Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU, a special post-SXSW extra-mellow episode:
01. TALK 1
02. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost & losing
03. Raison d'Étre - Withstand the fire
04. The Bear Quartet - Carry your weight
05. TALK 2
06. Rasmus Kellerman - Five years from now
07. Jóhann Jóhannsson - Theme
08. Håkon Kornstad - Oslo
09. TALK 3
10. Patrik Andersson & Vegar Vårdal - Gråtaren
11. Folkvang - Myrmark
12. Hello Saferide - Arjeplog
13. David Åhlén - Great is thy faithfulness
14. TALK 4
15. Tsukimono - Gloomy Sunday
16. Hearts No Static - Happy holidays
17. Ted Gärdestad - Come give me love
18. TALK 5
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Two great poets from Lom: Tor Jonsson (1916–1951) and Olav Aukrust (1883–1929). Though their views of rural life were far apart, it held a great influence on them both. Tor Jonsson faced much hardship in his youth and came to be critical of the closely-knit rural society, while Olav Aukrust, a champion of religious and national causes, held a more positive view of rural communities, people and lifestyles. Differences notwithstanding, it is obvious from the titles and form of their poems that both drew inspiration from traditional music. We have set some of their poems to traditional tunes both old and recent, and included a few songs they might have heard at home.
Another dose of Norwegian folk to close out the week (this is "Listen to Norway" #6). Same label as last time (), but with a far more robust lineup of musicians: Camilla Granlien Band features the namesake vocalist flanked by full band, though in this example, "I Hellarskogen", it's a more subdued arrangement of guitar, contrabass and organ. Of the course the main attraction is Camilla's expert vocals and she is marvelous at putting Olav Aukrust's words to a melody of her own creation. Just as naturally, I am drawn to the tune's melancholy qualities which made it stand out among its album-mates. Maybe not the most appropriate selection for what has turned out to be a sunny, spring day, but beautiful nonetheless. Enjoy!
01. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
02. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2010
03. Thom Hell - All Good Things
04. Raga Rockers - Shit Happens
05. Aleksander With - Still Awake
06. Navigators - The Straight And Narrow
07. Jahn Teigen - Teigen - 40 Største Hits
08. John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - For Sant Til Å Være Godt
09. Ingrid Olava - The Guest
10. Sivert Høyem - Moon Landing
11. WigWam - Non Stop Rock'N'Roll
12. Burzum - Belus
13. Dum Dum Boys - Tidsmaskin
14. Audrey Horne - Audrey Horne
15. Bjørn Eidsvåg - De Beste
16. Batteri - Batteri
17. Diverse artister - Dugnad For Haiti
18. Frøya - My American Dream
19. Kråkesølv - Trådnøsting
20. Kollwitz - Like Iron I Rust
01. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
02. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
03. Neo - Human frontier
04. Claes Lövgrens - Vi lever nu
05. Björn Skifs - Da capo
06. Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna - Calling you
07. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
08. Sophie Zelmani - I'm the rain
09. Torgny Melin - Dansbandsnatt
10. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
11. Kent - Röd
12. Zekes - En sån natt
13. Nordman - Korsväg
14. Abramis Brama - Rubicon
15. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
16. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
17. Tomas Andersson Wij - Spår
18. Marulk - Marulk
19. Caroline af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
20. Dark Tranquillity - We are the void
I knew that April's Ja Ja Ja showcase was going to be metal and now the lineup is confirmed: Thunderstone, Solstafir and Vreid @ The Lexington on April 15. Full details: http://www.jajajamusic.com/events.php?id=15
has announced that the next two 7"s in their classic Finnish punk reissue series will be Eppu Normaali's "Jee jee jee" and Briard's "Fuck the army". As always, keep an eye out for when they go up for sale because they'll probably go fast. In other label news, hardcore act Deathbed will be releasing their new album in May and samples should be posted soon. I've heard some of the demos (somewhat illicitly, I must admit) and am pretty excited to hear the final result.
Billie the Vision and the Dancers report that their new album "From burning hell to smile and laughter" is finished and will be sent off for pressing next week. They're also previewing new songs at myspace and will be swapping out tracks every 24 hours: http://www.myspace.com/billiethevisionandthedancers
Cellphone users with an Android-enabled phone can download a new app from PlusFourSix that will let you hear the new Teddybears album "Devil's music": http://www.plusfoursix.com/news/70
No idea if this is Sweden-only or what, but feel free to try it out and post a comment.
The Universe, the instrumental act that formed out of the remnants of Iisole, are streaming a bunch of new tunes at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/theuniverse_music