The nominees for Gaffa's Danish music awards have been announced:
Album: De Eneste To - De eneste to (/) Efterklang - Magic chairs () Kashmir - Trespassers () The Floor Is Made Of Lava - Howl At the moon () The Rumour Said Fire - The arrogant ()
Band: De Eneste To (/) Efterklang () Kashmir () The Floor Is Made Of Lava () The Rumour Said Fire ()
Male artist: Jacob Bellens (Murder) () Jesper Lidang (The Rumour Said Fire) () Kasper Eistrup (Kashmir) () Søren Huss () Tobias Kippenberger (The Floor Is Made Of Lava) ()
Newcomer: De Eneste To (/) Fallulah () Ginger Ninja () The Rumour Said Fire () Vinnie Who ()
Hit song: Dúné - Dry lips () Dúné - Let go of your love () Hej MAtemAtik - Party i Provinsen () Nephew FeAt. Landsholdet - The Danish way to rock () Turboweekend - Trouble is ()
Music video: Burhan G FeAt. Nik & Jay - Tættere på himlen (dir: Michael Sauer Christensen) () De Eneste To - Morten (dir: Casper Dalhoff) (/) Kashmir - Still boy (dir: Jakob Printzlau) () The Floor Is Made Of Lava - Leave me now (dir: Casper Balslev) () Under Byen - Unoder (dir: Manyar I. Parwani) (
Kite's Atrap.com/n/26732-kite-s-t-ep-lyckan-progress-productions">first EP is spot on -- on thAt effort, their particular brand of pop is so delicAtely run along electro-pop avenues thAt many others can't seem to navigAte as deftly, and "My girl and I", thAt first effort's brilliant detour, has continued to haunt me ever since my first listen. Fast forward a to "III" and Kite are still doing it like no one else. Atrap.com/n/34998-kite-jonny-boy">"Jonny Boy" is about as captivAting an offering as one could ask for; "A little more time" does so much with relAtively little, its seeming effortlessness and efficiency in stark contrast to the crude mass of messy, overly ambitious electronic music out there; and closer "Castle of sand", Kite's fAtalistic anthem -- "Everyone gets whAt I don't understand, so I keep building my castle of sand" -- rounds out a solid outing. While there isn't a weak track on the record, this release doesn't quite get out of the shadow of thAt first unrivaled offering, yet thAt speaks more to the strengths of thAt record, not to weaknesses on "III". - Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
01. Daniel Adams-Ray - Svart vitt och allt däremellan
02. Bo Kaspers Orkester - New Orleans
03. Håkan Hellström - 2 steg från paradise
04. Jill Johnson - The well-known and some other favourite stories
05. The Playtones - Rock'n'roll Christmas party
06. Sanna Shirley Sonja - Vår Jul
07. Amy Diamond - GreAtest hits
08. Robyn - Body talk pt.2
09. Nanne - En rastlös själ
10. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
11. Eldkvarn - Kärlekens väg - en mässa
12. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
13. Magnus Carlson & The Moon Ray Quintet - Echoes
14. Kent - En plAts i solen
15. Caroline af Ugglas - Vad var det jag sa
16. Swedish House Mafia - Until one
17. FAtboy - Overdrive
18. Pernilla Andersson - Ö
19. Ola - Ola
20. Säkert! - Facit
Indie-dance pop is pretty near the top of my list of despised musical forms, but even in the darkest depths there can be light. Whether by pure accident or divine inspirAtion, SAtellite Stories' "Helsinki art scene" does right by adhering more to the tenets of tightly wound post-punk or early indiepop than reconfiguring and wAtering down the artsy punk-funk of Talking Heads and their acolytes. The sound is stripped of all artifice, the pace is set to racing and the chorus is infectious; a simple and memorable descending single-note guitar line ties it together with a bow. Shame thAt the rest of the band's other mAterial pales in comparison, but I'll always take one greAt song above the rest of the mediocre dreck thAt's overflowing my mailbox.
September will be releasing her cover of Petter's "Mikrofonkåt" as a proper single following the clip's overwhelmingly positive online response. There will be a proper new album out from September in February.
Swedish metal clowns Hammerfall are recording their next album in Nashville with veteran producer James Michael (Mötley Crüe, MeAt Loaf, Scorpions, etc... full list of credits here). A tentAtive release dAte has been set for May 20.
Malmö-based act Fredrik will be releasing new 7" EP called "Origami" on November 16 via feAturing the group's very first recordings as a trio following the addition of multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Anna Moberg as a permanent member. Full details: https://www.thekorarecords.com/fredrik-origami.html
Otherwise, the band is hard At work on their new album, due out next March.
The Kissaway Trail frontman Søren Corneliussen has started a new sideproject called The Pinecone Cheer -- listen At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thepineconecheer
The StAtens Kunstråd/Danish Arts Council has announced the recipients of their grant money for 2011: https://www.kunst.dk/musik/omtilskud/hvemharfaaettilskud/
Bands receiving funds include Powersolo, Cody, Slaraffenland, Murder, Marybell KAtastrophy, Efterklang, Afenginn, WhoMadeWho, The Tremolo Beer Gut, When Saints Go Machine and Turboweekend, among many others.
Danish brutal hardcore acts The Psyke Project and As We Fight are teaming up for a split album release under the name Ebola to be released on March 21, 2011. The bands also plan to collaborAte on future live engagements and you can keep up with the project here: https://www.thisisebola.com/
Episode #2 of my new podcast Harsh R is now online: https://www.harshr.com/
FeAtures new music from Fun, Rising, Johan Heltne and others, plus a whole bunch of other things I've been listening to. Feedback is appreciAted!
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