Digest
Vol.98 #36
April 12th, 1998
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/sid.html
Today's Topics:
Alexander Bailey's Review of Umea Open
[NEWS] More Sin's News This Week [08-Apr-98]
[LIST] Music on the Radio [13-Apr-98]
Re: Alexander Bailey's Review of Umea Open
New Fidget competition!
Re: The Motorpsycho FAQ
Re: Alexander Bailey's Review of Umea Open
Espinoza 5 in Stockholm
Re: The Motorpsycho FAQ
Re: Alexander Bailey's Review of Umea Open
suredo
TORRRRRRRTOISE
SV: suredo
Latvian rocknews 10 april
Re: Alexander Bailey's Review of Umea Open
F=D6RGYLL_DIN_P=C5SK
various stuff.
Latvian rocnews 11 april
Latvians rocknews 12 april
Re: SV: suredo
Festival in Uppsala this (past) weekend?
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 22:20:01 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Alexander Bailey's Review of Umea Open
Here's Alexander Bailey's review of the Umea Open festival (forwarded
as he can't post directly to the list from where he is at the moment):
please reply to: xander@sirius.com
greetings from alexander and his suitcase. i've been on the road now for
about 3 weeks, and while i could tell you all about the rather fine
nightlife of Tartu (the Skopje of the Baltics, as I see it, but now no one
knows what the devil i'm talking about...), hanging out in the sauna with
Cessna, getting a haircut from Stefan Pillow (who has a mic-stand in his
bathroom to hold the shower head), or feeling particularly queasy on
ferries when drunken middle-age plus couples tango across the tilting
dancefloor to the bottom of the barrel of fourth-rate cover bands, I think
I'll save all that for another time. And tell you about the Umea Open
Festival instead.
For starters, I've got to say that I was quite impressed when I attended a
meeting for volunteers the day before the festival started. Impressed with
how young and unbureaucratic the organizers seemed, and yet how
spontaneously they seemed to organize themselves into various functions,
bringing together organizations like the Red Cross and 'generation without
violence' (or something to that effect).
...but then again, who thought up those lousy wristbands which were
fastened on our wrists on the first night but couldn't be removed until the
end of the second night. i felt like cattle. (or was that the idea? Umea
being a rather vegan town and all...)
the music:
Doktor Kosmos - just about the best show of the weekend. which was kinda
lame as it was the first thing i saw, and i missed about half of the set
since the festival workers weren't very efficient at getting people in the
doors the first night. but what i saw of the doktor's set, which was his
rock-opera 'Stjarnjerry' in fact, was great. i couldn't understand much,
but the music was good - alternately quiet and loud, simple but dynamic.
and theatrical. with nice use of simple props, a few nice lighting tricks,
a couple projector screens. a very nice home-baked theatrical feel.
quirky.
Ward J & Loosegoats - i've heard the most recent Ward J album, and the
music is quite nice, but the vocal style isn't my cup of tea. i think mr.
J was suffering a bit from a cold at this show, and his voice really didn't
project well, but in this case the music just seemed that much better. by
which i mean to say that it was quite nice. i'm not familiar with the
loosegoats, but i heard that they were supposed to be much noisier under
normal circumstances, no? not on this night, as everything was accoustic,
the band quite large, and the melodies (see my comments about the Ward J
album above) good. a good band to warm up on.
the Bear Quartet - i was really looking forward to this one. alas. they
were way too rock & roll for my tastes on stage, much more so than on the
records i've heard. Jari and the singer seemed to be totally drunk as the
show started. jari tottering around, seeming not to want to look at the
audience or at the rest of the band, and the singer didn't even sound like
the same singer until a good 3 or 4 songs into the set when my mate in the
audience and i both got the idea that he was beginning to sober up
somewhat. to add to our irritation with alcohol use, there were some
hockey player types just behind us in the front doing their best pogo-stick
impressions and generally being annoying. i could go on wondering about
whether so many scandinavians get so ugly when they drink because of the
strict alcohol laws here, or if the laws keep things from being worse, but
to get back to the topic at hand, my friend and i decided after not very
much socializing with hockey types that it was time to retire to the bar
upstairs in the balcony. from where, i must say, the vocals were
definitely sounding more and more like the bear quartet. but the damage
was already done and so we left early and went to the large hall to check
out Heed. I heard from Jari later in the night that TBQ show had gone down
the drain with technical problems after I left.
Heed - seemed to be hugely popular (despite, i was told, not having a
record deal...does that mean no records?). the thing about Heed was that
there were so many of them, including a string section, that I was
spellbound waiting to see what would happen as soon as everyone started
playing (there was a nice build-up with tapes preceding this moment). and
pretty much as soon as they all started playing the spell was broken and my
friend and I stepped out to see what else there was to hear.
Somewhere in here I also saw a bit of the Weeping Willows (failed to excite
me), some house band who kinda amused me when both of the guys would bob up
and down over their gadgets, looking like a pair of insects, and Hab, who
actually sounded really good but who barely got an audience at all (but
those who were there seemed to be into it).
also caught the opening of the Refused's set. which just goes to show how
glam hardcore can get. the singer has his moves, jumps and microphone
tricks down. and when the whole band attacks at once, it's quite
impressive. though i found that music this loud and racous doesn't stay
that way for long. meaning that if you only play loud like this, the
loudness loses all of its dynamicism very fast. (though i can only admire
the way the band has inspired veganism and non-violence throughout the
town, and apparently scared the hell out of all the old educators as
well...)
Night two:
Grandtone music - decent emotional rock, i thought it was alright, and i
heard a lot of people raving about it, but i really didn't think it was
anything too special.
Honey is Cool - this is the sort of music i wouldn't go near at home.
macho rock and roll stuff, despite the female singer. but that's the
strange thing - i often find that the things i will enjoy live are very
different from what i like on record. and i found this ok. especially as
they managed to keep things sounding fairly dynamic, in contrast to a band
like the Refused. i can't say much of anything more about the music that
is of any use to anyone (and probably most of the scandie listmembers know
far more about Honey is Cool than I do anyways), because the thing that
made the greatest impression on me was how badly they dressed. I thought
the singer looked like Pat Benetar in her cheetah print spandex tights...
Teenage Fanclub - seemed like genuinely nice lads. enough said.
Komeda - as if i needed any convincing, all doubts about komeda
disintegrated towards the end of the first number, 'frolic' from 2nd album,
when Mattias cut loose with what seemed to be a scat solo through some kind
of filter. i was later informed that it actually was a guitar solo using a
'mouth box' - something like a wah-wah pedal which is operated by mouth.
in case you are wondering if i liked it: i was delighted.
the rest of the concert was embarassingly good. embarassing because i
found myself shuffling around and dancing about, and though there were
quite a few girls doing the same, i think that i was the only boy so
afflicted? devil made me do it. or maybe it's just the thing for tunes in
3/4 that i inherited from granddad. not that all the tunes were in 3/4,
but komeda's rhythms always seem a bit off-kilter, and that suits me fine.
while komeda have been one of my favorite groups since about 15 seconds
after the first time Pop pa Svenska went on my CD player, i have to admit
that, having seen them in LA in 1996, i was looking forward to seeing the
Bear Quartet and Doktor Kosmos much more when the festival started. but
this weekend's Komeda performance more than made up for all the
disappointments of the weekend. and it was far far better than the show in
LA. this time around the band were joined by a string section (first time
ever, i believe?), as well as by Dr. Kosmos on keys and Helena of NONS on
backing vocals.
the gig was also notable in that it was the first appearance of their new
drummer, whose name i didn't catch, but i understood was recruited from
local band Heed. he wore a suit and seemed quite up to the task. damn
fine, in fact. Jonas (the original drummer) watched in the audience and
seemed to approve of it all. word has it that he has only retired from
public performances, but will continue to compose etc.
what else to say? marcus (bass) and the aforementioned mattias were both
in fine form, knocking out their ecclectic rhythms and even executing a few
funky bits of choreography from time to time. lena danced around, smiled
nicely, and even sang though a vocoder on several of the new pieces. new
pieces in fact making up most of the show. aside from frolic, the two
singles and one other track from the 2nd album, everything they played came
from the new album, i think.
highlights of the show would definitely include 'a simple formality,' with
its hybrid of mellow machine drums and not so mellow real drums -
especially the wonderful drum breaks which follow the chorus. a chorus so
wonderfully minimalistic that it just seems to grow and grow, getting
richer and richer, the vocoder vocals becoming just another instrument in
the mix. my friend (whose computer i'm typing this on) tells me that the
album version blends Friend's version of the song with Komeda's...which has
me a little confused, but then, i only have one 12" by Friend (who used to
be the Seashells drummer, by the way).
about the new Komeda album (i've been off the list so i don't know if we've
been discussing it)...i've been enjoying it all week, and it seems a bit
richer and less stripped down than the Genius of... was. A bit more of the
drama and cinematic sweep which made Pop pa Svenska so special for me.
after the komeda show, there really wasn't anything left to do but hit the
bar. what can you see after something that good? we tried to make the
rounds in the big complex, but it quickly became apparent to Stefan Pillow
and me that the thing to do was head off to Nils' and try out his
absinthe....
signing off,
alexander
xander@sirius.com
ps. i'll be in stockholm starting tomorrow night.
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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 02:39:14 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: [NEWS] More Sin's News This Week [08-Apr-98]
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Scandinavian Indie News SiNews 08-Apr-98
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1. Fly is Easy is Fly?
2. Coo heads back into the studio
3. Doktor Kosmos Stjarnjerry on the radio
4. Leslies to release a 7" in the US
5. gusGus recording their new album
6. Sobsister added to the P3 Playlist
7. Starboy Recordings has moved + website
8. Arvika Festival Update
9. Emmaboda Festival Update
10. Spiritualized and gusGus to Hultsfred Festival
Fly is Easy is Fly?
-------------------
As previously posted to the list - Fly decided to change their name
Easy about a week ago. But now (yet unconfirmed) rumors say they may
still be able to keep Fly as their name. Sometimes I wish people
would consider what they're doing to those of us trying to keep up! ;-)
Coo heads back into the studio
- ----------------------------
Dreamy guitar manglers Coo from Finland (who Scandinavian Indie
has a contest with this month - don't forget to check it out)
are on their way back to the studio this month to record some
totally new stuff. Their second demo which was recorded not
long ago will hit record companies, labels and radio stations
at the beginning of next month.
Doktor Kosmos Stjarnjerry on the radio
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Doktor Kosmos (NONS) and the rock opera "Stjarnjerry" which
you have read about here several times before, and which
safely can be said to be a success, is now re-broadcasted
twice, in the middle of the night, in its radio version on
Swedish National Radio! Channels P3 and P4 are the ones to
watch and the program to tune in on April 13th and 14th -
between 03.03 - 04.00 (yup, that's _am_) is "Frispel".
The show's homepage, where you can find more info about
it all can be found at http://www.sr.se/p3/program/frispel
Leslies to release a 7" in the US
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Swedish breeze popsters Leslies found out there's a US band with the
same name this week, when asked if they were the ones playing in
Washington D.C. Tony Ivarsson (vocals) comments:
- I'll be damned. We had no idea. Unfortunately our name is only
registered in Sweden, so we can't do anything about it. We do have
a paper saying we were first with the name though. It'll be even
more interesting when we release a 7" single in the US in June - on
a small label I can't give you the name of yet...
gusGus recording their new album
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GusGus (4AD) from Iceland have been busy setting up their new studio
in Reykjavik, and now they are working hard on their second album
which is due out in september. The weekend of June 5-6 should be a
special one in Iceland as Gusgus is putting on a festival where a
whole bunch of Icelandic bands will be playing and gusGus will
unveil their new record at the event.
Sobsister added to the P3 Playlist
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Really small label Absurd Records' own Barb Wire (tm) pop band
Sobsister will be added to the Swedish National Radio playlist
on tuesday. The song qualified is the number 7 on their debut
album "Schlaraffenland" released saturday last week. And what
is number 7 then you ask? It's the gorgeous 'Thursday Knight
Mr Cool'! Worth noting is also that their pre-album single
"Wardrobe" was picked up by the national radio two days after
its release. At the moment, they are touring (and yes, they
will come to Linkoping! - sorry about the local nationalism
there ;)) Their current tour dates are as follows:
8/4 Vaxjo, 9/4 Eskilstuna, 17/4 Malmo, 25/4 Emmaboda,
and 28/5 Linkoping (full tour date info on the Sin site
- Gig Related).
Starboy Recordings has moved + website
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Stockholm based record label Starboy Recordings (Robot,
Freinds, Barusta) has moved from S:t Eriksplan to the
southern parts of the city and into the same building
as the Luger booking agency, record label Startracks,
web entertainment company Moondog and venue Fritz's
Corner. The new contact information is as follows:
Visiting address: Hogabergsgatan 33, 2tr. Phone 1:
+46-(0)8-6152950 (Hansi - A&R, promotion), Phone 2:
+46-(0)8-6152960 (Johan & Linda - Ads, production,
economy), Fax: +46-(0)8-7145065. Their mailing address
is still the same as before on the other hand (see
the Sin site - Record Labels). Starboy Recordings'
website was also finished last week - and it is
designed by none other than list member Elin! Check
it out at: http://www.starboy.se
Arvika Festival Update
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The Arvika Festival (10-11 July in Arvika, Sweden) had some
trouble with their release list to which people managed to
send their personal greetings this week due to a bad
configuration, but quickly repaired the damage and added
Caesar's Palace (S) to their line-up (full info on the
Sin site - Festivals).
Emmaboda Festival Update
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Sweden's most down to earth summer music festival Emmaboda (7-8
August in Emmaboda, Sweden) have added a bunch of great names
to their line-up. Here are the new names straight from the
organizers (full info at the Sin site - Festivals):
Bad Cash Quartet (S), Easy (Fly) (S), Komeda (S),
Mazarine Street (S), Polythene (S).
Spiritualized and gusGus to Hultsfred Festival
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A new release of names added to the line-up from the Hultsfred
11-13 June in Hultsfred, Sweden) Festival came in today -
where Spiritualized (UK), gusGus (IS) along with the previously
reported (now official) Rakim (US) are the big guns. Worth noting
is also Finnish favourites Larry & The Lefthanded. Cancelled
this week: Anouk (NL). Here are all the new names (full info on
the Sin site - Festivals):
Anders Widmark Trio (S), Bad Cash Quartet (S), Broder Daniel (S),
Evil D (US), Growin' Pains (S), Gus Gus (IS), Jonas Lonna (S),
Kaah (S), Ken (S), Larry and the Lefthanded (SF),
Lars Winnerback (S), Petter (S), Rakim (US), Spiritualized (UK),
Steel & MC Nitro (S), Stephan Grieder (svek) (S), Terranova (D),
Thumb (D), Unfinished Burritos (S).
** Erik
** The News is also available on the Scandinavian Indie website
** http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html
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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 03:02:20 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: [LIST] Music on the Radio [13-Apr-98]
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Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE RADIO Scandinavian Indie
April 13 -> 19, 1998
by Erik Soderstrom
SWEDEN
Day Date Artist Recorded
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Mon 13/4 Meredith Brooks New Pop Festival -97
Tue 14/4 Lisa Ekdahl Stockholm, Konserthus 12-Dec-97
Wed 15/4 Jungle Brothers (R) Stockholm, Lollipop 26-Jul-97
Thu 16/4 Fu Manchu Stockholm, Studion 10-Mar-98
NORWAY
Day Date Artist Recorded
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Sun 19/4 Aphex Twin + Stereophonics Roskilde 97, Hultsfred 97
This list covers the Swedish National Channel P3's "Live" - at 21.03-22.00
or 19.03-23.00 where marked with a '*' _PLUS_ The Norwegian National Channel
Petre's "Roxrevyen" - at 21.03-00.00 every sunday. (R) = Rerun
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These lists (WITH LINKS) are also available on the Scandinavian Indie site
at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html [Upcoming]
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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 09:16:36 +0300
From: Siim Kalder
Subject: Re: Alexander Bailey's Review of Umea Open
>greetings from alexander and his suitcase.
Don't let the man fool you - he's hanging 'round with a trolley-sort of
bag, somewhat like the ones old ladies from Finland used to take several
boxes of cheap beer from Estonia to their home... ;) Rock on!
Siim K.
___________
siimk@ut.ee
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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 16:42:59 +0000
From: "johanna.hillgren"
Subject: New Fidget competition!
C'mon everybody.
Let's get lost into the latest competition on the Fidget website. It
must be reckoned as one of the coolest competitions ever. Just come on
in at http://come.to/fidget and have a look. You might just be the one
and only winner of a marvellous...
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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 18:58:23 +0200
From: Karl Morten Dahl
Subject: Re: The Motorpsycho FAQ
> I'm wasn't sure about the Pumpkins reference at first, but now that I
> come to think of it - yes, some of the whining guitars on the album
> can be said to have a likeness to Smashing Pumpkins but overall I'd
> say they are close to a drone version of a Monster Magnet/Mother Love
> Bone/Temple of The Dog combo. Now how does that sound? Well, like
> Motorpsycho probably. ;-)
>
> //Erik
Who are Motorpsycho?
Motorpsycho is what you probably would call an experimental rock/pop/
metal(at least they used to do some metalsongs)/prog-band. Because of their
experimentalism, progressiveness
or whatever you might call it, their music is not simply to classify
or describe. There's only one way to find it out really: buy a
motorpsycho-record and rock!. If it weren't for the fact that there
is a small but faithful market for things bold and original, you
might even say that Motorpsycho lacks commercial potential --
not that they delibaretely avoid it. They would love to sell *lots*
of records and get their music out to the people, but they
won't change the music for it.
They now live at Svartlamoen in Trondheim, Norway. Trying to rescue
Lamoen from destruction.
Kalle
Web: http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~karlmort
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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 20:22:18 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: Re: Alexander Bailey's Review of Umea Open
According to xander:
> the Bear Quartet - i was really looking forward to this one. alas. they
> were way too rock & roll for my tastes on stage, much more so than on the
> records i've heard. Jari and the singer seemed to be totally drunk as the
> show started. jari tottering around, seeming not to want to look at the
> audience or at the rest of the band, and the singer didn't even sound like
> the same singer until a good 3 or 4 songs into the set when my mate in the
Give the finger to the to Bear Quartet singer as he's dancing upon your
paycheck. The new songs were kind of different, so I guess that's why
you thought it didn't think it sounded like it was the same guy as on
the records.
And well, I don't remember Jari ever being especially interested in l
ooking at the audience drunk or not.
It seems like we both failed to mention that a guy from Blissful was
playing keyboards, which was pretty nice.
About the alcohol, my impression was quite the opposite, I thought
it was consumed at a quite moderate level. At the outdoors festivals
in the summer you usually see a lot of kids puking and a few that have
passed out, I saw nothing of that here. I guess the guys who insisted
on singing "I'm gonna have the time of my life, yes I will" over and
over again between every song were kind of annoying though. And to be
honest, I prefer people who dance than boring indiefags who just stand
with their arms crossed, or even worse, sit down when the band plays.
Let the music set you free, for christs sake!
Petter
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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 00:38:33 +0100
From: Lance Bannon
Subject: Espinoza 5 in Stockholm
on april 15, Espinoza 5 hit stockholm!
this is the very first time you are able to experience Espinoza 5 live in
the nations capital! do not miss this opportunity to see one of the most
exciting new bands from gothenburg this year they will perform together
with local act Gandhi at kulturhuset this coming wednesday
but, if you do miss out, you still have the chance to see them in
gothenburg three days later on april 18, Espinoza 5 play Club Berlin
in gothenburg (jaerntorget) together with another band (whom we still
don't know who it is)
for more information on Espinoza 5, visit the website:
http://www.torget.se/users/e/espinoza
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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 20:10:27 +0200
From: Joris Gillet
Subject: Re: The Motorpsycho FAQ
Karl Morten Dahl wrote:
> Because of their experimentalism, progressiveness
> or whatever you might call it, their music is not simply to classify
> or describe.
to give you an example: last year, in one weekend the band played both a
metal festival as well as a country/blues festival here in the
Netherlands...
Joris Gillet
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Date: 09 Apr 1998 08:29:27 +0200
From: Robert Cumming
Subject: Re: Alexander Bailey's Review of Umea Open
In article <199804081822.UAA04863@father.ludd.luth.se>,
Petter Tiilikainen wrote:
> And to be
> honest, I prefer people who dance than boring indiefags who just stand
> with their arms crossed, or even worse, sit down when the band plays.
Sheesh! Watch what you're saying, mate. _This_ indiefag almost
always dances.
Robert, non-boring indiefags 'r' us
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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 14:41:53 +-200
From: Mikael Fant
Subject: suredo
Nan som vet vad som egentligen hande med suredo, har de lagt av?
finns medlemmarna i andra band idag? De var ju sveriges mest
talangfulla band nar det begav sig...
Micke II
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Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 15:10:24 +0200
From: Mats Larsson
Subject: TORRRRRRRTOISE
Fucking satans helvete!
I saw Tortoise yesterday in Lund and I tell you
all that missed it that you really did!
Don't feel like reviewing the thing in detail.
They were GREAT. That's all I have to say.
Their opening act Isotope sucked hard. It contained some members from
Tortoise and first I thought it was them. Isotope sounded like "I didn't
know they have Folkhogskolor in the US"*, or maybee like Herbie Hancock
1974 with fingervantar and a huge hangover.
I was almost about to leave before someone told me it wasn't.
Glad javla Pask
/Mats
*The words of Mr. Fant
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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 18:07:18 +0200
From: "Micke Rehnstrom"
Subject: SV: suredo
Short translation ;) : Micke Fant wondered what happened to SUREDO - one of
the most well known pop bands to come from Linkoping.
SUREDO seems to be quite non-existing as a band nowadays. According to the
inlay card on the "Singles & Vinyls" sampler from Ceilidh Productions (the
SUREDO song "Sonic atmosphere" is on that sampler) two of the members
departed from the band soon after the release of their album
"Whatahandsomeface" (released in 1993, also on Ceilidh) and that the
members has been involved in other projects since. I know that two of the
members are now in a band called COACH BOB (unless if something has
happened to them lately which I do not know about). They sound pretty
similar to SUREDO, I think. I do not know what the other members are doing,
but perhaps Erik can give some more info about the former SUREDO members?
(Also in this inlay card is a quote from some magazine that referred to
SUREDO as "a cross between MY BLOODY VALENTINE and SONIC YOUTH, but
superior" ;)
/Micke I
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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 13:42:55 +0300
From: "Raitis"
Subject: Latvian rocknews 10 april
***
Latvian rocknews 10 april
(short version, for long version call: Raitis@rb.lv)
**
1. In mid july in Latvia's small town Vecpiebalga will follows so
called "Imanta diena", dedicated to well known musician and
composer Imants Kalninsh. There will participate 30-old group
MENUETS, some other great musicians. Imants now finished working
on his new albums: street date - in mid july too.
2. And in early june the 3rd album from well known post / folk band
ILGI will comes out.
3. 24th april - the street date to first females singer Agnese album.
Agnese now gets a grand hit "That" (singing together with JAUNS
MENESS/ NEW MOON leader Ainars Mielavs). Thats song is the Nr. 1
for 17 weeks in "Latvians Songs Top" (http://www.lanet.lv/news/kiegelis).
4. In the 17th april, there follows "dance marathon" - in 24 hours.
Notice will includes in "Latvian Guiness Book".
5. But russian megastar Boriss Grebenshchikov will performance in
Riga's stage at 12th april, + will presents here own new CD-rom.
6. In 11 st april in club "Green crow" - a great "blackmetal" meeting,
where groups HERESIARH, SKY FORGER, BLIZZARD and someone else organize
"nuclear blackmetal" concert.
7. And LIVI succesfully ended their Latvian tour, the two albums this
year follows from this "hard rock" group. In summer and autumn. Now
they ready for the Denmark club tour, what follows from 20 april.
***
Raitis
Latvian Rocknews agency
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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 18:08:32 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: Re: Alexander Bailey's Review of Umea Open
According to Robert Cumming:
> Sheesh! Watch what you're saying, mate. _This_ indiefag almost
> always dances.
Well, the gay and happy people of Sweden is a pretty queer thing
to say.
Petter
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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 18:24:18 +0200
From: Jessicka Strandell
Subject: FORGYLL DIN PASK...
An ar det inte for sent, men imorgon gar det av stapeln... I Eskilstuna...
Forgyll din pask med att se BASTARD rocka pa hemmaplan, narmare bestamt
pa "Z-TV:s Grand Slam" nominerade klubben - BLA.
Om jag vore dig, sa skulle jag inte missa denna paskafton. I night to
remember...
Mvh
//Jessicka Strandell (the real bastard)
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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:10:02 +0300 (EET DST)
From: "timo riitamaa."
Subject: various stuff.
Mats:
> or maybee like Herbie Hancock 1974 with fingervantar and a huge hangover.
Oh man! i need to hear that... maybe if i fuck up my 12" copy of Headhunters...
Anybody in or near Helsinki on tuesday the 28th, Tavastia will be having
four amazing live bands from St. Petersburg causing severe sweat secretion,
courtesy of your truly, the fabulous boys at Oranssi.
And yes, Pekka Haavisto really did pogo.
timo.
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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 18:25:11 +0300
From: "Raitis"
Subject: Latvian rocnews 11 april
Latvians Rocknews 11th april
(short version, for long version call: Raitis@rb.lv)
***
1. In 30 may the "Valmiera's rockfestival" follows (Valmiera - small
town at the east of Latvia). Headliners will GORKY PARK (Russia),
POPCYCLE (Sweden). Stage performances will follows from a lot of
Latvians groups: f. expl. LIVI, JUMPRAVA, JAUNS MENESS, Agnese,
+ 10 others.
2. The well known nightclub "Zero Zone" in 11th april celebrates 2nd
own anniversary. There have a great nightparty + guests from Estonia
- group CAARTER.
3. The postfolk/ folkloric rock act GRODI recording new album, what
follows in the early summer.
4. In may the new compilation album follows from major recording company
"Microphone Rec." sublabel "Aktiv". There will presents various dance
music groups, projects with their new songs. Names includes
PAMATINSTINKTS, SKYBRIDGE, TUNE, TUCH and others.
5. And now (from mid april) the famous SPICE GIRLS movie "Spiceworld"
we can see in Riga's and Latvia's cinemas!!
***
Raitis
Latvian Rocknews agency
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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 12:33:42 +0300
From: "Raitis"
Subject: Latvians rocknews 12 april
Latvian rocknews 12 april
(short version/ for long version call: Raitis@rb.lv)
***
1. The well known "techno blackmetal" act MAZE OF CAKO TORMENT
finished working on their 3rd album.
2. The 2nd album now will starting recordings true "brutal death"
command SANCTIMONY.
3. In the 14 august will start tha major Latvians rockfestival
"Liepajas dzintars/ Liepaja's Amber". Liepaja is the one of
biggest town in Latvia, in the west of our coutry, near the
Baltic Sea.
4. In the 18th april: two well known Europe band will performance
on Riga's stages: the "soft glamour" rock band SMOKIE and "family
pop" THE KELLY FAMILY.
5. The new music centre "Vernisazha" will open in the mid of november,
to Latvians Independence Day (18th november). The frontman of "V."
will be Raimonds Pauls, the Latvians popmusic "oldman" and megastar:
composer and musician (62yo).
***
Raitis
Latvians Rocknews agency
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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 18:19:10 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Re: SV: suredo
At 18:07 1998-04-09 +0200, you wrote:
> Short translation ;) : Micke Fant wondered what happened to SUREDO - one
> of the most well known pop bands to come from Linkoping.
Tnanks - I was just about to use ... bad language, but _that really was_
bad language. ;)
> SUREDO seems to be quite non-existing as a band nowadays. According to the
> inlay card on the "Singles & Vinyls" sampler from Ceilidh Productions (the
> SUREDO song "Sonic atmosphere" is on that sampler) two of the members
> departed from the band soon after the release of their album
> "Whatahandsomeface" (released in 1993, also on Ceilidh) and that the
> members has been involved in other projects since. I know that two of the
> members are now in a band called COACH BOB (unless if something has
> happened to them lately which I do not know about). They sound pretty
> similar to SUREDO, I think. I do not know what the other members are doing,
> but perhaps Erik can give some more info about the former SUREDO members?
Everything you say is true. Third member MIKAEL MYRNERTS had a short (?)
career in STOCKHOLM with his band "ALOON" (haven't heard a word about that
band or from him for almost two years now) who recorded about 20 songs
and had labels like TELEGRAM after them. I believe all three remaining
SUREDO members are now in COACH BOB (+ CLOUDBERRY JAM member PER BYSTROM).
> (Also in this inlay card is a quote from some magazine that referred to
> SUREDO as "a cross between MY BLOODY VALENTINE and SONIC YOUTH, but
> superior" ;)
Ha ha ha!
//ERIK
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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:47:53 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Festival in Uppsala this (past) weekend?
I just heard a rumor that there had been a festival in Uppsala
this weekend. 36 bands playing? Anyone know anything?
//Erik
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End of Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.98 #36
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