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Vol.98 #35
April 7th, 1998
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/sid.html
Today's Topics:
Re: The Leslies - a question
Silverbullit - Clearspot?
[GIGS] Luger Tour Date List [07-Apr-98]
[GIGS] Motor Tour Date List [07-Apr-98]
18th dye/wuhling
Re: Silverbullit - Clearspot?
The Motorpsycho FAQ
stockholm pop festivities
Re: The Motorpsycho FAQ
Motorpsychosis
Re: Are there any good Danish bands...
Umea Open..
Re: Silverbullit - Clearspot?
Re: The Motorpsycho FAQ
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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 23:13:01 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Re: The Leslies - a question
>> I've noticed that a band calling themselves The Leslies is playing
>> Washington, D.C. in the next week. Would anyone know if this is
>> the Swedish band that records for Harry Lime Records? I find it
>> hard believing it is but on the other hand I'd be pretty despondent
>> if it were and I missed the show!
>
> Hmm, the official Leslies website does not say anyhing about it, though
> it does say that they are looking for a new label and that they will
> release a 7" single in the US soon. I'll check with the band and see
> what's up.
Received a reply from the gang a few seconds ago, and they are not the
"The Leslies" playing - probably a US band with the same name then.
//Erik
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 01:40:11 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Silverbullit - Clearspot?
Just noticed that Silverbullit is no longer listed as being
signed to Fine Tone Rec. but "Clearspot" instead? Anyone know
anything about this? Their web pages at Fine Tone has been
moved to another location as well - which really only has
contact information for Germany (?) Anyone?
//Erik
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 03:24:37 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: [GIGS] Luger Tour Date List [07-Apr-98]
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Scandinavian Indie COMPLETE Luger Tour List Scandinavian Indie
April 7th, 1998
by Erik Soderstrom
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SCANDINAVIAN:
BAD CASH QUARTET (S) - Telegram / Warner
May 02 Stockholm (S) Studion w/Broder Daniel (S)
May 07 Malmo (S) KB w/Broder Daniel (S)
May 09 Gothenburg (S) Karen w/Broder Daniel (S)
May 12 Lund (S) Palladium w/Broder Daniel (S)
BRODER DANIEL (S) - Dolores / MD
Apr 24 Helsingborg (S) Tivoli
May 02 Stockholm (S) Studion w/Bad Cash Quartet (S)
May 07 Malmo (S) KB w/Bad Cash Quartet (S)
May 09 Gothenburg (S) Karen w/Bad Cash Quartet (S)
May 12 Lund (S) Palladium w/Bad Cash Quartet (S)
CAESARS PALACE (S) - Dolores / MD
Apr 07 Lund (S) Palladium
Apr 16 Stockholm (S) Studion
Apr 17 Uppsala (S) Kalmar Nation
Apr 30 Goteborg (S) Playground
May 01 Boras (S) TBA
May 02 Norrkoping (S) Tattoo Convention
Jul 10 Arvika (S) Arvika Festival -11/7
FIRESIDE (S) - Startracks / BMG
Jun 13 Hultsfred (S) Hultsfred Festival
THE HELLACOPTERS (S) - White Jazz / HOK
Apr 10 Trollhattan (S) TBA
Apr 11 Aarhus (DK) Huset
Apr 12 Bonn (D) Biskuithalle / WDR Rock Night
Apr 13 Paris (F) La Boule Noir
Apr 14 Utrecht (NL) Tivoli
Apr 15 Osnabruck (D) Hyde Park
KOMEDA (S) - NONS
Apr 16 Goteborg (S) Playground
Apr 17 Stockholm (S) Studion
Apr 18 Lund (S) Palladium
Apr 23 Linkoping (S) Herrgar'n
Apr 25 Malmo (S) KB
REFUSED (S) - Burning Heart / House Of Kicks
+ FRODUS (US) - Tooth & Nail - between Apr 09 - May 03
+ INK & DAGGER (US) - Ignition - between May 18 - 28
Apr 09 Ostersund (S) Tingshuset
Apr 10 Sundsvall (S) Pipeline
Apr 11 Sandviken (S) Kungen
Apr 12 Boras (S) Rockborgen w/Make-Up (US)
Apr 13 Lund (S) Smalands Nation w/Make-Up (US)
Apr 14 Halmstad (S) Diezel
Apr 17 Torsby (S) TBA
Apr 18 Eskilstuna (S) TBA
Apr 19 Alvesta (S) Pop Corner
Apr 20 Svedala (S) Smurf
Apr 21 Karlskrona (S) MF Oden
Apr 22 Hassleholm (S) Perrong 23
Apr 23 Angelholm (S) Gottwalds
Apr 24 Oskarshamn (S) TBA
Apr 25 Kungsbacka (S) Kingston
Apr 26 Gislaved (S) TBA
Apr 27 Taby (S) Vita Huset
Apr 28 Nykoping (S) Nykult
May 02 Lulea (S) TBA
May 03 Pitea (S) Grossen
May 18 Brighton (UK) The Albert
May 19 Bristol (UK) The Sk8 and Ride
May 20 Bradford (UK) The 1 in 12 Club
May 21 Glasgow (UK) Nice and Sleazies
May 25 Wigan (UK) TBA
May 26 Newcastle (UK) The Cumberland Arms
May 28 London (UK) The Red Eye
Jun 13 Hultstfred (S) Hultsfred festival
SPACE AGE BABY JANE (S) - Telegram / Warner
+ BACKYARD BABIES (S) - MVG / MD
Apr 09 Karlskoga (S) Hotel Nobel
Apr 10 Halden (S) Feel Good
WEEPING WILLOWS (S) - Grand Recordings / Virgin
May 22 Lund (S) Lunds Nation
May 23 Lenhovda (S) Borgen
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NON-SCANDINAVIAN:
COMMON (US) - Sony
+ X-ECUTIONERS (US)
Apr 16 Stockholm (S) Nova
DUB SYNDICATE (US) - On U Sound / Border
May 14 Gothenburg (S) Pusterviksbaren
MAKE-UP (US) - Dischord / Border
Apr 08 Umea (S) Hamnmagasinet
Apr 09 Sandviken (S) Kungen
Apr 11 Stockholm (S) Fritz's Corner
Apr 12 Boras (S) Rockborgen w/Refused & Frodus
(US)
Apr 13 Lund (S) Smalands Nation w/Refused & Frodus
(US)
MONO (UK) - Universal
May 04 Stockholm (S) Studion
May 05 Lund (S) Palladium
MORBID ANGEL (US) - Earache / House Of Kicks
+ VADER (PL) - Earache / House Of Kicks
+ ENTWINED (US) - Earache / House Of Kicks
Apr 30 Linkoping (S) Skylten
May 01 Uppsala (S) Fredmans
May 03 Malmo (S) KB
NINJA TUNE PACKAGE TOUR (UK) - Ninja Tune / Border
= Chocolate Weasels, DJ Vadim, Kid Koala, Si Begg & Amon Tobin
May 12 Gothenburg (S) Pusterviksbaren
May 13 Stockholm (S) Nova
PENTHOUSE (UK) - Beggars Banquet / MNW ILR - MD
Apr 18 Stockholm (S) Fritz's Corner
SCOTT 4 (UK) - V2 / MD
Apr 30 Lund (S) Smalands Nation
May 01 Stockholm (S) Studion
May 02 Gothenburg (S) Pusterviksbaren
May 03 Oslo (N) So What
May 04 Copenhagen (DK) Club Vega
SENSER (UK) - Ultimate / MNW ILR
May 21 Malmo (S) KB
May 23 Stockholm (S) Studion
SERVOTRON (UK) - One Louder Records / HoK
May 12 Lund (S) Mejeriet
May 13 Oslo (N) So What
STEVE WESTFIELD SLOW BAND (US) - Glitterhouse / Border
May 15 Stockholm (S) Studion
May 16 Goteborg (S) Pusterviksbaren
TORTOISE (US) - City Slang / MD
+ ISOTOPE 217 (US) - Thrill Jockey / Import
Apr 07 Oslo (N) So What
Apr 08 Lund (S) Palladium
URUSEI YATSURA (UK) - Che / Warner
Apr 28 Lund (S) Palladium
Apr 29 Stockholm (S) Fritz's Corner
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 03:25:18 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: [GIGS] Motor Tour Date List [07-Apr-98]
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Scandinavian Indie COMPLETE Motor Tour List Scandinavian Indie
April 7th, 1998
by Erik Soderstrom
All dates without country code are in Sweden
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SCANDINAVIAN:
Backyard Babies (S) MVG
+ Space Age Baby Jane (S)
8/4 Uppsala - Ostgota
9/4 Karlskoga - Hotell Alfred Nobel
Bel Canto (N) EMI
9/5 Oslo - Rockefeller (N)
Bleeder (DK) Sony
26/6 Roskilde - Roskilde Festival (DK)
bob hund (S) Silence
29/4 Orebro - Karhuset
30/4 Oslo - Rockefeller (N)
1/5 Bergen - Hulen (N)
2/5 Stavanger - Folken (N)
Clemens (DK) EMI/Medley
+ Psyched Up Janis (DK) 2/4-17/4 EMI/Medley
9/4 Sonderborg - Sonderborghus (DK)
11/4 Bornholm - Musikhuset (DK)
16/4 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset (DK)
17/4 Billund - Billund Idratscenter (DK)
Freewheel (S) Vibrafon
9/4 Goteborg - Playground
29/4 Uppsala - Smalands Nation
11/6 Hultsfred - Festival -13/6
4/7 Kristianstad - Tivolirock
10/7 Arvika - Festival
Liberator (S) Burning Heart
9/4 Falun - Ungdomens hus
10/4 Goteborg - Trappan
11/4 Stockholm - Studion
17/4 Umea - Corona
22/4 Oslo - John Dee (N)
23/4 Stavanger - Checkpoint (N)
24/4 Bergen - Hulen (N)
25/4 Volda - Studenterne (N)
27/4 Trondheim - Veita scene (N)
28/4 Orebro - Karhuset
2/5 Are - Bryggeriet
7/5 Linkoping - Herrgar'n
8/5 Hollviken - Strandbad
9/5 Stockholm - Muller
22/5 Helsingborg - The Tivoli
Lok (S) Sonet
16/5 Trollhattan - Westgotha Festival
11/6 Hultsfred - Festival -13/6
10/7 Arvika - Festival -11/7
LPC (S) Beverage
16/4 Malmo - KB
17/4 Lund - Palladium
18/4 Helsingborg - Tivoli
Millencolin (S) Burning Heart
23/4 Den Bosch - Willem II (NL)
24/4 Amsterdam - Melkweg (NL)
25/4 Rixenart festival + Groez rock (B)
26/4 Lintfabriek - Kontich (B)
28/4 Strassbourg - Laiterie (F)
29/4 Bordeaux - Rockschool (F)
30/4 Barcelona - El Garatge (ES)
1/5 Madrid - Festimad (ES)
2/5 Bilbao - Bilborock (ES)
3/5 Toulouse (F)
5/5 Lyon - Pezner (F)
6/5 Biella - Babylonia (IT)
7/5 Bologna - Estragon (IT)
8/5 Lubljana - Gala Dvorana (SLOV)
9/5 Vienna - Arena (AT)
10/5 Zurich - Dynamo (CH)
11/5 Dornbirn - Conrad Sohm (AT)
12/5 Wil - Remise (CH)
13/5 Solothurn - Creep club (CH)
15/5 Munich - Incognito (D)
16/5 Schweinfurt - Alterstadtbahhnhof (D)
17/5 Koln - LMH (D)
18/5 Osnabruck - Hydepark (D)
19/5 Hamburg - Logo (D)
20/5 Immenhausen - Aku (D)
21/5 Berlin - SO 36 (D)
22/5 Chemnitz - Talschock (D)
23/5 Essen - Zeche Carl (D)
24/5 Copenhagen - Vega (DK) w/Bad Religion (US)
Nikolaj Norlund & Rhonda Harris (DK) Sony
11/4 Roskilde - Gimle (DK)
12/4 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset (DK)
No Fun at All (S) Burning Heart
11/4 Melborne - Offshore (AU)
13/4 Perth - Grosvenor (AU)
14/4 Perth - Grosvenor (AU)
16/4 Syd - Uni (AU)
17/4 Syd - Manly Youth Centre (AU)
18/4 Newcastle - Dogbite Festival (AU)
18/4 Adelaine - Indyfest (AU)
21/4 Canberra - Mungrys (AU)
23/4 Newcastle - SJS Hathose (AU)
23/4 Coffs Harbour - Moby Moby (AU)
24/4 Gold Coast - Playroom (AU)
25/4 Crash & Burn (AU)
30/4 Osaka - Club Quattro (JP)
1/5 Tokyo - Club Quattro (JP)
2/5 Tokyo - Club Quattro (JP)
Popsicle (S) Wea
30/4 Orebro - Karhuset
15/5 Goteborg - Liseberg
Psyched Up Janis (DK) EMI/Medley
+ Clemens (DK) EMI/Medley
9/4 Sonderborg - Sonderborghus (DK)
11/4 Bornholm - Musikhuset (DK)
16/4 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset (DK)
17/4 Billund - Billund Idratscenter (DK)
The Pusjkins (S) L-style
11/4 Angelholm - Musikforum
15/4 Lund - Mejeriet
16/4 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK)
17/4 Odense - Rytmeposten (DK)
14/5 Goteborg - Playground
Silverbullit (S) Clearspot
+ Masters of Reality (US)
26/5 Munster - Gleis 22 (D)
27/5 Oberhausen - Zentrum Altenberg (D)
28/5 Amsterdam - Melkweg (NL)
29/5 Eindhoven - Dynamo Festival / Master Stage (NL)
30/5 Antwerp - Hof Ter Lo (B)
1/6 Frankfurt - Batschkapp (D)
2/6 Nurnberg - Hirsch (D)
3/6 Salzburg - Rockhaus (AT)
4/6 Vienna - Arena (AT)
5/6 Leuwarden - Froozenland Festival (NL)
6/6 Bern - Reitschule (CH)
7/6 Munich - Incognito (D)
9/6 Dresden - Starclub (D)
10/6 Berlin - Huxleys (D)
11/6 Hamburg - Fabrik (D)
12/6 Den Haag - Paard (NL)
13/6 Enger-Forum (D)
14/6 London - LA II (UK)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives (S) Warner
+ Kula Shaker (UK)
8/4 Wolverhamton - Civic Hall (UK)
9/4 London - The Forum (UK)
10/4 London - The Forum (UK)
Speed of Sound Enterprise (S) -
8/5 Lulea - Karhuset
12/6 Hultsfred - Festival
The Super Eight Group (S) Dolores
21/4 Lund - Palladium
The Wannadies (S) MNW/BMG
9/4 Skelleftea - Etage
Roffe Wikstrom (S) MNW
8/4 Goteborg - Nefertiti
9/4 Goteborg - Nefertiti
10/4 Stockholm - Fasching
11/4 Stockholm - Fasching
12/4 Stockholm - Fasching
17/4 Norrkoping - Palace
18/4 Hultsfred - Metropol
24/4 Karlstad - Jager
25/4 Jarfalla - Jazz & Bluesfestival
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NON-SCANDINAVIAN:
Alabama 3 (UK) Virgin
14/4 Lund - Palladium
15/4 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK)
Bad Religion (US) Sony
+ MXPX
22/5 Oslo - Rockefeller (N)
23/5 Goteborg - Karen
24/5 Copenhagen - Vega (DK) w/Millencolin (S)
Bluetones (UK) Polygram
22/5 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK)
23/5 Malmo - KB
24/5 Goteborg - Playground
25/5 Stockholm - Studion
Guy Chadwick (UK) Sony
24/4 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK)
25/4 Stockholm - Studion
26/4 Helsingborg - Tivoli
Come (US) MNW
23/4 Goteborg - Playground
24/4 Helsingborg - The Tivoli
G Love & Special Sauce (US) Sony
+ Pete Droge (US) Sony
24/4 Arhus - Huset (DK)
25/4 Copenhagen - Vega, lille sal (DK)
Heather Nova (US) V2
21/4 Copenhagen, Vega - lille sal (DK)
The Legendary Pink Dots (NL/US) Soleilmoon Rec.
+ Twilight Circus Dub Sound System
21/4 Goteborg - Pusterviksbaren
23/4 Oslo - So What (N)
24/4 Stockholm - Studion
Life Of Agony (US) Roadrunner
9/6 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset (DK)
10/6 Arhus - Huset (DK)
11/6 Oslo - Rockefeller (N)
12/6 Hultsfred - Festival
Massive Attack (UK) Virgin
18/5 Stockholm - Heaven
19/5 Oslo - Rockefeller (N)
20/5 Lund - Mejeriet
21/5 Copenhagen - KB-Hallen (DK)
Money Mark (US) Polygram
22/4 Copenhagen - Club Lust, Rust (DK)
NOFX (US) Epitaph
+ Dance Hall Crashers
10/6 Copenhagen - Pumpehuset (DK)
11/6 Hultsfred - Festival
12/6 Oslo - Rockefeller (N)
Senser (UK)
20/5 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK)
Sixteen Horsepower (US)
10/6 Malmo - KB
11/6 Hultsfred - Festival
Stuck Mojo (US) House of Kicks
+ Ultraspank
13/5 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK) w/Psycore (S)
14/5 Stockholm - Studion
15/5 Malmo - KB
Tura Satana (US) Nordic Metal
+ Pitchshifter
9/4 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK)
Whiskeytown (US) Universal
28/4 Stockholm - Studion
29/4 Oslo - John Dee (N)
30/4 Malmo - KB
2/4 Copenhagen - Loppen (DK)
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:58:42 +-200
From: Mikael Fant
Subject: 18th dye/wuhling
Really! I hadn't an idea! A year ago I bought a Wuhling ep ("speed")
from a "reaback" just because City Slang was the label, the ep was
brilliant, but I didn't know anything about the band 'til you told
me, thanks! You haven't an idea what the danish third member is doing
nowadays? Or what happened after wuhling?
Micke
following the break-up of 18th dye two of the members (heike
radeker and frank neumeier) went on and formed another three
piece called wuhling together with anne rolf (former member
of caspar brotzmann massaker). wuhling only managed to record
one album before splitting up shortly after its release. the
album was called "extra 6" and can still be found from touch
and go records. it's a pretty good album in the vein of 18th
dye, maybe a bit less sharp-edged and repetitive.
per
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 14:10:10 +0000
From: "johanna.hillgren"
Subject: Re: Silverbullit - Clearspot?
Well, Silverbullit is now listed to Clearspot, that's right. Clearspot
is a german label and their swedish location is at the same office as
Roligan in "gotet, the framstjart of sweden"... :-)
Erik, Daniel can tell you all about it when he's back from Stockholm
(which would, hopefully, be about six hours after Fidgets gig at Volym
tonight). Call us or try calling Niels at Roligan, 031-156565 for info.
/Johanna
Erik Soderstrom wrote:
> Just noticed that Silverbullit is no longer listed as being
> signed to Fine Tone Rec. but "Clearspot" instead? Anyone know
> anything about this? Their web pages at Fine Tone has been
> moved to another location as well - which really only has
> contact information for Germany (?) Anyone?
>
> //Erik
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Date: 07 Apr 1998 14:20:53 +0200
From: Robert Cumming
Subject: The Motorpsycho FAQ
No, no, I haven't written one, it's just I haven't quite been
concentrating and I need a short Executive Summary (I'm a busy man,
you know) about Motorpsycho. Who are they, where do they come from,
what do they sound like, why should I spend my hard-earned cash on
them?
Robert, Motorpsycho Emptiness, like
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 15:08:06 +0200
From: Christer Nilsson
Subject: stockholm pop festivities
hi!
tonight and every wednesday night at 9pm!
the sj:ogr:as cellar - timmermansgatan 24 - stockholm
i just wanted to inform everyone that the people behind the ipu parties
held last year still can be heard and seen every wednesday at the bar
sjoegraes here in stockholm.
so if you're in town, just drop by. tonight, andreas h. and kookenhaken
will be guest dj:s, so the chances of hearing scandinavian tunes is
pretty much equal to zero... but true classic p!o!p! gems are promised.
in the past we've had guests like nils (celeste), callis, kristina and
niklas (all from red sleeping beauty), jiri (cinnamon), magnus
(happydeadmen), j. jacobson (sound of suburbia), tommy (little town
crier), johanna (make it happen), micke (radio slowball).
and also, on the 18th of april, the benno people will have a party
celebrating the release of benno in paper! live bands are promised
(_shermans_ will most likely be one of them). get more info from the
benno people themselves at benno@benno.com.
see you!
-christer
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:20:35 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Martin Eksten
Subject: Re: The Motorpsycho FAQ
On 7 Apr 1998, Robert Cumming wrote:
> No, no, I haven't written one, it's just I haven't quite been
> concentrating and I need a short Executive Summary (I'm a busy man,
> you know) about Motorpsycho. Who are they, where do they come from,
> what do they sound like, why should I spend my hard-earned cash on
> them?
I can't tell much about them, except that the album, "Trust Us", is really
good. Thanks to Erik's raving concert review a while ago, I just went out
and bought it. I'd say they sound a bit like Live on "Throwing Copper" and
maybe a bit like Smashing Pumpkins too (?), but I'm not sure if other
people would agree with me as I'm not the best person around to describe
music! If you like hard guitar based rock with lovely melodies, then yes,
Motorpsycho is probably something for you.
But, WHY, WHY did they release the album the way they did? First of all,
the shitty cardboard sleeve. The sheer thought of releasing a double CD
album in a cardboard sleeve is absurd! Then we have those silly envelopes
that the CDs themselves are packed in... And why release it on *two* CDs?
There are only 14 tracks, of which at least eight are at least one minute
too long. They could easily have squeezed them in on one CD if they just
wanted to. But I suppose that's the charm about them; they really don't
want to become a commercially successful band, do they?
>
> Robert, Motorpsycho Emptiness, like
Does that mean I'm not the only Manics fan on the list? Supposing you did
refer to Motorcycle Emptiness, that is!
Martin
Martin Eksten (eksten@df.lth.se)
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Date: 07 Apr 1998 15:39:56 +0200
From: Robert Cumming
Subject: Motorpsychosis
In article ,
Martin Eksten wrote:
> On 7 Apr 1998, Robert Cumming wrote:
> > Robert, Motorpsycho Emptiness, like
> Does that mean I'm not the only Manics fan on the list? Supposing you did
> refer to Motorcycle Emptiness, that is!
Well, that one is my favourite Manics track, but mostly I just thought
it was a neat pun. In general, don't draw conclusions about my tastes
from my smartass signoffs...
Robert, ObScanIndie: DU! A"LSKAR! OSS! oh DU! A"LSKAR! OSS!
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:43:44 +0200 (MET DST)
From: magnus@lousy.pp.se (Magnus Johansson)
Subject: Re: Are there any good Danish bands...
A week or so ago Henrik Engstroem wrote:
>I'm bewildered. I live in Malmoe, a quick fortyfive minutes from
>Copenhagen. And still I can't seem to think of any other Danish bands that
>get close to Eggstone, Bob hund, Komeda, Freewheel, The Mopeds...
Hmm... so many answers and noone has mentioned Ludox?! I don't really
know what they're up to nowadays (anyone?) but their CD debut (on a
swedish label, Beat That! Records) released in -95 (I think...) was
pretty okay. Sort of like Eggstone with synthezisers.
/Magnus
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:55:55 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: Umea Open..
Hi,
I guess I should write some about Umea Open.
The definite highlight was Teenage Fanclub, they were surprisingly
good despite that their hair has gotten shorter and gray. They
played for one hour, including older songs like "Everything Flows"
and "Star Sign".
Bear Quartet played even more new songs than during the show one
week before in Lulea. Since Bjorn Olsson played 2nd guitar, Matti
could concentrate on singing, which made it all much better.
It was all good until the end of the show where Bjorn Olsson's
amp broke down. After that everything fell apart and when Peter
N. broke a string it was over.
Caesar's Palace were good during the first 4-5 songs or so, after
that the quality of the songs really declined. Has anyone heard
their very first 7"? It sucks so bad, especially compared to
the newer songs.
Komeda were good, a few songs kind of bored me, but most of them
were much better than expected. Not that I will rush out and buy
their albums anyway, but...
Dr. Kosmos' "rock opera" StjarnJerry (Star Jerry) was incredibly
good. Some songs reminded me of the Seeds' two-chord stomp, but
played with in an 80s synth pop style. The bigscreen behind
the band showed 60-70s sociopolitical propaganda films about
mobbing, hash smoking and what not.
Unfortunately I missed the beginning of it because I had to
stand in line for some stupid reason. I thought that having
your ticket bought in advance would mean not having to engage
in every swede's fave hobby.
The only other complaint I have is that two of the stages were
too close to each other, which ruined the Loosegoats + Ward J
show a bit, since some loud rock was playing at the other stage
at the same time. The countryish Loosegoats + Ward J show was
a bit boring though, luckily I found a sofa to sit down in.
Other than that, the techno dance floor all night baby yeah
had some hip DJs playing some quite interesting music,
especially for me who doesn't listen to techno that much.
Hab (Dot/NONS) played at one of the "normal" stages, and I
must say that it was a pretty nice first encounter with his
music.
And ... well, I was pretty excited to find a nice reissue
of Freak Scene's "Psychedelic Psoul" LP at Garageland Records.
Isn't it strange that there's decent record stores in Umea,
but none in Lulea, despite that Umea is only about 50% bigger?
I think I managed to set a new personal festival record in beer
drinking too, I had the enormous amount of one (1) Lapin Kulta
during the whole weekened. It must be that straight edge environment
that has a bad influence on me.
May the circle remain unbroken,
Petter
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 19:44:54 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Re: Silverbullit - Clearspot?
At 14:10 1998-04-07 +0000, you wrote:
> Well, Silverbullit is now listed to Clearspot, that's right. Clearspot
> is a german label and their swedish location is at the same office as
> Roligan in "gotet, the framstjart of sweden"... :-)
>
> Erik, Daniel can tell you all about it when he's back from Stockholm
> (which would, hopefully, be about six hours after Fidgets gig at Volym
> tonight). Call us or try calling Niels at Roligan, 031-156565 for info.
Are they only using the same offices, or is the German label Clearspot
handled by Roligan (which is a sub-label to Warner as far as I know)
in Sweden? Please ask Daniel to explain (I don't think I'll call you
in the middle of the night when they get back ;-))
//Erik
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 20:03:38 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Re: The Motorpsycho FAQ
> I can't tell much about them, except that the album, "Trust Us", is really
> good. Thanks to Erik's raving concert review a while ago, I just went out
> and bought it. I'd say they sound a bit like Live on "Throwing Copper" and
> maybe a bit like Smashing Pumpkins too (?), but I'm not sure if other
> people would agree with me as I'm not the best person around to describe
> music! If you like hard guitar based rock with lovely melodies, then yes,
> Motorpsycho is probably something for you.
I'm wasn't sure about the Pumpkins reference at first, but now that I
come to think of it - yes, some of the whining guitars on the album
can be said to have a likeness to Smashing Pumpkins but overall I'd
say they are close to a drone version of a Monster Magnet/Mother Love
Bone/Temple of The Dog combo. Now how does that sound? Well, like
Motorpsycho probably. ;-)
//Erik
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