Scandinavian Indie Digest Sun, 12 Apr 1998 Volume 98 : Issue 36 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? 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: 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. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 02:39:14 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: [NEWS] More Sin's News This Week [08-Apr-98] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie News SiNews 08-Apr-98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- 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 - ------------------------------ 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 ---------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------- 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 ------------------------ 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 ---------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 03:02:20 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: [LIST] Music on the Radio [13-Apr-98] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE RADIO Scandinavian Indie April 13 -> 19, 1998 by Erik Soderstrom SWEDEN Day Date Artist Recorded --- ----- --------------------------------- -------------------------------- 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 --- ----- --------------------------------- -------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- These lists (WITH LINKS) are also available on the Scandinavian Indie site at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html [Upcoming] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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... ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ End of Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.98 #36 ********************************************