Scandinavian Indie Digest Tue Jan 02, 1996 Volume 3 : Issue 01 There are 30 messages totalling 1133 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Poptown '96 2. Popsicle on ZTV 3. Smash Hit Wonders Interview [09-Nov-95] 4. Interviews 5. What's happening in Linkoping? 6. Popsicle Official WWW Site / Ride Split (2) 7. Motor Tour List [18-Dec-95] Last this year 8. Upcoming gigs in Link|ping 9. Strange things happen at Gino 10. Stefan Sundstr|m Live 11. Radiohead Live (P3) 12. Mouth News 13. SI's UWUMRL 14. NON-SCAN: Ride/Gino/Slowdive SCAN: Sundstr|m 15. Selected News [22-Dec-95] 16. More Upcoming Gigs in Linkoping 17. SI's WUIMotR&T List [22-Dec-95] 18. WWW Pages 19. Cloudberry Jam 20. NON-SCAN: Gino/Slowdive 21. Gino/Photos/Slowdive 22. Salt in the USA 23. Salt in the US / Kolrassa Krokidandi (2) 24. SI's WUIMotR&T List [29-Dec-95] 25. More WWW News 26. More Upcoming Gigs... 27. Selected News 28. Texas Jesus is coming! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 23:18:15 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Poptown '96 The swedish national radio channel P3 have recently awarded the southern town Lund "Poptown '96". With this award, Lund will host a three day mini-festival starting on thursday the 8th of February 1996 and it ends on saturday 10th, at Mejeriet. P3 will broadcast four hours live each night 18:00 -> 24:00. Here's the scheduled live bands so far: Thu 8/2 - Satantic Surfers, S.P.O.C.K., Popsicle Fri 9/2 - Agurk Players, Tiny Poetry, tba Sat 10/2 - Colubrids, Milky, Wilmer X and there's a lot of other things happening as well, demo contests, seminars, etc etc. Tickets will be released on monday December 18th, 1995. Info phone: +46-(0)46-123811 Tickets can be bought from: Lund - Folk } Rock, Gleerups, Mejeriet Malm| - Folk } Rock, Jukebox, Musik & Konst Mejeriet open their doors at 17:00 each night. //Erik ------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 23:17:54 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Popsicle on ZTV For those who aren't able to get ZTV, ZTV News had an interview with the band and their producer Niklas Frisk (from Atomic Swing), played some songs from the new self-titled Popsicle album and showed the "new" video this week, as well as stated that the band will start touring at the end of january 1996. //Erik ---------------------- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 03:40:20 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Smash Hit Wonders Interview [09-Nov-95] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie Presents: A short interview with Smash Hit Wonders by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se) after a gig at Herrgar'n, Linkoping, Sweden, 09-Nov-95. Smash Hit Wonders are: Petter Nyhlin (vocals) Thomas Blixt (guitar) Jesper Klarin (drums) Johan Avedal (bass) (c) 1995 Scandinavian Indie If the answer is "A." it was answered by the group as a whole. If the answer is "MB." it was answered by their manager, Magnus Bengtsson. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE GIG TONIGHT? A. It was fun to play, even though the stage broke. One of the legs on one of those squares that makes the stage just broke and Petter fell backwards! Maybe it was time for it to break, when it's been swaying for such a long time. MB. You almost couldn't hear the drums. We wanted them a bit back on the stage, but during soundcheck the soundcheck-guy wanted them where they were. Q. WHAT SONGS DID YOU PLAY? PN. It was quite a few.. 'Socialism', 'Summer of '89', 'Golden Haircut', 'Straight Edge Song', 'Alltogether Now', 'Breaking the Bonds of Male Power', 'I Never', 'Superbambi' and 'Let Freedom Ring With a Shotgun Blast'. The extras were 'Manic Monday' and 'Wannabe a Wannabe'. We had world premiere on 'Alltogether Now' and 'I Never' tonight! Q. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? PN. We're fom Skovde! The second best band from that town really. Kracklites is the number one! They play some kind of hardcore-techno, like if the Doors would play techno today. People are really afraid of them! The guy who sings is like 120 kg, and looks lethal. At least that's what everyone says. Petter's talked to them, asking them to play live more than they do, but no-one dares to hire them. They simply kick ass. Q. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT PLAYING? PN. I'm unemployed and without a place to stay at the moment, Thomas sweeps chimneys, Jesper works as a music teacher and Johan is a student (film). Our manager, Magnus is a media teacher, reporter at TV4, student and, of course, manager. Q. WHO WRITES THE LYRICS / MUSIC? PN. I write all the lyrics and work with Thomas on the music. But all of us arrange the songs. Q. HOW ABOUT RELEASES? PN. [Laugh] It's pretty embarrasing. One demo. That's it. In December 1994. Q. COULD YOU NAME SOME OF YOUR INFLUENCES? A. Pixies, Sebadoh, Blithe, Bob Hund, Jam, Neil Young, Machinehead - that's where the 'Let Freedom Ring...'-title comes from, but we would never actually buy something they've made though. TB. The Who, Small Faces and Savages are really my influences. PN. Redheads! Q. DO YOU LISTEN TO OTHER SWEDISH BANDS? A. Sure we do! Bob Hund, as number one, then Naked! Other than that, well, Kent, Honey Is Cool, Souls, Salt, Blithe. And Loosegoats. They're really great, friendly and all. Q. ARE YOU TOURING RIGHT NOW? PN. No, not at all. The next gig we know of is in Sundsvall on the 9th of December, together with Blithe and Honey Is Cool. We have a preliminary date in Skovde on the 8th of December though. That's pretty much it for this year. Next year we'll play at the Underground in Gothenburg, on February 10th. Q. WHAT FESTIVALS HAVE YOU PLAYED? PN. We've played the Emmaboda festival this year (1995), Araby '95, which was an anti-rasist gala with about 15.000 people in Vaxjo and then the Kamikaze festival in Hova this summer. Q. WILL WE SEE YOU SIGNED TO A LABEL SOON? PN. Well, we're talking a bit with Soap right now, but they want a lot more material from us before they release anything or sign us for that matter. It's kind of good that everything's a bit slow for us right now. We get a lot of time to rehearse new songs, which is needed if we want that contract. Anyway, Ceilidh (Good Dog Records) want to release something with us, if the new Stevepops, a good old four-track 7",sells well. That's all we know right now. Q. HAVE YOU BEEN FEATURED IN ANY MAGAZINES OR PAPERS? PN. Yes! We got a fantastic review in Avenyn (entertainment section in Goteborgs Posten), and from a load of fanzines. Almost too good reviews to be honest about it. Pop and SA have reviewed our Demo as well, but the reviewer in SA really didn't know what she was doing, saying we were "lo-fi"! Q. ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO END THIS INTERVIEW WITH? A. We had a motor-accident a week ago, which could've ended really really bad. Bengan [MB] was driving the van, I think we were going to Borange, and listened to Goldie pretty loud. Petter just played a bit with Bengan's cellular phone, but Bengan wanted him to put it down, in a safe place. Petter put it in a little holder on the dashboard which he thought to be a really really safe place. But that wasn't what Bengan thought, so he was about to grab it, and... TB. I shouted _What the hell!!!_. A. The road turned, Bengan didn't. He almost hit a telephone pole doing 80 km/h! TB. I just screamed: _Hit the brakes! Hit the brakes!_. Then, when we finally stopped, I remebered the trailer! A. The trailer went to hell. Though we were lucky that it just snapped like that from the van, or we wouldn't be here now. The funny thing is that even though all this happened, the cellular phone was still lying in the holder on the dashboard! A lot of stuff on the trailer were broken though, and we had to cancel our gigs in Borange and Falun, which made us lose about 10-15.000 kronor. But we didn't need to pay anything repairing the broken instruments. Thomas and Jesper fixed everything themselves. Smash Hit Wonders can be contacted through snail mail to: Magnus Bengtsson PL 8124A 541 91 Skovde SWEDEN Scandinavian Indie Smash Hit Wonders interview 09-nov-95 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Soderstrom, Bjornkarrsg. 13 B:34, 582 51 Linkoping, Sweden ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- //Erik ----------------------- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 03:46:14 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Interviews Forgot to say that _all_ interviews are also available in HTML-format (a bit nicer-looking :)) on the Scandinavian Indie WWW pages. http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/inter.html lists all available interviews. //Erik ----------------------- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:11:57 +0100 From: asaer742@knuten.liu.se (Asa Erlfeldt) Subject: What's happening in Linkoping? Does anybody have any clue about who or what may or may not be playing this winter in Linkoping? And what bookings are coming up at Herrgarn? ------------------- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 20:57:32 +0100 From: Erik S|derstr|m Subject: Popsicle Official WWW Site / Ride Split Just got a message from Popsicle telling me that they have just opened their own official WWW homepage. You can find it at: http://www.popsicle.se/binary/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Scan: Ride announced that the band is no more (today?). The album they have been working during 1995 will _not_ be released. //Erik ----------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 02:40:38 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Motor Tour List [18-Dec-95] Last this year Motor Tour List 18 December 1995 59 times the pain Burning Heart 25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New Eggstone's gig in Simrishamn December 30th is cancelled. Gordon Roligan Rec. 21/12 Gothenburg - Q-Club New Liberator Burning Heart 21/12 Gothenburg - Q-Club New 22/12 Stockholm - Studion New Millencolin Burning Heart support : 59 times the pain 19/1 Fieberbrunn (A) - World Pro Half pipe final 25/1 Kopenhamn - Pumpehuset 27/1 Arvidjaur - Medborgarhuset 10/2 Stockholm - Studion New 17/2 Stockholm - Big Jump Cup New 23/2 Malmo - KB New 6/3 Osaka - Club Quattro 7/3 Nagoya - Club Quattro 8/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro 9/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro No Fun at all Burning Heart 25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset 31/1 Utrecht (NL) - Tivoli 1/2 Nijmegen (NL) - Doomroojse 2/2 Eidhoven (NL) - Effenaar 3/2 Amsterdam (NL) - Melkweg 5/2 Mari (G) - tba 6/2 Frankfurt (G) 7/2 Luzern (CH) 8/2 Bern (CH) 9/2 Basel (CH) 10/2 Zurich (CH) 11/2 Bregens (A) 13/2 Munchen (G) 14/2 Linz (A) 16/2 Stuttgart (D) 17/2 Mannheim (D) 18/2 Koln (D) 20/2 Dortmund (D) 21/2 Bielefeld (D) 22/2 Ebbenburen (D) 23/2 Pinee (D) 24/2 Berlin (D) 25/2 Hamburg (D) 1/3 Fagersta - Showcaseparty 2/3 Orebro - Showcaseparty 6/3 Osaka - Club Quattro 7/3 Nagoya - Club Quattro 8/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro 9/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro 30/3 Sundsvall - Big Jump Cup New Randy Dolores Rec. 16/12 Arvidsjaur - Medborgarhuset Satanic Surfers Burning Heart 19/1 Lund - Mejeriet 25/1 Stockholm - Studion New Satanic Surfers, 59 times the pain & Bodyjar Burning Heart 27/1 Stockholm - Studion New ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bodyjar Burning Heart 25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New CIV (US) Wea 1/2 Copenhagen - Stengade 30 2/2 Oslo - Blitz 3/2 Stockholm - Studion D`Angelo (US) Emi 9/2 Stockholm - Gino 10/2 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset Foetus (US) Big Cat/MNW ILR special guest : Morning Glory Warner 25/2 Copenhagen - Loppen New G.Love & Special Sauce (US) Sony 24/1 Lund - Mejeriet 25/1 Stockholm - Gino Marion (UK) Polygram 1/3 Stockholm - Studion New 2/3 Copenhagen - Loppen New Ruby (UK) Sony 22/1 Stockholm - Studion 23/1 Oslo - So What Shelter (US) Roadrunner/MNW ILR 13/2 Copenhagen - Loppen New 14/2 Linkoping - Skylten New 15/2 Stockholm - Studion New 16/2 Gothenburg - Musikens Hus New 17/2 Lund - Mejeriet New Ten foot pole (US) Border/Epitaph 18/1 Borlonge - Kosmos 19/1 Lund - Mejeriet Urge Overkill (US) MCA 12/2 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New 13/2 Stockholm - Gino New Voodoo glow Skulls (US) Border/ Epitaph 23/1 Lund - Mejeriet 24/1 Stockholm - Studion Motor presents the following artists at the Venue Festival (Denmark) 1996 Boghandle Sony 25/1 Copenhagen - Stengade 30 26/1 Hadeslev - Aktivitetshuset 27/1 Esbjerg - Tobaksfabrikken G.Love & Special Sauce Sony 28/1 Copenhagen - Loppen Selig Sony 27/1 Copenhagen - Loppen Southen Culture On The Skids Geffen/MCA 25/1 Copenhagen - Stengade 30 26/1 Haderslev - Aktivitetshuset 27/1 Esbjerg - Tobaksfabrikken Voodoo Glow Skulls Epitaph/Border 25/1 Albertslund - Forbrondingen 26/1 Arhus - Musikcafeen 27/1 Alborg - 1000fryd ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 02:41:01 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Upcoming gigs in Link|ping On Tue, 19 Dec 1995, asaer742@knuten.liu.se (Asa Erlfeldt) wrote: > Does anybody have any clue about who or what may or may not be playing this > winter in Linkoping? And what bookings are coming up at Herrgarn? As of today, there are only two bands completely booked at Herrgar'n, and the starting schedule looks like this: 11/1 - Local band, tba 18/1 - nothing (I think it's a kravall that night) 25/1 - Melony 1/2 - tba 8/2 - Sludge Nation Melony is the latest band signed to the SOAP label, and sounds somewhat like Eggstone. The three in the band all come from Stockholm, and they will release an EP in January. Other bands that are planned but not yet completely booked include A Shrine (West Side, will release a new album in March), and Ludo X (from Copenhagen, Denmark, have released an album in Denmark and a single "Audience" in Sweden. The album will be released in Sweden in January, mixed by Tore Johansson). That's about all I know at the moment. I haven't seen Skylten's schedule and I had no idea Starmarket played there on December 12th. A bit sad, that their information doesn't reach more people I mean. //Erik -------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 08:59:02 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Popsicle Official WWW Site / Ride Split >Ride announced that the band is no more (today?). The album they >have been working during 1995 will _not_ be released. Has anyone checked out their new semi-boot "Live Light"??? It has a homepage: http://plaza.interport.net/mutiny/ridehomepage.htm Very strange, but the guys at Pet Sounds said that the band liked it so much that they released it officially... Sad news about the split, though. :( Jan Sundstrom ----------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:16:00 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Strange things happen at Gino >> What can i say? Hope noone gets offended by this, (sorry, women on the >> list!), but this was a weird and wonderful experience. I haven't seen the >> pic yet, but i really hope they turned out OK. Yeah, i got the pics now. Some of them really turns me on! Girls kissing, just like the Suede album sleeve. No offence, but there's something there... > All I wanted to say really was that Gino is a great place. The first > and last place I got to see Slowdive live too, by the way. Hey, you missed out at the marvellous Passagen gig back in 92?! I saw them three times during that tour: Uppsala, G=E4vle(!) and Stockholm. Got'em on tape! Jan Sundstrom ------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:16:53 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Stefan Sundstr|m Live >Sorry about the late reply (to everyone on the list) but I'm isolated at >home with the damn flu at the moment. Anyway, Stefan Sundstr|m. Yes, >it will be broadcasted next week on tuesday 19/12 (P3 Live, 21.03). F**k i missed out again. Damn . Anyone taped??? Jan Sundstrom ---------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 17:38:53 +0100 From: Erik S|derstr|m Subject: Radiohead Live (P3) Someone asked when the Radiohead gig at Gino (1-dec-95) would be broadcasted on the swedish national radio channel P3, and now I have received an answer to that question: * Radiohead, Live at Gino 1/12 will be broadcasted on January 1st 1996. A great way to start the year, isn't it? :) //Erik -------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 02:32:09 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Mouth News Mouth - have recorded four new songs, which will be released on an EP soon (January / February). They have also made a new video to the song "Hole of Your Head", which is to be released next week (week 52). The US version of their CD, also named Hole of Your Head, was earlier said to be released in the US on February 13th 1996, though now it looks like March will be the month. //Erik ------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 02:32:35 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: SI's UWUMRL Scandinavian Indie's Updated Weekly Upcoming Music Releases List 21-Dec-95 Date Artist Title Format Label ------- ----------------- ------------------------ ------ ----------------- Now Monster Honor Your Friends CD AMI Now Moose Live a Little Love a Lot CD Play It Again Sam Now PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love & B CD Island / Polygram Now Popsicle Not Forever CD5 Telegram Records Now Spacemen 3 Live In Europe CD HOK Space Now Swans Love of Life CD HOK Young 27 Dec Popsicle Popsicle CD Telegram Records 29 Jan Popundret tba CD West Side Fabr. 29 Jan The Drowners tba CD A West Side Fabr. 5 Feb Svart Sn| Smock 'n Roll CD Beat Butchers 5 Feb Coca Carola Dagar Kommer CD Beat Butchers 5 Feb Radioaktiva R{ker Res Dig Upp CD Beat Butchers 8 Feb Puffin tba CD5 A West Side Fabr. 13 Feb Mouth Hole Of Your Head (US) CD ? in the US of A. 25 Feb Puffin tba CD A West Side Fabr. Feb/Mar Tuk Tuk Rally tba CD Beat Butchers Mar A Shrine tba CD A West Side Fabr. Other first quarter 1996 ------------------------ ? ??? Atomic Swing tba CD ? ? ??? Kent tba CD BMG Note that all dates are preliminary! Anyone knows something that should be added to this list? _Souls_ for example? //Erik ------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 02:33:34 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: NON-SCAN: Ride/Gino/Slowdive SCAN: Sundstr|m On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote: >> Ride announced that the band is no more (today?). The album they >> have been working during 1995 will _not_ be released. > > Has anyone checked out their new semi-boot "Live Light"??? > It has a homepage: http://plaza.interport.net/mutiny/ridehomepage.htm > Very strange, but the guys at Pet Sounds said that the band liked it so > much that they released it officially... Semi-boot? I better check out that page. I also read in today's NME that they are releasing a single, _and_ that they are releasing the CD as well (in february / march). One could almost think they were signed to Creation. > Sad news about the split, though. :( Really. > Yeah, i got the pics now. Some of them really turns me on! Girls kissing, > just like the Suede album sleeve. No offence, but there's something > there... You better scan some of them, Jan... > Hey, you missed out at the marvellous Passagen gig back in 92?! I saw them > three times during that tour: Uppsala, G{vle(!) and Stockholm. Got'em on > tape! Which one do you have on tape? The one they broadcasted on the radio (P3)? I just turned on the radio one night and there they were. I only managed to record 2 1/2 songs :-(. Maybe we could do a trade of some sort? I know they have played in J|nk|ping as well, but I think that was 1991, and I missed that one as well. >> Sorry about the late reply (to everyone on the list) but I'm isolated at >> home with the damn flu at the moment. Anyway, Stefan Sundstr|m. Yes, >> it will be broadcasted next week on tuesday 19/12 (P3 Live, 21.03). > > F**k i missed out again. Damn . Anyone taped??? Sorry. :( But you'll have a second chance to tape Foo Fighters! Their gig will be re-broadcasted on thursday (28/12) (P3 Live as usual). //Erik ---------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 18:46:25 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Selected News [22-Dec-95] Some Selected Scandinavian Indie News Cardigans - have almost sold 1.000.000 copies of their album "Life". In January, they are on an european tour together with Bluetones, Heavy Stereo and Fluffy. Countries selected for this tour includes the UK, Holland and France. Cloudberry Jam - are in the studio recording their new full-length, which is planned to be released in February. Most of the album is recorded at Toodle Recordings (which is Jorgen Warnstrom's (guitar, vocals) own studio) in Linkoping. Strings, brass and vocals will be added at Silence Studios in Koppom (where Popsicle's new album was recorded for example). The final mixing will be made in Umea. Coca Carola - who are soon celebrating their 10-year anniversary will play at Kulturhuset (Stockholm) on wednesday (27/12). No fee, it's free. :) Be there at 19:00. Flakes - from Linkoping are playing at Kafe 44 (Stockholm) on thursday (28/12) together with Loosegoats. Be there at 19:00. Popsicle - received 2 points (out of 5) in today's (22/12) Expressen Fredag from reviewer Mans Ivarsson, who stated in his review that he would not fall for the hype, and didn't care if he would be "left out in the cold" because of it. Somersault - had to change their name, because a hard rock band from Karlstad registered the name as theirs recently. So now they are called Aquadays. Martin Aamot (vocals, guitar) says that they picked two words they all found beautiful and put them together, trying to avoid selecting a "real" word. They will record their new demo after the new year festivities, and it will be released in the middle of January. //Erik --------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 18:46:05 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: More Upcoming Gigs in Linkoping Speaking of upcoming gigs in Link|ping, today I received information from Skylten, and it looks like this: Booked bands (w/date): Booked bands (w/out date): ---------------------- -------------------------- Jan 24 - Swervedriver CIV Feb 14 - Shelter Garmarna Preliminary bands: ------------------ My Bloody Valentine (!) Snapcase They're looking for bands who want to open for these bands as well, so if you're interested, send your demo(s)/CD(s)/information to: Kevin Box 1026 581 10 Linkoping (Sweden) //Erik --------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 18:47:04 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: SI's WUIMotR&T List [22-Dec-95] Scandinavian Indie's Weekly Updated Interesting Music on the Radio & Television List December 22nd -> December 28th --------------------------------- Swedish National Radio Channel P3 --------------------------------- Day Date Artist Recorded --- ----- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------- Fri 22/12 Sator ? Sat 23/12 nothing Sun 24/12 Ardis Hultsfred, 26-Aug-95 Mon 25/12 Chris Isaak ? Tue 26/12 Mike Scott ? Wed 27/12 Lordz Of Brooklyn ? Thu 28/12 Foo Fighters ? Always at 21.03. Except fridays: 21.10. ------------------- Various TV Channels ------------------- Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time --- ----- ----------------------- ------------------- ------------- ----- Fri 22/12 Festivals '95 Festivals '95 MTV Europe 20.00 Sun 24/12 Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 22.30 Wed 27/12 Bj|rk Artist ZTV 22.10 Thu 28/12 Clawfinger Artist ZTV 23.40 //Erik ---------------------- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 01:56:36 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: WWW Pages I've updated and changed (completely) a lot of pages on the Scandinavian Indie WWW site, and I will continue with this during the whole christmas-new-year-holidays, so don't be alarmed if something seems to be missing one day, or something new is added another. It's perfectly "normal". :-) By the way, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you all! //Erik ------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 02:23:36 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Cloudberry Jam Did I forget to mention that Cloudberry Jam now have their own homepage? If I did, well, here is the address: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~jennie/html/cbjhem.htm //Erik ---------------------- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 14:42:42 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: NON-SCAN: Gino/Slowdive >> Yeah, i got the pics now. Some of them really turns me on! Girls kissing, >> just like the Suede album sleeve. No offence, but there's something >> there... > >You better scan some of them, Jan... Yeah, the requests are flooding in already ;) Actually i will, but the scanner here is locked up over Xmas, and i'll try to work that machine out after newyear. I've never scanned stuff before, i must admit. Slowdive: >> I saw them three times during that tour: Uppsala, G{vle(!) and Stockholm. >Which one do you have on tape? The one they broadcasted on the radio (P3)? All three! + the radio BC! They are quite ok, incl my backstage interview in Gavle when they play some My Bloody Valentine song on acoustic guitar.. >I know they have played in J|nk|ping as well, but I think that was 1991... No, that must have been on the same tour. February 92 i believe. Jan Sundstrom ----------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 05:24:52 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Gino/Photos/Slowdive On Sat, 23 Dec 1995, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote: >> You better scan some of them, Jan... > > Yeah, the requests are flooding in already ;) Actually i will, but the > scanner here is locked up over Xmas, and i'll try to work that machine out > after newyear. I've never scanned stuff before, i must admit. I bet they do! :) Well, get back to me (us) when you're ready! >> Which one do you have on tape? The one they broadcasted on the radio (P3)? > > All three! + the radio BC! They are quite ok, incl my backstage interview > in Gavle when they play some My Bloody Valentine song on acoustic guitar.. And why haven't I heard of this before? Jan? Now I'm really interested, but I guess it'll be better if we continue this through email, right? >> I know they have played in J|nk|ping as well, but I think that was 1991... > > No, that must have been on the same tour. February 92 i believe. Strange that, because some of my friends in J|nk|ping said 1991 but I guess they could have made a mistake. //Erik -------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 17:35:42 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Forsberg Subject: Salt in the USA Hej! Guess what? I just heard Salt on the radio (WHFS, a Baltimore "alternative" station) last night, REALLY late. It was "Bluster", and the dj admitted they had just gotten in this import cd single (I'm fucking flabbergasted that they played it, this station usually just rams the same dozen or so tunes down everyones throat til they're sick of them). Here's hoping a buzz gets going on this band so some of us yanks get to see them over here some day. ALSO: just a general FYI for anyone who hasn't heard or doesn't know: the Icelandic band Kolrassa Krokidandi (aka Bellatrix) are *incredible*. I remember Albert Sigurdsson talking about them months and months ago, but I have to agree, they are just too good. Their CD "Kyjasogur" refuses to leave my CD player. It's so good it's scary. I'm led to understand that they are currently in the US, recording and playing a few dates. Be great if one of 'em was somewhere near me! ------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 23:32:11 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Salt in the US / Kolrassa Krokidandi On Wed, 27 Dec 1995, Chris Forsberg wrote: > Hej! Guess what? I just heard Salt on the radio (WHFS, a Baltimore > "alternative" station) last night, REALLY late. It was "Bluster", > and the dj admitted they had just gotten in this import cd single > (I'm fucking flabbergasted that they played it, this station usually > just rams the same dozen or so tunes down everyones throat til they're > sick of them). Here's hoping a buzz gets going on this band so some > of us yanks get to see them over here some day. That's great! I asked my sister (who lives in Boston) to check some record stores there and see if she could find their album or EP or something, but she didn't find anything. I missed my chance to talk to the band when they played here (because I was down with the flu) too, so I have no idea what's going on, if they're going over there or anything. I'll have a chat with their label though and see what I can come up with. > ALSO: just a general FYI for anyone who hasn't heard or doesn't know: the > Icelandic band Kolrassa Krokidandi (aka Bellatrix) are *incredible*. I > remember Albert Sigurdsson talking about them months and months ago, but > I have to agree, they are just too good. Their CD "Kyjasogur" refuses to > leave my CD player. It's so good it's scary. I'm led to understand that > they are currently in the US, recording and playing a few dates. Be great > if one of 'em was somewhere near me! Why "aka Bellatrix"? I just talked to my ex, who lives in Reykjavik, if she knew something about them. And she did. She didn't like them. :) Anyway, they're supposedly all girls (and one guy), mixing pop/rock/punk with a traditional icelandic violin. They have never really learned how to play, so their sound is pretty thin, and they have become popular because they're a "girl band" and because they've picked pieces of what's been popular before and followed that thread. <- that's her talking, I have never heard the band myself. The CD is called "Kynjas|gur", and it translates to "strange tales". That's about all I found out. She promised to send me a copy of it, so I get to hear what they really sound like. :) //Erik ------------------- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 06:40:07 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: SI's WUIMotR&T List [29-Dec-95] Scandinavian Indie's Weekly Updated Interesting Music on the Radio & Television List December 29th -> January 4th --------------------------------- Swedish National Radio Channel P3 --------------------------------- Day Date Artist Recorded --- ----- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------- Fri 29/12 Merrymakers ? Sat 30/12 ? ? Sun 31/12 nothing Mon 1/1 Radiohead Stockholm, Gino, 01-Dec-95 Tue 2/1 Sofi Hellborg ? Wed 3/1 Bootsy Collins ? Thu 4/1 Swans ? Always at 21.03, except fridays: 21.10 ------------------- Various TV Channels ------------------- Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time --- ----- ----------------------- ------------------- ------------- ----- Fri 29/12 R.E.M. Dokumentar ZTV 17.50 R.E.M. Live 1994 TV4 00.45 Sat 30/12 Pop & Indie Pop & Indie ZTV 14.00 R Tue 2/1 Green Day Live ZTV 20.25 R = Rerun Sorry for the poor coverage, but I have some problems getting the lists necessary for a week or two. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie WWW pages: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/upcoming.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- //Erik ------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 06:40:23 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: More WWW News WWW-News: Some more pages have been added tonight (Upcoming Releases --------- and Upcoming Music on the swedish Radio & TV), and there's new information added regarding the Beat Butchers contest as well as some other stuff (check the "What's New" page!) //Erik ------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 14:08:17 +0200 (EET) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: Re: More Upcoming Gigs... According to chief@lysator.liu.se: * Preliminary bands: * ------------------ * My Bloody Valentine (!) This IS a joke, right??! Kimmo ------------------------- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 14:12:04 +0200 (EET) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: Re: Selected News According to chief@lysator.liu.se: * Cardigans - have almost sold 1.000.000 copies of their album "Life". Scary. :) * In January, they are on an european tour together with * Bluetones, Heavy Stereo and Fluffy. Countries selected * for this tour includes the UK, Holland and France. Do you mean that they will play in only those countries? (Yeah, I won't go into the usual ramble about so few Swedish bands playing in Finland... :) * Cloudberry Jam - are in the studio recording their new full-length, * which is planned to be released in February. Hey, can't wait that long! * Popsicle - received 2 points (out of 5) in today's (22/12) Expressen * Fredag from reviewer Mans Ivarsson, who stated in his * review that he would not fall for the hype, and didn't * care if he would be "left out in the cold" because of it. Eh...what hype? Did he say anything about how the album sounds like compared with the previous ones? Kimmo ----------------------- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 00:14:39 +0200 (EET) From: Albert Svan Sigurdsson Subject: Texas Jesus is coming! The experimental fun-rock group Texas Jesus from Iceland will be coming to Finland and Norway in the next few months. If you think you can help arrange a gig, arrange a support band or if yer just plain interested in the band then email me. Spread the news. ..Albert ------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 11:21:22 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Forsberg Subject: Re: Salt in the US / Kolrassa Krokidandi On Thu, 28 Dec 1995 chief@lysator.liu.se wrote: > On Wed, 27 Dec 1995, Chris Forsberg wrote: > > > Hej! Guess what? I just heard Salt on the radio (WHFS, a Baltimore > > "alternative" station) last night, REALLY late. It was "Bluster", Erik wrote: > That's great! I asked my sister (who lives in Boston) to check some > record stores there and see if she could find their album or EP > or something, but she didn't find anything. Update: my best friend just told me his wife heard this Swedish band called Salt on the radio, had I heard of them? :-) He told me that the dj was saying that their album was out here (USA), that you could buy it...but this confuses me! They are on MVG, a Swedish indie label, right? How on earth could this be available here, except on import? Unless they have just been signed to some major label or something....maybe the dj doesn't know what he's talking about, or Kelly heard wrong.... > > ALSO: just a general FYI for anyone who hasn't heard or doesn't know: the > > Icelandic band Kolrassa Krokidandi (aka Bellatrix) are *incredible*. I > > remember Albert Sigurdsson talking about them months and months ago, but > Why "aka Bellatrix"? The band has gotten this name "Bellatrix" for their album "Strange Tales", which is totally done in English, unlike their other albums they did under the name "Kolrassa Krokidandi"......I do not know if they have permanently changed their name to Bellatrix, or if they are going with 2 names, one for Island and the other for the rest of the world....actually, common sense tells me that they have probably changed their name to Bellatrix, but I can't say for sure. Anybody know?? > I just talked to my ex, who lives in Reykjavik, if > she knew something about them. And she did. She didn't like them. :) > Anyway, they're supposedly all girls (and one guy), mixing pop/rock/punk > with a traditional icelandic violin. They have never really learned how > to play, so their sound is pretty thin, and they have become popular > because they're a "girl band" and because they've picked pieces of > what's been popular before and followed that thread. <- that's her > talking, I have never heard the band myself. I sort of agree with part of this, but violently disagree with the rest! True, they are 4 girls and one guy, and their sound is a hybrid of pop/rock/punk, but also folk, postpunk and at times hints at dark goth. The violin parts make them sound similar (at times) to another Icelandic band called Reptile that was around in the late 80's/early 90's, but although Reptile was god-like in my opinion, they were hardly popular, at least not in any large-scale sense....from listening to them, I can sorta tell that Bellatrix are self-taught and are not trained musicians, but hell, to me, this is a plus! I really hate muso shit, and the fact that they "never really learned how to play" allows them to come up with some really original guitar riffs, and really interesting song structures....when I listen to "Kynjasogur" (the Kolrassa album)it is totally obvious that I am listening to some *truly* gifted songwriters, but songwriters that maybe don't know what they are doing, if that makes any sense? It's sorta like Joy Division in that sense....those guys didn't really know what they were doing and their playing was not very polished, but they invented a whole new style (and influenced god knows how many bands in the process). Now, not living in Island, I can't comment on why they have become popular there, but if it is as your ex says, then that is a pity. I happen to really like female vocals, but to make a band popular just because it contains one sex rather than the other is kinda stupid. Trendy or no, Bellatrix is a great band. BTW, their are sound files of Bellatrix and other Icelandic bands on the Bad Taste label at the Bad Taste website. The homepage is http://www.siberia.is/badtaste/badmail.htm If you poke around, you should be able to find the link to the sound file page....I think you can even download a song. Later, Chris Forsberg forsberg@charm.net ------------------------- End of SI Digest #3.01 **********************