Artist: ABBA

If you've followed me on Facebook before you know that I enjoy cooking (understatement!) and like to post pictures of whatever food I make. In the RV it's a little bit more challenging to go on any culinary adventures. I try my best but work space is limited as well as cupboard space and having lived in this thing for about two months I'm not quite stocked up on spices and tools either. We're also on a budget whereas at home we almost never got around to eating those leftovers. But as someone said - musicians tend to [...]

Qualcuno di voi è fan degli Abba? Vi mancano? Ebbene, ecco una notizia che vi farà sicuramente piacere: è in arrivo un inedito del gruppo autore di "Mamma mia", "Daning Queen" e "The Winner Takes it all", per citarne alcuni. Il 23 aprile uscirà una loro raccolta, chiamata "The Visitors", ma non conterrà solo celebri canzoni storiche della band, ma anche un pezzo mai sentito, dal titolo "From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel". Il brano era stato composto e cantante nel 1981 ma non fu mai pubblicato. E a distanza di più di [...]

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I remember discovering Norway's Casiokids a couple of years ago when a friend kindly added their computer-generated funk-rave-riot 'Fot I Hose' to a mixtape gift. After falling off my chair with excitement I wondered, "Why are these guys not international super heroes?" This initial enthusiasm was duly reinforced by a Casiokids gig that frothed with enough fizz and pop to power every Soda Stream machine ever invented. But, the thing with Bergen's best kept secret is, that they haven't quite managed to translate the energy of their unstoppably uplifting and [...]

Listening to her music, an otherworldly edge, surprising twists and powerful, haunting vocals make her much more than just another pretty folk-pop-acoustic performer. In other words, in Scandinavian music terms that Americans can understand, she's no ABBA retread and not quite the enigmatic eccentric of Bjork , but carving her own unique and welcome niche in the music world. Atlanta Retro writes about my music, my upcoming show at the Drunken Unicorn [...]

Hey kave kids, here's some more cooler than thou stuff from Redd Kross! Here's a quick Redd Kross story. Back in the 80's around the "Teen Babes From Monsanto" era- RK played a NYC show with the Circle Jerks, Toxic Reasons and DOA. I still have the poster from the show. So me and Davey snuck backstage (it was at this old theater/club called The Ritz- now known as Webster Hall). We were pretty "enhanced" and struck up a convo with the bros McDonald that focused mainly on mushrooms, stealing liquor from our parents stash and of course [...]

the R.E.M. may be over butt me ears get excited every time something new surfaces from the American rockers. dating back from '84, have a listen to the STIPE and co cover the ABBA's (then five year old) choon DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW ? wotyougot

Siete fan degli ABBA? Amate i Beatles? Conoscete ogni canzone dei Duran Duran? E sapete il significato del nome della vostra band preferita? A volte diciamo i nomi della band senza chiederci da dove arrivi la loro origine. Oggi vogliamo raccontarvi come sono nati certi gruppi e da dove sia arrivata l'idea di chiamarsi così. Dopo il salto potete trovare alcuni dei gruppi stranieri più famosi e anche delle band italiane: Abba : deriva dall'iniziale del nome di ogni componente del gruppo: Agnetha, Björn, Benny e Anni-Frid. In ebraico signifca anche "Padre" [...]

Just when you thought you'd heard the last of R.E.M. , and I don't mean that in a bad way, I mean it in a "WOO look what we got" kind of way! A new track appears online dating back to 1984 when I was, well, unborn for another 5 years! The recording is of Stipe and co covering ABBA 's 1979 hit "Does Your Mother Know?". Did any of ABBA's tracks not become a hit?! Spin the R.E.M. cover below and the ABBA version is also there for comparisons sake. R.E.M.: [...]

R.E.M. covers ABBA's 'Does Your Mother Know' back in 1984. Stream the recording, then download the full bootleg.

With Beavis and Butthead back on the air after nearly a decade-and-a-half hiatus, I thought I'd take a moment to offer my belated thanks to these two badly-drawn boys for turning me on to a couple of bands that otherwise would have escaped my attention. Even before MTV got out of the music video business, Beavis and Butthead were airing videos that would never have gotten any airplay via mainstream channels. Presumably channeling Mike Judge's musical tastes, Beavis and Butthead provided US viewers with the first glimpses of several well-below-the-radar bands including the Dead Milkmen, the Cramps, Daisy [...]

Regalo di Natale - quasi - fuori tempo massimo: dopo i due brani ufficialmente rilasciati per il fan club ("Perfect Cirle" e "Life And How To Live It", entrambi in versione live) come tradizione impone, arriva il leak di una cover che Michael Stipe e soci suonarono durante il tour promozionale di "Reckoning", nel lontano 1984. Si tratta di una rilettura di "Does Your Mother Know" degli ABBA : scelta non proprio convenzionale che però mostra chiaramente quanto la vena pop degli R.E.M. fosse una delle basi fondamentali del loro songwriting. [...]

Es muy difícil que a estas alturas alguien no se haya enterado de que R.E.M ya no sigue en activo . Sin embargo, eso no significa que la banda no siga dando de qué hablar. Ha aparecido en YouTube una grabación en directo de una versión que Michael Stipe y compañía interpretaron en 1984. Se trata nada más y nada menos que de una canción de ABBA. Aunque la calidad no se acerca a la que podríamos haber apreciado en una versión de estudio, suena bastante bien teniendo en cuenta los [...]

Una nueva canción de R.E.M. llega a nuestros oídos. La banda sigue apareciendo en las noticias, aún después de separados. Ya los extrañamos, pero ellos se encargan de que no los olvidemos. Ahora, la ex banda R.E.M. apareció con un viejo cover que nunca había salido a la luz hasta hoy. Es una versión de la exitosa canción Does Your Mother Know? de la banda sueca, ABBA grabada en 1979. En [...]

Despite the "split heard 'round the world", R.E.M. continues to pop up in the feeds. This time for an early taping of the band covering ABBA's "Does Your Mother Know?", which recently hit YouTube. Dating back to 1984, the intimate recording begins with a request for two volunteers and ends it with a "nice round of applause for our dancers of the day, Sean and Mary!" Check out the track below. R.E.M.'s compilation Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011 , is out now .

XYLOS is a five-piece electro-pop band from New York who has gained praise and spins from KEXP , KCRW and MPR's The Current . In addition, the New York Post named them as a "band to watch" for 2011. Well, we've been watching and this year has seen the band release their self-titled debut full-length album on top of tour dates with such acts as Oberhofer , Tapes 'N Tapes and most recently Trentemøller . With the bands 80's inspired production coupled with vocal harmonies reminiscent of ABBA [...]