Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.97 Issue #12
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Digest
Vol.97 #12
December 8th, 1997
Today's Topics:
Re: dinosaurs are dead
Kent anyone?
Re: Eestipop
Kent at MTV Music Awards - & an Eestii request
Re: Kent anyone?
kent...
Re: Kent at MTV Music Awards - & an Eestii request
Re: Kent tonite
Re: kent...
Re: Kent anyone?
Re: Kent + London (non-scan)
Re: Kent + London (non-scan)
Re: Re: Kent
re: Kent
Sin's Upcoming Promotion Visits [06-Dec-97]
Sin's Music on the TV [05-Dec-97]
Re: Sin's Music on the TV [05-Dec-97]
Cry didn't break up?
Re: Cry didn't break up?
morrisey (was:Re: Cry didn't break up?)
Re: Circle - Hissi ?
?
hail the swedish music
scandinavian indie.
mainstream
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:37:58 +0100 (MET)
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: Re: dinosaurs are dead
According to Mats Larsson:
> jonas nilsson wrote:
> >
> > Just so you know:
> >
> > > AllStarMag wrote:
> > >
> > > DINOSAUR JR. IS EXTINCT
>
> at last...
>
> this band has been helplessly boring for so many years.
>
> they (or he) should have quit after BUG when the original setup was
> splitted up or fired.
Didn't they split up once already?
I thought that J Mascis album "Martin & Me" was the start of his solo
career and Dinosaur Jr was no more..
Personally, I don't mind Green Mind that much, but after that everything
got hopelessly dull.
Petter
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:22:52 +0100
From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Kent anyone?
OK, I seem to gett slagged as soon as i open my mouth on this list, but
has anyone seen Kent on the current tour?
Reviews - good or bad?
So the album seems to be a bit on the melancholic/slow side, but have
they slowed down live as well?
What i remeber from Lollipop and Waterfestival, they still were good on
stage, but maybe not anymore???
They're playing in Sthlm tonite...
Jan
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 14:33:06 +0000
From: "Siim Kalder"
Subject: Re: Eestipop
> Bizarre "Cafe de Flor" cassette
> Think of Doris Days (dreamy trip-pop) crossed with Dif Juz's "Extractions"
> lp. Except that Bizarre are much more consistently good than Doris Days.
> Boy/Girl vocals, sometimes the female vocals head into Virginia Astley
> territory. Melodic and moody. There are a couple songs by them on the
> last chain-tape Erik made, but I don't think "Summer Rain" is at all
> representative of what I like about the band.
It's nice to hear some opinions from outta Estonia on the music here.
And I have to confess the comparison to Doris Days is a perfect one. I
only heard Doris Days about a week ago and, perfectly, just after a
bunch of recent Bizarre songs. There had been some talk of DD around
and everybody seemed to compare them to Bizarre, only it was said to be
better, it was said to be fantastic. Well I really didn't think so, and
had some trouble trying to express my thoughts to some friends
convinced in the absolute genius of DD.
Bizarre vs DD - more moody, more melodic. More interesting. More music.
However, I have a problem with the male vocal of Bizarre, I don't agree
with the common attitude, that the "indie-sound" of a man's voice
compensates for his lack of melody. But it is only a tiny scratch on
Bizarre, the best recent band of Estonia. "Cafe de Flor" is to my mind
the best of Bizarre, there are some (un)released more recent songs that
are better, but on the other hand some of them are more experimental,
more technical, less music. "Barcode Warriors" and "Laizy Sun" are not
meant here, though.
"Sue Darling is Back to Meet Forwards" is the best compilation up to
date of the Estonian indie, and would be found worth listening by most
of the list-members, I think. I hope Lauri Liivak or smb. else will soon
find a way to bring the compilation as well as Bizarre to the wide
world, perhaps at least the list members.
The compilation is on tape because of the lack of funds to make a CD. I
don't know if the problem is the post- or pre-production management, if
it is difficult to produce the CDs or to sell them. CD is well-accepted
by the listeners in Estonia though.
Siim
ps. There is a rumor of Bizarre having some sort of possibility of a
record deal with some sort of bigger overseas record company. There is
not much more on this one, but I hope for the best.
siimk@ut.ee
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:36:26 +0100
From: "Claes Nordling"
Subject: Kent at MTV Music Awards - & an Eestii request
Hi
I saw them when they played at MTV Music Awards at NK. And they were
brilliant. It´s like they´ve never changed but liked you´ve never heard
it before. The new songs sounds similar to everything what they´ve done
before. But they were very happy to play and it was a good performance
with delishious new stuff. A smaller success.
The estonian people: What happend to the band who called themself
something like J.M.F.K.D with Virru on vocals. They had a hit with
Tere Perestrojka ! I like to buy that album, cause I met them at
Summerrock 93´ but at the end I had no time to buy thier album !!!
Claes Nordling (red. funbase)
Box 818, 16124 Bromma
Tel: 08-6341970
010-2119506
Fax: 08-6341964
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:36:30 +0100 (MET)
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: Re: Kent anyone?
According to Jan Sundstrom:
> They're playing in Sthlm tonite...
23/1 at Karen, Lulea.. Guess who's not going. ;)
Petter
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Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 13:51:34 +0100
From: Rami Nihlawi
Subject: kent...
Jan Sundstrom wrote:
> OK, I seem to gett slagged as soon as i open my mouth on this list, but
> has anyone seen Kent on the current tour?
> Reviews - good or bad?
> So the album seems to be a bit on the melancholic/slow side, but have
> they slowed down live as well?
> What i remeber from Lollipop and Waterfestival, they still were good on
> stage, but maybe not anymore???
>
> They're playing in Sthlm tonite...
Yeah. At Munchenbryggeriet. Does somebody know if there still are any
tickets left? I just realized that I'd like to go...
Rami
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Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 16:19:20 +0200
From: Lauri Liivak
Subject: Re: Kent at MTV Music Awards - & an Eestii request
At 13:36 05.12.97 +0100, Claes Nordling wrote:
>The estonian people: What happend to the band who called themself
something like J.M.F.K.D with Virru on vocals. They had a hit with Tere
Perestrojka ! I like to buy that album, cause I met them at Summerrock 93´
but at the end I had no time to buy thier album !!!
The band is actually J.M.K.E. & their frontman Villu Tamme
If interested, heres their complete discography ;
Tere Perestroika 7" -EP (Stupido 001) 1989 SOLD OUT
Kylmale Maale (To the Cold Country) LP/MC (TWIN 1) 1989
Pieni Mies, Iso Tuoppi (A Tiny Man, A Large Pint) 7"-EP
(Stupido 007) 1990 SOLD OUT
Savist Saar 12" EP (Isle of Clay ) (Stupido 015) 1991 SOLD OUT
Maailmalopp koju katte 7" -EP (The End of the World Comes Home)
(Stupido 025) 1993
Gringode Kultuur (Culture of the Gringos) (TWINLP 13/TWINCD 13) 1993
Gringode Kultuur CD (Cuacha Records, Germany) 1994
Kylmale Maale CD (TWINCD 1) -re-issue- 1993
Sputniks In Pectopah CD (TWINCD 27) 1995 Sputniks In Pectopah CD
(Cuacha Records, Germany) 1995
Rumal Nali 1986-1989 MC (Fuck Tapes) 1996
Janeste Invaasioon (The Invasion of the Rabbits) CD (TWINCD 31) 1996
Totally Estoned - The Best Of J.M.K.E CD (Tug Records, TUG 063) 1997
More information from their Stupido Twins homepage :
http://www.cute.fi/~stupido/english/jmke.htm
lauri
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:28:38 +0100
From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: Kent tonite
I called EMA-telstar. It's sold out! :-(
Ah well, I'll have to go to Uppsala to see them instead.
Jan
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:56:55 +0100
From: totte.pop@swipnet.se (Totte Pop)
Subject: Re: kent...
>> They're playing in Sthlm tonite...
>
>Yeah. At Munchenbryggeriet. Does somebody know if there still are any
>tickets left? I just realized that I'd like to go...
the last thing that i heard is that the concert is sold out....but there
might be tickets at the venue, sometimes there are a few tickets left!
otherwise you can see them in eskilstuna tomorow saturday at 'stinsen',
i'll see them and then im of to london with the very early 07.00 sunday
flight from arlanda......suck phu.
dont miss yvonne on tv 'ROCK-SM' friday the 12th, lucia-vaka-all-nighter on
channel 2! or see them play live at BERNS sthlm.
stay young
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:42:08 +0200
From: ig@mindless.com
Subject: Re: Kent anyone?
> OK, I seem to gett slagged as soon as i open my mouth on this list, but
> has anyone seen Kent on the current tour?
> Reviews - good or bad?
i havent seen them this tour.
but...
one of the local paper, smalandsposten (http://www.smp.se) did rewied their
gig at Balders Hage (disco for kids aged 15 or above) in Haradback outside
Almhult, and the guy (an old hippie or "proggare") didnt liked it at all.
he thought that kent was (im sorry but i dont know the english word)
"introverta" and did act way to cool for their own best...
seems like i lost that paper, but if anyone want to read it, i could try to
find it and write it down (but im too lasy to translate it to english) for
anyone that wants it.
in todays paper did someone that been to the gig replied to the review and
thought that the guy that wrote it should be doing anything else that he
would understand, and not trying to understand young people music kind of,
when he was an old man...
i just wish i did go there to see that kent gig, but its kind of hard when
your about to reach 30 next year to go to a disco for 15-17 y o and have
them puking on you ;o)
but on the other hand, popsicle did play here in Almhult yesterday. it was
very nice to see that even if it wasnt to many in the crowd they really did
as much as they could, and seemed to enjoyed it too. a great gig with an
lame small audience. But Almhult have never been a good town for live acts.
The only band that people ever wanted to see cause of the band it self, was
creeps... that no one outside Almhult have wanted to see for 5 years or
so...
Just hope that there will be more people when Bob Hund will play here this
forthcoming wendsday.
j.nilsson
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:59:36 +0100
From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: Kent + London (non-scan)
> From: totte.pop@swipnet.se (Totte Pop)
>
>> Yeah. At Munchenbryggeriet
>the last thing that i heard is that the concert is sold out....but there
>might be tickets at the venue, sometimes there are a few tickets left!
Umm, i tried to call the venue but i just came to some switchboard, and
they told me there was no other number. Hrrmph! They were totally
reluctant to give any info whatsoever, and didn't know a thing about
where to get tickets. Morons...
>i'll see them and then im of to london with the very early 07.00 sunday
>flight from arlanda.
Oh, are there still any cheap record shops in London? Can you give us a
report when you get back?
I stopped going there when the UK Pound rose to 12.50 SEK, which made
averything hilariously expensive. But maybe it's still worth going
there?! Any other recent testimonies (sp?) from London???
Jan
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 17:17:31 +0100
From: Marten.Sahlen@xt.etx.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen)
Subject: Re: Kent + London (non-scan)
The one and only Jan Sundstrom wrote:
> Oh, are there still any cheap record shops in London? Can you give us a
> report when you get back?
> I stopped going there when the UK Pound rose to 12.50 SEK, which made
> averything hilariously expensive. But maybe it's still worth going
> there?! Any other recent testimonies (sp?) from London???
Well, I was in London a few weeks ago. Unfortunately there weren't any
worthwile concerts that week. OK, Pram played, but I've seen them before.
As for record shops, there's a lot to choose from. There's no need
to buy expensive new albums at the mega stores on Oxford Street, since
there are so many great second hand shops to choose among. It's always
nice to stroll down Berwick Street in Soho, as there are (at least) four
good stores virtually lined up one after another: SelectaDisc, Reckless
Records, Sister Ray, and Ambient Soho. Especially Reckless has an
excellent assortment of used CDs, and expect to pay no more than 8-9
pounds - and often less, since they downprice the albums on a regular
basis if they aren't sold.
Though my favourite is Record & Music Exchange at Notting Hill Gate. The
upstair's room is loaded with rare stuff... prices are often on the steep
side, but sometimes you can make good finds. They have extremely rare vinyls
by bands like Current 93 and Whitehouse that goes for several hundred pounds.
My favourite object there is the Psychic TV promotional bronze dildo with an
inscription by Genesis P-Orridge, that goes for something like £1000... it's
been there for as long as I can remember. I'll buy it if I win on BingoLotto.
The Rough Trade stores are always worth a visit too, although they don't
carry used records. The one on Talbot Road, just off Portobello Road, is
the best one. It has everything you ever could ask for into techno, trance,
avantgarde, experimental, japnoise, lo-fi, post-rock, etc, but don't bother
if all you're looking for is the latest offering by Oasis.
Now for something related to Kent: I have a vinyl copy of their second
album, 'Verkligen', up for grabs if someone's interested. It's a ltd
edition (don't remember exactly how many though) and it's autographed
by all band members. I listened to it once, and didn't like it particulary
much. Basically I just want my money back, so even though it's a
collector's item I won't ask for anything exorbitant. Reply to me in
private if you're a potential buyer.
Thank you for your time, Marten
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 12:30:54 EST
From: Cardigans1
Subject: Re: Re: Kent
here's an American's vote for Kent. I ordered there first album on a whim,
really enjoyed it. Got lucky enough to see them, Garbage, and Suede at the
Water Festival in '96. Thoroughly enjoyed the show. Maybe since I don't live
in Sweden, then I don't get to hear all the bad stories about them.
jason
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 20:26:34 +0100
From: totte.pop@swipnet.se (Totte Pop)
Subject: re: Kent
> here's an American's vote for Kent. I ordered there first album on a whim,
> really enjoyed it. Got lucky enough to see them, Garbage, and Suede at the
> Water Festival in '96. Thoroughly enjoyed the show. Maybe since I don't
> live in Sweden, then I don't get to hear all the bad stories about them.
well, its only the regular rock n roll cliche kind of stories..but still ;-)
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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 05:39:48 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Sin's Upcoming Promotion Visits [06-Dec-97]
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Scandinavian Indie UPCOMING PROMOTION VISITS Scandinavian Indie
December 6th, 1997
by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Artist/Band Rec.Label When Where Gigs
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Anouk BMG 12/12 Stockholm
Bad Religion Sony Music 12/12 Stockholm TV-promo.
Joe Cocker EMI 13/12 Goteborg Yes
The Corrs Warner Music 13+15/12 Goteborg, Stockholm Yes
Mary Coughlan V2 6/12 Lund Yes
Daze Sony Music 12-13/12 Angelholm, Arvidsjaur Yes
Eternal EMI 19/12 Stockholm
Natalie Imbruglia BMG 12/12 Stockholm
Ocean Colour Scene Universal 7/12 Stockholm Yes
Salaryman MNW ILR 9+11/12 Stockholm, Lund Yes
Sick Things Intl. MNW ILR 6/12 Goteborg Yes
Superchunk MNW ILR 9+11/12 Stockholm, Lund Yes
Supergrass EMI 12/12 Stockholm TV-gig
Supernaturals EMI 6-9/12 ? Showcase
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If you want to know who to contact, e-mail me for further details.
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//Erik
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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 05:40:03 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Sin's Music on the TV [05-Dec-97]
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Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE TV Scandinavian Indie
December 5 -> 11, 1997
by Erik Soderstrom
Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time
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Fri 5/12 -
Sat 6/12 Backyard Babies Let's Go SVT 2 22.45
The Fugees Live 'n' Loud MTV Europe 23.00 R
Sun 7/12 Popsicle, Synth Fest. Musikbyr}n SVT 1 12.00 R
Brainpool Present ZTV 00.50 R
Mon 8/12 Musikmagasinet Rock Musikmagasinet Rock ZTV 20.30
Tue 9/12 Musikmagasinet Rock Musikmagasinet Rock ZTV 23.00 R
Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 00.00
Wed 10/12 Backyard Babies Let's Go SVT 2 14.30 R
Musikmagasinet Pop Musikmagasinet Pop ZTV 20.30
Eric Clapton MTV Unplugged MTV Europe 01.00
Thu 11/12 Finnish Top List Lista FTV 17.45
Live 'n' Loud Live 'n' Loud MTV Europe 20.00
Musikmagasinet Pop Musikmagasinet Pop ZTV 23.00 R
R = Rerun
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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 05:41:16 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Re: Sin's Music on the TV [05-Dec-97]
And yes I did forget to write that it is _bob hund_ on Musikmagasinet Pop
this week (and not last week as everyone said). Not to miss!
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 16:48:34 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Cry didn't break up?
On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 21:01:33 Mikael Rehnstrom wrote:
> Gothenburg rockers CRY have decided to split up after seven years of
> rockin, rollin, destroyed amplifiers and smashed bass guitars. Apparently
> three of the members (including L-P Andersson) have already formed a new
> band and started to record new material.
>
> Source: Popoga (www.algonet.se/~popoga)
Latest news from Export Music Sweden (December 2nd, 1997):
Cry [Velodrome] are recording their new album for release in March
next year. They’re currently touring Denmark and Germany. The
band’s guitarist Tord Komsell is also recording his first solo project
in New York and Boston. Producer is Robert Johnson (The Who,
Rolling Stones).
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 18:20:44 +0000
From: "johanna.hillgren"
Subject: Re: Cry didn't break up?
Erik Soderstrom wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 21:01:33 Mikael Rehnstrom wrote:
>
>> Gothenburg rockers CRY have decided to split up after seven years of
>> rockin, rollin, destroyed amplifiers and smashed bass guitars. Apparently
>> three of the members (including L-P Andersson) have already formed a new
>> band and started to record new material.
>>
>> Source: Popoga (www.algonet.se/~popoga)
>
> Latest news from Export Music Sweden (December 2nd, 1997):
>
> Cry [Velodrome] are recording their new album for release in March
> next year. They're currently touring Denmark and Germany. The
> band's guitarist Tord Komsell is also recording his first solo project
> in New York and Boston. Producer is Robert Johnson (The Who,
> Rolling Stones).
>
> //Erik
Yes, Cry did in fact break up. The singer LP and a couple of other guys from
the old line up are recording a new album with a couple of other guys.
It's gonna be released in the spring, but not under the name of Cry.
DANIEL / Still not understanding how Morrissey was able to impress ME the way
he did. I don't even like him very much.
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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 22:47:57 +0200
From: ig@mindless.com
Subject: morrisey (was:Re: Cry didn't break up?)
> DANIEL / Still not understanding how Morrissey was able to impress ME the way
> he did. I don't even like him very much.
i didnt get that impressed by the gig in gothenburg. maybe due to the fact
that i havent got money enough to buy the last album, so it wasnt that many
songs i'd heard before. and it was far too short with less than an hour for
the most expensive gig ive ever been to, 255 kr is close to a rip-off in my
opinion. compared with radiohead in lund a few weeks ago that costs 175kr.
but ok im from smaland ;o)
jerker
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Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 22:19:55 +0200 (EET)
From: Timo Riitamaa
Subject: Re: Circle - Hissi ?
Reiner asked:
> Somebody told me 'bout a finnish band called "Circle" with a (new ?)
> album called "Hissi" ... but all I really know is that hissi means
> elevator, but I want to know more about the band ? Somebody help me ?!
> Please ...
Circle started on the one and only emperor of weirdness, the finnish Bad
Vugum label. they stepped on it by releasing a few of 7"s on Vugum (Point &
Silver) and on the american equally legendary fuzz/drone label VHF (Armond,
which has almost the same songs as Point. this was a very limited release
with über-kool hand made cover artwork and transparent vinyl) and one 7" on
a label that i have forgotten because most of my brain cells have been
destroyed by rock'n roll. after that two albums on Vugum; Meronia and
Zopalki, of which Zopalki is quite grande... then a few split 7"s with
various bands (atleast the Psychoplasma /Circle split is well worth
cheking)... first full-lenght on the Metamorphos label was Hissi, but what
they've done after that i don't know, since they've started sounding too
constructed for my taste, and i've become a drone pervert spending hours
laying on the floor listening to Flying Saucer Attack, Bardo Pond,
Jessamine, Roy Mongomery, Dead C., Amid The Mimic, Loren MazzaCane Connors
and such... unless i'm ofcourse listening to Guided By Voices or anything
that you could imagine playing at the Holidays In Hawaii tours.
And just so you all know, no Sonic Youth fan can live happily without SYR1
and SYR2.
Get Zopalki or Hissi.
Tornado DaSilva, listening to the Sun City Girls.
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Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 16:21:58 PST
From: "Chris ."
Subject: ?
i've got no idea what's going on in the indie scene over there, but i
wanted to try and get into it cause I'm real bored with most "Western"
stuff. Any suggestions as to what'd be a good FIRST CD to check out,
keeping in mind that to date I've mostly been down with music that's
pretty mainstream, I guess.
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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 14:38:55 +0100
From: Jonas S
Subject: hail the swedish music
HAIL SWEDES,
swedish post rock, swedish electronica, swedish free jazz, swedish lo-fi,
swedish out-rock, swedish progg + maybe some more traditional rock/pop from
the beloved land of freeze. You will get it all if you tune in to the last
RADIO SLOBOLL show of the year (it just might be the last show ever).
On our previous shows we have not played much swedish music but this time
we will search those underground archived to find the swedish stuff we
really like. You might have heard some of it but we promise so give you
quite a few spectacular surpsires too. The airwaves are 95.3 MHz and we´ll
be on from 22-23 on December, 15th (thats a monday). Be there or be [].
Oh, sadly we only reach out to people in the Stockholm area.
Radio Sloboll would also like to thank: luger, border, mnw, radio JMK,
Kararina, JJ & sound of suburbia, the nursery, people who helped, labels
who sent promos, bands which sent demos we never played, the guest-DJs,
benno, the bands we interviewed, fream scene & Juan for taking notes (!),
oppna kanalen, people who helped, people who listened - especially that
mysterious Lars character. Thank you all.
Bedanked,
ola, mikael, jonas
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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 21:29:12 +0200 (EET)
From: Timo Riitamaa
Subject: scandinavian indie.
Chris wrote:
> i've got no idea what's going on in the indie scene over there, but i
> wanted to try and get into it cause I'm real bored with most "Western"
> stuff. Any suggestions as to what'd be a good FIRST CD to check out,
> keeping in mind that to date I've mostly been down with music that's
> pretty mainstream, I guess.
Do you mean pretty mainstream as in Live and Matcbox 20 or pretty mainstream
as in Sebadoh and John Spencer Blues Explosion... or pretty mainstream as in
you own original copies of Guided By Voices' Forever Since Breakfast and
Pavement's Slay Tracks, but don't really see what's cool about Merzbow,
Natisuta Hetekata or Dead C?
.... hmmm......
Just search and kill for
22 Pistepirkko - Rumble City LaLa Land
Larry And The Lefthanded - Diabolica
Bob Hund - Omslag: Martin Kann
and you've got a good start. 22 Pistepirkko and Larry And The Lefthanded are
finnish, Bob Hund is swedish. their releases are quite impossible to find
from the americas, but will make you float on an aural pillow of un-earthly
rawk & roll, not to even mention all the cool indie-chicks who can't keep
their hands off of you... many friendly scnadinavain indie-rockers will be
happy to help you aquire these grande releases through private sources.
BEWARE!! many scandinavian musical products have been noted to cause
abnormally high brain activity and independent thoughts, and are therefore
illegal in most southern states.
Tornado DaSilva, future record collector scum, czar of Monorail.
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Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 11:52:05 -0800
From: svenskax@sfsu.edu
Subject: mainstream
how mainstream and ugly sounding are these swedish indie pop bands? i.e.
bub hund, kent, komeda, popsicle etc.
do they try to be mainstream by singing in english? i'd love them all if
they sang only in swedish.
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