Scandinavian Indie Digest Wed Feb 19, 1997 Volume 4 : Issue 11 There are 20 messages totalling 1062 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Sin's NSIB Gig Guide [17-Feb-97] (2) 2. Sin's SIBOS Gig Guide [17-Feb-97] 3. Sin's SIB Gig Guide [17-Feb-97] 4. Sin's Upcoming Record Releases [17-Feb-97] (2) 5. SANDY LYLE at P3 6. Petrol at bla (2) 7. Monkeypig (3) 8. Siesta 54 out! Red Sleeping Beauty 9. Garmarna... 10. Cardigans w/ Beck... (3) 11. Sin's Music on the Radio [24-Feb-97] 12. FWD: Danish indie 13. Backfish on MJ Pop --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 06:43:32 +0100 (MET) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Sin's NSIB Gig Guide [17-Feb-97] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scan-Indie Non-Scandinavian Indie Bands Gig Guide Scan-Indie February 17, 1997 Corrections, additions or comments to: chief@lysator.liu.se ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Included: Ben Folds Five, Blur, Gallon Drunk, Lisa Germano, Kula Shaker, Lemonheads, Lightning Seeds, Live, Ocean Colour Scene, Pavement, Swans, U2, Veruca Salt. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben Folds Five 11/3 Copenhagen, Rust (DK) 12/3 Stockholm, Studion 13/3 Malmo, KB Blur 7/4 Stockholm, Solnahallen Gallon Drunk 23/2 Stockholm, Studion 24/2 Malmo, KB Lisa Germano (w/Giant Sand) 10/4 Stockholm, Studion Kula Shaker (w/Aerosmith) 8/5 Goteborg, Scandinavium 10/5 Stockholm, Globen 12/5 Oslo, Spektrum (N) Lemonheads 18/3 Copenhagen, Pumpehuset (DK) 19/3 Oslo, Rockefeller (N) 20/3 Stockholm, Electric Garden 21/3 Lund, Mejeriet Lightning Seeds 19/2 Stockholm, Studion (110 SEK) 20/2 Oslo, So What (N) 21/2 Malmo, KB (w/Eggstone, The Mopeds) 22/2 Copenhagen, Lille Vega (DK) Live 6/4 Stockholm, Cirkus Ocean Colour Scene 6/3 Stockholm, Electric Garden Pavement 7/4 Copenhagen (DK) 8/4 Oslo, Rockefeller (N) 9/4 Malmo, KB Swans (w/Panasonic) 17/2 Goteborg, Pusterviksteatern 18/2 Stockholm, Studion 20/2 Malmo, KB 22/2 Copenhagen, Pumpehuset (DK) U2 2/8 Goteborg, Ullevi 4/8 Copenhagen, Parken (DK) 6/8 Oslo, Vallehovin (N) Veruca Salt 14/3 Stockholm, Studion ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie Web-pages at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/tournon.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 06:44:02 +0100 (MET) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Sin's SIBOS Gig Guide [17-Feb-97] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scan-Indie Scand. Indie Bands Outside Scandinavia Gig Guide Scan-Indie February 17, 1997 Corrections, additions or comments to: chief@lysator.liu.se ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Included: The Cardigans, Cloudberry Jam, The Confusions, Counterblast, Drain, Fireside, Gus Gus, Starmarket, Statemachine. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cardigans 17/2 Phoenix / Tuscon (US) 19/2 San Diego (US) 20/2 Los Angeles, El Rey Theatre (US) 21/2 Los Angeles, El Rey Theatre (US) 22/2 San Francisco, Fillmore (US) 24/2 Vina Del Mar, Open Air Festival (CL) 25/2 South America 26/2 South America 27/2 South America 28/2 South America 1/3 South America 4/3 ???, Cat Theater (??) 5/3 Vancouver, Vogue (CA) 6/3 Portland, La Luna (US) 8/3 San Francisco, Live 105 (radio) (US) 11/3 Denver, Ogden Theatre (US) 13/3 Minneapolis, First Avenue (US) 14/3 Chicago, Metro (US) 15/3 Detroit (US) 16/3 Toronto, Opera House (CA) 19/3 Miami (w/Beck) (US) 20/3 - 9/4 US Tour (w/Beck) Cloudberry Jam 9/4 Nagoya, Club Quattro (J) 10/4 Osaka, Club Quattto (J) 11/4 Fukuoka, Crossing Hall (J) 13/4 Tokyo, Blitz (J) 14/4 Tokyo, Club Quattro (J) 15/4 Nagano (J) The Confusions 17/2 Hamburg, Knust (D) 18/2 Gustavsburg, Gerbers Cafe (D) 19/2 Offenbach, MTW (D) Counterblast 27/3 Bremen (D) 8/4 Liege (B) Drain (w/Type O Negative, Sister Machine Gun) 18/2 Reno, NV, Waldorf (US) 19/2 San Jose, CA, The Edge (US) 21/2 Tacoma, WA, Temple Ballroom (US) 22/2 Vancouver, BC, Graceland (CA) 23/2 Eugene, OR, Wow Hall (US) 24/2 Boise, ID, West Park (US) 25/2 Salt Lake City, UT, Fairgrounds Coliseum (US) Fireside Feb - US Tour (dates, cities, venues not decided yet) Mar - US Tour (dates, cities, venues not decided yet) Gus Gus (IS) Jun - US Tour (eight gigs) Summer - Europe, Festivals Starmarket (w/Texas Is The Reason & Queerfish) 20/2 Oldenburg, Alhambra (D) 21/2 Kassel, Juz Immenhausen (D) 22/2 Saarbrucken, Ballhaus (D) 23/2 Schweinfurt, Schreinerei (D) 25/2 Berlin, Knaack (D) 26/2 Hamburg, Marquee (D) 27/2 Neuss, Geschwister (D) 28/2 Freiburg, Cafe Atlantic (D) 1/3 Backnang, AJZ (D) 2/3 Bielefeld, Falkendom (D) Statemachine (w/S.P.O.C.K) 28/3 Schwedt, Bildungszentrum (D) 29/3 Zurich, Dynamo (CH) 31/3 Kiel, Traumfabrik (D) 1/4 Munster, Triptychon (D) 2/4 Heidelberg, Swimmbad MKS (D) 3/4 Frankfurt, Batschkapp (D) 4/4 Magdeburg, Factory (D) 5/4 Berlin, Kesselhaus (D) 6/4 Essen, Zeche Carl (D) 7/4 Braunschweig, Jolly Joker (D) 8/4 Herford, Kick (D) 9/4 Erlangen, E Werk (D) 10/4 Erfurt, Rotplombe (D) 11/4 Cottbus, Gladhouse (D) 12/4 Chemnitz, Kraftwerk (D) 13/4 Koln, Kantine (D) 14/4 Saarbruken, KuFa (D) 15/4 Wien, Szene Wien (A) 17/4 Augsburg, Kerosin (D) 18/4 Rostock, M.A.U. (D) 19/4 Hamburg, Gr. Freiheit (D) 20/4 Stavenhangen, Tankhaus (D) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie Web-pages at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/tourswe2.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 06:44:29 +0100 (MET) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Sin's SIB Gig Guide [17-Feb-97] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie Scandinavian Indie Bands Gig Guide Scandinavian Indie February 17, 1997 Corrections, additions or comments to: chief@lysator.liu.se ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Included: Aquadays, Atomic Swing, Backfish, Bent Spanner Arty Banner, bob hund, Brazzaville, Candysuck, Coach Bob, Dark Side Cowboys, Dipper, Eggstone, Fireside, Fivel, Fly, Garmarna, Gus Gus, Hedningarna, Jumper, Loosegoats, Mismates, The Mopeds, Mother Superior, Mutts, Polythene, Popsicle, Shallow, Shallow Soundwave, Smash Hit Wonders, Sonic Surf City, Speaker, The Standards, Starmarket, Statemachine, Sulky, Superswirls, This Perfect Day, Twigs, The Wannadies, The Wellmeant. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aquadays 21/3 Stockholm, Tre Backar (w/Shallow, Shallow Soundwave) Atomic Swing 18/4 Helsingborg Backfish (w/The Wannadies) 25/2 Lund, Mejeriet 26/2 Helsingborg, Tivoli 27/2 Malmo, KB 28/2 Jonkoping, Eldslandet 1/3 Eskilstuna, Stinsen 4/3 Stockholm, Electric Garden 5/3 Uppsala, Sten Sture & Co 6/3 Karlstad, Jager 7/3 Goteborg, Vagen (w/Eggstone, Popsicle) 8/3 Umea, Universum Bent Spanner Arty Banner 28/2 Lund, Blekingska Nationen (Klubb Indigo) (w/Bess, Dipper) bob hund 22/3 Copenhagen, Loppen (DK) Brazzaville 19/2 Norrkoping 21/3 Nybro 22/3 Ljungby 4/4 Hultsfred 5/4 Eskilstuna Candysuck 1/3 Stockholm, Apromus 18/3 Stockholm, Kafe 44 18/4 Boras 19/4 Goteborg, Underground Coach Bob 27/2 Linkoping, Herrgar'n (w/The Wellmeant, at 22.00, 30 SEK + Student ID) Dark Side Cowboys 2/5 Stockholm Dipper 28/2 Lund, Blekingska Nationen (Klubb Indigo) (w/Bent Spanner Arty Banner, Bess) Eggstone (w/The Mopeds) 18/2 Lund, Mejeriet (at 22.00, 40 SEK) 19/2 Uppsala, Kalmar Nation 20/2 Goteborg, Underground 21/2 Malmo, KB (w/Lightning Seeds) 22/2 Stockholm, Studion (90 SEK) 27/2 Copenhagen, Rust (DK) 28/2 Helsingborg, The Tivoli 7/3 Goteborg, Vagen (w/Backfish, Popsicle, The Wannadies) 8/3 Eskilstuna 13/3 Linkoping, Herrgar'n (tickets will be sold) 14/3 Solvesborg 15/3 Angelholm 10/5 Jonkoping, Eldslandet Fireside 14/3 Pitea, FH 11/4 Lulea, Sporthallen Fivel 21/2 Tranas, Sobelhuset Fly 28/2 Goteborg, Underground 7/3 Lund, Blekingska Nationen (Klubb Indigo) Garmarna 22/2 Vasteras, Village 21/3 Umea, Applet, Folkets Hus Gus Gus (IS) Summer - Festivals, Europe Hedningarna 5/3 Norrkoping 6/3 Malmo, KB 7/3 Lund, Mejeriet (w/The Persuasions) 8/3 Goteborg, Vagen 12/3 Uppsala, Sten Sture 13/3 Oslo (N) 14/3 Trondheim (N) 15/3 Tromso (N) 18/3 Stockholm, Electric Garden 19/3 Karlstad 21/3 Voss (N) 22/3 Voss (N) Jumper 20/2 Vastervik 21/2 Stenungsund 22/2 Trollhattan 25/2 Are 26/2 Are 27/2 Are 28/2 Linkoping, Karallen (w/Superswirls) 1/3 Norrkoping Loosegoats 15/3 Koping, Smedjan (w/Starmarket) 26/3 Orebro (w/Starmarket) Mismates 6/3 Stockholm, Hyndans Horna The Mopeds (w/Eggstone) 18/2 Lund, Mejeriet (at 22.00, 40 SEK) 19/2 Uppsala, Kalmar Nation 20/2 Goteborg, Underground 21/2 Malmo, KB (w/Lightning Seeds) 22/2 Stockholm, Studion (90 SEK) 27/2 Copenhagen, Rust (DK) 28/2 Helsingborg, The Tivoli 13/3 Linkoping, Herrgar'n (tickets will be sold) 14/3 Solvesborg 15/3 Angelholm 10/5 Jonkoping, Eldslandet Mother Superior 14/3 Uppsala, Grand Mutts 20/2 Kalmar 25/2 Lund, Mejeriet (w/The Wannadies, at 22.00, 50 SEK) 1/3 Simrishamn 7/3 Goteborg, Underground 19/3 Orebro Polythene 22/2 Eskilstuna, Bla Popsicle 7/3 Goteborg, Vagen (w/Backfish, Eggstone, The Wannadies) Shallow 21/3 Stockholm, Tre Backar (w/Aquadays, Shallow Soundwave) Shallow Soundwave 21/3 Stockholm, Tre Backar (w/Aquadays, Shallow) Smash Hit Wonders 8/3 Koping, Smedjan 27/3 Skovde 8/8 Emmaboda, Festival -9/8 Sonic Surf City 15/3 Norrkoping 22/3 Stockholm, Studion 28/3 Solvesborg 29/3 Hassleholm 30/3 Angelholm Speaker 19/2 Karlstad 20/2 Linkoping, Herrgar'n (at 22.00, 30 SEK + Student ID) 21/2 Tingsryd 26/2 Helsingborg 27/2 Salen 28/2 Karlskoga 1/3 Stockholm, Universitetet 4/3 Lund, Mejeriet 7/3 Hogsby 8/3 Vastervik 11/3 Are 12/3 Ostersund 15/3 Overlida 20/3 Stockholm, MS Silja Scandinavia 27/3 Orebro 28/3 Soderhamn 29/3 Kristinehamn 3/4 Gavle The Standards 28/2 Hultsfred, Metropol 15/3 Lidkoping, Kulturmuren 27/3 Umea, Rotundan/Universum Starmarket 7/3 Falun, Ungdomens Hus 15/3 Koping, Smedjan (w/Loosegoats) 26/3 Orebro (w/Loosegoats) 4/4 Hultsfred, Metropol 25/4 Uppsala, Kalmar Nation Statemachine 20/2 Uppsala (w/Psyche) Sulky 22/2 Goteborg, Pusterviksbaren Superswirls 22/2 Salen 28/2 Linkoping, Karallen (w/Jumper) This Perfect Day 20/2 Stockholm, Hannas Krog 7/3 Hultsfred, Metropol 28/3 Koping, Smedjan Twigs (N) 20/2 Bergen (w/Tequila Girls, Punishment Park) The Wannadies (w/Backfish) 25/2 Lund, Mejeriet (w/Mutts, at 22.00, 50 SEK) 26/2 Helsingborg, Tivoli 27/2 Malmo, KB 28/2 Jonkoping, Eldslandet 1/3 Eskilstuna, Stinsen 4/3 Stockholm, Electric Garden 5/3 Uppsala, Sten Sture & Co 6/3 Karlstad, Jager 7/3 Goteborg, Vagen (w/Eggstone, Popsicle) 8/3 Umea, Universum The Wellmeant 27/2 Linkoping, Herrgar'n (w/Coach Bob, at 22.00, 30 SEK + Student ID) 16/4 Stockholm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie Web-pages at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/tourswe.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 06:44:58 +0100 (MET) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Sin's Upcoming Record Releases [17-Feb-97] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie Upcoming Scandinavian Record Releases Scandinavian Indie February 17, 1997 Corrections, additions or comments to: chief@lysator.liu.se ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date Artist Title Format Label 17/2 Candysuck Score CD Startracks 17/2 Lemonator (SF) Yellow CD Warner 17/2 Mary Beats Jane Locust CD MVG 17/2 Red Sleeping Bea. Soundtrack (E) CD Siesta Records 17/2 Starmarket Sunday's Worst Enemy LP/CD Dolores 17/2 Three Blind Mice Roll Out The Carpet CD Vibrafon 19/2 Odd Numbers A Guide To Modern Living LP/CD Dolores 24/2 Forbidden Colours My Broken Heart CD5 October 24/2 Hedningarna Hippjokk CD Silence 24/2 Theu Nooners tba CD L-Style 26/2 Backfish It's Emily's CD AWSF 26/2 The Bear Quartet Before The Trenches CD5 AWSF 26/2 Carpe Wade Superball CD5 AWSF 3/3 Dipper Instant Man EP CD5 Vibrafon 15/3 Atomic Swing Fluff (JAP) CD PolyGram ? 17/3 Fivel -57 CD5 NONS 17/3 Honeymoons tba CD5 NONS 21/3 Gus Gus Polydistortion 2LP/CD 4AD 24/3 The Bear Quartet Moby Dick CD AWSF 24/3 Carpe Wade Odd Man Out CD AWSF 24/3 Kottgrottorna Tinnitus CD Beat Butchers 24/3 Loosegoats 4-Sale By Owner CD Startracks 25/3 Starmarket Unsaid 7"/CD5 Dolores 7/4 Cane (N) Unable CD Warner 14/4 Honeymoons tba CD NONS 21/4 The All Janet Grace CD Speech (AWSF) 21/4 Various West Side United CD+ROM AWSF 17/7 Cane (N) Private Scene CD5 Warner [Should have been released but I have no info about it] Date Artist Title Format Label ? Nov96 Yvonne tba (D) CD ? ? Dec96 Cam Purr (BRAZIL) CD Soap ? Dec96 Melony 2nd Man On The Moon CD5 Soap ? Jan Fanscene tba CD5 Dorian Records ? Jan HappyDeadMen Bullfights Every.. (JAP) CD Polydor ? Jan Mary Beats Jane Day In Day Out CD5 MVG ? Jan Various tba CD Ceilidh [Month decided, but not exact date] Date Artist Title Format Label Feb The April Tears tba CD Memento Materia Feb Backfish Everyone CD5 AWSF Feb Cessna (SF) Bordeaux (US) CD Radio Khartoum Feb Cessna (SF) Holiday on Ice (US) 7" Jigsaw Records Feb Eggstone Birds In Cages CD5 Vibrafon Feb Fidget Stop Losing CD5 Mega Records Feb Happy Todd To Leave The Station EP CD5 Damn The Man Recordz Feb HappyDeadMen Bullfights Every Sunday CD Trampolene Feb Hardy Nilsson Harifran CD MCA Feb Jones Valuable Stuff CD Ax-Products Feb Sonic Surf City tba (collection) CD Ceilidh Feb This Perfect Day C60 CD Soap F/Mar Pimms tba CD5 Dorian Records F/Mar Superswirls Leave Your Friends CD5 Sesame Records Mar Atomic Swing Fluff CD Sonet Mar Dr. Saturn tba CD5 Dorian Records Mar Fidget No Boogie Coming Your W. CD Mega Records Mar Grass-Show Something Smells.. (UK) CD EMI Mar Salt tba CD MVG Mar Various tba CD Dorian Records M/Apr The All Janet tba CD5 Speech (AWSF) M/Apr Engine tba CD DS Records Apr The Merrymakers No Sleep Til Famous (J) CD Virgin Apr Ship of Fools tba CD L-Style Apr Yvonne tba CD Energy A/May Pineforest Crunch tba CD Polar May Carpe Wade Odd Man Out (JAP) CD Alfa M/Jun Sahara Hotnights tba CD5 AWSF Jun Aquadays Liquid CD ? Jun Snail (SF) tba (SF) CD ? S/Oct Whale tba CD Virgin [Season decided but no month or date] Date Artist Title Format Label Spring Cam Purr CD Soap Spring Wagon tba CD Borderline Autumn Clawfinger tba CD MVG [Year decided but nothing else] Date Artist Title Format Label 1997 The April Tears Heart Shut Down CD5 Memento Materia 1997 Penniless People..tba CD5 AWSF 1997 Starlet tba CD MVG 1997 Sulky tba CD Dolores 1997 Super (SF) tba CD Odor [No additional information avaliable] Date Artist Title Format Label ? Doris Days Quiet Withdrawal CD5 Some Pearls ? Humble Bee tba CD Arrow Records ? The Pansies (SF) tba (JAP) CD PolyGram ? Surreal Friends of Soap and Wa.. CD Recordia ? Tennis tba CD Stockholm Label Group ? Whipped Cream tba CD MNW ? Various En Ko Pa Isen CD5 Strawberry Songs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie Web-pages at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/uprecnew.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 15:39:13 +0200 (EET) From: Kimmo Saaskilahti Subject: Re: Sin's Upcoming Record Releases [17-Feb-97] Alexander said: >> Feb Cessna (SF) Bordeaux (US) CD Radio Khartoum >> Feb Cessna (SF) Holiday on Ice (US) 7" Jigsaw Records > >Chief, I don't know about the Jigsaw release (Chris is probably even slower >than me), but this isn't going to be ready this month. Well, the same goes for the Jigsaw release, but you really shouldn't blame good old Chris McFarlane for the delay, as the only reason for it is that the band, being the incompetent slackers they are, have not been able to finish the layout for the sleeves in time. However, at this very moment everything is just about ready and the rest will be up to the label. The release might be delayed a bit more, if Chris sticks to his plan to release the Cessna 7" simultaneously with the Rocketship 7" he is putting out - nobody knows if Dustin has even completed the tracks yet... Kimmo ---------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 17:10:46 +0100 From: Rami Nihlawi Subject: SANDY LYLE at P3 Hi! Listen to P3, Musikjournalen, at the Swedish National Radio. Sandy Lyle is appointed to "The band of the week", between 19-21 TONIGHT, Wednesday... Also, check out their hompage: http://www.e.kth.se/~e95_rni/sandy.html /Rami ----------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 18:21:52 +0100 From: micke.lonngren@mailbox.swipnet.se (micke lonngren) Subject: Petrol at bla PETROL is special guests at venue BLA in Eskilstuna this saturday, main act is POLYTHENE. PETROL are about to do a tour together with T.P.D later this spring, and were just confirmed to Hultsfredsfestivalens stereo-stage this summer. More info : http://www.mds.mdh.se/~adb95hln/blue/ ------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 18:42:22 +0100 From: Michael Rehnstrom Subject: Re: Monkeypig Marcus Warn wrote: >Hi, I wonder if anyone has got some info about the swedish group MONKEYPIG. >Releases, webpages, etc. Please cc my adress. According to the swedish fanzine "ettnollett" (# 20+5) they have released two records. The debut was a five-track CD ("Under the influence of bad weather) on Borderline records in 1994. Just recently they have released a 7" single (s/t) on the british label Pandemonium Records. According to ettnollett they are also planning a new album (this number of ettnollett is a few months old, so the work may have progressed further by now). I guess there is more info available from other sources, this is all I know. Ho! /Micke ----------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 18:29:01 +0000 From: siesta@get.es Subject: Re: Siesta 54 out! Red Sleeping Beauty Hi all! Soundtrack is out now! Place your order to youe fave mailorder or distributor (Roundabout, Cowly Owl, Mind the Gap, Jigsaw, Shelflife, Border.... or Siesta). Here is the review produced by the beloved Stephen Wood: It's 4 A.M., in an apartment just outside of Washington D.C. I'm sitting in a room dimly lit by the solitary glow from my computer screen suffering from an acute lack of sleep and badly in need of a shower. Outside, a tepid breeze saunters up from the south, easing through bare trees to settle on the the ground & turning patches of dirty snow into brown muddied lawns. The streets are empty but for a few scattered police cars, taxis and the occasional tow truck out prowling private lots aiming to yank valued 4 wheel family members off to far distant lots in exchange for inflationary ransoms. At this hour the ice cream shops are closed down, the refrigerator has been raided of the last of the frozen Mars bars and the TV is sadly void of anything I'm in need of. All in all a rather squalid setting. A mere week ago such a situation would have been a pressing concern, bringing with it a dampening of enthusiasms and a descent into the glummest of moods. Mercifully the advent of a new RSB album has changed all this, having brought on a quickening of the heart & a sense of wonder about my stay on this planet. Soundtrack is indeed the kind of intimate gossamer ticket to guide us all through our days and ease us towards dreams at night. Dipping into "Soundtrack" is like emerging from a cold, blustery day into a house where you sit by the fireplace with a steaming mug of cafe au lait in your hands. Your CD player never had it so good! Thirteen songs of lilting pop brilliance wrapped up in horns, flutes, handclaps and sealed with a kiss from Stockholm. RSB is a fabulous group of scintillating kids delivering short (to leave the listener wanting more) guitar or synth-melody pieces chock full of hooks and catchy bridges. Ooh, don't forget some of the finest-sing a-long choruses to be found anywhere! They are a breath of sonic beauty; I simply can't fathom why they aren't wildly famous and loved beyond a loyal cadre of pop aficionados, college djs and those indie fans who patrol small shops looking for the manic pop thrill of song and fable. Having Siesta, one of the best indiepop labels, behind then will be a great boon to their getting the audience they are both ready for (they've been around since '89), and worthy of. Do not hesitate to give this album a long look. We live in times that seem to look askance on pure pop music, as if we had overdosed in the sixties & seventies when the radio was awash with flat out pop bands and haven't cleared our heads yet. There seems to be a deep suspicion about bands that deal in melody, chorus and hooks - the inescapable charm of a well written love dressed in jangly guitars and haunting vocals is almost something to be mistrusted or at the very least held out at arm's length. NO! Reach out and embrace. I was thinking about this the other day and remembered something written by John Carbonaro is his excellent fanzine Soft White Underbelly: "if punk is partly about achieving separation through tension and relief (the spice of life), pop music is about a collective where familiarity is not sameness, and longing is not complacency. Where a new song about love won or lost is no less inviting _just_ because it's the millionth one you've heard. Apart from content, melody and hooks are about deliberate accessibility that does not necessarily dilute a unique or universal standpoint. It is for our collective unconscious a summer fest that runs from day to night and never really ends." RSB is a band that is unafraid to ride that wave of pure melody. Just check out Summer At It's Best, Soul Provider, Certainly, Young Pretenders and you'll find yourself amidst unabashed pop that looks at the everyday world of being in love, contemplating the seasons, riding a bike or even one's choice in food with refreshing clarity and with tunes that you'll be humming for weeks. This is a band which has consistently met and even surpassed my expectations For the past 4 years. Oh sure, a lingering doubt as I sprint to the stereo tearing off the wrappings that maybe _this_ will be the first recording that somehow doesn't shine as brightly, that fails to make one's head start spinning in that blissful pop trance we all live for. Sheesh, not to worry this time around 'cause "Soundtrack" joins a long line of standout material that represents the very best of what I love about pristine pop music in the 90's. Shimmering girl/shy boy vocals, guitars that glisten & jangle, cool infectious bass lines, and orchestration that puts you into a swoon! How can you not get swept up in the deliciousness of it all? Simply put, Red Sleeping Beauty is a very romantic, dreamy band that has earned a reputation for putting out some of the catchiest material while avoiding the pitfalls of being sweet or cloying. They are a definite part of what's making Scandinavia a very cool place to look for some fine, fine music! RSB is a band that makes the music that you'll be wanting to live your life to - don't be foolish enough to deny yourself the exquisite pleasure of being caught up in the splendor! Sara and Mateo Siesta siesta@get.es http://www.get.es/siesta/index.htm -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 97 19:41:14 +0100 From: "Jens Agren" Subject: Re: Monkeypig On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 18:42:22 +0100, Michael Rehnstrom wrote: >Marcus Warn wrote: > >>Hi, I wonder if anyone has got some info about the swedish group MONKEYPIG. >>Releases, webpages, etc. Please cc my adress. > >According to the swedish fanzine "ettnollett" (# 20+5) they have released >two records. The debut was a five-track CD ("Under the influence of bad >weather) on Borderline records in 1994. Just recently they have released a >7" single (s/t) on the british label Pandemonium Records. According to >ettnollett they are also planning a new album (this number of ettnollett is >a few months old, so the work may have progressed further by now). I guess >there is more info available from other sources, this is all I know. The singer and songwriter had a band called 'Flowerhappy' or 'Blomsterlyckli' a few years ago. He's from Kristianstad but Monkeypig is based in Malmo. Check out old Sound Affects, for reviews of Flowerhappy. // Jens -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 11:28:22 +0100 (MET) From: "Christoffer Dahlblom [Bajenfans]" Subject: Re: Sin's NSIB Gig Guide [17-Feb-97] On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 chief@lysator.liu.se wrote: > Pavement > 7/4 Copenhagen (DK) > 8/4 Oslo, Rockefeller (N) > 9/4 Malmo, KB Hey, weren't they scheduled Stockholm the 6th? What happened to that one? /Stoffe ----------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 12:30:03 +0200 (EET) From: Siim Kalder Subject: Garmarna... Heard Garmarna last year on a folk festival here in Estonia. They put up a quite an impressive performance and the public really liked them. Anyways, it's almost impossible for me to find anything they have released. If anybody is willing to send me a copy of their cd/tape/whatever, contact me privately. Any information will be appreciated. siimk ------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 12:31:51 +0200 (EET) From: Siim Kalder Subject: Cardigans w/ Beck... It's pretty surprising to hear that The Cardigans are playing with Beck in the US. Has this happened before? If anybody intends to go to the gig(s), it would be nice, if he/she could describe the event afterwards. siimk ps. ...still can not imagine it... -------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 08:30:09 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Forsberg Subject: Re: Cardigans w/ Beck... On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Siim Kalder wrote: > It's pretty surprising to hear that The Cardigans are playing with Beck in > the US. Has this happened before? If anybody intends to go to the gig(s), > it would be nice, if he/she could describe the event afterwards. I can't be *sure* I'm going, as the dates haven't been announced yet, but I sure hope to go. And as to the strangeness of them playing together: I don't think it's so strange! Ok musically they aren't that similar, but they both are coming from that kitsch angle a bit, they have an interest in retro pop (as in popular) culture in common (Cardies covering Sabbath, Beck showing American country line dancing in his video). So intellectually I think they go together nicely... That's all, //Chris --------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 12:56:30 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Forsberg Subject: Re: Cardigans w/ Beck... On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Nicolas Moch wrote: > here are the tour dates for the Cardigans & Beck : > 27/3 Baltimore - UMBC Fieldhouse support till Beck I just finished talking with the Student Events Board at UMBC.....they say this is not official yet. Tickets are not on sale and so far he said all that has happened is some promoters have said that they want to have the show there. I don't think the Cardigans should be publicizing dates if they aren't firm, or even close to firm yet... //Chris --------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:55:29 +0200 From: Michael Rehnstrom Subject: Re: Monkeypig I think I have to correct myself about Monkeypig. This is the info about them so far: >On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 18:42:22 +0100, Michael Rehnstrom wrote: >>Marcus Warn wrote: >>>Hi, I wonder if anyone has got some info about the swedish group MONKEYPIG. >>>Releases, webpages, etc >>>Please cc my adress. >>>Thanks >>>Marcus >>According to the swedish fanzine "ettnollett" (# 20+5) they have released >>two records. The debut was a five-track CD ("Under the influence of bad >>weather) on Borderline records in 1994. Just recently they have released a >>7" single (s/t) on the british label Pandemonium Records. According to >>ettnollett they are also planning a new album (this number of ettnollett is >>a few months old, so the work may have progressed further by now). I guess >>there is more info available from other sources, this is all I know. > >The singer and songwriter had a band called 'Flowerhappy' or 'Blomsterlyckli' >a few years ago. He's from Kristianstad but Monkeypig is based in Malmo. >Check out old Sound Affects, for reviews of Flowerhappy. >// Jens The correction is: it is true that they have released the two records I mentioned above, the s/t single in the summer of 1996. But I think that they have released another single on Pandemonium, at least they intended to release one during January. I do not know the title of that one. So there should be, at least, three Monkeypig releases available somewhere in this universe. /Micke -------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 02:29:44 +0100 (MET) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Petrol at bla On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, micke.lonngren@mailbox.swipnet.se (micke lonngren) wrote about: Petrol at bla > PETROL is special guests at venue BLA in Eskilstuna this saturday, main act > is POLYTHENE. PETROL are about to do a tour together with T.P.D later this > spring, and were just confirmed to Hultsfredsfestivalens stereo-stage this > summer. Hey, good news indeed - but where did you hear about their appearence at the Hultsfred festival? I thought the festival kept a tight lid on their list before the "big presentation", or have I missed something somewhere? //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) -------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 02:29:27 +0100 (MET) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Sin's Music on the Radio [24-Feb-97] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE RADIO Scandinavian Indie February 24 -> 27 by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se) Day Date Artist Recorded --- ----- --------------------------------- -------------------------------- Mon 24/2 Tiger, S.P.O.C.K Malm|, KB *Live* Tue 25/2 V{rttin{ Stockholm Fasching 26-Jan-96 Wed 26/2 Goldmine (R) G|teborg, Nefertiti 20-Mar-96 Thu 27/2 Metallica (part 2) Stockholm, Globen 16-Nov-96 This list covers the Swedish National Channel P3's "Live" - at 21.03-22.00 or 18.03-19.00 where marked with a '*'. (R) = Rerun ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie WWW pages at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/uprad.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 02:30:53 +0100 (MET) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: FWD: Danish indie Forwarded: (please remember to post to: ___ scan-indie@lysator.liu.se ___ ) > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:22:27 +0100 > From: "Thierry Carre" > Subject: Danish indie On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Jesper Sandvad wrote about Hi all (from a newbie): > before I subscribed to the list, I looked at a few mails in the digest, > and noticed that we danes seem too have the reputation of not having any > cool indie bands. Unfortunately, the rep is mostly correct. Compared to > the shitloads of cool bands from Sweden, Norway and especially Finland, we > have extremely few really good bands. and Erik Soderstrom answered : >I'm working on getting a tape with a bunch of Danish indie bands from >the Danish radio channel P3 program "Beat!" people which will later be >sent out on a tape chain, but it seems to take some time before that >happens, so if you have the time / want to make such a tape for a chain, >I think we'll all be interested! The guys at "Beat!" mentioned Danish >bands like Ibens, Lovebites, Kashmir, Port Friendly, Vildensky, Bloom, >Obstinate Esther, and Subcircus, but I haven't heard any of these! I'm also new to the list and live in Aalborg too, but I'm french and I am more into indiepop and indierock. I am on the tweenet mailing list, where we have a tape swap every month. I always include my favorite danish bands ( greene, Rhonda Harris, Psyched up Janis, ludox ) on it, they are maybe not pure indie, but they're great and being danish almost qualify them. I have heard some of the bands, you mentioned, I don't like Kashmir too much, but I saw Lovebites on TV, where they also did an interview , I think we are going to hear a lot from them. Henrik H. Olesen from Greene plays guitar and Niclas Tange ( early in the Poets, another great danish band) plays drums. Vildensky plays Tusindfryd, saturday, the 22th of february. Ibens are a good pop band, but they sing in danish, which is a little bit of a handicap. I would say, that Nikolaj Norlund " navnlos " where he sings ( in danish of course) Michael Strunge's poems, is some of the best danish music, I have heard, in 96. He is Rhonda Harris' singer and earlier with Trains, boats and planes. I can't make a tape with all of these bands, but I could start one and send it to you or somebody else who could continue. BTW, as Jesper surely knows, here in Aalborg, it's rather difficult to find swedish indie, apart from the Cardigans and Popsicle. Does anybody knows, a swedish mail order where I could find eggstone, red sleeping beauty, komeda, club 8 and that kind of stuff. Thierry viridian@post5.tele.dk --------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 02:30:05 +0100 (MET) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Backfish on MJ Pop Oh, and don't forget to listen to Musikjournalen Pop on Swedish national radion (P3) on monday 24/2 if you're interested in Swedish group _Backfish_ (though I'm not sure how many still are after Ken Stringfellow's work on their previously oh-so beautiful songs - just listen to their latest single "Everyone" (out any day now) and his version of "Bless You".. it is still a good song, don't get me wrong, but it's __nowhere__ near the feeling of bliss their old, and self-produced, version had.) Obviously, the band has to say that they love the work Ken did on their songs because of his "greatness", though I wonder what they really think... I hope they share my thoughts and produce their next album themselves. //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) ----------------------------------- End of SIN Digest #4.11 *********************** * 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