Monthly Archives: January 2009

Music Alliance Pact – January 2009

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Knut in Other | Comments Off

Every month on the 15th, we present Music Alliance Pact here on Eardrums. 21 music blogs from 21 countries all over the world present their favourite band from their own country. Eardrums represents Norway. Thanks to The Pop Cop-blog for the initiative. Here are this months MAP-bands: AMERICA – I Guess I’m Floating Blind Man’s Colour – Jimmy Dove Blind Man’s Colour came on our radar in late ‘08 with three excellent Animal Collective covers.  With their debut album, Season … →

New music from Boy Genius on myspace

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Knut in Songs | Comments Off

New York’s Boy Genius has uploaded the A-side of their next release  on their Myspace player now. It’s called "Blame Love" and is from a limited edition white vinyl 7" single they will release in early March. The band is soon heading for the studio to record their new album together with producer Mitch Easter, who also has produced classic albums from R.E.M., Pavement, Superchunk, Suzanne Vega and Velvet Crush. The album is planned for release this autumn.

New song from Cats on Fire: “Horoscope”

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Knut in Nordic music | Comments Off

Finland’s Cats on Fire is soon out with their new album “Our Temperance Movement”, and now they have a new song from the album up on their myspace player. It’s called “Horoscope” and sounds absolutely brilliant. The album will be released on the 11th of March on the very interesting Finnish label Johanna Kustannus, home of great bands like Regina and Kiki Pau. Head over to Cats on Fire on myspace to have a listen! Before you do, check out … →

Monsieur Mo Rio – Circles (video)

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Knut in Other | Comments Off

A new live video from Monsieur Mo Rio:  

New Fanfarlo video

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Knut in Other | 1 Comment

Fanfarlo has just finished the recordings for their debut album, and one of the songs they have re-recorded for the album is “Harold T.Wilkins”, which we featured an early version of on our “A Good Crop” compilation. The video for the song is also ready, and here it is: ]

The Online Romance

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Knut in Bandprofile | 2 Comments

The Online Romance is a harmony-filled chamber-pop orchestra from Portland, Oregon. All the six members contribute on vocals in some capacity, and they also share the main vocal duty. The songs I’ve heard so far are warm and light pop songs that are easy for the ear, and the arrangements often makes me think “aha, that was clever”. Really nice songs! I have only heard a few of their songs, and an album full of pop songs like these would … →

Nice acoustic videos from Psapp, Asobi Seksu, Left with Pictures, Nat Johnson, Laura Groves, Of Montreal and more on Bandstand Busking

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Knut in Other | Comments Off

Taking a band out of the rehearsal room and away from the stage to shoot a video on some outdoor setting, – it’s done by many. I found this site today, and for some reason I haven’t seen it before, I think. It’s called Bandstand Busking, and they have several good bands playing mostly in a park-area. The ones on this site is actually quite good. I’ll show only a few here, and you can go to the site and … →

Burning Hearts – one part Cats on Fire and one part Le Futur Pompiste, with debut on Shelflife Records

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Knut in Bandprofile, Nordic music, Reviews | 3 Comments

The fine indiepop-label Shelflife Records will release the debut album from Burning Hearts on February 10, 2009, and this is a release I have been waiting for with great expectations. The duo behind Burning Hearts are Cats on Fire drummer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Ojala, and Le Futur Pompiste singer Jessika Rapo, – two key members from two brilliant bands. “Aboa Sleeping” is the title, and it comes with a brilliant cover art and 9 wonderful pop songs. The melodies and … →

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