Ok, contrary to popular belief not all Norwegians hate Sweden. I, for one, think that Sweden has a number of fantastic attributes - great prices, they invented the snus (as far as I know?), snowboarding, meatballs, Ikea (thanks for the meatballs!), Astrid Lindgren, they're ridiculously beautiful AND they produce fucking fantastic music. Again and again and again. I'll make a small list below of some of the Swedish music acts I find fucking fantastic:
* Thåström
* The Cardigans
* The Knife
* Robyn
* José Gonzalez
* The Hives
* Håkan Hellström
There´s probably way more that I just can´t think of right now! Anyways, I´m really into the Knife and Robyn at the moment. The fun thing about Robyn is she just keeps getting better and better! I think her last two albums, Body Talk Pt. 1 & 2, are her best ones, easy! Oh my God, Sweden is fantastic. Guys, check Sweden out - how awesome is Sweden??? SUPER fucking awesome, that´s how awesome. Ok, I´ll post some awesome videos below for your viewing and listening pleasure. And a waffle to the one who can guess this post´s operative word.
ENJOY!!!
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
The fall of awesome gigs
And by fall I am referring to the season rather than the demise, as it could appear in my heading. This fall, or autumn if you wish, is going to be so blooming amazing gig-wise. Actually - can we call it fall already? It is in Edinburgh anyway, feels like friggin November just now, so I'll go ahead and call it fall already - I've just been to see Modest Mouse at the Picture House this Sunday, and it was fantastic!!! Just like I knew it would be. I saw them at the Quart Festival in Norway 2004 - this festival holds a special place in my heart as it was the first one I ever went to, was only 17 years old, saw the likes of Modest Mouse, Morrissey, Keane, Bigbang, Alicia Keys... All for the first time! - and I thought the Modest Mouse gig was the most awesome things I'd ever experienced, from that moment on I was a hard-core fan. But this gig was even better, if you can believe it. Might be because of their 2007 album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, which is such a great album. If you want to get like an introduction to Modest Mouse; Modest Mouse for dummies if you will; check out Good News for People Who Love Bad News And the aforementioned We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Anyway, I'll post some tunes under here for you to get down to - read, listen and weep!
Next weekend, the 10th of September, I am actually going with Kristin to see Muse at Wembley. Yes, I've seen them like thrice before, but this is Wembley. This is huge. I'm not crazy about their last album, but there's a couple (litterally) of amazing tracks on there. See below.
The next gig I'm going to is Grinderman - can anyone imagine how excited I am about that? I mean, I saw Nick Cave with a Bad Seed at the Picture House last year after he released the Death of Bunny Munro (hilarious book, I recommend it) and it might very well be the most breathtaking experience of my life... He was just reading from his book, talking to the audience, we were in like the second row and he was SO close - and when he sat down with his piano and sang Into My Arms, I wept like a child - it's the most beautiful song I know in the whole world, and I hadn't dared hope he'd sing it. But he did. And it was magical. Oh my god. So obviously this won't be as awsome as that, but I have a sneaky feeling it might be pretty close. I'm not as familiar with Grinderman as I am with the Bad Seeds, so am gonna spend some time getting into them before the date, which is the 28th of September if my memory serves me right. I'll post the one I know and love:
After Grinderman I am actually going to see the brilliant Sivert Høyem in Glasgow with my mum. That should be something - he's such a fantastic singer, obviously best known from Madrugada, one of my favourite Norwegian bands which unfortunately no longer exists. I'll be honest, I've not paid a lot of attention to his solo career, but I know what his voice is like and what it can do to my heart and soul, and that's enough. Also, he's like one of the sexiest men on earth, which doesn't hurt.
Finally, there's the band I retardedly missed in BODØ of all places last year - the Manic Street Preachers. They were playing in my home town in Norway, and I was just soooo drunk I went home with my friends and drank some more. Obviously the first thing I did when I got back to Edinburgh was keep a keen eye out for an MSP-gig so that I could make up for this ridiculous mistake. And finally the long awaited e-mail update from Gigsinscotland popped up in my inbox - they were playing Glasgow AND Edinburgh! However, just to flaunt my undying dedication to, well, the music, I bought tickets for the SECC in Glasgow as the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh is the SHITTEST concert venue ever. I can NOT wait, I just hope I can find someone to go with me! I bought two tickets obviously. But hey, if I have to go alone, I will:)
Ok, that's all folks... I don't blame you for feeling slightly jealous :)
Next weekend, the 10th of September, I am actually going with Kristin to see Muse at Wembley. Yes, I've seen them like thrice before, but this is Wembley. This is huge. I'm not crazy about their last album, but there's a couple (litterally) of amazing tracks on there. See below.
The next gig I'm going to is Grinderman - can anyone imagine how excited I am about that? I mean, I saw Nick Cave with a Bad Seed at the Picture House last year after he released the Death of Bunny Munro (hilarious book, I recommend it) and it might very well be the most breathtaking experience of my life... He was just reading from his book, talking to the audience, we were in like the second row and he was SO close - and when he sat down with his piano and sang Into My Arms, I wept like a child - it's the most beautiful song I know in the whole world, and I hadn't dared hope he'd sing it. But he did. And it was magical. Oh my god. So obviously this won't be as awsome as that, but I have a sneaky feeling it might be pretty close. I'm not as familiar with Grinderman as I am with the Bad Seeds, so am gonna spend some time getting into them before the date, which is the 28th of September if my memory serves me right. I'll post the one I know and love:
After Grinderman I am actually going to see the brilliant Sivert Høyem in Glasgow with my mum. That should be something - he's such a fantastic singer, obviously best known from Madrugada, one of my favourite Norwegian bands which unfortunately no longer exists. I'll be honest, I've not paid a lot of attention to his solo career, but I know what his voice is like and what it can do to my heart and soul, and that's enough. Also, he's like one of the sexiest men on earth, which doesn't hurt.
Finally, there's the band I retardedly missed in BODØ of all places last year - the Manic Street Preachers. They were playing in my home town in Norway, and I was just soooo drunk I went home with my friends and drank some more. Obviously the first thing I did when I got back to Edinburgh was keep a keen eye out for an MSP-gig so that I could make up for this ridiculous mistake. And finally the long awaited e-mail update from Gigsinscotland popped up in my inbox - they were playing Glasgow AND Edinburgh! However, just to flaunt my undying dedication to, well, the music, I bought tickets for the SECC in Glasgow as the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh is the SHITTEST concert venue ever. I can NOT wait, I just hope I can find someone to go with me! I bought two tickets obviously. But hey, if I have to go alone, I will:)
Ok, that's all folks... I don't blame you for feeling slightly jealous :)
Thursday, 5 August 2010
Morten Abel & the September When
This is just a quick one, it's mainly for Annika cause I think you'll enjoy it! This guy is no longer a big deal in Norway, but his band the September When was big in the 90s and then he had a quite successful solo carreer after that :) I love these songs, hope you will too!
Seasick Steve
Fourth time I saw Seasick Steve live was this Sunday in Perth, and he just gets better and better! It's fucking ridonculous, the man is in his mid sixties, but he has the energy of a 20-year old and we plays the 'guitar' like some sweet combination of Hendrix and Jack White! (The reason why I put guitar in quotation marks is obviously because his instruments barely pass for guitars... There's the cellotaped 6-string, the famous 3-string and the INFAMOUS 1-stringes diddley bo) A lot of this songs are about his life and how he's always been on the road, living hand to mouth and was abused as a child, but unlike Eminem it doesn't sound moaning and self-pitying! You can actually tell from his songs how strong this has made him, and because of this he is SO humble and grateful, and it's just moving to watch him on stage.
Now. I'm gonna post some pretty awesome videos here, most will probably be from live shows cause that's when he's at his best. Oh, and one more thing - after Sunday's show him and his drummer Dan did a signing, and I queued for a bit, bought a vinyl, got a hug and some very touching words in Norwegian! 'Jeg elsker deg, Marti" :D
Ok, so he misspelt my name, but I think I can forgive him that - I didn't breathe for 5 minutes after that :) I love this man with my entire heart!
Now. I'm gonna post some pretty awesome videos here, most will probably be from live shows cause that's when he's at his best. Oh, and one more thing - after Sunday's show him and his drummer Dan did a signing, and I queued for a bit, bought a vinyl, got a hug and some very touching words in Norwegian! 'Jeg elsker deg, Marti" :D
Ok, so he misspelt my name, but I think I can forgive him that - I didn't breathe for 5 minutes after that :) I love this man with my entire heart!
Saturday, 24 July 2010
Coucou (",)
It is no secret that the Cuckoo's Nest is the best bar in Edinburgh, with the best music! So here are a few Cuckoo's Nest anthems to sing along to! Gotta love 'em!
Saturday, 17 July 2010
Just when I was afraid the whole world had gone mainstream...
...along comes Mario: http://cruzado.bandcamp.com/ :-)
Sunday, 11 July 2010
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