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Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol 97 Issue 15
Scandinavian Indie Digest Sun, 21 Dec 1997 Volume 97 : Issue 15
Today's Topics:
Sin's Weekly Selected News [15-Dec-97]
Tour List I (Motor BA) [16-Dec-97]
Kapoor demo review
Re: Sin's Weekly Selected News [15-Dec-97]
Sin's Music on the Radio [22-Dec-97]
Bjorn Olsson
Re: Bjorn Olsson
Re: Bjorn Olsson
SV: Bjorn Olsson
Re: Bjorn Olsson
Sin's Reviews - Sideshow Bob "Bored Beyond Belief" CD5
The Scandinavian Indie 1997 Poll
Fireside + HiC live review
Re: Fireside + HiC live review
Re: Fireside + HiC live review
Sin's Music on the TV [19-Dec-97]
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 05:34:02 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom <chief@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Sin's Weekly Selected News [15-Dec-97]
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The Weekly Selected News
971215
Received, gathered, processed, translated,
compiled and sent today by: Erik Soderstrom
(chief@lysator.liu.se)
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1. a Shrine back in the studio (S)
2. Backfish + "Valkommen Till Festen" soundtrack (S)
3. The Bear Quartet record new songs + gig (S)
4. The Drowners has got e-mail and a new single (S)
5. Face Front Festival 98 (S)
6. Minty Fresh (US)
7. Popstad 98 (S)
8. Tommy 16 with new album and single (S)
9. This week's interesting Releases
10. New Bands on Tour
This week's good news in a box - that's correct, right down below.
* a Shrine back in the studio (S)
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a Shrine [A West Side Fabrication] are heading into the studio again
in November to record their forthcoming album. The album will be
released in february 1998 and is said to be the best soulalbum ever
made in Sweden.
More A Shrine: http://www.cabal.se/westside/bands/a_Shrine/a_Shrine.html
* Backfish + "Valkommen Till Festen" soundtrack (S)
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Backfish [A West Side Fabrication] recently came out of the studio
where they have been recording a new single which will be released
in the beginning of next year. The title song is called "How To Be
A Friend". Anna Wallmark (bass) just found out she was accepted at
a hot film school (is it really called that?) in Stockholm, and
will start there in February next year. This will not affect the
band in any way, says Anna, because they're only going to write
new songs and nothing else until the summer goes into effect.
Backfish, who are on tour in Germany together with Carpe Wade at the
moment, recently played with the before mentioned band in Uppsala at
Grand (no alcohol served, no age limit), where the number of people in
the audience reached the number of fingers on three hands. The reason
for the lack of fans could only be contributed to the fact that the
organizers forgot to tell anyone about it, which meant that those who
did show up were friends to members in the two bands.
They will stop in Stockholm on their way back from the tour in Germany,
in order to attend the premiere screening party of the new Ella Lemhagen
movie "Valkommen Till Festen" (Welcome to the party), which takes place
on December 22nd (the movie opens in selected theaters on December 25th).
The movie is about a new years eve party that goes seriously wrong.
! The reason behind Backfish attending the festivities is that they have a
song on the soundtrack to the movie. This soundtrack is a definite "get"
- as it includes 18 tracks with the following bands: Backfish, Bad Cash
Quartet, The Bear Quartet, Brick, Broder Daniel, Candysuck, The Drowners,
Fidget, Freinds, Honey Is Cool, Loosegoats, Mazarine Street, Monster,
The Mopeds, S.T.A.B.B., Serial Cynic, Weeping Willows and last but not
least, Yvonne. The music has been selected by Jon Jeffersson Klingberg -
known from ZTV and Whale. The soundtrack is released on Startracks.
More Backfish: http://www.cabal.se/westside/bands/Backfish/Backfish.html
More Startracks: http://www.cabal.se/startracks/
* The Bear Quartet record new songs + gig (S)
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The Bear Quartet [A West Side Fabrication] hides in a studio in
Stockholm recording (at least) eight new songs. Additional musicians
they have brought in for these sessions include members from Him
Kerosene, Blissful, Brick, Fireside and Bjorn Olsson from The
Soundtrack of Our Lives. When these songs will be released is yet
to be decided. The band will also play in Lulea on December 23rd.
More Bear Quartet: http://www.cabal.se/westside/bands/Bear/Bear.html
-and- : http://www.ludd.luth.se/~burrito/tbq/tBQdiscog.html
-and- : http://hem.passagen.se/b4/bq/
* The Drowners has got e-mail and a new single (S)
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The Drowners' [A West Side Fabrication] new single, "What Comes
Naturally" will be released in the beginning of 1998. The title
track is taken from the album "World Record Player", but there's
also a previously unreleased track called "Never Enough". If you
want to send an e-mail to the Drowners, they have their own e-mail
address: thedrowners@yahoo.com.
More Drowners: http://www.cabal.se/westside/bands/Drowners/Drowners.html
* Face Front Festival 98 (S)
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January 4 -> 5 is when the 4th Face Front Festival in Pitea is
held. Five stages and over 60 artists and bands in all possible
genres one can imagine. Most from the northern parts of Sweden,
but there are also southern belles like Sparky from Halmstad.
More Face Front: http://www.facefront.com
* Minty Fresh (US)
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The eminent and cool US label Minty Fresh has also got a really
cool website up and running now. The label is working with
Swedish bands like The Cardigans, Melony, Komeda and Doktor
Kosmos, as well as a bunch of other great bands of course.
More Minty Fresh: http://www.mintyfresh.com
* Popstad 98 (S)
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As promised in the last edition of the Weekly Selected News,
the full information about the Eskilstuna Pop City 98 festivities
would be presented now. So here's the fat of the land (the most
interesting parts at least):
Bands playing in Eskilstuna during the three celebration days
and the schedule:
Thursday Friday Saturday
(29/1) (30/1) (31/1)
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Main Polythene Mol Bastard
Stage Monster Superswirls Incka
(Havet) Yvonne Soundtrack of Our Lives Kent
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Demo Collective Unconscious Snails Mistie*
Stage Coaster Blush Panic
Outbreak Ebb Yeah!
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* Note: Mistie was previously called "Divin".
Swedish National Radio (Channel P3) will broadcast live from
the event every day from 7pm (19:00) to 11pm (23:00), except
Saturday when the broadcast ends at midnight. P3 will cover
all bands playing on the Main Stage by the way (who are
playing evenings). The bands on the Demo Stage are playing
during daytime.
Tickets to the three day extravaganza are: 250 SEK
But all concerts at the Demo Stage are FREE, so if you
only want to check out the new bands, you don't need
a ticket.
If you can't go to Eskilstuna but still want to _be_ there,
P3 will broadcast live on the Internet as well - see the
address below for more information.
And *** VOTE IN THE GOLD MIC 1998 POLL ***
Nominated artists/bands are:
1. Di Leva
2. Eric Gadd
3. The Hellacopters
4. Loosegoats
5. Fireside
To vote, just send email to: guldmicken@p3.sr.se
and write the name of the artist/band (out of the
five mentioned above) you vote for on the Subject-
line. That's it!
And don't forget to check out the Popstad 98 pages
on P3's web. There are band pages, the PopSmart
contest, information and whatnot. Unfortunately
it's only available in Swedish.
More Popstad 98: http://www.sr.se/p3/popstad/
* Tommy 16 with new album and single (S)
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A new album is on the way from Tommy 16 [A West Side Fabrication].
"Rocking Big Buddha" is the name and it will be out in January 1998.
As always, powerpop is the name of the game. A new single "Come On,
Come On (please let me see it)" - was released on December 10th.
More Tommy 16: http://www.cabal.se/westside/bands/Tommy/Tommy.html
* This week's interesting Releases
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The new CD EP from Candysuck (S) - "Discharged" is out today on
Startracks. Well worth checking out as they have worked on both
their music and vocals since last time. More slick, more attached
songs, and more of themselves.
More Releases: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/upcoming.html
* New Bands on Tour
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A couple of new gigs in Stockholm and Uppsala added for Absurd
Records' Sideshow Bob (S). Other than that, the Christmas season
has kicked in which means it's pretty quiet.
More Gigs: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/gigs.html
This week's bad news in a bundle - before it even happens?
Ingenting faktiskt.
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 01:25:33 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom <chief@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Tour List I (Motor BA) [16-Dec-97]
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Scandinavian Indie Motor Tour List UPDATE Scandinavian Indie
December 16th, 1997
by Erik Soderstrom <chief@lysator.liu.se>
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*** And this is the last Motor tour list for 1997 ***
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SCANDINAVIAN:
Millencolin Burning Heart
29/1 Regina - University Centre Venue Decided
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NON-SCANDINAVIAN:
Chris & Carla (US) Glitterhouse *NEW*
29/3 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK)
Eat Static (UK) *NEW*
17/2 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset (DK)
Shelter (US) Roadrunner/Edelpitch *NEW*
17/2 Arhus - Huset (DK)
18/2 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK)
19/2 Lund - Mejeriet
20/2 Stockholm - Studion
21/2 Umea - Galaxen
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 02:05:10 +0100 (MET)
From: Micke Rehnstrom <micre215@student.liu.se>
Subject: Kapoor demo review
For those of you who still have not decided what to give away for
christmas: why not a demo tape with the band KAPOOR :) (if there are any
tapes left, that is)? As you might know, this band is also represented on
this list by vocalist Girilal Baars.
"The unsigned band of the year" is the third tape I have heard with this
band and it is another step forward in their (positive) development, IMO.
When I heard their first tapes the vocals made me think of bands such as
PEARL JAM and LIVE but those similarities are not as obvious here. Those of
you who have read the latest issue of Sound Affects have, perhaps, seen
their very peculiar review of this tape. In that review RADIOHEAD were
mentioned and I can, partly, agree on that. "Rumour in hell" and "For real"
sounds slightly like "OK computer" with a little bit of psychedelia added.
(According to Girilal the common denominator between KAPOOR and RADIOHEAD
is that both he and Thom Yorke have been inspired by Jeff Buckley in their
way of singing). In "Hurricane hangover" I also hear similarities to bands
like LED ZEPPELIN and other bands closely related to them.
A lot of name-dropping here. But KAPOOR is not a copy of any of these
bands, I only use it to give you some hints about how they sound. And I
like the way they sound and I would also say that they stand out - both
regarding sound, interesting texts and Girilals quite special voice - in
the Swedish music of today. I also like the great variety in sound on their
tapes, the four songs on this tape sound quite different from each other.
There is still one song I have not mentioned and that is my favourite, and
it is another proof of this bands unwillingness to get stuck in a certain
category of music - "Auden girl". Those of you who listen to Musikjournalen
Pop on radio may already have heard it when it was played in the demo
section of the programme. It is certainly a "hit" and more "pop" than
anything I have heard with KAPOOR before. I would even stretch so far as to
claim that the chorus is one of the most irrecistible Swedish pop choruses
of the year (but we are not talking "britpop" here. Perhaps that should be
mentioned to those who might have gotten that idea after having read SA. It
is more like the missing link between "grunge" music and power-pop. Or
something like that :) Listen for yourselves instead of reading my strange
descriptions :). The best tune on a really good demo tape!
Contact:
Internet http://www.bahnhof.se/~baars
E-mail baars@bahnhof.se
/Micke, who thinks that the British movie "Brassed off" beats about 99% of
all "britpop" produced this year
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 12:15:36 +0100
From: Petter Tiilikainen <burrito@ludd.luth.se>
Subject: Re: Sin's Weekly Selected News [15-Dec-97]
Erik Soderstrom writes:
> Soundtrack of Our Lives. When these songs will be released is yet
> to be decided. The band will also play in Lulea on December 23rd.
...together with Brick, Far Apart, Dunawayas and El Simon.
Anyone know anything about El Simon and Dunaways?
El Simon's supposedly a surf band from Skane.
It costs 70 SEK and takes place at Fiskekyrkan in Lulea.
Breach and Him Kerosene plays at Fiskekyrkan too, on the 18th.
> More Bear Quartet: http://www.cabal.se/westside/bands/Bear/Bear.html
> -and- : http://www.ludd.luth.se/~burrito/tbq/tBQdiscog.html
I think I will pull the plug on my discography though, since there's
the another one, and I don't really have the time or motivation to
update it anymore.
/Petter
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 01:14:19 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom <chief@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Sin's Music on the Radio [22-Dec-97]
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Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE RADIO Scandinavian Indie
December 22 -> 25, 1997
by Erik Soderstrom <chief@lysator.liu.se>
Day Date Artist Recorded
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Mon 22/12 Suede Norway, Quart Festival 02-Jul-97
Tue 23/12 (nothing)
Wed 24/12* bob hund (R) Hultsfred 20-Nov-96
Thu 25/12* John Fogerty (R) Denmark, Roskilde Festival Jun-97
This list covers the Swedish National Channel P3's "Live" - at 21.03-22.00
or 18.03-19.00 where marked with a '*'. (R) = Rerun
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:37:00 -0000
From: "Abbott, Daniel, ABBOTTD7" <AbbottD7@defec3.agw.bt.co.uk>
Subject: Bjorn Olsson
Hej,
does anyone out there have any info regarding the new band/ recording
project that Bjorn Olsson started on after he quit Soundtrack of Our
Lives? I don't even know what it's called or if anything's been released
yet, so any information would be greatfully received!
TackDankeMerciCheers,
- Daniel.
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 16:02:59 +0200
From: iggystooge.livevid@mailbox.swipnet.se
Subject: Re: Bjorn Olsson
>Hej,
>does anyone out there have any info regarding the new band/ recording
>project that Bjorn Olsson started on after he quit Soundtrack of Our
>Lives? I don't even know what it's called or if anything's been released
>yet, so any information would be greatfully received!
i do know its released and instrumental stuff. i saw the album at dolores
some weeks ago in gothenburg. and i think ive seen one review of it, and it
was supposed to be very good, but not anything near the music of soundtrack
of our lives. and as usually with me... ive completley forgotten the name
of the band/album.. :o/
j.nilsson
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 16:07:34 +0100
From: Mats L <blooob@mindless.com>
Subject: Re: Bjorn Olsson
Abbott, Daniel, ABBOTTD7 wrote:
>
> Hej ,
> does anyone out there have any info regarding the new band/ recording
> project that Bjorn Olsson started on after he quit Soundtrack of Our
> Lives? I don't even know what it's called or if anything's been released
> yet, so any information would be greatfully received!
The album is out. it's called "Bjorn Olsson".
I have not heard it myself, but it sounds interesting since
it's been compared to Bo Hanssons "Lord of the Rings".
A review in Nojesguiden said that it sounds like the Soundtrack songs
"Firmanent vacation" or "Grand Canaria". But it was Orjan Hulthen who
wrote that so I shouldn't believe that to much:)
/Mats, who hopes that the whole of SOOL quits
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 16:36:40 +0200
From: "Claes Nordling" <claes@funbase.se>
Subject: SV: Bjorn Olsson
Hi !
There is an interview in the last edition of the fanzine ettnollett.
The Article with Bjorn Olsson is not on the net, But there's some other
stuff on the adress: www.nordling.com/ettnollett
Claes Nordling C&N Information
Box 818, 16124 Bromma
Tel: 08-6341970
010-2119506
Fax: 08-6341964
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 17:12:20 +0100
From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: Bjorn Olsson
> From: Mats L <blooob@mindless.com>
>
>> does anyone out there have any info regarding the new band/ recording
>> project that Bjorn Olsson started on after he quit Soundtrack of Our
>> Lives?
>
> The album is out. it's called "Bjorn Olsson".
Hmm, nah.. I think it was subtitled something like "Musik att sjunka in
till, eller kanske dromma sig bort..." Kind of flummig titel, i must
say...
> A review in Nojesguiden said that it sounds like the Soundtrack songs
> "Firmanent vacation" or "Grand Canaria".
I got the impression that it's totally instrumental, so if you can
imagine the songs above without Ebbots vocals maybe?! ;-)
BTW, Nojesguiden ran a big two page interview with BO earlier this
year, very early on (july/august?) might be worth checking out, it
explained a bit of why he did this solo thing, and his future in SOOL.
Jan
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 23:00:10 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom <chief@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Sin's Reviews - Sideshow Bob "Bored Beyond Belief" CD5
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Scandinavian Indie SCANDINAVIAN CD REVIEWS Scandinavian Indie
December 17th, 1997
by Erik Soderstrom <chief@lysator.liu.se>
"Never paid, always honest."
Contents:
Sideshow Bob - "Bored Beyond Belief" CD5
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1997 Week 51 - Scandinavian Indie Reviews - Week 51 1997
Artist: Sideshow Bob
Record: Bored Beyond Belief CD5
Year: 1997
Label: Absurd Records
Grade: 4 (out of 5)
1. Follow Me Down
2. Mainstream Whore
3. Heavy Metal Nerd
4. Stuck
Scandinavian Indie review:
Sideshow Bob from Lund will probably never be able to get rid of the
comparison to Loosegoats for a number of reasons which I won't go into here.
More than to say that it is really not a bad thing, as Loosegoats are the
definite no.1 lo-fi kings of Sweden. So, Bored Beyond Belief's four tracks
are four lo-fi gazookas then? Yup. Gustaf Kjellvander (guitar, vocals) has
got that low, drawling voice which is required here. He extends the e's and
rolls on the r's. Just like he should. Low and dense, rasping and hard,
clean and pure. His guitar knows what to do and delivers the scratchy sound.
Goes from lonely, eerie and sad to screaming, thick and picks up a wall habit
along the way. You can hear Peter Eriksson (drums) and Stefan Isaksson (bass)
leaning back, go with the flow and enjoy their instruments to the max.
"Follow Me Down" is a lo-fi gem, and "Mainstream Whore" goes straight into
my top-10 greatest songs of 1997. Yes, it's that good. The heavy metal
singalong in "Heavy Metal Nerd" is, on the other hand, horrible, though I
suspect that was their point with it. "Stuck" is a beauty with a lonely
acoustic guitar, violin and Gustaf singing of hurt feelings. A superb debut
with "more" written all over it.
Reviewed by: Erik Soderstrom <chief@lysator.liu.se>
Contact: Absurd Records, Rasslebygd, 361 33 Emmaboda, Sweden
Phone: +46-(0)471-10802, Fax: +46-(0)471-10803
Web: http://home5.swipnet.se/~w-50177/html/
E-mail: vinterbadarna.emmabodafestivalen@swipnet.se
Sideshow Bob Web: http://home5.swipnet.se/~w-50177/html/infosideshow.htm
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//Erik <chief@lysator.liu.se>
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 01:03:36 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom <chief@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: The Scandinavian Indie 1997 Poll
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--= The Scandinavian Indie 1997 Poll =--
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For the second year, here is the call for the Scandinavian Indie
poll! You know the drill - you can vote for your personal top 5 in
each category. Order does not matter as each vote count as one (1).
For example, if you vote for the best label and list NONS, Siesta,
Bedazzled and Uppers - they will get 1 (one) point each. If you only
list, for example, NONS - then NONS will get 1 (one) point.
* Leave a category blank if you do not want to vote in that
category at all.
* The maximum number of votes you can cast in each category
is 5.
Here are the Scandinavian Indie 1997 poll list categories:
1. * best album:
2. * best single:
3. * best Scandinavian album:
4. * best Scandinavian single:
5. * the band(s) you couldn't live without:
6. * most promising new act(s):
7. * most amazing live experience(s):
8. * most fancied indiepop personality:
9. * best music fanzine:
10. * best music magazine:
11. * best music related website:
12. * best label:
13. * best musical event:
14. * this sucked in 1997:
Just cut out the list, fill it in and e-mail it to Totte Pop at:
totte.pop@swipnet.se
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You have until January 5th, 1998 to send in your votes, but don't
delay! Send them in today!
The results will be presented at the end of January 1998.
Any questions? E-mail me: chief@lysator.liu.se
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The 1996 poll results: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/sin1996.html
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 20:26:04 +0100
From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Fireside + HiC live review
Just a short one, since my ears are ringing and i still have a
hangover... Went to see Fireside and Honey Is Cool at Studion yesterday.
Honey is cool were far better here than on the Water Festival earlier
this year. They were much more comfortable playing in a small club,
although the audience weren't there to see _them_ (nobody were closer
tham 5 m from the stage, everybody completely still).
The new songs finally got to me. Haven't listened to the album more
than occasionally, still think the early songs are better, but Lion,
Nach Heart and a few other are perfectly performed here. I'm especially
impressed by the guitar player, the slide licks he made on one song
(title?) sounded like laid back country with cool arrangements.
One guy was sitting on the floor with synthesizers, he is joined by the
bass player, who programs the drum machine on one track, must be old
70's equipment, cause they're getting cheesy/funky disco beats from the
gear, totally original, in combination with the rest of the music.
Boney M doing the rhythm section for Sonic Youth, sort of.
Oh, i must mention the drummer! I can't compare him to anybody else in
that genre. From time to time, he stands up, keep hitting the cymbals,
jerky, spastic. The chap is looking like Jim Carrey or the singer of
b52's in his early years, what a sight!
Karin was charming in a shy way. Her voice is unique, singing as well
as talking inbetween the songs. The way she executes Another Round is
simply wonderful, makes me melt completely...
Over to Fireside. Not as good as i remember them, although it must be 2
years since i saw them last time (opening up at Salts last gig at Gino).
The music is very powerfull, like a dinosaur throwing itself at you
with full force. And since i was in the front row, clamped by the
bassplayers "co-hearing speaker" (don't know the proper english name
for this), you hear the music with your belly as much as your ears.
This way, i missed out on most of the vocals, or was teh mixing a bit
weedy on those parts?
Monotonous to the extreme, everything is grinding on and on. Good if
it's a good song, but a boring song becomes even more boring this way.
;-)
Kilotin is a favourite of mine, but apart from that none of the songs
really caught my attention. And the guys look so angry all the time...
OK so the lyrics are sad and emotional, but it must be hard when you're
out touring, having to look so bister for months on a row.
Nevertheless, I like their style, and when you're in a down mood, this
is a perfect drug to let your aggressions loose.
BTW, the bass player looked very much like Bryan Adams and was spitting
a lot. He even spat at the HiC playlist on the stage floor which i
intended to take :-/
Jan
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:28:25 +0200
From: Elin <elin@algonet.se>
Subject: Re: Fireside + HiC live review
> Went to see Fireside and Honey Is Cool at Studion yesterday.
So did I. When it comes to Honey is Cool I agree with
you - they were better than on the Water Festival. This
was the sixth time I saw them this year, and they're
definately better when they play at places like Studion.
Their liveversion of Drums and Boys (from Crazy Love) is
something special. On Crazy Love I didn't even notice it.
That's the song they have started out with everytime I've
seen them except at Emmaboda.
The drummer, (Hakan?) he's so funny. And he's Broder
Daniel's new bassplayer, right?
> They were much more comfortable playing in a small club,
> although the audience weren't there to see _them_
> (nobody were closer than 5 m from the stage, everybody
> completely still).
I was there _only_ because of HiC, and I was closer than 5
metres from the stage, I know that for sure, at least my
ears do... we (my ears and I) loved every single
minute of their gig.
They played one song I haven't heard before the other songs
were from Crazy Love and Focky focky no pay. It was as good
as the rest of course.
During Fireside's gig I was only thinking that if someone
says "hi, how are you doing" my reply would be "hell,
and you?".
It's not that I have anything against Fireside really.
(I was thinking about something else when they played)
I'm just not too intrested in their music, but I have to
admit that I bought the Kilotinsingle there at Studion -
something I regretted deeply when I was about to buy a
trainticket this morning and didn't have enough money.
Somehow I got home anyway.
And I look forward to see HiC again.
Elin
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Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 22:27:50 +0100
From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom)
Subject: Re: Fireside + HiC live review
elin@algonet.se,Internet writes:
>> the audience weren't there to see _them_
>> (nobody were closer than 5 m from the stage, everybody
>> completely still).
>
> I was there _only_ because of HiC, and I was closer than 5
> metres from the stage,
So was I... We must have been the only ones up in the front?! ;-) Say
hello to me next time, will you?
> And I look forward to see HiC again.
What are their plans after the tour? Any rumours?
Jan
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Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 03:36:37 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom <chief@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Sin's Music on the TV [19-Dec-97]
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Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE TV Scandinavian Indie
December 19 -> 25, 1997
by Erik Soderstrom <chief@lysator.liu.se>
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** And from today - I take a two week break, which means no lists **
** and no site updates. The list is up and running as usual tho' **
** Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! // Erik **
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Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time
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Fri 19/12 -
Sat 20/12 Steve Earle To Hell And Back ZTV 19.45
Live 'n' Loud Live 'n' Loud MTV Europe 23.00 R
Sun 21/12 Looking back at 97.. Musikbyr}n SVT 1 13.35 R
Steve Earle To Hell And Back ZTV 00.45 R
Mon 22/12 Best of... Musikmagasinet Rock ZTV 20.30 R
Tue 23/12 Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 00.00
Best of... Musikmagasinet Rock ZTV 00.10 R
Wed 24/12 Best of... Musikmagasinet Pop ZTV 20.30 R
Thu 25/12 No Doubt Live 'n' Loud MTV Europe 20.00
Musikmagasinet Pop Musikmagasinet Pop ZTV 23.00 R
R = Rerun
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