Justice - A Cross The Universe (2008)

It's finally here. The Justice live album. Recorded during one of their energetic live shows on the tour last spring, this album reflects all the energeticness. This release comes together with their new road movie about "two frogs in the USA", that is also called "A Cross The Universe". Me and Joachim went to see it, and we'd say that it's definitely worth a watch. The songs on the album are all live remixes of their own songs, with samples from other artists. Very ravey.

Cheers

Hjörtur

Team B - Team B (2008)

Oy!

Audioslave, Velvet Revolver, Team B - here's the latest superband. And this is an indie superband! Consisting of members from Arcade Fire, Beirut and LCD Soundsystem, it doesn't get much better name-wise. And to call it Team B must be really ironic - this is clearly an indie Team A. This album is quite fine, and I really recommend fans of the above-mentioned bands (not Audioslave and Velvet Revolver, you wanker) to give this stuff a listen. I think you'll like it very much.

Cheers,
Joachim

Tim Christensen - Superior (2008)

Oy!

New stuff from this Danish dude, it's been 5 years since he last released an album. Now he's back, but things are a bit different this time. There's not so much cool 1-2-3-4 bluesy rock tunes that Tim usually does in a very convincing and cool way. This album worships the good ballad (and the horrible ballad on the only real bummer on this album, Wonder Of Wonders), and there's a lot of Tim's voice and acoustic guitars here. Luckily, he's an extremely talented songwriter, and that is what makes this album a very nice experience.

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Cheers,
Joachim

BONUS INFO: Celine Dion cdid a cover of one of his tunes on her latest album, Taking Chances. It sucked.

Marybell Katastrophy - The More (2008)

Oy!

This thing is Danish, and it's absolutely fantastic. Marybell Katastrophy play electronic music very similar to The Knife. And this is, in my opinion, by far the best Danish electronica release of the year. Clever and catchy, this album just thrills you 'till you stop listening to it. There are bunches of great tunes here. Especially recommended for fans of The Knife (this shit will blow you away), but also worth the check for fans of Justice or Trentemøller.

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Cheers,
Joachim

Ja, Panik - The Taste And The Money (2008)

Oy!

In the home country of Arnold Schwarzenegger and DJ Ötzi, where the "alpenpop" reigns the hitlists, THERE, something special has occured. Ja, Panik has made an album of part German-part English indieROCK songs. Noise, feedback, fuzz and catchy stuff dominates the soundscapes created by these Austrian lads. And what a lovely mess. In these times where all near-German stuff that seems to get released is Polarkreis 18 and Tokio Hotel, it's nice with some guys that don't give a shit about mainstream. Bravo!!

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Cheers,
Joachim

No And The Maybes - No And The Maybes (2008)

Oy!

Here's some new hot Danish stuff. No And The Maybes play indie chamber pop with very catchy whistling song-themes, falsetto vocals, claps ang analogue synthesizers. Everything's included on the single Petra Petrified which is a brilliant blast of pop played with real instruments. Makes you want to drink a little, dance a little, flirt a little, jump a little, think a little and then cry a little. The mood seems to be happy almost all way through but you're leaved with a feeling of "Did I forget something?" which actually is kinda cool.

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Cheers,
Joachim

The Wong Boys - The Wong Boys (2008)

Oy!

The cover reveals the really bad taste on this Danish album. It seemed to be a silly side project when The Wong Boys released the single Git Ur Fuk On earlier this year. But on the opening track the Boys prove that it's more than just being silly. The title is Wolf Heart and the repeating lyrics sing "I'm just a kid who wants to be loved". A couple of tracks are just as silly as Git Ur Fuk On but on tunes as Alien Disguise, the sophistication suddenly steps intothe picture. Giving you Danish macho-electro. Yeah.

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Cheers,
Joachim

Peter Bjorn And John - Seaside Rock (2008)

Heja!

New album from one of Sweden's finest acts, the indie-pop-rockers Peter Bjorn And John that molested your ears in 2006 when they released the hysterically catchy and magnificent single Young Folks. With its whistling-theme, it was destinied to crawl into people's brains and stay there for quite a while. Now they're back after two years of silence and even though there are no cult hits on this one, it's not bad at all.

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Cheers,
Joachim

Jersey - Itinerary (2008)

Gutentag!

German post-rock is on today's agenda. That's not a bad thing, just check out the guys from Jersey. This stuff was made for a German documentary of a German kid that lives in the glorious little town of Eisenach and then gets discovered by a model scout (!?!?!). The documentary just follows his way to the fashion business, and that sound somewhat between extremely boring and quite interesting. At least the soundtrack is very interesting. Enjoy!

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Can I have that Bockwurst,
Joachim

Glasvegas - Glasvegas (2008)

Oy!

Glasvegas are a Scottish band that try to blend the two cities Glasgow and Las Vegas into a band name. Interesting. What is even more interesting is that Glasvegas play a sort of epic noisepop mixed with classic indie-rock melodies. That's the way to get hyped these days. Luckily, Glasvegas know exactly how to do it and therefore they deliver a brilliant debut album. The Observer gave the album a top character, NME gave it a 9 out of 10 and the album has recieved even more critical acclaim. They're also releasing a christmas album this year - we will post that one for sure.

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Cheers,
Joachim

David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (2008)

Byrne and Eno call this "electronic gospel-folk", which must by all costs be a revolutionary idea. The albums is a great mix of creative juices between the ex-frontman of the new wave band Talking Heads, David Byrne, and the wizard producer of all good albums from the 80's, Brian Eno. It's easy to identify these two artists in the sounds of the album, Eno writing the music, and Byrne writing the thoughtful lyrics and melodies. Anyways, this is an great album, even though it's not as good as their previous releases.

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Enjoy 

Hjörtur

Amazing Baby - Infinite Fucking Cross (2008)

Oy!

Looking for a very hyped Brooklyn-band that are friends with MGMT? It's your lucky day. Amazing Baby play psych-rock, not completely unlike MGMT - the biggest difference is that MGMT has that undeniable brilliant touch of pop sensibility where Amazing Baby seem to focus more on driven rock rythms. This is not an album, it's their first EP and it consists of 4 tracks that have recieved lots of acclaim already. Check this one out and see if you think the hype is right!

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Cheers,
Joachim

Megapuss - Surfing (2008)

Oy!

Everybody's neo-hippie of choice, Devendra Banhart, is back with a new album! This time, he's in a band called Megapuss together with Greg Rogove of Priestbird and Fab Moretti of The Strokes. The first single decribes the whole scene here: It's called Adam & Steve, the guitar solo is a heavily distorted version of George Michael's "Careless Whisper"-theme, and the music video is extremely silly, featuring Banhart himself in colourful underpants doing some weird sort of dance. Well, these guys are not exactly doing anything to get mainstream airplay anywhere. They just have shit loads of fun. The cover pretty much tells the story.

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Cheers,
Joachim

Fireman - Electric Arguments (2008)

Oy!

Paul McCartney is back with a band called Fireman. It's kinda basic classic rock, but it's much better that Macca's latest offerings. The cover doesn't promise anything classic and mature, though. Well, there's not that much to say in this case, don't expect the ol' man to scream us a progressive techno-gabber tune here, this is rock as it was back in the 60's-70's. For fans of, erm, Beatles, The Who or for people that just try to turn back time by playing old-sounding music. Not the Fab Four, but indeed not bad either.

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Cheers,
Joachim

DAD - Monster Philosophy (2008)

Oy!

Danish rock is on the schedule. DAD are old men on the Danish rock scene and, let's be honest, they've peaked a couple of years ago. This album of Comics-rock (why on Earth do us Danes call it that!?!?) has recieved quite bad reviews in Danish media. But, what the hell, I don't think this is bad - this is just pure rock, not missing out on the fun, still not just throwing clichées in your face. Worth a listen.

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Cheers
Joachim

Scott Weiland - Happy In Galoshes (2008)

Oy!

First of all, I need to tell you: Scott Weiland is my bitch. Now you know. Everything he does is kinda right and still kinda wrong, at that is what I like so much about him. He's a brilliant musician and a true performer also. And this album proves nothing else, although it doesn't sound like Velvet Revolver or Stone Temple Pilots. This is more of a singer-songwriter effort, and except for the HORRIBLE!!!!! tune called Fame, it's a quite fine effort. Crash is a catchy tune, Missin' Cleveland is a rock-ballad, She Sold Her System is the closest thing I've heard of an acid balland. Turn down the tempo and chill out with Weiland.

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Cheers,
Joachim

The Raveonettes - Beauty Dies (2008)

Oy!

Yes, this one is kind of late on the blog, but all the links to it seem to disappear. This is not a flirt with electronic like Sometimes They Drop By, this is, in my opinion, the thing that The Raveonettes do best: play damn tight, add stinging guitars and beautiful vocals over fine melodies. Especially the cool Young And Beautiful shines trough together The Thief that is almost hypnotizing with its strange jazz beat. Ugly, dusty and dark Film Noire as music. The best Raveonettes-EP yet, looking forwards to the next one in December!

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Cheers,
Joachim

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - The Effects Of 333 (2008)

Oy!

Nine Inch Nails did it with Ghosts this year - now it's time for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club to make an album of instrumental ambient tracks. Just one different thing - there's no drum in sight here. It's basically 10 tunes of screwed noise. Stoned? Yes indeed. I think the thought of doing a whole album of noise is completely alright, but it just seems that BRMC is moving nowhere. It does absolutely nothing to one's image of them. I mean, it's alright, but I just can't see the point of BRMC doing this album.

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Cheers,
Joachim

Matador Intended Play - Fall '08

Happy election day!

If you like American indie music, then I'm sure that you'll like this free compilation of fresh new sounds from the beloved American indie music label Matador. The acts include Mogwai, Belle and Sebastian, Jay Reatard (yeah I know, thats one cool name) and loads of more goods to all indie-folks out there. It has become a habit that Matador releases a new free mixtape now and then, so look forward to the next one!

Get it before it gets you.

Download - via Matador

Cheers 

Hjörtur

Cajun Dance Party - The Colourful Life (2008)

Oy!

Here's one of the most anticipated debut albums of 2008. Being very hyped and Thom Yorke's new favorites, the pressure is already huge on these London weird people. Luckily, The Colourful Life lives up to the high expectations with stunningly fine rockers and well-written ballads and dramatic arrangements. For fans of Radiohead, post-punk, Arctic Monkeys and British indie in general. This is not the last thing we've heard from these guys.

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Cheers,
Joachim