Es ist mal wieder soweit – Hit the North hat ein neues Indiepop-Rundum-Sorgenlos-Pake t geschnürt: am Samstag, den 6. August, wird die MS Hedi ab 17: 30 Uhr wieder durch den Hamburger Hafen schippern. Mit an Bord sind diesmal die Norweger von Soda Fountain Rag , die ihre Songs live zum Besten geben werden, und anschließend legt die Crème de la Crème der Hamburger Indiepop- und Twee-DJs noch einige Stunden Musik zum Tanzen auf. Das Wetter spielt bestimmt mit, so wie bei Contre Jour im Juli. Passend dazu auch der neue Titel «I watch the boats» , [...]
The song list this year has a lot of crossover with the records list from yesterday. I suppose that is to be expected to a certain degree, but I get it's a little repetitive for me to be banging on about the same bands over and over again. Still, that's the nature of these lists, and I'm not going to throw in other things for the sake of it. 1. Los Campesinos! - A Heat Rash in the Shape of the Show Me State, or, Letters from Me to Charlotte [...]
La mattina del 13 dicembre le ragazze scandinave indossano vesti candide e una corona di candele accese. L'oscurità della notte di Santa Lucia , che secondo il Calendario Giuliano era la notte più lunga dell'anno, è ormai alle spalle e la luce può ritornare. Ci si scambia doni, si preparano dolci tradizionali, si canta in coro e prende il via il periodo delle festività. Come già gli anni scorsi , anche polaroid ha deciso di entrare nello spirito natalizio e di provare a farvi un piccolo regalo. Ho chiamato un po' di amici e di band e [...]
If you were wondering what bands make up the soundtrack to LHNA's summer so far, here are some albums and EPs I've had on repeat as of late: Learning by Perfume Genius Pitchfork may have named "Mr. Peterson" Best New Track but really this is an album that must be heard as a whole. Keep your Elliott Smith and Conor Oberst analogies to yourself: for me, this is a man with a unique personal vision and a record that appears to [...]
Soda Fountain Rag is back, now stronger than ever, with a new 103 vinyl album coming up on Yesboyicecream records July 5th. "Reel around me " is the title, and this time Ragnhild Hostad Jordah l is joined by her live band for the first time on a recording. Anders Kaasen (known from The April Skies) plays guitars and Princess Niko plays bass. Ragnhild Hostad Jordahl herself plays the rest, - drums, keyboards and vocals. Soda Fountain Rag's music is easy to put in the indiepop-genre,- [...]
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As difficult as it is for us to believe, well over two and a half years have passed since our first mention of the musician we have for listening today. Originally featured here in September 2007, then again in February 2008, Bergen, Norway multi-instrumentalist Ragnhild Hogstad Jordahl now has an upcoming full-length release with her tenured music project Soda Fountain Rag. The new collection of
A couple of years ago I posted a song by a Norwegian upstart calling herself Soda Fountain Rag . It was called Don't Kill the Clowns and it was a storming little song, barely passing two minutes but all the better for it. Continuing on from that point, I listened to the full album, which sounded a little flat to me. I'm hesitant to use that word as it's a good set of songs and I still enjoy them, but they lacked that certain something which stopped them from reaching greatness. Two years on, and [...]
A couple of years ago I posted a song by a Norwegian upstart calling herself Soda Fountain Rag . It was called Don't Kill the Clowns and it was a storming little song, barely passing two minutes but all the better for it. Continuing on from that point, I listened to the full album, which sounded a little flat to me. I'm hesitant to use that word as it's a good set of songs and I still enjoy them, but they lacked that certain something which stopped them from reaching greatness. Two years on, and [...]
- Frequenze News - Sul sito di Rolling Stone in pre-ascolto il nuovo Ep di Scuola Furano ("Tribute Ep"). Power funk in quattro quarti. Come se piovesse. Il discorso è questo: o vi affidate alla tecnologia imperante oppure acquistate Chartology . Cos'è ? Lo spiega benissimo [...]
This past weekend was my first experience of London Popfest, an annual event that aims to bridge the gap between Indietracks' for indiepop kids. Taking place over four days in deepest London, the world's finest indiepop bands descend on tiny venues to " indiepop 'til we drop ". For various reasons I only made it to the Friday and Saturday days of the weekend, but the weekend still managed to be the highlight of the year so far. Friday // Buffalo Bar What a tiny, tiny venue. Little more [...]
How is it possible that I can order a CD from the US and receive it four days later, but a box of things I sent from England in May still hasn't arrived? And how is it possible that the so-called 'economy' postage rate (70 quid, equivalent to $140 Aussie dollars) that I chose means that I can't even find out where the hell the bloody thing is, and how much longer it will take to arrive? You suck, Royal Mail. Them's fightin' words, them is. Angry Girl - Soda Fountain Rag [...]
I really, really hate morning glory vine. It's the bane of my existence. Well, it's the bane of my gardening existence at any rate. It's invasive and insidious and I can't keep up with it. I think it's all connected to one giant root that's living under my house, so no amount of weeding can conquer it. (Oh my god, I'm right!! ) And with all the rain we've been having, it's multiplying so fast that I can practically see it growing before my eyes! [...]
A polaroid for Christmas 2008 La mattina del 13 dicembre le ragazze scandinave indossano vesti candide e una corona di candele accese. L'oscurità della notte di Santa Lucia , che secondo il Calendario Giuliano era la notte più lunga dell'anno, è ormai alle spalle e la luce può ritornare. Ci si scambia doni, si preparano dolci tradizionali, si canta in coro e prende il via il periodo delle festività. Come già l'anno scorso , anche polaroid ha [...]
The album is essentially about childhood, as made evident by the playful, sometimes sing-songy melodies. However, songwriter Ragnhild Jordahl chose the darkest moments of childhood to write about. read more
Michael Knight is the musical universe of Irish pop contrarian Richard Murphy. I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This is the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed but commercially ignored 2006 limited release debut Youth Is Wasted On The Young and continues his ongoing musical argument that Bach and Bacharach can make compelling bedfellows. A wryly-observed musical curio for the 21st Century, his latest LP, I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This, is the only record you will hear this year that considers the 18th and 19th Centuries as valid as the 80s [...]
Michael Knight is the musical universe of Irish pop contrarian Richard Murphy. I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This is the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed but commercially ignored 2006 limited release debut Youth Is Wasted On The Young and continues his ongoing musical argument that Bach and Bacharach can make compelling bedfellows. A wryly-observed musical curio for the 21st Century, his latest LP, I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This, is the only record you will hear this year that considers the 18th and 19th Centuries as valid as the 80s [...]
OK, OK, I know what you're going to say. "Another Scandanavian band?!?!" And, of course, the answer is yes, because like it or not, those crazy one-time-Vikings are making some damn fine music these days, narrowly beating out Canada recently as the top country of origin for today's best indie pop music. Or we're just trying our best to get Lykke Li on Ron Paul's ticket as the best VP alternative to Palin and Biden . You can make the call there. That discussion aside, let's now focus on Soda [...]
Depuis trois jours, j'ai une angine de taré... et pas n'importe quelle angine ! L'angine avec de petites bactéries qui vous balancent des pics au fond de la gorge, qui vous oblige à prendre des antibiotiques et qui vous scotchent au lit à coût de fièvre. Alors je vois des choses bizarres ! Je vois David Hasselhoff en cowboys qui s'amuse à faire de la pop. Je vois une femme sortie d'un conte qui chante en anglais sur Pachelbel. J'entends même des bruits d'enfants qui sortent de nul part... franchement je suis mal, AIDEZ-MOI [...]
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