Birds sometimes dance

I’ve been looking forward  to this. I loved their EP, a great debut, and I’ve only heard good word about their liveshows, so this seems very promising. If they follow the chain of other good norwegian debuts this and last year, this is probably going to be a great album, but were my expectations to high?

With the conclusion that the people who didn’t end up liking them after the previous album wouldn’t change their minds with the next one anyway, Now We’ve Got Members have decided to screw those people and rather make even more obscure music.

Kråkesølv is the band I’ve been waiting for for a long time now. They are the fresh breath I needed. Their complex songs are sort of a mix of post-rock, 90’s emo (bands like Mineral, The Van Pelts and Cap’n'Jazz, not the newer kind) and contemporary bands like Death Cab For Cutie. Add in some vocals in a Norwegian dialect and you have something really magical.

Sometimes you read about a hyped band, and you’re instantly sceptical. You think they aren’t really that good at all. Then, when you’ve taken some time to actually listen to them, you realize you were all wrong to judge them, and that’s the story with  me and The Megaphonic Thrift.

I’ve just had, or actually I’m still having this amazing feeling. It’s the feeling I get when I know I’ve just discovered music that will stay with me the rest of my life. I was listening to Björn Kleinhenz’s new single “Black Water” (free download here) and the first time I heard it, I instantly got goosebumps all over. That’s no bad sign.

Casa Murilo is a pretty fresh band fronted by Englishmen Chris Winfield and Dan Hesketh. They play extremely catchy indie rock and sing about things they experienced and people they met when the two lived in Brazil. Of some reason they went to Norway to form a band. Should we wonder why such talented people ended up in Norway of all places or just embrace the fact that they’re here?

Pilemil was originally a group of visionary arts and craftsmen who shared workspace, until they discovered they would rather make music. Now they’ve finally released their debut album and I’ve had a listen. I haven’t seen what they could do with ceramics, but if it was close to as great as their music, they wouldn’t have quit.

Finally, it’s here. I’ve been waiting like a kid for a new album from these guys. Coming from the same recording sessions as their previous album, Alopecia, this album might be somewhat similar theme-wise, but when it comes to the sound it’s absolutely not. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing though.

Windmill is the moniker of British Matthew Thomas Dillon. Following the success of Puddle City Racing Lights from 2007, he’s now released the new album Epcot Starfields, capturing his sense of impending doom threatening humanity captured through the portrait of a childhood visit to the Disney theme park, Epcot Center.