Primavera Sound

So I'm headed for a full week in Barcelona. The Primavera Sound lineup is disgusting. It might be the best line up ever....anywhere. Shellac, The Jesus Lizard, The Vaselines, Dan Deacon, The Intelligence, Liars, Lightning Bolt, Sonic Youth, Zu just to name a few of the 100+ artists. Lots of "up and comers" as well. There is even an ATP and Pitchfork stage. The indie kids all have hard-ons. The festival starts thursday, but there is a ton of bands playing in the days before as well. Also, Barcelona are playing the Champions League final on wednesday, so if they win we might be in the middle of the biggest party in years. God knows how I'm gonna survive this. The weekend after is my big releaseparty for Crash Normal and The Intelligence in Oslo. I don't know when I will be able to get a full nights sleep again...maybe by the end of june.

Anyone with Primavera tips? I'm drowning in bands and not sure what I'm gonna see. So much too choose from. I'm sticking with the small bands, although it would be cool to cross Neil Young off my list. He's like a legend or some shit.... anyway, which me luck.

The Intelligence & Crash Normal.... in Oslo!

You're still here? How are ya? Gooood.
So this site has been neglected again, but I got an excuse.

2 records are ready for release within the next 1-3 weeks!
If you are in Oslo there will be a releaseparty at Gloria Flames on June 6th. The first record is out in a week and the other june 6th.
I've paid for planetickets for Crash Normal out of my own pocket. They are THAT great. The Intelligence are also playing as part of their Scandal-navia tour, pluss local dudes Bungalow Ranchstyle play AND myself (if I'm sober enough) and HJ aka (Team Antiharrs) will be spinning records between and after the bands.
This is gonna be a good show, so you should fly your ass up here to the great viking north.
It's also gonna be free! (or close to it) I'll be selling 7 inches and the bands will have some goodies too. And if that's not enough, it's my birthday (sort of) and Lars from Intelligence birthday (sort of) so it's sort of a birthday party as well.
No gifts are needed, but I will take your money. (Paper money only please)
I will also take other gifts that can be discussed at a later date. (No, not hookers and coke, but good guess)



That's it, you say? Well, NO! Crash Normal are doing a SECOND gig (free!) outside of Sound of Mu during the day on June 6th. It's a big "day of music" here that day, so it's a good day to be in Oslo as a music fan...or really as a human being.

If my liver survives the previous weekend (one week sucking down caprinas at Primavera Sound in Barcelona) this is gonna be the greatest weekend ever.

Be there or be □.

Video marathon...

So I took a daytrip to Gothenburg Sweden to see Cheveu and Tyvek last sunday. They played at this cool little place called Utmarken. I don't need to say much more, just look at the proof that Cheveu are one of the greatest live bands touring right now: (Ignore the shaky drunken filming)


Also filmed a few other shows over the last few weeks including Thomas Function at Funhouse and Skull Defekts at Revolver.


So I guess it goes without saying, but check these bands out live. And as you probably can tell my camera isn't worth a damn in the dark, but you get the idea.

Oh and I'm spinning records at Gloria Flames tonite...hurrah! You'll probably hear some of the formentioned bands.

While we wait...

So the 2 releases are a bit delayed....
One didn't have good enough sound on the test pressing, the other is just delayed. Hope to have atleast one ready for the release party.

While we wait you can download the Mayyors full set from WFMU. Mayyors has to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Mayyors are not on my record label, but if someone involved reads this, I'm game.

Mp3's: Mayyors recorded live at SXSW 2009.

Video from the show (the mp3's have good sound):

http://vimeo.com/3791118 from FFT on Vimeo.

Man, I wish I was there....

lucky bastards...

Woe is you and me

So things have been slow like a right wing talkshow host around here, I know... Nobody seemed to miss me though, so it's cool.
Been a combination of illness and lazyness...but I will be back with new stuff soon. The first record (by Crash Normal) will be out on CMA in a couple of weeks; and the second one is in the works already.

In the meantime you can enjoy this video by The Strange Boys from Austin Texas who just put out a new record on In The Red Records. Buy it. I did, and you wanna be cool like me right? Riiight.

CMA #001: Crash Normal - Unrealistic Tracks 7''

Ok, we are getting closer to the release of the first 7 inch on my new label. I am excited like a little fat school boy chasing the ice cream truck.

The record will be called Unrealistic Tracks by Crash Normal.

The cover is by an Italian artist called Massimiliano Bomba

There will be 4 dirty punk rock tracks on it.

These were recorded in 2006-2007 when Crash Normal were a 3 piece.

These are not the songs I was originally gonna release, but these are still solid. The other songs will be spread out on a 10'' and a few other 7''s on other labels in the near future.

If you head on over to my million dollar myspace site, you can listen to the first track from the 7''; its called "cute".

There will only be 300 of these released so be quick or something...

Release date, price and info on ordering will be available soon. (Basically the 7'' will be available from the band and from me on myspace/paypal.)

Forest City Rockers!

Episode 2 of The Forest City Rockers is out!
It features Thee Oh Sees!
Check it out:


The Forest City Rockers - Episode 2 from Eighty Four Films on Vimeo.
Episode 3 will feature Crash Normal whos 7 inch ep will be out soon on Compost Modern Art. Snacks.

Oh, my brother made me a new logo. Looks alot better than the one I made in 5 minutes (see earlier post)

The Ex Guitars live at the All Ears Festival 2009

Here is alittle exclusive treat for you improv nerds.
Terrie Ex and Andy Moor live at the All Ears Festival in Oslo last week.
All Ears is a festival for improvised music put on by a bunch of talented local musicians including Paal Nilssen-Love (doing the introduction on this video) Don't mind the crappy filming by yours truly...
The sound quality is decent. According to Terrie, lots of stuff is in the works, including Ex shows with their favorite Ethiopian: Getatchew Mekuria. He also hinted that all (or some) of the old records will again (and in some cases for the first time...?) come out on vinyl. Hurrah!

Here is the entire set from The Ex Guitars:
Enjoy!


As a bonus treat here is a clip from Borbetomagus. This old NYC band have been playing almost as long as The Ex. (That's 30 years folks.) They put on an amazing show. Not quite the same effect on my poorly shot video, but they were amazing to watch:


I generally don't sit at home and listen stuff like this, but live it's something special.
Do yourself a favour and go see some improv sometime. (Bring earplugs)

New record label!

So, I guess it's official: I am starting a record label. I have had the pleasure to get to know Crash Normal (Jerome and Vince) who are a great couple of guys from Paris. I was at Jeromes place this summer and he played me some demos and seemed to have no plans for releasing them. These are some of the songs they played live here in Oslo as well as on their last US tour. The songs are killer. So I asked if I could put them out, and the rest is history.

Look at these guys..what's not to love?

Hopefully I will release lots more stuff in the future...A couple of other bands are in the works as well. So save your pennies and keep an ear open. I will need your money for more records. More money, more records you see? An amazing concept. Oh and I will only be releasing those black round things with deep grooves in a very limited number...perfect for all the collector scum out there. Release dates etc is still not set, but it will be soon(er or later). Hurrah.

Join the cult here.

Merry Newyear!

2009 is here. 2008 has been good, but 2009 izz gonna rulez yo! Word homeslice.

There will be no best of 2008 list, but everyone should own the Cheveu record that came out this year:

Maybe this Agaskodo Teliverek video for blood club is the best of 08? I haven't been paying attention. The video is good though:

Seeya in 09

Next Life at Garage, Oslo 29.12.08

Tested my new video camera. Brought it to the Next Life cd release party. The band was nice enough to edit and use the footage for a litte video.
Take a look:

The new Next Life record is called The Lost Age and is out January 5th on Fysisk Format. Purchase the record here.

Merry Xxxmas

Here is your xmas present. If you got yours last year...sorry it's recycled.

It is the greatest xmas song ever, so really what are you complaining about?

So merry christmas, happy kwanzaa, hannaka, boxing day, anti-corporate day, drunk day, or wednesday or whatever you might be celebrating.

Mistreaters - Santa Stole My Baby (rapidshare)

Rebel '77

The Rebel - The Idiot (rapidshare)
(stolen from 7 year glitch. thnx...)



Werner Herzog - Stroszek (1977)

The Idiot is availabe (in a different form) on
The Country Teasers Live Album available on In The Red

Out now; two new records* from The Rebel/Country Teasers :

* CT/Ezee-Tiger split LP on Holy Mountain
* The Rebel - Northern Rocks Bear Weird Vegetable LP on Sacred Bones
(recorded live at wfmu -listen here)

That's it. Doodelidup!

Pale Young Gentlemen

Ok, so I'm not just into noisy punk, I also like pretty indie rock type stuff. Got an email from Pale Young Gentlemen. They are a 5 piece from Wisconsin. At times like Clap your hands, Arcade Fire, and Black Heart Procession all rolled into one. Yet the singing is much better, there is'nt a freak folk vibe and its not so depressing. (Nothing against those 3 bands) This is solid songwriting heavy on the strings. Sometime I feel like they should just rock hard as the song builds, but it quietly rolls along until it ends...which is really just as good. Maybe they are louder onstage...couldn't guess it from this band photo though:

Anyway, this is worth checking out. Here are two tracks from their latest album Black Forest (tra la la) out on Science Of Sound Records.

mp3s:

Pale Young Gentlemen - I Wasn't Worried (Rapidshare)

Pale Young Gentlemen - The Crook Of My Good Arm

To hear more you can stream their two albums on their website :

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The Feeling Of Love

So...It's been dead here for a while. Well, I haven't felt like going to shows. My tinnitus is getting worse and I'm trying to cut down on the insane numbers that show up on my creditcard bill after a night on the town.

A big annoncement is coming up soon on this here blog thingy. What you ask? Well, it's a secret...so far. There will also be a nice xmas gift for you. Just for you because I love you sooo much.

In the mean time you can enjoy the sweet sweet sounds of The Feeling Of Love. This is another great Seb Normal project. I think he has played in about 42351.4 bands. Seb Normal is the brother of Jerome Normal from Crash Normal. Crash Normal miiight have something to do with my big announcement in the near future. Stay tuned or whatever.

The Feeling of Love - Tounge Tattoo

Posting just one, but you can find tons more of his stuff by clicking the links below.

Also, enjoy this bonus "behind the scenes" video from Crash Normal in Oslo last year. Hey! you might even see yours truly in the video:


Spread the love here:

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and here (warning not for epileptics!)
Buy from Seb Normal or Phil Scrotcum
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Oh Seattle how I miss you...

..well, only when I remember what great bands (like the ones below) are playing there every night.

Tiny Vipers and...

Damien Jurado at Betong tonight.

Should be a nice monday night.

USA! USA! USA!

Sanity prevailed. Lets hope Barack can clean up the greatest mess in American history...it's not gonna be easy.

In other news, I'll be djing with HJ after the Fuck Buttons show at Mono tomorrow. It's gonna be a barackan party.
GZA tonight and Lightning Bolt this weekend. hurrah!

God hates smalltown values

I'm not voting this year. It's pointless. Obama will win Washington State anyhow. If you live in Texas or Alabama or some other rightwing state; please vote democrat. I moved to Europe...not my problem anymore.
How fucked up is this country? Church groups organize movie trips to see The Passion while the "elite" skip out on voting to smoke pot. No wonder morons are running the country. So anyway; I've been robbed by the electoral system before, so I've just give up and besides, this time sanity will prevail. On nov 4th I'll be drunk; celebrating.
Yes I know, I'm no better than them; and your point is?

The Usaisamonster - Anal Lies

New record out on load
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No Oslo!

No Nebraska! and Don Vito were in town a couple of weeks ago at Revolver.
Revolver are continually putting on great shows. (sic alps, lightning bolt etc coming up) Second time seeing the amazing Don Vito.
The small (but appreciative) crowd even got the bands to do 2 nights in a row. Here are some top quality cellphone photos! Thanks Nokia! you bum.

New No Nebraska! out this month on Sk Records
Check out mp3: No Nebraska! - le coût du prix libre

Mp3: Don Vito - Electric Mayhem
Touring England in February; check em out.

This is good stuff. Buy it. It's that simple.

Buy Don Vito
Buy No Nebraska! here: