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Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol 01 Issue 04
Scandinavian Indie Digest Thu Mar 24, 1994 Volume 1 : Issue 04
There are 28 messages totalling 862 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Popsicle
2. The Bear Quartet
3. Warner International Showcase (2)
4. Easy (7)
5. Whipped Cream? (3)
6. hiya
7. surf's up
8. hello
9. lists (2)
10. The Popsicle debate continues...
11. Pleasurehouse
12. popsickle (2)
13. Fish on my Shower Curtain
14. Blithe / Blythe / Bleithe ??
15. 22-Pistepirkko discography
16. new Bear Quartet CD EP 'Revisited'
17. Recent ramblings
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 18:37:01 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Popsicle
I guess I'll make a habit out of this way of posting to the list
or something.. :)
* hernande@manitou.ensmp.fr wrote the following about Popsicle:
> Of course, there is nothing really original in the Popsicle sound but in
> the field of power pop there are not a lot of bands who are able to combine
> fast guitars and rhythm with good singing and brilliant pop melodies. The
> first time you hear a song like "Hey princess", you know that you are not
> going to forget it the minute after, it follows your mind everywhere !
I got to admit that "Hey princess" isn't on my 'do not listen to' list,
but that one is the only popsicle song I can relate to. :) Would you
for example say the same thing about the tracks on the Power Ballads E.P.?
> When comparing this band to some other British similar bands, you realise
> that Popsicle succeeds where some others fail. Take the example of Mega
> City 4 or Senseless Things : their sound is good but there are not really
> good songs and for MC4, the voice is awfully boring ! That's a band that I
> never find myself humming a song from !
Of course, there are far worse bands than Popsicle, but still, their
music isn't considered indie (I hope) and Popsicle's is.
> I'm sure that all these explanations are of no help when you don't catch
> all this in Popsicle songs. It's all a question of feeling, isn't it ?
I guess. I'm more for the Catherine Wheel/Ride/Curve/Slowdive sound,
and I guess Popsicle doesn't go into that category.
* Henrik Sjodin <h-sjodin@dsv.su.se> wrote about Popsicle:
> What's great? As the cliche goes: "Wonderful tunes and harmonies, woven
> into a mess of barbed wire of screaming guitars.". (Freely translated
> from Swedish). Now, I'd be the first one to admit that in itself doesn't
> make them a good band. What makes them great is rather something like
> this: * Very good lyrics
> * Good songs (seriously!)
> * First Swedish guitar indie pop band
> * Interesting attitude
>
> Or something like that....:)
Screaming Guitars? Popsicle? That must surely be a misprint of some sort?
And the interesting attitude.. heh, does that include playing for the
Social Democrats in the last election?
Regards,
Erik
chief@lysator.liu.se
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 18:37:32 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: The Bear Quartet
* Petter Tiilikainen <burrito@ludd.luth.se> wrote about the Bear Quartet:
> The Bear Quartet comes from Lulea aswell and I've seen them perform
> a couple of times and I think they are excellent.
You are not alone out there. :)
> According to Matti Alkberg, the singer of Bear Quartet there is
> going to be a new EP released in March or April. (He told me this
> on new-year's eve, and both of us were very drunk, so this info
> isn't 100% reliable.)
Heh heh, yeah, they sure know how to party. When they played here with
Blithe, the party afterwards didn't end before 7am in the morning. :)
Erik
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 18:37:58 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Warner International Showcase
* h-sjodin@dsv.su.se wrote about the Warner International Showcase:
> Yes, the "Warner International Showcase"! :) The only other band was the
> Flesh Quartet, and I missed that since the stupid bouncer enjoyed taking
> his time letting people in. Ok, I know you're supposed to be there in
> time, but I actually enjoy getting to gigs in the last minute. I hate
> waiting. Popsicle played 5-6 songs, and as you may know, their songs
> aren't that long, so the show was over in maybe little over 15 minutes.
> It was good though.
Well, I do like the Flesh Quartet for their diversity, esp. their latest
album, but are they considered "indie" out there? I'm not sure where I'd
put them, if I would try. :) Better not, maybe. I saw them when they
played here a few months ago, and it was a good concert, and a lot of
people there (which is always a 'plus').
Erik
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 18:38:16 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Easy
* h-sjodin@dsv.su.se wrote about Easy:
>> * Easy. Well, that's a different thing, because I have only heard a couple
>> of songs, and I'm really not sure what I think. I still have to listen
>> some more to be able to say something worth saying. :)
>
> I haven't heard anything from their new album. I liked their debut album,
> but I didn't find it that great. By the way, is the Fortran 5 remix of
> the new single ("Listen to the bells" or something, right?) as good as
> people say?
Me neither.. I'll try to listen to it some more during the next week
though. It got moderate reviews in the press with an average of 3 (out
of 5), but one shouldn't listen to the press really.. :) I have never
heard of that Fortran 5 remix. Where? When? How? What kind of mix is that?
Erik
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 18:38:40 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Whipped Cream?
* trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo S{{skilahti) wrote about Whipped Cream:
> A Whipped Cream (who are Swedish, I assume? If not, apologies for
> this post...) CD has been sitting still in a local used CD shop for a
> couple of months, so I guess nobody else in this town is going to grab
> it (so I might make the owner of the shop an offer he can't refuse and
> get it for a bargain price).
Yes, you are right, they are from Sweden. :) I'm not sure that I am
the right person to describe them, as the only thing I have with them
is their "Come Together" single from 1991, and I'm not sure how they
have developed since then. I suspect it is the "& Other Delights" CD
you have seen in that store. There is a copy of it in the local used
CD store here as well, and I have hesitated to buy it myself a couple
of times. :) I'd say - listen before you buy.
Erik
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 17:51:06 +0000 (GMT)
From: Robert Cumming <rjc@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: hiya
hej! terve! godan daginn!
My email address pretty much gives away my general ignorance of the
nordic indie scene (apart from Bj**k of course), but I *would*
like to talk/hear about Bob Hund -- their album (I bought it in Stockholm
in December) is the first I've got really excited about in ages.
Firstly it is remarkable to hear a really good non-English-lyrics
band from _anywhere_, it is nothing short of astonishing that they
sound as boundary-breakingly good as they do... If there was any justice
in the world they'd be huge over here and I could go and see them live.
Apart from Bob Hund, what else I've heard has not been wonderful.
The tracks by Union Carbide Corporation, Creeps. and Trains Boats and
Planes that I heard when I was in Stockholm didn't really impress me.
Still not heard any Popsicle yet...
bye, Robert
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Date: Sat Feb 19 12:09:48 PST 1994
From: pstopfo@atss.calstatela.edu
Subject: surf's up
Hi, my name is patrik and I live in warm, sunny los angeles. I like
lush, ride, chapterhouse, sex pistols. I want to know more about bands in
this area, good albums ect. where to get them in the usa. Or if anyone wants
to trade some tapes, bootlegs ect. Information about LA? Well it is 85 and
sunny out and I'm hitting the beach for some surfing. I would also like to
know about how I could get demo's from bands and stuff.
Later dudes
patrik in lala land
ps. I have this cd by a band called whipped cream and it is great. Do they
have any more stuff out and a mailing list.
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 22:31:23 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Whipped Cream?
* chief@lysator.liu.se (Erik Soderstrom) wrote about Whipped Cream:
[snip]
> as the only thing I have with them is their "Come Together" single
> from 1991
[snip]
Boy o boy was I wrong.. :) Sorry about that. I found a bootleg tape from
a gig here in Sweden at the "Radiohuset" in Gothenburg from November 93
plus an interview with them, that I can type in, in a day or two, that
is kind of interesting. so I *do* know how they have developed since that
1991 single. :)
They played: Explosion, Starshine, Tuning The Century, Wishing,
Up The Country, Let Us Try It Out, Silver Pt.1,
L.O.V.E, I Just Waited, Fresh, Burn.
I don't know which of these are on the "& Other Delights" album, because
they say that "most of the songs are really new, and are from the forth-
coming album".. and that was November 1993. I don't think "& Other Delights"
came out after that, so most songs aren't out yet. Well, this is only
speculations of course, but if this is the case, I'd wait and buy the new
album (when it is released) because the new songs are _a lot_ better than
the older ones (they say here and there "this is from the old album..")
and those are generally.. somewhat boring songs, but again, I'm _not_ sure
when "& Other Delights" came out.
To describe their new songs: power guitars, kinda early Slowdive feeling
in the sense that it isn't really beat-by-beat-ish (type, Swervedriver,
Popsicle etc). A flowing feeling with power guitars and female vocals.
I don't know how much that helps, but that's the only way I can explain
it. :) I like the new songs anyway. And if they _are_ on "& Other Delights",
that album is worth its price.
Erik
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 10:48:24 GMT
From: Martin Smith <mbs@ns.ph.liv.ac.uk>
Subject: hello
hello. i am martin from liverpool in england. i know little about scandinavian
music but i do know and like bjork, sugarcubes, stakka bo and abba (not
exactly indie, sorry). i've heard a bit of whipped cream, popsicle and easy
and they sound pretty good.
other music i like: felt, MBV, primal scream (nearly anything on creation),
public enemy, cypress hill, 60s motown, beatles, stones, cilla black, frank
sinatra, loop, JAMC, take that, 2unlimited, curve, pj harvey, boo radleys,
suede, bowie, pulp, smiths, new order, the fall, glitter band, the temptations,
etc, etc, etc,......................
bye for now,
martin
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 11:30:04 GMT
From: Martin Smith <mbs@ns.ph.liv.ac.uk>
Subject: lists
does anyone know addresses for mail lists for other bands/labels/types of
music?
martin
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 16:50:34 +0100 (MET)
From: Henrik Sjodin <h-sjodin@dsv.su.se>
Subject: Re: Warner International Showcase
> * h-sjodin@dsv.su.se wrote about the Warner International Showcase:
>
> > Yes, the "Warner International Showcase"! :) The only other band was the
> > Flesh Quartet, and I missed that since the stupid bouncer enjoyed taking
>
> Well, I do like the Flesh Quartet for their diversity, esp. their latest
> album, but are they considered "indie" out there? I'm not sure where I'd
> put them, if I would try. :) Better not, maybe. I saw them when they
> played here a few months ago, and it was a good concert, and a lot of
> people there (which is always a 'plus').
As always, I guess it depends on what you like to put in the word indie.
If you refer to the classic indie sound (lots of guitars etc,
Ride-style), or the abstract indie, as in "not mainstream/major label".
Henrik
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 16:51:59 +0100 (MET)
From: Henrik Sjodin <h-sjodin@dsv.su.se>
Subject: Re: Easy
Regarding Easy:
> > I haven't heard anything from their new album. I liked their debut album,
> > but I didn't find it that great. By the way, is the Fortran 5 remix of
> > the new single ("Listen to the bells" or something, right?) as good as
> > people say?
>
> Me neither.. I'll try to listen to it some more during the next week
> though. It got moderate reviews in the press with an average of 3 (out
> of 5), but one shouldn't listen to the press really.. :) I have never
> heard of that Fortran 5 remix. Where? When? How? What kind of mix is that?
The Fortran 5 mix is supposed to be on the regular single. Reportedly
it's very techno-like. No guitars in other words.
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 12:59:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Jukka Westhues <95jdw@wheatonma.edu>
Subject: Re: lists
On Mon, 21 Feb 1994, Martin Smith wrote:
> does anyone know addresses for mail lists for other bands/labels/types of
> music?
Yes, there is a Sundays mailing list and a Smiths mailing list.
You can join the Sundays list by e-mailing a request to:
arithmetic-request@uclink.berkeley.edu
The subject should say "subscription".
You can join the Smiths list by e-mailing a request to:
bigmouth@langmuir.eecs.berkeley.edu
The subject should say "subscription" also.
Bye
Jukka
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:09:19 +0200 (EET)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo S{{skilahti)
Subject: Re: Whipped Cream?
According to chief@lysator.liu.se:
* They played: Explosion, Starshine, Tuning The Century, Wishing,
* Up The Country, Let Us Try It Out, Silver Pt.1,
* L.O.V.E, I Just Waited, Fresh, Burn.
*
* I don't know which of these are on the "& Other Delights" album, because
* they say that "most of the songs are really new, and are from the forth-
* coming album".. and that was November 1993. I don't think "& Other Delights"
* came out after that, so most songs aren't out yet. Well, this is only
* speculations of course, but if this is the case, I'd wait and buy the new
* album (when it is released) because the new songs are _a lot_ better than
* the older ones (they say here and there "this is from the old album..")
Well, does anyone know for sure?
Not that it matters much at the moment, since the used CD copy that
inspired my question in the first place was good and gone... damn!
To quote Janis Joplin: "Get it while you can"... I guess I should
have done so.
Kimmo
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:25:42 +0200 (EET)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo S{{skilahti)
Subject: The Popsicle debate continues...
According to chief@lysator.liu.se:
* I got to admit that "Hey princess" isn't on my 'do not listen to' list,
* but that one is the only popsicle song I can relate to. :) Would you
* for example say the same thing about the tracks on the Power Ballads E.P.?
This is mostly a wild guess, having only heard one song off the "Power
Ballads", but at least it doesn't give a representative picture of the
band's sound, maybe. I think that most of their output is closer to
the heavenly "Hey Princess" - give them another chance, Erik! :-)
* Of course, there are far worse bands than Popsicle, but still, their
* music isn't considered indie (I hope) and Popsicle's is.
Of course the definition of 'indie' is vague, to say the least. As
far as I am concerned there are several bands that can be describe as
'indie bands' who have failed miserably at what Popsicle do with great
success.
* > I'm sure that all these explanations are of no help when you don't catch
* > all this in Popsicle songs. It's all a question of feeling, isn't it ?
*
* I guess. I'm more for the Catherine Wheel/Ride/Curve/Slowdive sound,
* and I guess Popsicle doesn't go into that category.
Maybe the song "Twisterella" is the closest any of these bands have
come to Popsicle.
I admit that it's quite difficult to put a finger on one particular
factor which makes Popsicle so great. All I can say is that their
glorious mixture of sweet melodies and loud guitar sound (which is
maybe not as feedback-driven or effects-heavy as some of the bands
eg. in the above list) is perfect to make me jump around in my room,
playing the air guitar and singing along...at least when there is
nobody else around :-)
I don't want to sound as if I'm on a campaign to convert the whole
world into Popsicle fanatics, of course I understand that it's not
everybody's cup of tea or something.
Regards,
Kimmo
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 14:40:15 +0000
From: hernande@manitou.ensmp.fr
Subject: Pleasurehouse
Hi !
I happened to read somewhere that Pleasurehouse was a Swedish band. And
their EP "This is how it feels" (something to do with the Inspiral Carpets
song ?) is at a very cheap price in my usual record store.
Is it worth buying ? What does the band sound like ? Have they released
anything else ?
Thanks
Bruno
PS : Congratulations to Finnish and Swedish people for their first gold
olympic medals of Pernilla Wyberg and the Finnish cross-country skiing team
! No need to congratulate Norway, they are having too much medals :-) Here
in France we're waiting for Surya Bonaly to do something good in figure
skating...
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 15:27 MET
From: dat92pni@ludat.lth.se (Pal Nilsson)
Subject: Re: Easy
>Regarding Easy:
>> > I haven't heard anything from their new album. I liked their debut album,
>> > but I didn't find it that great. By the way, is the Fortran 5 remix of
>> > the new single ("Listen to the bells" or something, right?) as good as
>> > people say?
>>
>> Me neither.. I'll try to listen to it some more during the next week
>> though. It got moderate reviews in the press with an average of 3 (out
>> of 5), but one shouldn't listen to the press really.. :) I have never
>> heard of that Fortran 5 remix. Where? When? How? What kind of mix is that?
>
>The Fortran 5 mix is supposed to be on the regular single. Reportedly
>it's very techno-like. No guitars in other words.
This new singel is nothing like techno, it sounds like early New Order and
it's greate.
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:46:12 +0000
From: hernande@manitou.ensmp.fr
Subject: Re: Easy
>This new singel is nothing like techno, it sounds like early New Order and
>it's greate.
That's curious... I saw them opening for House of Love three years ago, at
the time of their first album, and they didn't sound like New Order at all.
The singer was a pale copy of the Stone Roses singer, with the same kind of
head and body movements and with quite a poor voice :-) Their music was
very common Ride/Chapterhouse/MBV-oriented noisy pop, which was not a bad
thing after all. After this album, they completely disappeared from France
at least and now I'm happy to learn that they have a new release. Did they
record anything else in these last 3 years ?
I don't think they're an unforgettable live band but their first album was
quite pleasant.
Bruno
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 16:24:52 +0100 (MET)
From: Henrik Sjodin <h-sjodin@dsv.su.se>
Subject: Re: Easy
On Tue, 22 Feb 1994 hernande@manitou.ensmp.fr wrote:
> >This new singel is nothing like techno, it sounds like early New Order
> >and it's greate.
>
> That's curious... I saw them opening for House of Love three years ago, at
> the time of their first album, and they didn't sound like New Order at all.
> The singer was a pale copy of the Stone Roses singer, with the same kind of
> head and body movements and with quite a poor voice :-) Their music was
> very common Ride/Chapterhouse/MBV-oriented noisy pop, which was not a bad
> thing after all. After this album, they completely disappeared from France
> at least and now I'm happy to learn that they have a new release. Did they
> record anything else in these last 3 years ?
From what I've heard the New Order-ish sound is "confined" to the Fortran
5 remix on the single. Reportedly, the album sounds pretty much like what
you would expect with guitars and everything.
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 16:42 MET
From: dat92pni@ludat.lth.se (Pal Nilsson)
Subject: Re: Easy
>>This new singel is nothing like techno, it sounds like early New Order and
>>it's greate.
>
>That's curious... I saw them opening for House of Love three years ago, at
>the time of their first album, and they didn't sound like New Order at all.
>The singer was a pale copy of the Stone Roses singer, with the same kind of
>head and body movements and with quite a poor voice :-) Their music was
>very common Ride/Chapterhouse/MBV-oriented noisy pop, which was not a bad
>thing after all. After this album, they completely disappeared from France
>at least and now I'm happy to learn that they have a new release. Did they
>record anything else in these last 3 years ?
>
>I don't think they're an unforgettable live band but their first album was
>quite pleasant.
>
>Bruno
It's only the singel that sounds like New Order. The album sounds like
before, but better. The reason why they have been gone for 3 years is
that they had some trouble with the record company.
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 16:52:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Kevin Carhart <ukevc@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu>
Subject: popsickle
There's a CD added at my college radio station that is called Popsickle...
it has a guy on the cover with a red white and blue bomb pop. Is this
the same band as we have been talking about?
Kevin
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 17:25:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Kevin Carhart <ukevc@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Fish on my Shower Curtain
Has anyone heard the compilation CD _He Didn't Even Draw a Fish on my
Shower Curtain_? I think there are some tracks by bands from the
Scandinavian countries. It's a really excellent compilation of psychedelia
and some covers.
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 18:20:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike McKenna <mckennme@ais0.assembly.ca.gov>
Subject: Re: popsickle
Hello:
> There's a CD added at my college radio station that is called Popsickle...
> it has a guy on the cover with a red white and blue bomb pop. Is this
> the same band as we have been talking about?
Hmm - interesting. Just checked a listing of San Francisco Bay Area
shows. Saw this:
Feb 25 Pop Sickle Bottom of the Hill - SF
Feb 26 Popsicle Gilman Street - Berkeley
I checked another add that indicated Pop Sickle is on CZ Records. This
is a Seattle based label I believe.
The Bottom of the Hill is an "alternative" club in SF. Gilman is pretty
much the only true "punk" club in the Bay Area - home to Green Day among
others. It's kind of like a co-op that you have to belong to to gain
admission. Ain't much of a thing - just cost an extra $1 to belong. By
accepting membership you have to agree to the rules. The club was
originally formed by Tim Yohannon of Maximum Rock & Roll fame.
I suspect what we have here is a band that's not the Scandinavian Popsicle
that gets it's name frequently mis-printed.
MMc -- mckennme@assembly.ca.gov
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 09:38:35 GMT
From: davidb@dbadmin2.amgen.com (David Bennison)
Subject: Blithe / Blythe / Bleithe ??
We've discussed Popsicle, a band I never new existed till I
got on this list. Howzabout any info on Blithe, a Swedish
band who I first heard on the John Peel show a couple of
months ago doing what sounded like a great Jonathan Richmond
type 2 minute track called Bike Helmet which was great. I've
also heard another track called Plush Boy?! and they did a
Peel Session this weekend. None of it was half as good as
Bike Helmet I thought. Anyone care to tell me more about
their releases?
David...
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 13:14:59 +0200 (EET)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo S{{skilahti)
Subject: Re: Easy
For those who care:
The new (?) Easy album has also been released in Finland,
like the latest albums by Puffin and The Bear Quartet
were some time ago. I hope the trend will continue!
Kimmo
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 14:53:40 +0200 (EET)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo S{{skilahti)
Subject: 22-Pistepirkko discography
Hello!
Here's the 22-Pistepirkko discography for you!
-----
A 22-Pistepirkko Discography
compiled by Kimmo Saaskilahti (trkisa@uta.fi)
Last update February 28, 1994
-----
22-Pistepirkko are:
P-K Keranen: vocals, guitar
Asko Keranen: keyboards, bass
Espe Haverinen: drums, vocals
Riku Mattila plays various instruments on the records he
has produced and he is considered the fourth member of
the group by them when they are in the studio.
-----
Some 22-Pistepirkko songs have appeared on various
compilations, but they are ignored unless they are
tracks or versions that are otherwise unavailable.
This discography has (so far) information only about
the Finnish releases by the band.
-----
1983
====
12" (untitled):
Naurettavaa/Kammo Kammo Kamala/Satu/Tango/Wild Thing/
Lasinen Norsu
(Johanna JHEX 513)
Notes: This debut mini-album was released shortly after the band had
won the National Band Contest in Finland (quite to their
surprise). The songs are rather different from the current
22-Pistepirkko sound, with minimalistic arrangements and Finnish
lyrics, apart from the Troggs cover "Wild Thing". The record is,
like all 22-Pistepirkko releases before "Kings Of Hong Kong",
a collector's item nowadays.
1985
====
LP Piano, Rumpu ja Kukka:
Kellarissa/Metsassa Kukkia/Kathy/I Need Love/Sinun Suuri
Sukusi/Prinsessa/Noita/Kuusi Poikamiesta/Enkeli Lensi Pois/
Jealouse & Joey/Let's Dance/Kissa/Soiva Talo
(Beta 4007)
Notes: "Let's Dance" may be a cover (haven't heard the LP, ever).
1986
====
7" Ou Wee!/Hiss Hiss/Havana City Beat
(Pygmi PYG 002)
1987
====
7" Hong Kong King/Hank's TV Set
(Pygmi/Euros SIS 026)
LP/CD Kings Of Hong Kong:
I'm Back/Geronimo/Last Night/Big Bed/Hong Kong King/Hank's
TV Set/Don't Try To Tease Me/I'm Staying Now/Lost Lost Love/
B-Instrumental/Motorcycle Man/Searching And Looking/
Horseman's Son
(Pygmi/Euros SIN 1036/SINCD 1036)
Notes: The CD version came out only a couple of years after the
original release of the album.
1988
====
7" Bone Bone Baby/ 33/45
(Gaga Goodies GO-8)
7" Frankenstein/Don't Go Home Joe
(Spirit SPIRITS 001)
Notes: Both versions are different from the ones on the album "Bare
Bone Nest", "Frankenstein" being almost identical (a different
take, perhaps), but"Don't Go Home Joe" features a saxophone
which is not on the album version.
1989
====
LP/CD Bare Bone Nest:
Frankenstein/Don't Go Home Joe/Don't Play Cello/You're Mine
Blues/Shot Bayou/Night Train Miss/Fly On/Bone Bone Baby/
Round Table Blues/Till The Day I Die/She's So Alone/Save My
Soul/Bare Bone Nest
(Spirit SPIRITLP 1/SPIRITCD 1)
Notes: "Bone Bone Baby" is a new version.
1992
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7" Don't Say I'm So Evil (slow)/Don't Say I'm So Evil (fast)
CDS Don't Say I'm So Evil (slow)/Don't Say I'm So Evil (fast)/
Don't Say I'm So Evil (medium)
(Spirit SPIRITS 009/SPIRITCDS 009)
LP/CD Big Lupu:
Bubblegum Couple/Don't Say I'm So Evil (slow)/Household
Affairs/Tired Of Being Drunk/Birdy/I'm Right/Crippled And
Blind Blues/Texacoson/Papa/Swamp Blues/All Night Cafe/She's
So Shy/Hawk Walk
(Spirit SPIRITLP 7/SPIRITCD 7)
CDS Swamp Blues/Birdy
(SPIRITCDS 012)
--
Kimmo Saaskilahti * "If you want to pet that old hound dog,
trkisa@uta.fi * make sure he ain't rolled in shit"
* - Neil Young
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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 19:25:27 +0100 (MET)
From: Petter Tiilikainen <burrito@ludd.luth.se>
Subject: new Bear Quartet CD EP 'Revisited'
Hi!
Today I read a free magazine called 'city nytt' which comes out in all the
coast cities in Norrland. (Sundvall, Umea, Skelleftea, Pitea, Lulea).
They had a presentation of many of all those bands coming out of this region.
Where they mentioned a new CD EP from the Bear Quartet called 'Revisited'
which should have been released recently. Anyone seen this in the shops?
(I searched for it in all the record shops here in Lulea and couldn't find
it.. And they usually use to have it on the same day as it is released...)
However this magazine had short articles about bands like A Shrine, Stardog,
Puffin, Honeymoons (?), BQ Randy, Blithe. And also these more mainstreamish
bands like Popsicle, This Perfect Day and Wannadies.
best regards, Petter
[Looking for.. I don't know. Searching thru every block...]
[For I don't know / Cosy Den - Bear Quartet 1993 ]
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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 01:11:25 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Recent ramblings
I'm back!
Where I've been? :) Okay, I've been away for the last week, going
to some concerts (Just D and Charlatans), having some personal..
things to do. Life gets that way sometimes. Some things just to
start things though:
To those who have tried to subscribe the last week - I'm sorry.
Haven't been able to add or remove anyone from the list, but now,
everything should be fixed. (I had almost 300 letters in my mailbox
when I got back home!)
Regarding Easy: I've bought both the album (Sun Years) and the
Fortran 5 mix (Listen To The Bells), and I'll reply to the messages
that were posted earlier regarding them asap.
Regarding Pleasurehouse: Yes, I have info, interviews and whatnot.
I'll post that info as well, asap.
Other swedish indie bands: I've bought two new compilations with
loads of new swedish indie, and will write a bit about them asap.
The Digest version will also be sent out asap. (2 issues or more
I think).
Don't remember right now what else I was supposed to write, but
anyways. Keep posted, and post. :)
Erik
(P.S. asap means thursday night. D.S.) :)
End of SI Digest #1.04
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