The Von Bondies - Love, Hate And Then There's You (2009)

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It finally came - the long-awaited return of these garage rock bastards. When not busy fist-fighting The White Stripes, The Von Bondies make music that sounds quite a lot like their fighting buddies - just more melodic and with lots of focus on a good, well-written song. If you're into garage rock, noisy pop, The White Stripes or The Germans, this is really worth the try. Others might want to check it out too - feel free!

Cheers,
Joachim

A Kid Hereafter In The Grinding Light - A Kid Hereafter In The Grinding Light (2009)

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So, here's a side project from A Kid Hereafter, who was also posted yesterday. This time, it's his grind metal band called A Kid Hereafter In The Grinding Light. "Grind Metal" translates "the faster, the better", and AKHITGL truly lives up to that - super fast and super short songs: This one spins for 31:34 and contains 30 tunes. Well, Grind Metal is definately not easy listening, and this one is primarily for the metal/hard rock dudes. This band seems kind of sarcastic and ironic, though - but as always, A Kid Hereafter is shit loads of fun to listen to. This is the best and the only Danish Grind Metal release of 2008!!


Cheers,
Joachim

A Kid Hereafter - Yo! (2008)

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Okay - I'm going to try to catch up with the good Danish releases of 2008 that were not posted here on the blog. First off is A Kid Hereafter, a very random Danish dude that makes shit loads of music. When named A Kid Hereafter, he combines pop/punk with heavy metal and the result is pretty lovely. The shit is catchy, rocking and a bit silly which makes this album a lot of fun to listen to. But, you'll have to be in the mood for not-to-damn-serious music to listen to this. Check it out!

Cheers,
Joachim

Wixel - Somewhere Between The Sun And The Moon (2009)

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Here's a young dude from Belgium. You might know him from the Belgian Artrock-outfit Guernica. If you don't, then get started, Guernica makes fucking awesome music. Anyway, Wixel is not the same as the stuff he does with his bandmates in Guernica. This is quiet, ambient, shoegazing post-rock with electronic elements - not completely unlike German band The Notwist. Also, if you like Sígur Rós, you might want to check out this bastard.

Cheers,
Joachim

Gezus Chrystler - Gezus Chrystler (2009)

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Gezus Chrystler is a mash-up between Danish indie "stars" Frank Ziyanak (from The Wong Boys) and Kim Kix (from Powersolo). This debut album contains of 4 tunes, but the album lasts for 35:35 and is actually 25 tunes together on what should sound like one long tune. First, it seems kind of weird that to musical talents choose to wrap their fine melodies in LOTS of noise, buzz and distortion, but after a few listens it starts to grow. For fans of garage-rock, noiserock and psychedelic stuff. Quite fine.

Cheers,
Joachim

Asobi Seksu - Hush (2009)

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Asobi Seksu are a New York shoegazing band playing pop tunes with good dynamics in the tradition of My Bloody Valentine, Moose, Ride and The Primitives. This is not as noisy as Citrus from 2006, and in my opinion this thing isn't as good as Citrus, that was an amazing record. But still, the single Me & Mary is quite a fine noisepop tune, and Sing Tomorrow's Praise is Asobi Seksu at their most melodic and melancholic. Asobi Seksu, which means "playful sex" in Japanese, is more pop than noise. But this is still worth checking out.

Cheers,
Joachim

Telepathe - Dance Mother (2009)

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Telepathe are an artpop-duo from New York, and they are going to be shit hyped. On their debut album Dance Mother, they recieve a helping hand from TV On The Radio guitarist and producing genius Dave Sitek, as well as the crooner of the same band, Kyp Malone also guest on one tune. Also Shannon Funchess of the New York funk-punksters !!! drops by and says hello. All in all, this makes a very fine weirdo pop album of screwed psychedelia that you can dance to.

Cheers,
Joachim

J. Tillman - Vacilando Territory Blues (2009)

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J. Tillman has been doing a lot of music for quite a long time, but among you guys, he might be most well-known as the drummer of American indie folksters Fleet Foxes. Tillman is a great musician himself, and that can really be heard on Vacilando Territory Blues, a record of fine indie folk songs, not completely unlike Fleet Foxes, but not exactly like them either. But definately worth a go if you like Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens or maybe Bright Eyes.

Cheers,
Joachim

Oh Land - Fauna (2008)

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This one was released in Denmark late 2008 and it's very, very interesting. Oh Land draws on shit loads of inspirations. I hear Björk, Roísin Murphy, Portishead and CocoRosie in some of this, just to mention some. Oh Land worked with the amazing componist Davide Rossi (Brian Eno, The Verve, Goldfrapp, Coldplay), and that can really be heard one some of these amazing tunes. Just check out the brilliant single callled Audition Day - it is absolutely amazing.

Cheers,
Joachim

Peter Broderick - Home (2009)

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Peter Broderick has just moved to Copenhagen to become a member of the Danish multi-instrumentalist band-collective Efterklang, a band that is really on its way up and recieving lots of acclaim and attention in Britain these days. Broderick is an amazing componist that really knows how to orchestrate his songs. Some of the songs start in a quiet way and then they erupt into epics with lots of choir. I'm not that sure if this album is from 2009 - but I've just discovered it. For fans of, erm, Efterklang, Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens.

Cheers,
Joachim

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

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2009 is here, so let's start it in a good way. Animal Collective sound pretty screwed and carry a lot of tags on them - Freak-folk, experimental noise and indie are some of them. Harmonic Beach Boys pop, African tribal chants, minimalism, minimal techno, psychedelia and dub are some of the genres that the Animals flirt with on this album of twisted beauty. Do NOT classify under "easy listening" - Animal Collective demands a lot of your attention as a listener. Luckily, they make it all worth it. I personally think that this album will appear on some of the music magazines Best Of 2009 lists - we have 12 months to find out.


Cheers,
Joachim