Song list from Svanen

Thanks to Erik for inviting me, I had a good time!
Here's what I played:

The Fine Arts Showcase - Chemical girl (new gaze early demo)
Rialto - Untouchable
The Ladybug Transistor - The places you'll call home
Bear Quartet - Tibet
The Triffids - Stand up
The French - Wu-Tang Clan
Rock Stone - Sarah's records
The Field Mice - When morning comes to town
Cats On Fire - My friend in a comfortable chair
Mattias Alkberg BD - Nere på parkeringen
Tant Strul - Dunkar varmt
The Lemonheads - Big gay heart
The Sundays - A certain someone
Matador José - Something I can't find
Heavenly - So little deserve
Saint Etienne - Sylvie
Still Flyin' - M'stery tent
Ann-Christine Bärnsten - Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?
The Honeydrips - Åh, Karolin
Lily Allen - The littlest things
Pipas - Barbapapa
The Cat's Miaow - Hollow inside (version 2)
White Town - Whenever I say hello
Desireless - Voyage voyage
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Scattered pearls
The Field Mice - If you need someone
The Siddeleys - You get what you deserve
Spearmint - Left alone among the living
Fosca - I've agreed to something I shouldn't have
Scaredycat - Anna bananas
Helmut Kool - Så ung, så smutsig
Japan Air - Hate to take in
Annedal - Ulla Skoog
Orange Juice - Rip it up
Stars - When? (demo)
The Chesterfields - Lunchtime for the wild youth
My Favorite - Badge

(Almedal live)

Franke - Drunknandets färg
The Field Mice - Sensitive
Belle & Sebastian - Seeing other people
The Bridal Shop - From seas (demo)
The Magnetic Fields - I don't want to get over you
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
The Moldy Peaches - Steak for chicken
Jazz Butcher - Bad dream lover
The Tidy Ups - Dizzy heights
The Mare - Jim Blues, Mary Lame and me
Paddington Distortion Combo - Oh no/oh yes
Dreams End - Death disco
Most Valuable Players - Stockholm doesn't belong to me
James - Laid
Honeymoons - 15 seconds
Go-Kart Mozart - Elephant trunk
Bear Quartet - Same spell on everyone
Cats On Fire - Honey your baby
They Go Boom!! - Island nation
The Magnetic Fields - I'm sorry I love you
Pet Shop Boys - Left to my own devices
White Town - I was Trotsky's nun
Belle & Sebastian - Me and the major
Rough Bunnies - What a world
The Siddeleys - Sunshine thuggery
Strawberry Story - Gone like summer
Free Loan Investments - Kick his balls out
Saturday Looks Good To Me - Meet me by the water
The Divine Comedy - National Express
Man From Delmonte - My love is like a gift you can't return
Laurel Music - No one wants forever #1
Lloyd Cole - Impossible girl
The Auteurs - New French girlfriend
Days - Never came to last
Stars - Heart
bob hund - Det skulle vara lätt för mig att säga att jag inte hittar hem men det gör jag, tror jag

Varberg video clips and pictures!

Mattias Björkas and some funky Varberg rythms



Mattias Björkas and more funky Varberg rythms



Mattias opening with "Astray" from the Cats On Fire full-length album



Mattias doing cover versions of Leevi & The Leavings songs for encores, here's the end of "Amalia" and the beginning of "Matkamuistoja"



"Matkamuistoja", continued



Unfortunately, the camera batteries died, so no Pipas clips... but here's a dark one from Saturday instead, a clip from "Bitter club".

The stageMattias
And again, a bit less fuzzy
Pipas
At the start, Mark had some rather amusing problems seeing the dots on his guitar, butit worked out
Lupe
Mark getting his synth ready for "Bitter club"

Tomorrow!

A lot of things going on right now...
Tomorrow, I'll DJ at Jazzhuset. Would be fun if you showed up!
And later tonight, there will be some pictures and video clips from Varberg posted here!

Pipas + Mattias Björkas in Varberg tomorrow!

Yeah, thanks to Nina and Larry, there will be a Pipas show in Varberg tomorrow!
Mattias Björkas from Cats On Fire will also play! He's never played on his own before, so it'll be exciting.

Rough Bunnies, Bare Knees and G.O.O.F. to play at Cosy Den!

I've got fantastic news for you!

I just got the sms which said the coast is clear. The Thursday right before Christmas, there will be a great party at Underjorden. At least three great concerts, perhaps more. I feel like arranging a couple of nights at a smaller scale, and what could be better than the foyer? Since it's pretty small, the pre-booking system will be used.

For those of you who've just joined us, this means you send an e-mail to me at popen_maste_do@hotmail.com, with your name and your social security number. You can send the name of a friend if you want, but not two. I'll reply to confirm that I've recieved your booking. And then you just show up at the entrance, tell us your name, and that's all! I'll keep you updated about the number of places left, at the top of this page.

For the 21st, one houndred people will have the opportunity to come. So hurry up and e-mail me if you want to be one of them!

And the artists are...

ROUGH BUNNIES

Oh, what to say? The Rough Bunnies are related to so many of my favourite acts. Lesbo Pig, All Of My Brother's Girlfriends, The Flame, Inside Riot, Euer Bester Sommer... Anna and Frida write the loveliest songs, sometimes with a twist of desperation and sadness, or even happiness. But always with hope and strength. I'm really excited about this, finally it's happening! Rough Bunnies at Cosy Den!



Rough Bunnes - Poppy eye



Rough Bunnies - Balz came and went (live)


Download the "Rough Bunnies go pirate" album!

01. What a world
02. Love & hate
03. Balz came and went
04. Poppy eye
05. Dance with your shadow
06. See how I smile?
07. When we were kids
08. Modern love
09. World of love

album cover

Rough Bunnies - I spy on your heart

More about Rough Bunnies:

The Rough Bunnies myspace page
Interview by Jonas Wååg, from Le Manchester magazine
Session from Digfi
Lousy review of the Emmaboda 2005 gig, from Oskarshamns-Barometern
Gustav Kjellvander: "Rough Bunnies are the best band in Sweden, if not the best band in the world"
Rough Bunnies at Indie MP3
Rough Bunnies concert @ Phoning It In
Stockholm Pride on the Rough Bunnies
About, in Spanish


BARE KNEES

Bare Knees are fantastic. Kathrin and Kasper proved that at the I'm From Bräkne-Hoby festival this summer, and they'll charm everyone again, this time at Cosy Den. Kazoo is a great. And so are the songs. Have a listen to the sweetest lo-fi hits yourself!



Bare Knees - Do what I want to do (live clip from Bräkne-Hoby)

Download the "Pump up the lump" album!

01. Do what I want to do
02. Always on your side
03. Sex and communism
04. Brighton slash Bristol
05. Kanadia
06. People like us
07. Fidelity
08. Bob and Jim
09. All that she wants

More about Bare Knees:

The Bare Knees myspace page
Bare Knees concert @ Phoning It In
Bare Knees at Indiepedia.org
About, in Italian
About, in Japanese


G.O.O.F.

You might know Gottfrid from The Budgies. Maybe you saw him play at the I'm From Bräkne-Hoby breakfast punk. Or at Café Publik this summer. G.O.O.F. is all about great songs, sometimes heavily influenced by Vaselines or Boyracer. Trashtwee might be the right word here, crank it up to the gigawatts!

Download "The drowning love EP"!

01. Looking the other way
02. I killed the romance
03. So nostalgic
04. I dunno U, U dunno me
05. Sunday
06. Drowning love
07. Meet me where the rosehips grow

More about G.O.O.F.:

The G.O.O.F. myspace page
G.O.O.F. at indiepedia.org

Thanks!

Yesterday was great!
A special thanks to the bands for being so helpful and cool about the mess that occured after I discovered that all of the sound equipment was hidden very carefully in a dark room...
And I'd also like to thank Johan, Siri, Åsa, Tove, Ola, Emil, Johannes, Mattias B, Jon, Madelene, Agnes and everyone else who helped making it work.

For those of you who can read Swedish - Jerry Boman's review of the night is right here.


***

And here are some photos from the night, Åsa took these. Click to enlarge.

Bromander

Bromander and parts of the crowd

The bar

Sibiria

Red light, dark room

Parts of the Happy Birthdays

Sitting on a high chair

Pipas

Mark, Lupe and the front row