Scandinavian Indie Digest Sat Oct 29, 1994 Volume 1 : Issue 15 There are 24 messages totalling 981 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. the new Bob Hund album 2. New Puffin CD (4) 3. Stina Nordenstam remixes 4. Seashells & Marsh Marigold 5. Cardigans 6. Ray Wonder (3) 7. Green Live 8. Bob Hund single? 9. where's everyone gone? (2) 10. deep turtle (3) 11. West Side Discography v1.2 12. Mana Mana 13. The Bear Quartet Discography v 2.0 14. Carpe Wade Live (2) 15. SKYLTEN, Linkoping Autumn 1994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 1994 19:41:10 +0200 (MET DST) From: Robert Cumming Subject: the new Bob Hund album Hej/Terve/Blessadur everybody, I've made it to Sweden, and the new Bob Hund is out. OK I missed Hultsfred, but they wouldn't pay me soon enough :-( The LP's called 'Bob Hund' again, it seems, so maybe we should call last-year's 20-minute album 'The Sheep album' and this one 'The Bread Album' just so we can tell the difference... Anyway, it's really, really good. BH are perhaps closer to Pavement than anyone else I can think of, and 'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain' was my favourite of 1994 so far, but the Bread Album has a range of emotion and rhythm and feeling and invention that even Pavement can't quite match. Here there's a more of the standard indie sound than on the Sheep album ('100 }r', 'L{nge l{nge') but Bob Hund play with sound and noise that makes even the most normal tracks here sound completely unnormal. Little tunes arrive and disappear again, Thomas Oberg sometimes screams, sometimes whispers, and harmonises with himself in what seems to be the only technological change between this and the first album. The harmonies are what make 'Ett gipsat l|fte' beautiful, and what make bits of 'Den Nollgradige' almost remind me of the Beatles' weirder moments. 'Ett gipsat l|fte' starts the second, brilliant, half of the album; it's followed by my favourite track right now, 'Det skulle vara l{tt f|r mig att s{ga jag inte hittar hem men det g|r jag; tror jag' ('It would be easy for me to say I don't find my way home, but I do; I think'). Here in the long, gloriously energetic coda there's the same mix of joy and pain that James put into 'Sit Down' -- a way of getting absolute certainty out of uncertainty, without stopping being uncertain... Oberg's lyrics seem much darker than on the first album. Gone are the simple images and ideas -- here nothing is clear except a lot of pain and confusion, and a kind of surreal escapism. In the end, it's not frightening at all, but consoling: Bob Hund understand the dark things, and their music is a way through them. Hopeless still, perhaps, but a way through. 'Just when you things everything's sorted itself out/you want to be happier/a simple melody alternately minor and major/can get something more than words from between shame and fortune' (from the final song, 'Dur och moll omvartannat') --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Cumming robert@astro.su.se Stockholms Observatorium, tel +46-8-164471 S-133 36 Saltsjo"baden, Sweden fax +46-8-717-4719 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 94 14:44:59 MET DST From: magnus@ling.umu.se (Magnus Astrom) Subject: New Puffin CD Puffin release their second album on West Side, on October 17th. It's called "Soundtrack" and, as usual, features 16 tracks that will hopefully take you by happy surprise. ;-) Place your orders now at your local record shop! :-) :-) :-) Magnus ------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 08:18:19 -0700 (PDT) From: vilexile Subject: Stina Nordenstam remixes Can someone tell me about this new remix disc of hers that was put out? It was given single of the week on the Melody Maker "Orbit" secion or whatever it's called, a few weeks back. Also, in case there are any new subscribers here, I'll mention again that I'm desperate for a copy of Another Story Girl, if anyone can help me with that... thanks e ---------------------- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 12:12:16 +0300 (EET DST) From: Kimmo S{{skilahti Subject: Re: New Puffin CD According to Magnus Astrom: * Puffin release their second album on West Side, on October 17th. * It's called "Soundtrack" and, as usual, features 16 tracks that * will hopefully take you by happy surprise. ;-) Well, what kind of stuff can we expect? Any radical changes from "Carnivore"? When will Puffin play in Finland (hopefully Tammerfors? :-) Kimmo ------------------------- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 07:46:00 GMT From: Peter_Hahndorf@hb2.maus.de (Peter Hahndorf) Subject: Re: New Puffin CD Hi Kimmo >Well, what kind of stuff can we expect? Any radical changes >from "Carnivore"? When will Puffin play in Finland (hopefully >Tammerfors? :-) What is Carnivore ? This only Puffin release I have is a five-track CD on West Side called "Medium Cool EP" Pete ---------------------- Date: Fri, 02 Sep 94 21:38:00 GMT From: Peter_Hahndorf@hb2.maus.de (Peter Hahndorf) Subject: Seashells & Marsh Marigold Hi folks, I just got a new CD by Swedish band SEASHELLS on Marsh Marigold. As it is the seventh release of a Swedish band by this German label I wonder how popular and known these bands are in their home-country. I'm talking about: - Acid House Kings - Red Sleeping Beauty - Seashells - Poprace along with some of the Snap/Soap bands these are my favourite Swedish bands. "The boy still dreams" by the Acid House Kings was definitely one of my summer hits. Pete ------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Sep 94 16:30:00 GMT From: Peter_Hahndorf@hb2.maus.de (Peter Hahndorf) Subject: Cardigans Hi Last night they played "sick and tired" by the Cardigans on 120 Minutes, what a great song, the perfect end of the summer-hit. They don't have any Cardigans stuff at Rhythm, so I thought this list is the perfect place to gather information about the band and their releases. Is there a cool mail-order where I can order Swedish records which are unavailable outside Sweden? Are there any other videos by them? take care Pete --------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 94 13:39:15 +0200 From: ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne) Subject: Ray Wonder Hi! Can someone please give me some info on Ray Wonder?! I heard they share a member with Puffin, and are supposed to sound a bit like Pavement, and that sounds like a perfect combination to me! Also, does anyone know if Crush still aren't signed to a label? /Ludde, impatiently waiting for October 17th... ------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 94 16:27:25 +0200 From: Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: Re: Ray Wonder > From: ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne) > > Can someone please give me some info on Ray Wonder?! > I heard they share a member with Puffin, and are supposed to sound a bit like > Pavement, and that sounds like a perfect combination to me! Saw them in Hultsfred, but weren't too impressed. I think the drummer used to play guitar in Puffin. Since he is not schooled in drumming his style was kind of odd. They would probably have benefited from staying in the rehearsing room a little longer. Don't know about the comparison with Pavement. I only heard a few songs by them and disliked them all. > /Ludde, impatiently waiting for October 17th... So what's happening the 17th? Did I miss something? ------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 94 08:33:55 +0200 From: ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne) Subject: Re: Ray Wonder >> Can someone please give me some info on Ray Wonder?! > Saw them in Hultsfred, but weren't too impressed. > Don't know about the comparison with Pavement. I only heard a few songs by > them and disliked them all. Well, since i LOVE Pavement (anyone in scandinavia who missed their scandinavian tour should be ashamed of themselves...! :) I reckoned they would probably suit my tastes better, so I bought "Hooray" yesterday anyway. And, I like it. Quite a lot, I think. (Only listened to it 3 times.) It reminds me more of Archers Of Loaf than of Pavement, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's also quite jazzy in places, and IMHO at least a very interesting album. Something that can't really be said about much music at all these days... >> /Ludde, impatiently waiting for October 17th... > So what's happening the 17th? Did I miss something? Oh, just the new Puffin album coming out. Something everyone should look forward too! (At least I hope so... :) /Ludde ------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 13:06:17 +0200 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Green Live NOTICE: GREEN are playing live at Herrgar'n, Linkoping this thursday (22/9 1994). At the door: 40 SEK (or ROCK THE NATION member card) Age: 20+ /Erik ----------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 16:19:07 +0100 (MET) From: Robert Cumming Subject: Bob Hund single? Hej/moi mina tysta v{nner! Making my way at high speed through this month's 'N|jesguiden' I saw that one of journalist Martin Gelin's recommendations for 'B{st just nu' is a single by Bob Hund on the Dilettante label called 'Edvin Medvind'. Does anyone know anything about this? Why is it not on Silence records? I was going to ask about that song anyway, because it was one of about three that they played at their gig in Stockholm a month ago that I didn't recognise (another was 'H{r {r en hand}' I think). Are these tracks available anywhere? The gig was utterly wonderful, by the way, the best I have EVER seen. I was pretty much emotionally and physically exhausted for days after... (that's my excuse for not posting a review here, sorry =]) ...and if anyone's going to see Hedningarna at Gino next week, give me a shout (come to that, if you're in Stockholm, give me a shout: det skulle vara kul f|r mig att tr{ffas med n{gon n{ra hemma, s{ det vill jag, tror jag)... Robert ----------------------- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 15:35:30 +0200 (EET) From: Sami Rouhento Subject: where's everyone gone? Hi folks, is this list dead or just sort of hibernating? Is there absolutely nothing happening on the scandinavian indie rock field anymore these days? Or have I been taken off the list? Somebody please say something... ObMusic: Read in the Rumba magazine a couple of days back that the mighty Deep Turtle will be (or will have been, now) the very first Finnish band to record a Peel Session. Cool. Now, what I'd like to know is whether there is a British person on this list who could do me a huge favour by taping that thing for me when they broadcast it... e-mail me and we'll work out the details. Sami -- ...absoluuttinen mies... ------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 16:41:10 +0100 (MET) From: Robert Cumming Subject: Re: where's everyone gone? /Hi folks, / /is this list dead or just sort of hibernating? Is there absolutely /nothing happening on the scandinavian indie rock field anymore these /days? Or have I been taken off the list? Somebody please say /something... Well _I'm_ still here anyway! And still far more ignorant about Swedish indie music than I'd like to be (I mean, I haven't even heard any _Popsicle_ yet!) because of not knowing what to listen to on the radio here. OK, there's P3's musikkanalen, but they waste so much time playing Traste Linde'ns Kvintett (sp?) and so on. Oh for a svensk version of Radio Mafia... /ObMusic: Read in the Rumba magazine a couple of days back that /the mighty Deep Turtle will be (or will have been, now) the very /first Finnish band to record a Peel Session. Cool. Now, what I'd /like to know is whether there is a British person on this list who /could do me a huge favour by taping that thing for me when they /broadcast it... e-mail me and we'll work out the details. Well, this British person is still in the wrong country to help you. So what are Deep Turtle like then? My knowledge of suomalainen indie stops at Aknestik (kiitos, Kimmo) I'm afraid. Robert PS and if you're a Tampere translation student, then I think a friend of mine is visiting you (ish) right now... ---------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 11:47:49 +0200 (EET) From: Sami Rouhento Subject: deep turtle Robert wrote: > Well _I'm_ still here anyway! And still far more ignorant about Swedish > indie music than I'd like to be (I mean, I haven't even heard any > _Popsicle_ yet!) because of not knowing what to listen to on the radio > here. OK, there's P3's musikkanalen, but they waste so much time playing > Traste Linde'ns Kvintett (sp?) and so on. Oh for a svensk version of > Radio Mafia... Oh, well... Radiomafia is okay, I guess. They play far too much meaningless techno pop (2 Unlimited etc.) but at least they have a couple of decent shows, like the John Peel show I mentioned. The commercial radio stations around here are totally worthless, so that makes Radiomafia seem like a heaven on earth in comparison, but I feel they could do better still... > what are Deep Turtle like then? My knowledge of suomalainen indie stops > at Aknestik (kiitos, Kimmo) I'm afraid. A definition of Deep Turtle? Boy, that's a hard one. They've often been filed under the fusion core category, as if all they ever did was listen to Nomeansno records for inspiration, but lately they've pretty much grown out of that and are now a very original mix of ethnic (latin american and oriental), hard core, jazz and pop influences. Sort of difficult to describe, actually! "Somersault Twist" was a term used for their music once, and it sounds somewhat correct to me. New album _There's a Vomit Sprinkler In My Liver River_ out now on Bad Vugum. Sami > Robert ------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 12:20:27 +0100 From: Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: Re: deep turtle > From scan-indie-request@lysator.liu.se Fri Oct 14 11:05:38 1994 > From: Sami Rouhento > > Well _I'm_ still here anyway! And still far more ignorant about Swedish > > indie music than I'd like to be (I mean, I haven't even heard any > > _Popsicle_ yet!) because of not knowing what to listen to on the radio > > here. OK, there's P3's musikkanalen, but they waste so much time playing > > Traste Linde'ns Kvintett (sp?) and so on. Oh for a svensk version of > > Radio Mafia... If you are in the Stockholm area, you should definitely tune in Radio Bandit on 105.5. Their airplay is clinically free from techno and hit list stuff, and they play a lot of songs by Dinosaur Jr, Breeders, Lush, and the likes. I even recall hearing Popsicle on Bandit. > > what are Deep Turtle like then? My knowledge of suomalainen indie stops > > at Aknestik (kiitos, Kimmo) I'm afraid. Speaking of Finnish independent music: can anyone tell me what happened to the incredible band Mana Mana, from Joensuu I think. Their album 'Totuus Palaa' (sp?) from a few years back was so impressing, but I haven't heard anything since then. I seem to remember that Mana Mana shared a few members with the equally great Joensuu band Psychoplasma. __ _ _ __ _____ ___ __ _ >>>>--------------Marten Sahlen---------------<<<< _| | | _| _ _ |_ _| _| | >>>---Ellemtel Telecommunication Systems Lab---<<< _| | | _| | | | | _| | >>--------Email: etxsahm@eua.ericsson.se--------<< __|__|__|__|_|_|_| _| __|__| >-----Phone +46 8 7273849, Fax +46 8 6478276-----< ------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 12:56:11 +0100 (MET) From: Robert Cumming Subject: Re: deep turtle Martin wrote: / Robert wrote: /> > Well _I'm_ still here anyway! And still far more ignorant about Swedish /> > indie music than I'd like to be (I mean, I haven't even heard any /> > _Popsicle_ yet!) because of not knowing what to listen to on the radio /> > here. OK, there's P3's musikkanalen, but they waste so much time /playing /> > Traste Linde'ns Kvintett (sp?) and so on. Oh for a svensk version of /> > Radio Mafia... / /If you are in the Stockholm area, you should definitely tune in Radio /Bandit on 105.5. Their airplay is clinically free from techno and hit /list stuff, and they play a lot of songs by Dinosaur Jr, Breeders, Lush, /and the likes. I even recall hearing Popsicle on Bandit. Whaaaaat? I have to say I've been avoiding Bandit, because while they don't play any 2 Unlimited they seem to make up for it by playing vast amounts of crap American rock. And the quality of the DJs is really rock-bottom -- it's a relief when the adverts come on. Maybe the Stockholmers find it entertaining having stupid Americans doing their radio for them, but I find it almost unbearable. Maybe I'll try again though... Robert ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- menn{{n nukkuun, menn{{n vaan mail robert@astro.su.se telttaan mahallaan tel. +46-8-164487 silm{t kiini laitetaan finger robert@hobbes.astro.su.se maaper{{ kun me kuunnellaan www http://cast0.ast.cam.ac.uk/~rjc/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 19:34:24 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: West Side Discography v1.2 A WEST SIDE FABRICATION v1.2 13-Oct-94 Label discography by chief@lysator.liu.se ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catalog# Form Year Group/Artist Title We 001 MC 86 West European Politics God's Name In Vain We 002 7" 87 West European Politics Delirium Is A Disease Of The Night We 003 MC 87 Compilation Musikfabriken We 004 MC 87 This Perfect Day Christ, Marx, Wood and Wei We 005 7" 88 West European Politics Dej  Vu We 006 7" 88 Genre Happy Hit The Happiness We 007 7" 88 This Perfect Day Songs About Love And Affection We 008 7" 89 Tekman Welcome We 009 7" 89 Wannadies The Beast Cures The Lover We 010 LP 89 West European Politics Slugging For... We 011 7" 89 West European Politics Women WeTS 012 TS 92 T-shirt Popmusic Ruins Your Brain We 013 LP 90 Compilation From A Northern Place We 014 7" 90 This Perfect Day Balcony Love We 015 7" 90 Livingstone Half A Lifetime We 016 7" 90 Mary*Go*Round Plays Golden Hits We 017 MP 90 Holger Danske Holger Danske We 018 7" 90 The Waiting Rain Sail We 019 7" 90 Mindre Modiga M„n Tysta M„n We 020 7" 91 The Boom Band Osynlig V„n We 021 LP 91 Compilation A West Side Fabrication Vol 2 We 022 7" 91 Holger Danske Water From The Moon We 023 7" 91 This Perfect Day Postcard Summers We 024 7" 91 Tins & Cans Mission We 025 7" 91 Send No Flowers Learning French We 026 7" 91 Mindre Modiga M„n Vackra Ann We 027 LP 91 Tins & Cans Trancemission WeCD 027 CD 91 Tins & Cans Trancemission We 028 LP 91 Mindre Modiga M„n L”gnerna Och Sanningen WeCD 028 CD 91 Mindre Modiga M„n L”gnerna Och Sanningen We 029 MC 91 Popsicle Popsicle WeCD 030 CD 92 Compilation This Is A West Side Fabrication WeCD 031 CD 92 Compilation 15 Songs To The Spring We 032 LP 92 Cod Lovers Pretty Things WeCD 032 CD 92 Cod Lovers Pretty Things WeCD 033 CD 92 Popsicle Template WeCD 034 CD 92 Mindre Modiga M„n Sn„lla Mamma We 035 7" 92 The Bugs Bumble Bee WeCD 036 CD 92 The Waiting Rain Another Mental Earthquake WeCD 037 CD 92 The Bear Quartet Penny Century WeCD 038 CD 92 Blithe Pagan Rituals Under A Midnight Sun WeCD 039 CD5 93 Holger Danske I Am Here WeCD 040 CD5 93 Mindre Modiga M„n Lyckligare D† WeCD 041 CD 93 Stardog Champions WeCD 042 CD 93 Pleasurehouse Marseille WeCD 043 CD 93 Holger Danske Hank vs Hank WeCD 044 CD 93 Mindre Modiga M„n K†gedalen WeCD 045 CD 93 The Bear Quartet Cosy Den WeCD 046 CD 93 Compilation West Side Strikes Back Vol IV WeCD 047 CD5 93 Stardog The Godrats EP WeCD 048 CD5 93 Holger Danske Pitch Vs Frequenzy EP WeCD 049 CD5 93 Mindre Modiga M„n Sa Dom P† Radion WeCD 050 CD5 93 Hardy Nilsson 1973/Hon Som G†r Bredvid WeTS 051 TS 93 West Side Fabrication Got A Cooler Sounding Name WeTS 052 TS 93 The Bear Quartet Cosy Den WeTS 053 TS 93 A Shrine Friendly Friends WePO 054 PO 93 Stardog Stardog WePO 055 PO 93 Compilation Got A Cooler Sounding Name WeCD 056 CD5 93 A Shrine Glace WeCD 057 CD 93 Blithe Head Is Mighty WeCD 058 CD5 93 Hardy Nilsson Pops†ng/Din Match WeCD 059 CD 93 Mufflon 5 Boca Juniors WeCD 060 CD5 93 Fireside Softboy WeCD 061 CD 93 The Bear Quartet Family Affair WeCD 062 CD 93 Puffin Carnivore WeCD 063 CD5 93 Blue Popsong EP WeCD 064 CD 93 Hardy Nilsson Žr Det V„rt Det? WePO 065 PO -- Compilation Never Trust A Teenage Popstar WeMC 066 MC -- Compilation NS West Side WeCD 067 CD5 -- Carpe Wade Porch Light WeCD 068 CD5 -- Hardy Nilsson Gud I Mikrofon EP WeCD 069 CD5 94 Puffin Medium Cool EP WeCD 070 CD 94 Carpe Wade Full Circle WeCD 071 CD5 94 The Bear Quartet Revisited EP WeCD 072 CD5 94 Fireside Jupiter WeCD 073 CD 94 Compilation We're All Part Of A Family WeCD 074 CD5 94 A Shrine 48k WeCD 075 CD 94 Fireside Fantastic Four WeTS 076 TS 94 Compilation We're All Part Of A Family WeCD 077 CD5 94 Carpe Wade Snow WeCD 078 CD 94 A Shrine Hansel WeCD 079 CD 94 Stardog Stardog WeCD 080 CD5 94 Popundret Popundret WeTS 081 TS 94 Compilation We Are The Family WeCD 082 CD 94 Penniless People of B.. Mould WeCD 083 CD5 94 Blue Calling WeCD 084 CD 94 Compilation Making New Friends WeCD 085 CDMP 94 Blissfull Greatest WeCD 086 CD 94 Blue Sitting On The Sofa WeCD 087 CD 94 Puffin Soundtrack WeCD 088 CD 94 Mufflon 5 6:am Mantra (West Side together with Telegram Records:) WeT 1 CD 93 A Shrine Li & Friends WeT 2 CD 93 Blue Blue (West Side under the JAZZ BEAT label:) JB 01 CD5 93 SUSS von AHN River Of Love JB 02 CD5 94 SUSS von AHN Bet I Would Fall In Love Again JB 03 (West Side under the BUFFEL label:) BUF.S 01 CD5 94 Garp Faller En, Faller Alla... EP BUF. 02 CD 94 Garp Till†ten Fr†n 16 BUF.S 03 CD5 94 Mindre Modiga M„n Till Dom Som Har F”rlorat Allt BUF.S 04 CD5 94 Hardy Nilsson Hela Hj„rtat Mitt BUF. 05 CD 94 Hardy Nilsson Att Ha Och Inte Ha BUF.S 06 CD5 94 Mindre Modiga M„n D† Žr Bilen Bra BUF. 07 CD 94 Mindre Modiga M„n Utan Att Rodna (West Side under the SPEECH label:) SP.S 01 CD5 94 Boolteens Perfect Smile ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 19:36:07 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: New Puffin CD News about the new Puffin CD - "Soundtrack" reached me yesterday through Jocke (Mr West Side) when Carpe Wade played live here in Linkoping. He told me it had been delayed for another two weeks (so it'll be out at the end of this month). /Erik ----------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 14:59:48 +0200 (EET) From: Sami Rouhento Subject: Mana Mana Marten Sahlen wrote: > Speaking of Finnish independent music: can anyone tell me what > happened to the incredible band Mana Mana, from Joensuu I think. > Their album 'Totuus Palaa' (sp?) from a few years back was so > impressing, but I haven't heard anything since then. I seem to > remember that Mana Mana shared a few members with the equally great > Joensuu band Psychoplasma. Yes, Mana Mana, definitely a legend. Unfortunately they are no more, since the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Jouni Mommo died a couple of years ago, apparently during his stay at the hospital where he was treated for his schizophrenia. A major loss, no doubt, even though the word has it that toward the end he was pretty much out of it, and probably would not have been able to keep the band going anyway. I don't recall them having released anything after _Totuus Palaa_, but I might be wrong. There was a tour, however, some time after Mommo's death, with the rest of the band (including Otra Romppanen of Psychoplasma fame) playing old Mana Mana songs, as a tribute to the deceased. Sami ------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 15:14:21 +0100 (MET) From: Petter Tiilikainen Subject: The Bear Quartet Discography v 2.0 The Bear Quartet Discography. version 2.0 ========================================= Last update: 17th of October '94. Compiled by Petter Tiilikainen (burrito@ludd.luth.se) Thanks to Ludvig Borgne for info about the EP and the demos. Some of the info is inconsistent, if you have additional info, please contact me. Updates posted to alt.music.swedish-pop, alt.music.alternative, alt.music.independent. mailed to the scandinavian indie list. (scan-indie@lysator.liu.se) Also available via www from http://www.ludd.luth.se/~burrito/ Contents: o Ordinary releases o Compilation cuts. o Known demos o Short history of the band. ------------------------------------------------------------ 199? 12" (CEI027) on [Ceilidh] "Headacher" / "Tendervision" // "Spoon" / "Elvis Beach" ------------------------------------------------------------ 1992 CD (WeCD 037) on [A West Side Fabrication] "Penny Century" The Juiceman / Headacher / 20 / Hrrn Hrnn / Spoon / Bob / Private Sue / Dead Speedy / Tenderversion / Elvis Beach / I got the door / Sandi Morning / Broke ------------------------------------------------------------ 1993 CD (WeCD 045) on [A West Side Fabrication] "Cosy Den" Guilt Jazz / High Noon / Pup / Mountain / Gone Gone / Lude / Suits on for Sandi / Kept Fine / Fencecleaners / Straw / Blizzard / Drop me Anywhere / Memo / For I don't know / Is he dead is he dizzy ------------------------------------------------------------ 1993 7" (Sticky1) on [Sticky Fingers] "Blizzard / Headacher" Blizzard / Headacher ------------------------------------------------------------ 1993 MCD (WeCD 061) on [A West Side Fabrication] "Family Affair" Carsick / Big Stretch / Revisited / Slope Goings / Who's knocking / Left on the bank of the river / Smallest / Boss Dawn / Cross Yawn / Twinreciever ------------------------------------------------------------ 1994 CD5 (WeCD 071) on [A West Side Fabrication] "Revisited" Revisited / I'm Slow / Wear that jacket / Hot Meal / Capital Breath ------------------------------------------------------------ Compilation tracks: ------------------------------------------------------------ 1993 CD (WeCD 046) on [A West Side Fabrication] "WEST SIDE. strikes back vol IV" Bear Quartet track: 'Great thing' (previously unreleased) ------------------------------------------------------------ 1993 CD (RMCD 3020) on [Rainbow Music] "Life's a joke" Bear Quartet track: '7th' (previously unreleased) ------------------------------------------------------------ 1994 CD (WeCD 073) on [A West Side Fabrication] "We're all part of a family" Bear Quartet track: 'the core of prescence' (previously unreleased) ------------------------------------------------------------ 1994 2CD (NEJCD 94) on [Rosa Honung Records] "Nej till EU" Bear Quartet track: 'Capital Breath' ------------------------------------------------------------ 1994 7" (Sticky ?) on [Sticky Fingers] Split 7" with Blithe, A Shrine and Puffin Bear Quartet track: 'Capital Breath' ------------------------------------------------------------ Known Demos: ------------ 1989?/9?: 1st demo, all I know is the song "7th" is (probably) on it 1990: "Spoon" with the songs : Headacher / Tendervision / Hairfruit + some others 1991: "Moonbody" ------------------------------------------------------------ Short history: -------------- 1989: tBQ formed in the summer in Lulea, Sweden, with the line up: Mattias Alkberg - guitars, voice. Jari Haapalainen - guitars Johan Forsling - guitars Peter Nuottaniemi - bass guitar Mats Olsson - drums 1993: Urban Nordh replaced Mats Olsson on drums 1993: Recorded a live session for John Peel's radio show at BBC Radio-1, UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 21:45:54 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Carpe Wade Live CARPE WADE - Live at Herrgar'n, Linkoping, Sweden 13-Oct-94 Playlist: |- Blade |- Bucket Hand Headdown 3000 (sri sausen) |- Snow |- Spit Down Enter Urin Waisted Spots Before My Eyes -------------------- .... (Fredrik Enqvist only) Key: |- these two songs played |- without pause between Titles and notes from the band's own playlist (ie. hard to tell what it said sometimes). I don't remember that last song, but it was a "known" one - ie. a cover of Magnus Uggla or something like that. It started as Beastie Boys "Sabotage" (on request) though. :) For those who haven't heard Carpe Wade - They're compared with Rage Against The Machine, Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers (all in a mix). I'd say "Hardcore with a twist". Songs like "Waisted" and "Headdown", from their latest EP definitley sound like Rage - others have influences from everything between Matthew Sweet and Red Hot Chili Peppers. They do have a point about the Pearl Jam AND the Red Hot Chili Peppers AND Rage Against The Machine-influences on the "Porch Light" EP (their first EP - first track "Porch Light" - a bit like Pearl Jam, second track "Medicine" - a bit like Red Hot Chili Peppers, third track - "Wanna Be" - a bit like Rage Against The Machine) and fourth, "Waisted", like I said earlier - a _really_ Rage-comparable track. Jocke (the owner of the West Side label) was with them and had loads of things to say (which he did as well). I don't know what to write from all of that, but it looks like Hardy Nilsson is the best selling West Side band at the moment. If you don't count the Swedish-singing bands, The Bear Quartet came at #1, Carpe Wade at #3 and A Shrine at #4. Now that I write this I can't remember if Fireside came #1 or #2. Well, the first and second place could be mixed. Read it as you please. Jocke was very surpised that Puffin hadn't made it to the top 3 though (as surpised as I was) - maybe an example of not-so-good marketing, he thought. He also revealed who wrote Mufflon 5's songs - but I don't know if I can tell anyone. They made it sound like a "trade secret". I have to ask Jocke about it first. They have signed their first "outside Sweden" band - "Penniless People of Bulgaria" - and will release a full-length CD with them any day now. I just can't remember where they came from, though I think they were from Finland. Got their latest marketing-purpose folder, titled "When it all comes down to this: you're alone - A West Side Fabrication [Sample]" with photos by Sofia Dahlgren, which included a discography (that's why I posted a new one a few days ago :)) with yet-to-come releases such as new full-length'ers from Blue, Puffin and Mufflon 5. The 'West Side' introduction text says: "A West Side Fabrication -is an independent company based in northern Sweden. The label, since founded in 1987, has taken the position as being the most inventive and radical label in Sweden. A West Side Fabrication were first to sign and promote bands such as Popsicle, The Wannadies, and This Perfect Day; today, these bands are a part of the elite of Swedish popmusic. 17 bands are signed to the label. Many of which have gained an enormous amount of attention both in Sweden and abroad. The Bear Quartet, Mufflon 5 and Blithe are bands that habe recorded live sessions for the John Peel Show in England. With all this focus on the label, many fans have been made from all over the world; some fans have written letters expressing their love and affection as real fans do. A West Side Fabrication has started three daughter labels, Jazz Beat for a jazzy sound and with a special focus on singer/songwriters, Speech is a friendly friends label and Buffel is a label for bands that sing in Swedish. A West Side Fabrication is the guarantee for new and exciting music. It's the trademark for personality, and a chance for an artist to develop and release records. [got a cooler sounding name]" Jocke had three copies of a new Promo they were distributing to who-knows including new songs from Puffin, The Bear Quartet, A Shrine etc, but wouldn't sell any of them. I'd get one in the mail later though he promised, so I'll write a review of that one when I get it. Partly _Good News_ on the Estonian indie scene as well - I told him about Bizarre and Morningrise from Estonia, and he was interested to hear them so I promised to send what I had (which I did today). He thought my definition of Bizarre (ie. "better than Slowdive even") sounded promising enough, though he had about 50 tapes (a week?) to listen through. I won't write anything about the rest of the night but that if you like to party - get to know these guys. :) Interesting facts: 1. Daniel Soderberg who play guitar in Carpe Wade, play bass in A Shrine. (if I didn't get all of it completely wrong). 2. Everyone (including Jocke) agreed that Blue's song "My Day" on the "West Side strikes back vol IV" compilation is _really, really_ good. 3. Ekan (from A Shrine) is West Side's best song-writer. 4. The reason why we don't see A Shrine on tour is - no-one requests them! (EVERYONE OUT THERE - PLEASE TELL YOUR LOCAL "live" PLACE TO DO THIS!) 5. Fredrik wanted to have a contest with Jocke to decide who would drive back to Skelleftea (about 1000 kilomteters). (Jocke drove to Linkoping). 6. Trastocksfestivalen 94 (Woodstock (uhm.. in Sweden)) was free - and no-one liked the fact that Expressen (a big evening newspaper here) had said the fee was 230 swedish crowns. 7. Next year (for the Trastocksfestivalen), they had been told they had to build a bridge to some island, and have the whole thing there (or was it just to get the campers a place to sleep? Something like that.) 8. Jocke got two tickets to the Hultsfreds Festival this year - but he didn't have time to go, so he gave them away to Fredrik (Carpe Wade) and Ekan (?) (A Shrine). They showed up, and was interviewed on MTV's Headbangers Ball while they were dead drunk. Jocke's comment: "heh, good spokesmen for the West Side label...". Someone said he was ashamed about the whole thing. :) /Erik ---------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 21:48:49 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: SKYLTEN, Linkoping Autumn 1994 Here's the schedule for Skylten here in Linkoping -> 21/10 Souls + Broder Daniel 3/11 Lag Wagon + Strung Out (U.S.) 5/11 Surfcaster Beach 12/11 Lars Demian + Jambalaya Trio 26/11 Bob Hund + Halo 17/12 Christmas Party (bands to come later on) /Erik ------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 09:28:54 +0200 (EET) From: Sami Rouhento Subject: Re: Carpe Wade Live Erik the Chief wrote about A West Side Fabrication: > They have signed their first "outside Sweden" band - "Penniless People of > Bulgaria" - and will release a full-length CD with them any day now. I > just can't remember where they came from, though I think they were from > Finland. You're right there. Penniless People of Bulgaria are indeed Finnish and have released over here one album on Poko Rekords and later two on their own. Haven't really heard any of them so I can't comment on sound (but I've been told they're sort of Pixies-influenced). > Partly _Good News_ on the Estonian indie scene as well - I told him about > Bizarre and Morningrise from Estonia, and he was interested to hear them > so I promised to send what I had (which I did today). He thought my > definition of Bizarre (ie. "better than Slowdive even") sounded promising > enough, though he had about 50 tapes (a week?) to listen through. Umm, I'm sorry for not having kept you posted but the sad fact is that Morningrise have split up. Bizarre, on the other hand, have released an "official cassette version" of their demo -Beautica- backed with a couple of brand new songs ("Pearlshell Fairy" and "Paint the Silence") which sound at least as good as anything they've done before. I don't have the address here at hand, but if anyone wants to know how to obtain a copy, just say so. Sami > /Erik End of SI Digest #1.15 **********************