Check out live video footage of The Perishers performing material from their forthcoming album at the NONS 15-year anniversary party in Umeå: part 1 / part 2
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Your search returned 74 results. Viewing results 31-45NONS, one of Sweden's best long-running indie labels IMHO, has started a new subsidiary entitled "NONS License" to release non-Swedish titles. First up, "Reader's companion" alumni The Lionheart Brothers and their latest album "Dizzy kiss". Look for a Swedish release on May 9.
Swedish singer/songwriter Asha Ali will release her new self-titled full-length on November 8 via NONS. Preview all the tracks at Klicktrack: https://www.klicktrack.com/shop/release.jsp?cp=9&r=15846
MP3: Laakso - Long Beach
Besides my own "Reader's companion" CDs there really isn't a better soundtrack to this site than the new "Svensk indie" compilation just released from NONS. Compiled by journalist/promoter/indie guru Terry Ericsson with assistance from Per Helin and Emelie Bååth, this collection is a monstrous 42-tracks plus copious liner notes (på Svensk, naturally). If you don't already have a good majority of these songs in your collection, this is probably the easiest way to get yourself educated. My interview with Terry is still in the works, but I did catch up with both Emelie and Per to ask them about their favorite selections:
Emelie: My favourite song on the compilation is "Hey princess" by Popsicle. It's one of the songs in my life that always makes me glad and it's also a brilliant and perfect floor filler! I actually first heard it on a dance floor, I don't remember which pop club in Sthlm it was, but it could have been Flowered Up or Too Cool for School sometime around -98. I guess I was too young to discover the song when it first was released. To me, back then, Popsicle was all about "Not forever" and "American poet" but the song "Hey princess" simply had a great revival around that time, the dj:s were playing it on clubs and the younger crowd (with me included) discovered the song and I remember that I fell in love with the song at once.
Per: Suredo - "Average cell". That was one of the first Swedish indie tunes that really caught my attention. When I first heard it I remember thinking; what interesting new English band is this (this was at the time when British still was a positive thing musically wise).
But what about all the great songs that were left out? Their picks...
Emelie: I really tried to get Laakso and their song "Long Beach" on the compilation since Laakso is one of my favourite Swedish bands and "Long Beach" one of their greatest songs, but there simply was no room. Unfortunately.
Per: Wow, that¹s many... For me it would probably be any song by Komeda.
Since I figure that trying to decide upon the 'best' Komeda song would be next to impossible, I'm offering up Laakso's "Long Beach" as today's mp3. Why not? Also, if you're in Stockholm, don't forget to check out the release party at Debaser Medis tomorrow October 14. I have no idea who the secret band will be, but I'm sure it'll be good.
Laakso - Long Beach
Tar... Feathers
Make way for the ocean floor to fall to the surface
Release the Bats
I sure do love it when bands make this reviewing racket easier. So let me express my gratitude to the eccentric Swedish band Tar... Feathers for doing virtually everything right to grab one's attention with this bizarrely titled CD "Make way for the ocean floor to fall to the surface." I hate trying to fit this into a genre, but "stylized art punk" is the general ballpark here, as this very accomplished outfit combines the fluid, disciplined guitar work and tension-laced vocals of multi-talented band leader Marcus Nyke with the utterly exemplary rhythm section of Morton Billeskalns (drums) and Pal Olovsson Rodenius (bass). Additional programming/drumming is also provided by Simon Stalhamre. The sleeve design itself is colorful and weird, and--bless my soul--a lyric sheet is provided. This is enormously helpful, because Nyke's voice here could be a dealbreaker for some. It's like he sings with clenched fists, in a manner that maxmizes both the tension in the lyrics and the dark emotions (often about social detachment or situational anger) powering many of the compositions. So you tend to feel tense yourself while listening, although the masterful playing acts as a reassuring buffer. "Breathing through a straw" exemplifies the potently effective interaction between the no-NONSense guitar and ace rhythm section; the band establishes a dynamic instrumental core that stays anchored for the entire recording. "Half a sentence" has a gritty energy that straddles the line between "arty" and "punk" with the former winning by a hair, and Nyke's occasional yelps or short shrieks act as a kind of weirdness beacon for the aural traveler. The moody "You are lucky to have nothing" has a captivating instrumental intro and gains from guest vocal harmonies by Anna Tomlin. It's great fun following the lyrics throughout, when they're encased in such willful nonconformity. Sample: "Someone seems to have it all/Someone else tries too hard/Why do some things float?/Why are bunnies hopping?" This may be uneasy listening, but it's truly distinctive. And since on that one and "Tada" Nyke is pretty much playing/programming everything himself, it's hard not to conclude that the guy is probably some sort of wacky genius. At any rate, for consistency of vision and overall sonic excellence, this is one of the best albums on the weirder side of Swedish rock since The State of Floral Beings' last CD. If you can get used to Nyke's edgy vocals, you'll find yourself enjoying one heck of a cool disc.
- Kevin Renick
Check out the microsite for the new NONS compilation "Svensk indie 1988-2006 - en kärleks historia", a collection of Sweden's best indie rock from the past eight years: https://www.svenskindie.se/
It comes out October 11. I actually just received a copy in mail today and it looks amazing. Great song selection and tons of liner notes/interviews with the artists involved. Definitely recommended.
More World Cup fever, courtesy of Uje Brandelius (aka Doktor Kosmos) and NONS: https://www.bollenbollenbollen.se/
Oslo-based math-metal act Manhattan Skyline will tour the UK this fall:
09/28 - tba, Leeds (UK)
09/29 - tba, Nottingham (UK)
09/30 - Westport, Dundee (UK)
10/01 - CaNONS Gait, Edinburgh (UK)
10/02 - Bar Bloc Glasgow, Glasgow (UK)
10/03 - tba, Aberdeen (UK)
10/04 - tba, Oxford (UK)
10/05 - The Downtown Diner, Ashford (UK)
10/06 - The Lido, Margate (UK)
10/07 - tba, Chester (UK)
10/08 - tba, Coventry (UK)
The band will also be contributing to the forthcoming "Emo apocalypse" compilation on React With Protest featuring 30-second songs from a whole shitload of bands such as Funeral Diner, The Birds Are Spies They Report to the Trees, Suis La Lune, Catena Collapse and many, many more. Otherwise, the band is in the studio working on their full-lenth debut and hopes to have it done in time for the aforementioned tour.
Datarock on tour across Europe:
04/27 - Paradiso (Small Stage), Amsterdam (NL)
04/28 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
04/29 - Dampfzentrale, Bern (SWI)
04/30 - Tab Tap, Schaffhausen (SWI)
05/01 - Talacker, Zurich (SWI)
05/02 - Cairo, Wuerzburg (GER)
05/03 - Lovelite, Berlin (GER)
05/04 - Noveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
05/05 - secret show, Paris (FRA)
05/06 - tba
05/07 - Optimo, Glasgow (SCO)
05/08 - Little Civic, Wolverhampton (UK)
05/09 - LenNONS, Southampton (UK)
05/10 - tba
05/11 - The Luminaire, London (UK)
06/17 - Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred (SWE)
08/05 - Klubbfestuka, Bodø (NOR)
08/13 - Festival les Nuits Secretes, Aulnoye Aymeries (FRA)
08/18 - Festival Pantiero, Cannes (FRA)
08/19 - Steinkjerfestivalen , Steinkjer (NOR)
All dates through May are with fellow Norwegians Ungdomskulen.
The relatively new, but very good music blog The Katapult has posted an excellent summation of the new Montys Loco album: NONS-2006.html" target=_blank>https://thekatapult.blogspot.com/2006/04/montys-loco-man-overboard-NONS-2006.html
David's statement "It's a record that at first comes off as nothing special, but just as a seed takes its time to blossom into a wild colourful lovely flower." is dead-on.
New stock just arrived from NONS including the latest from Montys Loco, Asha Ali and Holy Madre! NONS">Go spend some money!