Artist: Je Suis Animal
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A group of Oslo-based artist expats (2 Australians, 1 Canadian) have put together something called the "Starving Artist Kokebok", or "cookbook" for the Norwegian-impaired, a book and CD package featuring artwork, stories and of course recipes from 37 fellow Oslo-based bands, artists and journalists. Also included is a 19-track CD:
01. Simon Says No! - Sleeping Heart
02. Death is Not Glamorous - Clear Lines
03. Lionheart Brothers - Bring it Down (Kokebok Edit)
04. Maribel - Soothe
05. Pica Pica - The Man with the Magic Hands
06. CCTV - We Belong (Radio Edit)
07. Einar Stray - Arrows
08. Pilemil - Ghost
09. Hiawata! - Valley Boys
10. Happy Dagger - 2012
11. Manhattan Skyline - The Below
12. Spirits of the Dead - White Lady Black Rave
13. Årabrot - The Minute
14. The Bee's Niece - Stolen Bike
15. Norma Sass - Japan
16. The Loch Ness Mouse feat. Stella Mwangi - New Graffiti (Single Edit)
17. Center of the Universe - Sing it Again
18. Rosix Noir - Binden Sie Meine Hnde (Remix)
19. The White Tiger Prepade - Powerful fast forward knowledge pushing scared inprinted gem stones levitating by seemingly apathic sound movement reactions
Other contributors include Benea Reach, Haust, Je Suis Animal, Lydia Laska, My Little Pony, Silver and lots more. There will be a release party on November 18 at Rubber Soul featuring an exhibition of the original artworks followed by a show at Revolver later in the evening. More info: http://starvingartistkokebok.blogspot.com/
Norwegian indiepop act Je Suis Animal are touring Germany in December:
12/09 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig
12/10 - Gebäude Neun, Lüneburg
12/11 - Hafen2, Offenbach
12/12 - Astra Stube, Hamburg
12/13 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Samuraj Cities - 2 close 2 yr hrt
02. TALK 1
03. Pirate Love - Laughing gas
04. Fare You Well - Overload
05. Kap Kap - Steel wheels
06. TALK 2
07. Elmo - Two becomes one
08. Johndoe - Hardt som faen
09. The Black - On the descent to hell
10. The Amazing - Dragon
11. TALK 3
12. The Bear Quartet - I was a weapon
13. Aerial - All refrain
14. Mögel - Håll mig hårt
15. TALK 4
16. Je Suis Animal - Painted in my face
17. Katatonia - Deadhouse
18. Pixie Carnation - Little sister
19. Björn Kleinhenz - Show me love
20. TALK 5
21. New Decade - I guess you ran from something
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
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This is what well-executed tweepop should sound like: sweet and delicate with a soft, fuzzy coating. I've generally considered Norway's Je Suis Animal to be one of the finer current bands in this style currently going and this recent 7" of theirs does not disappoint. The a-side "Painted in my face" is an upbeat number full of clever melodic twists that give it a bittersweet edge. It's also as good, if not better than anything from their debut full-length "Self-taught magic from a book", promising proof that the band is moving forward onto bigger and better things. On the flip we're treated to "Photograph", a slightly slower, more extended track that trades guitar leads for the kind of vocal harmonies the also-rans are too scared to even try. While the first couple of Cloudberry vinyl releases more or less left me cold, this one is assured of repeated listens. Nicely done!
- Avi Roig
Norwegian indiepop act Je Suis Animal has two new 7" singles out this month, first "The mystery of Marie Roget" b/w "Secret place" on UK label Angular Records and also a split with Glaswegian at Wake the President featuring the song "Fortune map". That one's a corelease between Lucky Number Nine and Electric Honey Records.
Cats On Fire will be doing a bunch of shows in London at the end of the month:
04/23 - Brixton Windmill (Fortuna Pop club night w/Je Suis Animal)
04/24 - Wilmington Arms (Goonite club night)
04/25 - The Camden Crawl (afternoon acoustic Show at the Bloody Awful Poetry event at the Lock Tavern)
04/25 - The Luminaire (How Does it Feel to be Loved? club night w/Butcher Boy)
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Marit Bergman - This is the year
02. TALK 1
03. Peter Bjorn and John - Hey (shut the fuck up boy)
04. Convoj - Knives and riptides
05. Lesli - Half a wing
06. TALK 2
07. Je Suis Animal - The mystery of Marie Roget
08. Tiger Lou - Crushed by a crowd (Mikael Jonasson remix)
09. I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper - Cthulhu story
10. TALK 3
11. Fronda - Mitt allt
12. Thus:Owls - Climbing the fjelds of Norway
13. Champagne Riot - Scandinavian warfare
14. The Garlands - Why did I trust you?
15. TALK 4
16. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - This room seems empty without you
17. They Live - The driller
18. Lowood - Crash
19. TALK 5
20. Scraps of Tape - Grand letdown
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Excellent Norwegian indiepop act Je Suis Animal has reportedly signed with Angular Recordings in the UK and will be releasing the album "Self-taught magic from a book" over there on December 1.
Eardrums has revealed the lineup for their upcoming free fall mp3 compilation: http://eardrumsmusic.com/2008/09/17/artists-and-tracks-on-the-new-eardrums-compilation-autumn-2008/
Looks like they've got a lot of good stuff including Jesper Norda, Park Hotell, Je Suis Animal, Pelle Carlberg, Vapnet, The Tiny and lots, lots more.
The a-side for the forthcoming Je Suis Animal "Painted my face" 7" on Cloudberry Records is now streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/jesuisanimal
Sounds quite nice I must say.
Cloudberry Records will be putting out a 2-song 7" from Norwegian act Je Suis Animal in the near future. I'm not a huge fan of a lot of the stuff Cloudberry puts out, but this is definitely a release to get excited about.
Norwegian indie act Je Suis Animal is coming to the UK at the end of the month:
07/27 - Indietracks Festival, Derbyshire
07/30 - The Gramophone, London
07/31 - Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow
08/01 - Henrys Cellar, Edinburgh
08/02 - Labour Club, Northampton
08/05 - Madame Jo Jo's, London
Spoon Train Audio is releasing a new compilation entitled "Oslo!" featuring 15 various Oslo-based indie/pop acts showcasing their local scene. Here's the tracklist:
01. The Little Hands of Asphalt - Oslo
02. Nomber 5s - You Know
03. Truls and the Trees - Upside Journey
04. Ingeborg Selnes - The Blow
05. Je Suis Animal - Labyrinth Game
06. Campfire Kansas - Everything After
07. Harmonica - Princess
08. Lukestar - Peregrin
09. Jim Protector - Finally! A Flicker of Hope!
10. Yoyoyo Acapulco - Kamasutra Tsunami
11. Lofiman - The Music's There To..
12. My Little Pony - MacGyver Blues
13. Cold Mailman - The Great Escape
14. Monzano - Poster Boy
15. Hiawata! - Dylan McKay
Preview a few tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/poposlo
Lots of new performances at the Handheld Shows archive, including stuff from the bands Je Suis Animal, Wildbird & Peacedrums and more: http://handheldshows.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc
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