Not lazy...just busy...

Here are a few of the topics I'd probably be talking about, if work wasn't such a nuisance and constantly dragging my attention away from the fun stuff in life:

- Whining about the number of mails in my inbox...no, just kidding!

- Copenhagen Popfest 2014. Remember the 2010 edition? It was a blast! Alpaca Sports will be there...


and so will Oliver North Boy Choir (debut concert? - not sure!)...
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Haven't bought my ticket yet, but will...soon! Hopefully at some later point a more in-depth post of the Popfest will be up.

- Go on and on about how seriously cool the new single by Treefight For Sunlight is!


- Lobbying real hard for The Sun Days to be added to the Copenhagen Popfest lineup...


- The forthcoming Shelflife release of the 5-track EP by Australians Flyying Colours.


- And probably some other stuff as well...and now...back to work!

Happy New Year...!

2014 has arrived, so I’ll take a second to wish the few of you still reading a happy new year and hope that you have all had a great start to the new year! No resolutions, promises or whatever you prefer to call it, but for one more year I’ll do my best to keep the blog alive. It’s pretty obvious that my heart is not quite in it any longer, but cannot help thinking of the blog as my third child; so abandoning it isn’t and won’t be easy. Anyway; let’s wait and see what 2014 brings, but there are already plenty of interesting things to be looking forward to:

Kashmir will be at Kulturværftet on February 1 and despite being a fan of the band since the release of The Good Life nearly 15 years ago, this will be the first time I’ll see the band live.


Then of course there’s the debut concert of The Mountains on February 21. So far the band’s debut album is by far my most anticipated release of 2014.

Oliver North Boy Choir has announced that they will start playing live in 2014 and for this purpose (and probably for numerous other reasons as well) the band has expanded the line-up with a fourth member. New recordings are in the making, so stay tuned for more updates!


Old favorite Jonas Villumsen has signed a record deal and a new release (EP) is said to be out on March 17.


It’s probably very hush hush, but friendly and innovative people are working on putting together a Copenhagen Popfest later this year. The popfest in 2010 was a blast, so a 2014 edition would certainly be most welcomed.

Finally I expect that the steady flow of recommendations from my quartet of music friends (Chris, Peter, J.A. and Rodolfo) will continue in 2014. And why not start out right away with this fine little pop tune by The Soft Look (recommended by J.A.)?

All smiles...

Not promising anything, but will try to be less grumpy today. I do enjoy being grumpy though!

Sink/Let It Sway is the first promo track of the forthcoming Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin album Let It Sway (available for preordering now) and it’s pretty darn good! OK! Not as fabulous as the glorious Oregon Girl, but still plenty to make one starve for more!
+ Sink/Let It Sway
+ Oregon Girl

Chris posted the monthly new track by Viola a few days ago and today I'm going to do the same. Why? Because the sun is shining, thus making me hope that it will be summer after all! And the upbeat Popsicle Summer really makes one long for the summer and therefore is a lot more listenable when there’s an outside chance of the summer actually being on its way!
+ Popsicle Summer

Roque (of Cloudberry Records) interviews Danielle, who was one of the organizers of Copenhagen Popfest. As you may recall, I thought that the Popfest was a smash and apparently chances are good that there will be a 2011 edition as well. That’s good news if you ask me! And here's to hoping that Roque will be able to go next year!

Hopefully it's no secret that the aforementioned Cloudberry Records is a true treasury, when you’re in need of a good pop song. Here's a perfect example taken from a recent release.
+ The Sunbathers – Sea Change

And to all of you, who are feeling ignored. I currently have 2,842 mails in my inbox, so I do have plenty of work ahead of me…

Johan! Tellus about the Cats on Fire...

Cats on Fire are joined on stage by Tellus about the Moon and Johan Hedberg (forgot about him yesterday) to perform a cover of Genesarets Sjö at Copenhagen Popfest. The sound quality might not be the best, but that was one truly spectacular performance!

Copenhagen Popfest...some thoughts...

Copenhagen Popfest was mega. Mega, mega! Not even the damn volcano and the cancellations caused by its eruption could prevent that, as the organizers did a fantastic job despite all obstacles! I honestly can’t recall the last time I had such a truly fabulous time; a weekend spent listening to fabulous songs by fabulous bands and chatting along with fabulous people (simply far too many to list, though Chris, who took the train from Switzerland and back to be able to attend, deserves to be singled out!). Lots of fabulous’ there, but cannot come up with any better description of the Popfest. It started right off the bat when No More Heroes hit the stage Friday evening and surprised just about everyone with an excellent performance that was pretty close to being worth the entire entrance fee. And it continued right until Sunday afternoon when the utterly brilliant (and highly entertaining) Cats on Fire was joined on stage by parts of Tellus about the Moon for a tremendous (or should I perhaps say fabulous) encore (really would love to know the name of that song, but cannot figure it out). In between those two performances I also had the pleasure of witnessing the rather impressive debut concert of The Boombox Heart, finally seeing Death Valley Sleepers, Ampel and The Electric Pop Group performing live, once again being blown away by the sheer talent of Northern Portrait, as well as being amazed how the helpful Stars in Coma rushed to Copenhagen Saturday afternoon to fill one of the gaps created by the ash cloud. So people; fabulous is the word! Pictures and videos are popping up just about everywhere and hopefully I’ll be able to add a picture to this post tonight. Meanwhile enjoy this video…

VolcanoFest...?

Who would have possibly thought that a volcano in Iceland could end up having an impact on Copenhagen Popfest? But the ash cloud created by the volcano eruption at Eyjafjallajökull has lead to a cancellation of all air traffic in and out of Denmark today (actually no one seems to have any idea, when the airspace over Denmark is going to re-open) and consequently forced a trio of bands to pull out of the event, because of those cancelled flights. Equally bad is the string of foreign visitors, who won’t be coming either for the exact same reason. Nature probably doesn’t care, but your timing really sucks!

But the Popfest will still take place, despite the pull-outs the line-up remains competent and there should be plenty of tickets available. So why not show up (if you happen to be in Copenhagen anyway)?

And now to something completely different....a few songs...

Labrador shares the brand new and really fine single The Night Before The Funeral by The Mary Onettes. The band sounds very much like itself on this one, which I guess is quite a quality stamp!
+ The Night Before The Funeral

Plus offers free download of yet another (the third) track from the very soon to be released Clinging to a Scheme album!
+ Never Follow Suit

New song Heart Stab by Champagne Riot is now streaming at Myspace. As well as a new version of The Champagne Anthem (old version posted below).
+ The Champagne Anthem (first version)

Copenhagen Popfest...

The "official guide to" Copenhagen Popfest has been posted! See you on Friday?

Now that's a lovely new poster for the Popfest! Inspired by this classic. Guess this means that the lineup is set?

Tickets are still available from Billetlugen! Somewhat surprising that it's not sold out by now!

As previously mentioned a new festival named Copenhagen Popfest will take place at Råhuset in (you’ve probably guessed it) Copenhagen from April 16 to April 18. Finally some details have been revealed to the world as the first three bands were announced yesterday (January 20) and another three added today. As suggested by the inclusion of the term “Popfest” in the festival name, the indie pop acts will of course be dominating the line-up, which I suspect will be a highly intriguing one. As per today (January 21) it looks like this and whenever new names are announced (or any other relevant information) the post will be updated and bumped to the top of the page.
+ Rose Elinor Dougall – Start/Stop/Synchro
+ The Electric Pop Group – Not By Another
+ The Boombox Hearts - Everything
+ Northern Portrait – New Favourite Moment
+ Pocketbooks - Footsteps
+ Leaving Mornington Crescent - April Song

Next batch of bands added January 25!
+ Ampel - Stop The Bleeding Girl
+ Cats on Fire - Horoscope
+ Horowitz - Popkids of the World Unite!

One more band added February 1.
+ Liechtenstein - Roses in the Park

And two more added yesterday (February 3). Still awaiting ticket information. The Facebook group is growing (currently stands at 383 members).
+ Compute - I Thought One Kiss Couldn't Do Any Harm
+ NoMoreHeroes - Troubled Boy

Still no ticket information available, but some news on hours and after party DJ's has been posted. Another three names were announced yesterday (February 9), though the last name of the three will only play one song at the after party Sunday evening.
+ Labrador
+ Iiris Viljanen - Bloodline Together
+ Johan Hedberg - Galeria

New names keep being added and yesterday's trio put the biggest smile on my face.
+ Tellus About The Moon - Nomore
+ Death Valley Sleepers - Black Pearl
+ Roadside Poppies - Just Another Love Song

One name has yet to be published from the official Popfest blog, but since the band is listed on the poster, I assume it's ok to include it here?
+ Greg Webster - Promised Land

Shorties...

Too tired to write anything serious today. As if I ever post anything remotely serious!

That The Radio Dept. concert I mentioned yesterday has yet to be officially announced by either band or venue. Logically no ticket information is available.

Tobias of Blue Foundation explains why Blue Foundation is called...well...Blue Foundation.
+ Stuck In A Hard Place (Reworked)

Still hoping that Copenhagen Popfest will announce the one band sorely missing from the otherwise intriguing line-up; Days!
+ Downhill

Play People offers a 5-track compilation entitled Better Things as a free download via Bandcamp. This is catchy and lovely pop music with a capital P!
+ Oh What A Life...

The fortunate ones attending SXSW should not miss the opportunity to see Kashmir! As well as some of the other interesting Danish names, who'll be playing, like Spleen United, Choir of Young Believers and The Kissaway Trail.
+ Surfing the warm industry

Another Dane performing will be singer-songwriter Mads Langer (though listed as being from London), whose cover of the Olive track You're Not Alone has been getting massive airplay on Danish Radio recently.
+ You're Not Alone (Olive cover)

Why not grab Happy Hollows' pretty fine cover of Under The Milky Way over at You Ain't No Picasso?

Various...

My to-do-list just keeps growing and growing, so time for some catching up!

I have promised myself that I need to come up with a better description of the music of Death Valley Sleepers. The new song is definitely more inspired by various 60’s bands than by The Raveonettes, so I believe time has come to re-discover my creative vein (if I've ever had any).
+ Turn Out The Light

Ginger Ninja doesn’t have an official webpage, but has a Myspace profile instead, which has just been updated. A clock is counting down the days (hours etc.) until the band’s debut album is release. Exactly 13 days, 8 hours, 51 minutes and 57 sec..no...56...hang on...55 seconds...oh well...a little more than 13 days left!!

So far information is sparse, but new Danish indie pop festival Copenhagen Popfest will take place from April 16 to April 18.

French band Exsonvaldes are giving away a brand new track from their forthcoming album There’s No Place Like Homes.
+ Everything I See

And though they split up some time ago, Swedish band Kamera shares a remix of the track Asleep.
+ Asleep (Prada Means No Harm Remix)