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Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol 03 Issue 01
Scandinavian Indie Digest Tue Jan 02, 1996 Volume 3 : Issue 01
There are 30 messages totalling 1133 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Poptown '96
2. Popsicle on ZTV
3. Smash Hit Wonders Interview [09-Nov-95]
4. Interviews
5. What's happening in Linkoping?
6. Popsicle Official WWW Site / Ride Split (2)
7. Motor Tour List [18-Dec-95] Last this year
8. Upcoming gigs in Link|ping
9. Strange things happen at Gino
10. Stefan Sundstr|m Live
11. Radiohead Live (P3)
12. Mouth News
13. SI's UWUMRL
14. NON-SCAN: Ride/Gino/Slowdive SCAN: Sundstr|m
15. Selected News [22-Dec-95]
16. More Upcoming Gigs in Linkoping
17. SI's WUIMotR&T List [22-Dec-95]
18. WWW Pages
19. Cloudberry Jam
20. NON-SCAN: Gino/Slowdive
21. Gino/Photos/Slowdive
22. Salt in the USA
23. Salt in the US / Kolrassa Krokidandi (2)
24. SI's WUIMotR&T List [29-Dec-95]
25. More WWW News
26. More Upcoming Gigs...
27. Selected News
28. Texas Jesus is coming!
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Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 23:18:15 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Poptown '96
The swedish national radio channel P3 have recently awarded the
southern town Lund "Poptown '96". With this award, Lund will host
a three day mini-festival starting on thursday the 8th of February
1996 and it ends on saturday 10th, at Mejeriet. P3 will broadcast
four hours live each night 18:00 -> 24:00.
Here's the scheduled live bands so far:
Thu 8/2 - Satantic Surfers, S.P.O.C.K., Popsicle
Fri 9/2 - Agurk Players, Tiny Poetry, tba
Sat 10/2 - Colubrids, Milky, Wilmer X
and there's a lot of other things happening as well, demo
contests, seminars, etc etc.
Tickets will be released on monday December 18th, 1995.
Info phone: +46-(0)46-123811
Tickets can be bought from: Lund - Folk } Rock, Gleerups, Mejeriet
Malm| - Folk } Rock, Jukebox, Musik & Konst
Mejeriet open their doors at 17:00 each night.
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 23:17:54 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Popsicle on ZTV
For those who aren't able to get ZTV, ZTV News had an interview
with the band and their producer Niklas Frisk (from Atomic Swing),
played some songs from the new self-titled Popsicle album and
showed the "new" video this week, as well as stated that the
band will start touring at the end of january 1996.
//Erik
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Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 03:40:20 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Smash Hit Wonders Interview [09-Nov-95]
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Scandinavian Indie Presents: A short interview with
Smash Hit Wonders
by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se)
after a gig at Herrgar'n, Linkoping, Sweden, 09-Nov-95.
Smash Hit Wonders are:
Petter Nyhlin (vocals)
Thomas Blixt (guitar)
Jesper Klarin (drums)
Johan Avedal (bass)
(c) 1995 Scandinavian Indie
If the answer is "A." it was answered by the group as a whole.
If the answer is "MB." it was answered by their manager, Magnus Bengtsson.
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Q. WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE GIG TONIGHT?
A. It was fun to play, even though the stage broke. One of the legs on one
of those squares that makes the stage just broke and Petter fell
backwards! Maybe it was time for it to break, when it's been swaying
for such a long time.
MB. You almost couldn't hear the drums. We wanted them a bit back on the
stage, but during soundcheck the soundcheck-guy wanted them where they
were.
Q. WHAT SONGS DID YOU PLAY?
PN. It was quite a few.. 'Socialism', 'Summer of '89', 'Golden Haircut',
'Straight Edge Song', 'Alltogether Now', 'Breaking the Bonds of Male
Power', 'I Never', 'Superbambi' and 'Let Freedom Ring With a Shotgun
Blast'. The extras were 'Manic Monday' and 'Wannabe a Wannabe'. We had
world premiere on 'Alltogether Now' and 'I Never' tonight!
Q. WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
PN. We're fom Skovde! The second best band from that town really.
Kracklites is the number one! They play some kind of hardcore-techno,
like if the Doors would play techno today. People are really afraid
of them! The guy who sings is like 120 kg, and looks lethal. At least
that's what everyone says. Petter's talked to them, asking them to
play live more than they do, but no-one dares to hire them. They
simply kick ass.
Q. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT PLAYING?
PN. I'm unemployed and without a place to stay at the moment, Thomas
sweeps chimneys, Jesper works as a music teacher and Johan is a
student (film). Our manager, Magnus is a media teacher, reporter
at TV4, student and, of course, manager.
Q. WHO WRITES THE LYRICS / MUSIC?
PN. I write all the lyrics and work with Thomas on the music. But all of
us arrange the songs.
Q. HOW ABOUT RELEASES?
PN. [Laugh] It's pretty embarrasing. One demo. That's it.
In December 1994.
Q. COULD YOU NAME SOME OF YOUR INFLUENCES?
A. Pixies, Sebadoh, Blithe, Bob Hund, Jam, Neil Young, Machinehead -
that's where the 'Let Freedom Ring...'-title comes from, but we would
never actually buy something they've made though.
TB. The Who, Small Faces and Savages are really my influences.
PN. Redheads!
Q. DO YOU LISTEN TO OTHER SWEDISH BANDS?
A. Sure we do! Bob Hund, as number one, then Naked! Other than that, well,
Kent, Honey Is Cool, Souls, Salt, Blithe. And Loosegoats. They're
really great, friendly and all.
Q. ARE YOU TOURING RIGHT NOW?
PN. No, not at all. The next gig we know of is in Sundsvall on the 9th
of December, together with Blithe and Honey Is Cool. We have a
preliminary date in Skovde on the 8th of December though. That's
pretty much it for this year. Next year we'll play at the Underground
in Gothenburg, on February 10th.
Q. WHAT FESTIVALS HAVE YOU PLAYED?
PN. We've played the Emmaboda festival this year (1995), Araby '95, which
was an anti-rasist gala with about 15.000 people in Vaxjo and then the
Kamikaze festival in Hova this summer.
Q. WILL WE SEE YOU SIGNED TO A LABEL SOON?
PN. Well, we're talking a bit with Soap right now, but they want a lot
more material from us before they release anything or sign us for
that matter. It's kind of good that everything's a bit slow for us
right now. We get a lot of time to rehearse new songs, which is
needed if we want that contract. Anyway, Ceilidh (Good Dog Records)
want to release something with us, if the new Stevepops, a good old
four-track 7",sells well. That's all we know right now.
Q. HAVE YOU BEEN FEATURED IN ANY MAGAZINES OR PAPERS?
PN. Yes! We got a fantastic review in Avenyn (entertainment section in
Goteborgs Posten), and from a load of fanzines. Almost too good
reviews to be honest about it. Pop and SA have reviewed our Demo
as well, but the reviewer in SA really didn't know what she was
doing, saying we were "lo-fi"!
Q. ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO END THIS INTERVIEW WITH?
A. We had a motor-accident a week ago, which could've ended really really
bad. Bengan [MB] was driving the van, I think we were going to Borange,
and listened to Goldie pretty loud. Petter just played a bit with
Bengan's cellular phone, but Bengan wanted him to put it down, in a
safe place. Petter put it in a little holder on the dashboard which
he thought to be a really really safe place. But that wasn't what
Bengan thought, so he was about to grab it, and...
TB. I shouted _What the hell!!!_.
A. The road turned, Bengan didn't. He almost hit a telephone pole doing
80 km/h!
TB. I just screamed: _Hit the brakes! Hit the brakes!_. Then, when we
finally stopped, I remebered the trailer!
A. The trailer went to hell. Though we were lucky that it just snapped
like that from the van, or we wouldn't be here now. The funny thing
is that even though all this happened, the cellular phone was still
lying in the holder on the dashboard! A lot of stuff on the trailer
were broken though, and we had to cancel our gigs in Borange and
Falun, which made us lose about 10-15.000 kronor. But we didn't need
to pay anything repairing the broken instruments. Thomas and Jesper
fixed everything themselves.
Smash Hit Wonders can be contacted through snail mail to:
Magnus Bengtsson
PL 8124A
541 91 Skovde
SWEDEN
Scandinavian Indie Smash Hit Wonders interview 09-nov-95
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Snail-mail: Erik Soderstrom, Bjornkarrsg. 13 B:34, 582 51 Linkoping, Sweden
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//Erik
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Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 03:46:14 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Interviews
Forgot to say that _all_ interviews are also available in HTML-format
(a bit nicer-looking :)) on the Scandinavian Indie WWW pages.
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/inter.html
lists all available interviews.
//Erik
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:11:57 +0100
From: asaer742@knuten.liu.se (Asa Erlfeldt)
Subject: What's happening in Linkoping?
Does anybody have any clue about who or what may or may not be playing this
winter in Linkoping? And what bookings are coming up at Herrgarn?
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 20:57:32 +0100
From: Erik S|derstr|m <chief@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Popsicle Official WWW Site / Ride Split
Just got a message from Popsicle telling me that they have just
opened their own official WWW homepage. You can find it at:
http://www.popsicle.se/binary/
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Non-Scan:
Ride announced that the band is no more (today?). The album they
have been working during 1995 will _not_ be released.
//Erik
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 02:40:38 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Motor Tour List [18-Dec-95] Last this year
Motor Tour List
18 December 1995
59 times the pain Burning Heart
25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New
Eggstone's gig in Simrishamn December 30th is cancelled.
Gordon Roligan Rec.
21/12 Gothenburg - Q-Club New
Liberator Burning Heart
21/12 Gothenburg - Q-Club New
22/12 Stockholm - Studion New
Millencolin Burning Heart
support : 59 times the pain
19/1 Fieberbrunn (A) - World Pro Half pipe final
25/1 Kopenhamn - Pumpehuset
27/1 Arvidjaur - Medborgarhuset
10/2 Stockholm - Studion New
17/2 Stockholm - Big Jump Cup New
23/2 Malmo - KB New
6/3 Osaka - Club Quattro
7/3 Nagoya - Club Quattro
8/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro
9/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro
No Fun at all Burning Heart
25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset
31/1 Utrecht (NL) - Tivoli
1/2 Nijmegen (NL) - Doomroojse
2/2 Eidhoven (NL) - Effenaar
3/2 Amsterdam (NL) - Melkweg
5/2 Mari (G) - tba
6/2 Frankfurt (G)
7/2 Luzern (CH)
8/2 Bern (CH)
9/2 Basel (CH)
10/2 Zurich (CH)
11/2 Bregens (A)
13/2 Munchen (G)
14/2 Linz (A)
16/2 Stuttgart (D)
17/2 Mannheim (D)
18/2 Koln (D)
20/2 Dortmund (D)
21/2 Bielefeld (D)
22/2 Ebbenburen (D)
23/2 Pinee (D)
24/2 Berlin (D)
25/2 Hamburg (D)
1/3 Fagersta - Showcaseparty
2/3 Orebro - Showcaseparty
6/3 Osaka - Club Quattro
7/3 Nagoya - Club Quattro
8/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro
9/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro
30/3 Sundsvall - Big Jump Cup New
Randy Dolores Rec.
16/12 Arvidsjaur - Medborgarhuset
Satanic Surfers Burning Heart
19/1 Lund - Mejeriet
25/1 Stockholm - Studion New
Satanic Surfers, 59 times the pain & Bodyjar Burning Heart
27/1 Stockholm - Studion New
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Bodyjar Burning Heart
25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New
CIV (US) Wea
1/2 Copenhagen - Stengade 30
2/2 Oslo - Blitz
3/2 Stockholm - Studion
D`Angelo (US) Emi
9/2 Stockholm - Gino
10/2 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset
Foetus (US) Big Cat/MNW ILR
special guest : Morning Glory Warner
25/2 Copenhagen - Loppen New
G.Love & Special Sauce (US) Sony
24/1 Lund - Mejeriet
25/1 Stockholm - Gino
Marion (UK) Polygram
1/3 Stockholm - Studion New
2/3 Copenhagen - Loppen New
Ruby (UK) Sony
22/1 Stockholm - Studion
23/1 Oslo - So What
Shelter (US) Roadrunner/MNW ILR
13/2 Copenhagen - Loppen New
14/2 Linkoping - Skylten New
15/2 Stockholm - Studion New
16/2 Gothenburg - Musikens Hus New
17/2 Lund - Mejeriet New
Ten foot pole (US) Border/Epitaph
18/1 Borlonge - Kosmos
19/1 Lund - Mejeriet
Urge Overkill (US) MCA
12/2 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New
13/2 Stockholm - Gino New
Voodoo glow Skulls (US) Border/ Epitaph
23/1 Lund - Mejeriet
24/1 Stockholm - Studion
Motor presents the following artists at the Venue Festival (Denmark) 1996
Boghandle Sony
25/1 Copenhagen - Stengade 30
26/1 Hadeslev - Aktivitetshuset
27/1 Esbjerg - Tobaksfabrikken
G.Love & Special Sauce Sony
28/1 Copenhagen - Loppen
Selig Sony
27/1 Copenhagen - Loppen
Southen Culture On The Skids Geffen/MCA
25/1 Copenhagen - Stengade 30
26/1 Haderslev - Aktivitetshuset
27/1 Esbjerg - Tobaksfabrikken
Voodoo Glow Skulls Epitaph/Border
25/1 Albertslund - Forbrondingen
26/1 Arhus - Musikcafeen
27/1 Alborg - 1000fryd
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 02:41:01 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Upcoming gigs in Link|ping
On Tue, 19 Dec 1995, asaer742@knuten.liu.se (Asa Erlfeldt) wrote:
> Does anybody have any clue about who or what may or may not be playing this
> winter in Linkoping? And what bookings are coming up at Herrgarn?
As of today, there are only two bands completely booked at Herrgar'n,
and the starting schedule looks like this:
11/1 - Local band, tba
18/1 - nothing (I think it's a kravall that night)
25/1 - Melony
1/2 - tba
8/2 - Sludge Nation
Melony is the latest band signed to the SOAP label, and sounds somewhat
like Eggstone. The three in the band all come from Stockholm, and they
will release an EP in January.
Other bands that are planned but not yet completely booked include
A Shrine (West Side, will release a new album in March), and Ludo X
(from Copenhagen, Denmark, have released an album in Denmark and
a single "Audience" in Sweden. The album will be released in Sweden
in January, mixed by Tore Johansson).
That's about all I know at the moment. I haven't seen Skylten's schedule
and I had no idea Starmarket played there on December 12th. A bit sad,
that their information doesn't reach more people I mean.
//Erik
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 08:59:02 +0100
From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: Popsicle Official WWW Site / Ride Split
>Ride announced that the band is no more (today?). The album they
>have been working during 1995 will _not_ be released.
Has anyone checked out their new semi-boot "Live Light"???
It has a homepage: http://plaza.interport.net/mutiny/ridehomepage.htm
Very strange, but the guys at Pet Sounds said that the band liked it so
much that they released it officially...
Sad news about the split, though. :(
Jan Sundstrom
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:16:00 +0100
From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: Strange things happen at Gino
>> What can i say? Hope noone gets offended by this, (sorry, women on the
>> list!), but this was a weird and wonderful experience. I haven't seen the
>> pic yet, but i really hope they turned out OK.
Yeah, i got the pics now. Some of them really turns me on! Girls kissing,
just like the Suede album sleeve. No offence, but there's something
there...
> All I wanted to say really was that Gino is a great place. The first
> and last place I got to see Slowdive live too, by the way.
Hey, you missed out at the marvellous Passagen gig back in 92?! I saw them
three times during that tour: Uppsala, G=E4vle(!) and Stockholm. Got'em on
tape!
Jan Sundstrom
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:16:53 +0100
From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: Stefan Sundstr|m Live
>Sorry about the late reply (to everyone on the list) but I'm isolated at
>home with the damn flu at the moment. Anyway, Stefan Sundstr|m. Yes,
>it will be broadcasted next week on tuesday 19/12 (P3 Live, 21.03).
F**k i missed out again. Damn . Anyone taped???
Jan Sundstrom
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 17:38:53 +0100
From: Erik S|derstr|m <chief@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Radiohead Live (P3)
Someone asked when the Radiohead gig at Gino (1-dec-95) would be broadcasted
on the swedish national radio channel P3, and now I have received an answer
to that question:
* Radiohead, Live at Gino 1/12 will be broadcasted on January 1st 1996.
A great way to start the year, isn't it? :)
//Erik
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 02:32:09 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Mouth News
Mouth - have recorded four new songs, which will be released on an EP
soon (January / February). They have also made a new video
to the song "Hole of Your Head", which is to be released
next week (week 52). The US version of their CD, also named
Hole of Your Head, was earlier said to be released in the US
on February 13th 1996, though now it looks like March will
be the month.
//Erik
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 02:32:35 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: SI's UWUMRL
Scandinavian Indie's
Updated Weekly Upcoming Music Releases List
21-Dec-95
Date Artist Title Format Label
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Now Monster Honor Your Friends CD AMI
Now Moose Live a Little Love a Lot CD Play It Again Sam
Now PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love & B CD Island / Polygram
Now Popsicle Not Forever CD5 Telegram Records
Now Spacemen 3 Live In Europe CD HOK Space
Now Swans Love of Life CD HOK Young
27 Dec Popsicle Popsicle CD Telegram Records
29 Jan Popundret tba CD West Side Fabr.
29 Jan The Drowners tba CD A West Side Fabr.
5 Feb Svart Sn| Smock 'n Roll CD Beat Butchers
5 Feb Coca Carola Dagar Kommer CD Beat Butchers
5 Feb Radioaktiva R{ker Res Dig Upp CD Beat Butchers
8 Feb Puffin tba CD5 A West Side Fabr.
13 Feb Mouth Hole Of Your Head (US) CD ? in the US of A.
25 Feb Puffin tba CD A West Side Fabr.
Feb/Mar Tuk Tuk Rally tba CD Beat Butchers
Mar A Shrine tba CD A West Side Fabr.
Other first quarter 1996
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? ??? Atomic Swing tba CD ?
? ??? Kent tba CD BMG
Note that all dates are preliminary!
Anyone knows something that should be added to this list? _Souls_ for
example?
//Erik
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 02:33:34 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: NON-SCAN: Ride/Gino/Slowdive SCAN: Sundstr|m
On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote:
>> Ride announced that the band is no more (today?). The album they
>> have been working during 1995 will _not_ be released.
>
> Has anyone checked out their new semi-boot "Live Light"???
> It has a homepage: http://plaza.interport.net/mutiny/ridehomepage.htm
> Very strange, but the guys at Pet Sounds said that the band liked it so
> much that they released it officially...
Semi-boot? I better check out that page. I also read in today's NME that
they are releasing a single, _and_ that they are releasing the CD as
well (in february / march). One could almost think they were signed
to Creation. <g>
> Sad news about the split, though. :(
Really.
> Yeah, i got the pics now. Some of them really turns me on! Girls kissing,
> just like the Suede album sleeve. No offence, but there's something
> there...
You better scan some of them, Jan...
> Hey, you missed out at the marvellous Passagen gig back in 92?! I saw them
> three times during that tour: Uppsala, G{vle(!) and Stockholm. Got'em on
> tape!
Which one do you have on tape? The one they broadcasted on the radio (P3)?
I just turned on the radio one night and there they were. I only managed
to record 2 1/2 songs :-(. Maybe we could do a trade of some sort? I know
they have played in J|nk|ping as well, but I think that was 1991, and I
missed that one as well.
>> Sorry about the late reply (to everyone on the list) but I'm isolated at
>> home with the damn flu at the moment. Anyway, Stefan Sundstr|m. Yes,
>> it will be broadcasted next week on tuesday 19/12 (P3 Live, 21.03).
>
> F**k i missed out again. Damn . Anyone taped???
Sorry. :( But you'll have a second chance to tape Foo Fighters! Their
gig will be re-broadcasted on thursday (28/12) (P3 Live as usual).
//Erik
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 18:46:25 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Selected News [22-Dec-95]
Some Selected Scandinavian Indie News
Cardigans - have almost sold 1.000.000 copies of their album "Life".
In January, they are on an european tour together with
Bluetones, Heavy Stereo and Fluffy. Countries selected
for this tour includes the UK, Holland and France.
Cloudberry Jam - are in the studio recording their new full-length,
which is planned to be released in February. Most
of the album is recorded at Toodle Recordings (which
is Jorgen Warnstrom's (guitar, vocals) own studio)
in Linkoping. Strings, brass and vocals will be added
at Silence Studios in Koppom (where Popsicle's new
album was recorded for example). The final mixing
will be made in Umea.
Coca Carola - who are soon celebrating their 10-year anniversary will
play at Kulturhuset (Stockholm) on wednesday (27/12).
No fee, it's free. :) Be there at 19:00.
Flakes - from Linkoping are playing at Kafe 44 (Stockholm) on thursday
(28/12) together with Loosegoats. Be there at 19:00.
Popsicle - received 2 points (out of 5) in today's (22/12) Expressen
Fredag from reviewer Mans Ivarsson, who stated in his
review that he would not fall for the hype, and didn't
care if he would be "left out in the cold" because of it.
Somersault - had to change their name, because a hard rock band from
Karlstad registered the name as theirs recently. So now
they are called Aquadays. Martin Aamot (vocals, guitar)
says that they picked two words they all found beautiful
and put them together, trying to avoid selecting a "real"
word. They will record their new demo after the new year
festivities, and it will be released in the middle of
January.
//Erik
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 18:46:05 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: More Upcoming Gigs in Linkoping
Speaking of upcoming gigs in Link|ping, today I received information
from Skylten, and it looks like this:
Booked bands (w/date): Booked bands (w/out date):
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Jan 24 - Swervedriver CIV
Feb 14 - Shelter Garmarna
Preliminary bands:
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My Bloody Valentine (!)
Snapcase
They're looking for bands who want to open for these bands as well,
so if you're interested, send your demo(s)/CD(s)/information to:
Kevin
Box 1026
581 10 Linkoping
(Sweden)
//Erik
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 18:47:04 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: SI's WUIMotR&T List [22-Dec-95]
Scandinavian Indie's
Weekly Updated Interesting Music on the Radio & Television List
December 22nd -> December 28th
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Swedish National Radio Channel P3
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Day Date Artist Recorded
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Fri 22/12 Sator ?
Sat 23/12 nothing
Sun 24/12 Ardis Hultsfred, 26-Aug-95
Mon 25/12 Chris Isaak ?
Tue 26/12 Mike Scott ?
Wed 27/12 Lordz Of Brooklyn ?
Thu 28/12 Foo Fighters ?
Always at 21.03. Except fridays: 21.10.
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Various TV Channels
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Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time
--- ----- ----------------------- ------------------- ------------- -----
Fri 22/12 Festivals '95 Festivals '95 MTV Europe 20.00
Sun 24/12 Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 22.30
Wed 27/12 Bj|rk Artist ZTV 22.10
Thu 28/12 Clawfinger Artist ZTV 23.40
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 01:56:36 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: WWW Pages
I've updated and changed (completely) a lot of pages on the
Scandinavian Indie WWW site, and I will continue with this
during the whole christmas-new-year-holidays, so don't be
alarmed if something seems to be missing one day, or something
new is added another. It's perfectly "normal". :-)
By the way,
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you all!
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 02:23:36 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Cloudberry Jam
Did I forget to mention that Cloudberry Jam now have their own
homepage? If I did, well, here is the address:
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~jennie/html/cbjhem.htm
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 14:42:42 +0100
From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: NON-SCAN: Gino/Slowdive
>> Yeah, i got the pics now. Some of them really turns me on! Girls kissing,
>> just like the Suede album sleeve. No offence, but there's something
>> there...
>
>You better scan some of them, Jan...
Yeah, the requests are flooding in already ;) Actually i will, but the
scanner here is locked up over Xmas, and i'll try to work that machine out
after newyear. I've never scanned stuff before, i must admit.
Slowdive:
>> I saw them three times during that tour: Uppsala, G{vle(!) and Stockholm.
>Which one do you have on tape? The one they broadcasted on the radio (P3)?
All three! + the radio BC! They are quite ok, incl my backstage interview
in Gavle when they play some My Bloody Valentine song on acoustic guitar..
>I know they have played in J|nk|ping as well, but I think that was 1991...
No, that must have been on the same tour. February 92 i believe.
Jan Sundstrom
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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 05:24:52 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Gino/Photos/Slowdive
On Sat, 23 Dec 1995, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote:
>> You better scan some of them, Jan...
>
> Yeah, the requests are flooding in already ;) Actually i will, but the
> scanner here is locked up over Xmas, and i'll try to work that machine out
> after newyear. I've never scanned stuff before, i must admit.
I bet they do! :) Well, get back to me (us) when you're ready!
>> Which one do you have on tape? The one they broadcasted on the radio (P3)?
>
> All three! + the radio BC! They are quite ok, incl my backstage interview
> in Gavle when they play some My Bloody Valentine song on acoustic guitar..
And why haven't I heard of this before? Jan? Now I'm really interested,
but I guess it'll be better if we continue this through email, right?
>> I know they have played in J|nk|ping as well, but I think that was 1991...
>
> No, that must have been on the same tour. February 92 i believe.
Strange that, because some of my friends in J|nk|ping said 1991 but
I guess they could have made a mistake.
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 17:35:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Chris Forsberg <forsberg@charm.net>
Subject: Salt in the USA
Hej!
Guess what? I just heard Salt on the radio (WHFS, a Baltimore
"alternative" station) last night, REALLY late. It
was "Bluster", and the dj admitted they had just gotten in this import cd
single (I'm fucking flabbergasted that they played it, this station
usually just rams the same dozen or so tunes down everyones throat til
they're sick of them). Here's hoping a buzz gets going on this band so
some of us yanks get to see them over here some day.
ALSO: just a general FYI for anyone who hasn't heard or doesn't know: the
Icelandic band Kolrassa Krokidandi (aka Bellatrix) are *incredible*. I
remember Albert Sigurdsson talking about them months and months ago, but
I have to agree, they are just too good. Their CD "Kyjasogur" refuses to
leave my CD player. It's so good it's scary. I'm led to understand that
they are currently in the US, recording and playing a few dates. Be great
if one of 'em was somewhere near me!
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 23:32:11 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Salt in the US / Kolrassa Krokidandi
On Wed, 27 Dec 1995, Chris Forsberg <forsberg@charm.net> wrote:
> Hej! Guess what? I just heard Salt on the radio (WHFS, a Baltimore
> "alternative" station) last night, REALLY late. It was "Bluster",
> and the dj admitted they had just gotten in this import cd single
> (I'm fucking flabbergasted that they played it, this station usually
> just rams the same dozen or so tunes down everyones throat til they're
> sick of them). Here's hoping a buzz gets going on this band so some
> of us yanks get to see them over here some day.
That's great! I asked my sister (who lives in Boston) to check some
record stores there and see if she could find their album or EP
or something, but she didn't find anything. I missed my chance to
talk to the band when they played here (because I was down with the flu)
too, so I have no idea what's going on, if they're going over there
or anything. I'll have a chat with their label though and see what
I can come up with.
> ALSO: just a general FYI for anyone who hasn't heard or doesn't know: the
> Icelandic band Kolrassa Krokidandi (aka Bellatrix) are *incredible*. I
> remember Albert Sigurdsson talking about them months and months ago, but
> I have to agree, they are just too good. Their CD "Kyjasogur" refuses to
> leave my CD player. It's so good it's scary. I'm led to understand that
> they are currently in the US, recording and playing a few dates. Be great
> if one of 'em was somewhere near me!
Why "aka Bellatrix"? I just talked to my ex, who lives in Reykjavik, if
she knew something about them. And she did. She didn't like them. :)
Anyway, they're supposedly all girls (and one guy), mixing pop/rock/punk
with a traditional icelandic violin. They have never really learned how
to play, so their sound is pretty thin, and they have become popular
because they're a "girl band" and because they've picked pieces of
what's been popular before and followed that thread. <- that's her
talking, I have never heard the band myself. The CD is called
"Kynjas|gur", and it translates to "strange tales". That's about
all I found out. She promised to send me a copy of it, so I get to
hear what they really sound like. :)
//Erik
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 06:40:07 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: SI's WUIMotR&T List [29-Dec-95]
Scandinavian Indie's
Weekly Updated Interesting Music on the Radio & Television List
December 29th -> January 4th
---------------------------------
Swedish National Radio Channel P3
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Day Date Artist Recorded
--- ----- ----------------------------------- -----------------------------
Fri 29/12 Merrymakers ?
Sat 30/12 ? ?
Sun 31/12 nothing
Mon 1/1 Radiohead Stockholm, Gino, 01-Dec-95
Tue 2/1 Sofi Hellborg ?
Wed 3/1 Bootsy Collins ?
Thu 4/1 Swans ?
Always at 21.03, except fridays: 21.10
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Various TV Channels
-------------------
Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time
--- ----- ----------------------- ------------------- ------------- -----
Fri 29/12 R.E.M. Dokumentar ZTV 17.50
R.E.M. Live 1994 TV4 00.45
Sat 30/12 Pop & Indie Pop & Indie ZTV 14.00 R
Tue 2/1 Green Day Live ZTV 20.25
R = Rerun
Sorry for the poor coverage, but I have some problems getting the lists
necessary for a week or two.
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This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie WWW pages:
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/upcoming.html
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//Erik
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 06:40:23 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: More WWW News
WWW-News: Some more pages have been added tonight (Upcoming Releases
--------- and Upcoming Music on the swedish Radio & TV), and there's
new information added regarding the Beat Butchers contest
as well as some other stuff (check the "What's New" page!)
//Erik
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 14:08:17 +0200 (EET)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti)
Subject: Re: More Upcoming Gigs...
According to chief@lysator.liu.se:
* Preliminary bands:
* ------------------
* My Bloody Valentine (!)
This IS a joke, right??!
Kimmo
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 14:12:04 +0200 (EET)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti)
Subject: Re: Selected News
According to chief@lysator.liu.se:
* Cardigans - have almost sold 1.000.000 copies of their album "Life".
Scary. :)
* In January, they are on an european tour together with
* Bluetones, Heavy Stereo and Fluffy. Countries selected
* for this tour includes the UK, Holland and France.
Do you mean that they will play in only those countries? (Yeah, I
won't go into the usual ramble about so few Swedish bands playing in
Finland... :)
* Cloudberry Jam - are in the studio recording their new full-length,
* which is planned to be released in February.
Hey, can't wait that long!
* Popsicle - received 2 points (out of 5) in today's (22/12) Expressen
* Fredag from reviewer Mans Ivarsson, who stated in his
* review that he would not fall for the hype, and didn't
* care if he would be "left out in the cold" because of it.
Eh...what hype? Did he say anything about how the album sounds like
compared with the previous ones?
Kimmo
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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 00:14:39 +0200 (EET)
From: Albert Svan Sigurdsson <sigurdss@cc.helsinki.fi>
Subject: Texas Jesus is coming!
The experimental fun-rock group Texas Jesus from Iceland will be
coming to Finland and Norway in the next few months. If you think
you can help arrange a gig, arrange a support band or if yer just
plain interested in the band then email me. Spread the news.
..Albert
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 11:21:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Chris Forsberg <forsberg@charm.net>
Subject: Re: Salt in the US / Kolrassa Krokidandi
On Thu, 28 Dec 1995 chief@lysator.liu.se wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Dec 1995, Chris Forsberg <forsberg@charm.net> wrote:
>
> > Hej! Guess what? I just heard Salt on the radio (WHFS, a Baltimore
> > "alternative" station) last night, REALLY late. It was "Bluster",
Erik wrote:
> That's great! I asked my sister (who lives in Boston) to check some
> record stores there and see if she could find their album or EP
> or something, but she didn't find anything.
Update: my best friend just told me his wife heard this Swedish band
called Salt on the radio, had I heard of them? :-) He told me that the dj
was saying that their album was out here (USA), that you could buy it...but
this confuses me! They are on MVG, a Swedish indie label, right? How on
earth could this be available here, except on import? Unless they have
just been signed to some major label or something....maybe the dj doesn't
know what he's talking about, or Kelly heard wrong....
> > ALSO: just a general FYI for anyone who hasn't heard or doesn't know: the
> > Icelandic band Kolrassa Krokidandi (aka Bellatrix) are *incredible*. I
> > remember Albert Sigurdsson talking about them months and months ago, but
> Why "aka Bellatrix"?
The band has gotten this name "Bellatrix" for their album "Strange
Tales", which is totally done in English, unlike their other albums they
did under the name "Kolrassa Krokidandi"......I do not know if they have
permanently changed their name to Bellatrix, or if they are going with 2
names, one for Island and the other for the rest of the
world....actually, common sense tells me that they have probably changed
their name to Bellatrix, but I can't say for sure. Anybody know??
> I just talked to my ex, who lives in Reykjavik, if
> she knew something about them. And she did. She didn't like them. :)
> Anyway, they're supposedly all girls (and one guy), mixing pop/rock/punk
> with a traditional icelandic violin. They have never really learned how
> to play, so their sound is pretty thin, and they have become popular
> because they're a "girl band" and because they've picked pieces of
> what's been popular before and followed that thread. <- that's her
> talking, I have never heard the band myself.
I sort of agree with part of this, but violently disagree with the rest!
True, they are 4 girls and one guy, and their sound is a hybrid of
pop/rock/punk, but also folk, postpunk and at times hints at dark goth.
The violin parts make them sound similar (at times) to another Icelandic
band called Reptile that was around in the late 80's/early 90's, but
although Reptile was god-like in my opinion, they were hardly popular, at
least not in any large-scale sense....from listening to them, I can sorta
tell that Bellatrix are self-taught and are not trained musicians, but
hell, to me, this is a plus! I really hate muso shit, and the fact that
they "never really learned how to play" allows them to come up with some
really original guitar riffs, and really interesting song
structures....when I listen to "Kynjasogur" (the Kolrassa album)it is
totally obvious that I am listening to some *truly* gifted songwriters,
but songwriters that maybe don't know what they are doing, if that makes
any sense? It's sorta like Joy Division in that sense....those guys
didn't really know what they were doing and their playing was not very
polished, but they invented a whole new style (and influenced god knows
how many bands in the process).
Now, not living in Island, I can't comment on why they have become
popular there, but if it is as your ex says, then that is a pity. I
happen to really like female vocals, but to make a band popular just
because it contains one sex rather than the other is kinda stupid.
Trendy or no, Bellatrix is a great band.
BTW, their are sound files of Bellatrix and other Icelandic bands on the
Bad Taste label at the Bad Taste website. The homepage is
http://www.siberia.is/badtaste/badmail.htm
If you poke around, you should be able to find the link to the sound file
page....I think you can even download a song.
Later,
Chris Forsberg
forsberg@charm.net
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