Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Hillfields – It’ll never be the same again

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Knut in Recommended Releases, Reviews | Comments Off

  I’ve been waiting for a proper full-length debut from The Hillfields for some time now, after enjoying their “a visit”-ep, their cloudberry-single and the song they had on our own “A Good Crop”-compilation. Now it’s ready, “it’ll never be the same again”, officially released on Underused Records on 5. October. When I first listened to the album, the powerful opening track “Down on you” really stunned me. I wasn’t ready for this, and I was hit with my guards … →

New video from Fanfarlo – The walls are coming down

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Knut in Other | Comments Off

Check out the new Houdini-inspired video from Fanfarlo for their latest single “The Walls are Coming Down”, one of my favourite Fanfarlo songs at the moment. The video features a classic Houdini trick: the upside-down straight jacket escape. It’s performed by one of the very few active escapologists in Europe. The video was directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, who apart from producing visual art have also recently directed videos for Nick Cave. In September, Fanfarlo will go on … →

New Aerial single and video

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Knut in Nordic music, Songs | 1 Comment

Sweden’s Aerial will release their new single “All Refrain” on Sept.7 on Nomethod records. The band have been working on their third album “put it this way in the headlines” for the last 3 years, and it is ready for release this fall.The new album will come with a limited edition DVD which will include the whole Aerial backcatalogue (2 albums and one EP) as well as a mini tourdocumentary and all their older videos. Here is the new single, … →

Ohvaur

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Knut in Bandprofile | Comments Off

Ohvaur is a band based in Chicago, originally from Miami, who play very organic, melodic electronic-based music. If you’re one of those who stops reading at the moment you see the word “electronic”, you should definitely read on. Ohvaur has a lot more in common with a lot of melodic, dreamy and sensitive indie-bands than with beat-based electronica-projects. In Ohvaur’s music, it’s the organic, “real” instruments who provide most of the rhythmic foundation, while the electronics provide the more melodic … →

Múm – "Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know"

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Knut in Nordic music, Recommended Releases, Reviews | 3 Comments

I’ve had the pleasure to listen to the new Múm album "Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know" for some weeks now, and since it has now been pre-released at the new Icelandic “fair-play” digital store Gogoyoko, it’s possible for you too to check it out now (…and by buying it from Gogoyoko, you also support Refugees United who get 10% of the album-price). This is Múm’s fifth album, and this time they are back on the Morr Music label. … →

Pastels/Tenniscoats – “Two Sunsets” – new album, new video + mp3

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Knut in Recommended Releases | Comments Off

Two of my favourite bands, The Pastels and Tenniscoats, have joined forces, and the result of their collaboration will be released on Domino Records on September 22. The album is called “two Sunsets”, and after living with it on repeat for more than a week, I am sure this one ends up in my top 5 of 2009. It’s a wonderful record, and it has everything I love by these two bands inside of it. I can’t describe it better … →

Music Alliance Pact, August edition, – 31 songs from 31 blogs from 31 countries

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Knut in Other | 1 Comment

It’s time for this month’s Music Alliance Pact (MAP), where music bloggers from all over the world go together and present favourite bands from their own country. This month, MAP is even bigger than usual. We’re joined by bloggers from China, Greece, India, Indonesia and South Africa, and the number of participating blogs, songs and countries are now as much as 31! My own favourites this time includes especially the incredibly beautiful music from South Korea’s Sunkyeol, England’s brilliant The … →