And tonight...

...it's my intention (plans can change you know) to take the car and drive to Humlebæk to see Hannah Schneider and her "excellent one man band" perform at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. And probably look at a one or the two of the paintings on show (that self-portrait exhibition looks pretty interesting) while I'm there anyway...concerts today and tomorrow...am I setting new standards?

Tomorrow night...Michael Møller at Aveny-T...

The incredibly awesome Michael Møller will perform a solo concert (with or without band - I have no clue) tomorrow night at 9pm at Aveny-T in Copenhagen. So here's the usual plea...do you for some reason happen to be in our nation's capital tomorrow night, don't miss out on this one. Probably won't reach the magic heights of last year's marathon (and probably not as lengthy either), where he performed all 31 tracks from his A Month Of Unrequited Love project (check the video below for a sample - if you watch closely, you can spot yours truly in the background a few times), but will be damned if it doesn't turn out to be pretty fantastic nonetheless.

Hold back the night...

New single/video from I Am Kloot (from the forthcoming album Let It All In, due out in January). Not sure what the video is all about, but should give you some food for thought (e.g. if you're worrying about getting older, have been running away from things in your past etc.)...though perhaps not one of their best songs, it still grows for every listen...and as someone mentioned on YouTube, it "would make a great Bond theme"!


 

Home on the range...

With just under 200 views, this new video from the pretty awesome Tetris = Therapy could certainly use a stream or two...so check it out...please!

News from Late Night Venture...

Danish post-rock/shoegaze act Late Night Venture will put out their sophomore album Pioneers of Spaceflight on October 15 through Target Distribution, Dunk! Records and Oxide Tones. To be honest I never really expected a follow-up to their fine debut (released way back in 06), so great learning that they are still around and sounding as great as ever! If you cannot wait another two weeks for the album, you can stream it in its entirety via SoundCloud.




 

Saturday...

Danish electro pop quartet Turboweekend will be at Toldkammeret in Helsingør on Saturday and if you happen to be in the neighborhood (chances are slim, I know), I can only recommend that you attend the concert as both band and venue are really great. I promise to buy anyone a beer who comes up to me and utter "Hits In The Car sucks" or whatever you feel like saying...




 

Beaches...

Still ridiculously busy at work, but not busier than finding enough time to post this video by new Danish electronic pop duo Lyrebyrds for their truly wonderful and melancholic track Beaches. Just like that Everest track I posted last week, this immediately blew me away! Going to keep a real close eye on these guys, as I suspect (hope) we'll hear from the lads...



The demo version of the track is available for download via Bandcamp.


 

Cutting steps in the roof of the world...up and up...

It doesn't happen as often as I wish it would, but every once in a while a track simply blows me away on the very first listen. The new single Everest by Public Service Broadcasting (a duo from London "Teaching the lessons of the past through the music of the future" - did you know that Everest was once called Peak 15?) is one of the rare few. The track is based on the 1953 documentary The Conquest of Everest and mixes a wonderful instrumental track with spoken parts from the film. The end result is nothing but stunning or as someone wrote on Youtube, this is "Absolutely breathtaking, both musically and visually" and definitely a must see (and listen)...

Beacons...

Here's the new video from I Like Trains. For the single Beacons from their third album The Shallows. The sound, the voice...this band is simply awesome!

Perhentian buzz...

In need of a healthy dose of summer and pop now that autumn has started for real? If so, then check out the irresistibly charming and catchy Perhentian Buzz by new Danish band Android Orchestra, which will (it’s almost an guarantee) make your feet tapping, make you spend the rest of the day dreaming of beaches and cold drinks and perhaps even make the sun start shining (if not for real, then in your mind at least)…from the band's forthcoming debut Are we looking at the same stars which will be out October 1...