Blog: Compost Modern Art

Yes, that's right! Cheveu are coming to Oslo for the first time. They will be playing at Revolver on the 18th of November . Cheveu have a track on the Stuffs vol. 1 LP compilation and atleast 1 member will be contributing a solo project track for Stuff vol. 2 which will be out sometime soon-ish. If you don't know Cheveu; here is a short introduction. The show is [...]

Hello, long time no see! Currently working on the Stuffs vol. 2 LP. Lots of great new bands in the works. More info sooner than later. While we wait, Crash Normal are flying in for a short scandal-navian tour! Be there or be square: June 2 at Revolver with Le Corbeau June 3 possibly with Tundra Fucks in Gothenburg (house party) and June 4th in Stockholm opening up for Abe Vigoda [...]

Just a quick note. I will be djing this cool gig at Mir on saturday: It's cheap. The bands are good. The club is nice. No reason not to show up. Word.

Here are a couple of nice reviews of the STUFFS LP. From Still Single: "I'll take this over the Hozac dumpers any day; this sort of panic is much more my speed – a new import collection of a "state of scene" for bands with a little more ambition to go with their violence. Side A collects the mostly West Coast-based American contributions (When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Sneakers, Matt K. Shrugg, Ty Segall, Bipolar Bear, Agent Ribbons and Sic Alps), almost all of which turn in quality material. Since it's a comp, [...]

STUFFS is now available from the fine people at Killshaman Records , S-S Records and Permanent Records (Chicago) in the US, and X-mist in Europe. A few others will have copies soon. On the 13th of September I will be live on the radio making an ass of myself playing several songs off the record on the Bra Trommis show on Radio Nova 99.3 FM in Oslo. Tune in to learn some Norwegian and hear me ramble on about good music. It can [...]

Compost Modern Art Recordings proudly presents: STUFFS 750 x gatefold LP with music and art by all 14 bands. 12 euros + shipping & fondling. I heard it's pretty good....

Right. It's finally time for STUFFS. The new Compost Modern Art LP compilation. It's full of good stuff(s). The lineup is as follows: Crash Normal (Fr), Cheveu (Fr), Sneakers (US), Bungalow Ranchstyle (No), Agent Ribbons (US), The Dictaphone (Fr), The Feeling of Love (Fr), De La Cave (Fr), Bipolar Bear (US), Don Vito (Ge), Ty Segall (US), When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth (US), Sic Alps (US), and Matt K. Shrugg (US) That's 14 freaking bands. Some short bursts and some [...]

So , I' ll be dj'ing one night at the amazing All Ears festival for improvised music this year with the Soft Bondage gang. Should be fun . The lineup is pretty incredible : I' ll probably play a track or two from the upcoming LP comp , [...]

So here is some footage from the CMA pre-release party. Good times. The Feeling of Love: Hell Shovel: Bungalow Ranchstyle: .............................. ...................... Info about the 12" compilation release soon!

Yes, cma#003 is on the way. 14 band compilation; mostly american and french. Bands include Crash Normal, Cheveu, Bipolar Bear, The Feeling of Love, The Dictaphone, Bungalow Ranchstyle, Sneakers, Don Vito and a bunch of others. The list is not "official" yet. To celebrate the eventual release; The Feeling of Love and Bungalow Ranchstyle will be playing at Funhouse on the 13th of November with Hell Shovel. Cost is only 50 kroner. Freakin cheap people!

Sending records to the states turns out to be insanely slow and a bit expensive from Oslo... SO, if you are in the states/canada you can now order the records from these fine people: s-s , permanent , floridas dying , kill shaman, roccoco and possibly your local record stores and others establishements. Europeans know what to do. Get to it. The next release (12'' comp.) will be great too, I promise.

Yes it's very quiet here. Been busy partying at jazz festivals and what not. The 7 inches are selling well. (and downloading well it seems) so I should be sold out in not too long. Looks like I will break even, so that's a plus. New record in the works with alot of great bands. Its gonna be a 12'' compilation. Who doesn't love a good comp? Well I do. Good way to check out new bands and to get some exclusive tracks by bands you might know. Hoping to announce an official release [...]

So, I've become a full fledged juuornalisst. Lars from The Intelligence was nice enough to let me "interview" him. Basically, I sendt him some not so great, and some good questions by mail, and he answered. (Photo taken in Barcelona last week at the Primavera Sound festival..more on that later) So here it is in all its Pulitzer price winning glory: CMA: Tell us a little about your background. How and where did you get started [...]

The Forest City Rockers Motorcycle Club part 3 is out. It features music by the mayyors (as always) and a live performance from Crash Normal. The Forest City Rockers - Episode 3 from Eighty Four Films on Vimeo . The story is reeeally deep, so you should watch episode 1 and 2 first. (Posted below or at http://www.forestcityrockers.c om/ ) The Crash Normal Unrealistic Tracks 4 song 7 inch is out no on my label . Feel free to hit me up on gmail [...]

So I'm headed for a full week in Barcelona. The Primavera Sound lineup is disgusting. It might be the best line up ever....anywhere. Shellac, The Jesus Lizard, The Vaselines, Dan Deacon, The Intelligence, Liars, Lightning Bolt, Sonic Youth, Zu just to name a few of the 100+ artists. Lots of "up and comers" as well. There is even an ATP and Pitchfork stage. The indie kids all have hard-ons. The festival stars thursday, but there is a ton of bands playing in the days before as well. Also, Barcelona are playing the Champions League final on wednesday, so [...]

You're still here? How are ya? Gooood. So this site has been neglected again, but I got an excuse. 2 records are ready for release within the next 1-3 weeks! If you are in Oslo there will be a releaseparty at Gloria Flames on June 6th. The first record is out in a week and the other june 6th. I've paid for planetickets for Crash Normal out of my own pocket. They are THAT great. The Intelligence are also playing as part of their Scandal-navia tour, pluss local dudes [...]

So I took a daytrip to Gothenburg Sweden to see Cheveu and Tyvek last sunday. They played at this cool little place called Utmarken . I don't need to say much more, just look at the proof that Cheveu are one of the greatest live bands touring right now: (Ignore the shaky drunken filming) Also filmed a few other shows over the last few weeks including Thomas Function at Funhouse and Skull Defekts at Revolver . [...]

So the 2 releases are a bit delayed.... One didn't have good enough sound on the test pressing, the other is just delayed. Hope to have atleast one ready for the release party. While we wait you can download the Mayyors full set from WFMU . Mayyors has to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Mayyors are not on my record label, but if someone involved reads this, I'm game. Mp3's: Mayyors recorded live at SXSW 2009 . Video from the show (the mp3's have good [...]

lucky bastards...

So things have been slow like a right wing talkshow host around here, I know... Nobody seemed to miss me though, so it's cool. Been a combination of illness and lazyness...but I will be back with new stuff soon. The first record (by Crash Normal ) will be out on CMA in a couple of weeks; and the second one is in the works already. In the meantime you can enjoy this video by The Strange Boys from Austin Texas who just put out a new record on In The Red Records [...]