The latest news from my Oakland neighbors and fellow Scandinavian music aficionados over at Radio Khartoum:
So, who knows that Friendly Noise (Stockholm label) took their name from a description on the RK site? Prompting RK to name the Friendly Goods department as a return jab? Yeah, yeah, all these incestuous goings on are appalling. But it gets worse. One of FN's bosses was responsible for hooking Swedish artist Testbild! up with Radio Khartoum back in the Before FN era. And now FN have gotten their claws into Testbild! (and his second album, specifically). But we've got our RKFG mitts all over FN in return. Offering Testbild!'s new album on FN in the FG shop. And we imported a stash of Differnet's debut album (FN's other release) for FG while we were at it, because it's just such a jewel of a record (and never got proper distribution on these shores). Disgusting, isn't it?
For ordering info and samples, go here: http://www.radiokhartoum.com/friendly.html