Scandinavian Indie Digest Mon Jan 15, 1996 Volume 3 : Issue 04 There are 43 messages totalling 1332 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Expressen, Den finaste tidningen i v{rlden. ;) (2) 2. Red Sleeping Beauty (3) 3. Places to send a demotape (2) 4. The Kittenish compilations (5) 5. Melony (4) 6. Pinko Pinko (4) 7. Honey Is Cool Interview [23-Nov-95] (3) 8. Selected News [11-Jan-96] 9. Tape Chain 10. Music on the Radio [14-Jan-96] 11. Music on the TV [12-Jan-96] 12. signup for the finnish tape chain!!!!! 13. RSB 14. Tambourine Compilation 15. Blur for sale (non-scan) 16. Petrol 17. Melony->Pixies->FB 18. Yvonne / New Order 19. Motor Tour List Update [09-Jan-96] 20. Expressen & journalists 21. Honey Is Cool 22. Kittenish 1 23. namedropping / weird stories 24. Scandinavian Indie Contest #1 - 96 25. Salt / US radio 26. "style-bands" (was Pinko Pinko) (2) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 14:42:40 +0100 From: grj@expressen.se Subject: Re(2): Expressen, Den finaste tidningen i v{rlden. ;) >oh man, does this mean that we/i should get back in line and praise >swedish rock journalism like never before..? hmm, thinking of it, erik >what do you say about a big repost on our previous ramblings?? it should >be fun, as we actually would have someone to address them all to..! ;) >oh well, i guess i'll just keep my mouth shut to from now on. Sorry, but Mr Nunstedt isn't on this list. But I am. I forwarded som info from the list to Mr Nunstedt (or Anders as some people say). But when he sent his reply with thanks for the info it was sent to the list. Sorry for that. /Gunnar R Johansson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gunnar R Johansson Voice: +46 8 7383430 New Media Department Fax: +46 8 6190361 http://www.expressen.se/home/gunnar/ Noise: grj@expressen.se -------------- EXPRESSEN - Largest daily in Scandinavia ---------------- ------------------------ From: Sami Rouhento Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 16:48:09 +0200 (EET) Subject: Re: Red Sleeping Beauty Per wrote concerning Red Sleeping Beauty: > um, you should be able to get hold of their 7-inchers through freak > scene records in stockholm, i believe. the last time a was there (which > is a few weeks back), they had like three or four different ones. most > of them were released on some spanish label. weird. That would be Siesta, if I'm not mistaken. > and, yeah, i was told they were pretty "wimpy" sounding.. He hee, now that's an understatement if I ever saw one. Red Sleeping Beauty are the wimpiest band out of Sweden bar none. Their wimpiness makes my mind reel with delight. Sami ---------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 19:28:18 +0100 From: Johan Helmstad Subject: Places to send a demotape Hello We are a gothenburgian band who will finish recording a demo tape next week and are interested in names and adresses (s-mail) to places in Sweden which hosts conserts with indie-style bands, to which we can distribute the tape. If anyone else is interested I will make a list over the replies avilable on www. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Johan Helmstad email : md1johan@mdstud.chalmers.se Dr Lindhs g 6 www : http://www.mdstud.chalmers.se/~md1johan 416 25 Gothenburg the Cark homepage : http://www.mdstud.chalmers.se/ tel : +44 -(0)31-824241 ~md1johan/CARK ---------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 18:48:41 -0800 From: Christer Nilsson Subject: The Kittenish compilations I am very interested in the two 'Kittenish' compilation albums. Does anyone know on what label these records were released? Who is distributing them? ------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 22:31:09 -0800 (PST) From: D Alexander Bailey Subject: Re: Red Sleeping Beauty Siesta is a superb label - if you like "twee" or wimpy pop at all. They've just put out a new ep by RSB, which I hope to have by the end of the month. I'm not sure whether it's a 7" or a cd ep. I've got a 5 track 3" cd by them on Marsh Marigold (Germany) which is ok, not great. I've got another three 7" eps by them which I haven't had very long, or heard very many times. (My turntable is very user-unfriendly). So far none of these have managed to make much of an impression on me. The two tracks by them that have made an impression are two of their most recent releases. One is the track "Stay" on a split 7" on Grimsey with Benito (Jim & Stephanie Ruiz). The other is "Her Favourite Clichee" on the "Europop" 7" on Siesta (with 3 other bands). Both of these are excellent (all of the tracks on them are excellent). The line from "her fav. clichee" that sticks in my mind is: She's got toothpaste on her cheek, It's a thing that makes me weak OK, so this is feather-weight stuff. I'm not sure if they just liked the way this line sounded, or if it is supposed to have something to do with the belief (held by some) that toothpaste is supposed to be good for drying out pimples. Either you love it or this makes you want to puke. Alexander ------------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 11:23:07 +0100 From: Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: Re: Melony I wrote: > Funny that you should ask... I'm going to see Melony live tonight. > Stockholmers can check them out 21:00 at Hanna's Deli. See you there. So I went there last night, and mingled with the "pop mob"... of course the omnipresent Lars Nylin was there. It was kind of a combined gig and release party, but unfortunately the free beer was finished when I arrived. Melony played for about half an hour, and I can safely say it was the best Swedish newcomers I've seen in some time. Even better than Mouth and Loosegoats. One point of reference that you can't get by when talking about Melony is Pixies... it's definitely not a case of sheer plagiarism, Melony's material stand out for itself, but it was like Black Francis' spirit was lingering in the room. The songs followed a common pattern: pretty calm, or "loose", verses followed by an explosion of dissonant riffs in the chorus. What struck me as particularily brilliant was the melodies - Peter Kvint is a first class pop smith - and the drummer doing backing vocals added a lot. They follow in a proud tradition of power pop trios, from Jam and onwards. I will go out and get the "Skycracker" EP as soon as I get a chance, that's fer sure. ----------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:43:12 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Pinko Pinko >On Mon, 8 Jan 1996, Martin Eksten wrote: > >> Anybody here who has heard of the Swedish band Pinko Pinko? Yuck. Saw them in Tantolunden, Stockholm, last summer when they just changed their name. Absolutely boring, the teeny-boppers of "Blur-pop". I mean, when the kind of glasses and the clothes you wear on the record sleeve means more than the music, what can you say... Over and out, Jan Sundstrom ----------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:22:19 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Expressen, Den finaste tidningen i v{rlden. :) >We'd better look out now, before uttering something about the >fine and nice journalists working at Expressen, beacuse they're >now reading this list. :) > >(Hi Mr. Nunstedt) Ha ha ha! Tjena Nunan, och valkommen till klubben! Mr Nunstedt is actually an old friend of mine, since i worked at Expressen for some time, a year ago. My experience is that you always have to be careful what you say on lists. For a few weeks ago I met the record label boss from Energy Rekords (SPOCK, Cat Rapes Dog, Page etc), Mr Hakan Ehrnst, and he told me he's actually on this list too. Oops! Had i written something nasty about him or his no-longer-any-good bands on the label??? Nah, don't think so. But anyway, either watch your tongue or be prepared to fight for your opinions. Jan Sundstrom ------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 14:00:25 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Honey Is Cool Interview [23-Nov-95] Hey! Got this mail from Staffan Larsson of HiC. He says the have some live dates: >1 feb - Underground, GBG >10 feb - Falun >16 Feb - Halmstad >? Feb - Lund ...with BIG reservation for changes. After february they're going to concentrate on their next album, that they plan to record this summer. No gigs in Stockholm, he continues, but you'll never know! Jan Sundstrom -------------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 14:12:09 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: The Kittenish compilations >I am very interested in the two 'Kittenish' compilation albums. >Does anyone know on what label these records were released? >Who is distributing them? Hmm. I got #2, and it's distributed by Energy Rekords, AFAIK. Get it, it's worth having just for the tracks by Honey Is Cool and Yvonne. There's supposed to be stuff from Yvonne on #1 as well, but I wouldn't shell out full price just for one track. Jan Sundstrom ----------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 14:19:30 +0100 (CET) From: Martin Eksten Subject: Re: Honey Is Cool Interview [23-Nov-95] On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Jan Sundstrom wrote: > Hey! > Got this mail from Staffan Larsson of HiC. He says the have some live dates: > > >1 feb - Underground, GBG > >10 feb - Falun > >16 Feb - Halmstad > >? Feb - Lund Did he say where in Lund? Blekingska nationen? Or maybe at Mejeriet during "Popstad 96"? Btw, thanks to everyone who replied to my post about Pinko Pinko! Martin. ------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 14:20:33 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Melony >Their singer/guitarist Peter Kvint used to be the frontman in radio darlings >Farbror Bl} some years back. He and I were classmates back in the gymnasium >(booohh, namedropping!! :) so I know him very well. Hey, Marten seems to know _everyone_!!! ;) Last time i saw him, he rumbled around with the singer of Teddybears. WoW! Jan Sundstrom ----------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 14:28:44 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: Honey Is Cool Interview [23-Nov-95] >> >? Feb - Lund > >Did he say where in Lund? Blekingska nationen? Or maybe at Mejeriet >during "Popstad 96"? No, nothing. Jan Sundstrom -------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:33:23 +0100 From: perhin95@student.umu.se (Susanne Johansson) Subject: Re: The Kittenish compilations >>I am very interested in the two 'Kittenish' compilation albums. >>Does anyone know on what label these records were released? >>Who is distributing them? Jan Sandstrom wrote: >Hmm. I got #2, and it's distributed by Energy Rekords, AFAIK. Get it, it's >worth having just for the tracks by Honey Is Cool and Yvonne. > >There's supposed to be stuff from Yvonne on #1 as well, but I wouldn't >shell out full price just for one track. I think #1 was released on Rainbow/Delicious Goldfish Per -------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:42:49 +0100 From: perhin95@student.umu.se (Susanne Johansson) Subject: Re: Pinko Pinko >>On Mon, 8 Jan 1996, Martin Eksten wrote: >> >>> Anybody here who has heard of the Swedish band Pinko Pinko? > >Yuck. Saw them in Tantolunden, Stockholm, last summer when they just >changed their name. Absolutely boring, the teeny-boppers of "Blur-pop". > >I mean, when the kind of glasses and the clothes you wear on the record >sleeve means more than the music, what can you say... > >Over and out, >Jan Sundstrom You can say that it's not true and that it's funny to see how people like Jan get so upset about them. They actually live for what they doing, popmusic. -------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 18:05:54 +0000 From: John Boqvist Subject: Re: The Kittenish compilations Hi! Kittenish #1 was released on Ceilidh records in 1994 as CEI037. Tracklisting : Yvonne - Drifter Cardigans - Pooh song Peanut Planet - Speed up the base Crescent Venus - Heavenly Stevepops - Seems so serious (wrong! It's actually "Smash hit wonder" from "waiting..") WhizKids - rolling with the tigers Wagon - Right Baby Lemonade - QPR Birdseye - Great Whales Peanut Planet - Piano tinkle tune Chunks - So hard Justine Ahead - popflower Blueberries - ride of life Mrs. Ross - Sorry Naked - Shove me Honeyman - Honeyman Soapflakes - Impossible Protein on Disc - One Step Further I don't know if it has got normal distribution. If so, it should be Border. Otherwise, contact Ultra. John-0 ------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 21:07:06 +0200 (EET) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: Re: The Kittenish compilations According to John Boqvist: * Kittenish #1 was released on Ceilidh records in 1994 as CEI037. * * Tracklisting : * * Yvonne - Drifter Actually I think instead there's a New Order cover (from "Movement") on the album (a mistake was made when compiling the disc, or something, I forget). * Cardigans - Pooh song One of my favourite Cardigans songs ever! Otherwise the compilation wasn't too stunning, I seem to remember. But check it out yourselves anyway to make sure. Kimmo --------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 20:55:17 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Selected News [11-Jan-96] Salt - Nina Beckmann at MVG lets us know that Salt are really on the move in the US right now. It boils! The single "Bluster" that has been released, is "playlisted" at large rock stations in several states, among them, K-Rock in Los Angeles and New York. The album, "Auscultate" will be released by Island on March 4th or 5th, 1996. As it looks right now, the band will tour the big country in February and the beginning of March, 1996. //Erik ----------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 20:56:31 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Tape Chain Okay, I've received "votes" on what bands to include when making the Swedish Indie tape from the ones listed below as of today: 1) Christer Nilsson 2) Marten Sahlen I'll keep collecting votes until the 1st of February, when I'll compile a list of all the votes and mail it to the list, and then we can go on with the song selections. Keep them votes filling my mailbox! :) (ie. send your votes to: chief@lysator.liu.se) //Erik ---------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 20:56:02 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Music on the Radio [14-Jan-96] Scandinavian Indie's Weekly Updated Interesting Music on the Radio List January 14th -> January 21st --------------------------------- Swedish National Radio Channel P3 --------------------------------- Day Date Artist Recorded --- ----- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------- Sun 14/1 Magpie, Om, Daily News, Rambler Garage & Buskage Mon 15/1 Lloyd Cole Gino, Stockholm, 10-Oct-95 Tue 16/1 John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Rondo, Gothenburg, 09-Nov-95 Wed 17/1 Soul Obsession K}rhuset, Lule}, 12-May-95 Thu 18/1 Dubwar Gothenburg, 03-Nov-95 Sun 21/1 Richie Blackmore's Rainbow (R) Cirkus, Stockholm, 02-Oct-95 Always at 21.03 R = Rerun P3 Live have favourite concerts (reruns) on sundays, every two weeks and "Garage & Buskage" every two weeks. This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie WWW pages. //Erik ---------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 20:57:12 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Music on the TV [12-Jan-96] Scandinavian Indie's Weekly Updated Interesting Music on the Television List January 12th -> January 18th ------------------- Various TV Channels ------------------- Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time --- ----- ----------------------- ------------------- ------------- ----- Fri 12/1 Snoop Doggy Dogg Saturday Night Live ZTV 22.00 Sat 13/1 Zoom 95 Final Zoom 95 Final ZTV 15.30 Oasis Artistspecial ZTV 00.55 Sun 14/1 Oasis Artistspecial ZTV 16.30 R Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 22.30 Mon 15/1 Toppen Toppen ZTV 19.00 Nirvana Saturday Night Live ZTV 22.00 Cinnamon, Sophie Z... Missade Du Musiken? TV 4 22.45 Tue 16/1 James Taylor Saturday Night Live ZTV 22.00 Toppen Toppen ZTV 00.35 R Wed 17/1 Paul Westerberg Saturday Night Live ZTV 22.00 Thu 18/1 Tony Toni Tone Saturday Night Live ZTV 22.00 Family Tree N|jesrevyn SVT 1 22.30 R = Rerun This list is also available on the Scandinavian Indie WWW pages. //Erik ----------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 00:00:28 +0200 (EET) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: signup for the finnish tape chain!!!!! Hello there! Yeah, my tape chain project was in the pipeline, but it turned out to be a rather long pipe...ok, I hear you, get to the point. Which is: I have now completed the Finnish Indie tape for our chain! And you can sign up to it!! And you can do it now!!! Take a look at the track listing below, complete with my lame comments/descriptions and see if there's anything worth wasting your time. Then send me (trkisa@uta.fi) an e-mail message with - your name - your e-mail address - your street address The bands on the tape are perhaps a bit more on the poppier side of indie, but there are a couple of noisier acts there too. I thought I'd leave most of the blossoming hardcore/noise scene in Finland to somebody else, more qualified to speak to us on this topic. I'll be accepting signups for some time, at least for a week or so. Then I'll organize a schedule and let participants know of it. I'll also try to 'design' an inlay card with some '''''artwork''''' on it (heh). If time & energy allow, I'll write some basic info about each band appearing on the tape and post it here and/or to the participants, perhaps even make it available on the web. But we'll see. Anyway, here's the main thing (some dates might be incorrect, I'm working from memory here): "Northern Lights Shine Bright Tonight" a compilation tape of Finnish indie pop and rock for the Scandinavian Indie mailing list side a Kitchen Sink: 'Fusion' from "Stereosounds" EP (Crawfish 1995) - melodic guitarscapes with great vocal harmonies Pansies: 'Fruit' CD5 (Poko 1995) - the debut single of this pure pop group Super: 'Spark' CD5 (Tangerine 1995) - the gods of easy listening pop in their mellower mood, girl/boy vocals and some cool hammond to boot Supperheads: 'Shooting Star' from Cucumber EP (Tangerine 1994/5?) - soft and crisp, great boy/girl duet Love Handles: 'Friday' from The Human Anatomy EP (In Hama Future 1994) - solid guitar walls, skillful guitarwork Aknestik: 'Kesalla ei menna nukkumaan' CD5 (Poko 1994) - acoustic and spacy electric guitars meet in this anthem for eternal summer; the best finnish-singing pop band around Shadowplay: 'Dirtysweet' from Eggs & Pop (Twin Hits 1994) - trumpet & piano-driven cafe music with a slight 80's feel to it Candy Darling: 'Daggers Scream' from their 1st single (AMT 1995) - a bit Pixies-like without the screaming, instead rather theatrical vocals by the coolest frontman in the country Spam: 'Something Vaguely Essential' from their self-released EP (1995) - wimpy mod-pop Annel Nieiddat: 'Ustitvuohta' from Giitu (Mipu Music 1993) - Lappish girl group with a folky ode to friendship (no, I don't understand the lyrics either) Laika & The Cosmonauts: 'The A-Treatment' from The Amazing Colossal Band (Amigo 1995) - surf music with spy/oriental spices Good Evening Manchester: 'Train' from their 2nd album (EMI 1991) - a bit more mainstream; great vocal harmonies, a nice little ditty 22-Pistepirkko: 'Birdy' from Big Lupu (Spirit 1992) - the most popular 'alternative' band in Finland, mixing 60's pop, rhythm'n'blues, country & western and what not Cessna: 'Cardamom Kiss' from Hobby-Like! (not released, 1995) - "...sort of combining the Swedish pop concept and American loser-indie" said the Elysium fanzine. Well, this is the band in which me and Sami play; it's him doing the whispery vocals - I take care of the Field Mice- esque bass lines. side b Soon: 'Candle' from Fresh! (a Tangerine compilation 1995) - dancey indie early 90's style Jimi Tenor: 'Take The 'S' Train' from Europa (Sahko 1995) - moronic elevator hammond jazz muzak with the grooviest drum machine solo you'll ever hear! Swellheads: 'Do Anything You Like' from the Fresh! comp - utterly sad ballad of almost epic proportions Fridge: 'Shaken & Stirred' from Fresh! - more of an indie-rock band with catchy choruses Coo: 'Fiat 600' from their demo tape (1995) - shoegaze will never die! somewhat reminiscent of Nowhere-era Ride, with a killer guitar riff Larry & The Lefthanded: 'All Allright' from Punk Rock Hold-Up EP (Trash Can 1995) - the leaders of the Finnish garage/surf/r'n'b scene, deliberately no-fi and in glorious mono! Noitalinna huraa!: 'Pikkuveli' 7" (Megamania 1988) - the twee-est band in this country ever; touching girl/boy vocals, silly drum machine and an unnecessary rock guitar solo. the song is about hoping that your kid brother would never grow up. Dog Eat Dog: 'Galaxies' 7" (In Dog We Trust 1991) - sort of powerpop, or something snappy anyway The Bee Meeting: 'Everything Turned Upside Down' () - 60's jangle with girly vocals Thee Ultra Bimboos: 'Hypnotized' from - aptly titled trash-glam-garage-rock quartet mess about in a b-movie style Circle: 'Kyberia' from Meronia (Bad Vugum 1994) - ultra hypnotic dance trance, groove beyond groove... Deep Turtle: 'Tungo' from - i guess this is what they call 'math-rock'; it's sort of disjointed anyway Poverty Stinks: 'Another World' from Crackle & Pop (a Snap compilation 1992) - 60's influenced jangle with rather nerdy vocals Dada Girl: 'Everything About The Gun' from their 1st demo (1995) - Suede and Bowie have been often mentioned in this context (at least by me :) ------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 11:31:31 +0200 (EET) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: RSB According to Per L}ngstr|m: * um, you should be able to get hold of their 7-inchers through freak * scene records in stockholm, i believe. the last time a was there (which * is a few weeks back), they had like three or four different ones. most * of them were released on some spanish label. weird. If you can't find any there, you can order them eg. from the Four Letter Words mail order (that's where I get most of my indiepop stuff). The last catalogue listed both their "Seasons Change" 7" EP on Somersault and the split 7" w/ Benito, which was already recommended earlier. Send mail to Clint Barnes at: bliss@best.com and ask if they are still available. * and, yeah, i was told they were pretty "wimpy" sounding.. Quite right! Kimmo ----------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 12:18:29 +0200 (EET) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: Re: Tambourine Compilation According to chief@lysator.liu.se: * On Sun, 7 Jan 1996, D Alexander Bailey wrote: * * > I'd especially love feedback about Trio Lligo (releases, recommendations?) * > and Cloudberry Jam. I really recommend their album "Blank Paycheck", it was one of my favourite pieces of music in 1995! Even today it sounds so fresh and energetic to me! I think it's better than either of Cardigans albums as a matter of fact. Jennie's voice is soooo cool! * >The Cardigans * > and besides, Henrik tells me their first album was much better. I don't know...it's quite hard to decide which I like better. Sometimes I find the 'kitsch aspect' on "Life" a bit overblown and almost annoying. Then again, "Emmerdale" sounds often a bit too thin. But, oddly enough, at times these are the very reasons why I love each of these albums... 'mind is a strange and wonderful thing' as they say in "Invasion of Body Snatchers". Kimmo trkisa@uta.fi ------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 12:58:10 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Blur for sale (non-scan) Sorry for huslting you, but a friend of mine (who doesn't have e-mail) is going to sell a Blur promo, and asked me if there's someone around (preferably Sweden) who wants this: >BLUR-TI-GO, 5-track US promo (live tracks + remixes) Mail me personally. And i know this is very irrelevant, but i promise i won't do this again. Jan Sundstrom ------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 13:07:39 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Petrol Has anyone checked out the new Vasteras band Petrol? Two babes singing, and a backing studio band consisting of three guys. They just got signed by Telegram/Warner and tonight (friday) there's a big showcase in Vasteras (Sweden) with Petrol live on stage, and lots of record company hot shots, journos etc coming in there from Stockholm (me too ;) If you have nothing to do, go there! Review of the gig comes tomorrow. Jan Sundstrom --------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 14:25:58 +0100 (MET) From: Per L}ngstr|m Subject: Re: Melony On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Marten Sahlen wrote: > Melony played for about half an hour, and I can safely say it was the best > Swedish newcomers I've seen in some time. Even better than Mouth and > Loosegoats. One point of reference that you can't get by when talking about > Melony is Pixies... it's definitely not a case of sheer plagiarism, Melony's > material ok. so i gave it a try, but i just couldn't shut my mouth for more than, what?, three days.. so here goes: why is just about every swedish "indie-pop" band so totally into the pixies? yes, they (the pixies) were good and all, but this far too obvious pixies influence that guitar-based pop-bands in this country are showing is getting a bit annoying (if not simply ridiculus), i find. hasn't this been going on for too long now and shouldn't we demand these bands to update their record collections and stop this madness? agreeing anyone, or am i yet again left alone here feeling slightly alienated? .per ps. just off the record. when did _surfer rosa_ sell gold in this country? i mean, it has gone gold right? right?.. ;) ------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 14:55:45 +0100 (MET) From: Per L}ngstr|m Subject: Re: Pinko Pinko On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Susanne Johansson wrote: > You can say that it's not true and that it's funny to see how people like > Jan get so upset about them. They actually live for what they doing, > popmusic. hmm.. i wonder if that's what menswear does to.. and they have even said that they are more into the clothes than the music, which make me believe they deserve to "be killed in a tour-bus traffic-accident" more than any band on earth (arvingarna included!)..! bands should :a) be making good music b) a lot of noise .. z) care about their looks. ;) .per ---------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 19:38:40 +0100 From: perhin95@student.umu.se (Susanne Johansson) Subject: Re: Pinko Pinko >On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Susanne Johansson wrote: > >> You can say that it's not true and that it's funny to see how people like >> Jan get so upset about them. They actually live for what they doing, >> popmusic. Jan wrote: >hmm.. i wonder if that's what menswear does to.. and they have even >said that they are more into the clothes than the music, which make me >believe they deserve to "be killed in a tour-bus traffic-accident" more >than any band on earth (arvingarna included!)..! > >bands should : a) be making good music > b) a lot of noise > .. > z) care about their looks. > >;) .per If someone cares more about soccer than music does it mean that he or her deserve to die and that this person make bad music ? per Helin ---------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 01:40:54 +0000 From: John Boqvist Subject: Re: Melony->Pixies->FB > why is just about every swedish "indie-pop" band so totally into the > pixies? yes, they (the pixies) were good and all, but this far too Hi! Just a short not of no importance. Two of my (unnamed, but very indie-initiated) friends attended the Nojesguiden Awards bash at Berns the other nigth. Suddenly a fat bloke with an acoustic guitar appeared and played some songs, just like *any* half shite acoustic guitar player. My friends : "He looks just like Roger Pontare!" "Who is this guy?" "He sounds just like Roger Pontare trying to play pop!" another person : "It's Frank Black" and, so it was. over and out... Punchline : don't play songs acoustic if they're not meant to be played acoustic.... Cheers, John-0 ------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:32:30 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Yvonne / New Order On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote: >>Yvonne - Drifter > > Actually I think instead there's a New Order cover (from "Movement") > on the album (a mistake was made when compiling the disc, or > something, I forget). Nope, the track is indeed "Drifter". The one you're thinking of is the Souls track on the Life Is a Joke compilation CD, which wasn't "Boring In a Proper Way" but a cover of New Order's "5-8-6". //Erik --------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:33:05 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Motor Tour List Update [09-Jan-96] Motor Tour List (Update) 9 January 1996 Anywhen Roligan rec. 2/2 Goteborg - Filmfestivalen Flaskkvartetten MVG 20/2 Lund - Mejeriet Popsicle Telegram/Wea 14/2 Stockholm - Gino 15/2 Linkoping - Herrgar'n 21/2 Malmo - KB Changed 22/2 Kobenhavn - Cafe Rust 29/2 Karlstad - Jager 1/3 Uddevalla - Berits Bar Stakka Bo Stockholm Rec. 18/1 Stockholm - Gino 27/1 Lund - Mejeriet 31/1 Karlstad - Jager 1/2 Salen - Hogfjallscenter 2/2 Uppsala - Sten Sture & Co 3/3 Eskilstuna - Exit 8/2 Goteborg - Park Lane 9/2 Malmo - KB 10/2 Kalmar - Stadt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boghandle (DK) Sony 2/2 Herning - Fermatern 3/2 Frederecia - Teatret 8/2 Helsingor - Toldkamret 10/2 Albertslund - Forbrandningen Michael Gira (US) 2.13.61 13/2 Kobenhavn - Stengade 30 (Spoken world performance) The Walkabouts (US) Virgin 24/2 Odense - Rytmeposten 28/2 Kobenhavn - Loppen 3/3 Goteborg - Underground 4/3 Stockholm - Studion 6/3 Malmo - KB The complete Motor Tour list can be found on the Scandinavian Indie WWW pages (on the Gig Lists page). //Erik ------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:33:31 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Places to send demo tape On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, Johan Helmstad wrote: > We are a gothenburgian band who will finish recording a demo tape > next week and are interested in names and adresses (s-mail) to > places in Sweden which hosts conserts with indie-style bands, > to which we can distribute the tape. Hi there, if you want to play in Link|ping, there's actually only two places to send demo tapes to; Herrg}r'n and Skylten. I've made WWW pages for Herrg}r'n on the Scandinavian Indie pages (from the Gig Guides page) with information about the place and where to send demos and a list of upcoming gigs. Skylten's pages are under construction, but to spare you the time having to check them out, here are their addresses: Herrg}r'n - send demos to: Emil Larsson Banergatan 9 582 32 Link|ping Skylten - send demos to: Kevin Box 1026 581 10 Link|ping //Erik ---------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:34:50 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Expressen & journalists On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, Per L}ngstr|m wrote: > oh man, does this mean that we/i should get back in line and praise > swedish rock journalism like never before..? hmm, thinking of it, erik > what do you say about a big repost on our previous ramblings?? it should > be fun, as we actually would have someone to address them all to..! ;) Ha ha.. well, I think not. :-) Or maybe it would make this world a better place? Oh well, it doesn't matter. I have to post what Jesper Larsson (at SA) wrote about Andres Lokko in the latest issue of a Linkoping university magazine (sorry, it's in swedish): "Vad jobbigt Anders Lokko m}ste ha det. Inte nog med att han spelar biljard med Roddy Frame j{mt och st{ndigt, han m}ste vara med i TV och prata om 'I Manegen', han m}ste h{nga med Saint Etienne p} fest, han m}ste }ka till Paris och g|ra reportage, han m}ste dra till Sunday Social-klubben i London och beh|va lyssna p} Bobby Gillespie n{r han vurmar f|r George Clinton och s} ringer pl|tsligt polaren Paulo - med Liam och Noel i sl{pt}g - och vill sova |ver. Detta f}r man reda p} i en kr|nika i Svenska Dagbladet och i en recension av Aztec Camera i Pop. Det {r h}rt n{r man har hybris. Smaka p} formuleringen: 'Egentligen har jag v{l kritat f|r m}nga k|er ihop med Roddy Frame p} pubarna runt Notting Hill p} sistone f|r att kunna recensera denna platta objektivt...' Lugna ner dig f|r satan." *** And grj@expressen.se (Gunnar R Johansson) wrote: > Sorry, but Mr Nunstedt isn't on this list. But I am. > I forwarded som info from the list to Mr Nunstedt (or Anders as some > people say). But when he sent his reply with thanks for the info it was > sent to the list. Sorry for that. Actually, it wasn't quite that bad. It was shockingly sent only to my own mailbox. :-) *** And d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote: > My experience is that you always have to be careful what you say on lists. > For a few weeks ago I met the record label boss from Energy Rekords (SPOCK, > Cat Rapes Dog, Page etc), Mr Hakan Ehrnst, and he told me he's actually on > this list too. True, he is on the list. But I think the only ones we've .. umm, had "low things" to talk about are a couple of music journalists. And I'll definitely defend what I've said (written) about them. Especially when it comes to such blunders and errors like that stuff about The Charlatans. //Erik ---------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:35:03 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Honey Is Cool On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote: > Hey! > Got this mail from Staffan Larsson of HiC. He says the have some live dates: [snip] Great! I've added them to the SI Gig Guide. Thanks! > ...with BIG reservation for changes. After february they're going to > concentrate on their next album, that they plan to record this summer. No > gigs in Stockholm, he continues, but you'll never know! Even better news! Thanks for posting it! Now I can sit back and wait eagerly for it to be released. He didn't mention a preliminary release month/date for it? //Erik ------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:34:28 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Red Sleeping Beauty On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, Per L}ngstr|m wrote: >>> Red Sleeping Beauty, who I think have been getting quite good recently. >> >> Now I'm sure I have to get something with them. They're known in >> Europe and the US, and I still haven't heard them. > > um, you should be able to get hold of their 7-inchers through freak > scene records in stockholm, i believe. [snip] I'll probably head up to Stockholm at the end of this month, so I'll drop in there and see what I can find. Thanks for the tip! > and, yeah, i was told they were pretty "wimpy" sounding.. And Sami Rouhento wrote: > He hee, now that's an understatement if I ever saw one. Red Sleeping > Beauty are the wimpiest band out of Sweden bar none. Their wimpiness > makes my mind reel with delight. Uh-oh. Maybe I won't check them out after all. I'm not at all impressed by the whole wimpy pop scene. Blur, Pulp, ... ugh. //Erik --------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:35:26 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Kittenish 1 On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote: > There's supposed to be stuff from Yvonne on #1 as well, but I wouldn't > shell out full price just for one track. It's definitely worth it, if you want to hear Yvonne play independent manchester-style pop, that is. I think that track, "Drifter", is great and like Kimmo said earlier, the Cardigans track "Pooh Song" is also a gem. And Crescent Venus, and Mrs. Ross and.. well, it's worth the money. :-) //Erik ----------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:35:50 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: namedropping / weird stories On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) wrote: >>Their singer/guitarist Peter Kvint used to be the frontman in radio darlings >>Farbror Bl} some years back. He and I were classmates back in the gymnasium >>(booohh, namedropping!! :) so I know him very well. > > Hey, Marten seems to know _everyone_!!! ;) Last time i saw him, he rumbled > around with the singer of Teddybears. WoW! Heh heh. Well, that message made me think of weird things that one has done / happened over the years when it comes to gigs and bands. Could be fun if we'd post such stories, don't you think? One "weird" thing was when Mary Beats Jane played in Kalmar about two years ago. The place they played at was so small that the audience (we) were about 30 centimeters from the band on the stage that was about 30 centimeters higher than the floor in front of it. This made it kinda easy to interact with the band, so I ended up dancing with the singer while he was singing and occasionally (sp?) play on one of the guys on guitar's strings. I can say that I wasn't sober that night. :-) Well, that's it for me right now. //Erik ----------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:36:11 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Scandinavian Indie Contest #1 - 96 ------------------------------------------------------ S C A N D I N A V I A N I N D I E C O N T E S T ------------------------------------------------------ 12-Jan-95 - Announcing the Scandinavian Indie WWW Contest --------------------------------------------------------- Just for fun, I was thinking about giving away some newly made Scandinavian Indie t-shirts (they're really good looking if I may say so myself :-)). They're in one size (Large) only, but I hope that won't be a problem. The contest is available to the subscribers to the Scandinavian Indie mailing list _only_ (to make it a bit easier to win). What you need to do: Easy. Find the "hidden" WWW page on the Scandinavian -------------------- Indie pages and do what that page tells you to. That means, on one of the pages, there's a link to the hidden page. It can be a character in a word, a line, a picture, whatever. Anything but a "normal" link to a page or address. You need to find that "hidden" link and click on it to access the "hidden" page. There you will find additional information. Easy? I don't know. If no-one finds it, I'll make it easier. You have until February 20th, 1996, to find the page. ------------------- If you don't win this time, don't worry, very few will (due to lack of funds unfortunately). Other bigger contests will follow throughout the year. Good Luck! //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se) ------------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:33:56 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Salt / US radio On Tue, 09 Jan 1996, Christer Nilsson wrote: > About Salt's success on US radio, [snip] Sounds pretty awful, that about playing the same thing over and over again. But have they played other songs than "Bluster" on KROQ? > The most important thing is though the way that MTV producers look > at KROQ`s playlists when they add songs to their Buzz-clips. That means that Salt will get 16 plays / week on MTV, right? Third "best" after Heavy (25) and Active (18) if I understand it correctly. > So Salt could't be in a better position right now. If Island > really promote the album a lot and if the band get over here to tour > I bet that they will be big. Well, the tour seems to happen anyway. I have no idea about Islands promotion of the album though. Maybe MVG knows? //Erik ---------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:34:11 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Melony On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) wrote: > More useless trivia (from an interview in Noejesguiden): The title > "Skycracker" was inspired by H&M's advertising campaign featuring a > very young angel-like girl in underwear... ett himmels-kex = a > skycracker. He he. Ha ha. I'll definitely remember that for the interview. :-) And on Thu, 11 Jan 1996, he wrote: > Melony played for about half an hour, and I can safely say it was the best > Swedish newcomers I've seen in some time. Even better than Mouth and > Loosegoats. That is really saying _a lot_ to me. I've been sold when both Mouth and Loosegoats have played, so now my hopes about Melony are definitely sky high! > I will go out and get the "Skycracker" EP as soon as I get a chance, > that's fer sure. I'll add myself to that club too. :-) //Erik ------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 16:16:03 +0100 From: d-sunjan@jmk.su.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: "style-bands" (was Pinko Pinko) >>bands should : a) be making good music >> b) a lot of noise >> .. >> z) care about their looks. >> >>;) .per > >If someone cares more about soccer than music does it mean that he or her >deserve to die and that this person make bad music ? Yeah! Kill, kill, kill!!! ...nah seriously. Since i started this flame (first ever on Scan-indie?) i'd better end it before it gets outta hand. I'm not out for blood, but if i get the impression a band trying to take the cheap way to fame by over-styling themselves and saying very "smart" things in the music papers, then i'll soon lose intrest in them. Jan Sundstrom ------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 17:10:58 +0100 From: perhin95@student.umu.se (Per Helin) Subject: Re: "style-bands" (was Pinko Pinko) >>>bands should : a) be making good music >>> b) a lot of noise >>> .. >>> z) care about their looks. >>> >>>;) .per >> >>If someone cares more about soccer than music does it mean that he or her >>deserve to die and that this person make bad music ? Jan wrote >Yeah! Kill, kill, kill!!! >...nah seriously. Since i started this flame (first ever on Scan-indie?) >i'd better end it before it gets outta hand. >I'm not out for blood, but if i get the impression a band trying to take >the cheap way to fame by over-styling themselves and saying very "smart" >things in the music papers, then i'll soon lose intrest in them. OK, I see what you mean and might agree. Per H ------------------------ End of SI Digest #3.04 **********************