Tweet Do you remember the little monkey that always followed Pippi Longstocking where ever she went? His name was Herr Nilsson , - mr. Nilsson, and that's also the name of the band I'm going to present for you today. They're from Bergen, Norway , and have been around for several years. Their music can probably be described as indiepop with jangly guitars, trumpets (you know I love them), violins, banjos and lots of fun. The banjo/violin elements give their music a tiny touch [...]
A postscript to all that Brazil stuff with a look at their 2002 World Cup win from a different angle, featuring a song which was dedicated to the rotund one: Pictured above. Fatty Ron celebrating with Pele (who can't keep his eyes off that used-a-steam-iron-as-a-templat e bit of hair on his forehead) before being carried around by his team mates - who were treated for a hernia later on. - Before I continue here's a reminder of that [...]
Herr Nilsson is a Bergen, Norway-based musical troupe who easily won our ears with their most recent pair of EP releases in Today Is My Birthday which was happily featured here in October 2008 and No Man Is Iceland as a follow up in December 2008. Almost exactly one year later, we have some wonderful news and an excellent new song to share. Long Live Herr Nilsson, the band's third full length
Temperatures are dropping to the extreme here in Cincinnati, with precipitation that looks more like stuffing from a faulty 1970s era beanbag chair rather than any type of proper snowflakes. In order to warm the ears this evening, we have an update on the Bergen, Norway musical collective Herr Nilsson who were featured here just over a month ago [October 29 review + download]. Guitarist and
It's always a welcome surprise to find an artist we've featured in the past involved with additional music projects of which we were previously unaware. As for today's offering, we find Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Ragnhild Hogstad Jordahl a.k.a. Soda Fountain Rag, who we first featured in September 2007 and updated most recently in February 2008, now contributing to an impressive indie pop
the housemartins - caravan of love. über die housemartins weiß ich nichts, außer dass norman cook da mitgemacht hat. fatboy slim, mensch! und dass es sie nicht mehr gibt weiß ich auch. ich kenne nur dieses lied hier, von einer mixkassette, die mir eine freundin vor langen jahren mal gemacht hat. dieses video zum lied finde ich auch (wobei ich mir noch nicht so ganz sicher bin, wie ich das original finden soll. vielleicht doch irgendwie blasphemisch?) sehr nett. auch von einem mixtape bzw von einer mixcd habe ich das folgende lied. die mixcd hat mir [...]