Scandinavian Indie Digest Sun Jul 28, 1996 Volume 3 : Issue 34 There are 57 messages totalling 1492 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Dalarocken Line-Up 2. Cardigans new single 3. new Bizarre! (2) 4. new U.S. member (2) 5. Give Ear! (2) 6. Sin's Non-Scand Bands Gig Guide 7. New Cardigans single 8. Bizarre 9. More Selected News [16-Jul-96] (2) 10. Cinnamon (was re: New Cardigans single) 11. News from The Baltic States (2) 12. tape chain (4) 13. swedish bands (3) 14. Baltic News 15. Emmaboda Festival Schedule (2) 16. Summer holiday in sweden 17. Tape Chains (was: Finnish Tape) (3) 18. Glen Branca (was Re: Summer holiday in sweden) (2) 19. Loosegoats (was Re: Glen Branca (was Re: Summer holiday in sweden)) (4) 20. Icy tape chain (3) 21. Portland (was Re: Loosegoats (was Re: Glen Branca (was Re: Summer holiday in sweden))) 22. New would-be Icelandic connoisseur 23. Popangelov fanzine 24. Modern Love T-shirt 25. Traestock here we come, liksom 26. Emmaboda Festival 27. The best (3) 28. Lollipop (2) 29. Modern Love 30. primal scream... lollipop? 31. back from trastock (2) 32. Mejeriet 33. The Swedish tape 34. Sleeeeping vatten. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:41:52 +0200 (MET DST) From: Per L}ngstr|m Subject: Re: Dalarocken Line-Up i thought i'd share my thoughts on what i saw at dalaock this past weekend.. On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Erik S|derstr|m wrote: > Just though I'd post the line-up for Dalarocken. And here it is: > > Blackwood, Brick, Candysuck, Coca Carola, Creeps, > Da Brigade, Dieselkopf, Fireside, Fivel, Fu Manchu, Gene, brick wasn't all too exciting. the sound could have been a lot better and i wish they would slow it down a bit and really get going for the sounds of chicago-bands like shellac. the singer wasn't as annyoing as he usually is. fireside didn't take of either. by the time they came on the wind really picked up and blew away their usual clear rawness and intensity. they themselves weren't too pleased with their set and i too have seen them a lot better. what really made my saturday afternoon was fu manchu and their dope-overloaded heavy hippie rock. like kyuss without the psycadelia. very full and heavy sounding, with all of them looking like total school drop-outs. ;) > Gordon, Guineapigs, House Of Pain, Johan Johansson, > Robert Johnson & Punchdrunks, Kent, Liberator, robert johnson & the punchdrunks were friday's highlight. it was one of the oddest, yet coolest festival-acts i have ever seen. american 50's trash-surf along with goofy poses and quirky humour. made everybody in the audience smile and tap their feet. > Shane MacGowan and the Popes, Mazarine Street, > Moby, Monster, Nefilim, No Fun At All, Jonny Polonsky, > Popsicle, Porklift, Refused, Rob'n Raz Circus, > Scar, Idde Schultz, Sector Sex, Singer, > Skinny, Sodasplash, Space Age Baby Jane, > Sugar Ray, Sunflower, Visions, Vivid Steam, > The Wedding Present, Rikard Wolff, Yvonne, > Zest. as for the rest, jonny polonsky was alright, popsicle played on the biggest stage which felt a bit odd, and although i didn't get to see zest i hear they are some good. per --------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:22:44 +0300 (EET DST) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: Re: Cardigans new single According to chief@lysator.liu.se: * Anyway, my impression of the song was that it sounded like Nina with * another band Yeah, but in what way?!? Stop teasing us! :) Kimmo --------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:28:31 +0300 (EET DST) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: new Bizarre! According to a usually reliable source, Bizarre, the best (to my knowledge :) band in Estonia, have a new tape out!! Haven't heard it yet, therefore I cannot comment on its contents, but I will be very surprised if we don't get a full scoop soon on this forum from Sami R, the man in the know. So stay tuned! Kimmo --------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:43:59 -0500 From: jcurran@usr.com Subject: new U.S. member Greetings, I've just joined the list and I'm following Erik's advice and writing something about myself. I am drawn to this list because I've recently discovered The Cardigans and Red Sleeping Beauty and I want to learn more about them and about other great bands in Scandinavia. I'm a big fan of The Sundays, Cocteau Twins, Ivy (the U.S. Ivy), etc. I'm a writer and I work for a data communications company. I play drums when I can. What other bands should I be aware of? And does anyone have any advice for finding imports of these recordings in the U.S.? Thanks! Jim Curran Chicago USA -------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 21:59:31 +0300 (EET DST) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: Re: new U.S. member According to jcurran@usr.com: * Greetings, Hi and welcome to the list! * What other bands should I be aware of? And does anyone have any * advice for finding imports of these recordings in the U.S.? We have a couple of tape chains going on at the moment; an Icelandic, a Swedish and a Finnish one at least (is the industrial tape still out there somewhere?). I suggest you join them; it's an easy way to hear a number of new bands. The easiest way to join the tape chain is to post your name & address on the list and the persons who have the tapes in their possession will (hopefully) add your info on the list of subscribers. Right? I wonder if those tapes will never come home again... :) Kimmo --------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:21:40 +0300 (EET DST) From: Sami Rouhento Subject: Re: new Bizarre! Kimmo had to be the first one to say: > According to a usually reliable source, Bizarre, the best (to my > knowledge :) band in Estonia, have a new tape out!! Yup. It's an 8-track release called "Cafe de Flor" In fact, I had to make a quick visit to Tallinn just to get my hands on this long-awaited item (ooer--okay, there were other reasons too) because, as before, it is a cassette-only release on Tartu's Sally Cinnamon label, and I'll be damned if I'm ever going to find a copy here in Finland. I haven't really had the chance to listen to it more closely yet, but judging by a cursory listen or two, it's very good stuff, if a bit different from their previous, ingenious "Beautica" tape. Now, I hope the two of you reading this won't get the wrong idea when I talk about "cassette releases". Really these should be considered as proper albums--or mini-albums, perhaps--just as official as any others released on cd's and such. The sound and recording quality on "Cafe de Flor" is excellent. The sleeve is printed and very handsomely laid out. Do not mistake these Estonian cassette release for demo tapes. As I mentioned about a year ago (phew! does time fly or what..?) Bizarre lost their drummer and bassist and consequently took a turn to a more dance-oriented style, with the addition of Lauri on samplers and keyboards. A couple of the songs on the tape have a pulsating house beat (says someone who knows next to nothing about dance music) and a couple of others groove along to more laid back beats, reminding me of something like, uh er, trip hop maybe... Plenty of ambient soundscapes abound elsewhere. The vocals remain mainly in the Slowdive mode, so I gues it would be fair to say that Bizarre have now come up with a cool mixture of earlier dreampop and modern dance influences. Some of the stuff reminded me of Dubstar or St. Etienne, but more ethereal. Yeah, well, maybe I should have waited a bit more before trying to write anything more analytic... The tape should be available from the Sally Cinnamon address, which I don't have handy right now, but perhaps I can get back to you on this? These people should be huge. Sami ---------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:31:47 +0200 (MET DST) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Give Ear! Got the new West Side compilation "Give Ear!" today - and I have to ask if I am the only one to discover just how _great_ The Drowners are? Their song "Upside" on the compilation is _fantastic_! No wonder that GreenTeam are interested in getting them over the pond. This is a given radio hit - I can even hear it now, when the song fades out... "you're listening to KRWC and The Drowners just kicked some major a..."... But what happened to the Bear Quartet?! HELP! And I understand why Puffin says that they are an "electronic studio project" nowadays too. I looks somewhat like all our guitar heroes of the past have gone and made an A Shrine on us! I knew that Carpe Wade had changed, but never this much! A bit of the new wave punk, ska and wannadies-ish pop. I would never have guessed that this was Carpe Wade. Anyway, there are plenty of gems on this compilation, including Popundret - "Time Stops By" (Yay! It is _great_!), Mufflon 5 "All In Flames" (they're back!), Drowners (Yummy!), Backfisch (well, it was made before they decided to change their name) "Bless You" (_so_ beautiful!) etc etc, and "new-comers" Stickboy, The All Janet and Kilmer as well. Review will follow soon... //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) ..still listening to The Drowners "Upside".. ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:31:30 +0200 (MET DST) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: re: Sin's Non-Scand Bands Gig Guide On Sun, 14 Jul 1996, Robert Cumming wrote: > Nice to see at least one really good band included in the list, but it seems > a bit odd to include Aknestik and Weezer in the same bunch. It would > be nice to aim for a truly pan-Nordic/Baltic list and keep the > non-Scan stuff separate. I know there are good reasons for scan-indie > being a bit Swedocentric, but, well, you know what I mean... Yes, you're absolutely right. It wouldn't be much of a hassle including Scandinavian / Baltic artists in the, as it is called today, Swedish bands gig guide, because it is not very often that I find out / learn of gigs these bands have. I'll think a bit, and make the necessary changes soon. //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) ..listening to The Drowners "Upside".. ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:32:14 +0200 (MET DST) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: re: New Cardigans single On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote: >> Anyway, my impression of the song was that it sounded like Nina with >> another band > > Yeah, but in what way?!? Stop teasing us! :) I wasn't teasing you! :-) It is pretty hard to describe actually - but the jazz-twist was gone (you know, the one Nina used to wave her arm to), and it wasn't as "light" as before either. I didn't record it unfortunately, as I didn't know it was them - so all this is from memory. No screaming electric guitars though. :-) I would probably say that it sounded like an even more mature Cardigans. Something I'm not sure that I will like. I kind of enjoyed their somewhat naive, fresh scent. But, there are bands that are perfectly able to take their place these days, and I don't mean Cinnamon, even though they have their moments. Sorry for the "light" information, but I'll be back when they play it again (and I hear it). Or _is_ the CD5 out now!? Anyone? //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:32:30 +0200 (MET DST) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: re: Bizarre On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote: > According to a usually reliable source, Bizarre, the best (to my > knowledge :) band in Estonia, have a new tape out!! Haven't heard it > yet, therefore I cannot comment on its contents, but I will be very > surprised if we don't get a full scoop soon on this forum from Sami R, > the man in the know. So stay tuned! Are you kidding?! I hope you're not - because I'll be jumping around the house like a crazy.. um.. something, if this is true! And I second your opinion, that this is probably the best band in Estonia, mildly said! Sami: details, _please_! :-) //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) ------------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:34:56 +0200 From: Robert Cumming Subject: More Selected News [16-Jul-96] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie SELECTED NEWS Scandinavian Indie July 16th, 1996 by Robert Cumming (robert@astro.su.se) "Remember where you heard it first" Contents: Tr{stockfestivalen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik S|derstr|m is not going to Tra"stock, sources in Finland reported yesterday. This has potentially serious consequences for the Scan-Indie representation at the festival, which will take place this weekend in Skellefte}. S|derstr|m himself has been keeping quiet about his decision not to go, but it's understood that pressure of work is keeping him away. The Scan-Indie flag will now be borne by Tampere's Kimmo S{{skilahti, and Stockholm-based expatriate Scot Robert Cumming. Some list members from Ume} and Lule} are also likely to attend. As yet it's unclear if S{{skilahti and Cumming, who are planning to cover Tammerfest in Finland on the same weekend, will be allowed into the exclusive A West Side Fabrication party at the festival. Assurances had previously been given by record company supremo and festival organiser Jocke. S|derstr|m's absence worries Cumming: -- We were planning to do some interviewing for the next issue of 'Chouette', and now we don't know if we'll be able to meet the stars, he said. The festival boasts the very best of Swedish indie, including Bob Hund and the Wannadies, plus a whole range of West Side bands. Entry is free. If the weather holds out, and other Scan-indie members turn up, the weekend could still be a good one, according to Robert Cumming. -- Somehow we'll just have to survive without Erik. Whatever happens, we'll have a good time and report back afterwards. -------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 96 09:36:24 +0200 From: etxsahm@cyber.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: Cinnamon (was re: New Cardigans single) chief@lysator.liu.se wrote: > But, there are bands that are perfectly able to take their place these > days, and I don't mean Cinnamon, even though they have their moments. Speaking of Cinnamon, they've been up to some changes lately. Their nucleus, Jiri and Frida, will continue as Cinnamon, while the rest of the guys that fleshed out the band for studio sessions and live gigs (Bjorn - guitar, Manne - bass, Christer - drums) have a new band going, with the somewhat bizarre name Planet of the Poodles. They've started doing gigs at small places like Hyndans and Konstfack, and have completed a demo tape which is in circulation at selected labels. I heard the tape, and let me just say that there's potential in there... imagine power pop meshed with the melancholic feel from early Cure albums. Remember where you heard about them first... :) ---------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 12:54:03 +0300 (EET DST) From: Roberts Galvans Subject: News from The Baltic States ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS FROM THE BALTIC STATES Scandinavian Preview Scandinavian Indie Tuesday,16th July Indie Updated by Roberts Galvans ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19-20th July in Madona will be alternative and indie music festival,here is the list of bands,which will take a part in happening: Bands for competition: Herlis Pollija Teica (Polly Said) Hell Patrol Metal H FACT Yaputma Sound System Dzelzs Vilks + Rudite (Iron Wolf & Rudite) ALCO Heaven Grey D Day Rabbit Trio Lucius Mini Band Special guests: Skumju Akmeni (Stones Of Sadness) Holy Lamb Linga Prata Vetra (Brain Storm) Gatis Pashkyavichus (from Lithuania) Igo + U.T.T. WW Project (from Estonia) Johnny Salamander RoberC se51097@lanet.lv ---------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 11:47:38 -0500 From: jcurran@usr.com Subject: tape chain Please include me in the tape chain. Jim Curran 802 N. Kaspar Ave. Arlington Heights, IL 60004 USA Thanks! ----------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 01:09:30 +0200 (MET DST) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: re: More Selected News On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Robert Cumming wrote: > Scandinavian Indie SELECTED NEWS Scandinavian Indie > > July 16th, 1996 > by Robert Cumming (robert@astro.su.se) > "Remember where you heard it first" > Contents: > Tr{stockfestivalen Ha ha ha! That was truly a good one, Robert! You guys come up with everything, don't you?! :-) But, yes, it is true that I am not able to go to the Tr{stocksfestival this year. I'm filling in for the root at a company, who said that he would be back this week when I started, but just the other day, they told me he had changed his plans, and will not be back before _next_ week. So they didn't let me take two days off. :-(((( You guys better report back from the festival, you hear! AND DO NOT MISS Backfish and Bob Hund and Popundret and Penniless People of Bulgaria and... this makes me so sad. In any case, because of this "mix up" (as they call it), I will get time off the whole next week, and will then go to the Lollipop festival, where fun things will happen (and I'm not just talking about the bands here :-) - stay tuned!) //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 01:09:12 +0200 (MET DST) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: re: swedish bands On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, jcurran@usr.com wrote: > I'm a big fan of The Sundays, Cocteau Twins, Ivy (the U.S. Ivy), etc. There's a band from the town of Huskvarna (just outside Jonkoping, where The Cardigans come from) called The Wellmeant. I think that the girl singing in that band sounds pretty much like Harriet Wheeler. Though the group is not signed by any label, but recently appeared on a compilation CD called "A Chance To Shine" released by Dorian Records here in Sweden. The CD contains 20 songs from 20 bands (where only one is signed to a label) and I definitely recommend it. You might want to check out the review on the Scandinavian Indie web-pages first though (or let me know, and I will send the review to you): http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/cdrev.html > What other bands should I be aware of? And to that, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) replied: > We have a couple of tape chains going on at the moment; an Icelandic, > a Swedish and a Finnish one at least (is the industrial tape still out > there somewhere?). I suggest you join them; it's an easy way to hear a > number of new bands. I definitely agree. So, if you want to join one chain (or all of them) just follow Kimmo's advice and... > post your name & address on the list and the persons who have the tapes > in their possession will (hopefully) add your info on the list of > subscribers. Please also add which chains you'd like to join, though. > I wonder if those tapes will never come home again... :) Yes, one does wonder about that at times. :-) Who's got the tapes now then by the way? //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 01:09:48 +0200 (MET DST) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: re: Baltic News On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Roberts Galvans wrote: > Bands for competition: [snip] Mmm, I would really like to hear all of these bands. I think you'd better start to make a Latvian Indie compilation tape, this very minute! :-) //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 01:10:06 +0200 (MET DST) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Emmaboda Festival Schedule Here's the schedule for the Emmaboda festival 1996 (August 9 - 10) (someone ought to record all of this...): FRIDAY August 9th: 17.00 Lousy 17.30 Ludo X 18.00 Chester Copperpot 18.30 Naked 19.10 Chevy 19.40 The Ark 20.10 Sobsister 20.40 Broder Daniel 21.20 Busty 21.50 Pineforest Crunch 22.30 Silver Bullet 23.00 bob hund SATURDAY August 10th: 11.00 Post 11.30 Wagon 12.00 Leslies 12.30 Nooners 13.00 Sodabuzz 13.30 Cloudberry Jam 14.10 Superswirls 14.40 Fly 15.20 Word of Life 16.20 Tr{d Gr{s Stenar 17.00 Dr Kropp 17.30 Gud i brallan 18.10 Glue 18.40 Loosegoats 19.20 Fidget 19.50 Starmarket 20.30 Tambureens 21.00 Nomads 22.00 Mouth 22.30 Hellacopters 23.00 Sindy Kills Me 23.30 Popsicle 00.30 Brick 01.00 Fireside Information supplied by Magnus (magnus@lousy.pp.se) //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jul 96 09:07:38 +0200 From: ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne) Subject: Summer holiday in sweden >> During the Waterfastival I will stay in Stockholm and maybe a few of you >> can recommend me some clubs, concerts, record-shops etc. to visit. Maybe >> we could meet personally ( at the popsicle gig ?). > > As for concerts, look for flyers and posters in the record stores. From > memory, I know that Teddybears, Iggy Pop, and Patti Smith will perform > during the festival. And oh yeah, Glen Branca too, don't miss this man!! Does anyone know what to expect from this guy (Glen Branca) these days? Is he still into the "twenty guitars playing the same chord for forty minutes" thing? A definite must in that case! (Even though I guess we can't expect to see Lee Ranaldo or Thurston More in the ensamble.) Garbage are playing during the Water Festival too, by the way. /Ludde ------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jul 96 09:19:19 +0200 From: ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne) Subject: Tape Chains (was: Finnish Tape) > Everyone got this? Good! This also means that Ludde will send the > tape back to me (Ludde is that okay with you or do you want to > do something else?). I guess we can discuss that when I eventually get the tape. My guess is that some names will have been added by then, no longer making me the last person on the list. /Ludde, listening to "the sound of paper drums and shredded paper voice" :) --------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 96 09:37:26 +0200 From: etxsahm@cyber.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: re: swedish bands chief@lysator.liu.se wrote: >> I wonder if those tapes will never come home again... :) > > Yes, one does wonder about that at times. :-) Who's got the tapes now > then by the way? You said it, chief! The Swedish industrial tape that I prepared seems to have got stuck down under in Australia. The guy who has had the tape for several months by now, doesn't even respond to email anymore, ho hum... Well, at least he's not from this mailing list, he's from another list. You just can't trust anyone these days :) ---------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 10:50:52 +0300 (EET DST) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: re: tape chains According to Marten Sahlen: * chief@lysator.liu.se wrote: * * >> I wonder if those tapes will never come home again... :) * > * > Yes, one does wonder about that at times. :-) Who's got the tapes now * > then by the way? * * You said it, chief! The Swedish industrial tape that I prepared seems to * have got stuck down under in Australia. The guy who has had the tape for * several months by now, doesn't even respond to email anymore, ho hum... * Well, at least he's not from this mailing list, he's from another list. Actually I was not worrying about the tape getting lost, I just meant that it seems that new people are signing up to those chains all the time (which is only a good thing!) so it might take a while until the tape has criss-crossed the world a couple of times. Kimmo --------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 96 09:59:25 +0200 From: etxsahm@cyber.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: Glen Branca (was Re: Summer holiday in sweden) ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne) wrote: >> As for concerts, look for flyers and posters in the record stores. From >> memory, I know that Teddybears, Iggy Pop, and Patti Smith will perform >> during the festival. And oh yeah, Glen Branca too, don't miss this man!! > > Does anyone know what to expect from this guy (Glen Branca) these days? > Is he still into the "twenty guitars playing the same chord for forty minutes" > thing? A definite must in that case! (Even though I guess we can't expect to > see Lee Ranaldo or Thurston More in the ensamble.) I just read a review of Branca's album "Symphony no. 9 (L'eve Future)" in Soma. Apparently here it is not a twenty guitar symphony, rather it is just plain boring muzak. So I don't know what to expect from the man today. Btw, wasn't Robert Poss from Band Of Susans also in Branca's ensemble? Let me just conclude with a shameless plug for this magazine, Soma, which is a neat little Swedish publication dealing with underground culture and experimental/industrial music. Yours truly have written a few articles for it... ---------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 96 10:53:37 +0200 From: ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne) Subject: Glen Branca (was Re: Summer holiday in sweden) >> Does anyone know what to expect from this guy (Glen Branca) these days? >> Is he still into the "twenty guitars playing the same chord for forty minutes" >> thing? A definite must in that case! (Even though I guess we can't expect to >> see Lee Ranaldo or Thurston More in the ensamble.) > >I just read a review of Branca's album "Symphony no. 9 (L'eve Future)" in Soma. >Apparently here it is not a twenty guitar symphony, rather it is just plain >boring muzak. So I don't know what to expect from the man today. Btw, wasn't >Robert Poss from Band Of Susans also in Branca's ensemble? I think we're getting a bit off topic here... But no, I don't think Ropert Poss ever played with Branca. He did however play with Rhys Chatham, who was doing stuff similar to Branca's. Or maybe I'm just mixing things up... To add some scan-indie content to all this, I might as well say that the new (well, pretty new at least...) Loosegoats EP is pretty good. I don't have the first one, but the best song (IMHO) on the new one is appearantly a rerecording of a song from the first, called "Slut" or something like that. /Ludde ------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 12:26:28 +0200 (MET DST) From: magnus@lousy.pp.se (Lousy) Subject: Loosegoats (was Re: Glen Branca (was Re: Summer holiday in sweden)) Ludde wrote: >To add some scan-indie content to all this, I might as well say that the >new (well, pretty new at least...) Loosegoats EP is pretty good. I don't >have the first one, but the best song (IMHO) on the new one is appearantly >a rerecording of a song from the first, called "Slut" or something like that. Yup, it sure is good. But IMHO "Mule Habit" is the best song on it. Actually I think it's the best Swedish song sung in English I've heard in a long while. Is the album (small lesbian baseballplayers, isn't it? Now that's a good title :) as good as the EP? On the other hand, I really craved some new music so I bought the new Starmarket EP, haven't never really heard them before, and... well... heavy metal? Sort of, anyways. Take care, Magnus - wishing that he was listening to the new Sloan album. --------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 12:47:24 +0200 (MET DST) From: Per L}ngstr|m Subject: Re: Loosegoats (was Re: Glen Branca (was Re: Summer holiday in sweden)) On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Lousy wrote: > Ludde wrote: >>To add some scan-indie content to all this, I might as well say that the >>new (well, pretty new at least...) Loosegoats EP is pretty good. I don't >>have the first one, but the best song (IMHO) on the new one is appearantly >>a rerecording of a song from the first, called "Slut" or something like that. > >Yup, it sure is good. But IMHO "Mule Habit" is the best song on it. Actually >I think it's the best Swedish song sung in English I've heard in a long while. >Is the album (small lesbian baseballplayers, isn't it? Now that's a good >title :) as good as the EP? i have yet to hear the new ep, but the previous one, _small lesbian baseball players_ wasn't really too good imho. like a third league archers of loaf. buy _icky mettle_ and you'll see what i mean.. > On the other hand, I really craved some new music so I bought the new > Starmarket EP, haven't never really heard them before, and... well... heavy > metal? Sort of, anyways. yes, the new starmarket one really took some serious listening before "i got it". it's heavier than the album and isn't as melodic either. but, i like the new one a lot more mainly becuse the debut felt a little "thin" or something. but that's just me, so if you find _calender_ too heavy (rockish even), check out their self-titled album. i think the new ep is the best they have ever been. i can't wait to see both starmarket *and* archers at arvika! > Take care, > Magnus - wishing that he was listening to the new Sloan album. per, *listening* to the new sloan album!..and it's might fine, i'd say. :P --------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 07:47:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Forsberg Subject: re: tape chains Hey scansters, just a little note to let everyone know that the Icy Icy tape has made it safely to my mailbox -- I just got it yesterday afternoon. I'm down towards the end of the list too, so this tape has neared the end of its long journey. Once I give it a listen, I'll maybe post a little something. I've heard most of the bands on there, but not all the songs (can't wait to hear some of that Kolrassa stuff). Bye, Chris ----------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 14:59:01 +0200 (MET DST) From: Christer Nilsson Subject: Re: tape chain I just got the Swedish ta (right now listening to Tommy 16) and you are added to the chain. It's a bit strange though, I've seen other posts about people wanting to join the chain but no other names are added. > Please include me in the tape chain. > > Jim Curran > 802 N. Kaspar Ave. > Arlington Heights, IL 60004 > USA > > Thanks! -Christer Nilson (on now: Scandinavian Indie tape #3) ---------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 15:28:41 +0200 (MET DST) From: Christer Nilsson Subject: Re: tape chain > I just got the Swedish ta (right now listening to Tommy 16) Sorry, of course it's Hardy Nilsson, but what the heck, no big difference :-) X-ter ----------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 17:46:03 +0300 (EET DST) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: Re: tape chain (fwd) According to Christer Nilsson: * It's a bit strange though, I've seen other posts about people * wanting to join the chain but no other names are added. Maybe they were added to the other copy of the Swedish tape that is going around? I seem to remember there two Scantape #3's out there?! Probably somebody will be or has already been added to both of those :) Kimmo listening to the sound of rain --------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 18:17:24 +0200 (MET DST) From: Petter Tiilikainen Subject: Re: Loosegoats (was Re: Glen Branca (was Re: Summer holiday in sweden)) According to Per L}ngstr|m: > the best they have ever been. i can't wait to see both starmarket *and* > archers at arvika! Don't miss Dead Moon!!! They're the best band to come out from Portland, OR since the Wipers!! Petter. -------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 20:55:56 +0200 (MET DST) From: allfn@algonet.se (Magnus Jansson) Subject: Re: Loosegoats (was Re: Glen Branca (was Re: Summer holiday in sweden)) >> the best they have ever been. i can't wait to see both starmarket *and* >> archers at arvika! > >Don't miss Dead Moon!!! >They're the best band to come out from Portland, OR since the Wipers!! When you are talking about bands from Portland what happend to Poison Idea ? They have just released a cd with their last concert ever. Great songs and sound. Don't miss that one. Dead Moon are playing at Kafe 44 here in Stockholm as well on Friday 19/7 Be there. Nomads and a local band called Silvermachine are supporting. Lord Magus E-mail: allfn@algonet.se Fax:46 8 668 70 61 -------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 01:17:40 +0300 (EET DST) From: Albert Sigurdsson Subject: re: Icy tape chain On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Chris Forsberg wrote: > Hey scansters, > just a little note to let everyone know that the Icy Icy tape has made it > safely to my mailbox -- I just got it yesterday afternoon. I'm down > towards the end of the list too, so this tape has neared the end of its > long journey. Once I give it a listen, I'll maybe post a little > something. I've heard most of the bands on there, but not all the songs > (can't wait to hear some of that Kolrassa stuff). I'm glad to hear that someone is going to comment on my Icy tape. No one has written a thing about it for 3 months now, the actual purpose of the chain has lost it's purpose. For me, that was to hear what foreigners think about this Icelandic music. Even bad revews are better than no revews. Somehow it seems that the Scan Indians are not interested in Icelandic music, makes me sad. Keep frozen, ----------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 07:28:34 +0200 (METDST) From: Joakim Naeslund Subject: re: Icy tape chain If it s not to late please add me to the icy tape chain Joakim N=E4slund Kungsholmsstrand 141 5tr 112 48 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN ----------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 96 10:43:27 +0200 From: etxsahm@cyber.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: Portland (was Re: Loosegoats (was Re: Glen Branca (was Re: Summer holiday in sweden))) allfn@algonet.se (Magnus Jansson) wrote: > >Don't miss Dead Moon!!! > >They're the best band to come out from Portland, OR since the Wipers!! > > When you are talking about bands from Portland what happend to Poison Idea ? > They have just released a cd with their last concert ever. Great songs and sound. When talking about Portland, one shall not forget the King of Noise: Daniel Menche. He's cranking out some of the harshest music around. And rumour has it that Diamanda Galas is relocating to Portland too. And then Bellingham, WA, is just around the corner, where Mono Men and the mighty Estrus Records hail from. > Dead Moon are playing at Kafe 44 here in Stockholm as well on Friday 19/7 > Be there. Nomads and a local band called Silvermachine are supporting. Be sure not to miss Silvermachine if you go. I've praised them before on the list and I do it again. Seeing them is like being sucked into a maelstrom, they grind you down with their rock that owes much to people like Stooges, Hawkwind, and Bad Moon Rising era Sonic Youth. Speaking of Nomads, they'll soon be heading back to USA for the Estrus 1996 Invitationals, a tour with the above mentioned Mono Men and other selected fine bands like the Makers. Gee, is that garage rock heaven or what...? ------------------------------ Date: 18 Jul 96 05:51:43 EDT From: Mo Holkar / UKG <100745.3625@CompuServe.COM> Subject: New would-be Icelandic connoisseur Could you please add me to the Icy Icy tape chain? Mo Holkar 156 Hurst Street OXFORD Oxon OX4 1HG United Kingdom Thanks! Mo ------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 14:54:08 +0200 From: totte.pop@mbox309.swipnet.se (Totte Pop) Subject: Popangelov fanzine Check out POPANGELOV fanzine! It's about Swedish Indie music. Every issue includes a tape of 30-40 minutes of great music with the strongest pop bands Sweden have today, you get early demo versions, out takes and songs recorded exclusively for Popangelov. Popangelov is written in Swedish but you can ask for an English version. price: 30skr or 3 pound or 5 dollar (price include Postage). #1 includes: yvonne (really good, something for you ROMO lovers) -'frozen' and 'unbounded'. superswirls (if you like verve and spiritualized) -'with god on my side'. waterwheels -'lisa'. beetroots (nowadays they're known as pinko pinko) -'trivialities'. gentle tuesday (wimpy) -'car crash'. #2 includes: broder daniel(arrogant new wave bastards)-'Luke skywalker' and 'son of stJacob'. piggy in the middle (power pop) -'mainstream' and 'suffering of two ways'. send no flowers -'let it out'. somersault (Slowdive alike) -'lachrymose'. pineforest crunch (Japan love 'em) -'barbie'. leslies (great pop) -'caren loves patric'. #3 includes: Cloudberry jam (over 50 000 sold in Japan) -'in motion'. piglet (indie pop) -can you see pannylane'. red sleeping beauty (if you like the Sarah label) -'selfish' and 'popsong'. able -'happy as i can be' and 'the boy with the starry eyes'. poo (tb 303)- 'mind of distortion'. fanscene (power pop) -'occupying my mind'. #4 includes: brainpool (great popsong) -'are you happy now'. chesterfield -'children of our time'. honey is cool (lovely song) -'zanzibar'. poprace (wimpy) -'all i want'. pusjkins -'splendid girl'. cinnamon (great outtake) -'dead for ages'. the reaction -'gold mountain'. unai (ambient) -'objectif lune'. e-mail your order or questions to: totte.pop@mbox309.swipnet.se ---------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 15:01:19 +0200 From: totte.pop@mbox309.swipnet.se (Totte Pop) Subject: Modern Love T-shirt Do you have trouble finding Yvonnes new T-shirt, Modern Love? It's darkblue and adorable. mail me and I will help you out any questions /totte ---------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 17:28:37 +0300 From: Kimmo Saaskilahti Subject: Traestock here we come, liksom greetings from Tampere... (this is Robert Cumming writing btw)... right now this room is filled with members of Cessna -- ok, Kimmo and Sami, anyway -- freshly shocked after seeing their new veryverylimited edition demo "20 markkaa". Tonight we begin the loooong journey to Skellefte} and Tr{stockfestivalen. Look out for Kimmo with the flowing not-exactly-naturally-red hair, and Robert with the glasses and the short hair, ancient camera and green corduroy shirt. Or more likely green raincoat. see you there... Robert/Kimmo --------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 19:02:52 +0200 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: re: swedish bands >> I wonder if those tapes will never come home again... :) > >Yes, one does wonder about that at times. :-) Who's got the tapes now >then by the way? OK, i feel a bit guilty here. The finnish tape is currently in Linkoping, waiting for Erik to be picked up. The only problem, Erik is on Gotland, and won't get the tape until next weekend. BTW, i visited Erik at work on Gotland, so now i'm one of the few who have ever seen "The Chief" in RL! ;) Jan Sundstrom ----------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 20:55:23 +0200 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Emmaboda Festival Schedule So apparently Stereolab was scrapped?! Anyone know which dates they play, besides Lollipop? Which record company should i pester? ;> BTW, for you who missed out when they played Stockholm last year, i can tell you it was a surreal experience. Absolutely NOT to be missed if you go to Lollipop. They're a million times better live than on record, more cute, instant, intimate, rockier, you name it. And Laetitia is lovely. See you there. One more week, *sigh* Jan Sundstrom --------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 12:55:10 +0200 From: cbjebs92@www.tufvan.hv.se (Carl) Subject: Re: Emmaboda Festival About this festival, I don't know how many of you out there who know about it so I thought I'd give you some info; The festival is held on a smallish field just outside the small town of Emmaboda. The atmosphere is very relaxed, usually no fences, no security, no fights, just a lot of friendly people getting together. Usually you can buy beer, food, tobacco (normal and "strange"... I mean flavoured... ;-) ) in the festival area. There's no back-stage either. This means artists mingle with people, so if you want to pester your favourite band, this is your chance. Sadly I'm unable to attend, as I was last year. Before that I've been there since 89 or 90. Even played there! (My 15 minutes of fame with a band called Vapour Trail. We got cut by the ancles by most critics.) In short - this festival is unlike any other, and if you have a chance to go there - Just Do It, as they say on TV... Later, Carl ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 17:18:42 +0200 From: Jonas Subject: The best Hi I'm interested in hearing which Ep all you people out there think is the greatest to come from Sweden EVER.... I think it should be : -The Bear Quartet- -Revisited- Mayby followed by : -Ashrine- -Glance- Well thats what I think...but something sad about all this, is that the bands I've now metioned both suck :( (but they did'nt before). bye. ------------------------------- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 02:02:19 +0200 (MET DST) From: allfn@algonet.se (Magnus Jansson) Subject: Re: The best > I'm interested in hearing which Ep all you people out there think is the > greatest to come from Sweden EVER.... You asked, and here is my respond: Anticimex "Raped Ass" Listen to this 7-inch and you don=B4t have to hear anything more, ever... Lord Magus ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 16:51:59 +0200 (MET DST) From: David M|llerstedt Subject: Lollipop I just bought my train ticket to Stockholm. Anyone else going to Lollipop? I wonder if some one has seen a proper timetable, not just the one at www.lolipop.se where the bands only are listed in the order they're going to play. How about some 'don't miss:' recommendations. Don't miss: Soundtracks Of Our Lives Avoid: Orup /David -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 12:36:11 +0200 From: totte.pop@mbox309.swipnet.se (Totte Pop) Subject: Modern Love I recomend everybody to see Yvonne's last show of the year. They play friday at the LOLLIPOP festival, 16.15 at stage 2! It will be awsome. Totte pop ----------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 22:04:06 +0200 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Lollipop > Anyone else going to Lollipop? I am. > I wonder if some one has seen a proper timetable, I have. There is one taped to the wall at Pet Sounds, Sthlm. Although i will probably get a better one, cause i'm on the accreditations. ;) >How about some 'don't miss:' recommendations. >Don't miss: Soundtracks Of Our Lives Agree!!! Also don't miss: Stereolab, Underworld, Bob Hund, Eggstone Jan Sundstrom --------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 22:14:09 +0200 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: The best >>I'm interested in hearing which Ep all you people out there think is the >>greatest to come from Sweden EVER.... Oh, what the heck: Bob Hund - Bob Hund EP Cat Rapes Dog - Motorpsycho (or Speeding Jesus or whatever it's called) Eggstone - At Point Loma + At Lemon Grove (random stakes from my memory) Jan Sundstrom ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 10:53:08 +0200 (MET DST) From: Str\vm Subject: primal scream... lollipop? i heard that maybe primal scream would play at lollipop. anyone that knows for sure? -------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 12:23:50 +0300 (EET DST) From: Roberts Galvans Subject: News from ThE Baltic States ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS FROM THE BALTIC STATES Scandinavian Happenings Scandinavian Indie Tuesday,23rd July Indie Updated by RoberC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-11th August Liepaja (Latvia) - rock festival "Liepajas Dzintars",perfomence by 26 bands (more details later) RoberC se51097@lanet.lv --------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 12:36:03 +0300 (EET DST) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: back from trastock Hello everybody, yep, I'm back in Tampere safe and sound after the most wonderful weekend in Skelleftea. In short, the weather was fabulous, the bands were great, met a lot of nice people (cheers Petter!), shook hands with a number of popsters and so on and on. You'll get the full report shortly after Robert is back in Stockholm from his tour of Northern Finland (last seen in the Kokkola train station getting on a train heading towards Oulu); he mingled among the stars doing interviews and taking photos as if he had done it all his life (maybe he has secretly? :) ). For me the best bands were without question The Bear Quartet and Backfish; Cloudberry Jam, Pondicherry, Archers of Loaf, Bob Hund, Daybehavior, Blissful, Popundret and a good number of others were great as well. But I won't go into details right now :) Kimmo happy having found another Magnetic Fields CD at a local shop - what a homecoming! ------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 12:42:13 +0300 (EET DST) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: re: Icy tape chain According to Albert Sigurdsson: * No one * has written a thing about it for 3 months now, the actual purpose of the * chain has lost it's purpose. For me, that was to hear what foreigners * think about this Icelandic music. Even bad revews are better than no * revews. Well, for me one of the main purposes of the chain tape idea was to let foreigners actually hear some of the music that is happening here in the Nordic countries so that they can have a better idea of what is being talked about here. In some ways I understand that people don't bother reviewing the tape(s), probably because I am such a lazy sod who is not organized enough or does not have the energy to write a review of most things :) But you're right, even a bad review is better than no review. Kimmo -------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 12:54:00 +0300 (EET DST) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: Re: Give Ear! I got this compilation too (100 SEK at the Trastock festival), so I can give a couple of offhand comments... According to chief@lysator.liu.se: * I am the only one to discover just how _great_ The Drowners are? Their song * "Upside" on the compilation is _fantastic_! Nah, I don't think it is that excellent. And live they were quite...well...nothing special, like second-rate Oasis-Teenage FC-Manics, if I remember correctly. All this is only IMO of course... * But what happened to the Bear Quartet?! HELP! Well, I had a chat with Jari Haapalainen and among other things he said that it's a remix of [some song that had appeared somewhere previously, I forget which)]. So it is probably not what the next album will sound like. For the trivia-minded, the song was remixed by the same person(s) who did the "Freedom Fighters" remix for the Blissful single "Factory Girl". The two tracks that I have been playing from this comp since my return are the Backfish one (they rule!) and the Blissful track which is much better than anything on the "Am I A Wreck?" EP. Does anybody know if this song was recorded after that EP or is it just an out-take from earlier sessions? I am hoping for the former case, as the said EP did not strike me as great as their previous releases. There is some other decent stuff on the disc, so I can recommend it to anybody who wants to check out especially some of the newer signings to West Side. Kimmo -------------------------------- Date: 23 Jul 1996 10:03:35 GMT From: Elin_Olson@skola.agora.se (Elin Olson) Subject: Mejeriet I have a question... Where do one buy tickets to concerts at Mejeriet in Lund? And is Mejeriet a place where I have to be over 18 or something stupid like that? Elin -------------------------------- Date: 23 Jul 1996 10:06:47 GMT From: Elin_Olson@skola.agora.se (Elin Olson) Subject: The Swedish tape I think it's time I say something about that tape I got some weeks ago, the Swedish tape I mean. I've been listening to it almost constantly since, and I think that whenever I hear one of these songs in the future I will think about this summer. I love that Fidget song and for your information I can say that they will play at 14.00 this Friday, Scen 2, Lollipop (it couldn't be elsewhere). I can't mention all my favourites, 'cause then it would be a list of almost all songs. But Popundret I really like, and the lyrics to Puffin's Hard to quit I really can relate to. Not that I sit by the computer playing games all day but I sit here and can't seem to move, it's like glue on the chair somehow. There are more things to be said about the tape, and all these songs. Just not right now, I have to paint my Lollipop t-shirt now and it's such lovely weather, so, well, bye. Elin (www.geocities.com/RainForest/2000) (det blir kalas n=E4r r=E4knaren p=E5 sidan kommer upp till 100...) --------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 17:54:48 +0200 (MET DST) From: Petter Tiilikainen Subject: Re: back from trastock According to Kimmo Saaskilahti: > weekend in Skelleftea. In short, the weather was fabulous, the bands > were great, met a lot of nice people (cheers Petter!), shook hands Cheers, hope I didn't annoy you and Robert too much with my (almost) constant drunken stupor. It was nice meeting you (again). > For me the best bands were without question The Bear Quartet and > Backfish; Cloudberry Jam, Pondicherry, Archers of Loaf, Bob Hund, > Daybehavior, Blissful, Popundret and a good number of others were > great as well. But I won't go into details right now :) Yep, I couldn't get into Archers of Loaf that much, they didn't play much from the icky mettle LP which is the one I've listened the most to, still I thought they were pretty good. I thought the Bear Quartet were incredible and I would rank their performance among the very best ones I've seen. (Not that I've seen that many shows). Petter ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 20:59:37 +0300 (EET DST) From: Mikko Paila Subject: Sleeeeping vatten. Hello hello! Me and my friend Toni are coming to Stocholm for VattenFest to see Suede, Fidget etc. and are looking for a place to spend our deepest nights in. So if you are friendly Stockholmian with a place to stay contact me. Yours, Milkki. milkki@megabaud.fi ----------------------------- End of SI Digest #3.34 ********************** * To subscribe/unsubscribe to the Digest version of the list, send your request to: scan-indie-d-request@lysator.liu.se * To subscribe/unsubscribe to the Live version of the list, send your request to: scan-indie-request@lysator.liu.se * All messages to the Scandinavian Indie mailing list should be sent to: scan-indie@lysator.liu.se * The maintainer of both mailing lists is: chief@lysator.liu.se, and can also be reached at: owner-scan-indie@lysator.liu.se * The digests can also be found in ASCII format at ftp.lysator.liu.se /pub/texts/uxu/SID and ftp.uwp.edu /pub/music/lists/scan-indie as well as in HTML format at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/sid.html