Scandinavian Indie Digest Mon, 9 Feb 1998 Volume 98 : Issue 14 Today's Topics: Re: SV: Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! AW: That's the way it is : Re: SV: Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! Super & Supperheads released in the UK? RE: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? RE: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? SV: Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! RE: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? RE Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! Re: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? Re: SV: Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! Re: RE Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! RE: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? blah. Re: RE Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! RE: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? Re: Re: RE Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! Re: Re: RE Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! Re: Super/Supperheads Re: Super/Supperheads Server broke down ?! Re: Super/Supperheads Re: Super/Supperheads Sin's Music on the Radio [09-Feb-98] Listowner indisposed Re: Listowner indisposed - Hope you get well soon! Re: Listowner indisposed Re: Listowner indisposed A-Bombs & Granada live reviews Administrivia: To unsubscribe from the Scandinavian Indie Digest mailing list: * send e-mail to: scan-indie-d-request@lysator.liu.se * with the Subject: unsubscribe To post to the Scandinavian Indie mailing list: * use the address: scan-indie@lysator.liu.se Digest back issues can be found in the [SID] section at the Scan-Indie website: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html () Please take care not to include the entire digest in your () reply, only the message(s) you are replying to. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 18:23:02 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: SV: Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! >>> 3. DEPECHE MODE - "Ultra" >> >> I couldn't help raising an eyebrow at this one. > > Well, even if I do not agree with Petters opinion about DM:s qualities and > about the fact that they were better in the early eighties, I must say that > I too was surprised. And before someone starts a flame war a la last year I > should add that, by saying this, I do not question peoples music taste. It > is not even a negative kind of surprise, on the contrary - I think this is > a very good "comeback" album. It's one of my personal favourites of the year actually. I have always been a DM buff on the other hand (my first record was Speak & Spell ;)) but haven't really enjoyed their material of late. Until "Ultra" came out. (But I didn't vote for it, because there were many better albums released last year). > But I just wonder if there is any possibility that we could get some info > about how many people participated in the vote. That might help in > "evaluating" the results, not just this one but all of them. Something which should not matter, as the one with the most votes always wins - no matter if only one or a thousand voted. You don't see poll results stating that 384.589 said they would vote on the Democratic party, 1.394.490 would vote on the Socialist party, etc. But, to make an exception for once, even though the number of people who actually did vote was 33% better than last year, they weren't too many. Between 40-50 persons. (1/5 of the total number of subscribers). Ie. those who care - who actually are the ones who count at any rate. //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 11:25:07 +0100 From: "Barczinski, Reiner, WAC" Subject: AW: That's the way it is : Thierry wrote: > Also because at the same > time, Billy Childlish and his band Thee Headcoats are playing the > 1000 fryd. And the booze war is still going on, too ;-) Hm, yes, I saw another - for me - very interesting gig, that took place on sat.! It was Headcoats, Headcoatees & esp. On trial, which are very much my style! But on sat. I was already on my way home, and my car did not break in Denmark again, not until Flensbourg ... mhm, it should better have broken in Denmark, when I think about it! Damn! ;) Booze war:Oh, dunno, I always have to taste some new "1998 argangsol" which is always very tasty IMO! These are crazy days! But, my friends and I just planned our short-trip to Gothenburg when we sat in my car and were waiting for the craftsman ... they couldn't resist after I told them, that I'm in possession of a "Gothenburg record-store guide" ;) So, see you there ... Reiner ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 20:46:01 +0000 From: "johanna.hillgren" Subject: Re: SV: Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! >>>> 3. DEPECHE MODE - "Ultra" >>> >>> I couldn't help raising an eyebrow at this one. >> >> Well, even if I do not agree with Petters opinion about DM:s qualities and >> about the fact that they were better in the early eighties, I must say that >> I too was surprised. And before someone starts a flame war a la last year I >> should add that, by saying this, I do not question peoples music taste. It >> is not even a negative kind of surprise, on the contrary - I think this is >> a very good "comeback" album. > > It's one of my personal favourites of the year actually. I have always > been a DM buff on the other hand (my first record was Speak & Spell ;)) > but haven't really enjoyed their material of late. Until "Ultra" came > out. (But I didn't vote for it, because there were many better albums > released last year). My first record was "Speak & Spell" to and DM is still my all-time favourite band. The way they got back with "Ultra" last year is remarkable and truly magnificent. But of course, I am a bit biased here. DANIEL / in a band with a very, very surpised and very, very happy lady singer who won a category in the awards. "why me!?!" was her first reaction, and I sure couldn't tell her. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 21:54:05 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? Just found both the Super "Tempted" CDS and Supperheads CDS "King Kong" in a "new releases this week" list from a UK mailorder company. Anyone know if they have been released over there? //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 23:42:26 +0200 From: Joakim Schonert Subject: RE: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? As far as I have heard both CDS have been released in the UK. Their record company (ODOR - Spinefarm Records) really made an effort with whole thing; they even brought a bunch of reporters from the NME and the Melody Maker (among many others) to watch the bands play live in Lapland. Then took the reporters to a Motorski safara and all... I guess it payed off, 'cos the gig got reviewed in both of the magazine. //Joakim. > Just found both the Super "Tempted" CDS and Supperheads CDS "King Kong" > in a "new releases this week" list from a UK mailorder company. > Anyone know if they have been released over there? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 22:40:41 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: RE: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? At 23:42 1998-02-02 +0200, Joakim Schonert wrote: > As far as I have heard both CDS have been released in the UK. > > Their record company (ODOR - Spinefarm Records) really made an effort > with whole thing; they even brought a bunch of reporters from the NME > and the Melody Maker (among many others) to watch the bands play live in > Lapland. Then took the reporters to a Motorski safara and all... > > I guess it payed off, 'cos the gig got reviewed in both of the magazine. Aha - I heard something about all this somewhere, but I had no idea that Super and Supperheads were among the bands who participated, nor that it was people from magazines like NME and Melody Maker! Any information about the whole thing on the web somewhere? It sure sounds like a sound idea. ;) //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 00:31:35 +0100 From: "Micke Rehnstrom" Subject: SV: Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! Erik Soderstrom wrote: > Something which should not matter, as the one with the most votes always > wins - no matter if only one or a thousand voted. You don't see poll > results stating that 384.589 said they would vote on the Democratic party, > 1.394.490 would vote on the Socialist party, etc. Now hold it a minute here. Since I have studied Statistics I must protest! In almost every poll result, at least all the reliable ones, there is a note saying either the total number of people that has been asked _or_ whether the difference between the parties is statistically significant or insignificant. If the question is "which political party is the most popular in Sweden" I would find the results much more reliable if 1 000 000 people had been asked than if 10 people had been asked. Not that political polls and votes like this are very comparable, but the closer to 100% coverage one gets in the poll the closer one also gets to the true opinions of the group as a whole. And I, for one, could also see some significance in knowing if it was a group of three people or a group of 200 who thought that DM had made the third best album of the year. Enough rambling about this, I guess. /Micke ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 08:53:03 +0200 From: Joakim Schonert Subject: RE: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? Not that I have seen. One could try http://www.spinefarm.fi. It has links to both of bands' own websites. The Super website even has a link to the NME (altough I didn't find anything there). Maybe we should ask Kimmo, he tends to know everything that's happening to Super...;-) //Joakim. > Aha - I heard something about all this somewhere, but I had no idea > that Super and Supperheads were among the bands who participated, nor > that it was people from magazines like NME and Melody Maker! Any > information about the whole thing on the web somewhere? It sure > sounds like a sound idea. ;) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 11:44:05 +-100 From: Mikael Fant Subject: RE Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! How very nasty and stupid of us all to forget Komeda's Boogie woogie/rock 'n' roll. Easily the best swedish single last year. Even I didn't think of it until it was too late. And they would have won the "best video" category as well if there were one. Brilliant "nationalromantik". Micke Daniel, are you really sure it is tv4? I was so certain about it being tv3... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 15:18:59 +0200 (EET) From: Sami Rouhento Subject: Re: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? jokke wrote: * Their record company (ODOR - Spinefarm Records) really made an effort * with whole thing; they even brought a bunch of reporters from the NME * and the Melody Maker (among many others) to watch the bands play live in * Lapland. Then took the reporters to a Motorski safara and all... * * I guess it payed off, 'cos the gig got reviewed in both of the magazine. let's not forget both singles got *trashed* in the nme a week a two later... sami ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 16:45:28 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Riitamaa Subject: Re: SV: Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! Petter & Eric: >> But I just wonder if there is any possibility that we could get some info >> about how many people participated in the vote. That might help in >> "evaluating" the results, not just this one but all of them. > > Something which should not matter, as the one with the most votes always > wins - no matter if only one or a thousand voted. You don't see poll results > stating that 384.589 said they would vote on the Democratic party, 1.394.490 > would vote on the Socialist party, etc. Well i think it does matter how many people vote. think what the results would have been if i and my three closest friends would have been the only ones that voted... every year some idiot like Rasmus's manager Teja makes xerox copies of magazine's voting ballots and gets his newest invention into the top ten of the best newcomer section. I don't know if its just me, but i think democrasy is the more valid the bigger the percentage of voters is. > Between 40-50 persons. (1/5 of the total number of subscribers). Ie. those > who care - who actually are the ones who count at any rate. Nope, some people just don't have the time or don't do it because of ideological reasons. i bet there were people with interesting opinions and lots of interest towards rock-a-rollah that didn't vote because wild sex on the table, trying to emulate Keiji Haino on an acoustic guitar, reading a good book, designing covers for a 7", making weird noises with electric wire, a battery, an amplifier and a taut string or carving fishing lures was just a lot more fun... i voted, but hey, that's just me. Tornado DaSilva. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 16:52:52 +0000 From: "johanna.hillgren" Subject: Re: RE Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! Mikael Fant wrote: > Daniel, are you really sure it is tv4? I was so certain about it being tv3... How can anyone be sure about anything in times like these, but at least I think the guy is a top-hat at TV4. OK? Daniel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 21:37:05 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Riitamaa Subject: RE: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? Erik wrote: > Aha - I heard something about all this somewhere, but I had no idea > that Super and Supperheads were among the bands who participated, nor > that it was people from magazines like NME and Melody Maker! Any > information about the whole thing on the web somewhere? It sure sounds > like a sound idea. ;) Yeah, but what's the idea to bring a bunch of brits to hear a britpop band that they have thirteen in a dozen theirselves. i mean, Super i can understand somebody liking, the singer talks this cute Tampere-dialect when she's drunk and the drummer is enjoyable, but Supperheads just plain sucks. it's the Oasis attitude minus ripped off melodies made into annoying schlagers. Tornado DaSilva. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 21:37:07 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Riitamaa Subject: blah. have sex with my ear. i hadn't seen Micke's post. Tornado DaSilva. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 21:15:36 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: RE Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! At 11:44 1998-02-03 +-100, Mikael Fant wrote: > How very nasty and stupid of us all to forget Komeda's Boogie woogie/rock > 'n' roll. Easily the best swedish single last year. Even I didn't think of > it until it was too late. And they would have won the "best video" category > as well if there were one. Brilliant "nationalromantik". But it was released in 1996, so it should have been there last year. Good idea about the video category though - never even thought of it! :-/ Next year then... //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 21:19:00 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: RE: Super & Supperheads released in the UK? >> Aha - I heard something about all this somewhere, but I had no idea >> that Super and Supperheads were among the bands who participated, nor >> that it was people from magazines like NME and Melody Maker! Any >> information about the whole thing on the web somewhere? It sure sounds >> like a sound idea. ;) > > Yeah, but what's the idea to bring a bunch of brits to hear a britpop band > that they have thirteen in a dozen theirselves. i mean, Super i can > understand somebody liking, the singer talks this cute Tampere-dialect when > she's drunk and the drummer is enjoyable, Ha ha ha - that's the spirit - don't like them for their music, but for what they're like when they *don't* play in the band! ;-) > but Supperheads just plain sucks. it's the Oasis attitude minus ripped > off melodies made into annoying schlagers. They have a couple of songs I like - especially the ones with a lot of Eggstone in them. //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 15:27:40 EST From: Cardigans1@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: RE Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! that Komeda video is ace, with the swedish bird in the Sweden flag dress jason ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 16:24:45 -0500 (EST) From: Martin Olson Subject: Re: Re: RE Scan-Indie 1997 Awards - Results! On Tue, 3 Feb 1998 Cardigans1@aol.com wrote: > that Komeda video is ace, with the swedish bird in the Sweden flag dress I don't know if that video had made an impression on anyone over here but when I saw Komeda open for Ben Folds Five (who the hell thought that bill up?) it was the only song the generally extremely hostile audience seemed to like. Maybe that had something to do with the very amusing bass and guitar choreography though. Anyway, the video is great, but the song somehow strikes me as not the best thing they could have released off that album. Doesn't even have Lena singing in it, which I always thought was one of the groups pros... ta, Martin. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 23:00:54 From: Kimmo Saaskilahti Subject: Re: Super/Supperheads Erik asked: > Just found both the Super "Tempted" CDS and Supperheads CDS "King Kong" > in a "new releases this week" list from a UK mailorder company. > Anyone know if they have been released over there? Yes, as it has already been mentioned. Spinefarm/Odor got a deal with a UK distributor (Pinnacle, if memory serves) who released the above mentioned cd singles by Super and Supperheads. Their '97 albums ('Rendezvous with Super' and 'Dinner' respectively) will also be released there soon. Trivia-minded Super aficionados should learn that this is not the same "Tempted" cd single that was released on Odor in 1996; instead it features the album version of the title track plus 'Misty Hours' from the album, a remix of 'Bingohostess Goes Berserk' and 'Day Out With Crimplene Kids' (from the Japanese version of 'Rendezvous...'). Then Joakim said: > Their record company (ODOR - Spinefarm Records) really made an effort > with whole thing; they even brought a bunch of reporters from the NME > and the Melody Maker (among many others) To which Erik commented: > Aha - I heard something about all this somewhere, but I had no idea > that Super and Supperheads were among the bands who participated, nor > that it was people from magazines like NME and Melody Maker! Any > information about the whole thing on the web somewhere? It sure sounds > like a sound idea. ;) I cannot remember all the details, but I think there were journalists from six UK weeklies/glossies including NME, MM, Kerrang (!), Loaded and two others. As far as I know, they first checked out a couple of bands (Elevators, Xysma?) in Helsinki and were then on the next morning flown to Rovaniemi (the town from where Supperheads, and myself as it happens, are from). I wasn't there so I cannot really tell all the groovy stuff the journos did, but I would guess they at least met up with good old Santa Claus and maybe had a quick snack at the northernmost McDonald's in the world...err, anyway NME had a nice little review of the gig in their big Christmas/New Year issue. When last I looked, the Supperheads web site didn't say anything about the event and the Super pages have not really been updated a lot lately (this may however change in the future...). Then Sami reminded us: > let's not forget both singles got *trashed* in the nme a week a two > later... That's right. Quoting from memory, Super were described as 'hideous Cardigans clones [...] total waste of time' while Supperheads inspired the writer to say 'it's impossible to convey the arseness of this record by mere words. Imagine a battle ofthe bands contest where all the participants are Cast tribute bands, the the loser of that contest'. Anyway, the single of the week was by Puff Daddy, so I guess the writer wasn't particularly pop-oriented. By the way, Super are going to record a new single later this spring and an album to follow. Chances are it will be produced by Ian Catt. Now that would be interesting! Also, two tracks from their Japan-only CDEP "Tickets" will appear on compilation CD's before the summer. that's all I know (right now) Kimmo ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 16:05:56 +0200 (EET) From: Jussi Ristikaarto Subject: Re: Super/Supperheads > Then Sami reminded us: > >> let's not forget both singles got *trashed* in the nme a week a two >> later... To which Kimmo noted: > That's right. Quoting from memory, Super were described as 'hideous > Cardigans clones [...] total waste of time' while Supperheads inspired the > writer to say 'it's impossible to convey the arseness of this record by > mere words. Imagine a battle ofthe bands contest where all the participants > are Cast tribute bands, the the loser of that contest'. > > Anyway, the single of the week was by Puff Daddy, so I guess the writer > wasn't particularly pop-oriented. Oh boy. Kimmo, you just made my day. I'm gonna live to be at least 87 for all the laughs I got from those few lines. (not that I fully agree with the journo, but still...) all the best, everybody Jussi (jr53356@uta.fi) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 11:47:31 +0100 From: "Barczinski, Reiner, WAC" Subject: Server broke down ?! Hey, friends ... ... our server has broken fom yesterday, 7 pm to today 11 am! I really hope I didn't miss anything important? If so, would someone tell me this again? Thanks ... :) Reiner ------------------------------ Date: 04 Feb 1998 23:33:21 +0100 From: Robert Cumming Subject: Re: Super/Supperheads In article <3.0.1.16.19980203230054.2b0f77f4@pop.sci.fi>, Kimmo Saaskilahti wrote: > That's right. Quoting from memory, Super were described as 'hideous > Cardigans clones [...] total waste of time' while Supperheads > inspired the writer to say 'it's impossible to convey the arseness > of this record by mere words. Imagine a battle ofthe bands contest Arseness, wonder how you translate _that_ into Finnish... Anyway, whatever NME think, I was pleasantly surprised by the Super single when I finally got my CD player and got stuck into the spoils of last summer's Tampere visit. Cardigansy alright, but enough of its own thing to deserve some respect. Especially now that the Cardigans are no longer very cardigansy themselves. Robert, ha"ckhet in Swedish, I guess ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 00:02:26 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: Super/Supperheads Kimmo Saaskilahti wrote: > That's right. Quoting from memory, Super were described as 'hideous > Cardigans clones [...] total waste of time' while Supperheads > inspired the writer to say 'it's impossible to convey the arseness > of this record by mere words. Imagine a battle ofthe bands contest Hmm, they received a really bad review in Swedish "major city entertainment paper" 'Nojesguiden' as well. The review in Swedish at (the extremely long address - put all of it in your location box (or just go to www.nojesguiden.se and then pick a banana, and select "Skivor" and "Sok i arkivet" for "Super": http://www.nojesguiden.se/cgi-bin/guidebase_f.pl?b=1024522&next_link=Super&p rofile=skivor.pro&search=super&genre=Alla&Betyg=6&Betyg=5&Betyg=4&Betyg=3&Be tyg=2&Betyg=1 //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 00:46:31 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Sin's Music on the Radio [09-Feb-98] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE RADIO Scandinavian Indie February 9 -> 15, 1998 by Erik Soderstrom SWEDEN Day Date Artist Recorded --- ----- --------------------------------- -------------------------------- Mon 9/2 Wagon Vaxjo, Elvagarden 22-Nov-97 Tue 10/2 Pierre Dorge, Gongole Players Namforsen, Folkfesten 07-Aug-97 Wed 11/2 gusGus (R) Denmark, Roskilde Festival -97 Thu 12/2 Primus Denmark, Roskilde Festival -97 NORWAY Day Date Artist Recorded --- ----- --------------------------------- -------------------------------- Sun 15/2 Silverchair, Go-Betweens Denmark, Roskilde Festival 97 This list covers the Swedish National Channel P3's "Live" - at 21.03-22.00 or 19.03-23.00 where marked with a '*' _PLUS_ The Norwegian National Channel Petre's "Roxrevyen" - at 21.03-00.00 every sunday. (R) = Rerun ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- These lists are also available on the Scandinavian Indie site at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/upcoming.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 16:20:00 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Listowner indisposed Hi gang, because of muscle related injury (from working too hard with computers the last few weeks) I won't be able to work with the lists and websites the next couple of weeks. Therefor no lists of any kind will be posted and web updates will be pretty scarce. Hope to be back when I'm out of medicine and my arm works again. If something extremely important needs to be done you can still contact me (my girlfriend will occasionally help me out, but it has to be pretty important...) Stay safe, //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 18:58:08 +0200 From: Henrik Engstroem Subject: Re: Listowner indisposed - Hope you get well soon! Erik, I do hope you'll get better soon. And keep away from those keyboards now you hear, they're mean machines in disguise. Believe me, I know. All the very best of wishes, Henrik ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 19:32:55 +0100 From: totte.pop@swipnet.se (Totte Pop) Subject: Re: Listowner indisposed hurry up and get well... sincerely totte pop ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 15:42:07 -0700 (MST) From: Peter Shams-Avari Subject: Re: Listowner indisposed > Hi gang, > because of muscle related injury (from working too hard with computers the > last few weeks) I won't be able to work with the lists and websites the next > couple of weeks. Therefor no lists of any kind will be posted and web updates > will be pretty scarce. Hope to be back when I'm out of medicine and my arm > works again. > > If something extremely important needs to be done you can still contact me > (my girlfriend will occasionally help me out, but it has to be pretty > important...) Hope you feel better soon. Peter ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 19:32:01 +0100 From: "Micke Rehnstrom" Subject: A-Bombs & Granada live reviews In an effort not to become too predictable I went to _two_ concerts this week. And they were not even in the same town. Anyway, here goes; CANDYSUCK cancelled their gig at Herrgarn and A-BOMBS from Stockholm showed up instead. They played rock n roll which was more melodic and groovy than it was aggressive (I am not good at dropping references concerning this kind of music but someone mentioned BACKYARD BABIES? And I should think a whole lot of early 70s bands too ;). It sounded quite good in the beginning but I lost concentration after a while. I think the reason may sound a bit odd, but I just think that they were too good musicians. I do not mind if this kind of music sounds a bit dirty but here we had four musicians who definitely showed the audience that they had spent lots of hours in a rehearsal room. Gave me the feeling I sometimes get when watching some perfectly choreographed (is that the word??) dancing - first I get impressed by their skills but then it bores me because it is so clinically clean and with nothing that stands out. Massive guitar walls but with a perfectly mixed sound with vocals well hearable above the noice (btw, the vocalist looked very much like a younger version of Chris Cornell of SOUNDGARDEN). It was OK but not more than that. On friday I headed for Stockholm and the Ettnollett party at Tuben. Playing live was RED HOUSE PA... sorry ;). Playing live was a Stockholm based band called GRANADA and I can bet my whole fortune that these guys are collectors of RED HOUSE PAINTERS stuff. But GRANADA turned out to be somewhat more electrified than other bands playing this kind of slow and melancholy thing. Three guitars and a keyboard helped building a massive wall of sound. I usually like this kind of stuff and there were a couple of tunes (I recall one being called "Electricity", for example) that made me think that I can also be able to like this band. But this night there were two big problems; one was that the vocalist was not exactly top-quality stuff, to say the least. Another problem was a quite poor sound quality (I never seem to get satisfied, eh? Either too good or too bad ;), which seemed quite strange to me after having been there watching their more than two-hour long sound check earlier that evening. Anyway, like I said, some songs were good and I can give this concert also the OK. (But the best part of the weekend was the after-party in Stockholm were I, Nicke Bostrom (editor of Ettnollett fanzine) and a friend of his drank _very_ cheap wine while watching 10-15 year old video recordings from MTV and Super Channel until day-break. A complete orgy in early JESUS & MARY CHAIN, THE PRIMITIVES, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, COCTEAU TWINS, TALULAH GOSH etc. The backlash came the day after when my body violently showed me what it thought about the brilliant idea of sleeping in a not-to-comfortable armchair in Sundbyberg ;) /Micke, now concentrating on the olympics ------------------------------ End of Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.98 #14 ********************************************