Monthly Archives: November 2009

Some wonderful new videos (and songs) from Labrador Records

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Tweet [ingenting] – “Dina händer ãr fulla av blommor“ One of my favourite songs from one of my favourite albums this year. Little Big Adventure – “Happiest Times” The Sound of Arrows – “Into the Clouds” The Mary Onettes – Puzzles

Tiny Ruins

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Tweet Photo by Lennart Maschmeyer. On rare occations, I discover music that is so right for me, – music that touches strings deep inside, and makes all my senses and feelings wake up. Tiny Ruins from New Zealand plays this kind of music. It was a  friend of mine who asked me to check out Tiny Ruins‘ music some time ago, and  I am so glad I did. Now I’m hoping that you will check out her music too. Tiny …

New song and album news from Efterklang

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Tweet Denmark’s Efterklang has given me so many wonderful musical experiences, – sometimes so strong that I connect some of their songs to times, places and I may even remember the weather on that specific day I listened and had the special experience. I’ve recently enjoyed watching and listening to their ambitious live-release “Performing Parades” (cd/dvd), where they performed their album Parades in full, accompanied by The Danish National Chamber Orchestra, in their hometown of Copenhagen. Now the band have …

Heart-Sick Groans with new video

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Tweet Sweden’s Heart-Sick Groans has made a new video, and what a lovely video it is! The song in this video is  “Three Day Blow” from Heart-Sick Groans upcoming release, the seven song EP “Gentlemen, If you aint right, get right”. It’s directed by Henric Wallmark, – one of the members in the band. Drawn, cut-out and performed by Mads Peter Brandstrup Jensen’s class at the Drawing Academy at the Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark. Enjoy!

Oslo – the capital of POP!

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Tweet Once again, the people behind the Spoon Train Audio-label have made a compilation of independent pop from Oslo. The album is called “Oslo2″ and features 16 songs from 16 bands, – most of them are bands we already know, but some are completely new to us. This is the follow up to last years “Oslo!”, and this time they have managed to refine the pop-focus they have on these compilations. Less fuzz, more melody. Before I start commenting on …

Music Alliance Pact, November edition, 34 songs by 34 bands from 34 countries presented by 34 blogs

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Tweet It’s the 15th of November, Music Alliance pact day! Music Alliance Pact (MAP) is a collaboration between 34 blogs from all over the world, and every month, each of us present a band from our own country. All presentations are put together in this huge blogpost, and presented on the same day in all the MAP blogs. Massive promotion for the bands! This month is kind of special for the us at Eardrums, since it’s 1YEAR since we first …

New songs from Champagne Riot, the duo

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Tweet A year ago or so, we wrote about the new 6-track EP from Denmark’s Champagne Riot, released on Shelflife Records. Back then, the only member of the project was Caspar Bock, and on his debut “Paris and I”, he made wonderful electro-pop sounding somewhere between Abba, New Order and The Lightning Seeds, – quite different than most of the other bands on the label. His list of influences was also refreshingly uncommon for an indie-musician, listing Kylie Minogue, Max …

Tune-Yards live in the 4AD-sessions (video)

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Tweet 4AD have launched the 4AD Sessions, where the artists on the label perform exclusive live sessions. The video recordings will see 4AD artists performing back-catalogue covers and alternative versions of their own material. Here is new 4AD-signing Tune-Yards performing five tracks for the 4AD sessions. Her album is highly recommended!

The Mary Onettes – “Islands”

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Tweet The Mary Onettes‘ long awaited second album “Islands” will be released on Labrador records on November 4. On “islands” we hear a band with more confidence, and the band dare to take their songs one step further in either directions. I was very excited about their self-titled debut from 2007 too, but “Islands” is a very different record. The sound is wider, the strings are more in front, the pop-songs are more pop, the sad songs are sadder. If …

New video from Cineplexx – Mejor

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Tweet Cineplexx has a new video for the song “Mejor” from his latest album “Nuevahola”. You can also download this song for free as a “Copacabana mix” from the Cineplexx website. Enjoy!