Showing posts with label I Am Noxious. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I Am Noxious. Show all posts

February 21, 2014

Tonight's gonna be a good night...

First a cup of coffee/beer and some music talk (and probably some Barça talk as well) with the very talented Jonas Villumsen...


Then the debut concert of The Mountains...


So I guess you can say that there's a fairly decent chance that tonight's gonna be a good one...

December 10, 2013

Three quick ones...

Ta!; the previously mentioned Northern Portrait compilation album is out today. Been told that my copy will ship today, so hopefully it'll arrive before Christmas? Included on the album is the band's (how I wish it was) Christmas evergreen Leave The Trees Alone...


I Am Noxious has posted a couple of snippets of new tracks on Facebook. Great that new stuff is in the making, but it's virtually impossible to get any idea of what the new tracks will sound like! Meanwhile (the new songs should be ready early next year) check out this almost "legendary" cover of I Gotta Feeling...


My favorite Swiss artist (Lovebugs frontman) Adrian Sieber, has a new nice track out called Hurts So Good (no - not a John Cougar cover).

October 22, 2013

Dry your eyes and watch my ship go down...

Had last week off from work and as the blue eyes optimist I am, I seriously expected that there would be enough time for writing a blogpost or two. But fatherhood, husbandhood, hanging around the hood, whateverhood, sure is a full time job, so there was no time left for that kind of fun.

So as always following a break (be it short - be it long) there is plenty of stuff piling up.

I bet the whole world knows this already, but consider this a service message for the few, who doesn't. There's a new Arcade Fire video out and a new album coming up.

Danish (who's behind this?) one-man project I Am Noxious is busy working his butt off in the studio (or so we are led to believe) recording new songs. But has nonetheless found enough time to give an older demo track (don't think the first version was ever available online?) an overhaul. Watch My Ship Go Down is described as "a lo-fi pop tune about Friday Nights", although I'm not totally convinced if the term "lo-fi" really fits in this case? A fine, rather catchy and slightly experimental electronic pop tune is probably somewhat more accurate ...I guess!


Another fine and equally interesting Danish electronic pop act It's A Synth is rather busy these days as well and this past weekend the band launched their new website; thereby publishing a few new tracks for us to stream. With a declared ambition of creating "big exciting four-minute floor fillers and epic evolving soundscapes" the new tracks (being uptempo, haunting and energetic) certainly verifies that the band is heading in the right direction.


Their first album aside, I cannot recall ever being a fan of Texas (the band). Always thought that this was a band for girls pretending they were listening to rock music, when they were actually listening to some seriously soft shit. But new single Dry Your Eyes is surprisingly enjoyable and highly recommendable. Not that surprising really when learning that the song was co-written with long-time blog favorite Richard Hawley and it does indeed sound remarkably like something that Mr. Hawley could have recorded himself.

April 8, 2013

Twittersummarum...

Har haft en lille Twitter dialog kørende med xx (eller er det yy eller zz??) fra I Am Noxious, der vist bedst kan sammenfattes således:

1. Gangway er vel nok det bedste danske pop band nogensinde.
2. Det kunne være enormt sejt, hvis Gangway blev gendannet - eller vi som minimum fik en "reunion" af den ene eller anden slags.
3. Amerikanske The Ice Choir lyder til tider voldsomt meget som Gangway.
4. Der skulle gerne komme nyt fra I Am Noxious engang i sensommeren/tidligt efterår.

Lidt bevisførelse:

Langt fra bandets bedste nummer, men alligevel så meget bedre end, hvad andre formår eller siden har formået...der findes faktisk en Reunite Gangway gruppe på Facebook, hvor vi lige nu er vildt imponerende 6 (!) medlemmer...


Svært ikke at tænke på Gangway, når The Ice Choir spiller op med den her...


Har desværre ikke noget nyt fra I Am Noxious at byde på, men skulle du have glemt, hvem de (eller han) nu er, så fik dette cover for nogen tid tilbage stor blogger opmærksomhed (og kan i dag - fordi det er mandag tror jeg - downloades kvit og frit via)...

January 23, 2012

Stranded on love...

Stream excellent new single Stranded On Love by I Am Noxious below or buy it of iTunes...

STRANDED ON LOVE by I AM NOXIOUS

And in case you're the only living soul on the planet, who hasn't heard this cover...here it is...
I GOTTA FEELING (Black Eyed Peas Cover) by I AM NOXIOUS

December 20, 2011

ho ho ho...

Ingenuity has never really been one my strengths, so I’m borrowing last year’s title as well as last year’s illustration. I cannot help thinking that this post is somewhat of a contradiction, as I normally don’t shy away from expressing my dislike of Christmas in general. Not that I dislike everything about it, as I’m obviously enjoying the food, the beers (especially) and the days off. But the buying Christmas gifts madness, people “having” to see friends and families (whom we normally don’t care shit about the rest of year), kids acting like little angels etc. make me sick. As if behaving nicely (and spending loads of money on presents) in December gives you the stamp of approval to behave like a dickhead the rest of the year? So yes – I’m no fan and haven’t been since my late teens. That said; I do (of course) enjoy the many great tunes that always pop up this time of year and December offers the annual opportunity (posting them in June probably wouldn't make much sense) to post the best of the new ones as well as some old favorites…

+ I Am NoxiousThe Snowman
Apparently published last year, but somehow I missed out on it. About “a snowman and his melting heart” and has a lovely Christmas feel to it!

+ Sleep Party People - Silent Night
Special but really beautiful cover of this ageless classic!

+ I Like Trains - Last Christmas
As I wrote last year: "Finally this classic sounds miserable; exactly as it should!"

+ Liam and Me - Winter Paradise (I Miss You This Christmas)
One of my favorite Christmas tracks...

+ Jmo - Santa, If You Do Exist
Murder Mystery frontman Jeremy has recorded this absolutely gorgeous indie pop Christmas song with jingle bells and jangling guitars...

+ Strawberry Whiplash - Santa Needs A Holiday
...and listening to some great guitarpop while on holiday probably won't hurt...

+ Fireflies - X-mas song
More great guitarpop for Santa!

+ One Weekly Gun - One Xmas Song
Check what I wrote about it three years ago. Should have been a classic by now!

Check back for updates tomorrow, the day after tomorrow...etc...

As previous years the post will be bumped to the top of the page when new songs are added…

March 16, 2011

I Am Noxious...

As always I’m a few steps behind here. Danish one-man project I Am Noxious created a small buzz last year with a cover of Black Eyed PeasI Gotta Feeling, yet it slipped completely under my radar. But recently Danish radio has given new single, the real catchy electronic pop piece Flashback Tears, some airplay thus finally bringing the project to my attention. Calling it a “project”, as the only thing revealed about I Am Noxious is that it’s run by someone calling himself Mr. T. There are some rumors of course, about who’s hiding behind the alias, but cannot say I’m paying much attention to those; as I prefer making up my own! Not this time though…noone's gonna believe it's Thom Yorke anyway!

Watch it:

Flashback Tears from I Am Noxious on Vimeo.

Stream it:
Flashback Tears (Single Edit) by I Am Noxious

Stream or download the Black Eyed Peas cover:
I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas Cover) by I Am Noxious