Monthly Archives: August 2006

Choir of young believers

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Knut in Bandprofile, Nordic music | 1 Comment

Tweet Choir of your believers are a duo from Berlin, Germany AND Copenhagen, Denmark. I can’t find too much info on them, other than that the bandmembers are Jannis, who also is a part of the fine danish rockband Lake Placid, and Noya Makrigiannis. Their myspace-bio says nothing about them, only “blablablablabla…” (yes, it really says blablabla…). Their music sounds quite unique, but modern day references might be Sufjan Stevens and Josè Gonzales mixed with a tiny dose of Mew-arrangements. … →

Review: Junior Boys – “so this is goodbye” (domino 2006)

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Knut in Reviews | Comments Off

Tweet [rating:5,5/6] (While reading, listen to Junior Boys – in the morning (from pitchfork)) In 2004, I was totally overwhelmed by the cool electronic sound of “birthday”, “under the sun”, “high come down” and all the other perfections on Junior Boys‘ debut album “Last Exit”. The album was for me the best album of 2004, and it still remains one of the best albums in my collection. A clever mix between old-school synth-pop and modern cut-up electro wizardry. To be … →

120 days (ex. the beautiful people)

Posted on August 9, 2006 by Knut in Bandprofile, Nordic music | 1 Comment

Tweet Remember about a year ago, when some bloggers and especially the norwegian press were all excited about a band from Kristiansund/Norway with the name The Beautiful People? Their stage presence were intense and raw, and their music the same. The band released two critically acclaimed EPs in 2004 on a small Oslo-label, and their gig at By:larm (sort of a norwegian south by southwest) resulted in the band being booked at the Reading festival + the Leeds festival + … →