As was promised last week here's a post containing every song ever recorded by Ruined by Martin as well as the four new songs by the "offspring" tung_nem . In an attempt to give you the best possible impression of the musical transformation the band has gone through, I've tried to list the songs chronologically. Plus mentioned the number of people involved in the project at the time of the various recordings, with lead singer Martin Arnholt being the only recurring band member. But as you can see [...]
...lots of other things happened! I finally bought myself a ticket for the Get Well Soon concert at Loppen on March 23. + If This Hat Is Missing I Have Gone Hunting The new album by The National was announced. To be released May 11 and will be named High Violet . Frank says it's awesome ! I'm almost prepared to wager [...]
Now here's a band that I've never really been able to figure out. When I first heard about Ruined by Martin in December 2005 the duo (as it was back then) played catchy electronic influenced pop music, and having just been picked as Demo band of the month by Gaffa the future looked incredibly bright. That was exactly 4 years and two months ago (or 50 months if you like) and since then the band has seen a number of line-up changes and managed [...]
Working my way through mails, updates etc. Northern Portrait (sort of) verifies that they have finished the recordings of the debut album Criminal Art Lovers . + I Give You Two Seconds To Entertain Me Quite frustrating to learn that the Ruined by Martin concert at Rust (Copenhagen) November 14 has been cancelled. Especially annoying since the problem " [...]
Working my way through mails, updates etc. Northern Portrait (sort of) verifies that they have finished the recordings of the debut album Criminal Art Lovers . + I Give You Two Seconds To Entertain Me More to come...
Not trying to indicate that the blog is ailing or anything, though some might think differently. But just my simple (and perhaps somewhat awkward) way of saying that I've been absent from the blog the past few days, thanks to my participation in a first aid course. Getting much needed new knowledge, though obviously I'm crossing fingers and toes (and just about everything else) hoping that my recently acquired skills will never be tested! When I wrote IFPI and asked for an explanation for why my post had been taken down [...]
...another try. But I'm not gonna say anything about picking up the pace again or more regular posts... last time I did, things once again turned out different! So without further ado, here's some mixed stuff: Been listening to the new The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart EP Higher Than The Stars . And similar to Morten , I do love the new songs, but am not so much impressed by the St. Etienne [...]
I'm once again caught in work-limbo, so here's just a quick overview on what Last.FM recommends this week: (((S))) - Mesmerized (Remix By Angele Phase/Pete Salmang) (MP3) Robert Post - Without A Heart I'd Rather Die (MP3) The Maximilians - Beating Heart (MP3) Oh No Oh My - The Boy With An Anchor (MP3) [...]
Checking mails, reading news etc. tonight. Ruined by Martin has announced that the band will be playing at Pakhuset in Århus on September 17. Great to see things are kicking off. + Seven Years This has to be the worst song to come out of Sweden for I don't know how many years. Though I'll have to admit that it is actually quite funny, hearing my 3 year old daughter roaming around the house shouting [...]
Back again from an Easter trip to Warsaw with the family, where we did very little besides eating, sleeping, playing with the kids, drinking beers and playing Mario Kart . So obviously we had one heck of a time, though it didn't leave much room for any decent music listening. But always fun watching friends discuss whether or not the Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack is crap and getting overly nostalgic together by listening to some radio station entirely committed to 80's music . Anyway here I am, [...]
Back again from an Easter trip to Warsaw with the family, where we did very little besides eating, sleeping, playing with the kids, drinking beers and playing Mario Kart . So obviously we had one heck of a time, though it didn't leave much room for any decent music listening. But always fun watching friends discuss whether or not the Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack is crap and getting overly nostalgic together by listening to some radio station entirely committed to 80's music . Anyway here I am, [...]
The Ruined by Martin concert Friday evening was a mixed experience. It sure was great finally meeting the guys and equally great to at first hand be there to witness that the band has moved to the next level and is now a live band. Unfortunately the venue didn't offer the band the best conditions as they had to care of the sound themselves. So on a few occasions the sound was deficient, but taking into consideration that this was their debut and they had to do it in DIY fashion, they certainly did [...]
This Monday I mentioned that the past weekend had been quiet and uneventful. Looking ahead I can see that the forthcoming weekend will be anything but. Friday evening I'm planning to attend the Ruined by Martin debut concert at Lades in Copenhagen. Saturday I'm going to a birthday party and Sunday evening I'll once again be heading for Copenhagen, to finally see the much hyped (but deservedly so) Loney, Dear at Vega . Tickets are [...]
Not sure how many mails I've received the past month regarding SXSW , but it has to be close to 500. Not the most interesting stuff to read through, when you're not going and have very little interest in who's playing where and when. The music part of the festival starts tomorrow, so hopefully this insane flow of mails is about to stop. Probably too much to ask, as I suspect that a stream of thank you/follow up/great meeting y'all etc. mails will begin once the festival is over? I've previously [...]
Blog favorites Entakt are giving away the track Orkestret med det blotlagte skelet , which didn't make the final cut for the album På Bagsiden Af Europa . Not because it's bad, which it certainly isn't, but simply because it didn't fit in. A quite Tom Waits inspired tune sounding nothing like anything we've previous heard from the band. + Orkestret med det blotlagte skelet Youngsters Avisitor will soon be [...]
Wonder if I'll ever learn. Spending Saturday night drinking and dancing, and not going to bed until 3 AM takes it toll on an old man like me. Problem is that once I have completely recovered; only the fond memories and the funny picture (I do look goofy I know) will remain. Long forgotten are the hangovers and the way I felt the following Monday morning when going to work. So I guess I can answer the question myself; NO; I will never learn. And a fun time we had Saturday night going to a birthday party. The jukebox was [...]
One eye is weeping and one eye is laughing. Ruined by Martin has finally announced a live date. The band's debut concert will take place on April 25 at Lades in Copenhagen. This is news that I've been waiting impatiently for, and then the first date collides with a trip to Tallinn with the boys. But hopefully this is just the first of many live dates to come? If RbM is still unknown territory to you, 5 tracks are free [...]
Sometimes it's almost unbelievable how slowly things progresses. I featured Ruined by Martin in the blog for the first time back in December 2005, when the duo had just been picked as Gaffa 's demo band of the month. And I was really impressed with what I heard and the future looked so bright that I even started dreaming of an album. But for some reason things suddenly slowed down and three years have gone by with very little happening – at least when watching from the [...]
Fucking yeah! The number of daily visitors has finally started to grow and the average of October so far is 426 compared to 409 in September. But the glorious days of November last year (591/day) don't seem likely to return any time soon. Not always easy being a small band I guess. As much as I'm trying to hype Entakt , the band isn't exactly getting much support from the media. None of the mainstream newspapers have (so far) bothered reviewing the new album, and Gaffa is [...]
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