New York legend Johnny Thunders raised the bar for how low you could go to find rock and roll inspiration. His licks sounded caked in dirt and shit, the grimiest, nastiest stuff six strings were capable of mustering. The Norwegian nightmares in Pirate Love know better than most – hell, they named their band after one of the beloved Dolls' songs. It's a fitting homage, though, considering Pirate Love's reputation as untamed 60s throwbacks and some of the wildest Scandinavians this side of Turbonegro. Not a distinction to be taken lightly. They invented a genre to [...]
The dissonance you feel in your gut when you pair "Pirate" and "Love" couldn't be more perfect. Then you sprinkle in a glob of garage surf punk blanketed with the sharpest of black atmospherics and you have yourself Norway's very own Pirate Love.After coming off a huge European tour with Serena Maneesh, Pirate Love will be making a mid-June stop off in Toronto for NXNE to play at El Mocambo's on
These debonair & dapper-looking chaps from Oslo in Norway, create a sound that's anything but - although it is surely the perfect antidote to an overdose of sickly-sweetness, in any form. Too much twee from Scandinavia? - knock back a few shots of Pirate Love - that'll fix what ails you. They must be wonderful seen in the right sorta small, smoky venue (are there any left?), but I bet they don't wear those jumpers. ♫ Sick Of You - Pirate Love ♫ The Lonely Streets - [...]
Upcoming European tourdates for Norway's Pirate Love : 01/21 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR) 01/29 - Schaubude, Kiel (GER) 01/30 - tba, Haarlem (HOL) 02/01 - Die Bliksem, Den Helder (HOL) 02/03 - 1210, Stuttgart (GER) 02/04 - tba, Darmstadt (GER) 02/05 - tba, Geneva (CH) 02/06 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH) 02/07 - Gaswerk, Winterthur (CH) 02/08 - tba, Ravensburg (GER) 02/09 - tba, Vienna (AUS) 02/11 - Traffic, Roma (ITA) 02/13 [...]
Norwegian act Pirate Love will have their album "Black vodoun space blues" released internationally on both CD and vinyl via Voodoo Rhythm Records/Get Hip with new artwork and an extra song from their now-OOP "Death surf negro spirituals" EP. The band will have a release party at the FunHouse in Oslo on October 30 and then will be heading to London for a few dates in early November. Samples and details at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thepira telove
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