Artist: The Je Ne Sais Quoi
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This week's MTV UpNorth video chart:
01. The Rasmus - No Fear
02. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
03. HIM - Wings Of A Butterfly
04. Apulanta - Pahempi Toistaan
05. TwoPointEight - Red Eye
06. Östermalm - Le Åt Allt
07. Darin - Why Does It Rain
08. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
09. Division Of Laura Lee - Dirty Love
10. Firefox - What's That Sound
11. Peshi - Hush Hush
12. Röyksopp - Only This Moment
13. Laleh - Live Tomorrow
14. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
15. Marion Raven - Break You
16. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Station To Station
17. Svenska Akademin - Du Vill Så Du Kan
18. Alcazar - Start The Firt
19. JR Ewing - Fucking & Champagne
20. Oscar Sharp / Melo - Runaway
Challengers:
01. Kaizers Orchestra - Maestro Kaizerecords
02. Håkan Hellström - Gårdakvarnar och Skit
03. Thomas Dybdahl - If We Want It, It's Right
04. Kent - Den Döda Vinkeln
05. Musikk & John Rock - Love Changes
Go here to vote for your favorite: http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=4753
European tourdates for Swedish dancepunks The Je Ne Sais Quoi:
08/23 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/Das Oath, The Panthers
08/24 - MuK, Giessen (GER) w/Das Oath, The Panthers
08/25 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
08/26 - Hall of Fame, Tilburg (NL) w/Das Oath, The Panthers
08/27 - Ieper Fest, Ieper (BEL)
08/28 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (GER) w/Lack
This week's MTV UpNorth video chart:
01. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
02. Apulanta - Pahempi Toistaan
03. TwoPointEight - Red Eye
04. Darin - Why Does It Rain
05. Östermalm - Le Åt Allt
06. Division Of Laura Lee - Dirty Love
07. Peshi - Hush Hush
08. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
09. Laleh - Live Tomorrow
10. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
11. Firefox - What's That Sound
12. Röyksopp - Only This Moment
13. Svenska Akademin - Du Vill Så Du Kan
14. Alcazar - Start The Firt
15. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
16. Marion Raven - Break You
17. JR Ewing - Fucking & Champagne
18. Madrugada - Stories From The Streets
19. Oscar Sharp / Melo - Runaway
20. David Sandström - Here Is For Summer
Challengers:
01. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Station To Station
02. Prominent - Lucky Day
03. Isolation Years - Yellow Cross On Blue
04. The Rasmus - No Fear
05. Him - Wings Of A Butterfly
Go here to vote for your favorite: http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=4753
On Saturday, August 6 the "Modul Modal" radio program on Radio Orange in Wien, Austria will be broadcasting a special one-hour program on Swedish music entitled "De Svenskarna kommer!". The program will be in German, but the playlist lineup includes a great assortment of up-and-coming indie artists such as All of My Brother's Girlfriends, Firefox AK, The Je Ne Sais Quoi, Ninja Massacre, Tokyo Eye and Torpedo. The program airs live at 3pm local time and can be streamed here, but I do believe that host Janis Meißner will try to post a recording somewhere after the fact. More info on the program here: http://orange.or.at/programs/modul_modal/
Check out the video for "Station to station" from Swedish post-punks The Je Ne Sais Quoi: http://www.cilla.com/tjnsq/movie2.htm
Recommended.
Swedish post-punks The Je Ne Sais Quoi played an extra-special show at Debaser in Stockholm on June 18 with all sorts of special guests appearing on every song, including scene luminaries such as Ed Greene, Andreas Söderström, Knife and Ape, John (Bad Monkey), ASSID, Kate Riff (Soviac) and their sixth member Gabriel. Why am I telling you about this? Well, because they recorded the entire show on video and are offering it as a free download via bittorrent. You can find the link on the band's website: http://www.cilla.com/tjnsq
To be honest, I've only read of the bands the members of Torpedo were in: Tiger Lou, Starmarket and The Je Ne Sais Quoi. I wasn't really sure of what to expect when listening to this EP. After listening to "Anticlockwise", I was really impressed. It takes the energy of guitarist Pontus Levahn's band Starmarket and the gentleness of his other band Tiger Lou (with Torpedo bandmate and bass player Erik Welén). Combined with TJNSQ drummer Jimmy Ottoson and rounded out by lead vocalist and guitarist Andreas Hogby, the band creates atmospheric indie rock. Can't really beat a band with a song about getting rid of a rival lover ("Plastic bag and a shovel"). Good stuff.
- Navy Keophan
New mp3 today from Göteborg post-punk trio Cut City. The song comes from the group's upcoming 7" on the US label GSL, but is already an indie dancefloor hit in Sweden because it's just so undeniably good. That's the computer age for ya. The most immediate point of reference for you youngsters will be Interpol, but Cut City's sound comes more directly from the classic post-punk sounds of Gang of Four, Wire and Factory Records. It's gritty, dark and anxious - the way it should be, unlike all the polished, boring stuff you're likely to hear on the radio these days such as The Killers or The Bravery. There's actually a few other Swedish bands like The Je Ne Sais Quoi and 1999 who do justice to the genre and maybe we'll revisit them at another time. Tonight: I'm going to see SF's leading post-post revivalists Giant Haystacks who are playing at Gilman alongside Denmark's Gorilla Angreb (ex-Amdi Petersens Arme). Should be a good time I hope.
Germany's fRKmagazine interviews The Je Ne Sais Quoi: http://www.frkmagazine.de/music_intv_tjnsq.html
Indieworkshop reviews The Je Ne Sais Quoi: http://indieworkshop.com/reviews/1435
If any of the guys in the band sees this, Jake says he wants a t-shirt.
Download the video for "2004" from The Je Ne Sais Quoi: http://www.cilla.com/tjnsq/video/tjnsq_-_2004.wmv
The clip was made using various footage the band filmed during their December European tour.
Look for The Je Ne Sais Quoi to do a short US tour sometime around May.