Scandinavian Indie Digest Sat, 4 Apr 1998 Volume 98 : Issue 33 Today's Topics: Re: Are there any good Danish bands... Re: Are there any good Danish bands... Re: Are there any good Danish bands... Re: techno. [LIST] Upcoming Music on the Radio [06-Apr-98] [NEWS] Sin's News This Week [02-Apr-98] Re: Are there any good Danish bands... Re: [NEWS] Sin's News This Week [02-Apr-98] Re: swedish charachters RE: Are there any good Danish bands... Re: Are there any good Danish bands... Motorpsycho Sweden Gigs rom the g-35 list umlauts. new bands to roskilde... New Records [LIST] Music on the TV [03-Apr-98] Re: [NEWS] Sin's News This Week [02-Apr-98] Re: Motorpsycho Sweden Gigs rom the g-35 list Re: umlauts. Re: new bands to roskilde... Re: New Records 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: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 13:31:32 +0200 From: Marten.Sahlen@xt.etx.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: Re: Are there any good Danish bands... Henrik Engstroem wrote: > I'm bewildered. I live in Malmoe, a quick fortyfive minutes from > Copenhagen. And still I can't seem to think of any other Danish bands that > get close to Eggstone, Bob hund, Komeda, Freewheel, The Mopeds... I can think of several Danish bands that kick the above's butt anytime, well besides Bob Hund at least. First and foremost Merciful Fate/King Diamond... no just kidding (april april...) Seriously though, there's the allmighty Sort Sol, an amazing live band playing hard uncompromising rawk a bit in the NY no-wave vein. Then there's How Do I, playing a mesmerizing sort of droney My Bloody Valentine music, though a bit more on the minimalistic side. I remember seeing a band called The Tide at Hultsfred in 88 or 89. They played some kind of epic Television-esque pop... very good. And we have the bands centered around Klaus Larsen, Leatherstrip and Klute, but then we're talking ultrafast ebm/industrial music. This is just off the top of my head... I'm sure there's a lot more. > Where for instance,would Louis Philippe play if he was to play in Copenhagen? My brother lives in Roskilde at the moment, and he informs me that they go to Loppen in Christiania quite often. Recently bands like Bob Hund, Kent, and Gus Gus have played there. And I know Posies played for free at Loppen some years ago. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 14:00:39 +0200 (MET DST) From: Johan Helmstad Subject: Re: Are there any good Danish bands... > Henrik Engstroem wrote: > > > I'm bewildered. I live in Malmoe, a quick fortyfive minutes from > > Copenhagen. And still I can't seem to think of any other Danish bands that > > get close to Eggstone, Bob hund, Komeda, Freewheel, The Mopeds... > Don't forget the danish big beat band Puddu Varano who was opening for Gus Gus at KB in Malmoe. They were great on stage, having live drums and presenting intense moog-solos delivered by the "machine handler", i don't think the musicians nomenclature contains an appropriate term for the person in a live techno/electronica act who manages the sequenser and turns the knobs of mixer boards, analogue synthesizers etc. The band rocked so hard the reporters from the free gothenburgian rock magasine Groove got all confused and published two pictures (of five) of Puddu Varano illustrating an article about GusGus. JH ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 15:19:29 +0100 From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Are there any good Danish bands... scan-indie@lysator.liu.se,Internet skriver: >From: Marten.Sahlen@xt.etx.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) >And we have the bands centered around Klaus Larsen, Leatherstrip and >Klute, but then we're talking ultrafast ebm/industrial music. Yeah, he made a really good EP a few years ago: Object V. Apart from that, Leatherstrip/klute hasn't delivered... IMHO Jan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:47:18 +0300 (EET DST) From: Olli Sotamaa Subject: Re: techno. On 30 Mar 1998 "timo riitamaa." wrote: > >etc... infact i'm a little fuzzy with the genres too... all i know is i >like it simple and monotonic... It seems like I finally got an opportunity to advertise pHinnWeb, the huge database of Finnish (but not only Finnish) electronic music. pHinnWeb is a project of Mr. Erkki Rautio and the address is: http://www.sci.fi/~phinnweb The site doesn't have any sound files at the moment, but loads of other information on this wonderful world of monotonic beebs and noises. Olli. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 23:09:02 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: [LIST] Upcoming Music on the Radio [06-Apr-98] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE RADIO Scandinavian Indie April 6 -> 12, 1998 by Erik Soderstrom SWEDEN Day Date Artist Recorded --- ----- --------------------------------- -------------------------------- Mon 6/4 Glenmark Skelleftea, Etage 12-Dec-97 Tue 7/4 Taj Mahal (R) Falun 14-Jul-97 Wed 8/4 Hip Hop Spring Jam 98 Orebro, Contan 27-Mar-98 Thu 9/4 nothing Fri 10/4 Blur (R) Stockholm, Solnahallen 07-Apr-97 Sun 12/4 Wu-Tang Clan (R) Hultsfred Festival -97 NORWAY Day Date Artist Recorded --- ----- --------------------------------- -------------------------------- Sun 12/4 Supergrass + Bentley Rhythm Ace 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- These lists (WITH LINKS) are also available on the Scandinavian Indie site at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html [Upcoming] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 02:22:23 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: [NEWS] Sin's News This Week [02-Apr-98] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie News SiNews 02-Apr-98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Sound Affects back on the web again 2. Cobolt with new material (Ampersand) 3. Fidget live in Stockholm April 7th 4. Komeda's third album is a success (NONS) 5. Extra chance to see Doktor Kosmos "Stjarnjerry" (NONS) 6. Arvika Festival update 7. Umea Open festival changes 8. Bollnaspunken festival tickets available now 9. Even more festival updates 10. Kent's April Fools joke 11. Gigs you should know about Sound Affects back on the web again ----------------------------------- The Swedish No.1 pop magazine Sound Affects is back on the Internet after leaving their previous website pretty much untouched since its first appearence. The webmaster says the editorial staff weren't that interested in helping out or sending material to be added to it and without their interest, the site 'died'. Now the webmaster has released 'v3' of the site on his own and in a much simpler format - easier to handle for one person in his spare time, even without the help of or backing from the editorial staff. The site is only available in Swedish, but check it out anyway: http://www.hotel.wineasy.se/sound-affects/ Cobolt with new material (Ampersand) ------------------------ The slow but heavy trio Cobolt (ex Refused and Blithe members) from Umea have just finished the recordings of their second album scheduled for relelase this autumn. A new song will also be included on the upcoming 'Definitivt 50 Spann' compilation. The band's debut album, 'Eleven Storey Soul Departure', was released late -97 and received good reviews and was somewhat compared to the Red House Painters. Fidget live in Stockholm April 7th ---------------------------------- Are you looking for a chance to see Fidget play live in the near future? Do you live in or close to Stockholm? Then you're in luck! The ingenious popsters from Gothenburg will play at Tantogarden in Stockholm on Tuesday next week (April 7th). It's a "Volume" night (unsigned bands play every second tuesday, usually there's no fee) so hopefully we'll see interested label people in the audience as well. Fidget's April Fools day joke was the extra special news that they would tour with the US Lollapalooza Festival this summer. Komeda's third album is a success (NONS) --------------------------------- A week has passed since Komeda's third album was released on NONS, and the reviews have been stunning (to say the least). Here are some (badly translated) clips: * In Sound Affects - Reviewer Magnus Kvist lists the album on his 'favourites' list, awards it with 4 1/2 (out of 5) points and says he can't understand why they're not selling ten thousands of copies of it in Sweden when he hears "It's Alright, Baby" and cranks up the volume. * In Goteborgs Tidningar - Reviewer Kai Martin adds Komeda twice to his "best right now" list, of which one is the first place. It can't get more fun than this in 1998, he beams. * In Cafe - Reviewer Kjell Haglund recommends the album and writes that Sweden's most exciting pop band has never sounded better. * In Nojesguiden - Reviewer Kristoffer Triumf feels that five songs on the album are indispensable floorfillers for the mingle parties in 1998 and that 'A Simple Formality' is the coolest vocoder song ever. He also put it on his "best right now" list. Extra chance to see Doktor Kosmos "Stjarnjerry" (NONS) ----------------------------------------------- Doktor Kosmos and his rock opera "Stjarnjerry", which is put up in Stockholm at Pistolteatern only (apart from one single show in Umea during the 'Umea Open Festival' this weekend) is a success! The shows have been packed and therefor they have decided to add a date to the upcoming schedule of shows. All shows start at 8pm (20.00) - and here are the remaining dates: 13/4, 20/4, 21/4 (added show) and 27/4. Tickets can be bought at the theater (+46-(0)8-303000) or at the Infocentret at Kulturhuset. Arvika Festival update ---------------------- The festival (July 10-11 in Arvika, Sweden) released the first artists and bands at the release party yesterday evening ( apart from the impressive Sisters of Mercy (UK) who were announced last week ). About twenty (20) more will be added before the line-up is complete. Here are the new names: Antiloop (S), Backyard Babies (S), Bad Cash Quartet (S), Covenant (S), Daf.Dos (D), Freewheel (S), Gluecifer (N), Grand Tone Music (S), Incka (S), Kent (S), Liberator (S), Lok (S), Orup (S), Rammstein (D), Refused (S), S.P.O.C.K (S), Sisters of Mercy (UK), Space Age Baby Jane (S), Speaker Bite Me (DK), Titiyo (S), Weeping Willows (S), Sophie Zelmani (S). Complete festival info can as usual be found on the Scan-Indie website http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html [Festivals] Umea Open festival changes -------------------------- This weekend, the first major music festival in Umea takes place, and the line-up and schedule has been reported here several times before. But as with most festivals - artists and bands cancel, schedules are re-arranged, and everything goes bazooka. Instead of posting the whole updated thing again (the schedule has changed mondo) - check out the Scan-Indie website (Festivals area) which is always updated with the latest information. Short note about changes in the line-up: Friend cancelled and Hab (DOT Records) (US) replaced them. Mos Def cancelled and Scratchaholics (see the Mazarine Street Interview on the Scan-Indie site for more on Scratchaholics) replaced. Bollnaspunken festival tickets available now -------------------------------------------- The 3500 tickets to the Bollnas Punk festival (29-30 May in Bollnas, Sweden) have now been released. 100 SEK for one day and 180 for two. New bands added this week are: Crass (UK), Dead Kennedys (US) and Discharge (UK). The arrangers have also compiled a 2CD from the 1997 festival which is sold on their website. Complete info on the Scan- Indie website as usual. Even more festival updates -------------------------- The Karlshamn Rock festival (5-6 June in Karlshamn, Sweden) added a few names this week: Blue Oyster Cult (US), Freak Kitchen (S) and Peps Down Home Bluesband (S). Provinssirock (12-14 June in Seinajoki, Finland) added: Valtava kaapio (SF), and apparently hip-hop legend Rakim (US) (from Erik B. & Rakim) will be added to the Hultsfred (11-13 June in Hultsfred, Sweden) line-up - though this is not yet official. Kent's April Fools joke ----------------------- Kent (BMG), the webmaster of their official site, or someone with access to the site, had a fun day yesterday when it was April Fools day. Someone simply linked the first page directly to the offical Jumper website (www.jumper-se.com) so when you thought you were going to the Kent site, you actually ended up at Jumper's. Gigs you should know about -------------------------- Espinoza 5 - 15/4 Stockholm, Kulturhuset (w/Ghandi) Fidget - 7/4 Stockholm, Tantogarden (Volym) IOTA - 1/5 Goteborg, Pusterviksbaren (w/Pluxus) ** Erik ** The News is also available on the Scandinavian Indie website ** http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 06:39:33 +0000 From: "Thierry" Subject: Re: Are there any good Danish bands... On 31 Mar 98 at 18:55, Erik Soderstrom wrote: > At 18:43 1998-03-31 +0200, you wrote: > >....apart from Gangway? Gangway !!! You can t be serious ? Anyway, they just split. > There are (hopefully) several good Danish pop bands though I'd > like to recommend "MEW" - who have, something I'd like to say, > a sound close to My Bloody Valentine here and there - not always. > They're actually really good. I like MEW too, but I really can t see the connection with MBV. My favorite danish band is Rhonda Harris, Nikolaj Norlund s band. Other bands worth checking : Greene, Ludox, Ibens, Lovebites, Luksus, Thau, Sorten Muld, Shirtsville. Henrik wrote also : >Is there any genuine pop tradition to speak of or is Denmark, as I >suspect, a pilsner-rawk/eurodisco nation? You suspect right ;-( . An exemple : I ve never heard Belle and Sebastian mentioned anywhere ( Radio, Music press and just forget about the TV). And if you want to buy decent records, there is only mail order left. You could just as well be living in Albania. They re very proud of Aqua though, they won almost all the danish grammies there were to win this year. Nikolaj Norlund was nominated a few times and Sorten Muld won the Techno?? award. So there is maybe a little hope. >Where for instance,would Louis Philippe play if he was to play in >Copenhagen? And would anyone come to see him? I wouldn t bother to come if I were him, he wouldn t gather many people and I wouldn t be surprised if they booed him out of the stage. I have never heard him mentioned anywhere either. I managed once to get a Katerine video played in Puls, a music program on TV2 where you could wish a video, but it was only because they wanted something that was neither in english nor in danish. They played something in swedish too, I can t remember what. Bob Hund played a terrific gig in Aalborg but you should have read the review in the local paper, the guy hardly mentioned the music, but he sure didn t like their clothes and the "loser" look they had. -- Thierry viridian@post5.tele.dk http://home5.inet.tele.dk/viridian/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:25:59 +0200 From: ig@mindless.com Subject: Re: [NEWS] Sin's News This Week [02-Apr-98] >Bollnaspunken festival tickets available now >-------------------------------------------- >New bands added this week are: Crass (UK), Dead Kennedys (US) and >Discharge (UK). discharge maybe... maybe maybe maybe crass... but no way dead kennedys... if this are anything else than an 1 april joke i swear i will eat eriks shorts ;o) j.n ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 12:22:03 +0100 From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: swedish charachters scan-indie@lysator.liu.se,Internet skriver: >From: ig@mindless.com > Internet World 2/98: "Antirape... swedish chars removed. Pls remember not to use chars with dots, even in your sig! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 11:41:37 +-200 From: Mikael Fant Subject: RE: Are there any good Danish bands... A couple of years back there were at least two really good danish bands, namely 18th Dye and How Do I, actually they were also quite original, so I'm finding I'm having problems describing them. How Do I (at least on the first album, "submarine") were extremely laidback while still being very noisy, there's fuzzbox on all instruments apart from the vocals, and fairly strange in the way they write songs, the album was out in 1990 and I still discover new things on it. After that album I've only heard a single which was out in 1993-4 possibly, this was more synthetic/ disco-like, but still very good and still with a nice, unmistakable How Do I feel to it. 18th dye did a brilliant gig in roskilde in 1993 I think it was, and I've also heard a mini-album. They sound something like a more polished, more intellectual Sonic Youth, not altogether unlike a couple of these new postkrautrock bands that have emerged during the last couple of years, but 18th Dye are a little more "traditional" in their songwriting. They also have soft vocals, both female and male. I guess MBV could be referred to as well, but more like Isn't Anything than Loveless (no seasickness). Check these bands out! Micke II ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 14:02:28 +0200 From: Mats Larsson Subject: Re: Are there any good Danish bands... About HOW DO I. I bought the record "Submarine" when it came out. I thought it sounded quite good back then. The ABBA cover "Knowing me knowing you" was great. But when you listen to it now it sounds very very dated compared to other things simular to them from that time. The production is thin and has a nasty "late 80's" sound. You know all these terrible effects on the drums etc. I wouldn't recomend them to anyone. One good danish band I come to think of is an old 60's psychedelic band called CULPEPPERS ORCHARD. They sounded like a heavier West coast pop art experimental band. ________ Btw, Come and watch my band BENT SPANNER, ARTY BANNER at Panora in Malmo on Saturday if your around. Loads of new songs, including a cover of the Swellmaps song READ ABOUT SEYMOUR. .mats ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:38:45 +0000 From: "Karl Morten Dahl" Subject: Motorpsycho Sweden Gigs rom the g-35 list Date sent: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 23:10:12 +0200 From: Lina Send reply to: linah@unforgettable.com Organization: Cozmoz Subject: SWEDEN GIG Hia guys! Well, I actually stood next to this verve-guy during the concert, and he was really enjoying it!! I wasn't though, because I had the Fritz Corner gig in the back of my head and THAT was really sth. I don't even wanna describe it in words, it feels stupid to even try! Two of my friends, one who had never heard mp before, cried during the concert at Fritz - it was magic! The Linkoping gig wasnt even near it, no way... I hate to admit it, but I was not even near satisfied after it... Talked to Geb after the concert at Fritz and he seemed to be very pleased with the whole thing! They had played at "Caf‰ Opera" earlier that day (for the release party of Darling, a swedish magazine) and THAT was strange he said. Lots of gentlemen in ties just stood nodding their heads while they played their 3 songs... After that they had made some interviews and had a lot of energy for the night's gig, which everyone present could easily tell!! They played for almost 2 hours, but they could, as far as the audience was concerned, have played for 2 more... Also told Geb about the tribute thingee, and he said he had heard sth about it and asked a couple of questions... he seemed quite proud to have such fans :) I'll not bore you with any playlist (I have the playlist from Fritz though, if anyone's interested for some weird reason) as that would never ever explain what the concert was like, you just have to trust me that it was the best MPgig in Sweden ever! All the people I talked to afterwards were stunned! Most of them had, of course like almost any other Swede, never heard them, but they loved, and I mean really LOVED, the show... They didn't have words to describe what they felt, was just walking around with a happy feeling, feeling quite stupid :) It was great, I was in heaven, my friends cried, the sound was terrific and... you've seen them, you know the drill... Big Big Love //Lina Karl Morten Dahl - Computer Science, NTNU - Trondheim, Norway E-mail: karlmort@stud.ntnu.no Web: http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~karlmort/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 21:06:09 +0300 (EET DST) From: "timo riitamaa." Subject: umlauts. about the umlauts. it seems really weird that using them makes things go kaboom, as that never happens in any other mailing list i am or have been on... i suspect this to be some new form of culture imperialism aimed at the scandinavian languages by merciless english-speaking computer programmers. The enemy is everywhere! duck! timo. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 00:51:04 +0200 From: ig@mindless.com Subject: new bands to roskilde... ...that i dont think ive seen posted here before are: sonic youth and max cavaleras (ex- sepultura) soulfly. just hopes that sonic youth does a better gig than they did at roskilde 93... j.n ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 02:23:05 +0200 From: Bjorn Johnson Subject: New Records May I be som bold as to recommend the following new albums: Ceasar's Palace "Youth Is Wasted On The Young" - f***ing brilliant! Sobsister "Schlaraffenland" - punkish sensation A Shrine "Dark Words, Gentle Sounds" - rightful heirs of Curtis Mayfield Fly "Green Light" - better than Easy? Monostar "The Airport" - Neil Young meets Joy Division and a cup of tea. Komeda "What Makes It Go?" - of course! Sideshow Bob "Invasive Confusion" - Nirvana with a twist of country rock Swedish alternative music probably rules tho world right now. I wonder if anyone have noticed? Bjorn Johnson ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 14:21:52 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: [LIST] Music on the TV [03-Apr-98] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE TV Scandinavian Indie April 3 -> 9, 1998 by Erik Soderstrom Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time --- ----- ---------------------- ------------------- ----------- ----- Fri 3/4 Musikmagasinet Klubb Musikmagasinet ZTV 00.15 R Sat 4/4 Live Live MTV Europe 22.00 R History of rock/pop Dancing In The Str. SVT 1 23.15 Sun 5/4 - Mon 6/4 Musikmagasinet Rock Musikmagasinet Rock ZTV 19.15 Video Top List Voxtopp SVT 1 19.45 Tue 7/4 Musikmagasinet 1200 Musikmagasinet 1200 ZTV 19.15 Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 00.00 Musikmagasinet Rock Musikmagasinet Rock ZTV 00.15 R Wed 8/4 Video Top List Voxpop SVT 1 19.00 Musikmagasinet Pop Musikmagasinet Pop ZTV 19.15 Motorhead, Orup Musikbyran SVT 1 22.30 Musikmagasinet 1200 Musikmagasinet 1200 ZTV 00.15 R Thu 9/4 Finnish Top List Lista FTV 17.40 Musikmagasinet Klubb Musikmagasinet ZTV 19.15 Peter Svensson En Kvall Med Luuk TV 4 20.20 Live Live MTV Europe 21.30 Musikmagasinet Pop Musikmagasinet Pop ZTV 00.15 R R = Rerun ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie website at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html [Upcoming] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 15:56:35 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: [NEWS] Sin's News This Week [02-Apr-98] >> New bands added this week are: Crass (UK), Dead Kennedys (US) and >> Discharge (UK). > > discharge maybe... maybe maybe maybe crass... but no way dead kennedys... > if this are anything else than an 1 april joke i swear i will eat eriks > shorts ;o) Heh heh, you're in luck - you don't have to! ;) The real ones were UK Subs (UK), The Vibrators (UK) and the ever present Rebell-Robert (S) (hopefully bringing his guitar.. ;)). //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 16:10:27 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: Motorpsycho Sweden Gigs rom the g-35 list > Well, I actually stood next to this verve-guy during the concert, and > he was really enjoying it!! Oh, that girl. Die-hard MP fan from what I remember, but she seemed... > I wasn't though, ...a little bored, yeah. > because I had the Fritz Corner gig in the back of my head and THAT > was really sth. Which only means it'll simply kill us all when P3 Live broadcasts it in a few weeks! ;) Thank god they recorded it though - saved for future generations to drool at! //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 16:16:05 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: umlauts. At 21:06 1998-04-02 +0300, you wrote: > about the umlauts. it seems really weird that using them makes things go > kaboom, as that never happens in any other mailing list i am or have been > on... i suspect this to be some new form of culture imperialism aimed at the > scandinavian languages by merciless english-speaking computer programmers. ;-) Well, as I've explained before - it isn't the list software or server that chokes on the umlauts (or none of us would ever see a message using them). What we're talking about are email _clients_ that doesn't support the extended character set. Hopefully these won't live on much longer, but on the other hand - does your mail client support chinese characters? So, nothing happens on the list when someone uses umlauts - you just exclude those who can't receive messages using them (and give me a neat little number of bouces in my in-box). //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 16:22:47 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: new bands to roskilde... At 00:51 1998-04-04 +0200, you wrote: > ...that i dont think ive seen posted here before are: sonic youth and max > cavaleras (ex- sepultura) soulfly. Cool - I was just hoping Roskilde would pick up SY - and I even checked their tour date list on the web a few hours ago to see if they had added any European dates to their schedule, but nothing. And now this! Fantastic! (And I know at least three "x metal" friends who will jump for Soulfly ;)) //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 16:51:55 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: New Records > May I be som bold as to recommend the following new albums: > > Ceasar's Palace "Youth Is Wasted On The Young" - f***ing brilliant! > Sobsister "Schlaraffenland" - punkish sensation > A Shrine "Dark Words, Gentle Sounds" - rightful heirs of Curtis Mayfield > Fly "Green Light" - better than Easy? > Monostar "The Airport" - Neil Young meets Joy Division and a cup of tea. > Komeda "What Makes It Go?" - of course! > Sideshow Bob "Invasive Confusion" - Nirvana with a twist of country rock I second Sobsister (but it ain't punk is it? more like screw-y, twisted, smart and smoke-addictive pop from whom I've hoped would get a record contract ever since a friend of mine sent me a letter saying "you really should check out a band called Sobsister" two (?) years ago - thanks Mats!) It's a fantastic album - Asa's "on the edge" voice is really stunning, and Alma isn't kidding when she pulls out that bass. Definitely 4+/5. Fly is also interesting - I really wasn't expecting a pretty linear sound to what Easy would probably sound like today, but this is it. And this is also a band I've been following for the last two years (without managing to get a demo tape out of Johan's hands even though he promised to send one about 5-6 times...) but I really want to see them live before I start to rave.. ;) 3/5. I'm partial to Monostar but who cares - they're great. ;) The "Speed Your Love" single is gorgeous - haven't bought the album yet though (shelled out 175 SEK for the Motorpsycho 2CD this week... - German import?) but I will, when pay day comes along. Komeda's album is a good one - not as surprising as the "The Genius Of Komeda" album was when it came, but it's pretty impossible to re-create the inventiveness it brought. Love the scratchy and roaring electric guitars they're using on the last ("A Simple Formality"?) track - like the old Komeda but influenced by ... hmm, I really can't think of anyone. Lets just say - "influenced by beautiful guitar walls". Several potential singles/radio hits on here as well - but they were going for gold one when they picked "It's Alright, Baby" for the first. 3+/5 (anyone seen the new "Spendrups" beer commercials btw... "p-p-p-p-party!") Haven't heard - or haven't had time to listen to - the others. I'm still upset about a Shrine dropping their perfect indie guitar pop sound for dance beats for pure soul though. A Shrine was one of the bands that got me into this whole mess in the first place! (see the first post ever to this list for example...) I've heard Caesar's Palace on the radio - and what I have heard, I have liked. I fail to guess it is them whenever they play that song though - I always think of some other band - anyone care to compare them to other "similar sounding" bands? //Erik ------------------------------ End of Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.98 #33 ********************************************