Another wonderful autumn mix from ARP, for the Root Blog. Get it
here
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Arp
Autumn Mix
Bert Jansch & John Renbourn – Stepping Stones
Billy Nichols – Feeling Easy …
We are proud to present Smalltown Supersound Japan tour 2011:
MUNGOLIAN JETSET
DISKJOKKE
BJØRN TORSKE
TODD TERJE
DJ STRANGEFRUIT
SEPTEMBER 30. (FRI) Tokyo @LIQUIDROOM
OCTOBER 01. (SAT) Gunma @WOAL
OCTOBER …
We are proud to present Smalltown Supersound Japan tour 2011:
MUNGOLIAN JETSET
DISKJOKKE
BJØRN TORSKE
TODD TERJE
DJ STRANGEFRUIT
SEPTEMBER 30. (FRI) Tokyo @LIQUIDROOM
OCTOBER 01. (SAT) Gunma @WOAL
OCTOBER …
You can read it
here
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In his review a couple weeks ago, Ben Ratliff of the New York Times made an astute observation about the debut album from young …
The first song on Norwegian indie-pop outfit Razika's debut, Program 91, is titled "Youth". It's an exercise in writing what you know. The band is made up of 19-year-old girls …
Check out a new track called "We Are The Shining" from the album "Schlungs" on MTV Hive
here
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Imagine the disco-electronic sounds of Röyksopp meeting up with the futuristic …
Check out this Razika interview in
Elle Magazine US
.
When you hear about a Norwegian all-girls band breathing new life into ska with infectious youthful energy, it’s best to …
Check out this great Razika review in
The New York Times
.
The members of Razika, a Norwegian all-female quartet, were born in 1991, but their attitudes sound born yesterday. …
"Norwegian teens' eye-wide alt. pop. If there is a wiff of C-86 style whimsy in this debut, then its savvy more than compensates. Razika are four 19 year old girls …
Norway’s Razika made a sweet, sweet album Program 91 (91 as in 1991 as in the year they were born!) that’s so sugary it almost gave us a toothache. That’s …
Smalltown Supersound founder Joakim Haugland will do a DJ set at Helsinki's great Flow Festival supporting Andrew Weatherall. You can get more info about the festival
here
.
From the …
Montreal art-rock outfit Young Galaxy will kick off an exciting second run of tour dates across the globe this September in celebration of their highly successful album Shapeshifting which was …
We get lots of mails from all over the world regarding the tragic events that took place in Oslo on Friday. Smalltown Supersound and all of our artists are all …
Lindstrøm has done a great remix of Best Coast. You can get it from The Fader
here
.
Lindstrom takes Best Coast soaring in this sugary-sweet remix. Bethany Cosentino’s vocals …
Check out this blog at Red Bull about Indie Record Labels To Watch. Smalltown Supersound being one of these together with great labels such as Kompakt, Finders Keepers, Ghost Box …
See the whole feature in Guardian
here
.
New Band Of The Day
Razika (No 1,058)
These four Norwegian girls make a joyous, reggae-influenced racket that recalls ska-pop pioneers the …
8. Mungolian Jetset "Moon Rocks 'n' Prog Rocks" (Montezuma remix)
Ten minutes of chugging, grooving disco-funk from the imaginary-empire-builiding Norwegian electro duo "pretending we`re in Weather Report"
The 12" is …
You can read the interview in Stool Pigeon
here
.
Norwegians think of music festivals as more than an opportunity to get drunk enough to make indie bands tolerable, and …
Get Lindstrøm's podcast
here
.
After running a podcast from fellow Norwegian space-disco maverick Diskjokke just two weeks ago, it might seem like it's a little soon to post an …