEK there and back, STHLM-GBG, right? So LNKPG-GBG-LNKPG should
be a lot cheaper, as it is 200 kilometers closer to GBG than STHLM is...
I better check this out. Thanks for reminding me!
//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 05:42:09 +0200 (MET DST)
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: FWD: Silverbullet!
Forwarded (due to the nature of the message - I think it was meant for the
whole list) message:
> Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 10:55:51 +0100
> From: Johanna Hillgren
> Subject: Re: Silverbullet!
chief@lysator.liu.se wrote:
> Talking about Silverbullet - does anyone know if it is really true
> that they are going to "tour" with the Beavis & Butthead movie here
> in Sweden, and play during the film? That's at least what I have
> heard from someone who should know, but I thought it might be a
> good idea to ask on the list as well...
I can tell you this. The last time I spoke to Simon (the singer) he said
that they were asked about the Beavis & Butthead thing, though he didn't
know if the band was going. Perhaps they didn't think it was the right
thing to do? That is as far as I know about this.
What I do know is that Silverbullet are playing Roskilde Festival this
year. Cool! Gives you another reason to visit this fantastic festival.
DANIEL
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Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 08:47:21 +0200
From: beluga@wineasy.se
Subject: Nomads with Afro's!
Hi all, some hot news
Bad Afro have done it again, released yet another outstanding record, this
time with the nomads, Ive heard that this is the last 7" single this year
that the band will release? and will probably be sold out within the month!
all nomads fans should check it out (fast).
The Nomads
"Loves Gone Bad" b/w " Leaving Here" 7" (fro-004)
- Two Brand new recordings of two old motown songs from sweden's garage
punk kings! suave full colour bowling sleeve.
also out: "Pack of lies" 7" (ltd ed of 1500) on Estrus Records
more Bad Afro stuff:
Larry and the Lefthanded
"Johnny the Void" b/w "Torremolinos"/"Stiletto" 7" (Fro-003)
- Lo-fi garage/SURF WEIRDNESS FROM FINLAND.
THE HELLACOPTERS
"MISANTHROPIC HIGH" B/W "I GOT A RIGHT" 7" (FRO-002)
- fuel injected action rock from Sweden. the Third and final pressing on
bloody red wax!
TROUBLE BOUND GOSPEL
"SHAKIN RAY" B/W "BISCUITS" 7" (FRO-001)
- TRIPPING BLUES-PUNK FROM FINLAND (SOON SOLD OUT!)
cheers! Trevor
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Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 08:55:47 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Starck Erik
Subject: Re: Sobsister
> Hmm, they interviewed Sobsister on Musikjournalen Pop on Swedish national
> radio yesterday, and they didn't say anything about an album being recorded.
> They did say that they were going to release a 7" single called "Hey Mike"
> (w/Promenade as the second track) (on Freak Scene) late May, and that they
> have recorded a new demo in the Tambourine studio, but that was about it
> (as far as I heard).
Sorry, my mistake. It was just songs for a demo. They were recording it
"for a major record company who wants to take the puls on Sobsister".
The songs all start with a 'w', like "Weeo", "Wicked Hi", "Wishes for
Fran" and "Wilent". And, as you were saying, it was recorded in
Tambourine Studios.
Sorry about the mix-up... :/
Erik Starck
http://oden.rsn.hk-r.se/altmusic.html
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Date: 13 May 97 11:46:56 +0000
From: "toby"
Subject: tuesday night in stockholm
tonight at K (underneath Hannas Deli), far up north in Stockholm Sweden
the merry folks at benno will throw one of their sweet parties.
real indie records will be played (courtesy of sound of suburbia,
gospel! and little town crier),
guitars will be strummed and disco dancing will be endorsed. hey
we'll even sell stuff (like the new ninotchka 7" on grimsey, and the
blistering "hey hey girl" by rocketship)
say yes! to participation will be the que-word of young stockholm,
stop by and say hello! if our only copy of the fab teen anthems 7"
won't put a smile on your face then you do not deserve to be there....
toby
knowing that he's found the young idea
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Date: 13 May 97 11:40:04 +0000
From: "toby"
Subject: Re: Oven & Stove
> I just found an album of pre-Bob Hund pranksters Oven & Stove, i
> believe it's called "The men who understood women". It's a test
> pressing with a cue sheet.
>
> Anyone seen this before? Is it rare?
well, testpressings are always sort of rare though i wouldn't pay more
for it than a regular album. but speaking of the album, i might be
hard to find but since it was released on WEA and, unfortunatly, only
sold about 500 copies there should be alot of Oven & Stove albums out
there somewhere.
"pre-Bob Hund pranksters" - don't let this fool any of you. Oven &
Stove were one of the finest bands Sweden has ever produced. They were
dead on Devo, including the jerky rythms, bizarre lyrics, wonderful
analogue buzzing and some of the coolest clothes ever worn on swedish
stages. and their live shows put Bob Hund to shame (well, almost).
I've seen Mats Wigerdahl pass out on stage from bouncing up and down
on stage, at Stockholms Cityhallen, severely bruising his head from
hitting the roof too many times. and alot of the moves Thomas Oeberg
has practiced into perfection during the many Bob Hund shows first
appeared at the Oven & Stove shows.
and the songs are all classic hits - "potatoman", "wrong lola",
"amalgam sam"... the list could almost go on forever.
and the video for "wrong lola" even had cia berg (now famous whale
frontperson) in a car running down famous swedish popstars.
oohh, the days were merrier then, they even smashed and set one of
their synthezeisers on fire at their Hultsfred show to close the gap
between the guitardominated rockfestival crowd and their own brand of
sci-fi bopping new wave....
get the album while you still can!
keeping with the young idea - toby
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Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 13:20:47 +0200
From: Magnus Skarbo
Subject: Starboy
Does anyone know who are behind Starboy Records?
mas
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Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 13:20:10 +0200
From: Calle Jershed
Subject: Re:Starboy recordings
Starboy rec. is a newly started label with Hansi Friberg, Linda
Norrman-Skugge and Johan Skugge at the wheels. Three singles have
been released so far, with the bands Robot (swinging better
than the sinus curve), Surreal and Freinds.
There'll be a homepage at www.starboy.se soon, but somewhat before
that some info will be available on homepage.calypso.net/~ci-15461
(my completely crazy homepage).
Regards Calle J.
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Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 07:12:43 +0000
From: Mats
Subject: Re: Sobsister (was: More bear quartet and more)
Nope, Sobsister is not recording any new album right now.
Too bad though...
There is a 7" on freak scene on it's way. And they recorded a very good
4 song demo at tambourine studious..
/Mats
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