IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:23:48 -0700

Rasmus Kellerman from Tiger Lou was my guest on this week's radio show and this is what we played:

01. TALK 1
02. Tiger Lou - The loyal
03. Sara Berg - Call me from below
04. Thomas Dybdahl - Maury the Pawn
05. Torpedo - Hospital
06. TALK 2
07. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Heroica
08. Paris - When I laid my eyes on you
09. Isolation Years - Nurse hands
10. Jennie Abrahamson - Songs we sing
11. TALK 3
12. Firefox AK + Tellevika - Eric
13. Winter Took His Life - Lucky star
14. Knugen Faller - Jag vill inte vara med
15. Favorita - Seven comforts
16. TALK 4
17. Mikael Jonasson - Can you dig this?
18. Lindeberg & Can - Forbidden romance
19. John Dahlbäck - Gas
20. TALK 5
21. Ozgur Can - Changed
22. Aril Brikha - Winter
23. TALK 6
24. Rupesh Cartel - Hide like this
25. Madrugada - Hard to come back
26. Mob - Wait for me
27. TALK 7
28. Tiger Lou - Functions

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:18:29 -0700

The playlist for this week's radio show:

01. TALK 1
02. Repoman - Chemically obsessed
03. Moder Jords Massiva - Vapen
04. Kornstad Trio - Intornette
05. TALK 2
06. Ghost Brigade - Autoemotive
07. Rather Sound Than Safe - The beat
08. September - My neighbourhood
09. TALK 3
10. Ebba Grön - 800°
11. Torpedo - My evil twin
12. Jonna Lee - Dried out eyes
13. TALK 4
14. Marvins Revolt - Bugs in time
15. Pimentola - Death is a secret
16. Nils Berg - Sailors fighting in the dance hall
17. TALK 5
18. Lampshade - By and by I come
19. Midnight Choir - Will you carry me across the water
20. Moonbabies - Walking on my feet
21. TALK 6
22. Candlemass - Elephant star
23. Front and the Factory Lies Beneath - Under a black sun
24. Cortex - Warrior night (live)
25. TALK 7
26. The Grizzly Twister - This city is a halo
27. New Decade - I guess you ran from something
28. The Grand Opening - Don't drop off
29. TALK 8
30. The Bear Quartet - I'm still her
31. Paper - My life is going under
32. Darkthrone - Wisdom of the dead
33. Detektivbyrån - Nattöppet
34. TALK 9
35. Mob - Ghost track
36. Fare You Well - Deceiving eyes
37. TALK 10

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

The playlist for my radio show this week:

01. At the Gates - Suicide nation
02. TALK 1
03. Moving Oos - Stronger
04. Eskju Divine - Hold on
05. Mechanical Bird - Sunday
06. TALK 2
07. Mixtapes & Cellmates - Quiet
08. DS13 - Thrash lifestyle
09. Montt Mardié - Metropolis
10. Junior Senior - Can I get get get
11. TALK 3
12. Niccokick - Love & neon lights
13. Kristofer Åström - I collect knives
14. Death Breath - His protoplasmic worship
15. TALK 4
16. Mob - Ghost track
17. MZ412 - Unhealing wounds
18. Ugress - Manhattan sapphire
19. TALK 5
20. Shining - Låt oss ta allt från darandra
21. No Hope for the Kids - Rainy day
22. Moneybrother - Det blir ingen dans
23. Amandine - For all the marbles
24. TALK 6
25. Familjen - Det snurrar i min skalle
26. Last Days of April - Aspirins and alcohol
27. M:40 - När bomberna faller
28. TALK 7
29. Espen Jørgensen - The immaculate conception
30. Motorpsycho - For free
31. The Carny - Man under the sun
32. TALK 8
33. Karin Ström - Klaustrofobi
34. Badun - Pulsen
35. Meshuggah - Future breed machine
36. Värttinä - Mero
37. TALK 9
38. Randy - Better than art
39. Closer - Open casket
40. Alog - Buffalo demon
41. TALK 10
42. On Trial - Speaking of witch

MP3: Mob - Wait for me

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Mob frontman Morten Haaber strikes me as the kind of person that could do nothing except music or some other artistic endeavor. I can hear it in the anguish of his voice and the intensity of his performance. I've known plenty of people like that and they don't function well in an office environment. The rest of the band steps up as well, matching Morten all the way with equal fury. In a live setting, I bet they obliterate the stage. It reminds me of seeing emo bands back in the early/mid-90s (before emo became such a bad word) get completely unhinged, falling over themselves and losing themselves in their art. It takes something special to pull it off without seeming contrived and I think Mob manages to capture some of that in their recording. Please note that I use 'emo' only as a point of reference for the power of their performance, not as a musical analogy. This is epic noiserock, far more in line with the likes of Aerial, Sonic Youth or maybe Mono. There are echoes of Portraits of Past or Heroin, but it's more in feeling than in sound.

Mob Polygon Quartermain

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

With nerve and uncompromising attitude, Mob follows up their critically acclaimed "I believe in you" with more noisy rock strongly influenced by Sonic Youth and the likes. In fact, the four songs featured on this disc could easily be outtakes from "Daydream nation" or any other record released in the eighties by New York's finest. And that is both good and bad. Y'know, being a fan and all of Thurston, Kim, Lee and Steve, I've heard this before and don't really need more carbon copies. But on the other hand, Mob's intense rock really gets to me and, to be honest, I'm a sucker for these massive walls of distortion and find myself loving it after all. I will definitely be keeping an eye open for these guys in the future.

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

The playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Kaizers Orchestra - Ompa til du dør
02. TALK 1
03. Logh - Thieves in the palace
04. Élodie - At the end of the line
05. Beem - Ducker
06. TALK 2
07. Hell On Wheels - Alexander
08. Isolation Years - Albino child
09. Honey Is Cool - Bolero
10. TALK 3
11. Mob - Wait for me
12. Skywriter - For heaven's sake
13. Menfolk - Zero is also a number
14. TALK 4
15. Plain Fade - Datura
16. Division of Laura Lee - Dirty love
17. Det Gamla Landet - Det heliga landet
18. TALK 5
19. Elope - Black eyed citizen
20. Fontän - You, me & a tree
21. Gehenna - Touched and left for dead
22. TALK 6
23. Mustasch - I hunt alone
24. Cobolt - The Atlantic Ocean takes her back
25. Blinders On - Blinders are on
26. Madrugada - Higher
27. TALK 7
28. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - I could have sworn I heard them SING
29. Notre Dame - Into the coven
30. TALK 8
31. The Motorhomes - The man

Top 10s for 2005: Kasper Find (PonyRec)

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800

01. Gravy - "s/t"
A fantastic debutalbum by the best poprock outfit in Denmark.

02. Munck//Johnson - "Unlike You"
One of the strongest voices in Denmark.

03. Why? - "Elephant Eyelash"
Beck would sound like this if he had talent.

04. Mob - "We All Repeat The Past"
A fantastic album by the best noise rock band in Denmark.

05. Malcolm Middleton - "Into The Woods"
The best non-Danish popalbum this year!

06. Je M'appelle Mads - "Jeg Fyrer Hit Efter Hit Af"
I can not stop smiling. This is just great.

07. Red Sparowes - "At The Soundless Dawn"
They are coming to Denmark in March '06 - Great.

08. Arab Strap - "The Last Romance"
They are just getting better and better.

09. 13 + God - "s/t"
Fantastic album and the best concert at Roskilde Festival '05

10. Boards Of Canada - "The Campfire Headphase"
They did it!

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Kaspar is the big cheese over at Danish indie label PonyRec. Look for new releases from Halph and Munck//Johnson in early 2006.
www.ponyrec.dk