Each Tuesday, FADER editor Matthew Schnipper highlights an underappreciated release he thinks we need to know about. This week it's Olaf Arnald's Innundir Skinni, unofficial runner up for the Nordic Music Prize. Listen to the album's opener here and read Schnipper's thoughts about the selection process after the jump. Last week I was invited to Oslo [...]
Jónsi received the inaugural Nordic Music Prize yesterday for his 2010 release "Go". It was his debut solo album, the other 11 nominees included Robyn's "Body Talk", First Aid Kit's "The Big Black & the Blue", Efterklang's "Magic Chairs" and the Radio Dept.'s "Clinging To A...
Congrats to Go ! Watch 'Go Do' (Live) here. MP3: Jonsi - Tornado
Filed under: News , Awards Erika Goldring, Getty Images Sigur Rós frontman Jonsi Birgisson, who performs solo as Jonsi , has won the inaugural Nordic Music Prize for his solo album 'Go.' The announcement was made Saturday at an awards ceremony and reported on the artist's site over the weekend. "Thank you so much, thank you to all the other musicians," Jonsi said in a very [...]
Iceland's Jónsi was announced as the winner of the inaugural Nordic Music Prize, awarded this past weekend at by:Larm in Oslo: http://nordicmusicprize.com/
Tweet Breaking the silence with the first post of 2011, and it's a post that has forced it's way into the blog. I did not intend to start blogging so soon, and I am absolutely not sure if this will be a very active year for the blog, but I am considering many options. This post had to be written. It's about an amazing band and an amazing album, and the album is out today. Norway's My Little Pony is now called mylittlepony [...]
Tweet I'm taking a short break from my blogging-break to tell you about our two new EardrumsPop releases from Oláfachada (Ola from My Little Pony + Bernando Fachada from bFachada) and another new EP from Insect Guide. You can download both for free at http://www.eardrumspop.com/rel eases-2/singles/ I would also like to invite all of you who have heard some or all of our EardrumsPop singles to answer this little year-end survey of ours. We want you to [...]
Tweet Listen to this! Horse Shoes have made an amazing remix of Champagne Riot's wonderful song "A friend of a friend". Champagne Riot - A Friend Of A Friend ( Horse Shoes Remix ) by horseshoesmusic ...and the original: A Friend Of A Friend by CHAMPAGNE RIOT Tweet
Tweet Monzano has a new EP out now on UK label Lazy Acre Records, "Apple Handsome EP". The EP features selected tracks from their back-catalogue. It's available now on Bandcamp for the price of your choice. Tweet
Tweet Johan Brännström , the singer in Sweden's Heart-Sick Groans has released a new free EP on Bandcamp today. Brännström gives us 4 really good acoustic pop songs, slightly different than what he usually do in his main band. His warm voice combined with the acoustic instruments reminds me a bit of artists like Ron Sexsmith or Martin Stephenson, both personal favourites of mine. "Annabella" and "Just Another June" are the highlights for me on a strong 4 track EP. [...]
Tweet Northern Portrait is back with a new single on Matinée Recordings , "Life Returns To Normal" with a cover of Cliff Richard 's "Some People" on the b-side. The lead track is one of my favourites from their debut album, with those lovely, bubbling guitars underneath Stefan's rich and powerful vocals. The lyrics are also outstanding, as usual, and the chorus gives me the wonderful warm feeling inside that only GREAT songs can. Their cover of "Some [...]
Tweet Burning Hearts have made a lovely cover of Arthur Russell's "The Letter" available for streaming via Soundcloud. The band is currently working on their second album. Have a listen here: The Letter by Burning Hearts Here is a link to Russell's original on Spotify . Burning Hearts singer Jessika Rapo and drummer Ville Hopponen are also in another band, Le Futur Pompiste , [...]
Tweet One of my favourite bands from Norway, Casa Murilo , is just finished recording their debut album with Monzano/The Little Hands Of Asphalt's Sjur Lyseid as the producer. The album will be released on Spoon Train Audio in January, and I am really looking forward to it. The first single from the album, "Breaking Ranks", was made available for free today, and it's even better than I expected (and I expected a lot!). Have a listen: Casa Murilo - Breaking Ranks [...]
Tweet Labrador Records share an mp3 of a new song from Club 8 , "Closer Now", which will be the band's new single. The single will be released on November 23, and is described as "a melodic fusion of High-life, psychedelia, Stone Roses guitars, West African chants and rhythms ... all gloriously mixed with Club 82s special blend of Swedish pop hooks." The song is not one of the 10 on Club 82s recent album [...]
Tweet "Hard To Be Good" is the new single from Norway's finest pop-band My Little Pony . The single will be released on October 4th on Spoon Train Audio . Their second album "Making Marks" will be released early next year. It is produced by Sjur Lyseid (The Little Hands of Asphalt, Monzano), who is responsible for more than the good sound on the album... [...]
Tweet Morr Music seem to find great music to release from all over the world, but Iceland has been a country they have visited more often than many others on their releases. I can mention Benni Hemm Hemm, Borko, Múm, Seabear, Sóley, Sin Fang Bous ... Have I forgotten someone? Wonderful artists, all of them. Their new signing is Pascal Pinon from Reykjavík, Iceland. Pascal Pinon is not a man, but two girls, - the [...]
Tweet Robert Svensson will release a new single, "Runaway", on October 6, - the first one from his upcoming album "You're a wasteland, honey" . The label Nomethod has made an ecard where you can preview 4 songs from the new album here , and they all sound really good. Here's a free mp3 of the new single for you: Robert Svensson - Runaway Tweet
Tweet The Swedish electrions are held on Sunday, and The Radio Dept. has once again made a political song to state their views on the present government. The song is called "The New Improved Hypocrisy", and it is released for free today from Labrador Records ' website. The first political song they made was "Freddie And The Trojan Horse" from 2008, about " the untruthfulness of the Swedish right-wing government and how the leading party seized power by portraying itself [...]
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 [...]
Tweet The Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Silje Nes ' second album "Opticks" is released today on Fat Cat Records . It's one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have heard so far this year. "Opticks" sounds both more focussed and more confident than her debut, "Ames room", which I have to say also was an excellent record. This time, her songs are more accessible and "pop" than on earlier releases, and it suits her. The melodies are more in front this [...]
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