Tweet Jeremy Warmsley is a half-French/half-English songwriter who in his own words makes electronica with songs in them. He will release his first single on the independent label Exercise1 on july 4, named “I Believe In The Way You Move”. His first EP “5 interesting Lies” will be out later this year, in october. Jeremy has been a songwriter since he was 17, but in january this year, he threw away all his old stuff and started on scratch with … →
Tweet “I thought I was over that” is a great title for this double compilation-album that brings something new, something rare and something old from german electronica/leftfield-indie band LALI PUNA. – also check out my related review of John Yoko and my upcoming interview with Valerie Trebeljahr. You find B-sides, coversongs, rare songs and songs that either Lali Puna has remixed for others or that other artists have remixed for Lali Puna. Artists on this album include Tim Simenon/Bomb the … →
Tweet JOHN YOKO is the new project by Lali Puna’s Valerie Trebeljahr and Markus Acher, out just now with a 7” single on MORR MUSIC’s sublabel “a number of small things”. The couple have clearly resigned themselves to the fact that they will forever be known amongst friends and fellow band members as John & Yoko. On this single, they do their coverversions of “Papa was a rodeo” acclaimed album “69 love songs” by The Magnetic Fields and “The Morning … →
Tweet Norwegian band Serena Maneesh has just released their second EP, “Zurück” on Honeymilk records (read my review here) . Their first EP “fixxations” (2002) got great reviews in norwegian newspapers and the press used the finest words they knew when they wrote about Serena. After fixxations, we heard little or nothing from the band. No concerts, no press, no website… In 2005 Serena Maneesh is back. Their long awaited debutalbum will be out in august this year. Our guest … →
Tweet Monomen. Photo by Corey Arnold. Monomen are four confident young men from Sřrumsand, Norway, that play music inspired with the brittish postpunk of the late 70s/start of the 80s. They are proud of their “fake drummer”, a hyperactive drummachine that gives their music an intensive power. Monomen is in the same category as fellow norwegians The Beautiful People, – aggressive and confident post-post-punk.Website: http://home.no/monomen/ Songs:Monomen – pretty dirty houses Monomen – divide divide
Tweet Hanne Hukkelberg‘s music is so awesome, and now, finally, it is possible for me to present you with some of her music on this blog! It’s her label LEAF who has uploaded a couple of mp3s in low quality from her new album “Little things” that will be out in just a couple of days (it was released by propeller recordings in Norway last year, but is rereleased by Leaf outside of Norway this month).Listen, enjoy and buy her … →
Tweet The Icelandic experimental singer-songwriter Mugison is one of those rare people who makes music that does not sound like anything you have ever heard before. His music may be quiet, noisy, melodic, playful, beautiful, sad, strange… anything… still, you can hear that it is made by Mugison. Mugison makes music out of the stuff he finds and what is relevant to the topic of the song at the moment. He borrows from others, he reinvents and he makes his … →
