Artist: Scraps of Tape
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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.
Scraps of Tape's new album "Grand letdown" will be out in March via Tenderversion. I'm not sure if the tracklist has been 100% confirmed yet or not, but I've been told that the band has recorded covers of both "Filler" by Minor Threat (awesome) and "Eric" by Carpet People (more awesome). And the five songs I've had the pleasure of hearing so far: very, very awesome. Be patient!
The new Scraps of Tape album (title tba) is set for release next March and the band plans to tour Europe throughout April and May. Dates and details to come.
IAT.MP3 artist Tsukimono, the solo project of Johan Gustavsson (Scraps of Tape, V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble, Gutted String), will be releasing the new album "Great blood" on November 29 via Hwem. There will be release party in Stockholm (details tba), but in the meantime you can hear three tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tsukimonoswe
Fredrik, the Swedish electronic/experimental pop act featuring members from The LK and Scraps of Tape, will be touring the US in November:
11/05 - DC9, Washington DC
11/06 - Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
11/07 - Cake Shop, New York, NY
11/08 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
11/09 - Brillobox, Pittsburgh, PA
11/12 - TT the Bear's, Boston, MA
11/13 - Space 538, Portland, ME
11/15 - Piano's, New York, NY
The band's excellent album "Na na ni" finally gets a US release on CD + vinyl on October 28 via The Kora Records.
Scraps of Tape have posted a couple of fun liveclips from their record release party for "This is a copy is this a copy": http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=28158922&blogID=433500370
Old footage, but new to the interweb.
Scraps of Tape will start mixing their new album at Gröndal tomorrow.
Can't believe I forgot to mention this earlier: Scraps of Tape are keeping a blog going as they record their new album: http://blog.myspace.com/scrapsoftape
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:
01. Midnight Choir - Will you carry me across the water?
02. TALK 1
03. Anna Maria Espinosa - Everyday
04. I Are Droid - Sevenfold
05. Paavoharju - Kevätrumpu
06. TALK 2
07. I'm From Barcelona - Music killed me
08. Marit Bergman - All that I ask of the morning
09. Ef - Thrills
10. TALK 3
11. Hello Saferide - Anna
12. Freddie Wadling - Running madly backwards
13. Tobias Hellkvist - Vintervarm
14. TALK 4
15. Scraps of Tape - Vibrancy
16. Oskar Schönning - Stoner
17. Elias and the Wizzkids - 24
18. TALK 5
19. Robert Svensson - Young enough (ft. Markus Krunegård)
Reminder: My show on Sirius Left of Center (channel 26) airs Sundays at 11pm ET with repeats on Monday at the same time.
Scraps of Tape are at Mission Hall Studio with engineer/producer Mathias Oldén (Logh) for the next two weeks working on their next album.
New Audrey tourdates:
07/20 - PMK, Innsbruck (AUS)
07/21 - La Fortezza Delle Donne - Festival, Mirandola (ITA)
07/22 - Villa Merkel, Esslingen (GER)
07/24 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
07/25 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
07/26 - L*Abore Festival, Hauptmannsgrün (GER) w/Scraps of Tape
Expect the band to be back on the road this fall too.
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Fredrik wants us to believe many things: First, that he's actually a six-piece band. Second, that he unifies such far-reaching influences as Fairport Convention, Steve Reich and Barbara Morgenstern. And finally, that he likes to tell dark fairy tales that make you feel as though you're a ten-year-old lost in a threatening forest. Personally, I tend to go with him on the six-piece band thing (which includes members of Scraps of Tape, Vit Päls and The LK), and I can definitely make out large influences of experimental folk as well as of more recent folktronica -- think guitar and dulcimer plus the occasional analogue static, loops and geegaw percussion. All the while, the darkness of the lyrics is actually nicely contrasted with the extroverted, complex playfulness of the music: It's amazing to hear Fredrik combine all of his influences into such a coherent record where electronica gives way to straight singer-songwriterism that's instantly merged with post-psychedelia. Still, this album is clearly not about browbeating the listener with excessive namedropping or clever genre-bending, but about captivating melodies and even straight-out pop. Maybe that forest just isn't so threatening after all and it'd be worthwile to linger a little longer.
- Arnulf Köhncke
The Göteborg spotlight series continues! This week's guest: Mattias Carlsson, ex-drummer for The Smackdown and current member of Dead Vows, The VIII Arms Around You and Anchor.
How long have you lived in Gbg? What brought you there and what keeps you around?
I've been living in or close to Gothenburg all my life. It's a beautiful city. Small enough to make me feel like a human and big enough to not bore me out.
What's the current punk/hardcore scene like in Gbg? Is there much interaction with other indie music scenes or is it more insular? Is DIY culture alive and well? What about sXe, veg*nism and other related issues?
Yes, I definitely think Gbg is a city where people live their projects and make things happen. It's very inspiring. Unfortunately there's a lot of division though. The edge-kids support their thing, the indie-kids know where to go and the crusties go to their shows. It's a bit depressing when all of these kids are doing cool stuff, but don't get the attention or credit they deserve for their efforts. But that's what it's like everywhere, more or less.
There's there's a good amount of vegan and straight edge-kids around at the moment which makes me very happy and generally a lot people engaging in important stuff. Gbg is traditionally a working class city and politics have always had an important role in alternative music.
How does the legacy of Gbg's musical history affect you, if at all? Do you ever stop to consider the kids coming up in the scene now who may take your place in the future?
I don't really know. Even though Gothenburg has got a massive history of alternative music the only band I feel like I have some sort of relation to at the moment is At the Gates or Skitsystem. My sister and brother played a lot of Gbg punk-bands to me when I was a kid and all of them have meant very much to me, but I could probably not name many of them at the moment.
Since I hear you do a lot of booking, who are the bands to watch these days?
In my eyes there's quite a few new bands around that are awesome. Maybe not specifically from Gbg but in Sweden in general.The Cutting Edge are incredible, Scraps of Tape have always been unique and amazing. Repoman are awesome and Another Year too. Loads of things to be discovered!
Got a track you'd like to share? Either from one of your own bands or one you admire?
My projects can be found at myspace.com/deadvows, myspace.com/theviiiarmsaroundyou and myspace.com/xanchorx. Dead Vows are recording a full-length at this very moment. Should be out around August in time for our European tour! A band I admire, that'd have to be Scraps of Tape. Check myspace.com/scrapsoftape out. Amazing band!
However, seeing as how Mattias didn't bother actually sending a track, I'm forced to go with something from one of his bands whether he likes it or not. Here's "Guilt ridden" from The VII Arms Around You.
The Eight Arms Around You - Guilt ridden
Scraps of Tape head out on tour tomorrow and have launched a new website to coincide: http://www.scrapsoftape.com/
Go there for dates and details along with a full-stream of their most recent album "This is a copy is this a copy".
Updated European tourdates for Scraps of Tape:
05/13 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
05/14 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)
05/15 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
05/16 - Groene Engel, Oss (NL)
05/17 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
05/18 - Het Kasteel, AJ Alphen a/d Rijn (NL)
05/19 - Help needed!
05/20 - Café Panam, Leipzig (GER)
05/21 - Cairo, Würzburg (GER)
05/22 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
05/23 - Talschock, Chemnitz (GER)
05/24 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
In other news, expect the band to go into the studio with Mathias Oldén later this summer.
Fredrik