MASSHYSTERI

played the other day in Copenhagen, but I missed it.

When I lived in Umeå I saw them play pretty often. They are one of my absolute favourite bands and they consist of the sweetest people you can ever imagine. I recommend their album "Vår del av stan".

face me now / jesus etc

two "face me now" videos (my favourite song by two white horses):







and two wilco - jesus etc in swedish versions:
two white horses:



and with david sandström


magic. lovisa nyström is pure magic.

water curses

to be the motion actor,
two broken strings, attracted,
to groom my face in life and doom

hesitate to throw a coin in,
a wish could be a bad thing,
my mouth is just a mush of drool

standing on the bridge i
wink at you from up high
a talking fish comes as she moves

i want to be like water
and never need a doctor
and carve the earth without my tools

(do it all)

all the things that i relate to well,
like authors and painters
transparent paper wings
that float above me while i sleep
to make the room more natural
so we could die in it and die in it and die

the color after sunset
you'd do anything to jinx it,
it'll crush your sculpture just like a willow
he doesn't need a house
his shoes will walk for miles
there's a gypsies face maked on my pill.

i want to be like water and slip into your throat
and make you feel alive and good

i want to be like water and never have a doubt and
reflect what is around my pool

(do it all)

all the things that i relate to them
like authors and painters,
transparent paper wings
that float above me while i sleep
to make the room more natural
so we could die in it and die in it and die.

and all the dreams that i awake to read like ghostly paintings
and all the things i hate, i wish i didn't have to hate
to find a room thats natural
to live and die in it, live and die, live and die.

i don't think you know just what you're doing
you pretend to know exactly all the things you keep on moving
said i don't think i know exactly what i'm doing
but i tend to know exactly all the things you keep on moving

when you wake up from your snoozin'
i'll tell you how to do it my way
i'll tell you what I'm doin'
there's a knife up in the drawer

anybody try to stop it
and i'll find out where you're stompin'
and it's all about the days you spend
well, i'll be at our home

dark young hearts

I am listening to it for the first time as we speak,
and immediately fell for this song:



will bring a review later when I have heard the whole thing through.

tonight

I was supposed to watch these guys play tonight, bombettes and international noise conspiracy

bombettes last year at that festival I should have been at:




but they were playing outdoors and it was raining. I stayed at home and watched the following two movies in stead:





I love my goldfish-like memory when it means I can watch movies again and again and again. (steve zissou)

the Rocky-movie was my first one ever, and I should watch all of them. same goes for the terminator movies.

way out west

someone read my mind when they booked for this festival in gothenburg 13.-15. august!

my god. I have to go!

PATRICK WOLF & FINAL FANTASY & GRIZZLY BEAR!!!
and antony and the johnsons with a symphonic orchestra!!!
and andrew bird, band of horses, beirut, fever ray!!!
bon iver, calexico, glasvegas, jayreatard, el perro del mar, jenny wilson, lily allen, vampire weekend, arctic monkeys, wilco

read more about this festival here

patrick wolf and his bachelor

is now on spotify!

here is the video for hard times.



and a live video of blackdown


..and btw. I was supposed to be in copenhagen now to go to distortion and watch a play by Giessen theatreschoolstudents tomorrow.. but I am all dead after exams, and still have a bit more to do. I think I am staying here for 13 days more (18.june I move from Sweden..) then I will go to CPH and stay there in june.

Afterthat I dont know..

perhaps a little europetrip.

it don't move me

JULIA DALES - AMAZING!

PADAM PADAM!

two weeks

this has been such an enjoyable watch today.
over and over again.

their eyes, the blinking, the colours, their smiles, the guy who sings with his mouth a little to the side

Two Weeks

the presets tribute

the best concert I attended last year was when the presets played at øyanatt. it was such a magic evening and never have I danced so hard and sung so loud. simply, it was the most fun I had in ages. if you have the chance to go to one of their concerts you should definitely take that chance. I am really longing for the summer now, and hope it will bring with it more concerts of that kind. here are the videos to some of my favourite presets songs, but my absolute favourite one: beams, I couldnt find the video for (but you should check out that one too in case you havent heard it).

enjoy!

Presets are you the one
by modularpeople

The Presets - This Boy's In Love
by modularpeople

The Presets - New Music - More Music Videos

between hickups

BETWEEN HICKUPS

is now out and about / up and running




I am quite proud, cause I never would have thought I could figure it out myself (dreamweaver + getting it up there),
but in the end it worked out fine!

I feel like I can take on the world now!

patrick wolf / hard times / vulture / prepare to be flabbergasted

"Hard Times" gives us, if you can imagine, an even more theatrical Patrick Wolf. Here he manages to paint a picture for us the clearest he's ever been able, he might as well be standing center stage in a Broadway show delivering some direct monologue to the audience. It is what good theater should be: captivating, over the top, dramatically sitting at the cutting edge. I suppose if you had to imagine where Patrick Wolf would have taken his sound next you might have guessed "bigger, louder, more expansive" etc... and in this case, you'd be right. But would you ever imagine a group of choral singers shouting "Revolution!" -- I like this new direction, even if it's moving in all of them.

Keep keeping us on our toes, Mr. Wolf. You're hitting the nail on the head. The Bachelor is out June

I guess I am floating (where you can also download the song)

here is also vulture. the first single from the record


I am so in love with his new album (even though I havent heard all of it yet!) that with the sole exception of sleep all I do is listen to the few songs I have managed to download from it.

I have talked about bandstocks on the blog before and how he is releasing this album with the funding of his fans, and how disappointed I was that I found myself unable to invest since I am a non-uk resident. But they fixed it! It is now possible to invest even as a non-uk citizen. You just sign up on his website right here. I even got a paypal account just for this. I am such a hardcore fan.

but fuck. no wonder. he is such a genious.

MY MANIC & I

My Manic & I by Laura Marling.

Laura Marling makes beautiful songs and lyrics.. especially when you think she was only 15/16 when she wrote this song.

jannicke <3 BARR

download the whole version here
(I might regret this actually)

see the first part of it here:

jannicke <3 BARR from jannicke stendal on Vimeo.

the song I am covering is called
the song is the single
and is by the artist named BARR

I had just gone through the breakup,
the armageddon breakup,
the timing was bad
but there is never a good time
for bad things to happen

a date with john waters

the liner notes to this album/mixed tape

I'm John Waters and I'm lookin' for a date – with you. Come on over, let's listen to some tunes. Wow, you look great! Come on in. Would you like a drink? Have a seat on my sofa and let me play for you the first record I ever shoplifted, “Tonight You Belong to Me” by Patience and Prudence. So stolen, so pure, so good. Of course, I can be bad too. “Jet Boy Jet Girl” always gets me in the mood. Wanna “pogo?” Go ahead, knock over the furniture, I don't care. I always feel relaxed if punk rock music is blaring in the background. Sit a little closer. Like the song says, “I'm gonna make you be a girl.” Want a popper? Here's the first tri -sexual song ever recorded – “Ain't Got No Home” - and God, is it a good one. Let's play sexual roles just like Clarence “Frogman” Henry does as he sings. You want to be the “boy” this time? You can be the “girl” too just as long as I get to be the “frog” – I'm just kinda kinky that way.

All control freaks like me are looking for the person they can't control, that's why I asked you for a date. Listen to “I'd Love to Take Orders From You” by Mildred Bailey and maybe you'll get some ideas. Good ol' Mildred – that white fat girl singer who hung out with gay guys and passed for black. When she sings about “discipline” it goes way beyond race and gender and guess what, so do I. Want to be corny and sing a duet together? Let's be hillbillies and pretend we're stupid. Who wants to sleep with smart people all the time, anyway? Think I invited you over here to discuss the future of independent film? Hell no, I'm lookin' for a little action and “In Spite of Ourselves” by John Prine and Iris DeMent ought to do the trick. “Convict movies make her horny” goes the lyrics. Me too! Put on a video.

Wanna get married? Just kidding. Me neither. But listen to the great Tina Turner, when she was still with Ike, had a mustache and wore ratty mink coats, as she screams out the ultimate wedding song of rage and jealousy “All I Can Do Is Cry.” God, I wish I could have directed the music video for this song. What lyrics! When Tina wails, “Their friends were throwin' rice all over their heads,” she always makes me feel like popping the question.

Ok, let's lighten it up a bit. Need to take a leak? You might want to smoke a joint too. My next selection is by one of my own stars – the greatly unhinged Edith Massey and while some have called her rendition of this classic one of the World's Worst Records, I think it's pretty catchy. “Big Girls Don't Cry” – well, sometimes they do if their dates don't put out. What? How old am I? What difference does that make? Didn't you ever hear the expression “old chickens make good soup?” Let's slow it down a bit and get melodramatic. Love? Is there such a thing or are we forever searching for some idealized fantasy fueled by movies like Douglas Sirk's “Imitation of Life?” Listen to Earl Grant's voice as he sings the title song from the soundtrack. So smooth…mmm…kissing is so personal, so much like being in a movie. Here…lie down, let me hang up your clothes.

What's this in your coat pocket? A gun!? Jeezze, I knew you were edgy but I guess I'm old fashioned – I frown on firearms on the first date. Well, of course I understand rage and so would Mink Stole, one of my favorite actresses. Listen to her give Julie London a run for her money as Mink sings the perfect song for our awkward moment, “Sometimes I Wish I Had a Gun.” Sit back down. What else you packin'? Confused about your sexuality? Who isn't these days? “Trend-sexual,” “friends with benefits,” “bro-jobs,” all these modern words for dating turn me on. “Johnny Are you Queer” you may ask and so does Josie Cotton on the song that's playing right now. Go ahead, turn up the volume. Feel like go-go dancing? Hit it! I love to watch. Go baby, go!

Feelin' dirty? Who isn't with Ray Charles' “(Night Time Is) The Right Time” playing in the background. Let's go all the way! But wait to hit the jackpot until you hear the amazing voice of Margie Hendricks come in half-way through the song. Hold it…here she is…listen to her howl! Oh my God, she's gonna sing that line, “Squeeze me, squeeze me!” Get it Margie! Get it!

Phew, that was nice. Want a Jujyfruit? Yummy. It's nice to share, isn't it? Oh Christ, who's that at the door? What do you mean “it might be the cops?” Shhhh…they'll go away. You must be tired from running from the law all day. Let's “Hit the Road to Dreamland” with Dean Martin and cuddle up. Nighty night, don't let the bedbugs bite.

Good morning! Breakfast's ready! Poached eggs and so much bacon you'll get a headache. Ain't love grand? “If I Knew You Were Coming” I'd do more than “Bake You a Cake” as Eileen Barton chirps in her upbeat song of the same name. Sorry you have to leave so early but I understand with your name being on the news and all that you better get an early start. Bye! Come on over next weekend and we can “break up.” Isn't the best part of a good date missing the person right afterwards? I always feel downright “Bewildered” when I take a chance on love, so what better way to celebrate this risk than listening to Shirley and Lee sing about it? Isn't hearing Shirley's nasal voice even better than love? If I hold my nose and sing to you the next time I call, will you still love me tomorrow?

- John Waters

if you're lazy and want him to read it to you instead:


Tracklist
1. Tonight You Belong to Me - Patience and Prudence
2. Jet Boy Jet Girl - Elton Motello
3. Ain't Got No Home - Clarence Frogman Henry
4. I'd Love to Take Orders from You - Mildred Bailey and Her Swing Band
5. In Spite of Ourselves - John Prine with Iris Defflent
6. All I Can Do Is Cry - Ike and Tina Turner
7. Big Girls Don't Cry - Edith Massey
8. Imitation of Life - Earl Grant
9. Sometimes I Wish I Had a Gun - Mink Stole
10. Johnny Are You Queer? - Josie Cotton
11. Night Time is the Right Time - Ray Charles
12. Hit the Road to Dreamland - Dean Martin
13. If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers
14. Bewildered - Shirley and Lee

face me now

Bandstocks + frYars + Patrick Wolf : Welcome to the future of the music industry!

clever boys, my favourite artists.

frYars next album Dark Young Hearts and Patrick Wolfs Battles will be released with the financing of their fans. Bandstocks give you the opportunity to invest in your favourite artists new albums and become sort of a stockholder in them. Its a win-win situation because the fans are ensured that their (favourite) artist will be able to continue making music and the artist get the funding that they need for their artistic vision without any unnecessary interfering. I tried to click the invest button yesterday for both frYars and Patrick Wolf, but they have restricted it to only include UK citizens, which is a huge disadvantage. These guys have lots of fans in other countries that would have loved to chip in aswell. One of the benefits harder to give to the stockowners/fans in other countries are the secret shows that would only be possible to arrange in UK, perhaps. But I am willing to live with that. I just simply want to invest in my favourite artists and this brilliant new business model that gives the power to the right people.

Patrick Wolfs own words on the issue:

My roots in the music industry have always been firmly placed in independent music. As a teenager I was inspired by visionary labels such as Digital Hardcore, Fierce Panda, Planet Mu, and Tigerbeat 6. As an 18 year old, I was given full creative space by the small label Faith and Industry to grow and to make the records and sounds I had to. After two independent releases I decided to experiment to see what would happen when a major label and my third album collided. It was very beneficial and a great learning curve for me, but I am very happy to be back in the creative, free world of independent music; on my own label, Bloody Chamber Music (A bloody chamber being a heart, a tribute to the book "The Bloody Chamber" by Angela Carter), started earlier this year.

So, here I am. Album four with my own record label. With the old world recording industry a rapidly sinking ship; recording studios closing weekly, free downloads daily, more musicians hitting the long road than ever before to feed themselves, I am happy to have come across a new intimate system of audience and artist participation called Bandstocks. This will be funding Bloody Chamber Music, and the international physical and digital release of my fourth album, Battle, and its collective singles. It’s an exciting game we can play together; you get to be an investor and stakeholder in the album. You will get special editions, first copies of the album, private privileges and mixes... and we get to conquer the world together and show that independence and self sufficiency are the two ways forward and out of the mess the industry is in.

When I pressed my first EP we made one thousand vinyl copies. We sold these at friends’ shops across the UK, and with the money made we funded the mix of Lycanthropy. The music industry needn’t be so complicated or Wizard of Oz. It’s time to drop the curtain and stop relying on a stale patriarchy. I'm excited, I hope you are too. Welcome to the future!

Thank you mister Wolf. I am very excited aswell!

TAGAKI MASAKATSU

AND JUST BEACAUSE THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND LOVELY


MERRY CHRISTMAS, FUCKERS!

CRYSTAL CAT

DAN DEACON - CRYSTAL CAT

Just beacause this makes me want to dance !!