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Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol 03 Issue 02
Scandinavian Indie Digest Sun Jan 07, 1996 Volume 3 : Issue 02
There are 22 messages totalling 1185 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Selected News (2)
2. Kolrassa Krokidandi (2)
3. My Bloody Valentine
4. Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi (2)
5. Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi ... plus more (3)
6. Cardigans/Cloudberry Jam/etc
7. Motor Tour List [02-Jan-96]
8. Loosegoats / Lars Nylin (2)
9. HELP!
10. Lars Nylin (2)
11. Selected News [05-Jan-96]
12. Blue for 2 / Stina Nordenstam
13. Salt News
14. Honey Is Cool Interview [23-Nov-95]
15. SI's WUIMotR&T List [05-Jan-96]
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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 22:19:37 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Selected News
On Fri, 29 Dec 1995, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote:
>> Cardigans
>> 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... :)
Yes, it seems like they'll only play in those countries unfortunately,
but I'd rather not see them play at all, because they said all the
gigs and touring are keeping them from recording their new CD, which
they have material ready to go for.
>> Cloudberry Jam
>
> Hey, can't wait that long!
I'll see if I can't get a promo tape or something. :)
>> 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?
He wrote that they would get high scores for whatever they'd release,
because most people in the journalist "in" crowd are their friends,
sort of, and wouldn't even dare to write them down. If they did, they
would be "out", and nobody wants that, he figured. That's what most
of his article said really. He did write that it was general soft
pop that we all have heard a thousand times before, and that it is
nothing special, especially coming from Sweden.
//Erik
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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 22:19:54 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Kolrassa Krokidandi
On Fri, 29 Dec 1995, Chris Forsberg <forsberg@charm.net> 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....
I'm sure MVG have some sort of deal with Sony/Columbia/whatever, managing
their distribution worldwide, as they are available in the UK as well,
but I think I've only seen them available on import there. So I do not
know for a fact.
>> 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 asked Solveig about that name, but she had never heard it. I'll have
another chat with her and hear what she can find - or maybe Albert
(Sigurdsson) knows?
> I sort of agree with part of this, but violently disagree with the rest!
[snip]
I won't say anything before I hear them myself :) so I'll check the
Bad Taste homepage you posted and see if I can't find that song,
and wait for the CD from Solveig. Sounds really interesting to me,
from what you wrote about their sound, though.
> but to make a band popular just because it contains one sex rather
> than the other is kinda stupid.
Unfortunately, it happens all over the world. Even in Sweden :), so
I don't see why it couldn't happen on Iceland as well..
//Erik
************************ HAPPY NEW YEAR ************************
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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 22:19:21 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: My Bloody Valentine
On Fri, 29 Dec 1995, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote:
>> Preliminary bands:
>> ------------------
>> My Bloody Valentine (!)
>
> This IS a joke, right??!
Well, that's what Skylten's magazine said, so I don't think it is,
happily enough. I'll guess the gig will be in March or April, probably
just before or just after the new CD is out.
//Erik
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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 06:24:36 +0200 (EET)
From: Albert Svan Sigurdsson <sigurdss@cc.helsinki.fi>
Subject: Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi
Gledilegt Nytt Ar (Icelandic new years greeting)
Glad to hear people talking about the best band in Iceland lately.
I just happen to know everything about Kolrassa Krokridandi (KK) and
can clear up most info about them except the facts if you like their
music or not. First I wanna say that Kolrassa Krokridandi is their
original Icelandic name, but since they wanted to tour abroad and
release a CD for the rest of the world to dribble over they adopted
the 2nd name Bellatrix. Bellatrix, according to the drummer, Kalli
(the only male in the band) means a good trix or a good blowjob. If
that means that he wants a good 'trix' or if the girls can give one
I dont know ;-)
So some history here, KK was formed in ca. 1990, but the girls had
known each other for a while before. Yes, I said the girls because
KK started out as a 4 girl band. In 1991 they were in a contest for
the best young band in Iceland and they won, not because they were
females, but because they were original in theyr songs and style and
also because all the other bands were playing some death metal crap.
The main story the press wrote about the band was about them being
girls, and this was considered a big thing by some pop writers.
Winning the competition KK could go to a studio and record their songs.
They released a CD called Drapa in late '92 and it was not a hit with
the public, fortunately, and it was obviously not intended to. Their
musical style was too heavy to be pop and the music was serious rather
than catchy. So Drapa was not a hit, but it was good original music
based on the English new-wave scene (Stone Roses, Charlatans, Ride) but
KK added some traditional Icelandic music influences, a great sounding
violin and some raw quality to it, making it what it is, great songs.
After this the band went throug some transitions, the drummer dropped
out and they got Kalli the drummer boy instead, making them a semi-girly
band only. They also added another guitar player, Anna. So now they
are five: Eliza (singer/violinist), Bibi (bass), Sigrun (guitar), Anna
and Kalli.
They wrote alot of new material and did another CD in late
1993 called 'Kynjasogur' (strange tales). This CD is much lighter than
the previous one, they have developed their own true style, using some
real inventive backing vocals, violin and great song writing. This CD
is what convinced me about them being the most original current band in
Iceland. Therefore I contacted them and got off their asses to come to
Scandinavia and play. So in April last year they played 2 gigs in Copen-
hagen and one in Helsinki (where I am based). Kolrassa also toured as
Bellatrix in November. They played in Denmark, France, England and if
I remember right also in Belgium, Germany and more.
Both CD's were released on the Bad Taste label in Iceland. Bad taste
has now decided to expand and open an publishing office in the US also
so the two first releases on BT USA were Bellatrix's 'Stranger Tales' and
Unun's 'Super Shiny Dreams' (I can give you the Unun story also if you
want). KK also had many songs on various artists albums, I can think of
five of the top of my head.
I dont know why people are talking about them not being "trained musicians"
what the hell does that mean ? When KK started Eliza had been learning
the violin for years, Bibi on bass was very ambitious and became quite
good very quickly, the guitar player, Sigrun, sometimes had problems
following, but hey that only made them more appealing. This is how any
band should start. If everybody just graduates from some music academy
and starts playing some educated pop/rock/whatever it is bound to be
a little sterile. KK was never sterile. Anyways, Eliza has taken some
vocal training, since all that screaming can be hard on the throat. Kalli
is an excellent drummer, having played in a speed metal band before.
Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi is IMO the best band in Iceland, but
there are two close up to the title, Unun and Texas Jesus. Unun is an
expert band including Thor of the Sugarcubes, Gunni of Dr. Gunni fame
and Heida the perfect pop vocalist. They play pop and are proud of it.
Texas Jesus is more harder to classify, they play rock music, but have
some influences from E-European cartoon music, country music, Nick Cave
plus alot of original ideas. They also have this Trumpet player that
gives them a distinctive sound. Great stuff.
Texas Jesus released one tape in 1993 'Nammsla Tjammsla' and have had 3
songs on various albums since then, but no CD yet. They will prolly do
an album this year and as I posted before they are going to play in
Scandinavia later in spring. If you want them to play in other cities
than Olso and Helsinki you can contact me and help me arrange it
(somebody on the spot needs to book them and hang up a few posters
before they come to play).
OK, there it is some Icelandic in a nutshell. Email me for more info.
Albert Svan Sigurdsson Student of Environmental Geography.
Sigurdss@Helsinki.Fi With emphasis on EIA and GIS methods,
Sibeliuksenkatu 2 B 34 environmental issues in Arctic regions
00260 Helsinki, Finland and the geography of Iceland.
PS
I have some extra Kolrassa Krokridandi CD's (Icelandic versions) that
you can buy if ya want.
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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 11:17:06 +0200 (EET)
From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti)
Subject: Re: Selected News
Happy New Year everybody!
I hope you all have recovered from the festivities by now; also I hope
nobody had a similar dagen efter to mine ;)
Erik S. wrote:
* >> Cardigans
* Yes, it seems like they'll only play in those countries unfortunately,
* but I'd rather not see them play at all, because they said all the
* gigs and touring are keeping them from recording their new CD, which
* they have material ready to go for.
Yeah...anyway, I'd like to see them, because I have read so many of
those "they suck live" reports that I really want to find out myself
:)
* >> Cloudberry Jam
* >
* > Hey, can't wait that long!
*
* I'll see if I can't get a promo tape or something. :)
You're one hip cat, Erik! :)
* >> Popsicle
* > Eh...what hype? Did he say anything about how the album sounds like
* > compared with the previous ones?
*
* He wrote that they would get high scores for whatever they'd release,
* because most people in the journalist "in" crowd are their friends,
* sort of, and wouldn't even dare to write them down. If they did, they
* would be "out", and nobody wants that, he figured.
I see...so his was mainly writing about other journalists reactions to
the new Popsicle album, rather than the album itself... sounds a bit
pathetic to me!
Anyway, I'll soon find out myself what the CD sounds like, as I
happened to find a copy from a local shop here!! As a matter of fact,
it would have been available here already last week - you can't
imagine how shocked I was to hear that!
Naturally it's hard to say by looking at the disc if it's any
different from their previous ones, but at any rate this time they
have printed the lyrics on the booklet! And the last song ('Soft') is
over eight minutes long!!
Kimmo
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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 13:15:49 +0100
From: Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen)
Subject: Re: Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi ... plus more
Albert Svan Sigurdsson <sigurdss@cc.helsinki.fi> wrote:
>
> First I wanna say that Kolrassa Krokridandi is their
> original Icelandic name, but since they wanted to tour abroad and
> release a CD for the rest of the world to dribble over they adopted
> the 2nd name Bellatrix.
Isn't this pretty much a common behaviour when a Scandinavian band with a
(commercially) hopeless name are aiming at an international market?
Off the top of my head I can think of at least two more name changes for
that reason... Sielun Veljet became L'Amourder, and Pojken Med Grodan I Pannan
became Paid Green Parachute. I'm not sure if it helped their sales though,
definitely not for the latter.
And sometimes a band that already have an English name change anyway, for
something shorter and more catchy... like God Damn Carnival turned into Salt,
and TV Pop Crisis became Easy.
Finally, thanx to Erik for the tip about Loosegoats and Flakes at Kafe 44,
which is only 5 minutes from where I live. Flakes started, but I found their
grunge with some equilibristic jazzy breaks pretty boring. It didn't help
much that Peter of former hardcore gods Raped Teenagers played drums.
Then, when Loosegoats where about to start, Lars Nylin (influential pop
journalist) suddenly appeared in the small room where the bands play. Maybe he
was scouting for the big time record label where he works nowadays?? Anyway,
he, just like the rest of the tiny crowd, seemed to like Loosegoats and they
got a good reception. They obviously draw their influences from the US rather
than the UK, which is fine with me. Bands like Dinosaur Jr, Posies, and Sonic
Youth flashed through my head when hearing the 'Goats, and I'll be darned if
they haven't been listening a lot to Bob Hund too.
They had some merchandise there. As far as I could see noone picked up
Flakes' CD, but pretty many got Loosegoats' six track CD "Small Lesbian
Baseball Players". I bought it (so did good old Lars Nylin) and I can
heartily recommend it.
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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 23:55:53 +0100 (MET)
From: Petter Tiilikainen <burrito@ludd.luth.se>
Subject: Re: Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi ... plus more
According to Marten Sahlen:
> just like the rest of the tiny crowd, seemed to like Loosegoats and they
> got a good reception. They obviously draw their influences from the US
> rather than the UK, which is fine with me. Bands like Dinosaur Jr, Posies,
> and Sonic Youth flashed through my head when hearing the 'Goats, and I'll
> be darned if they haven't been listening a lot to Bob Hund too.
How could you forget to mention Archers of Loaf? Don't get me wrong, I like
the Loosegoats, but if you listen to Archers of Loaf's LP "icky mettle"
you'll probably agree that they're more than just an influence to Loosegoats.
petter
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 10:05:51 +0100
From: Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen)
Subject: Re: Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi ... plus more
Petter Tiilikainen <burrito@ludd.luth.se wrote:
> How could you forget to mention Archers of Loaf?
> Don't get me wrong, I like the Loosegoats, but if
> you listen to Archers of Loaf's LP "icky mettle"
> you'll probably agree that they're more than just
> an influence to Loosegoats.
Well, I hate to expose my ignorance, but frankly I have never heard
Archers Of Loaf. Guess I'll have to check them out next.
-- Marten
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:13:10 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Cardigans/Cloudberry Jam/etc
On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote:
> I hope you all have recovered from the festivities by now; also I hope
> nobody had a similar dagen efter to mine ;)
I don't think I did. I spent my evening together with my girlfriend.
Romantic evening, sort of. :)
>>>> Cardigans
>
> Yeah...anyway, I'd like to see them, because I have read so many of
> those "they suck live" reports that I really want to find out myself
> :)
I've seen them live, hmm, six times now, and they have never been
bad, in my ears anyway. Though I have two bootlegs, and on one of
them they really suck, but it was because Nina had a cold and
they should never had played. Anyway, if you check the Motor Tour
list I just posted, you'll notice where they will play. :-/
>>>> Cloudberry Jam
>> I'll see if I can't get a promo tape or something. :)
>
> You're one hip cat, Erik! :)
Ya.. dude. :)
>>>> Popsicle
>
> I see...so his was mainly writing about other journalists reactions to
> the new Popsicle album, rather than the album itself... sounds a bit
> pathetic to me!
Not really as I beleive his review was the first one (correct me if
I'm wrong), so he merely anicipated the storm of "5 out of 5" review
scores to come. He ended the review with the words "so now when you have
read the only negative review of this album, go ahead and read the
top-scoring rest." And I think he does have a point there.
I have to say that I feel that M}ns is the only music journalist working
at Expressen that I respect, which may affect my judgement as well. :)
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:12:36 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Motor Tour List [02-Jan-96]
Motor tour list
January 2, 1996
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This is the first tour list for 1996, which will be the only full list to
be posted to the Scandinavian Indie mailing list. The rest of the year,
only updates and changes to this list will be posted.
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59 times the pain Burning Heart
25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New
The Cardigans Stockholm Records
11/1 Glasgow - Arches New
12/1 Belfast - Mandela Hall New
13/1 Dublin - SFX New
15/1 Manchester - MDH New
16/1 Leeds - University New
17/1 Newcastle - University New
19/1 Wolwerhampton - Civic New
20/1 Bristol - University New
21/1 Cambridge - Junction New
22/1 London - Astoria New
24/1 London - NME Brats Awards New
25/1 Amsterdam - Melkweg New
26/1 Paris - Cafe Des Arts New
Flaskkvartetten MVG
15/2 Gothenburg - Nefertiti New
16/2 Arhus - Blitz New
17/2 Odense - Rytmeposten New
18/2 Birkerod - Mantziussalen New
19/2 Copenhagen - Jazzhouse New
Millencolin Burning Heart
special guest : 59 times the pain
10/1 Stockholm - Studion New
19/1 Fieberbrunn (A) - World Pro Half pipe final
24/1 Karlskrona - Oden New
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 Sunsvall - Big Jump Cup New
Popsicle Telegram/Wea
25/1 Gothenburg - Q-Club New
26/1 Skara - Hanssons Pub New
27/1 Orebro - Martin Mutter New
2/2 Storuman - Hotellet New
3/2 Lulea - Karen New
8/2 Lund - Mejeriet New
9/2 Vaxjo - Elvagarden New
10/2 Ljungby - Terreza New
16/2 Vasteras - Extremes New
18/2 Uppsala - Sten Sture & Co New
22/2 Malmo - KB New
23/2 Hultsfred - Metropol New
24/2 Jonkoping - Eldslandet New
Satanic Surfers Burning Heart
18/1 Borlange - Kosmos New
19/1 Lund - Mejeriet
25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New
8/2 Lund - Mejeriet 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
Moloko (UK) MCA
1/3 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
Superchunk (US) Border
special guest : Seam Border
14/2 Stockholm - Studion New
15/2 Gothenburg - Underground New
16/2 Copenhagen - Loppen New
Ten foot pole (US) Border/Epitaph
16/1 Copenhagen - Cafe Rust
17/1 Norrkoping - Kammaren
18/1 Borlange - Kosmos
19/1 Lund - Mejeriet
Uk Subs (UK)
23/2 Copenhagen - Stengade 30 New
Urge Overkill (US) MCA
special guest :
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 (DK) 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 - Forbrandingen
26/1 Arhus - Musikcafeen
27/1 Alborg - 1000fryd
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*** This list will also be available (with updates/changes) on the
*** WWW pages at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/motor.html (under
*** the "Gig Lists" page). //Erik
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:13:51 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Loosegoats / Lars Nylin
On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) wrote:
> Finally, thanx to Erik for the tip about Loosegoats and Flakes at Kafe 44,
My pleasure. :) I think Loosegoats deserve all the attention they can
get as I feel they're really pushing for somewhat of a change of wind on the
"indie" scene, which probably is needed, with all the soft-pop bands that
currently pop (hmm..) up in every town across the country.
> Flakes started, but I found their grunge with some equilibristic jazzy
> breaks pretty boring.
I totally agree with you on that remark. I've seen them twice, and I
never really did find their "experiments" with their music to come
out sounding better than it would have if they have left it out
completely instead.
> Lars Nylin (influential pop journalist) suddenly appeared in the small
> room where the bands play. Maybe he was scouting for the big time record
> label where he works nowadays??
I haven't heard of this? Has he quit writing? What label? Interesting...
> They had some merchandise there. [snip] pretty many got Loosegoats' six
> track CD "Small Lesbian Baseball Players". I bought it (so did good old
> Lars Nylin) and I can heartily recommend it.
I second that recommendation. It's really worth the money (and it's low price)
and I'll definitely get their full-length when it comes out (preliminary
month - May this year). Did they have those nice "skate-type" t-shirts
for sale as well?
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:14:08 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Kolrassa Krokidandi
On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Albert Svan Sigurdsson <sigurdss@cc.helsinki.fi> wrote:
> Glad to hear people talking about the best band in Iceland lately.
> I just happen to know everything about Kolrassa Krokridandi (KK) and
> can clear up most info about them except the facts if you like their
> music or not.
Thanks for the extensive information you posted about the band! Now
I can't wait to hear them! I'll definitely post a review when I
get the CD.
> They released a CD called Drapa in late '92 [snip]
> Drapa was not a hit, but it was good original music based on the
> English new-wave scene (Stone Roses, Charlatans, Ride)
That sounds just like something that I would love. But I guess that most
of the Manchester wave had blown over around that time (92), which
left them with a pretty small crowd?
> Kolrassa also toured [snip]
Denmark, Finland, France, Belgium, England, Germany...but not in Sweden. :-/
> I dont know why people are talking about them not being "trained musicians"
> what the hell does that mean ? This is how any band should start. If
> everybody just graduates from some music academy and starts playing some
> educated pop/rock/whatever it is bound to be a little sterile.
I agree. I just posted what my ex told me she thought of them. I'd rather
see bands emerge from garages than music academies as well.
> Texas Jesus [snip] are going to play in Scandinavia later in spring.
> If you want them to play in other cities than Olso and Helsinki you can
> contact me and help me arrange it (somebody on the spot needs to book
> them and hang up a few posters before they come to play).
Do you have a more specific date or month they will be around these parts?
And is it possible to receive a demo tape / information sheet or something
like it to pass on to those who handle the bookings?
//Erik
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 96 14:19:05 +0100
From: robert@astro.su.se (Robert Cumming)
Subject: Re: Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi
Albert wrote:
> release a CD for the rest of the world to dribble over they adopted
> the 2nd name Bellatrix. Bellatrix, according to the drummer, Kalli
> (the only male in the band) means a good trix or a good blowjob. If
> that means that he wants a good 'trix' or if the girls can give one
> I dont know ;-)
Or Kalli himself, for all we know! :)
Sounds like a bit of a cover-up to me though. Bellatrix is (also?)
one of the stars in the constellation Orion: the one on the top right,
if I remember correctly. Like so:
* Bellatrix
Betelgeuse *
*
*
*
* Rigel
*
Robert
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Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 14:25:09 +0100
From: Peter Hanning <hanning@elixir.e.kth.se>
Subject: HELP!
Hi all,
I'm looking for a Radiohead show and I got a hint from a friend to try here.
Sorry if this is the wrong place for such a request.
Anyway, my little brother who is into Radiohead missed them on the swedish
radio show P3-Live this monday (January 1st 1996). It was a gig recorded
at Gino (Stockholm) on December 12th 1995. I'm trying to help my brother
by searching for it on internet.
If any kind soul out there has the show and could make my brother a copy
please email me privately as I don't subscribe to this list. My brother
would do (almost) anything to get this.
Also, if someone knows other (better) places to look for this show let me
know. My brother has already called the program secretary of the show
(the producer was on vacation) but she wasn't permitted to make him a
copy. She didn't know if they would re-run the show at a later date.
Thanks for your help,
Peter Hanning
hanning@elixir.e.kth.se
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 14:29:57 +0100
From: Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen)
Subject: Re: Loosegoats / Lars Nylin
chief@lysator.liu.se wrote:
> My pleasure. :) I think Loosegoats deserve all the attention they can
> get as I feel they're really pushing for somewhat of a change of wind on the
> "indie" scene, which probably is needed, with all the soft-pop bands that
> currently pop (hmm..) up in every town across the country.
Yes, definitely. I'm so tired of all these softee bands... Cardigans,
Cinnamon, Happy Dead Men, Eggstone... blaargh! More Mouth and Loosegoats
to the people!
> I haven't heard of this? Has he quit writing? What label? Interesting...
He'll probably never quit writing, at least on a free-lance basis. From what
I've heard he works at Warner (or is it called WEA now?) but I don't know
what his position is. Since I know there are some record label people lurking
on this list maybe they could fill in...
Speaking of Lars Nylin, the other day I re-read an old issue of Sound Affects
from 1990, the one with Sator on the cover. In it, Lars wrote an article about
the current state of Swedish pop music. He admitted having heard Wannadies and
TV Pop Crisis (who changed name to Easy) but they didn't do much for him. He
then predicted that the future for Swedish pop would belong to bands like
Thirteen Moons, Perssons Pack, Leather Nun, and a few more. Boy, was he wrong
there or what?
But of course, how was he supposed to know about the oncoming rumble from the
north... the invasion, fronted by Popsicle, of mop-topped bands from Norrland
that would follow in Wannadies' path. And not to mention the emergence of Bob
Hund. This is proof as good as any that pop'n roll journalism shall be about
what's happening here and now; not to predict what may come in the future,
nor shall it indulge in sticky nostalgia.
> I second that recommendation. It's really worth the money (and it's low price)
> and I'll definitely get their full-length when it comes out (preliminary
> month - May this year). Did they have those nice "skate-type" t-shirts
> for sale as well?
No, only CD's. The Loosegoats' EP costs only 40 SEK, so it's a good investment.
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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 02:14:05 +0100
From: pong@algonet.se (Magnus Astrom)
Subject: Re: Lars Nylin
[Marten Sahlen about Lars Nylin]
>He'll probably never quit writing, at least on a free-lance basis. From what
>I've heard he works at Warner (or is it called WEA now?) but I don't know
>what his position is. Since I know there are some record label people lurking
>on this list maybe they could fill in...
As I design record covers for Warner (among others), I have some inside
information on Lars Nylin's wherabouts. He's indeed working for Warner,
or Telegram rather, which is really of the same thing nowadays, writing
press releases, promotional texts, and as a general resource of music
knowledge.
>Speaking of Lars Nylin, the other day I re-read an old issue of Sound Affects
>from 1990, the one with Sator on the cover. In it, Lars wrote an article about
>the current state of Swedish pop music. He admitted having heard Wannadies and
>TV Pop Crisis (who changed name to Easy) but they didn't do much for him.
>He then predicted that the future for Swedish pop would belong to bands like
>Thirteen Moons, Perssons Pack, Leather Nun, and a few more. Boy, was he wrong
>there or what?
>
>But of course, how was he supposed to know about the oncoming rumble from the
>north... the invasion, fronted by Popsicle, of mop-topped bands from
>Norrland that would follow in Wannadies' path. And not to mention the
>emergence of Bob Hund. This is proof as good as any that pop'n roll
>journalism shall be about what's happening here and now; not to predict
>what may come in the future, nor shall it indulge in sticky nostalgia.
I guess he changed his mind, since he's working with, among others,
Popsicle these days ... ;-)
Best regards,
Magnus Astrom, pong@algonet.se
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 04:11:58 +0100
From: Erik S|derstr|m <chief@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Selected News [05-Jan-96]
Scandinavian Indie's Selected News 05-Jan-96
Blithe - MNW are working on a Blithe (A West Side Fabrication) WWW page
at the moment, which will include pictures, sound samples, links
to other Blithe pages on the net and a history of the band. No
final date when the page is ready though.
Ceilidh - the label based in Link|ping, owned by Ola Hermansson (also
in the band Sonic Surf City), released records with, for example,
Brainpool and Suredo, have put the label on ice after accepting
a job at the Trampolene label (Stockholm Records), which have,
for example, current world wide famed The Cardigans in their
stable. What will happen with Ceilidh?
Pizzicato Five - (only mentioned here because of the following Popsicle
news below), the pop duo from Japan received a good
review in the morning paper Dagens Nyheter on December
27th by reviewer Nils Hansson, who asks where the
innocent, bubbling joy he finds in Pizzicato Five have
gone. I have questions for Nils Hansson: what about
The Cardigans? What about Cloudberry Jam? What about
the unbeleivable similarities between the voice of
Cloudberry Jam, Jennie Medin and the girl singing in
Pizzicato Five? Help!
Popsicle - received a good review in the morning paper Dagens Nyheter on
wednesday December 27th by reviewer Nils Hansson. He says that
"...they have let classic american rock music influence their
songs in a way that would have been unthinkable a few years ago..."
and "...is a logical step forward". The headline says "Popsicle
walk their own way".
Stevepops - who recorded three songs at Toodle Recordings (J|rgen W{rnstr|m's
(Cloudberry Jam) Studio) a while ago in Link|ping, planned to
be released on a 7" single at the end of 1995, are on the move.
The original plan has changed because of several facts. First,
their drummer is about to quit the band (which was the reason for
them only playing live three times this autumn). Second, the Ola
Hermansson story (see Ceilidh news above). And third, Torbj|rn
(now living in Kalmar) and the bassist (now living in G{vle) are
on their way to move to Stockholm. Currently they are not sure
when the new songs will be out and on what label, though Ola
Hermansson suggested they'd release the songs themselves and
call their label "Celdih", but then they'd rather start their
label under a name they select themselves, and release them on
that. They're also currently looking for a new drummer in the
Stockholm area.
Whale - will be one of the many attractions when MTV Europe arranges a
grand gala in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy on February 10th, 1996.
The gala is held at the end of the european snowboard championships.
MTV Europe will broadcast the gala during one week, starting
February 18th, 1996.
//Erik
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 08:36:11 -0800 (PST)
From: einexile the meek <einexile@netcom.com>
Subject: Blue for 2 / Stina Nordenstam
Anyone here know anything about this?
For that matter, if anyone can assist me in locating some SN singles I
would really appreciate the help. I have been trying for years.
Thanks,
e
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 08:32:00 -0500 (CDT)
From:hortman_m@hccs.cc.tx.us
To: einexile@netcom.com
Subject: Got some Stina info for ya!
A friend of mine in Sweden says she's recently collaborated with a band called
"Blue For 2" and he says he will send me more info on it later. He said she
sounds incredible on it!!!! I'll let you know more as I find out what it is.
[snip]
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 05:40:49 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Salt News
Salt - 's record label, MVG, finally answered the questions on what's
going on with Salt, even though it isn't a very information-packed
answer. The questions were: What are Salt up to? Are there any
releases planned for the US? Are they planning on going over there?
Will they record any new material in the near future? And the answer
is: "All of it. We'll let you know when we know details and dates."
Which, though a bit short, is an uplifting answer.
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 05:41:23 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Lars Nylin
On Thu, 4 Jan 1996, pong@algonet.se (Magnus Astrom) wrote:
> As I design record covers for Warner (among others), I have some inside
> information on Lars Nylin's wherabouts. He's indeed working for Warner,
> or Telegram rather, which is really of the same thing nowadays, writing
> press releases, promotional texts, and as a general resource of music
> knowledge.
Interesting.. is it then possible that he is scouting for Telegram as
well? I'm not sure how to translate "general resource of music knlowledge"
really :).
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 05:41:43 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: Loosegoats / Lars Nylin
On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) wrote:
> He'll probably never quit writing, at least on a free-lance basis. From what
> I've heard he works at Warner (or is it called WEA now?) but I don't know
> what his position is. Since I know there are some record label people lurking
> on this list maybe they could fill in...
Sort of a big label then. :) I hope he's scouting for them for Loosegoats
sake, even though they seem to do very well on Bad Taste.
> No, only CD's. The Loosegoats' EP costs only 40 SEK, so it's a good
> investment.
Definitely. The t-shirt is pretty cool though. :)
//Erik
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 05:42:13 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Honey Is Cool Interview [23-Nov-95]
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Scandinavian Indie Presents: A short interview with
HONEY IS COOL
by Erik S|derstr|m (chief@lysator.liu.se)
after a gig at Herrg}r'n, Link|ping, Sweden, 23-Nov-95.
Honey Is Cool are:
Karin Dreijer (vocals & guitar)
John Jern (guitar)
H}kan Hellstr|m (drums)
Paul K{llman (synthesizer)
Staffan Larsson (bass)
(c) 1995, 1996 Scandinavian Indie
If the answer is "A." it was answered by the group as a whole.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
This interview was done a couple of weeks after their gig, due to the fact
that the original interview was thrown away with the trash by mistake.
My mistake.
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Q. WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE GIG IN LINK PING?
SL. A nice event.
Q. WHAT SONGS DID YOU PLAY?
SL. Wow, I can't remember... most of them were from the CD, and we played
two completely new songs.
Q. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT PLAYING IN A BAND?
SL. Karin works a bit with photography and painting, among other things.
John studies ethnology (sometimes). H}kan is a drama student. Paul
mingles with his friends and I'm studying linguistics and philosohpy.
Q. HOW DID HONEY IS COOL START?
SL. Karin had some discussions with some people about recording a demo with
her songs. One beautiful day (or night?) she, John and I finally decided to
go ahead and do it. The result was better than we expected, so we decided to
continue. Members were added and dropped, and in the winder of 1994, we
finally ended up the way we are today.
Q. HOW ABOUT RELEASES?
SL. One six-track demo called "Honey Is Cool" and one Mini-CD with six
songs called "Focky Focky No Pay". And we have two songs on the compilation
CD "Kittenish 2".
Q. DO ANY OF YOU PLAY IN OTHER BANDS AS WELL?
SL. Yes, Paul plays with Sludge Nation, and H}kan sings in P}vels.
Q. WHO WRITES THE LYRICS?
SL. Karin does.
Q. DO THEY REFLECT HER OWN EXPERIENCES?
SL. Yes.
Q. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO CONQUER?
SL. Yes, all but Japan.
Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFLUENCES YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?
SL. Flaming Lips, Rod Stewart, Bonnie Tyler, Sonic Youth and Sebadoh.
Q. ARE YOUR INFLUENCES THE SAME AS YOUR FAVOURITES?
SL. In some cases yes, and in other, no, but still? I doubt it.
Q. DO YOU LISTEN TO ANY SWEDISH MUSIC?
SL. Some of us like the Bear Quartet, but we all like Soundtrack Of Our
Lives and Mazarine Street.
Q. WILL YOU TOUR OTHER SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES?
SL. Yessir! Denmark for example (soon, maybe).
Q. WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE TO PLAY FOR A PACKED HULTSFRED 95?
SL. WIIIIIIIII!
Q. WHO ARRANGED THE MINI-FESTIVAL IN KALMAR (25/12 1995)? WHAT HAPPENED?
SL. It was planned by two mad "vinterbadare" who visited us after a gig we
had in V{xj|. Unfortunately, Karin and John got the flu, so we had to
cancel.
Q. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR HONEY IS COOL? ANY PLANS?
SL. We'll sell-out and grab the political power in the USA. Or quit.
Honey Is Cool can be contacted at
http://www.cling.gu.se:80/~cl2slars/hic.html
Scandinavian Indie Honey Is Cool interview 23-Nov-95
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Scandinavian Indie - your Internet guide to scandinavian independent music
E-mail: scan-indie-request@lysator.liu.se
WWW: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html
E-mail: chief@lysator.liu.se Phone: +46-(0)13-175042
Snail-mail: Erik S|derstr|m, Bj|rnk{rrsg. 13 B:34, 582 51 Link|ping, Sweden
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//Erik
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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 05:42:47 +0100
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: SI's WUIMotR&T List [05-Jan-96]
Scandinavian Indie's
Weekly Updated Interesting Music on the Radio & Television List
January 5th -> January 11th
---------------------------------
Swedish National Radio Channel P3
---------------------------------
Day Date Artist Recorded
--- ----- ----------------------------------- -----------------------------
Fri 5/1 Dr{ngarna ?
Sat 6/1 ? ?
Sun 7/1 Lisa Nilsson ?
Mon 8/1 Idde Schultz ?
Tue 9/1 Oyster Band ?
Wed 10/1 Wizards of Ooze ?
Thu 11/1 Die Krupps ?
Always at 21.03, except fridays: 21.10
-------------------
Various TV Channels
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Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time
--- ----- ----------------------- ------------------- ------------- -----
Sun 7/1 Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 22.30
Mon 8/1 Latin Kings Live ZTV 00.10
Tue 9/1 Green Day Live ZTV 20.25 R
Guide to Alternative.. Guide to... MTV Europe 21.30
Thu 11/1 Guide to Alternative.. Guide to... MTV Europe 21.30
R = Rerun
Note: still trouble getting the lists for making this update. I hope you
----- all can cope another week. This list is also available from the
Scandinavian Indie WWW "Upcoming" page.
//Erik
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