March´13 Video Box

I prefer audio over video, but the video box is now here for those addicted to visuals. Hope you find some inspiration for your own projects!

1. Holm. - Day 174 Could You Hear Me?



2. Lloyd Yates - Runs Like Fire



3. Buke and Gase - General Dome



4. The Computers - Love Triangles, Hate Squares



5. Frank Turner - Recovery



6. Mumford and Sons - Whispers In The Dark



7. The Strokes - All The Time



8. French Films - Latter Days



9. Maven Fiction - We´ll Get Clean Together



10. Rilo Kiley - Let Me Back In



11. Azealia Banks - No Problems



AZEALIA BANKS - NO PROBLEMS from Rony Alwin on Vimeo.


12. The Knife - A Tooth For An Eye



PICK OF THE MONTH:
Athletes In Paris - Borrowed Time
(Just noticed this was published in February, but never mind.)

Friday Feature: King Charles

Big hair, waxed moustache, bohemian clothing and girls praising his steaminess at live shows. With this striking image, you might not realize how good Charles Costa aka King Charles' music actually is. The folk-pop prodigy has been able to write rocking melodies, which make you dance and mature lyrics that you'd be surprised to know the king is only 24.

Despite of young age, King Charles has already been touring with acts such as Mumford and Sons and Noah and the Whale, while having a huge loyal fan base of his own growing every second. He's one of those acts that words aren't enough to describe; you need to go see him live to understand the whole picture.

Proud Camden Look Right Look Left

14.9.2011

After work we headed with our Indian take away to Linda's place. FINALLY FINALLY! I mean the Indian, not Linda's place. Eventhough she lives in a really cool place just 1min away from Thames with 3 bankers and their prostitutes..

When my mouth was burned enough, we met up with our collegues in Camden for a showcase. First time in Camden for me, which is a perfect bohemian drug cave with lekker (dutch for delicious) street food, which isn't recommended to eat. Pff like we'd listen to that.

Anyways here's how Musicweek.com describes the event:

"Breakout's monthly showcase for new and breaking acts staged by Music Week in conjunction with All Night Long Promotions, throws a spotlight on newly-signed acts - those creating a buzz in A&R circles. Breakout gives the music industry and the public a first glance of up-and-coming talent.

   

singer looks like runkle from californication

katy perry #2

The most interesting act of the evening was definitely Alex Winston. The only act who made me jump. She works with the same producer who's worked with Jessie J and Mumford&Sons. Actually her live performance was a bit Mumfordish music wise. And the drummer's gum-chewing  reminded us of Finnish ice-hockey players.

Funniest thing was that when Linda tried to take photos, there was always this photographer in front of her. And when she asked me to swap places, the guy just jumped in front of her again, and sticked his butt so much back to keep Linda further away. Lol.

Remember the post of Anna Calvi's latest video, and how I wanted to write about it straight after work, but never had the chance until next day after work? Well Jolien, sorry to disappoint you, I just wasn't able to get home anymore that time, so I had to stay over at Linda's place. Nothing more exciting than that :P

Linda was crazy though when we had to run across the street to catch our bus, and she didn't event look if cars were coming. I just had to yell from behind "Look right, look left!"- I guess I'm getting used to already how the cars go here. Not.



pictures by l.lundberg

Austra @ Scala, London

6.9.2011

I'm a fan of Domino Records. I've seen only a couple of artists of theirs though (The Kills, Anna Calvi). Last spring whenever I checked their website, I saw the name 'Austra'. Also YouTube kept on recommending me to see their videos. So I watched 'Lose It', which is a fine tune and the video is crazy.



'My face screams without an emotion' - brilliant. Now who hasn't felt that way sometimes?

I had listened to some more songs, but still it was only about liking them. So, I wasn't sure whether I should have gone to the gig or not.

I knew that I would have regret not going. And also last year I missed Mumford&Sons in Holland, because I didn't have the courage to go to Amsterdam right on the first week. But hey at least this gig was still in the same city.

Luckily there were still tickets left at the door, when I got to Scala straight after work. And what a coincidence to meet Finnish people waiting in front of the doors as well. Even bigger coincidence for them to live in the same area as I.

I went to stand as front as I could, and when the cool warm up band 'Kool Thing' started to play, this guy in front of me asked if I was ok and if I wanted to get on first row. I told him yes, I'm a bit too short for this. He agreed with me.

I wonder how many people like to play with the words cool and kool, when talking about the band. And how many get annoyed of having Sonic Youth's song 'Kool Thing' pop up first and more often than the band in Google. Anyways, this duo consists of an Irish and Australian, who formed the band in Paris and live now in Berlin. Kool. Apparently they also like Finnish people. Kool. They play kool music. Kool.

this was the best pic i got of them. kool. sorry.

 When Austra started to play I didn't even realize it, since the singer got on stage first and other members got on one by one, when it usually is the opposite. And now what could I say about it? It was great, but great is not enough of a good word to describe how good it actually was. The band as a whole is just something unique, and it gives a good feeling when watching them.

always wondered how a gig panorama pic would look like

And to the actual music! The base melodies were so catchy and made you dance, though the weird thing is that I never concentrated on them that much when listening to the album. Same thing with the drums! And the singing, the piano, everything! The album sounds even better now.

It was really nice to be able to get pictures afterwards with great musicians.

you might recognize this duo from the red picture

I was about to catch the tube and go home sleep, but surprisingly the Finns convinced me to go to the official after party. Never been to one of those, so it was interesting to see. And take the taxi for the first and second time in London (now how useful was it to bump into Finns living in the same area).

Well, it was the best last minute decision that I've ever made to finally go to the gig. I had a great time.



There was only one video on YouTube of the gig, and it was too short. So I decided to put one from their older gigs. This is also a great tune, and actually the only time the English crowd went a bit crazy (really disappointed how conservative they were).