Danish indie act I Am Bones recently recorded a few new songs which might end up on a 7" in the not so distant future. See video footage from the studio: http://www.iambones.dk/video/2.3gp

I Am Bones
The greater good
Morningside Records

My only true criticism of this album is that it should have followed the delightfully dirty, (dare I say it?) grungy direction that opener "Home is the one corner of hell that didn't catch fire" suggested. There is absolutely no underestimating the depth of my nostalgic descent that occurred as "The greater good" bled alive. I missed that Nirvana shirt that I left carelessly behind at a friend's house in Sweden like I have only ever missed lost loves before... but anyways, sorry about all that. Don't get too caught up in those first few lines, for what follows on I Am Bones' album is quite fantastic, and, to be honest, probably much better than a redefinition of that 'Seattle Sound'. "Leave the city" is yet more evidence that Denmark is home to some of the best indie songsmiths in the world, ones that seamlessly tie the dark to the light, the softly serene to the guttural and distorted, and producing fantastic pieces through this synthesis. Oh, and if you do have a soft spot for Mudhoney, there's more grunginess on "The masterplan", continuing a little into the following track "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing", a song that feels as though it could have been on "Incesticide" or Dinosaur Jr.'s "Bug". The standout, in my opinion, is "Baby, together we can live with ourselves": the most complete amalgamation of the varied influences - grunge, retro-rock, and indie - and individual voice of I Am Bones. "The greater good" functions as a remembrance, a forwarding of these memories, and a strange marker by which to see the progression of the music of my lifetime. While I hope these words inspire you to investigate these Danes and their craft, they do pale service to the music itself. Find a song, any song, and you'll be sold.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson

Download a free album from Danish indie act Melvis and the Papercuts, a band that features members from I Am Bones, Beta Satan and others: http://www.iambones.dk/mp3/melvis_and_the_paper_cuts.zip

I Am Bones and Marvin's Revolt (plus local act Wet Dog) will play the Danish-centric London clubnight The Pastry Club on April 15. The venue is 93 Feet East and you can find out more here: http://www.myspace.com/thepastryclub

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Frivolvol - Out come the knives
02. TALK 1
03. Lapko - Dead disco
04. Gentle Touch - Once you used to
05. Pellarin - Whistle like you're 56
06. TALK 2
07. Björn Kleinhenz - Light of love
08. Pascal - Smärtsillande
09. Ljudbilden & Piloten - Weddings
10. TALK 3
11. Margaret Berger - Samantha
12. Doughnuts - Become one
13. Kusowsky - Jonny
14. NEI - The devil
15. TALK 4
16. Happiness - Loot at that rabbit go!
17. Firefox AK - Pushing
18. Fattaru - Hörde jag skål
19. TALK 5
20. Britta Persson - Cliffhanger
21. Grizzly Twister - Black box
22. The Social Services - Baltic Sea
23. TALK 6
24. Montys Loco - Criminal
25. Fontän - Alla kan se dig
26. Animal Alpha - Pin you all
27. TALK 7
28. Astrid Swan - Spartan picnic
29. Barra Head - Undermine
30. Fun - 2:22men
31. TALK 8
32. Ted Gärdestad - Oh, vilken härlig dag
33. Christian Kjellvander - Poppies and peonies
34. Echo Is Your Love - Lion tamer vs tigers
35. TALK 9
36. I Am Bones - Home is the one corner of hell that didn't catch fire
37. Miss Li - I'm sorry, he's mine
38. The Deer Tracks - YesThisIsMyBrokenShield
39. TALK 10
40. Entombed - Damn deal done

MP3: I Am Bones - Home is the one corner of hell that didn't catch fire

Has enough time passed to make it okay to embrace grunge again? Personally, I never got entirely sick of Nirvana and actually find Pearl Jam's later-era material to be quite good (thanks to my freshman college roommate for insisting), but all the also-rans? Dead and buried in my mind, for the most part. So what to make of a band like I Am Bones? Is this the grunge revival? Is everyone okay with that? I guess it has been 17 years since "Smells like teen spirit" hit which means that kids these days have no idea how fresh it sounded at the time. I can still clearly remember the first time I heard it as a matter of fact. I Am Bones aren't nearly as fresh (obviously), but good songs are still good songs and I do like this one a lot. So what the heck, if it's time for a grunge comeback I guess I'm okay with it.

I Am Bones - Home is the one corner of hell that didn't catch fire

I Am Bones' video for "Let's leave the city" is now on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRcOP4c57nc

Here's the playlist for this weekend's radio show:

01. C.Aarmé - Blodet
02. TALK 1
03. Kaka - The hotspurs (the less we know the faster we go)
04. Bitch Boys - Automobile
05. Benea Reach - Rejuvenate
06. TALK 2
07. The Second Band - The urgency of now
08. Breach - Murder
09. Montys Loco - Criminal
10. TALK 3
11. Det Gamla Landet - Krutrök
12. Trapdoor Fucking Exit - Cardiac arrest
13. I Am Bones - Home is the one corner of hell that didn't catch fire
14. TALK 4
15. Madrugada - Look away Lucifer
16. Timo Räisänen - Sixteen
17. When - The king
18. TALK 5
19. Beyond Dawn - Increasing the gravity
20. Ljudbilden & Piloten - Plokk
21. As In RebekkaMaria - She lion (Pato Sick Hangover remix)
22. TALK 6
23. Robert Svensson - 1987 (ft. Adam Olenius)
24. Paper - To her
25. Animal Alpha - Even when I'm wrong, I'm right
26. TALK 7
27. Niccokick - The poet
28. Asha Ali - Coward heart
29. Viola - I don't know how to party
30. TALK 8
31. Voices Break the Silence - No matter if it's now
32. Marybell Katastrophy - Red red lips
33. Anna Ternheim - Shoreline
34. TALK 9
35. Ulf Ljusberg - Here, me
36. Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-garde - Democracy
37. Once We Were - Carnival
38. Birds On Holiday - I had a plan
39. TALK 10
40. Björn Kleinhenz - Tredje Långgatan 26

You can now stream I Am Bones' entire new album "The greater good" at this e-card: http://www.morningsiderecords.dk/iambones/ecard

Morningside Records has posted a huge slew of new tourdates for Figurines, Oh No Ono, I Am Bones plus a bunch of other news: http://morningsiderecords.dk/?p=116

Download the Morten Riis (Beta Satan) remix of "Let's leave the city" by I Am Bones: http://www.iambones.dk/mp3/LetsLeaveTheCityMortenRiisRemix.mp3

Go here to download the new SuperTroels remix of "Zeitgeist" by I Am Bones: http://supertroels.dk/wp/?p=272

Download the I Am Bones online promo pack with mp3s and videos and other goodies: http://www.iambones.dk/mp3/the_online_thing.zip

You can now stream the entire new I Am Bones album "The greater good" at this new e-card: http://www.morningsiderecords.dk/iambones/ecard/dk/

I Am Bones has swapped in yet another new track on myspace, this time it's "Baby, together we can live with ourselves": http://www.myspace.com/iambonesband