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New beautiful video from Hauschka, “Morgenrot”

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Knut in Other | 2 Comments

I want to present something really beautiful for you today, both for the ears and for the eyes. The German pianist/composer Volker Bertelmann records his wonderful music as Hauschka, and he’s been a favourite of mine for many years. His latest album “Ferndorf” is a must-have, the new mini-album “Snowflakes and Carwrecks” too, and so are all his previous works (spotify-link | Hauschka’s page in the FatCat shop). In fact, Hauschka is one of the very few artists I own … →

Thieves Like Us – “Play Music” – electronic pop from Shelflife

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Knut in Bandprofile, Nordic music, Recommended Releases | 2 Comments

Whenever I hear the name Thieves Like Us, I think about New Order (this song, if you have Spotify), but from now on, all of this will probably change. Thieves Like Us is also the name of a band, – a trio -, where two thirds are from Sweden and one third is American. They met in Germany, but consider Paris, France their home. Their debut album, “Play Music”, will be released on March 10th on Shelflife Records, which kind … →

Fanfarlo performs 5 songs from “Reservoir” (video)

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Knut in Other | Comments Off

Fanfarlo recently visited Channel M’s television studios in Manchester to perform five songs from their debut album “Reservoir.” Here is their performance: I pre-ordered the album a while ago, but it still hasn’t arrived to me, so after hearing this, impatient me checked out iTunes to see if it had arrived there. It had, and at least here in Norway it was really cheap, – half price of the normal iTunes albums, so I couldn’t resist. I’m a supporter, so … →

New free EP from Fireflies – “Butterscotch EP”

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Knut in Recommended Releases | 1 Comment

On Fireflies myspace page I found this blog-post early this morning: “Hello, I have another new EP of music available. Just head over to the Lavender or Music is My Girlfriend website to download your copy. Like the “Strange” EP, they are graciously offering this up to the consumer public free of charge..and in this economy, who doesn’t like something for free. The EP consists of three songs. Two of them have words, and one does not. The tracklisting is … →

Teeny Grownups – Epic Rock

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Knut in Bandprofile, Nordic music, Recommended Releases, Reviews | 1 Comment

Teeny Grownups from Stavanger, Norway is ready with their second album, and for some reason I was not surprised when I saw the title, “Epic Rock”. I am sure the band had a laugh when they decided the title, but in many ways I would seriously call this epic rock, – or maybe epic pop? Their new album is full of fine, playful pop songs with just the right amount of cute-ugliness. Think c86, the pastels, bmx bandits, television personalities, … →

New single by The Embassy released today, – in a limited edition of 3 (!) copies…

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Knut in Nordic music | 1 Comment

Sweden’s The Embassy has a new single out today, but your chances of getting your hands on a copy is very, very small. Their new single “You tend to forget” is released on a 12” vinyl single record, and there exists only 6 copies, – 3 for sale and 3 owned by the artists. Your only chance of getting one of these, is by participating in an Ebay auction, and you can follow or participate here: www.srvc.se . The cover … →

New free EP from Jesper Norda

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Knut in Nordic music | Comments Off

The Swedish piano-playing singer/songwriter Jesper Norda is a believer of giving his music away for free, and now he has done it again. Norda always delivers quality compositions, – he keeps it simple, but manages to get the most out of a few notes on his piano. Wonderful melodies, often melancholic and with some bittersweet lyric. His new EP is called “We have the guts EP” and it includes 5 really good songs, – probably the best ones I have … →

Robert Post – “Beirut”

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Knut in Nordic music, Songs | 2 Comments

Robert Post is a Norwegian artist I just like, no matter what he do and how he does it, – I just like him and his music. It has something to do with the way he writes his songs, – both intuitive, accessible and at the same time quite challenging. It also has something to do with his personality. I don’t know the man personally, but he seems very down to earth and at the same time a pure artist. … →

Musette – “Datum”

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Knut in Nordic music | 2 Comments

I’ve had the pure pleasure of listening to Musette’s new album “Datum” for a while now, and the music is just as beautiful as the cover art. This is instrumental music, – calm and soothing. The man behind this wonderful music is the Swedish composer and pianist Joel Danell, and on his debut album “Datum” he creates amazing musical landscapes of muted pianos, acoustic guitars, melodica, violin, accordion, whistling, dobro, sounds of running water, sounds from the woods, birds and … →

On The Spot – a Spotify-blog from Eardrums

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Knut in Other | Comments Off

Today, I started a new blog, – a side-blog to Eardrums, called ON THE SPOT. In the new blog, I will tell you about new and interesting albums that arrive on Spotify, – albums in the same style as I usually write about in the Eardrums blog. You will find indie pop, modern folk, melodic electronica and also some experimental music there. The On The Spot blog will not be a priority of mine, so I may sometimes only put … →

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