Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.97 Issue #02
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Digest
Vol.97 #02
November 18th, 1997
Today's Topics:
Re: Mazarine Street release party
re: Bob Hund
re: Bob Hund
re: Bob Hund
Re: Bob Hund
re: Bob Hund
Re: "Juicy Fruit II" tape is Dead Cool
Re: Hello norwegian freak!
lost mail!!
Re: Bob Hund
re: Him Kerosene live review
Re: lost mail!!
The Weekly Selected News [17-Nov-97]
Upcoming Promotion Visits [15-Nov-97]
Sin's Music on the TV [14-Nov-97]
Gig Guide I (Luger BA) [17-Nov-97]
Gig Guide II (Skrikhult BA) [17-Nov-97]
Popstad '97
Re: Popstad '97
Re: Popstad '97
Re: Popstad '97
Re: Popstad '97
Re: Popstad '97
Michael Greene demo
State Culture Council and grants
Re: Hello norwegian freak!
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 21:25:08 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Re: Mazarine Street release party
> That party sounds interesting, cause I know their drummer and som
> efriends of them. Do you know exactly when they start, cause I´m going
> to another party, arranged by Virgin, with Minimalisterna....
Perhaps a bit late now (I'll start to receive my mail on a minute-to-
minute basis starting next week), but no, I'm afraid that 22.00-03.00
was all the time information I got.
> You want a rewiev ?
Yes, it would be interesting to hear what they sound like nowadays
(and who their guests were), so if you're going and have the time,
I'd appreciate it (and I believe others will too).
//Erik
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:10:59 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: re: Bob Hund
> my swedish isn't that good, but as fas i could understand, there
> was something on p3 this evening about Bob Hund releasing a new
> ep (with 4 songs) at the end of november. the title was something
> like 'rock'n'roll (here is where my knowledge of the swedish lan-
> guage was insufficient...) ...... for me'. i thought some people
> here might be interested in this.
Hmm, I have added the new bob hund releases to the "upcoming releases"
page (http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/upcoming.html) and as far
as I know, it will be one CD-EP and one 2x7".
The release date mentioned is 17/11 (ie. on monday) and the track
listing is as follows:
1. Ett fall & en losning (a case and a solution)
2. Tillbaks pa ruta ett (back on square one)
3. Rock'n'roll tar dod pa mig (rock'n'roll will kill me)
4. Noden kraver handling (need demands action)
5. Rock'n'roll tar dod pa mig igen (rock'n'roll will kill me again)
(translations might not be the best ones, but hey, I'm Swedish! ;-))
The title seems to be "Rock'n'Roll Tar Dod Pa Mig". It was produced
by Nille Perned according to their label, Silence Records.
And apparently, they will show up on the TV show "Let's Go" on
Swedish channel TV2, Nike on Swedish channel TV1 and ZTV's
"Hemma hos Johanna Westman" during November (ie. now) - so I expect
all of these TV appearences will be next week or the week after
that. Let's check out the TV Guide tomorrow. :-)
//Erik
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:12:20 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: re: Bob Hund
Oh, forgot to mention that bob hund's new album is scheduled for
release in January 98.
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 22:55:15 -0800
From: xander@sirius.com
Subject: re: Bob Hund
> The release date mentioned is 17/11 (ie. on monday) and the track
> listing is as follows:
>
> 1. Ett fall & en losning (a case and a solution)
According to what I was told the other day, "the first track is a
dead cool version of Pere Ubu's Final Solution." Which title didn't
exactly ring a bell with me, but I'm all for it anyway.
Alexander
.Radio Khartoum. www.algonet.se/~elegans/radiok/
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 09:26:34 +0100
From: Mats L
Subject: Re: Bob Hund
xander@sirius.com wrote:
>> The release date mentioned is 17/11 (ie. on monday) and the track
>> listing is as follows:
>>
>> 1. Ett fall & en losning (a case and a solution)
>
> According to what I was told the other day, "the first track is a
> dead cool version of Pere Ubu's Final Solution." Which title didn't
> exactly ring a bell with me, but I'm all for it anyway.
It's true, and they do it VERY good.
/Mats, 20 seconds over Tokyo
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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:35:44 +0100 (MET)
From: Micke Rehnstrom
Subject: re: Bob Hund
Erik Soderstrom wrote:
> The release date mentioned is 17/11 (ie. on monday)
Once again there is some confusion about release dates, I think. Dont know
which alternative is correct but I have received som info from The Cable
Cabal which claims that the release date for the EP is November 27th.
There will also be a video, directed by Patrik Arve (TEDDYBEARS STHLM),
featuring the song "Ett fall och en losning" (the PERE UBU song - now with
Swedish lyrics.
/Micke
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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 16:45:34 +0200 (WET)
From: Roberts Galvans
Subject: Re: "Juicy Fruit II" tape is Dead Cool
> I'd like to be added to this chain --- who have it (cassete) right now??
> please add me!
...hmm who have the tape right now ??? i said : I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED TO
THIS CHAIN... ARE YA BLIND (sorry)
> could anybody send me a list of what on "Juicy Fruit 1" (shit) i've lost it
nobody had send it to me...
Trevor !!!
Could ta send me that if ya still have it??
p.l.u.r.
RoberC
//se51097@lanet.lv
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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 16:51:41 +0200 (WET)
From: Roberts Galvans
Subject: Re: Hello norwegian freak!
see... i've got idea what if ya (karl) will make Norwegian indie tape
chain ???
if ya don't get what that (tape chain) ask Erik :-) we always do that
+ I am 23 years old and live in Trondheim, Norway. My fav Scandinavian bands
> are Motorpsycho, Seigmen, Astroburger, Kung Fu Girls, Planet Bee and Bel
> Canto. International fav: Guided By Voices, Pavement. Sonic Youth etc.
p.l.u.r.
RoberC
//se51097@lanet.lv
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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 12:25:35 -0800
From: svenskax@sfsu.edu
Subject: lost mail!!
hey guys i lost all may mail cotaining the names of the stores in stockholm
where i could get cd's for indie pop bands like komeda, popsicle, the bear
quartet, bob hund etc. Would everyone who knows about stores in stockholm
send me this information again please?
Thank you
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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 03:04:58 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Re: Bob Hund
> Once again there is some confusion about release dates, I think. Dont know
> which alternative is correct but I have received som info from The Cable
> Cabal which claims that the release date for the EP is November 27th.
Just checked the site, and you're right. Hmm, well as that is "newer news"
than I have, I'd say the 27/11 date must be the correct one.
//Erik
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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 03:10:52 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: re: Him Kerosene live review
> Anyway, their gig was _loud_! Too loud.
And all I can say is AMEN to that. When I confronted the band with the
fact, they said they wanted their music to be loud, and that was that.
They did understand why no one dared to stand closer than a couple of
meters away from the stage because of the volume though. My ears were
ringing all friday and half saturday, and I was not the one closest
to the stage...
>Up next week at Herrgarn (November 20th) is another band I am suspicious
>against: URBAN TURBAN
Ha ha ha!
//Erik
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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 03:12:23 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Re: lost mail!!
> hey guys i lost all may mail cotaining the names of the stores in stockholm
> where i could get cd's for indie pop bands like komeda, popsicle, the bear
> quartet, bob hund etc. Would everyone who knows about stores in stockholm
> send me this information again please?
If it was posted to the mailing list, you can always check out the Scandinavian
Indie Digest archives at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/sid.html
//Erik
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 01:28:39 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: The Weekly Selected News [17-Nov-97]
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The Weekly Selected News
971117
Received, gathered, processed, translated,
compiled and sent today by: Erik Soderstrom
(chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Today's good news in a bundle - that's right, right here, right now.
* Emmaboda Festival organizers start new label?
---------------------------------------------
Absurd Records seems to be a new label started by Vinterbadarna
who also are the organizers of the Emmaboda Festival. Their in-the-
works website reveals releases with Sideshow Bob (lo-fi princes,
right after Loosegoats) and list-favourites Sobsister. Check it out
at: http://home5.swipnet.se/~w-50177/html/projekt.htm
* GarageZone - new place for unsigned Swedish bands
-------------------------------------------------
A new site dedicated to unsigned Swedish bands (in genres:
pop, rock, ska, punk and metal) is on the way. It is called
GarageZone and will only contain material from/about/with
Swedish (and once again, _unsigned_) bands. 20-30 MB free
disk space on the server / band - and as it is a non-profit
project, no fees.
In case you're interested and want to learn more about it,
go to: http://hem.passagen.se/wigren/garagezone.html
* The Autumn Fonogram Money Distributed (Topp40)
-------------------------------------
The State Culture Council has distributed the autumn fonogram
grants, and here are the more interesting ones:
Record Company/Label Artist Amount
Birdnest Eclipse 70.000
MNW Triakel 70.000
North Of No South Friend 60.000
Vibrafon Freewheel 70.000
Vibrafon Werup/Holmqvist 70.000
* Norrans Popfest in Skelleftehamn (Topp40)
--------------------------------
The local daily paper Norra Vasterbotten, record company A West
Side Fabrication and youth center Kaken arranges the "Norrans
Popfest" in Skelleftehamn (15 kilometers from Skelleftea city
center) on November 22nd for the third year in a row.
The Popfest is a talent hunt "competition". Unsigned bands in the
area play live in between more known acts, the winners are then
decided and they get to release a record on A West Side Fabrication.
Previous winners were: 1995 The All Janet, 1996: Sahara Hotnights.
Playing but not competing bands this year are: This Perfect Day,
Fireside, The Drowners, Sahara Hotnights, Purusam + one band yet
to be announced.
* This week's interesting Releases
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Date Artist/Band Title Form Label
17/11 Cloudberry Jam Out of Control CD5 NONS
17/11 Leslies Of Today - For Today CD Harry Lime
17/11 Sideshow Bob Bored Beyond Belief CD5 Absurd Records
23/11 Cloudberry Jam The Impossible Shuffle CD Quattro (JAP)
* New Bands on Tour
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Just way too many to include here, take a look at the Gig Guide
pages on the Scandinavian Indie website. To mention a few personal
favourites: Coo (SF), Cucumber Farmer (SF) and Candysuck (S).
Added dates: A hectic winter for Kent (S), new dates for Fireside (S),
Mopeds (S) and more. Calle Dernulf (DJ) will not play
on all the Popstad tour dates.
Today's bad news in a bundle - that's right, right here, right now.
Nope.
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"Today's Selected News" - only posted to the Scandinavian Indie Mailing List
Be happy about it.
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 01:44:04 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Upcoming Promotion Visits [15-Nov-97]
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Scandinavian Indie UPCOMING PROMOTION VISITS Scandinavian Indie
November 15th, 1997
by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Artist/Band Rec.Label When Where Gigs
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16 Horsepower Polygram 17/11 Stockholm Yes
The Corrs Warner 26/11 Stockholm Yes
Celine Dion Sony 25/11 Stockholm
D.A.D EMI 18-19/11 Stockholm, Goteborg Yes
Celine Dion Sony 25/11 Stockholm
Foo Fighters EMI 15/11 Stockholm Yes
Frontline Assembly Energy 20/11 Stockholm
Gravediggaz V2 12-13+15/11 Stockholm, Malmo Yes
Hanson Polygram 3/12 Stockholm Press conf.
Helmet Universal 23+25/11 Malmo, Stockholm Yes
Jungle Brothers V2 12-13+15/11 Stockholm, Malmo Yes
Espen Lind Universal 1-3/12 ?
Matchbox 20 Warner 26/11 Stockholm Showcase
John Mayall Zomba 19/11 Stockholm Yes
Mighty Mighty Boss.. Polygram 27+29/11 Stockholm Yes
Morrissey Polygram 1+3/12 Goteborg, Stockholm Yes
Ocean Colour Scene Universal 15/11 Stockholm Yes
Rammstein Polygram 15-16/11 Goteborg, Stockholm Yes
Ween Warner 18/11 Lund Yes
Whiskeytown Universal 19/11 Stockholm? Yes
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If you want to know who to contact, e-mail me for further details.
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//Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 01:44:20 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Sin's Music on the TV [14-Nov-97]
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Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE TV Scandinavian Indie
November 14 -> 20, 1997
by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se)
Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time
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Fri 14/11 Pineforest Crunch Fredagspuls TV 4 16.05
Sat 15/11 Jamiroquai Live 'n' Direct MTV Europe 23.00 R
Sun 16/11 Eggstone Present ZTV 00.45 R
Mon 17/11 Video List Results Voxtopp SVT 1 19.45
Slash Musikmagasinet Rock ZTV 20.30
Tue 18/11 Slash Musikmagasinet Rock ZTV 23.00 R
Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 00.00
Wed 19/11 Video Top List Voxpop SVT 1 19.00
Musikmagasinet Pop Musikmagasinet Pop ZTV 20.30
Thu 20/11 Finnish Top List Lista FTV 17.36
Radiohead, Eric Gadd Musikbyr}n SVT 1 19.15
The Cardigans Live 'n' Direct MTV Europe 20.00
Musikmagasinet Pop Musikmagasinet Pop ZTV 23.00 R
R = Rerun
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 01:44:45 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Gig Guide I (Luger BA) [17-Nov-97]
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Scandinavian Indie Luger Tour List UPDATE Scandinavian Indie
November 17th, 1997
by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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SCANDINAVIAN:
FIRESIDE (S) - BMG & Startracks
+ Honey Is Cool (S) - MVG Records / MD, Nov 13 - Dec 05, except Nov 22 & 27
Nov 18 Lyksele (S) Medborgarhuset Venue Decided
Nov 19 Storuman (S) Bollhallen Venue Decided
Dec 12 Lerum (S) Dergardens Idrottshall New Date
Dec 18 Stockholm (S) Studion New Date
HONEY IS COOL (S) - MVG Records / MD
+ Fireside (S) - BMG & Startracks, Nov 01 - Dec 05
Nov 18 Lyksele (S) Medborgarhuset Venue Decided
Nov 19 Storuman (S) Biollhallen Venue Decided
MONSTER (S) - MVG Records / MD
Nov 22 Linkoping (S) Elsas Hus New Date
POPSTAD '97
+ Carpet People (S) - Nons / MD
+ Cobolt (S) - Ampersand / MD
+ K-Pist (S) Nons / MD
+ DJ on all shows except Nov 21 and Nov 25 - Calle Dernulf
Nov 20 Eskilstuna (S) Bla / Stinsen
Nov 21 Solvesborg (S) Kartago
Nov 22 Hultsfred (S) Metropol / Puben
Nov 23 Goteborg (S) Pusterviksbaren
Nov 25 Lund (S) Mejeriet / Ryde's Bar
Nov 26 Vaxjo (S) Rookie Bar
Nov 27 Linkoping (S) Herrgar'n
Nov 28 Stockholm (S) Studion
Nov 29 Uppsala (S) Kalmar Nation
Dec 18 Umea (S) Corona
WARD J LITTLE (S) - Nons / MD *NEW*
Nov 17 Stockholm (S) Studion w/Yo La Tengo (US)
WEEPING WILLOWS (S) - Grand Recordings / Virgin
Dec 17 Stockholm (S) Studion New Date
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NON-SCANDINAVIAN:
MOONSPELL (P) - Century Media / House Of Kicks *NEW*
Dec 11 Stockholm (S) Electric Garden
Dec 13 Goteborg (S) Underground
MULU (UK) - Dedicated / BMG *NEW*
Dec 04 Stockholm (S) Studion
Dec 05 Oslo (N) John Dee
Dec 06 Copenhagen (DK) Rust
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The COMPLETE Luger Tour List is posted to the mailing list now and then.
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 01:45:05 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
To: scan-indie@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Gig Guide II (Skrikhult BA) [17-Nov-97]
Message-Id: <199711170045.BAA15326@samantha.lysator.liu.se>
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Scandinavian Indie Skrikhult Tour List _Update_ Scandinavian Indie
November 17th, 1997
by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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SCANDINAVIAN:
A-BOMBS (S) - Outside Soceity / House of Kicks
29/11 Halden T B A (N) New Date
CANDYSUCK (S) - StarTracks / House of Kicks *NEW*
19/11 Stockholm Fritz Corner
GLUECIFER (N) - White Jazz / House of Kicks *NEW*
12/12 Vanersborg T B A
13/12 Tranas Sobelhuset
MATS / MORGAN BAND (S) - UAE / Border
5/12 Uppsala Katalin CANCELLED
6/12 Stockholm Fasching CANCELLED
14/2 Goteborg Nefertiti Date Changed
20/2 Vasteras Village New Date
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NON-SCANDINAVIAN
SPITFIRE (RUS) - Seadog / Border
19/11 Goteborg Nefertiti CANCELLED
28/11 Goteborg Oceanen New Date
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The complete Skrikhult Production Tour List is posted once/month
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 97 08:50:44 +0100
From: ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne)
Subject: Popstad '97
> POPSTAD '97
> + Carpet People (S) - Nons / MD
> + Cobolt (S) - Ampersand / MD
> + K-Pist (S) Nons / MD
> + DJ on all shows except Nov 21 and Nov 25 - Calle Dernulf
I've heard good things about Carpet People and Cobolt, but I've never
actually heard (or seen) either of them. Maybe someone on the list can
give me some more info? (E.g. what do they sound like, are they any good,
are they good live bands etc.)
K-Pist I've only heard really bad things about, so I doubt someone on
this list will be able to change my opinions on them, but feel free to
give it a try if you want... :)
/Ludde
PS. And if someone knows something about Ward J Little (who is/are supporting
Yo La Tengo in Stockholm to night, a show noone in the area should miss...),
that would be of interest too. DS.
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 13:19:57 +0100
From: Cilja Kwon
Subject: Re: Popstad '97
At 08:50 1997-11-17 +0100, you wrote:
>> POPSTAD '97
>> + K-Pist (S) Nons / MD
Wich time and so on will K-Pist play? And at Bla or Stinsen? Any Fee?
Cobolt, booring live ... Kind of music you need near you ... headphones ...
K-Pist, Rakk!!!
Carpet P, didn't they do a lo-fi cover on Bonnie Tylers "It's a heartache" ...
>> DANiEL
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 16:34:07 +0200
From: Anton
Subject: Re: Popstad '97
At 13:19 17.11.1997 +0100, you wrote:
> At 08:50 1997-11-17 +0100, you wrote:
>> POPSTAD '97
>> + K-Pist (S) Nons / MD
>
> Wich time and so on will K-Pist play? And at Bla or Stinsen? Any Fee?
> Cobolt, booring live ... Kind of music you need near you ... headphones ...
> K-Pist, Rakk!!!
At what time will Cobolt play ?
It's live on P3 right ?
If anyone could tell me this id be real happy.
take care.
XpositivelyX
Anton
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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:03:44 +1000
From: Micke Rehnstrom
Subject: Re: Popstad '97
Ludvig Borgne wrote:
>I've heard good things about Carpet People and Cobolt, but I've never
>actually heard (or seen) either of them. Maybe someone on the list can
>give me some more info? (E.g. what do they sound like, are they any good,
>are they good live bands etc.)
I have never seen any of them play live and I have not heard very much with
COBOLT, except that they sound a lot like RED HOUSE PAINTERS and that the
members come from bands that usually play much tougher music (like REFUSED).
CARPET PEOPLE are very good, IMO. At least their "Volley u make" album from
last year was. "lo-fi for dark autumn nights" might be one way of
describing their sound. An "almost unplugged" DINOSAUR JR might be another.
>K-Pist I've only heard really bad things about, so I doubt someone on
>this list will be able to change my opinions on them, but feel free to
>give it a try if you want... :)
Strange, I have almost only heard positive things about this band.
Nojesguiden gave it a bad review but that magazine seems to have as a goal
just to write the opposite of what everyone else writes. And honestly - how
many Swedish bands are there that have a sound of their own, a sound which
they have not copied exactly from some foreign model? IMO rap, drums and
synthesizers is a fascinating mix, at least it is so on K-PISTs "Voltage
controlled" album. Besides, they rock much harder than many bands with
guitars. Kind of as if Zak Tell (CLAWFINGER) or Zack de la Rocha (RAGE
AGAINST THE MACHINE) had been vocalist in early DEPECHE MODE, or something
:-).
/Micke, shaken and stirred after having seen "Tictac" by Daniel Alfredson
(if someone had told me, 24 hours ago, that a couple of young swedes could
do a "Pulp Fiction"-inspired movie which is much better than "Pulp Fiction"
I would have considered this someone a complete freak. I was wrong! Go see
it and you may spend several hours thinking about whether your views
(prejudice?) about people and things around you might be totally wrong)
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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:16:43 +1000
From: Micke Rehnstrom
Subject: Re: Popstad '97
Anton wrote:
> At what time will Cobolt play ?
> It's live on P3 right ?
I think Swedish radio channel P3 will record some gig and then transmit it
afterwards, on December 11th. But as the programme is only 1 hour I guess
it will only be a few songs by each band in it.
/Micke
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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:34:59 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Re: Popstad '97
> At what time will Cobolt play ?
> It's live on P3 right ?
No, the P3 Live tonight is from the party held when Umea celebrated
receiving the Popstad 97 "award", but I suspect Cobolt did play there
as well.
//Erik
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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:41:21 +1000
From: Micke Rehnstrom
Subject: Michael Greene demo
I also felt a need to tell you about this excellent new band, from Umea,
and their "Onion" demo. IMO this demo is better than much of what is
released on records at the moment.
The first reference I come to think of is THE JAM (before they became more
of a soul rock band). There are differences, of course. Both vocalists in
MICHAEL GREENE have bright voices; there are two guitars, which means less
space for the bass guitar, compared to JAM; cynicism is not as important as
in Wellers texts and where it appears it is directed towards the
relationship between two people instead of against society in general.
Otherwise, I can hear both JAM and other "mod pop/rock" bands in MG:s
sound. Guitar pop/rock, sometimes with a "soul groove" in it. And it sounds
much better than most other "neo-mod pop" bands that pops up everywhere in
Sweden right now.
I tried to do something else at the same time as I listened to this tape
for the first time, but it was impossible. The songs on the a-side - "For
fun", "Pearls" and "I believe" - got stuck in my brain immediately. And
they still are. I must have listened to them about 40-50 times by now but I
dont seem to get tired with them. The three songs on the b-side is more
"groove rock", while the a-side is rather poppy, and I dont like the b-side
songs that much, even if they are not bad at all. But the a-side would have
been an excellent single, I hope it will become one in the future.
Contact Mattias Andersson at:
E-mail: aonaon95@student.umu.se
Internet: http://www.ts.umu.se/~olletg/mg
/Beat Surrender
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 21:35:01 -0500
From: mqo4365@is4.nyu.edu (Martin Olson)
Subject: State Culture Council and grants
In The Weekly Selected News [17-Nov-97] Erik wrote:
> * The Autumn Fonogram Money Distributed (Topp40)
> -------------------------------------
> The State Culture Council has distributed the autumn fonogram
> grants, and here are the more interesting ones:
This is something I've always been kind of curious about. On a lot of
Swedish CD's I've bought it's said something along the lines of "sponsored
by the swedish council for cultural affairs" and I've always wondered how
this works. What kind of basis do they give money out on and how can it be
used? None of this actually applies to me I guess but the thought of the
government giving bands money is such a wildly cool idea to me that I sorta
want to know more...
thanks for your help,
Martin the dislocated Swede...
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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:57:25 +0100 (MET)
From: Karl Morten Dahl
Subject: Re: Hello norwegian freak!
I could always create a comp of Norwegian "indie" bands - in fact that's
a great idea, but you need to inform me how this chain-thing works.
Karl Morten Dahl - Computer Science, NTNU
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