Townes Van Zandt

I’d like to recommend the movie Be Here To Love Me (2005), a documentary about the late great Townes Van Zandt by director Margareth Brown. If you’re into Van Zandts music, this film is a must-see. Van Zandt was one of the most gifted new songwriters that grew up in the 60′s and he has [...]

New music march 09

I just fell in love with the music of Bat for Lashes (mypsace: http://www.myspace.com/batforlashes). Natasha Khan is so gifted and she also has an experimental edge to her music. Her new album is called Two Suns and is released april 6. Daniel is the latest single. Read an interview with Natasha Khan here And another [...]

Pylon

Pylon guitarist Randy Bewley RIP Randy Bewely died yesterday after suffering a heart attack. Pylon was an american new wave / post punk band based in Athens, Georgia. They started in 1978 and they have released 5 albums and some eps and singles. They were one of a few important (and great) american post punk [...]

Doves new album

One of my favourite Manchester bands, Doves, has a new album to be released april 6. That’s my birthday! The album is called Kingdom of Rust, and the first single goes by the same name. Here’s the video of the song: Another song is already released, its called Jetstream: You can download it from Doves [...]

A peek into Richard Devines studio

Electronic artist Richard Devine makes very interesting but intensive music in the Aphex Twin/Autchre domain.  He has a nice studio in Altlanta. There’s a feature on Richard Devine and his studio on the electron-users netsite, read it now as PDF. Listen to his music at Myspace Also check out http://www.richard-devine.com/

Thåström – Kärlek är för dom

Endelig, ny plate fra Thåström Den svenske artisten Joachim Thåström kommer snart med ny plate. Den slippes 13. mars og har fått tittelen “Kärlek är för dom”. Ingen sanger er ennå tilgjengelig, og myspacesiden ser ut til å ligge brakk. Jeg har likt Thåström siden hans forrige plate “Skebokvarnsv. 209” som kom i 2005. Den [...]

Raphael Saadiq

I kinda like this funky dude!

Neko Case is kind to animals!

My favourite alt. country chick Neko Case has a new album, a tour that also includes Europe (but sadly not Norway), and she’s kind to animals as well. What a woman!

Best of ARS Electronica 08 – Animation Pt.1

I suddenly rediscovered some material from the ARS Electronica festival, I was there in Linz, Austria in october. One part of the festival program is digital animation, and one of the best music videos we saw there has to be the song Black/White by danish band The Raveonettes. Check it out: I really like Raveonettes [...]

Polly Scattergood

Finally I discovered some exciting new music. When browsing record company Mutes channel on YouTube I found this cool video. Then I had to check out some of her other music. And then I realized that this is probably the best new music I have heard in some time. Hear for yourself: Polly Scattergood on [...]