Day two is when the real party begins! My required listening checklist: The Tiny, Tiger Lou, Caesars and The Ark. I'll try to pop my head in to see a few of the other acts, but my time and energy are limited. It's hard to keep up drinking with the Swedes, y'know. Assuming I'm not too hung over, I'll check back in tomorrow. Cheers!
Artist: Tiger Lou
Country: Sweden
Genre: Indie/Pop/Rock
http://www.tigerlou.net/
http://www.myspace.com/tigerlou
Reviews: A partial print / Crushed by a crowd (mp3) / Live @ R Bar, NYC, 03/04/08 / Sam, as in Samantha (mp3) / Until I'm there (mp3) / Nixon (mp3) / Nixon CDS / The loyal / The loyal (mp3) / Is my head still on?
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http://www.tigerlou.net/
http://www.myspace.com/tigerlou
Reviews: A partial print / Crushed by a crowd (mp3) / Live @ R Bar, NYC, 03/04/08 / Sam, as in Samantha (mp3) / Until I'm there (mp3) / Nixon (mp3) / Nixon CDS / The loyal / The loyal (mp3) / Is my head still on?
Tiger Lou reports that he'll be heading over to Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, CT around mid-June to mix his new album with engineer/producer Peter Katis. Peter's previous work includes with his own band The Philistines Jr. as well as big names like Interpol, Get Up Kids, Mercury Rev, Clem Snide and tons more.
Check out the website for Las Puertas, the sideproject of husband/wife duo Andrea (Firefox) and Rasmus Kellerman (Tiger Lou): http://www.combatdisc.com/laspuertas/
Their debut full-length is out now via Combat Rock and a split 12" with Torpedo is due out later this summer via Germany's Riptide Recordings.
Check out a video interview with Mr. Tiger Lou himself, the always charming Rasmus Kellerman: http://www.faceculture.nl/tiger/index.htm
Tiger Lou has decided to slow down, take a breather for a bit and write a couple new songs so his new record "Loyalist" won't be ready for release until the fall.
Tiger Lou has a new website for the new year: http://www.tigerlou.com/
His new album "The loyalist" is about halfway done.
Denmark's Lampshade is touring Germany in February:
02/16 - Knust, Hamburg
02/17 - Hafen 2, Offenbach w/Tiger Lou
02/18 - FZW, Dortmund
02/19 - Museumskeller, Erfurt
02/20 - Pfefferberg, Haus, Berlin
Firefox will be releasing a 7" on Labrador Records on February 1. After that she'll be heading out on the road for a bit with her husband Tiger Lou as well as a couple dates with Chris Leo. Details:
02/14 - tba, Aachen w/Tiger Lou, Torpedo
02/16 - tba, Vienna w/Tiger Lou, Torpedo
02/17 - tba, Magdeburg w/Chris Leo, Audrey
02/18 - tba, Tangermünde
02/19 - Frühauf, Leipzig w/Chris Leo
02/20 - Garage Pankow, Berlin w/Rob and the Pinholestars
02/21 - tba, Braunschweig w/Tiger Lou, Torpedo
The nominees for the 2004 Manifest Awards have been announced. Here are a few of the categories:
Pop/rock:
David Sandström - "The Dominant Need of the Needy Soul Is to be Needed"
Jens Lekman - "When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog"
Stina Nordenstam - "The World Is Saved"
Silverbullit - "Arclight"
Hardrock/punk:
C.Aarmé - "C.Aarmé"
Dismember - "When Iron Crosses Grow"
Haunted - "rEVOLVEr"
Koma - "Tsunami"
Totalt Jävla Mörker - "Människans ringa värde"
Hip-hop/R&B/soul:
Helt Off - "Helt Off"
Ison & Fille - "Ison & Fille"
Promoe - "Long Distance Runner"
Snook - "Vi vet inte vart vi ska men vi ska komma dit"
Rico Wondahman - "Takin' Over"
Post-rock/electronica:
Backlash - "Heliotrop"
Andreas Tilliander - "World Industries"
Sophie Rimheden - "Miss"
Hans Appelqvist - "Bremort"
IC1 - "The Birth of Industrial Cool"
Dance/house/techno:
Quant - "Getting Out"
Andreas Tilliander - "World Industries"
Sophie Rimheden - "Miss"
Hird - "Moving On"
Ernesto's - "Album"
Solo/singer/songwriter:
Stina Nordenstam - "The World Is Saved"
Florence Valentin - "Johnny Drama"
Billie the Vision & The Dancers - "I Was So Unpopular in School"
Tobias Fröberg - "For Elisabeth Wherever She Is"
Nina Ramsby & Martin Hederos - "Visorna"
Best live:
Existensminimum
Mattias Alkberg
Silverbullit
Svenska Akademien
Jens Lekman
Best newcomer:
Tiger Lou - "Is My Head Still On?"
Nanook of the North - "The Täby Tapes"
Fatboy - "Steelhearted"
Jens Lekman - "When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog"
Cirera - "Honestly, I Love You *Cough*"
The Manifest Awards are considered an alternative to the Swedish Grammy in the same way that the Alarm Prize is regarded in Norway. Winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held February 1 at Nalen in Stockholm. More info: http://www.som.a.se/manifest/index.html
For those keeping track, here's a list of all the music being played on Fox's "The OC", which of course contains a couple significant Scandinavian artists like The Perishers (and should hopefully include Tiger Lou soon): http://musicfromtheoc.com/weekly_mix.html (via)
Tiger Lou will tour Europe in February with support from fellow Swedes Torpedo (who of course happen to share band members). Here's what's confirmed so far:
02/13 - Wild Rover, Aachen (GER)
02/14 - L'Austrasique, Nancy (FRA)
02/15 - Cafe Cairo, Würzburg (GER)
02/16 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
02/17 - Hafen 2, Offenbach (GER)
02/18 - Juz, Saarlouis (GER)
02/21 - Nexus, Braunschweig (GER)