scan-indie-d Digest Volume 97 : Issue 11 5 Dec 1997 Today's Topics: Guitar tabs... Sin's Upcoming Promotion Visits [02-Dec-97] Gig Guide I (Luger BA) [02-Dec-97] Gig Guide II (Skrikhult BA) [02-Dec-97] Gig Guide III (Motor BA) [02-Dec-97] Gig Guide III (Motor BA) [02-Dec-97] Polythene Sin's Weekly Selected News [03-Dec-97] Sin's Upcoming Music on the Radio [08-Dec-97] Re: Sin's Upcoming Music on the Radio [08-Dec-97] Re: Sin's Upcoming Music on the Radio [08-Dec-97] dinosaurs are dead Eestipop Circle - Hissi ? Re: dinosaurs are dead 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, 01 Dec 1997 23:46:47 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Guitar tabs... Found this place on the net while looking for a decent Soundtrack of Our Lives page: http://www.knuten.liu.se/~henjo320/gitarr.htm It contains a bunch of guitar tabs for songs by bob hund, Kent, Soundtrack of Our Lives, Yvonne, Garbage, Green, Jumper, Popsicle, This Perfect Day (etc.) - for those who like to , umm, play! ;-) //Erik ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 02:18:32 +0100 (MET) From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Sin's Upcoming Promotion Visits [02-Dec-97] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie UPCOMING PROMOTION VISITS Scandinavian Indie December 2nd, 1997 by Erik Soderstrom ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist/Band Rec.Label When Where Gigs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anouk BMG 12/12 Stockholm Bad Religion Sony Music 12/12 Stockholm TV-promo. Joe Cocker EMI 13/12 Goteborg Yes The Corrs Warner Music 13+15/12 Goteborg, Stockholm Yes Mary Coughlan V2 3+5-6/12 Copenhagen, Sthlm, Lund Yes Daze Sony Music 4/12 ? Eternal EMI 19/12 Stockholm Hanson Polygram 3/12 Stockholm Press conf. Natalie Imbruglia BMG 12/12 Stockholm Espen Lind Universal 1-3/12 ? Morrissey Polygram 1+3/12 Goteborg, Stockholm Yes Ocean Colour Scene Universal 7/12 Stockholm Yes Salaryman MNW ILR 9+11/12 Stockholm, Lund Yes Sick Things Intl. MNW ILR 4-6/12 Linkoping, Lund, Goteborg Yes Superchunk MNW ILR 9+11/12 Stockholm, Lund Yes Supernaturals EMI 6-9/12 ? Showcase ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you want to know who to contact, e-mail me for further details. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- //Erik ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 03:18:48 +0100 (MET) From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Gig Guide I (Luger BA) [02-Dec-97] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie COMPLETE Luger Tour List Scandinavian Indie December 2nd, 1997 by Erik Soderstrom ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCANDINAVIAN: BREACH (S) - Burning Heart / MD Dec 12 Ludvika (S) Ungdomens Hus w/Him Kerosene Dec 13 Sandviken (S) Ungdomens Hus w/Him Kerosene Dec 14 Sundsvall (S) Mysack w/Him Kerosene Dec 17 Umea (S) Station w/Him Kerosene Dec 18 Lulea (S) Fiskekyrkan w/Him Kerosene Dec 19 Ostersund (S) Tingshuset w/Him Kerosene Dec 20 Skelleftea (S) Musikfabriken w/Him Kerosene FIRESIDE (S) - BMG & Startracks Dec 04 Malmo (S) KB Dec 12 Lerum (S) Dergardens Idrottshall Dec 18 Stockholm (S) Studion GLUECIFER (N) - White Jazz / HOK Dec 12 Vanersborg (S) TBA Dec 13 Tranas (S) Sobelhuset THE HELLACOPTERS (S) - White Jazz / HOK Dec 5 Karlskoga (S) Nightshift Dec 10 Helsinki (SF) Tavastia Dec 12 Nykoping (S) Ung Kraft Dec 14 Stockholm (S) Electric Garden HIM KEROSENE (S) - Telegram / Warner Dec 11 Goteborg (S) Harry's Playground Dec 12 Ludvika (S) Ungdomens Hus w/Breach Dec 13 Sandviken (S) Ungdomens Hus w/Breach Dec 14 Sundsvall (S) Mysack w/Breach Dec 17 Umea (S) Station w/Breach Dec 18 Lulea (S) Fiskekyrkan w/Breach Dec 19 Ostersund (S) Tingshuset w/Breach Dec 20 Skelleftea (S) Musikfabriken w/Breach HONEY IS COOL (S) - MVG Records / MD + Fireside, December 05 Dec 05 Malmo (S) KB MONSTER (S) - MVG Records / MD Dec 06 Sandviken (S) Kungen Dec 12 Ostersund (S) Tingshuset Dec 13 Gallivare (S) FH Dec 21 Orebro (S) Contan POPSTAD '97 + Carpet People (S) - Nons / MD + Cobolt (S) - Ampersand / MD + K-Pist (S) Nons / MD + DJ - Calle Dernulf Dec 18 Umea (S) Corona WEEPING WILLOWS (S) - Grand Recordings / Virgin Dec 11 Gavle (S) Spegeln Dec 12 Edsbyn (S) Folkets Hem Dec 13 Sundsvall (S) Pipeline Dec 14 Umea (S) Corona Dec 17 Stockholm (S) Studion ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NON-SCANDINAVIAN: MARY COUGHLAN (IRL) - V2 / MD Dec 05 Stockholm (S) Electric Garden Dec 06 Lund (S) Palladium EL VEZ (MX) - Label TBA Dec 15 Malmo (S) KB Dec 16 Stockholm (S) Electric Garden Dec 17 Oslo (N) Rockefeller MOONSPELL (P) - Century Media / House Of Kicks Dec 11 Stockholm (S) Electric Garden Dec 13 Goteborg (S) Underground MULU (UK) - Dedicated / BMG Dec 04 Stockholm (S) Studion w/Teens In Traffic Dec 05 Oslo (N) John Dee Dec 06 Copenhagen (DK) Rust ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Luger Tour List UPDATES are posted to the mailing list now and then. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 03:19:08 +0100 (MET) From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Gig Guide II (Skrikhult BA) [02-Dec-97] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie COMPLETE Skrikhult Tour List Scandinavian Indie December 2nd, 1997 by Erik Soderstrom ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCANDINAVIAN: CANDYSUCK (S) - StarTracks / House of Kicks 3/12 Stockholm Cage Bar 31/1 Ockelbo Gotan DISFEAR (S) - Osmose / House of Kicks + DISMEMBER + LORD BELIAL 2/12 Torino Dracma (ITA) CANCELLED 3/12 Dudingen Bad Bonn (CH) CANCELLED 5/12 Marseille T.B.C!!! (FR) CANCELLED 6/12 Barcelona Garatage (SP) CANCELLED 7/12 Lisboa The Garage (POR) CANCELLED EDGE OF SANITY (S) - Black Mark / House of Kicks 5/12 Umea Galaxen 13/12 Norrkoping Alcatraz 19/12 Stockholm Underground GLUECIFER (N) - White Jazz / House of Kicks 12/12 Vanersborg TBA 13/12 Tranas Sobelhuset 19/12 Eskilstuna Josefs Bar 20/12 Stockholm Underground MATS / MORGAN BAND (S) - UAE / Border 14/2 Goteborg Nefertiti 20/2 Vasteras Village MAZARINE STREET (S) - FineTone / MD 5/12 Stockholm Underground SICK THINGS INTERNATIONAL (SF) - MNW ILR / MD 4/12 Linkoping Herrgar'n 5/12 Lund Blekingska Nationen 6/12 Goteborg Underground ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Skrikhult Production Tour List Updates are posted now and then ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 03:19:29 +0100 (MET) From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Gig Guide III (Motor BA) [02-Dec-97] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie COMPLETE Motor Tour List Scandinavian Indie December 2nd, 1997 by Erik Soderstrom ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCANDINAVIAN: 59 times the pain Burning Heart 8/1 Koblenz - Suppkultur (Start Thumb Tour -98) 9/1 Berlin - So 36 10/1 Leipzig - Conne Island 11/1 Schweinfurt - Alter Stadtbahnhof 12/1 Fulda - Kreuzsaal 13/1 Hamburg - Logo 14/1 Saltzgitter - Forellenhof 15/1 Essen - Zeche Carl 16/1 Freiburg - Jazzhaus 17/1 Nordhorn - Scheune 18/1 Frankfurt - Batschkapp 20/1 Jena - Cassablanca 21/1 Munchen - Backstage 22/1 Wien - Scene 23/1 Kufstein - Jugendfabrik 24/1 Oberwarth - Oho 25/1 Dornbim - Conrad Sohm 27/1 Stuttgart - Schutzenhaus 28/1 Ubach-Palemberg - Rockfabrik 29/1 Karlsruhe - Substage 30/1 Leer - Zollhaus 31/1 Lugau - Landhaus 1/2 Brussel - VK Club 3/2 Prag - Rockcafe 4/2 Dudingen - Bad Bonn 5/2 Bern - ISC 6/2 Zurich - Dynamo 7/2 Wil - Remise 8/2 Trier - Exhaus 9/2 Amsterdam - Melkweg 10/2 Solingen - Getaway 11/2 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK) 12/2 Den Bosch - Willem 2 13/2 Gardelegen - Liw 14/2 Bielefeld - JZ Kamp bob hund Silence 4/12 Uppsala - Stensture 5/12 Stockholm - Universitetet 6/12 Goteborg - Karen 7/12 Oslo - So What (N) 8/12 Karlstad - Jager 9/12 Helsingborg - The Tivoli 10/12 Almhult - Rocklands 11/12 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset (DK) 12/12 Lund - Palladium 13/12 Malmo - KB 14/12 Stockholm - Studion (all ages) w/Robert Johnson 15/12 Stockholm - Studion (age: 18+) w/Robert Johnson The Cardigans SLG 8/12 Osaka - Kousei Nenkin Hall (JP) 9/12 Nagoya - Diamond Hall (JP) 10/12 Tokyo - Garden Hall (JP) 11/12 Tokyo - Garden Hall (JP) 14/12 Tokyo - Club Quattro (JP) The Drowners A Westside Fabrication 10/12 Norrkoping - Palace w/Popsicle 11/12 Vaxjo - Elvagarden w/The Drowners 12/12 Hultsfred - Metropol w/Popsicle Eagle-Eye Cherry Diesel/Superstudio 3/12 Copenhagen - Park (DK) 4/12 Lund - Palladium 5/12 Helsingborg - The Tivoli 6/12 Malmo - KB 7/12 Oslo - John Dee (N) 10/12 Ostersund - Kallarn 11/12 Linkoping - Herrgar'n 12/12 Umea - Humlan 17/12 Orebro - Prisma 18/12 Goteborg - Park Lane 20/12 Stockholm - Studion The Hives Burning Heart 5/12 Avesta - TBA Lok Sonet 12/12 Tjorn - LuciaRock Millencolin Burning Heart 3/12 Rio de Janeiro - Imperator 4/12 Santos - Planet Z 5/12 Curitiba - Forum 6/12 S‚o Paulo - Galpoo Fabrica 9/12 Belo Horizonte - Serraria 10/12 Buenos Aires - TBA 11/12 Buenos Aires - TBA 12/12 Chile - TBA 20/12 Solvesborg - Cartago 21/12 Helsingborg - TBA 2/1 Miami - Roses 3/1 St Petersburg (USA) - State Theatre 4/1 Jacksonville - Milk Bar 6/1 Atlanta - The Point 7/1 Pensacola - TBA 8/1 New Orleans - TBA 9/1 Houston - Fitzgeralds 10/1 Austin - Emo's 11/1 Dallas - Orbit 13/1 Denver - Azatlan 14/1 Salt Lake City - DV8 16/1 Tempe - Nile Theatre 17/1 L.A. - Roxy 18/1 Riverside - The Barn 19/1 San Diego - Soma Side 20/1 Santa Barabara - The Living Room 21/1 San Francisco - Bottom of the Hill 22/1 Reno - Del Mar Station 23/1 Portland - La Luna 24/1 Seattle - RKCNDY No fun at All Burning Heart 3/12 Oslo - John Dee (N) 4/12 Trondheim - Veita Scene (N) 5/12 Lillehammer - Felix (N) 6/12 Bergen - Hulen (N) 9/12 Newport - TJs 10/12 Birmingham - Flapper & Firkin 11/12 Leeds - Duchess of York 12/12 Leicester - Princess Charlotte 13/12 London - Underworld Popsicle Telegram 4/12 Almhult - Rocklands 5/12 Helsingborg - Tivoli 6/12 Are - Bygget 10/12 Norrkoping - Palace w/The Drowners 11/12 Vaxjo - Elvagarden w/The Drowners, Robot 12/12 Hultsfred - Metropol w/The Drowners, Robot 18/12 Malmo - KB 19/12 Lund - Palladium 20/12 Halmstad - Diezel Psyched Up Janis (DK) EMI 3/12 LA - The Troubadoor (US) w/Juliana Hatfield (US) Robot Starboy Rec./BMG 6/12 Stockholm - Fritz's Corner 8/12 Malmo - KB MJ Pop-monday, live P3 11/12 Vaxjo - Elvagarden w/Popsicle 12/12 Hultsfred - Metropol w/Popsicle 6/1 Lund - Mejeriet 7/1 Helsingborg - Tivoli 9/1 Malmo - KB Tenebre Record Heaven 19/12 Alvesta - Heydays 20/12 Ljungby - Musik cafeet Roffe Wikstrom - Solo MNW 5/12 Uppsala - Cafe Katalin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NON-SCANDINAVIAN: Natacha Atlas (UK) MNW 30/1 Copenhagen - Vega (DK) 31/1 Stockholm - Universitetet 1/2 Lund - Palladium Deftones (US) Warner 28/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset (DK) 31/1 Stockholm - Klubben 1/2 Malmo - KB Green Day (US) WEA 8/2 Copenhagen - Vega (DK) 9/2 Stockholm - Klubben Morrissey (UK) Polygram + Elcka (UK) Island 2/12 Oslo - Rockefeller (N) 5/12 Helsinki - Old Icehall (SF) Portishead (UK) Polygram 23/1 Copenhagen - Vega (DK) Alex Reece (UK) Island 13/12 Copenhagen - Vega, lille sal (DK) Mike Scott (IRL) EMI 2/12 Goteborg - Karen 3/12 Oslo - Rockefeller (N) Superchunk (US) MD/City Slang + Salaryman (US) City Slang 8/12 Copenhagen - Rust (DK) 9/12 Stockholm - Studion 10/12 Oslo - So what (N) 11/12 Lund - Mejeriet The Toasters (US) Porkpie 5/3 Malmo - KB 6/3 Stockholm - Studion 7/3 Oslo - John Dee (N) 8/3 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Motor Tour List Updates are posted now and then to the list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 97 08:40:32 +0100 From: ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne) Subject: Gig Guide III (Motor BA) [02-Dec-97] > Portishead (UK) Polygram > 23/1 Copenhagen - Vega (DK) I saw an ad for a Stockholm date in todays newspaper (DN). 26/1 I think, at Munchenbryggeriet. /Ludde ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 21:52:04 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Polythene Hmm, does anyone know if there's a UK band with the same name (ie. Polythene) as the Swedish band from Eskilstuna? Just found this one in the (UK) Action Records' latest releases list: POLYTHENE - "KILL TECHNO" 7" ú2.50 //Erik ----------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 04:40:44 +0100 (MET) From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Sin's Weekly Selected News [03-Dec-97] -------------------------------------- The Weekly Selected News 971203 Received, gathered, processed, translated, compiled and sent today by: Erik Soderstrom -------------------------------------- 1. Mulu + Teens In Traffic FREE SHOW 2. Lesbian Barby Scene 3. Bent Spanner Arty Banner 4. Robert Johnson & Punchdrunks 5. Cessna 6. First Harvest - Greatest Unsigned 1997 7. Eskilstuna Popstad 98 8. Fidget 9. Gentle Tuesday 10. Lemonator 11. Lousy 12. This week's interesting Releases 13. New Bands on Tour Today's good news in a bundle - that's right, right here, right now. * Mulu (UK) and Teens In Traffic (S) - FREE show December 4th ----------------------------------------------------------- Quick note to those in Stockholm on December 4th (thursday): MULU (UK) + TEENS IN TRAFFIC (S) Stockholm - Studion --== FREE ENTRANCE ==-- Thursday December 4th, at 20:00 MULU (formerly known as Juniper) on Dedicated is Laura Campbell and Alan Edmunds - known for his remixes of Bjork, The Grid, Utah Saints and Fluke. Their music is described by their label as: "Boy/girl pop which has its finger as firmly on the pulse of Bacharach class as it does heady trip-hop. Add a sprinkle of Celtic flavoured folk moods, dress it up with shimmering melodies, accesorize with subtle background touches and wrap it round Laura Campbell's soulfully haunting expressive vocals and this is Annie Lennox for the Dubstar generation." * More MULU: http://www.dedicated.co.uk/mulu.html * MULU will also play in Olso (N), John Dee - 5/12 and Copenhagen (DK), Rust - 6/12 TEENS IN TRAFFIC is Sara and Jonas from Lulea, Malte from Ostersund and Jejo from Helsingborg. They met in Stockholm through shared friends and shared interests, and today they are all in a band together. Their music is described as soft and pleasant pop, like balm for the ears. * Lesbian Barby Scene (S) ----------------------- Malmo-based "Lesbian Barbie Scene" recently received e-mail from major US Barbie makers Mattel who threatened to sue the band if they did not remove their homepage within five days. The band decided to change their name instead, and are therefor called "Lesbian Barby Scene" these days. A new demo is out right now called "Attack of The Killer Duck", which can be obtained by e-mailing Amanda Casanellas (drums) at: amandac@kajen.com. Homepage: http://www.kajen.com/~amandac/home.html * Bent Spanner Arty Banner (S) ---------------------------- The Malmo rockers pass on the information that their forthcoming album is delayed and will not be released before Christmas, as previously stated. The new date is set for February 1998. To compensate, the band is planning to release a 4-track 7" single in time for the Christmas holidays. * Robert Johnson & Punchdrunks (S) -------------------------------- The mono surf heroes on the Strange Edge label on will play together with favourites bob hund on the following dates on their tour: 10/12 Almhult Rocklands 11/12 Copenhagen Pumpehuset (DK) 12/12 Lund Palladium 13/12 Malmo KB 14/12 Stockholm Studion (all ages) 15/12 Stockholm Studion (age: 18+) You might have seen them on TV 2 two weeks ago (Let's Go show) or read the 4+ review in Aftonbladet or 4/5 review in Edge for their third album "Aloha from Havana" released in October. Check out their homepage for more information at: http://www.birdnest.se/Robban/biografi_robban.htm * Cessna (SF) ----------- Tampere-based Cessna will have a track on the compilation CD given away with the next issue of the Japanese magazine Beikoku Ongaku. The song in question is "Continental Diner", taken from their double 3" CD "Bordeaux", released on Radio Khartoum this autumn. The band has also finished working on their next release, a three-track 7" single on the US label Fantastic Records. According to plan the single should be released early 1998. More Cessna info: http://www.sci.fi/~solaris/cessna/ * First Harvest - Greatest Unsigned 1997 (S) ------------------------------------------ Blekingska Nationen in Lund (S) ran a demo band contest throughout the year, where the four best bands were to be included on a compilation CD-EP, and play at the contest gala/release party. A few weeks ago, Blekingska Nationen picked out the winners from more than 150 demo tapes they had received, and the winners were (in no order): * First Floor Power (Malmo) * The Pang (Lund) * Plastic Soul (Lund) * Shallow Soundwave (Goteborg) The gala/release party was held at (no surprise) the Blekingska Nationen venue in Lund on November 28th, with the four bands performing on stage in front of specially invited people from record labels and media as well as the regular venue crowd. The first 250 guests received a copy of the compilation for free. Only 400 copies were made, each one numbered and each one with a somewhat different cover. The compilations that were not given away at the gala are now the properties of the included bands, so the only way to get a copy is to contact one of the bands. The only band of the four I know has got a homepage w/contact info is Shallow Soundwave: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/shallow.html And as you probably have guessed by now - yes, there will be a "Second Harvest"! Starting in January 1998, Blekingska Nationen in Lund will accept demo tapes from artists/bands who want to participate in the Spring/Summer demo contest, ie. Second Harvest - Greatest Unsigned 1998. If this is also a success, there will be a Third Harvest (Autumn/Winter 1998) and so on. Want to know more? Contact Bjorn Johnson at: stv92bjo@student1.lu.se or send your demos directly to Blekingska Nationen at the address: Blekingska nationen, att: Bandbokare, Masvagen 11, 227 33 Lund. * Eskilstuna Popstad 98 (S) ------------------------- Right now, no one within the arranger group for the Eskilstuna Popstad 98 festivities are sleeping. As you might have read in this column (?) Eskilstuna was voted Pop City in Sweden for 1998. More info, only in Swedish unfortunately, can be found on the web (see link section below) The celebration party is held in Eskilstuna (of course) at Stadshotellet between January 29 -> 31, and a load of bands will play - a bunch on the main stage and nine local unsigned bands on the "Demo stage". The nine unsigned bands have been selected from 57 (!) local acts who submitted a demo tape each to the arrangers. A promo compilation CD with 15 local and 3 non-local bands will also be made exclusively for the celebration party and by local record label Strawberry Songs. A Popstad 98 program magazine with information about the Eskilstuna bands and history is also in the making. The festivities does not only present a lot of bands, there will also be contests, seminars, workshops and so on. The full schedule will be released on December 9th, so stay tuned to this place in space for more on this. * Popstad 98 Information: http://www.sr.se/p3/release2.htm http://www.sr.se/p3/popstad.htm http://www.mds.mdh.se/~adb95hln/blue/popstad_1.htm http://www.eskilstuna.se/popstad/ * Stadshotellet in Eskilstuna: http://www.stadshotellet-etuna.se/ * Strawberry Songs: http://www.rockfile.se/strawberry.html * Fidget (S) ---------- Daniel Claeson (guitar) of Fidget will visit the recently awarded Pop City 98 Eskilstuna in March in order to hold a seminar about how to work with demo tapes and everyhing surrounding that topic. Should be a very interesting event. * Gentle Tuesday (S) ------------------ Eskilstuna soft breeze-popsters Gentle Tuesday's latest 7" single "What My Sister Wants", which was released in 500 copies on their own label "A Boy Wonder Release" on October 6th, is not available anymore. All the copies have been sold. Therefor, the band will release a new 3-track 7" single at the end of December! More Gentle Tuesday songs to the people! * Lemonator (SF) -------------- Their new EP "Pronounced Lemon Ate Her" was released on the band's own label Grandpop Records on November 21st. The songs included are: 'Shine', 'Picture Perfect Sky', 'Don't Know Mice Elf' and the Police cover 'Next To You'. At the moment, the band is enjoying their well deserved break, but Larry is working on his side project The Krispies, who recently released their debut single "(I'm On The) Radio/Dear Louise". An album with The Krispies is planned for an early 1998 release on Zen Garden. Next up for our friends in Lemonator is the release of their debut album "Yellow" in Japan, possibly with two extra tracks - 'Round' and 'Picture Perfect Sky'. More Lemonator: http://www.musicfinland.com/lemonator/ * Lousy (S) --------- Tenhult/Goteborg-based Lo-fi smokers Lousy will appear on the well-known Lund student radio pop show TANDEM on December 10th. The band will play a couple of acoustic songs in the studio between a Superchunk interview, loads of music and a "best of the year" recap. More TANDEM: http://www.radioaf.com/program/tandem * This week's interesting Releases -------------------------------- Not many - actually only the delayed Cloudberry Jam single "Out of Control" on NONS Records which is out now. * New Bands on Tour ----------------- Just way too many to include here, take a look at the Gig Guide pages on the Scandinavian Indie website. The address? Well... http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/gigs.html Today's bad news in a bundle - that's right, right here, right now. Njet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Weekly Selected News" - only on the Scandinavian Indie Mailing List Be happy about it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 04:40:59 +0100 (MET) From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Sin's Upcoming Music on the Radio [08-Dec-97] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie MUSIC ON THE RADIO Scandinavian Indie December 8 -> 11, 1997 by Erik Soderstrom Day Date Artist Recorded --- ----- ------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Mon 8/12 OP8 feat. Lisa Germano Stockholm, Studion 18-Sep-97 Tue 9/12 Jewel Stockholm, Konserthus 24-Oct-97 Wed 10/12 Jamiroquai London, Finsbury Park (BBC) Jun-97 Thu 11/12 Cobolt, Carpet People, K-Pist Stockholm, Studion 28-Nov-97 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 site at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/upcoming.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 20:19:03 +0100 (MET) From: Micke Rehnstrom Subject: Re: Sin's Upcoming Music on the Radio [08-Dec-97] Erik Soderstrom wrote: > Thu 11/12 Cobolt, Carpet People, K-Pist Stockholm, Studion 28-Nov-97 I have heard that K-PIST cancelled their gig that night. An injured drummer was the reason, I think. /Micke ----------------------------- Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 23:14:04 +0100 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: Sin's Upcoming Music on the Radio [08-Dec-97] At 20:19 1997-12-03 +0100, Micke Rehnstrom wrote: >> Thu 11/12 Cobolt, Carpet People, K-Pist Stockholm, Studion 28-Nov-97 > > I have heard that K-PIST cancelled their gig that night. An injured drummer > was the reason, I think. Argh!! The band I wanted to tape the most! //Erik ----------------------------- Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 17:20:07 +0100 From: jonas nilsson Subject: dinosaurs are dead Just so you know: > AllStarMag wrote: > > DINOSAUR JR. IS EXTINCT > > Another one bites the dust-- Dinosaur Jr. have decided to add their name to > the list of bands to call it quits in 1997. As a refresher, those already > packing it in this year include Soundgarden, Redd Kross, Imperial Drag, that > dog, the Swans, Jawbox, and Hoodoo Gurus. > > The band was released from their deal with Reprise about three weeks ago, > around the same time their North American tour ended in support of their > latest album, Hand It Over, which was released on Blanco Y Negro in the U.K. > and Reprise in the U.S. in March. > > The band didn't issue a statement to their fans, other than to say in the > press release from their publicity firm, Nasty Little Man, that they "wish to > thank all of their fans for their years of support." > > Regarding the future of the individual members, singer/guitarist J Mascis is > writing songs on his own, however he has no definitive plans; bassist Mike > Johnson, who is a solo artist in his own right and records for Up Records, > will enter the studio to record another album; and drummer George Berz, as the > statement says, "will be accepting lucrative offers to drum for rock bands." Take care! Jonas ----------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 23:26:50 -0800 From: xander@sirius.com Subject: Eestipop The list seems rather dead today. Wondering if it's working? As my "test" message, I give you a little excerpt from a batch of reviews I recently did for another forum. These are a couple of tapes which I got from list-member Lauri Liivak, and I am rather impressed. I'd been hearing some demos of Lauri's band over the summer, but this was the first time I saw actual produce from his label. And I must say that it's all nicely done, nicely packaged, as cassettes go. Unfortunately cassettes seem to be the most viable format in Estonia, and that's a shame because this music deserves a better format. Bizarre "Cafe de Flor" cassette Think of Doris Days (dreamy trip-pop) crossed with Dif Juz's "Extractions" lp. Except that Bizarre are much more consistently good than Doris Days. Boy/Girl vocals, sometimes the female vocals head into Virginia Astley territory. Melodic and moody. There are a couple songs by them on the last chain-tape Erik made, but I don't think "Summer Rain" is at all representative of what I like about the band. V/A: "Sue Darling is Back to Forwards" cassette. not as consistent as the Bizarre album, but there are a few tracks here which shouldn't be missed. side one: 1. The Chance - remember the time slow, sweet jangly guitars, nice vocals, kinda reminds of old ARKane. 2. Anacrones - Venus 3. Delusion - A Dream About You both of these are a little to straight and macho for me. 4. Beat Boy - Girl the name alone might tell you that this piece is rather cliched. Actually, it's just the lyrics which don't seem to be saying much, a pastiche of least-common-denominator pop lyrics. The music on the other hand, is quite alright, and summed up with the vocals, not completely unlike Acid House Kings and their subgenre of bedroom pop, with a slightly higher ratio of synths to guitars. Change the lyrics into Estonian, and I'm sure that I would really like this. 5. Karpeetor - Piping Frogman sure to annoy some, but in find myself boogeying around to this one. Jews harp, bagpipes, noisy lead guitar and lots drums, this doesn't fit the "indie" genre at all, but it's is eclectic and independent. 6. Psychoterror - Ebanormaalne now, when in first told you that in was listening to popmusic from Estonia, this is probably what you were expecting. heavymetal. Next! 7. Tik - T.A.K.E. if Yvonne are just Crispy Ambulance in disguise, than Tik are the Minny Pops. Which is the better band to be. Of course, I don't have my Minny Pops records anymore, but this is quite nice in small doses. If this is unintelligible, think of nice drone pop a la early Factory with a very very thick accent. 8. Afternooning Plague Family - Sue³s Seeds predecessor to Bizarre, and good stuff it is. Lots of flutes, a bit on the dubby aethereal side. not at all what i had expected though. as i had been told that Bizarre's first album was more of a shoe-gazer affair. and this track seems to have nothing to with that. side two: 1. Isadora Flore - Make Up & Martini lovely pop song, not quite cocktail, but classy all the same. 2. the Chance - The Way Your Mind Looks Through 3. Nyrok City - Watcha Back 4. Bizarre - Barcode Warrior 12 perhaps my favorite Bizarre track to date. huge dramatic sweep to this one, it could a james bond theme for the nineties. 5. Pedigree - Red Angel Case 6. Flag - New Gear 7. von Suck - Vajuv Vesi 8. A.P.F. & Bizarre - Laizy Sun more great flute-laced dubby breathy stuff. the Bizarre album is the better deal, but i'd say the comp is worth the price of admission for the Isadore Flore and Bizarre tracks alone. Alexander .Radio Khartoum. http://www.algonet.se/~elegans/radiok/ ----------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 08:52:32 +0100 From: "Barczinski, Reiner, WAC" Subject: Circle - Hissi ? Hei! Somebody told me 'bout a finnish band called "Circle" with a (new ?) album called "Hissi" ... but all I really know is that hissi means elevator, but I want to know more about the band ? Somebody help me ?! Please ... Reiner ----------------------------- Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 09:21:48 +0100 From: Mats Larsson Subject: Re: dinosaurs are dead jonas nilsson wrote: > Just so you know: > >> AllStarMag wrote: >> >> DINOSAUR JR. IS EXTINCT at last... this band has been helplessly boring for so many years. they (or he) should have quit after BUG when the original setup was splitted up or fired. ----------------------------- End of Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.97 #11 *******************************************