Scandinavian Indie Digest Sun Jan 07, 1996 Volume 3 : Issue 02 There are 22 messages totalling 1185 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Selected News (2) 2. Kolrassa Krokidandi (2) 3. My Bloody Valentine 4. Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi (2) 5. Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi ... plus more (3) 6. Cardigans/Cloudberry Jam/etc 7. Motor Tour List [02-Jan-96] 8. Loosegoats / Lars Nylin (2) 9. HELP! 10. Lars Nylin (2) 11. Selected News [05-Jan-96] 12. Blue for 2 / Stina Nordenstam 13. Salt News 14. Honey Is Cool Interview [23-Nov-95] 15. SI's WUIMotR&T List [05-Jan-96] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 22:19:37 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Selected News On Fri, 29 Dec 1995, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote: >> Cardigans >> In January, they are on an european tour together with >> Bluetones, Heavy Stereo and Fluffy. Countries selected >> for this tour includes the UK, Holland and France. > > Do you mean that they will play in only those countries? (Yeah, I > won't go into the usual ramble about so few Swedish bands playing in > Finland... :) Yes, it seems like they'll only play in those countries unfortunately, but I'd rather not see them play at all, because they said all the gigs and touring are keeping them from recording their new CD, which they have material ready to go for. >> Cloudberry Jam > > Hey, can't wait that long! I'll see if I can't get a promo tape or something. :) >> Popsicle - received 2 points (out of 5) in today's (22/12) Expressen >> Fredag from reviewer Mans Ivarsson, who stated in his >> review that he would not fall for the hype, and didn't >> care if he would be "left out in the cold" because of it. > > Eh...what hype? Did he say anything about how the album sounds like > compared with the previous ones? He wrote that they would get high scores for whatever they'd release, because most people in the journalist "in" crowd are their friends, sort of, and wouldn't even dare to write them down. If they did, they would be "out", and nobody wants that, he figured. That's what most of his article said really. He did write that it was general soft pop that we all have heard a thousand times before, and that it is nothing special, especially coming from Sweden. //Erik -------------------------- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 22:19:54 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Kolrassa Krokidandi On Fri, 29 Dec 1995, Chris Forsberg wrote: >> That's great! I asked my sister (who lives in Boston) to check some >> record stores there and see if she could find their album or EP >> or something, but she didn't find anything. > > Update: my best friend just told me his wife heard this Swedish band > called Salt on the radio, had I heard of them? :-) He told me that the dj > was saying that their album was out here (USA), that you could buy it...but > this confuses me! They are on MVG, a Swedish indie label, right? How on > earth could this be available here, except on import? Unless they have > just been signed to some major label or something....maybe the dj doesn't > know what he's talking about, or Kelly heard wrong.... I'm sure MVG have some sort of deal with Sony/Columbia/whatever, managing their distribution worldwide, as they are available in the UK as well, but I think I've only seen them available on import there. So I do not know for a fact. >> Why "aka Bellatrix"? > > The band has gotten this name "Bellatrix" for their album "Strange > Tales", which is totally done in English, unlike their other albums they > did under the name "Kolrassa Krokidandi"......I do not know if they have > permanently changed their name to Bellatrix, or if they are going with 2 > names, one for Island and the other for the rest of the world....actually, > common sense tells me that they have probably changed their name to > Bellatrix, but I can't say for sure. Anybody know?? I asked Solveig about that name, but she had never heard it. I'll have another chat with her and hear what she can find - or maybe Albert (Sigurdsson) knows? > I sort of agree with part of this, but violently disagree with the rest! [snip] I won't say anything before I hear them myself :) so I'll check the Bad Taste homepage you posted and see if I can't find that song, and wait for the CD from Solveig. Sounds really interesting to me, from what you wrote about their sound, though. > but to make a band popular just because it contains one sex rather > than the other is kinda stupid. Unfortunately, it happens all over the world. Even in Sweden :), so I don't see why it couldn't happen on Iceland as well.. //Erik ************************ HAPPY NEW YEAR ************************ --------------------------- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 22:19:21 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: My Bloody Valentine On Fri, 29 Dec 1995, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote: >> Preliminary bands: >> ------------------ >> My Bloody Valentine (!) > > This IS a joke, right??! Well, that's what Skylten's magazine said, so I don't think it is, happily enough. I'll guess the gig will be in March or April, probably just before or just after the new CD is out. //Erik -------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 06:24:36 +0200 (EET) From: Albert Svan Sigurdsson Subject: Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi Gledilegt Nytt Ar (Icelandic new years greeting) Glad to hear people talking about the best band in Iceland lately. I just happen to know everything about Kolrassa Krokridandi (KK) and can clear up most info about them except the facts if you like their music or not. First I wanna say that Kolrassa Krokridandi is their original Icelandic name, but since they wanted to tour abroad and release a CD for the rest of the world to dribble over they adopted the 2nd name Bellatrix. Bellatrix, according to the drummer, Kalli (the only male in the band) means a good trix or a good blowjob. If that means that he wants a good 'trix' or if the girls can give one I dont know ;-) So some history here, KK was formed in ca. 1990, but the girls had known each other for a while before. Yes, I said the girls because KK started out as a 4 girl band. In 1991 they were in a contest for the best young band in Iceland and they won, not because they were females, but because they were original in theyr songs and style and also because all the other bands were playing some death metal crap. The main story the press wrote about the band was about them being girls, and this was considered a big thing by some pop writers. Winning the competition KK could go to a studio and record their songs. They released a CD called Drapa in late '92 and it was not a hit with the public, fortunately, and it was obviously not intended to. Their musical style was too heavy to be pop and the music was serious rather than catchy. So Drapa was not a hit, but it was good original music based on the English new-wave scene (Stone Roses, Charlatans, Ride) but KK added some traditional Icelandic music influences, a great sounding violin and some raw quality to it, making it what it is, great songs. After this the band went throug some transitions, the drummer dropped out and they got Kalli the drummer boy instead, making them a semi-girly band only. They also added another guitar player, Anna. So now they are five: Eliza (singer/violinist), Bibi (bass), Sigrun (guitar), Anna and Kalli. They wrote alot of new material and did another CD in late 1993 called 'Kynjasogur' (strange tales). This CD is much lighter than the previous one, they have developed their own true style, using some real inventive backing vocals, violin and great song writing. This CD is what convinced me about them being the most original current band in Iceland. Therefore I contacted them and got off their asses to come to Scandinavia and play. So in April last year they played 2 gigs in Copen- hagen and one in Helsinki (where I am based). Kolrassa also toured as Bellatrix in November. They played in Denmark, France, England and if I remember right also in Belgium, Germany and more. Both CD's were released on the Bad Taste label in Iceland. Bad taste has now decided to expand and open an publishing office in the US also so the two first releases on BT USA were Bellatrix's 'Stranger Tales' and Unun's 'Super Shiny Dreams' (I can give you the Unun story also if you want). KK also had many songs on various artists albums, I can think of five of the top of my head. I dont know why people are talking about them not being "trained musicians" what the hell does that mean ? When KK started Eliza had been learning the violin for years, Bibi on bass was very ambitious and became quite good very quickly, the guitar player, Sigrun, sometimes had problems following, but hey that only made them more appealing. This is how any band should start. If everybody just graduates from some music academy and starts playing some educated pop/rock/whatever it is bound to be a little sterile. KK was never sterile. Anyways, Eliza has taken some vocal training, since all that screaming can be hard on the throat. Kalli is an excellent drummer, having played in a speed metal band before. Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi is IMO the best band in Iceland, but there are two close up to the title, Unun and Texas Jesus. Unun is an expert band including Thor of the Sugarcubes, Gunni of Dr. Gunni fame and Heida the perfect pop vocalist. They play pop and are proud of it. Texas Jesus is more harder to classify, they play rock music, but have some influences from E-European cartoon music, country music, Nick Cave plus alot of original ideas. They also have this Trumpet player that gives them a distinctive sound. Great stuff. Texas Jesus released one tape in 1993 'Nammsla Tjammsla' and have had 3 songs on various albums since then, but no CD yet. They will prolly do an album this year and as I posted before they are going to play in Scandinavia later in spring. If you want them to play in other cities than Olso and Helsinki you can contact me and help me arrange it (somebody on the spot needs to book them and hang up a few posters before they come to play). OK, there it is some Icelandic in a nutshell. Email me for more info. Albert Svan Sigurdsson Student of Environmental Geography. Sigurdss@Helsinki.Fi With emphasis on EIA and GIS methods, Sibeliuksenkatu 2 B 34 environmental issues in Arctic regions 00260 Helsinki, Finland and the geography of Iceland. PS I have some extra Kolrassa Krokridandi CD's (Icelandic versions) that you can buy if ya want. ---------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 11:17:06 +0200 (EET) From: trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) Subject: Re: Selected News Happy New Year everybody! I hope you all have recovered from the festivities by now; also I hope nobody had a similar dagen efter to mine ;) Erik S. wrote: * >> Cardigans * Yes, it seems like they'll only play in those countries unfortunately, * but I'd rather not see them play at all, because they said all the * gigs and touring are keeping them from recording their new CD, which * they have material ready to go for. Yeah...anyway, I'd like to see them, because I have read so many of those "they suck live" reports that I really want to find out myself :) * >> Cloudberry Jam * > * > Hey, can't wait that long! * * I'll see if I can't get a promo tape or something. :) You're one hip cat, Erik! :) * >> Popsicle * > Eh...what hype? Did he say anything about how the album sounds like * > compared with the previous ones? * * He wrote that they would get high scores for whatever they'd release, * because most people in the journalist "in" crowd are their friends, * sort of, and wouldn't even dare to write them down. If they did, they * would be "out", and nobody wants that, he figured. I see...so his was mainly writing about other journalists reactions to the new Popsicle album, rather than the album itself... sounds a bit pathetic to me! Anyway, I'll soon find out myself what the CD sounds like, as I happened to find a copy from a local shop here!! As a matter of fact, it would have been available here already last week - you can't imagine how shocked I was to hear that! Naturally it's hard to say by looking at the disc if it's any different from their previous ones, but at any rate this time they have printed the lyrics on the booklet! And the last song ('Soft') is over eight minutes long!! Kimmo ---------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 13:15:49 +0100 From: Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: Re: Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi ... plus more Albert Svan Sigurdsson wrote: > > First I wanna say that Kolrassa Krokridandi is their > original Icelandic name, but since they wanted to tour abroad and > release a CD for the rest of the world to dribble over they adopted > the 2nd name Bellatrix. Isn't this pretty much a common behaviour when a Scandinavian band with a (commercially) hopeless name are aiming at an international market? Off the top of my head I can think of at least two more name changes for that reason... Sielun Veljet became L'Amourder, and Pojken Med Grodan I Pannan became Paid Green Parachute. I'm not sure if it helped their sales though, definitely not for the latter. And sometimes a band that already have an English name change anyway, for something shorter and more catchy... like God Damn Carnival turned into Salt, and TV Pop Crisis became Easy. Finally, thanx to Erik for the tip about Loosegoats and Flakes at Kafe 44, which is only 5 minutes from where I live. Flakes started, but I found their grunge with some equilibristic jazzy breaks pretty boring. It didn't help much that Peter of former hardcore gods Raped Teenagers played drums. Then, when Loosegoats where about to start, Lars Nylin (influential pop journalist) suddenly appeared in the small room where the bands play. Maybe he was scouting for the big time record label where he works nowadays?? Anyway, he, just like the rest of the tiny crowd, seemed to like Loosegoats and they got a good reception. They obviously draw their influences from the US rather than the UK, which is fine with me. Bands like Dinosaur Jr, Posies, and Sonic Youth flashed through my head when hearing the 'Goats, and I'll be darned if they haven't been listening a lot to Bob Hund too. They had some merchandise there. As far as I could see noone picked up Flakes' CD, but pretty many got Loosegoats' six track CD "Small Lesbian Baseball Players". I bought it (so did good old Lars Nylin) and I can heartily recommend it. ------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 23:55:53 +0100 (MET) From: Petter Tiilikainen Subject: Re: Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi ... plus more According to Marten Sahlen: > just like the rest of the tiny crowd, seemed to like Loosegoats and they > got a good reception. They obviously draw their influences from the US > rather than the UK, which is fine with me. Bands like Dinosaur Jr, Posies, > and Sonic Youth flashed through my head when hearing the 'Goats, and I'll > be darned if they haven't been listening a lot to Bob Hund too. How could you forget to mention Archers of Loaf? Don't get me wrong, I like the Loosegoats, but if you listen to Archers of Loaf's LP "icky mettle" you'll probably agree that they're more than just an influence to Loosegoats. petter ---------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 10:05:51 +0100 From: Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: Re: Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi ... plus more Petter Tiilikainen How could you forget to mention Archers of Loaf? > Don't get me wrong, I like the Loosegoats, but if > you listen to Archers of Loaf's LP "icky mettle" > you'll probably agree that they're more than just > an influence to Loosegoats. Well, I hate to expose my ignorance, but frankly I have never heard Archers Of Loaf. Guess I'll have to check them out next. -- Marten ------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:13:10 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Cardigans/Cloudberry Jam/etc On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, trkisa@uta.fi (Kimmo Saaskilahti) wrote: > I hope you all have recovered from the festivities by now; also I hope > nobody had a similar dagen efter to mine ;) I don't think I did. I spent my evening together with my girlfriend. Romantic evening, sort of. :) >>>> Cardigans > > Yeah...anyway, I'd like to see them, because I have read so many of > those "they suck live" reports that I really want to find out myself > :) I've seen them live, hmm, six times now, and they have never been bad, in my ears anyway. Though I have two bootlegs, and on one of them they really suck, but it was because Nina had a cold and they should never had played. Anyway, if you check the Motor Tour list I just posted, you'll notice where they will play. :-/ >>>> Cloudberry Jam >> I'll see if I can't get a promo tape or something. :) > > You're one hip cat, Erik! :) Ya.. dude. :) >>>> Popsicle > > I see...so his was mainly writing about other journalists reactions to > the new Popsicle album, rather than the album itself... sounds a bit > pathetic to me! Not really as I beleive his review was the first one (correct me if I'm wrong), so he merely anicipated the storm of "5 out of 5" review scores to come. He ended the review with the words "so now when you have read the only negative review of this album, go ahead and read the top-scoring rest." And I think he does have a point there. I have to say that I feel that M}ns is the only music journalist working at Expressen that I respect, which may affect my judgement as well. :) //Erik --------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:12:36 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Motor Tour List [02-Jan-96] Motor tour list January 2, 1996 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the first tour list for 1996, which will be the only full list to be posted to the Scandinavian Indie mailing list. The rest of the year, only updates and changes to this list will be posted. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 times the pain Burning Heart 25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New The Cardigans Stockholm Records 11/1 Glasgow - Arches New 12/1 Belfast - Mandela Hall New 13/1 Dublin - SFX New 15/1 Manchester - MDH New 16/1 Leeds - University New 17/1 Newcastle - University New 19/1 Wolwerhampton - Civic New 20/1 Bristol - University New 21/1 Cambridge - Junction New 22/1 London - Astoria New 24/1 London - NME Brats Awards New 25/1 Amsterdam - Melkweg New 26/1 Paris - Cafe Des Arts New Flaskkvartetten MVG 15/2 Gothenburg - Nefertiti New 16/2 Arhus - Blitz New 17/2 Odense - Rytmeposten New 18/2 Birkerod - Mantziussalen New 19/2 Copenhagen - Jazzhouse New Millencolin Burning Heart special guest : 59 times the pain 10/1 Stockholm - Studion New 19/1 Fieberbrunn (A) - World Pro Half pipe final 24/1 Karlskrona - Oden New 25/1 Kopenhamn - Pumpehuset 27/1 Arvidjaur - Medborgarhuset 10/2 Stockholm - Studion New 17/2 Stockholm - Big Jump Cup New 23/2 Malmo - KB New 6/3 Osaka - Club Quattro 7/3 Nagoya - Club Quattro 8/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro 9/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro No Fun at all Burning Heart 25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset 31/1 Utrecht(NL) - Tivoli 1/2 Nijmegen(NL) - Doomroojse 2/2 Eidhoven (NL) - Effenaar 3/2 Amsterdam (NL) - Melkweg 5/2 Mari (G) - tba 6/2 Frankfurt (G) 7/2 Luzern (CH) 8/2 Bern (CH) 9/2 Basel (CH) 10/2 Zurich (CH) 11/2 Bregens (A) 13/2 Munchen (G) 14/2 Linz (A) 16/2 Stuttgart (D) 17/2 Mannheim (D) 18/2 Koln (D) 20/2 Dortmund (D) 21/2 Bielefeld (D) 22/2 Ebbenburen (D) 23/2 Pinee (D) 24/2 Berlin (D) 25/2 Hamburg (D) 1/3 Fagersta - Showcaseparty 2/3 Orebro - Showcaseparty 6/3 Osaka - Club Quattro 7/3 Nagoya - Club Quattro 8/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro 9/3 Tokyo - Club Quattro 30/3 Sunsvall - Big Jump Cup New Popsicle Telegram/Wea 25/1 Gothenburg - Q-Club New 26/1 Skara - Hanssons Pub New 27/1 Orebro - Martin Mutter New 2/2 Storuman - Hotellet New 3/2 Lulea - Karen New 8/2 Lund - Mejeriet New 9/2 Vaxjo - Elvagarden New 10/2 Ljungby - Terreza New 16/2 Vasteras - Extremes New 18/2 Uppsala - Sten Sture & Co New 22/2 Malmo - KB New 23/2 Hultsfred - Metropol New 24/2 Jonkoping - Eldslandet New Satanic Surfers Burning Heart 18/1 Borlange - Kosmos New 19/1 Lund - Mejeriet 25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New 8/2 Lund - Mejeriet New Satanic Surfers, 59 times the pain & Bodyjar Burning Heart 27/1 Stockholm - Studion New --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bodyjar Burning Heart 25/1 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New CIV (US) Wea 1/2 Copenhagen - Stengade 30 2/2 Oslo - Blitz 3/2 Stockholm - Studion D`Angelo (US) Emi 9/2 Stockholm - Gino 10/2 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset Foetus (US) Big Cat/MNW ILR special guest : Morning Glory Warner 25/2 Copenhagen - Loppen New G.Love & Special Sauce (US) Sony 24/1 Lund - Mejeriet 25/1 Stockholm - Gino Marion (UK) Polygram 1/3 Stockholm - Studion New 2/3 Copenhagen - Loppen New Moloko (UK) MCA 1/3 Copenhagen - Loppen New Ruby (UK) Sony 22/1 Stockholm - Studion 23/1 Oslo - So What Shelter (US) Roadrunner/MNW ILR 13/2 Copenhagen - Loppen New 14/2 Linkoping - Skylten New 15/2 Stockholm - Studion New 16/2 Gothenburg - Musikens Hus New 17/2 Lund - Mejeriet New Superchunk (US) Border special guest : Seam Border 14/2 Stockholm - Studion New 15/2 Gothenburg - Underground New 16/2 Copenhagen - Loppen New Ten foot pole (US) Border/Epitaph 16/1 Copenhagen - Cafe Rust 17/1 Norrkoping - Kammaren 18/1 Borlange - Kosmos 19/1 Lund - Mejeriet Uk Subs (UK) 23/2 Copenhagen - Stengade 30 New Urge Overkill (US) MCA special guest : 12/2 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset New 13/2 Stockholm - Gino New Voodoo glow Skulls (US) Border/ Epitaph 23/1 Lund - Mejeriet 24/1 Stockholm - Studion Motor presents the following artists at the Venue Festival (DK) 1996 Boghandle Sony 25/1 Copenhagen - Stengade 30 26/1 Hadeslev - Aktivitetshuset 27/1 Esbjerg - Tobaksfabrikken G.Love & Special Sauce Sony 28/1 Copenhagen - Loppen Selig Sony 27/1 Copenhagen - Loppen Southen Culture On The Skids Geffen/ MCA 25/1 Copenhagen - Stengade 30 26/1 Haderslev - Aktivitetshuset 27/1 Esbjerg - Tobaksfabrikken Voodoo Glow Skulls Epitaph/Border 25/1 Albertslund - Forbrandingen 26/1 Arhus - Musikcafeen 27/1 Alborg - 1000fryd -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** This list will also be available (with updates/changes) on the *** WWW pages at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/motor.html (under *** the "Gig Lists" page). //Erik ----------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:13:51 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Loosegoats / Lars Nylin On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) wrote: > Finally, thanx to Erik for the tip about Loosegoats and Flakes at Kafe 44, My pleasure. :) I think Loosegoats deserve all the attention they can get as I feel they're really pushing for somewhat of a change of wind on the "indie" scene, which probably is needed, with all the soft-pop bands that currently pop (hmm..) up in every town across the country. > Flakes started, but I found their grunge with some equilibristic jazzy > breaks pretty boring. I totally agree with you on that remark. I've seen them twice, and I never really did find their "experiments" with their music to come out sounding better than it would have if they have left it out completely instead. > Lars Nylin (influential pop journalist) suddenly appeared in the small > room where the bands play. Maybe he was scouting for the big time record > label where he works nowadays?? I haven't heard of this? Has he quit writing? What label? Interesting... > They had some merchandise there. [snip] pretty many got Loosegoats' six > track CD "Small Lesbian Baseball Players". I bought it (so did good old > Lars Nylin) and I can heartily recommend it. I second that recommendation. It's really worth the money (and it's low price) and I'll definitely get their full-length when it comes out (preliminary month - May this year). Did they have those nice "skate-type" t-shirts for sale as well? //Erik ------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:14:08 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Kolrassa Krokidandi On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Albert Svan Sigurdsson wrote: > Glad to hear people talking about the best band in Iceland lately. > I just happen to know everything about Kolrassa Krokridandi (KK) and > can clear up most info about them except the facts if you like their > music or not. Thanks for the extensive information you posted about the band! Now I can't wait to hear them! I'll definitely post a review when I get the CD. > They released a CD called Drapa in late '92 [snip] > Drapa was not a hit, but it was good original music based on the > English new-wave scene (Stone Roses, Charlatans, Ride) That sounds just like something that I would love. But I guess that most of the Manchester wave had blown over around that time (92), which left them with a pretty small crowd? > Kolrassa also toured [snip] Denmark, Finland, France, Belgium, England, Germany...but not in Sweden. :-/ > I dont know why people are talking about them not being "trained musicians" > what the hell does that mean ? This is how any band should start. If > everybody just graduates from some music academy and starts playing some > educated pop/rock/whatever it is bound to be a little sterile. I agree. I just posted what my ex told me she thought of them. I'd rather see bands emerge from garages than music academies as well. > Texas Jesus [snip] are going to play in Scandinavia later in spring. > If you want them to play in other cities than Olso and Helsinki you can > contact me and help me arrange it (somebody on the spot needs to book > them and hang up a few posters before they come to play). Do you have a more specific date or month they will be around these parts? And is it possible to receive a demo tape / information sheet or something like it to pass on to those who handle the bookings? //Erik ---------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 96 14:19:05 +0100 From: robert@astro.su.se (Robert Cumming) Subject: Re: Bellatrix or Kolrassa Krokridandi Albert wrote: > release a CD for the rest of the world to dribble over they adopted > the 2nd name Bellatrix. Bellatrix, according to the drummer, Kalli > (the only male in the band) means a good trix or a good blowjob. If > that means that he wants a good 'trix' or if the girls can give one > I dont know ;-) Or Kalli himself, for all we know! :) Sounds like a bit of a cover-up to me though. Bellatrix is (also?) one of the stars in the constellation Orion: the one on the top right, if I remember correctly. Like so: * Bellatrix Betelgeuse * * * * * Rigel * Robert -------------------------- Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 14:25:09 +0100 From: Peter Hanning Subject: HELP! Hi all, I'm looking for a Radiohead show and I got a hint from a friend to try here. Sorry if this is the wrong place for such a request. Anyway, my little brother who is into Radiohead missed them on the swedish radio show P3-Live this monday (January 1st 1996). It was a gig recorded at Gino (Stockholm) on December 12th 1995. I'm trying to help my brother by searching for it on internet. If any kind soul out there has the show and could make my brother a copy please email me privately as I don't subscribe to this list. My brother would do (almost) anything to get this. Also, if someone knows other (better) places to look for this show let me know. My brother has already called the program secretary of the show (the producer was on vacation) but she wasn't permitted to make him a copy. She didn't know if they would re-run the show at a later date. Thanks for your help, Peter Hanning hanning@elixir.e.kth.se ----------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 14:29:57 +0100 From: Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: Re: Loosegoats / Lars Nylin chief@lysator.liu.se wrote: > My pleasure. :) I think Loosegoats deserve all the attention they can > get as I feel they're really pushing for somewhat of a change of wind on the > "indie" scene, which probably is needed, with all the soft-pop bands that > currently pop (hmm..) up in every town across the country. Yes, definitely. I'm so tired of all these softee bands... Cardigans, Cinnamon, Happy Dead Men, Eggstone... blaargh! More Mouth and Loosegoats to the people! > I haven't heard of this? Has he quit writing? What label? Interesting... He'll probably never quit writing, at least on a free-lance basis. From what I've heard he works at Warner (or is it called WEA now?) but I don't know what his position is. Since I know there are some record label people lurking on this list maybe they could fill in... Speaking of Lars Nylin, the other day I re-read an old issue of Sound Affects from 1990, the one with Sator on the cover. In it, Lars wrote an article about the current state of Swedish pop music. He admitted having heard Wannadies and TV Pop Crisis (who changed name to Easy) but they didn't do much for him. He then predicted that the future for Swedish pop would belong to bands like Thirteen Moons, Perssons Pack, Leather Nun, and a few more. Boy, was he wrong there or what? But of course, how was he supposed to know about the oncoming rumble from the north... the invasion, fronted by Popsicle, of mop-topped bands from Norrland that would follow in Wannadies' path. And not to mention the emergence of Bob Hund. This is proof as good as any that pop'n roll journalism shall be about what's happening here and now; not to predict what may come in the future, nor shall it indulge in sticky nostalgia. > I second that recommendation. It's really worth the money (and it's low price) > and I'll definitely get their full-length when it comes out (preliminary > month - May this year). Did they have those nice "skate-type" t-shirts > for sale as well? No, only CD's. The Loosegoats' EP costs only 40 SEK, so it's a good investment. ------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 02:14:05 +0100 From: pong@algonet.se (Magnus Astrom) Subject: Re: Lars Nylin [Marten Sahlen about Lars Nylin] >He'll probably never quit writing, at least on a free-lance basis. From what >I've heard he works at Warner (or is it called WEA now?) but I don't know >what his position is. Since I know there are some record label people lurking >on this list maybe they could fill in... As I design record covers for Warner (among others), I have some inside information on Lars Nylin's wherabouts. He's indeed working for Warner, or Telegram rather, which is really of the same thing nowadays, writing press releases, promotional texts, and as a general resource of music knowledge. >Speaking of Lars Nylin, the other day I re-read an old issue of Sound Affects >from 1990, the one with Sator on the cover. In it, Lars wrote an article about >the current state of Swedish pop music. He admitted having heard Wannadies and >TV Pop Crisis (who changed name to Easy) but they didn't do much for him. >He then predicted that the future for Swedish pop would belong to bands like >Thirteen Moons, Perssons Pack, Leather Nun, and a few more. Boy, was he wrong >there or what? > >But of course, how was he supposed to know about the oncoming rumble from the >north... the invasion, fronted by Popsicle, of mop-topped bands from >Norrland that would follow in Wannadies' path. And not to mention the >emergence of Bob Hund. This is proof as good as any that pop'n roll >journalism shall be about what's happening here and now; not to predict >what may come in the future, nor shall it indulge in sticky nostalgia. I guess he changed his mind, since he's working with, among others, Popsicle these days ... ;-) Best regards, Magnus Astrom, pong@algonet.se --------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 04:11:58 +0100 From: Erik S|derstr|m Subject: Selected News [05-Jan-96] Scandinavian Indie's Selected News 05-Jan-96 Blithe - MNW are working on a Blithe (A West Side Fabrication) WWW page at the moment, which will include pictures, sound samples, links to other Blithe pages on the net and a history of the band. No final date when the page is ready though. Ceilidh - the label based in Link|ping, owned by Ola Hermansson (also in the band Sonic Surf City), released records with, for example, Brainpool and Suredo, have put the label on ice after accepting a job at the Trampolene label (Stockholm Records), which have, for example, current world wide famed The Cardigans in their stable. What will happen with Ceilidh? Pizzicato Five - (only mentioned here because of the following Popsicle news below), the pop duo from Japan received a good review in the morning paper Dagens Nyheter on December 27th by reviewer Nils Hansson, who asks where the innocent, bubbling joy he finds in Pizzicato Five have gone. I have questions for Nils Hansson: what about The Cardigans? What about Cloudberry Jam? What about the unbeleivable similarities between the voice of Cloudberry Jam, Jennie Medin and the girl singing in Pizzicato Five? Help! Popsicle - received a good review in the morning paper Dagens Nyheter on wednesday December 27th by reviewer Nils Hansson. He says that "...they have let classic american rock music influence their songs in a way that would have been unthinkable a few years ago..." and "...is a logical step forward". The headline says "Popsicle walk their own way". Stevepops - who recorded three songs at Toodle Recordings (J|rgen W{rnstr|m's (Cloudberry Jam) Studio) a while ago in Link|ping, planned to be released on a 7" single at the end of 1995, are on the move. The original plan has changed because of several facts. First, their drummer is about to quit the band (which was the reason for them only playing live three times this autumn). Second, the Ola Hermansson story (see Ceilidh news above). And third, Torbj|rn (now living in Kalmar) and the bassist (now living in G{vle) are on their way to move to Stockholm. Currently they are not sure when the new songs will be out and on what label, though Ola Hermansson suggested they'd release the songs themselves and call their label "Celdih", but then they'd rather start their label under a name they select themselves, and release them on that. They're also currently looking for a new drummer in the Stockholm area. Whale - will be one of the many attractions when MTV Europe arranges a grand gala in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy on February 10th, 1996. The gala is held at the end of the european snowboard championships. MTV Europe will broadcast the gala during one week, starting February 18th, 1996. //Erik --------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 08:36:11 -0800 (PST) From: einexile the meek Subject: Blue for 2 / Stina Nordenstam Anyone here know anything about this? For that matter, if anyone can assist me in locating some SN singles I would really appreciate the help. I have been trying for years. Thanks, e ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 08:32:00 -0500 (CDT) From:hortman_m@hccs.cc.tx.us To: einexile@netcom.com Subject: Got some Stina info for ya! A friend of mine in Sweden says she's recently collaborated with a band called "Blue For 2" and he says he will send me more info on it later. He said she sounds incredible on it!!!! I'll let you know more as I find out what it is. [snip] ------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 05:40:49 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Salt News Salt - 's record label, MVG, finally answered the questions on what's going on with Salt, even though it isn't a very information-packed answer. The questions were: What are Salt up to? Are there any releases planned for the US? Are they planning on going over there? Will they record any new material in the near future? And the answer is: "All of it. We'll let you know when we know details and dates." Which, though a bit short, is an uplifting answer. //Erik ------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 05:41:23 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Lars Nylin On Thu, 4 Jan 1996, pong@algonet.se (Magnus Astrom) wrote: > As I design record covers for Warner (among others), I have some inside > information on Lars Nylin's wherabouts. He's indeed working for Warner, > or Telegram rather, which is really of the same thing nowadays, writing > press releases, promotional texts, and as a general resource of music > knowledge. Interesting.. is it then possible that he is scouting for Telegram as well? I'm not sure how to translate "general resource of music knlowledge" really :). //Erik -------------------- Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 05:41:43 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Loosegoats / Lars Nylin On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) wrote: > He'll probably never quit writing, at least on a free-lance basis. From what > I've heard he works at Warner (or is it called WEA now?) but I don't know > what his position is. Since I know there are some record label people lurking > on this list maybe they could fill in... Sort of a big label then. :) I hope he's scouting for them for Loosegoats sake, even though they seem to do very well on Bad Taste. > No, only CD's. The Loosegoats' EP costs only 40 SEK, so it's a good > investment. Definitely. The t-shirt is pretty cool though. :) //Erik ----------------------- Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 05:42:13 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Honey Is Cool Interview [23-Nov-95] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie Presents: A short interview with HONEY IS COOL by Erik S|derstr|m (chief@lysator.liu.se) after a gig at Herrg}r'n, Link|ping, Sweden, 23-Nov-95. Honey Is Cool are: Karin Dreijer (vocals & guitar) John Jern (guitar) H}kan Hellstr|m (drums) Paul K{llman (synthesizer) Staffan Larsson (bass) (c) 1995, 1996 Scandinavian Indie If the answer is "A." it was answered by the group as a whole. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This interview was done a couple of weeks after their gig, due to the fact that the original interview was thrown away with the trash by mistake. My mistake. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE GIG IN LINK PING? SL. A nice event. Q. WHAT SONGS DID YOU PLAY? SL. Wow, I can't remember... most of them were from the CD, and we played two completely new songs. Q. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT PLAYING IN A BAND? SL. Karin works a bit with photography and painting, among other things. John studies ethnology (sometimes). H}kan is a drama student. Paul mingles with his friends and I'm studying linguistics and philosohpy. Q. HOW DID HONEY IS COOL START? SL. Karin had some discussions with some people about recording a demo with her songs. One beautiful day (or night?) she, John and I finally decided to go ahead and do it. The result was better than we expected, so we decided to continue. Members were added and dropped, and in the winder of 1994, we finally ended up the way we are today. Q. HOW ABOUT RELEASES? SL. One six-track demo called "Honey Is Cool" and one Mini-CD with six songs called "Focky Focky No Pay". And we have two songs on the compilation CD "Kittenish 2". Q. DO ANY OF YOU PLAY IN OTHER BANDS AS WELL? SL. Yes, Paul plays with Sludge Nation, and H}kan sings in P}vels. Q. WHO WRITES THE LYRICS? SL. Karin does. Q. DO THEY REFLECT HER OWN EXPERIENCES? SL. Yes. Q. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO CONQUER? SL. Yes, all but Japan. Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFLUENCES YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION? SL. Flaming Lips, Rod Stewart, Bonnie Tyler, Sonic Youth and Sebadoh. Q. ARE YOUR INFLUENCES THE SAME AS YOUR FAVOURITES? SL. In some cases yes, and in other, no, but still? I doubt it. Q. DO YOU LISTEN TO ANY SWEDISH MUSIC? SL. Some of us like the Bear Quartet, but we all like Soundtrack Of Our Lives and Mazarine Street. Q. WILL YOU TOUR OTHER SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES? SL. Yessir! Denmark for example (soon, maybe). Q. WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE TO PLAY FOR A PACKED HULTSFRED 95? SL. WIIIIIIIII! Q. WHO ARRANGED THE MINI-FESTIVAL IN KALMAR (25/12 1995)? WHAT HAPPENED? SL. It was planned by two mad "vinterbadare" who visited us after a gig we had in V{xj|. Unfortunately, Karin and John got the flu, so we had to cancel. Q. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR HONEY IS COOL? ANY PLANS? SL. We'll sell-out and grab the political power in the USA. Or quit. Honey Is Cool can be contacted at http://www.cling.gu.se:80/~cl2slars/hic.html Scandinavian Indie Honey Is Cool interview 23-Nov-95 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Indie - your Internet guide to scandinavian independent music E-mail: scan-indie-request@lysator.liu.se WWW: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html E-mail: chief@lysator.liu.se Phone: +46-(0)13-175042 Snail-mail: Erik S|derstr|m, Bj|rnk{rrsg. 13 B:34, 582 51 Link|ping, Sweden ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- //Erik -------------------- Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 05:42:47 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: SI's WUIMotR&T List [05-Jan-96] Scandinavian Indie's Weekly Updated Interesting Music on the Radio & Television List January 5th -> January 11th --------------------------------- Swedish National Radio Channel P3 --------------------------------- Day Date Artist Recorded --- ----- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------- Fri 5/1 Dr{ngarna ? Sat 6/1 ? ? Sun 7/1 Lisa Nilsson ? Mon 8/1 Idde Schultz ? Tue 9/1 Oyster Band ? Wed 10/1 Wizards of Ooze ? Thu 11/1 Die Krupps ? Always at 21.03, except fridays: 21.10 ------------------- Various TV Channels ------------------- Day Date Artist/What TV Program Channel Time --- ----- ----------------------- ------------------- ------------- ----- Sun 7/1 Alternative Nation Alternative Nation MTV Europe 22.30 Mon 8/1 Latin Kings Live ZTV 00.10 Tue 9/1 Green Day Live ZTV 20.25 R Guide to Alternative.. Guide to... MTV Europe 21.30 Thu 11/1 Guide to Alternative.. Guide to... MTV Europe 21.30 R = Rerun Note: still trouble getting the lists for making this update. I hope you ----- all can cope another week. This list is also available from the Scandinavian Indie WWW "Upcoming" page. //Erik ------------------------ End of SI Digest #3.02 **********************