Lack of free will

Ok, so this wasn’t finished as it should have been, but I’m taking a little break and leaving for Croatia. Will update when I get back home, or online on my vacation.

My Little Pony GSF Skatepark Torsdag 13:00

Fjorden Baby Enga Torsdag 14:30

Proviant Audio GSF Skatepark Torsdag 15:00

Huntsville Odden Torsdag 15:20

Le Corbeau Vika Torsdag 15:20

I Was A King Sjøsiden Torsdag 15:55

Marit Larsen Enga Torsdag 16:10

Ungdomskulen Vika Torsdag 16:35

The New Wine GSF Skatepark Torsdag 17:00

Tønes Odden Torsdag 17:05

Mungolian Jet Set Sjøsiden Torsdag 17:10

Never heard about the Mungolians before, although familiar names in the setup. After listening to them on MySpace, I’m a bit curious.

Accidents Never Happen Camp Indie Torsdag 17:15

This should be checked I think. First impressions are that I like their sound, so if it grows on me, it’s good.

Wilco (US) Enga Torsdag 17:50

John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen Vika Torsdag 17:50

Florence & The Machine (UK) Sjøsiden Torsdag 18:30

This is probably the concert I’m looking forward to the most. Florence Welch is 21 and was just nominated to the Mercury award and is also the favorite for winning it. I don’t disagree. Her album Lungs which was released on the 6th of June is an amazing debut album. It’s filled with pearls, both musically and lyrically. It is very, very rare that I can actually listen to whole albums these days. But this is one of them. You should too!

I’ve included some mp3s and some YouTubes. They are all favorites!

Florence And The Machine – Howl

Florence And The Machine – Cosmic Love

Florence And The Machine – Drumming

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Kråkesølv Camp Indie Torsdag 18:40

Chairlift (US) Odden Torsdag 19:05

Glasvegas (UK) Enga Torsdag 19:50

Glasvegas should be a familiar name. I actually first heard them when I saw their songs were very popular on Spotify. Not quite my cup of tea, but they are good.

Seun Kuti + Fela’s Egypt 80 (NG) Sjøsiden Torsdag 20:05

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Monzano Camp Indie Torsdag 20:15

Snôras Odden Torsdag 20:55

Grizzly Bear (US) Vika Torsdag 21:05

Also a concert I’m looking forward to! Grizzly Bear released a new album this spring, V

Arctic Monkeys (UK) Enga Torsdag 21:50

Fever Ray (SE) Sjøsiden Torsdag 22:00

Fever Ray I have already posted several songs and videos of, but it doesn’t hurt with some more, I guess.

Fever Ray – When I Grow Up

Fever Ray – Now’s the Only Time I Know

Fever Ray – Keep the Streets Empty For Me

No, I’m not talking about comics. Shazam is one of the few programs that have managed to impress me immensely lately. Have you ever heard a song and wondered what it was? Seen a commercial and thought “Hey, that song is so cool!”?

Well, Shazam solves the problem. You install it, preferably on a phone, put the microphone close enough to the music, and let it scan. Yes, it works. Not only does it work, it works seemingly perfect! You would expect it to only recognize pop music, but no, it takes everything it seems, including mashups. Haven’t tried it with classical music, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

Check it out here!

This is perhaps a bit cowardly way to present music, not much personality over it. Anyway, my planned tour of Wednesday is the one marked in red. This day is more or less indie vs rock.

Blodbank GSF Skatepark Onsdag 13:00

Bare Egil GSF Skatepark Onsdag 14:30

Jaga Jazzist Enga Onsdag 14:30

Pony The Pirate Vika Onsdag 15:10

Magnus Moriarty Odden Onsdag 15:20

Black Debbath GSF Skatepark Onsdag 15:30

The Little Hands Of Asphalt Sjøsiden Onsdag 15:45

Bon Iver (US) Enga Onsdag 16:05

Kylesa (US) Vika Onsdag 16:20

Crystal Antlers (US) Odden Onsdag 16:55

Fjorden Baby GSF Skatepark Onsdag 17:00

Vampire Weekend (US) Sjøsiden Onsdag 17:00

Tvang Camp Indie Onsdag 17:10

Kåre & The Cavemen Enga Onsdag 17:45

Donkeyboy Vika Onsdag 18:00

The Bronx (US) Sjøsiden Onsdag 18:40

Captain Credible Camp Indie Onsdag 18:50

Smoke Mohawk Odden Onsdag 19:00
No music on page, at least not yet. :\

Municipal Waste (US) Vika Onsdag 19:30

Band Of Horses (US) Enga Onsdag 19:40

Rise Against (US) Sjøsiden Onsdag 20:15

Firefly Effect Camp Indie Onsdag 20:25

Monotonix (IL) Odden Onsdag 20:50

Ulver Vika Onsdag 21:10

Mew (DK) Enga Onsdag 21:50

Satyricon Sjøsiden Onsdag 22:00

The plan about finishing the new floor on my balcony disappeared in a natural shower of way too much water. Summer and rain? Me no like. Vacation in two weeks, that’s not going to hurt.

But if you have to stay inside, then this site will keep you busy for more time than you probably have.

Web100

Loving it!!!

MSTRKRFT ft John Legend – Heartbreaker

I’ve been prioritizing differently lately, and probably will do for some time. But here’s the week’s shuffle!

Jong Pang – Small Cut Sensations.
This song has grown more and more on me.

Aqualung – Outside
I still love this song, even after having played it to death several times.

Bishop Allen – The Ancient Commonsense of Things
Seems we are in for a Indie Shuffle…

Arizona – The Glowing Bird (America)
Indeed. I don’t know this band very well (yet), but the song is great.

Mighty Mike – Massive Fear V2
Yey, not a indie song. Mashup between Massive Attack and Lily Allen!

I’m thinking of writing about the program for Øya, but it’s so massive!

Tomorrow is the last day of Oslo Live Festival. And here is the program:

Hovedscene:

Santigold (US) 21:45:
She was formerly known as Santogold if you are confused. She released her album Santogold last year. I wasn’t sure which of her songs to post, so I went with the singels and one remix. That she is loved by remixers is beyond any doubt.

Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes

Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes (xxxchange remix)

Santogold – Lights Out

Santogold – Say Aha

Paperboys (NO) 19:00:

Paperboys is a Norwegian Hip-Hop duo who’s been around for around 10 years (and that’s not counting the years before when they had different names). They have some big hits like Barcelona(with perhaps now more famous Madcon) and One Day.

Azania 3000 – Sweat.x & Gazelle (RSA) 17:30:

The Oslo Live stated it simple:
“AZANIA 3000 is a exciting collaboration between Sweat.x and GAZELLE. We had never heard about them, and neither have you probably. Anyway, we gave them a chance and listened to them on MySpace and YouTube. We were blown away! Here we found Africas answer to Slick Rick and Kid Cudi. It’s a great pleasure for us to not only introduce bands from traditional music nations like USA, UK and Sweden, but now also the rural areas of South Africa.”

What else to say? Check out Sweat.x and GAZELLE’s MySpace pages!

Gazelle – Die Verlore Seun from xander ferreira on Vimeo.

Name (NO) 16:00:

Name is Jørgen Johansen, a DJ with some success in Norway. He’s perhaps most famous for his single Hand Me Down.

Vulkan Oslo (Kontraskjæret):

Diplo (US) 20:45

This is definitly the performance of the night, at least for me! But it starts too early! Oh well, it will probably work out just fine.
DJ Diplo does hopefully need no introduction to most music lovers. This man is responsible for so much good music that we should all just thank him.
If you want to be impressed, just take a look at his Wiki Page.

Santogold – I’m A Lady (Diplo Mix Ft Amanda Blank)

If you feel this one sounds strangely familiar… Remember an episode of Grey’s Anatomy where Christina is shakin’ it in the morning? This is it.
Diplo – Diplo Rhythm

Justin Timberlake – My Love – Diplo remix

Boy 8-Bit (UK) 20:00:
N/A

Mapei (SE) 18:15:
N/A

Organismen (SE) 16:45:
N/A

Jaa9 & OnklP 15:00:
N/A

Need to stop now, my machine hates the warmth and shuts down.

Love it!!!

Lets start with the bad things. First of all, if you can’t sing live, then don’t play live at all. Yes, Nordpolen, I’m talking about you. My ears were hurting.

I think it was wrong by the festival to have N.A.S.A. playing so early, but god damn, nice concert! All my fears about not living up to expectations faded away. Of course, it would be so much cooler to see them(or him, for this evening) indoors, in the dark, with people who actually appreciates their music.

Klaxons was a bit of let down actually. Yes, they played all the songs they should, but somehow they seemed bored of it. When Jamie Reynolds body language says, “Oh well, its this fucking song. Again.” I guess it’s time to take a break.

Then came Kleerup. I love their album, but it’s not the same when you remove most of the vocals. Also, they try to get the audience going AND play the wrong songs. It’s ok to switch between dance and sort-of lounge music sometimes, but not like they did it. It was just plain boring at times. If they had put N.A.S.A in this spot, I think the crowd would have gone ballistic.

Then came 2ManyDJs… They started out at full speed with their remix of Chemical Brothers “Hey Boy, Hey Girl (2ManyDjs, Here We Go!!)” and never slowed down. It was almost perfect. They got the experience, and even thought they deliver a well rehearsed show, it didn’t matter. Gossip, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Eurytmics, Guns n’Roses, Justice, Bee Gees, the hits just flowed and the crowd loved it. It ended far too early.

Considering it cost 100 NOK, I doubt I’ll get more fun for that amount for the rest of the year!

PS: Passion Pit will play at Parkteateret in September. Tickets available from Saturday!

Ok, so I’m not so good at posting that often for the time being, but I blame it on Summer! That means I need some structure to be able to post at all, because I really don’t want to stay inside writing about music. But I can post songs! So, inspired by what’s apparently a Facebook thing, Tuesday Shuffle is that I post the five first random songs from my iPod, excluding whatever I have posted before.

Next up I’ll try to post about Oslo Live program for Saturday where amongst other Diplo and Santigold will be.

1.
Coldplay – Glass of Water (live from Left, Right, Left, Right, Left)
2.
Peter, Bjorn and John – It Dont Move Me
3.
Delirium – Silence (Niels van Gogh & Thomas Gold Remix)
(This is actually a very rare remix that was hard to find)
4.
Jump, Little Children – Cathedrals
5.
Hayden – Lullaby

but not burn it seems. The ISP went on vacation I guess, and the server room got too hot. Well, anyway, I’ll post soon enough, but right now its out in the sun for BBQ!