Spain's multidisciplinary Scandinavian arts festival Días Nórdicos is back for a 2nd year this coming September and October. As before, featured events will include talks, art exhibitions, film and of course, music -- artists confirmed so far include Zebra & Snake, Andi Almqvist, Anna Brønsted (Our Broken Garden), The Megaphonic Thrift, Junip and more. Full details: http://www.diasnordicos.com/
theartsdesk reports on this year's SPOT Festival: http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3797:the-arts-desk-in-aarhus-spot-festival&Itemid=29
Highlights for the UK-based author include Our Broken Garden, Oh Land, 4 Guys From the Future, Helsinki Poetry and one artist I particularly like, Hymns From Nineveh.
Danish label is doing the Advent calendar thing with video sessions of various artists and first up is Our Broken Garden: http://tigerspring.net/?p=318
Gaffa has a brand new video from Our Broken Garden: http://gaffa.dk/tv/clip/515
The Line of Best Fit is not impressed by Danish artist Our Broken Garden and her album "Golden sea": http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2010/10/our-broken-garden-–-golden-sea/
Danish artist Our Broken Garden will release her sophomore album "Golden sea" on October 18 via in the UK and at home. Hear the first single "Garden grow" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ourbrokengarden
Danish artist Lise Westzynthius, together with friends/countrymates Søren Bigum (Our Broken Garden) and Moogie Johnson (Munck//Jonnson), have recorded a cover of the Sebastian song "Jennys himmelfærd" for inclusion on an upcoming tribute comp entitled "En hyldest til Sebastian" which is due out October 26. Listen here: http://www.myspace.com/westzynthius
Rumraket, the label run by the people in Efterklang, have announced the signing of Our Broken Garden, the solo project of Efterklang live member Anna Bronsted. Her debut EP will be out in April with an international release via another band-run label, Bella Union (Cocteau Twins). A full-length will follow in fall. Samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ourbrokengarden
New Efterklang tourdates:
03/26 - The Talking Heads, Southampton (UK) w/Our Broken Garden
03/27 - Hare & Hounds, Birmingham (UK) w/Our Broken Garden
03/28 - Corporation, Sheffield (UK) w/Our Broken Garden
03/29 - The Button Factory, Dublin (UK) w/Our Broken Garden
03/30 - Cyprus Avenue, Cork (UK) w/Our Broken Garden
03/31 - The Point, Cardiff (UK) w/Our Broken Garden
04/01 - The Ruby Lounge, Manchester (UK) w/Our Broken Garden
04/02 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (UK) w/Our Broken Garden, Wildbirds & Peacedrums
04/03 - Pressure Point, Brighton (UK) w/Our Broken Garden
04/05 - Grand Mix, Lille (FRA)
04/07 - Point Ephemere, Paris (FRA)
04/08 - tba
04/09 - tba
04/10 - tba
04/11 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
04/12 - Motel Mozaique Festival, Rotterdam (NL)
04/13 - Ekko, Utrecht (NL)
Look for a new 7" single featuring the track "Caravan" to be released soon. Director Anders Morgenthaler is working on a video as well.
The initial lineup for the second annual Nordklang Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland has been announced for February 15-17 and will include Speaker Bite Me, Harald Haugaard & Morten Alfred Høirup, Efterklang and Our Broken Garden (Denmark), Amiina and Pétur Ben (Iceland), Rasmus Lyberth (Greenland), Dánjal and The Ghost (Faroe Islands), Frigg (Finland), Jackman (Norway) and Taxi Taxi (Sweden). The festival won't just promote Scandinavian music either, side-events include a focus on Nordic cinema as well as focus on Nordic books at historical monastery library Stiftsbibliothek. For more info, go here: http://www.nordklang.ch/
