Scandinavian Indie Digest Wed, 25 Feb 1998 Volume 98 : Issue 20 Today's Topics: Enter - GoldenMegaTurboTour I - 1998 RE: Italians on scan indie GTM Re: Nordlunds new Vinyl shopping in LundRe: Re: Vinyl shopping in LundRe: Intermediate Scan-Indie Studies (more questions) Vinyl shopping in Lund Re: Intermediate Scan-Indie Studies (more questions) Re: Nordlunds new Honey Is Cool + Sodasplash gig report Italians on scan indie? Italians on scan indie? R: Italians on scan indie? Fly Hultsfred Festival 98 Arvika Festival 98 Wannadies question Re: Wannadies question SV: Wannadies question AW: Italians on scan indie? SV: Whipped Cream (was: italians on scan indie) Norwegian Indie Tapechain! Re: Italians on scan indie? Re: Italians on scan indie? Re: Italians on scan indie? Komeda Kwestion Bel Canto SV: Nordlunds new pop news from Latvia [NEWS] Cloudberry Jam, Ray Wonder & James Brown Administrivia: To unsubscribe from the Scandinavian Indie Digest mailing list: * send e-mail to: scan-indie-d-request@lysator.liu.se * with the Subject: unsubscribe To post to the Scandinavian Indie mailing list: * use the address: scan-indie@lysator.liu.se Digest back issues can be found in the [SID] section at the Scan-Indie website: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html () Please take care not to include the entire digest in your () reply, only the message(s) you are replying to. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 10:08:20 +0200 (EET) From: Pete Korhonen Subject: Enter - GoldenMegaTurboTour I - 1998 Hi folks, Just in case someone wants to know, Enter will do some gigs: Thu 26.2. Turku, Dynamo, Tickets 20fim (with M.A.S.A.) Fri 27.2. Helsinki, Semifinal, Tickets 30fim (with M.A.S.A.) Fri 13.3. Kuopio Fri 20.3. Oulu, Wanha Verneri Sat 21.3. Pieks{m{ki (not confirmed yet) Fri 24.4. Kouvola (not confirmed yet) Welcome! Yours, Pete /enter http://media.ncp.fi/enternet pkorho@cs.joensuu.fi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 10:50:20 +-100 From: Mikael Fant Subject: RE: Italians on scan indie > No, it is not just a moniker. He is of Italian ancestry too. And the same > goes for Elisabeth Punzi, Cremoneses companion in WHIPPED CREAM (if anyone > still remembers them. At least I remember their beautiful "Observatory > crest"). > > /Micke Actually that was a Captain Beefheart cover, still a good one, definitely... Micke II ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:01:45 +0100 From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: GTM Umm, there was a two page feature on Grand Tone Music in last friday's DN Pa Stan. Extensive interview with Nina, also shedding light over her side project Baxter. I'm surprised nobody on the list mentioned it yet. Nina rules, OK. http://www.DN.se/DNet/articles/37500-37599/37517/nina.html See them tomorrow in Stockholm, tantogarden. Entrance is on 10 SEK, so be there early! Jan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:34:39 +0100 From: totte.pop@swipnet.se (Totte Pop) Subject: Re: Nordlunds new > I have heard that Cecilia Nordlund's (Souls) new project has been played at > P3. Has someone heard it? > What does it sound like? Who does she play with? Is it some kind of > solo-project? > > Tell me! > /Jessicka hi, Tonight on Z-TV Jessicka in action, 21.00. Dont not miss. Thank you very much totte.pop@swipnet.se ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:26:25 +0100 (MET) From: Johan Helmstad Subject: Vinyl shopping in LundRe: Hi kids I'm going to Lund this wednesday and have a few hour in town for shopping and I am wondering where to go to find vinyl records, first or second hand. JH ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:36:50 +0100 (MET) From: Jens Agren Subject: Re: Vinyl shopping in LundRe: Go to Doolittle. Between Stortorget and Domkyrkan. //Jens > I'm going to Lund this wednesday and have a few hour in town for shopping > and I am wondering where to go to find vinyl records, first or second > hand. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 12:18:41 -0800 (PST) From: xander@sirius.com Subject: Intermediate Scan-Indie Studies (more questions) Dear list, a few more days left for me to get my presentation together, and a couple more questions are on my mind. simple ones, really: 1. Et fall & en losning - how many copies sold in Sweden (or worldwide)? I heard a figure awhile ago, and it was considered very successful, given the expected market size. Can anyone tell me what it was again. 2. Jay-Jay Johansen - How popular/well known is he at home? I have the idea that he still isn't that big in Sweden, especially considering that my copy of Whiskey was found in a bargain bin in Malmo for something like US $3 or $4. But on the other hand, he's quite big in France. On the cover of Les Inrockuptibles and what-not. Chatted about him with a touring Parisian the other night, and heard that JJ gets played on MTV Europe, so he must be a "star." Or? What's the Scandie perspective? Thanks! Alexander .Radio Khartoum. http://www.algonet.se/~elegans/radiok/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:28:40 +0100 From: Bjorn Johnson Subject: Vinyl shopping in Lund >> I'm going to Lund this wednesday and have a few hour in town for shopping >> and I am wondering where to go to find vinyl records, first or second >> hand. > > Go to Doolittle. Between Stortorget and Domkyrkan. You could also try Living In The Past, near Bantorget. Huge sortiment of second hand LP's, but maybe a bit expensive when it comes to good albums. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 23:07:38 +0100 From: Henrik Engstroem Subject: Re: Intermediate Scan-Indie Studies (more questions) At 12.18 -0800 98-02-23, xander@sirius.com wrote: > 1. Et fall & en losning - how many copies sold in Sweden (or worldwide)? > I heard a figure awhile ago, and it was considered very successful, given > the expected market size. Can anyone tell me what it was again. A few months after it's release, I was told it had sold up to 7,500 copies nationally. So I'd say about 8,000 now. Which still is bloody brilliant for a non-mainstream release (and a "difficult" EP at that). Someone will correct me on this if I'm up the wrong tree here > 2. Jay-Jay Johansen - How popular/well known is he at home? I'd say he is fairly unknown actually. But that's just my opinion, coming from Wilmertown. Fellow Swede-opinions? /Henrik ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 00:02:07 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: Nordlunds new At 17:34 1998-02-23 +0100, Totte Pop wrote: > hi, > Tonight on Z-TV > Jessicka in action, 21.00. > Dont not miss. Damn - I missed it. What was it? //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 00:25:28 +0100 From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Honey Is Cool + Sodasplash gig report Gig report! Slowly recovering from seeing Honey Is Cool saturday night at Fritz's Corner. Guys, you missed something! The evening got a bad start. We didn't know what time the doors opened, went there with a pal at 21.30 - and they didn't open til 22.00. A bunch of very frozen indie kids were hanging around St Eriksplan at that time. I had tried to find out the opening hours, but no answer on their phones [even tried multi ;-) ]. So at 22.00 we expected to just walk straight in. But no! The moron at the door stated that this was a members only club, and even if I was on the list, there was no way I could bring a guest from outta town to join me. So we hang around another 20 min or so, together with 30+ unfortunate, who also weren't on the list. Argh! And the place was completely empty inside. Some girls even had faxed FC's office a few days in advance, and came all the way from Nykoping. The guy by the door behaved like an asshole, this really gives FC bad credit for having those stupid rules, and not having proper instructions on what to do to get in. Come on, what's the point in all these fancy exclusive stylishness, all the kids wanna do is have some fun and enjoy some good music! If HiC knew about what was going outside, I'm sure they would have objected. Finally, we convinced the idiot, made our way, and left the kids behind. Sodasplash opened. Cheesy name, never heard of them before, but i was thoroughly impressed. Their looks was a mix of Weeping Willows, Reservoir dogs and Screaming Trees. But the music was something else. The first name that came into mind was Swervedriver: heavy driving bass, cool guitar licks, cowboy style attitude. The guitarist, Patrik, is one of the most promising I've heard. The only thing that slightly annoyed me was the singer's unability to go down in the register, it was far too light and poppy. Imagine a smart laid-back Swervedriver with the snotty vocals of EMF ("You're unbelieveable" :-P). The've gotta do something about that. Vocal lessons? I talked to them afterwards, they are nice people, from Borlange (Stonecake anyone? ;-) They just have recorded some tracks for Jimmy Fun, and showed me the actual CD-R master. Check them out on: http://www.jimmyfun.se/sodasplash/ Anyway, over to the headliners: Honey Is Cool. Gosh, I've looked forward to this since their gig at Studion (only 50 meters away from FC). They went on at 00.45, and *swish* there went my chances of getting on the last tube home :-( What's the point in playing so damn late? They played most of the new album + four (!) new songs. I had heard one before, the fragile, beautyful "There's no difference", from the studion gig. Something like their first intimate lullabies. The other new songs were, eh, "interesting". First one was a totally manic thing: Karin and the bass player screaming like babies stung by bees, chanting, making all kinds of noise, the guitar completely dissonant. Made me think of Throbbing Gristle. Vocals were unintelligible. Frightening, weird! New extremes for HiC. Then back to "normal", the GREAT disco version of Lion with that old-fashioned Roland sequencer (TR-505 or similar). Wow, that's a collectors item, they say. Summing up with the old Georgia, fine, but we all missed the songs from the EP. No "Another Round", the only one they played was Tomato Light. Anyway, they must have played 70 minutes or so, proving that they can fill the slot as headline act. HiC have grown up. My top gig this year, so far. Jan Sundstrom ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 07:48:37 +0100 From: "Barczinski, Reiner, WAC" Subject: Italians on scan indie? Not that it is Roxette or even Aqua, that bothers me most ... but: >> Faccetta nera! Arbeit macht frei! I don't know if it's too good to spread phrases vom german concentration-camps all over the world, in the name of independent ?? I'm not sure if I wanna know what "Faccetta nera!" means ... Just careful! Reiner ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 05:03:59 -0500 From: Mo Holkar / UKG Subject: Italians on scan indie? >> I don't know if it's too good to spread phrases vom german concentration-camps all over the world, in the name of independent ?? I'm not sure if I wanna know what "Faccetta nera!" means ... << 'Black facet' or 'little black face' according to my shaky Italian ;-) Think there must be something more to it though... Mo ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:49:09 +0100 From: "Fabio Merighi" Subject: R: Italians on scan indie? As Mo pointed out there's something more behind Faccetta Nera It does mean a little black face but more important ; this was the title of Italian song used that fascist invasion of Eritrea Somalia Ethiopia (Africa) before 2nd war. I reckon whoever wrote that name is a fucking wanker!!! I'm an Italian Ciao Fabio > >> > I don't know if it's too good to spread phrases vom german > concentration-camps all over the world, in the name of independent ?? > I'm not sure if I wanna know what "Faccetta nera!" means ... > << > > 'Black facet' or 'little black face' according to my shaky Italian ;-) > > Think there must be something more to it though... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 23:37:29 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Fly FLY Signed to Dolores and currently finishing their debut album, the new band formed by members of Swedish indie pioneers Easy. Some time in March or April the album will be out and it will be preceded by a single early 1998. They have put together a mix of dance/psychedelia and pure pop. Producer is none other than Topsteen aka Torsten Larsson who also produced Soundtack of Our Lives and Sator for example. This might be his finest job ever. Be sure not to miss this. (half stolen from Dolores news mailout) //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 23:53:23 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Hultsfred Festival 98 HULTSFRED FESTIVAL 1998 On monday (March 2nd) Hultsfred Festival will release the first names of who will play at this year's festival (which takes place between June 11-13 in Hultsfred, Sweden). Those of you who bought tickets to the festival before January 1st 1998 are welcome to the release- parties held in these places: Goteborg - Gamleport, O. Larmgatan 18 Stockholm - WC, Skanegatan 51 Malmo - Paddys, Kalendegatan 7 Hultsfred - Metropol, Transportgatan 2 The parties start at 6pm - and don't forget to bring your ticket as it also serves as ticket for the party. [Erik's note: though as the first name of a band has already slipped out, I have to post it :) - it's BRICK ] Festivals 1998 at Scandinavian Indie: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/fest98.html //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 23:58:24 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Arvika Festival 98 ARVIKA FESTIVAL 1998 On sunday (March 1st) next week, the Arvika Festival organizers invite everyone and all to the grand meeting at Sveabiografen in Arvika at 1pm (13.00). The 1998 Festival plans will be presented and the work with the festival will be organized. //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 00:51:07 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Wannadies question Can someone one the list name the Wannadies single where the song "Crucify me" is included (as a B-side apparently)? Thanks! //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 01:04:29 +0000 From: "johanna.hillgren" Subject: Re: Wannadies question Erik Soderstrom wrote: > Can someone one the list name the Wannadies single where the song > "Crucify me" is included (as a B-side apparently)? > > Thanks! > //Erik Can't answer that question but I can tell you that I went to see some friends of mine in Robot play with Wannadies in Oslo last Saturday. And it was totally brilliant. Both bands actually. Wannadies have really grown into being a full-on rock'n'rollband and they always make me feel totally happy and full of lust.And the same has to go with Robot, who finally seem to have gotten their live-act together. Now they are darn cool. See ya, Daniel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 02:20:42 +0100 From: Patrik Nyborg Subject: SV: Wannadies question Hm, seems like I've missed the first answer on this .. ?! And, btw, sorry for being always off topic with that stuff, but I think that's quite important, at least to talk about ... and it's even got something to do with music (Faccetta nera) ... Hm, yes, sounds not very nice, what you're telling us ... and the Link to the italian "Alleanza Nazionale" (spelling ?) on the concerned persons homepage made me think about it, too ... perhaps she wants to talk about that with us in private ?! That's it from here .. Reiner > As Mo pointed out there's something more behind Faccetta Nera > It does mean a little black face but more important ; this was the title of > Italian song used that fascist invasion of Eritrea Somalia Ethiopia > (Africa) before 2nd war I reckon whoever wrote that name is a fucking > wanker!!! I'm an Italian > Ciao Fabio > >> I don't know if it's too good to spread phrases vom german >> concentration-camps all over the world, in the name of independent ?? >> I'm not sure if I wanna know what "Faccetta nera!" means ... >> >> 'Black facet' or 'little black face' according to my shaky Italian ;-) >> >> Think there must be something more to it though... >> >> Mo >> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:12:22 +0100 From: "Micke Rehnstrom" Subject: SV: Whipped Cream (was: italians on scan indie) Mikael Fant wrote: >> No, it is not just a moniker. He is of Italian ancestry too. And the same >> goes for Elisabeth Punzi, Cremoneses companion in WHIPPED CREAM (if anyone >> still remembers them. At least I remember their beautiful "Observatory >> crest"). >> /Micke > > Actually that was a Captain Beefheart cover, still a good one, definitely... > Micke II Really! I had no idea. Is there a huge difference between their versions? I somehow find it difficult to believe that I would use the term "beautiful" to describe the Captain ;) . /Micke ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:01:55 +0000 From: "Karl Morten Dahl" Subject: Norwegian Indie Tapechain! I burned 2 cds. One for Europe and one for USA. The cds was sent today to these people: Alexander Bailey c/o Radio Khartoum (USA) Trevor c/o BELUGA MUSIC (EUROPE) LIST 1 (EUROPE): Trevor c/o BELUGA MUSIC Micke Rehnstrom Erik Soderstrom joris gillet Per Langstrom Thierry Carre Roberts Galvans Edward Meegan Ludvig Borgne Reiner Barczinski CHRISTOPHER KAKKOS List 2 (USA): Alexander Bailey c/o Radio Khartoum Jason Sheen john helgeland robert anderson Tom Cravens Chris Martin Julian Minervini HAVE FUN! Karl Morten Dahl - Computer Science, NTNU - Trondheim, Norway E-mail: karlmort@stud.ntnu.no Web: http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~karlmort/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:37:35 +1 From: "Viking" Subject: Re: Italians on scan indie? Scandinavian people! Please mind your own business. (I pray you at the moment) This is what I have to say after quarrelling with a Danish prof. for a month. I don't want to start this story again with someone else, because I like peace even if I think it doesn't exist. Are you really interested in Italian politic? Anyway, you have understood what Faccetta nera means. And it's true: arbeit macht frei is a nazi sentence but I think it in my personal way. This is my very way of working, when I do my homework, when I help my mother, when I dedicate myself to my hobbies... I could never be a nazi, I'm also against nazism but don't think that I'm with the Hebrews! Ok, if you want explainations, ask me but don't make it so long! (Because I have been talking about that for 1 months) Let's stop here! Ok? Because this list isn't about these topics! It's nice to know that there are other Italians on this list: Ciao, Fabio!!!! See ya! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:46:00 -0000 From: "Abbott, Daniel, ABBOTTD7" Subject: Re: Italians on scan indie? " I could never be a nazi, I'm also against nazism but don't think that I'm with the Hebrews!" What on earth are you talking about? - Dan. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:39:04 +0100 From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Italians on scan indie? scan-indie@lysator.liu.se,Internet writes: > Ok, if you want explainations, ask me but don't make it so long! > > Let's stop here! Ok? > Because this list isn't about these topics! OK, I agree with francesca on this. The subject didn't end up on the list cause someone brought it here intentionally, she just happened to have it in her sig. >> I'm also against nazism but don't think that >> I'm with the Hebrews!" > > What on earth are you talking about? So Dan, and everybody else: if you want explanations, please go private. Don't make this list into a flaming bowl of shit, just like it did when someone brought up the topic of Nordman and Laibach and Ultima Thule and whatever... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:22:00 -0000 From: "Abbott, Daniel, ABBOTTD7" Subject: Komeda Kwestion Scan Kids, a while ago I heard that Komeda did a spot on ZTV (maybe in 1996?) where they mimed along to "Boogie-Woogie Rock'n'Roll", with the girls "playing" melodicas and all kinds of funny stuff going on... does anyone one out there have a copy of this? Reply privately if you wish... Cheers, - Dan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 17:59:19 +0100 From: "T.E." Subject: Bel Canto Hello! I'm looking for a recording of a Bel Canto-concert in Stockholm 1996, (the Lollipop-festival). It was aired on Swedish National Radio Channel P3, monday 18/11/96 or 97. Does anybody have this recording? If so, I would love to make a trade (I have other Bel Canto-recordings to trade with). I'm also interested in other Bel Canto-recordings (interviews or concerts). Thomas ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:49:21 +0100 From: Jessicka Strandell Subject: SV: Nordlunds new >> hi, Tonight on Z-TV Jessicka in action, 21.00. Dont not miss. > > Damn - I missed it. What was it? Just me, Jessicka (in bastard), doing an interview on "Hemma hos Elin". Check out the replay... Rock on ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 21:07:34 +0200 From: "Raitis" Subject: pop news from Latvia ROCK NEWS / 25 feb. (short version, for long version call: Raitis@rb.lv) 1. Have some pop concerts in near future in Latvia/ Riga: Riccardo Fogli (Italy, 3 march), Demis Roussos (Greece, 6 march), Jennifer Rush (15 march), SMOKIE (6 april), THE KELLY FAMILY (18 april); 2. 6. & 7. march will - "underground" festival "Hang Up" (Atdod galus) with ~ 13 underground bands includes INOKENTIJS MARPS/ longest underground act in Latvians history. 3. In 13th march will follows local "death/ blackmetal" festival "Black Friday" with ~ 15 local "d/blackmetal" bands + guests from Estonia and Lithuania. 4. At the night to 21st march in local city's Cesis radiostation "3" have a 7th hour "death/ blackmetal" night with new worlds "nuclear black, atmospheric, dragon, warmetal" music. Its named "Great Loafs putried night" and have a most brutal radioprogramm in Latvian history ever! ***** Raitis Latvian Rocknews agency ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 22:59:07 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: [NEWS] Cloudberry Jam, Ray Wonder & James Brown CLOUDBERRY JAM (NONS) The pride of Linkoping, Cloudberry Jam, is as previously reported on the list, going west. But before that they are going east! In fact, they left for Japan last night where they have 8 gigs in two weeks in front of them. When they return, they have a few weeks off, before it is time for the Big Country In The West (tm): March 21: Austin, TX, SXSW (w/Ray Wonder) (US) March 24: First Avenue Mainroom, Minneapolis, MN. (w/Florida etc.) (US) March 25: Lounge Ax, Chicago, IL (w/Jeff Tweedy) (US) RAY WONDER (NONS) The pride of Umea, Ray Wonder, is also going west (as you can see above), but they have a couple of extra dates on their tour: March 12: Dragonfly, Los Angeles (w/Brian Jonestown Massacre) (US) March 13: Club Mesa, Costa Mesa, CA (w/Brian Jonestown Massacre) (US) March 14: Lounge Ax, Chicago (w/Helium etc.) (US) March 16: New York, Brownies (US) March 19: Minneapolis, Seventh Street Entry (w/Bunnygrunt, Happy Apple)(US) March 21: Austin TX, SXSW (w/Cloudberry Jam) (US) With no link to the tour plans at all, the band has spent this week recording a song for a James Brown tribute album called "Super Bad @ 70"! "It's A Man's World" is the song, and RW rocks like never before. The Album is only released in the US (on Zero Hour (Swervedriver, Shallow etc. for more see - www.zerohour.com) and will feature artists like Mike Watt, Chris Whitley, Sex Mob and The Velvet Monkeys. The release date is set to May 5th - two days after JB's 70th birthday. //Erik ------------------------------ End of Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.98 #20 ********************************************