Mr. Oizo - Lambs Anger (2008)

Bonjour!

Quentin Dupieux aka Mr. Oizo is probably the most Artrock human being ever. His contribution to the latest Ed Banger compilation can't even be described as a music number, and Dupieux has sad some weird stuff about this album, including "some of these songs are good, some of them are bad and some of them are just okay". I guess you have to be quite a weirdo to be signed at Ed Banger. His music is usually incredibly avantgarde (read this: bad), just being way too fucked to really understand. If you like this, I sencerely respect you.

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Mais oui, tu veux une banane
Mr. Joachim

Eagles Of Death Metal - Heart On (2008)

The band stated, this going to be "EODM's latest fabulous weapon, a top-secret music missile, a sonic warhead sexually tipped for her pleasure, shot from the deck of USS EODM Mantastic Fantastic.". Well, I'll choose to believe in them. EODM are back, reloaded with lots of energy waiting to be released on this new album. I think that Jesse Hughes is playing a bigger role on this album, than he's done on the two others, but that doesn't effect the quality.

Enjoy!

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Hjörtur

Death By Kite - Death By Kite (2007)

Hey

This one is kind of late on the blog, but it had to be posted sooner or later. Death Be Kite is a Danish alienated indie-band who are starting to emerge from the deep depths of the Danish underground. Expect fast rhythm guitars and shifting boy/girl vocals. They have been receiving some airplay this year with their single "Himmelfahrtskommando", but haven't been hitting the charts. It's definitely worth a listen.

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Cheers

Hjörtur

The Tremolo Beer Gut - Nous Sommes The Tremolo Beer Gut. Qui Le Fuck Êtes-Vous?

Oy!

Danish Surf-Rock might not sound too familiar to you. Behold! Introducing The Tremolo Beer Gut: the one and only Danish Surf-Rock band. Making an album of 15 tracks is impressing. The fact that all track sound like a soundtrack from a Tarantino Motion Picture or some bad old thriller is even more impressing. The longest number is 2:52 which translates: the numbers are short retro-explosions. A very cool album indeed and a must for every fans of noisy stuff or just Surf-Rock stuff. Plus, it's a brilliant album title.

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Cheers,
Joachim

M83 - Saturdays=Youth (2008)

Bonjour!

French music on the menu! M83 released the fine Before The Dawn Heals Us in 2005, an album that contained the anthemic killer tune Don't Save Us From The Flames. Where inspirations as My Bloody Valentine and Sigur Ros shined through on BTDHU, S=Y is more of a tribute to New Order, Vince Clarke and Depeche Mode. M83 called this an electronic concept album. I absolutely hate that description. Luckily, S=Y doens't lack those cinematic sonic soundscapes that M83 are so appreciated for. Electronic music for those who hate electronic music.

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Excuses-moi monsieur, ou est mon fromage,
Joachim

Ryan Adams And The Cardinals - Cardinology (2008)

Oy!

Ryan Adams is one of my favorite artists. Releasing masterpieces as Rock N Roll and especially the magnificent Gold, Ryan Adams has shown what a fucking brilliant songwriter he is. Lately he has teamed up with The Cardinals a lot of times, so from now on he's actually a part of The Cardinals. This means he's not as fucked and raw as heard on Rock N Roll - it's a more controlled Ryan Adams we hear today. This album is the best he's ever done with The Cardinals, though, and it's highly recommended. Try this one out on my behalf!

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Cheers,
Joachim

The Week That Was - The Week That Was (2008)

Oy!

Here's the 22nd most acclaimed album of 2008 this far. Songs are written and played by Peter Brewis of what was former known as Field Music. It's a 32-minute 8-track indie pop concept album written as a part of an imaginary crime thriller and it's a hundred times better than it sounds! It's the kind of pop that is posted surprisingly much on this blog - not the stupid kind of pop, but just kind melodies not drained in distorted guitars. Hard to find but easy to enjoy.

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Cheers,
Joachim

Mani Spinx - Black Mamba (2008)

Hello.

Mr. Mani Spinx is a Danish experimental pop artist. Appreciated by Danish album reviewers for his willing to try out a thousand different genres on every album, Mani doesn't recieve shitloads of airplay at home. Actually, he just doesn't get shitloads of airplay at all. The music can be described as "a happy charmeleon on drugs" or just as "pop". Not the stupid kind of pop, though. Cool tracks includes the extremely annoying, but still very addictive C'mon which has been played just a little bit on Danish radio.

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Cheers,
Joachim

The Dears - Missiles (2008)

Oy!

The Dears were right on the edge. They were hot shit, the next big thing and now they're could-have-been's. They never really got their breakthrough right, and the rules say you can't stand on the breakthrough-edge too long. The Dears did, and now mainstream has totally forgotten these indie guys. And that's a shame for these dudes that were the Canadian indie heroes, a place taken over by Arcade Fire, I believe. As always the melodies are melancholic and guitar-driven, which uses to please fans of, well, Arcade Fire, Coldplay and especially The Thrills.

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Cheers,
Joachim

AC/DC - Black Ice (2008)

Oy!

AC/DC are back - and they haven't lost their power (take a couple of seconds to figure that sentence out - it's cheap, but it's goddamn hilarious. In a bad way.). All catastrophal physics jokes aside, this is a brand new thing, and AC/DC are not more outdated than they've always been.
Their music isn't that damn innovative, but why would you care, you're already getting drunk in cheap beer and jumping around naked if you're listening to this. And you might want a doctor or a psychiatrist, at least just for the attention.

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(Stupid filenames are cool. End of discussion.)

Cheers,
Joachim

Electric Six - Flashy (2008)

Oy

More from your favorite fantastic mantastic garage/disco/punk/new wave band. Expect funny, but not as funny as their earliest stuff, lyrics about vulgar subjects. In my opinion Electric Six is just a two-hit-wonder-band("Gay Bar" and "Danger! High Voltage") and has lost it's glow with their newer albums.  But heck, you now you want it. At least for the humor.

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Enjoy!

Hjörtur

Keane - Perfect Symmetry (2008)

Oy!

This anticipated bastard has hit the blog! The rockers that forgot they needed a guitar player has stated that they have completely transformed their look and this album will be very unexpected. I hope that they'll go on stage with Gibson Flying V-guitars screaming "fuck you guys!!" and then just letting the groupies stream in. And even though that sound like a killer idea, it is very hard to imagine happening to Keane. Also, they might lose a fan or two.


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(Pick this up now - reposting will be seriously delayed!)

Rocksploitation,
Joachim

Moi Caprice - We Had Faces Then (2008)

Oy!

Damn, we're catching up on the Danish music scene at the moment. This is the fourth album by the melancholic artpoppers from Moi Caprice. It's filled with rich orchestrated tunes blended with some up-tempo, contemplative ones. If you're into Choir Of Young Believers, Coldplay or other bands that like minor chords, these guys won't let you down. One of those albums that doesn't get you dancing in two minutes. Watch Titanic, sniff onions, get your Kleenex-box and listen to this.

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It's okay for men to cry as long as nobody sees it,
Joachim

Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin' And I Still Got Most Of It Left (2008)

Oy!

Everybody's favorite hobo is here with a brand new album. To those of you who don't know Seasick Steve: Get to. This man is the blues. Delivering thrilling concerts at summer festivals (including Roskilde Festival) this year, playing homemade guitars with three and two strings, living in a camper and having released his debut album at the age of 65, this man truly is something special. This album is something special, too - Nick Cave's Grinderman even feature on one track, Just Like A King. Check this guy out, he's the very concentrate of blues.

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Cheers,
Joachim

CALLmeKAT - I'm In A Polaroid - Where Are You? (2008)

Seems like we're only posting danish stuff at the moment! 

Well, here is a new shining star on the danish electro-art-rock sky. CALLmeKAT also known as Katrine Ottesen, is a woman with a beautiful voice, who plays silent electro, by only using a synthesizer, her voice and occasionally a yazoo. Sounds a little like CocoRosie and the early laptop-Mugison.

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Enjoy!

Hjörtur

The Von Bondies - We Are Kamikazes Aiming Straight For Your Heart (2008)

Oy!

Finally, The Von Bondies wake up and give us some new music. We Are Kamikazes are The Bondies as we know them - very much like The White Stripes (who the frontman occasionally hits in the head) with pop sensibility. Indie-garage-post-punk as we know it the best. We Are Kamikazes is an EP, but our Bondie-friends should have a new album coming out soon. Till then, have fun with this one - it's brilliant warm-up for the new album.

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Go hit Jack White one more time,
Joachim