Scandinavian Indie Digest Tue Feb 28, 1995 Volume 2 : Issue 02 There are 29 messages totalling 845 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Gigs in Stockholm this weekend 2. New Releases (TBQ & Cardigans) (2) 3. Cloudberry Jam gig 4. Suredo 5. Release List 6. New The Bear Quartet 7. Big Fish 8. Tamarinds (3) 9. Popsicle Address 10. The Bear Quartet - Everybody Else (2) 11. Waterbug 12. 13. The New Bear Quartet Review 2 14. Sonic Surf City 15. NON SCAN-INDIE: Updated Slowdive Discography (v1.7) 16. About this list 17. SALT Interview 18. List Statistics 19. A West Side Fabrication discohraphy v1.5 20. A proper introduction (2) 21. Puffin WWW Page 22. More WWW 23. How Do I 24. CARAWAY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 17:33:02 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Gigs in Stockholm this weekend I'd definately recommend the Honey Is Cool / Yvonne gig at Gino on tuesday. You won't be disappointed. I'm just disappointed I can't be there! :-( //Erik ------------------------- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 17:48:50 +0100 (MET) From: Petter Tiilikainen Subject: Re: New Releases (TBQ & Cardigans) According to chief@lysator.liu.se: > > > I just got some information about new releases from Cardigans and > The Bear Quartet. Apparently TBQ's new full-length CD will be out > in about two weeks and Cardigans' new will be out on the 8th of march, ^^^^^^^^^ 23rd of February... Browsed through the record shop's release list t'day. I had to buy the Flashlight Monster EP from Ahlens (A large Supermarket kind of shop...yuk) as in the "real" record shop they had sold out of the EP. Not so surprising, as the music fans around here seem very local patriotic. =) I've only listened to it once, and I think the title track is very good. Amen. Petter ------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 20:40:46 +0200 (EET) From: Kimmo S{{skilahti Subject: Re: Cloudberry Jam gig According to chief@lysator.liu.se: * Here's the address for the North of No South label: Thanks! * ---- Cloudberry Jam ---- * * Hrrm... I'll give Jennie a spanking when I see her the next time. * Not knowing me.. hrrrm.. :) Though I don't think I've mentioned * my whole name to her anyway. Well, she asked what you look like and how old you are, but having never met you in real life, I was unable to describe or give any other clues... :-) Kimmo, still enchanted... ------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 13:17:00 +0100 (CET) From: Martin Eksten Subject: Re: New Releases (TBQ & Cardigans) On Fri, 10 Feb 1995 chief@lysator.liu.se wrote: > I just got some information about new releases from Cardigans and > The Bear Quartet. Apparently TBQ's new full-length CD will be out > in about two weeks and Cardigans' new will be out on the 8th of march, > which is said to be even better than "Emmerdale". > > Good news indeed! > > //Erik This is _great_ news! I don't know about the Bear Quartet, but a new album from Cardigans sounds great! I really love Emmerdale. About Cardigans, they played four or five times here in Lund last year, but somehow I managed to miss all of the gigs... :( But since there is a new album coming out this soon, I expect they'll come back quite soon too! Martin. ------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 10:35:13 +0100 (MET) From: Pontus Persson Subject: Suredo Does anybody know what Suredo is up to nowadays? It's been a while since I heard anything from them. Pontus Persson d91-ppe@nada.kth.se http://www.nada.kth.se/~d91-ppe ---------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 00:37:40 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Release List Okay, I thought we'd make a "release list" sort of. If you know something that should be added to the list, please let the rest of us know! Scandinavian Indie Upcoming Releases List [13-Feb-95] Date Artist Format Name -------- ---------------------- ------ ------------------------------ Feb 23 The Bear Quartet CD Everybody Else Mar 8 Cardigans CD ? ? ? Brainpool CD5 Bandstarter Apr 10 Brainpool CD Painkiller ----------------------------------------------------------------------- //Erik ------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 00:37:14 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: New The Bear Quartet Forwarded message: > From: Petter Tiilikainen > Subject: Re: New Releases (TBQ & Cardigans) > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 17:48:50 +0100 (MET) > > According to chief@lysator.liu.se: > > > > > > I just got some information about new releases from Cardigans and > > The Bear Quartet. Apparently TBQ's new full-length CD will be out > > in about two weeks and Cardigans' new will be out on the 8th of march, > ^^^^^^^^^ > > 23rd of February... Browsed through the record shop's release > list t'day. > > I had to buy the Flashlight Monster EP from Ahlens (A large > Supermarket kind of shop...yuk) as in the "real" record shop they > had sold out of the EP. Not so surprising, as the music fans > around here seem very local patriotic. =) > > I've only listened to it once, and I think the title track > is very good. Amen. > > Petter End of forwarded message -------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 01:49:50 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Big Fish On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, Sill wrote: > So what about the group Big Fish? I heard so much hype this summer and > now they have a new album out and I am wondering how it is being > received. Does anyone know these guys - what they do when they're not > being "rock stars?" > Jen They have a new album out - that's right. I saw it today when I was looking for the latest Slowdive (where _is it_ ?!), but I didn't have time to listen to it. On the bright side - they're playing here on saturday (saw them huge posters all over the university today) so I'll probably be able to write more about them after that (if someone reminds me that is :)) I'll also try to dig up any reviews that I might have around here about the new album. //Erik -------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 01:50:42 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Tamarinds Anyone on here know anything about TAMARINDS ? They're from Umea, and is said to play "american style pop" and they're playing here this thursday. Any info would be welcomed with open eyes! //Erik ------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 01:50:12 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Popsicle Address On Wed, 8 Feb 1995, Kimmo S{{skilahti wrote: re: Subject: Popsicle address? > Does anyone happen to know the address to Popsicle? Stephen Wood, a > net.friend of mine would like to contact the band directly. I have no idea of this one. Can the discography author help? > The address of their current record label could help as well. Well, they are on Telegram Records Stockholm, and the address to them that I have is: Telegram Records Box 19003 104 32 Stockholm SWEDEN //Erik ---------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 20:21:18 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: The Bear Quartet - Everybody Else The Bear Quartet - Everybody Else (A West Side Fabrication) review in Dagens Nyheter, Wednesday february 15th: "Bear Quartets new CD a beauty" There must be something apart from the multinational record companies with head offices in Kista and Sundbyberg. There has to some other kind of music; a lesser profitable one, careful. And it is not until now, after many years, that small record companies outside Stockholm can be reconed with as an opposite force. A West Side Fabrication in Skellefte} counts these days as an established alternative. Fact is, they released more swedish records during 1994 than the huge BMG did. Just a thing like that. The Bear Quartet from Lule} is what West Sides responsible Jocke Wallstr|m choses to put most of his money on. Their new album, Everybody Else is a beauty. Bear Quartet had enough time on their hands for their fourth album this time, the other three were recorded and released during the same year. The things that used to be distant and awkward have faded out. The tracks have space instead of low-mixed song and guitar-walls. Everything is very unobtrusive and melancholic. String- and brass-sections were hired to make it complete. Bear Quartet's singer, Matti Alkberg, a published poet with a strange geniousness. He dins and sings here and there. It always hits the spot except for the few tracks he tries pure melodic singing. He should be harder. The guitarrist, Jari Haapalainen makes every track special with his melodies that winds song and melody into melancholic expressions. This is one of Sweden's best bands. And their records sell in about 1.000 copies. That's something that is strange. ------ There's a picture of the bands as well with the text: "Small gets big. The record company A West Side Fabrication is nowadays an established alternative to the big ones. Bear Quartet (to the right), is their number one investment and one of Sweden's best bands. Everything is very unobtrusive and melancholic on their new CD." There are also reviews of Waterbug's "Supercalifragilisticexpialicocious" (also on West Side) and Confusions' "Being Young" (on Massproduktion). If anyone wants me to type those in as well, let me know. //Erik ---------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Feb 95 09:13:09 +0100 From: robert@astro.su.se (Robert Cumming) Subject: Waterbug Erik wrote: The Bear Quartet - Everybody Else (A West Side Fabrication) review in Dagens Nyheter, Wednesday february 15th: <...> Tack för översättningen... I read it too: not much of a review, but sounds like a good album. But There are also reviews of Waterbug's "Supercalifragilisticexpialicocious" (also on West Side) and Confusions' "Being Young" (on Massproduktion). If anyone wants me to type those in as well, let me know. Now, does anyone know anything about Waterbug? Both the reviews I read mentioned that they're more like Bob Hund than anyone else, and the one in Nöjesguiden said that they kind of occupy the ground between Bob Hund and Pavement, which to me translates are 'perfect'... Robert, still sent on 'Onni' though %-) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- don't believe everything you say robert@astro.su.se --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 13:01:13 +0100 (MET) From: Petter Tiilikainen Subject: Re: The Bear Quartet - Everybody Else According to chief@lysator.liu.se: > Bear Quartet's singer, Matti Alkberg, a published poet with a strange > geniousness. He dins and sings here and there. It always hits the spot > except for the few tracks he tries pure melodic singing. He should be > harder. I find these lines a little strange, especially the way it was formulated in the original article, the lyrics are usually written by Peter Nuottaniemi, their bassist, and Matti use to be credited for the lyrics too, as most of the time the lyrics are rewritten to be "singable". But yes Matti has got some book(s?) out with poetry. Haven't read it/them tho., but I've heard one poem and it was to say the least a little bit over my head. Yours illiterate, Petter. -------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 15:37:14 +0100 From: ir2_2@und.ida.liu.se (Mats Wallstedt) Subject: Hi! Just found this mail-list, and as a fan of "indie"-music I had to join. Must say that this list is great stuff!!!! For all fans of swedish "power pop" (Brainpool,Popsicle ..) you should look out for TAMARINDS first record, soon to be released. They played a gig at "Herrgarn" here in Linkoping yesterday, and the really blew me away... Great stuff... :) ------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 18:13:22 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: The New Bear Quartet Review 2 The Bear Quartet - Everybody Else (A West Side Fabrication) record review in Aftonbladet, friday february 17th, 1995. "Lule}bears with sure hit" First I thought it was a vacuumcleanerrecord. But this bearquartet deserves more attention than that. "It Only Takes A Flashlight..." is a sure hit. A couple of other tracks are in the same division, "Everlast" and "I Never Saw The Ban" for example. During -93, BQ released three albums. The follow-up "Everybody Else" feels instead a bit too over-worked. Somewhere the spontaneousness disappeared. There's lots of guitarpop with strings and handclaps and the ones who distinguish themselves from the rest wins. A weekend course in variation should do the trick for the Lule}bears. Points: 3 "plus" out of 5. //Erik ------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 18:13:47 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: TAMARINDS On Fri, 17 Feb 1995, ir2_2@und.ida.liu.se (Mats Wallstedt) wrote: > For all fans of swedish "power pop" (Brainpool,Popsicle ..) you should > look out for TAMARINDS first record, soon to be released. They played a gig > at "Herrgarn" here in Linkoping yesterday, and the really blew me away... > Great stuff... :) I can't agree with you more. I didn't expect anything and I wasn't disappointed at all. They were great. I talked a bit with the singer afterwards and he told me their full-length CD would be released next month. I asked why they weren't signed to West Side, and he told me they had sent four demos to Jocke (the owner) but he had rejected them each time, so now they'd gotten tired of West Side and went to another label who signed them on the spot (can't remember which one though). If they play live somewhere near you, don't miss them. //Erik ----------------------- Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 18:14:08 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Sonic Surf City Sonic Surf City played a secret gig at VSR ("Valla Saucer Rennen", a three-day party here at the university) on thursday, which was really good. (I managed to see _three_ bands on the same night; Red Heads, Tamarinds and Sonic Surf City, on different locations). They didn't have the best stage though, so the sound quality wasn't the best. They made one extra number, and should have made another but the drummer felt sick and had to lie down ;). I talked a bit with Ola Hermansson (the owner of the Ceilidh Records label) who also plays and sings in the band. Bands signed to the Ceilidh label are among others Cardigans, Suredo and Stevepops. Sonic Surf City are signed to Stockholm Records . Well, anyway, I mentioned this mailing list, and asked if he didn't want to join (as I know he's got an email address here at the health university), but his Mac was on repair right now, but he'd get it back in a couple of weeks and would e-mail me then. He was surprised (but happy about) hearing about a Scandinavian Indie mailing list though, and gave me Stevepops email address (stevepops@astrakan.hgs.se). I'll mail them in a second and tell them about the list as well ;). Should we try to get Linda Norrman (linda.norrman@expressen.se) on this list as well? Anyone? //Erik ------------------- Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 18:24:26 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: NON SCAN-INDIE: Updated Slowdive Discography (v1.7) The new version of the Slowdive discography is ready and out. The new version (v1.7) dated Feb 18, 1995 contains a lot of new stuff, for example: - New promos and bootlegs/merchandise - Most of the ?'s about their regular releases have been taken care of. - More bootleg info. - Pygmalion added with info - Interesting new facts in the history section added - and so on... In case you'd like to be on the Slowdive discography mailing list, just e-mail me (chief@lysator.liu.se) and you'll receive new versions directly to your mailbox - or if you just want this new version. For those who prefer to pick it up through anonymous ftp, I just put it on ftp.uwp.edu in the /incoming/discog/ directory ("slowdive_v1.7"). /Erik ------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 20:04:59 +0200 (EET) From: Sami Rouhento Subject: Re: TAMARINDS Chief wrote: > I can't agree with you more. I didn't expect anything and I wasn't > disappointed at all. So... you mean you didn't expect anything and got what you expected?:) > month. I asked why they weren't signed to West Side, and he told me > they had sent four demos to Jocke (the owner) but he had rejected them > each time, so now they'd gotten tired of West Side and went to another > label who signed them on the spot (can't remember which one though). Good for them I'd say. I mean, West Side is a good label and all, but I'd hate for them to have a monopoly on all the good bands in Sweden... BTW, is there no indie label in Sweden that would still release cool 7" vinyl? Sami ------------------------- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 20:14:37 +0200 (EET) From: Sami Rouhento Subject: About this list Erik the Chief wrote: > Well, anyway, I mentioned this mailing list, and asked if he didn't want > to join (as I know he's got an email address here at the health > university), but his Mac was on repair right now, but he'd get it back > in a couple of weeks and would e-mail me then. He was surprised (but > happy about) hearing about a Scandinavian Indie mailing list though, > and gave me Stevepops email address (stevepops@astrakan.hgs.se). I'll > mail them in a second and tell them about the list as well ;). As I'm sure most of you have noted, this list isn't exactly the most active one around... Getting some bands and zine makers and indie labels on the list could be the very thing to liven up things here. Email is so wide-spread these days that I'm sure most of the 'industry types' (okay, ignore that) are now online as well. If there just was a way to get the info to them... > Should we try to get Linda Norrman (linda.norrman@expressen.se) on this > list as well? Anyone? Umm, I don't know who she is but if you reckon she might have something of interest to say, or that she might be interested in what we have to say, then go for it. Sami ------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 02:40:49 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: SALT Interview I've finally typed in the interview I made with SALT when they played here two weeks ago. I'm only waiting for an "ok" from the band to send it out on the net, which I hope shouldn't take long. (they're hopefully reading this :)). //Erik ----------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 02:38:56 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: List Statistics Some requested list statistics (no names :)): ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mailing List started : 10-Feb-94 (we should have celebrated 10 days ago! :)) Number of countries : 12 Number of subscribers : 75 of which : 29 are from Sweden : 18 are from the U.S. : 10 are from Finland : 4 are from Norway : 3 are from Denmark : 3 are from the UK : 2 are from Holland : 2 are from Germany : 1 is from Iceland : 1 is from Lithuania : 1 is from France : 1 is from Australia Number of Scandinavian Indie Digests released : 18 Total size of posts so far on the list : 546k First subscriber nationality (11-Feb-94) : American living in Germany Latest subscriber nationality (18-Feb-95) : Swede Number of "unsubscribe"s since the start : 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You could blame me for the low number of subscribers, as I haven't added this list to any FAQ, lists-of-lists or something like that. Don't know why I haven't, but I'm going to now though. Sorry that I can't tell you who's on the list, but I haven't kept people's real names or anything like that in the subscriber list, only the email addresses. //Erik //Scan-Indie list owner. ------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 17:33:21 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: A West Side Fabrication discohraphy v1.5 A WEST SIDE FABRICATION v1.5 23-Feb-95 Label discography by chief@lysator.liu.se ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catalog# Form Year Group/Artist Title We 001 MC 86 West European Politics God's Name In Vain We 002 7" 87 West European Politics Delirium Is A Disease Of The Night We 003 MC 87 Compilation Musikfabriken We 004 MC 87 This Perfect Day Christ, Marx, Wood and Wei We 005 7" 88 West European Politics Deja Vu We 006 7" 88 Genre Happy Hit The Happiness We 007 7" 88 This Perfect Day Songs About Love And Affection We 008 7" 89 Tekman Welcome We 009 7" 89 Wannadies The Beast Cures The Lover We 010 LP 89 West European Politics Slugging For... We 011 7" 89 West European Politics Women WeTS 012 TS 92 T-shirt Popmusic Ruins Your Brain We 013 LP 90 Compilation From A Northern Place We 014 7" 90 This Perfect Day Balcony Love We 015 7" 90 Livingstone Half A Lifetime We 016 7" 90 Mary*Go*Round Plays Golden Hits We 017 MP 90 Holger Danske Holger Danske We 018 7" 90 The Waiting Rain Sail We 019 7" 90 Mindre Modiga M{n Tysta M{n We 020 7" 91 The Boom Band Osynlig V{n We 021 LP 91 Compilation A West Side Fabrication Vol 2 We 022 7" 91 Holger Danske Water From The Moon We 023 7" 91 This Perfect Day Postcard Summers We 024 7" 91 Tins & Cans Mission We 025 7" 91 Send No Flowers Learning French We 026 7" 91 Mindre Modiga M{n Vackra Ann We 027 LP 91 Tins & Cans Trancemission WeCD 027 CD 91 Tins & Cans Trancemission We 028 LP 91 Mindre Modiga M{n L|gnerna Och Sanningen WeCD 028 CD 91 Mindre Modiga M{n L|gnerna Och Sanningen We 029 MC 91 Popsicle Popsicle WeCD 030 CD 92 Compilation This Is A West Side Fabrication WeCD 031 CD 92 Compilation 15 Songs To The Spring We 032 LP 92 Cod Lovers Pretty Things WeCD 032 CD 92 Cod Lovers Pretty Things WeCD 033 CD 92 Popsicle Template WeCD 034 CD 92 Mindre Modiga M{n Sn{lla Mamma We 035 7" 92 The Bugs Bumble Bee WeCD 036 CD 92 The Waiting Rain Another Mental Earthquake WeCD 037 CD 92 The Bear Quartet Penny Century WeCD 038 CD 92 Blithe Pagan Rituals Under A Midnight Sun WeCD 039 CD5 93 Holger Danske I Am Here WeCD 040 CD5 93 Mindre Modiga M{n Lyckligare D} WeCD 041 CD 93 Stardog Champions WeCD 042 CD 93 Pleasurehouse Marseille WeCD 043 CD 93 Holger Danske Hank vs Hank WeCD 044 CD 93 Mindre Modiga M{n K}gedalen WeCD 045 CD 93 The Bear Quartet Cosy Den WeCD 046 CD 93 Compilation West Side Strikes Back Vol IV WeCD 047 CD5 93 Stardog The Godrats EP WeCD 048 CD5 93 Holger Danske Pitch Vs Frequenzy EP WeCD 049 CD5 93 Mindre Modiga M{n Sa Dom P} Radion WeCD 050 CD5 93 Hardy Nilsson 1973/Hon Som G}r Bredvid WeTS 051 TS 93 West Side Fabrication Got A Cooler Sounding Name WeTS 052 TS 93 The Bear Quartet Cosy Den WeTS 053 TS 93 A Shrine Friendly Friends WePO 054 PO 93 Stardog Stardog WePO 055 PO 93 Compilation Got A Cooler Sounding Name WeCD 056 CD5 93 A Shrine Glace WeCD 057 CD 93 Blithe Head Is Mighty WeCD 058 CD5 93 Hardy Nilsson Pops}ng/Din Match WeCD 059 CD 93 Mufflon 5 Boca Juniors WeCD 060 CD5 93 Fireside Softboy WeCD 061 CD 93 The Bear Quartet Family Affair WeCD 062 CD 93 Puffin Carnivore WeCD 063 CD5 93 Blue Popsong EP WeCD 064 CD 93 Hardy Nilsson [r Det V{rt Det? WePO 065 PO 93 Compilation Never Trust A Teenage Popstar WeMC 066 MC 93 Compilation NS West Side WeCD 067 CD5 93 Carpe Wade Porch Light WeCD 068 CD5 -- Hardy Nilsson Gud I Mikrofon EP WeCD 069 CD5 94 Puffin Medium Cool EP WeCD 070 CD 94 Carpe Wade Full Circle WeCD 071 CD5 94 The Bear Quartet Revisited EP WeCD 072 CD5 94 Fireside Jupiter WeCD 073 CD 94 Compilation We're All Part Of A Family WeCD 074 CD5 94 A Shrine 48k WeCD 075 CD 94 Fireside Fantastic Four WeTS 076 TS 94 Compilation We're All Part Of A Family WeCD 077 CD5 94 Carpe Wade Snow WeCD 078 CD 94 A Shrine Hansel WeCD 079 CD 94 Stardog Stardog WeCD 080 CD5 94 Popundret Popundret WeTS 081 TS 94 Compilation We Are The Family WeCD 082 CD 94 Penniless People of B.. Mould WeCD 083 CD5 94 Blue Calling WeCD 084 CD 94 Compilation Making New Friends WeCD 085 CDMP 94 Blissfull Greatest WeCD 086 CD 94 Blue Sitting On The Sofa WeCD 087 CD 94 Puffin Soundtrack WeCD 088 CD 94 Mufflon 5 6:am Mantra WeCD 089 CD5 95 The Bear Quartet It Only Takes A Flashlight To C.. WeCD 090 CD 95 Waterbug Supercali... WeCD 091 CD 95 The Bear Quartet Everybody Else (West Side together with Telegram Records:) WeT 1 CD 93 A Shrine Li & Friends WeT 2 CD 93 Blue Blue (West Side under the JAZZ BEAT label:) JB 01 CD5 93 SUSS von AHN River Of Love JB 02 CD5 94 SUSS von AHN Bet I Would Fall In Love Again JB 03 (West Side under the BUFFEL label:) BUF.S 01 CD5 94 Garp Faller En, Faller Alla... EP BUF. 02 CD 94 Garp Till}ten Fr}n 16 BUF.S 03 CD5 94 Mindre Modiga M{n Till Dom Som Har F|rlorat Allt BUF.S 04 CD5 94 Hardy Nilsson Hela Hj{rtat Mitt BUF. 05 CD 94 Hardy Nilsson Att Ha Och Inte Ha BUF.S 06 CD5 94 Mindre Modiga M{n D} [r Bilen Bra BUF. 07 CD 94 Mindre Modiga M{n Utan Att Rodna (West Side under the SPEECH label:) SP.S 01 CD5 94 Boolteens Perfect Smile ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- //Erik -------------------------- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 13:36:27 +0100 From: ir2_2@und.ida.liu.se (Mats Wallstedt) Subject: A proper introduction Things have finally cooled down a bit in my life so her is a proper intruduction of myself. My name is Mats Wallstedt and I'm studying computer- and information- technology at the university of Linkoping, Sweden. I've been a fan of "alternative", "indie" music ever since i saw a compilation by Siouxie And The Banshees on T.V. (many years ago) I'm really glad of that because that took me away from being a Kiss fan all my life. :) Last year me and a friend ran a radioshow ("Psychocandy") on the student radio station, focusing on "alternative" music (can't find a better word), an excellent opportunity to listen and present new bands. We tried to present a local band every week and play a lot of demos. Our listmaster was one of my faithfull listerners (I think). I also arranged special "indie"-parties at the student hangout, trying to help new bands to play. Some of the interviews done by our listmaster is from those evenings (great stuff chief!!). These days I'm not so involved in these things but It gave me a lot of good connections to people who are. My musical tastes range from Swedish pop (of course) to hard industrial music like Ministry, combined with mellow things like Red House Painters. It's almost easier to name music that I dislike. Well that's a little bit about myself and I'm happy to be on the list!! Question: Does anyone have, or know somebody who has, the first record by the Danish group "HOW DO I". I've been looking for it a couple of years. Even a tape recording will do. Many thanks in advance. /Mats -------------------------- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 95 13:50:30 +0100 From: Marten.Sahlen@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen) Subject: Re: A proper introduction > Question: Does anyone have, or know somebody who has, the first record by the > Danish group "HOW DO I". I've been looking for it a couple of years. Even a > tape recording will do. Many thanks in advance. I suppose you're talking about the Submarine album. Don't have it myself, but it seems like every time I go to a second hand record store here in Sthlm, I see that CD sitting around in the bins. So it is available, at least up here. ---------------------- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 19:34:03 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: Puffin WWW Page I've just started to add indie bands to the WWW pages of this list (http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/), and first to get their own page is Puffin. Not completed yet though, but all cd's are there with pictures and some links to interviews and e-mail. Check it out if you have WWW access, and let me know what you think. //Erik --------------------- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 03:16:59 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: More WWW Next to be added was The Bear Quartet with a link to Burrito's TBQ discography, plus a scan of the cover of the new CD "Everybody Else" that was released on February 23rd 1995. Articles and photos will follow. (Just informing...) //Erik ------------------- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 95 21:02:14 +0100 From: ludde@kore.lk.se (Ludvig Borgne) Subject: How Do I >>Question: Does anyone have, or know somebody who has, the first record by the >>Danish group "HOW DO I". I've been looking for it a couple of years. Even a >>tape recording will do. Many thanks in advance. >I suppose you're talking about the Submarine album. Don't have it myself, but >it seems like every time I go to a second hand record store here in Sthlm, I >see that CD sitting around in the bins. So it is available, at least up here. "Submarine" is not their first album (as I expect the person who asked already know), it's their second. It is one of my favourite scandinavian albums of all time (along with Carnivore, Lacquer and Cosy Den), and I can warmly recommend it for anyone who happens to stumble over a copy. The first album is called "Drum Fake Drum" or something like that, and was only released on vinyl. I have never seen a copy, and I doubt I ever will... It's supposed to be very Buzzcocks-punky. The stuff they've released after Submarine is IMHO totally pointless, and should be avoided. Saw two minutes of them live at last years Roskilde festival too, and it was just awful. Can't believe it's the same band, really. /Ludde -------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 04:58:22 +0100 From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: CARAWAY A group called CARAWAY is playing at the local university/student place this thursday. They're from Hultsfred and were described to be playing "happy pop". Anyone know more about them? Mats? More info would be great! Anyone? //Erik End of SI Digest #2.02 **********************