• Cosy Den presents: FOSCA (UK) + FRIDAY BRIDGE with DJs Ville (Cats on Fire) + TBA at Landet, LM Ericssons väg 27, Stockholm - Wednesday the 26th of March, 19-00, 80 kr and 18 yrs
  • DJ set and records for sale at INDIEGRANSKAUEN! Live: Je Suis Animal (NO/UK) + The Megaphonic Thrift (NO) + The April Skies (NO) + TBA in Bergen, Norway - Saturday the 26th of April, details coming soon!
  • Cosy Recordings (Karin + Mattias) dj set and records for sale at KLUBB POPULÄR! Live: Elenette + Palpitation at Storan, Kungsparken 1, Gothenburg - Saturday the 17th of May, 22-03, X0 kr and 20 yrs
  • DJ set and records for sale at HIT THE NORTH! Live: Elenette + TBA in Hamburg, Germany - Friday the 4th of July, details coming soon!
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  • lördag, juli 28, 2007

    After-School Sports - artist of the week at digfiSongs!


    I really can't stop listening to "Wind up" myself. The majority of the times I visit this page, it's because I want to listen to "Wind up" and can't be arsed to find the folder it's in, on the shitty Mac that I'm currently on... here are some things written about Alice's songs. Everyone needs this album, it's true.

    Veckans artist Artist of the week at digfiSongs:

    Nej förresten, glöm tweejämförelsen. Den missar målet. Låt oss ta det från början. Alice Luther Näsholm är arton år, bor i Stockholm och är den som agerar under namnet After-School Sports. Hennes låtar är som skolexempel på den bästa sortens indiepopbagateller – 90-sekundershiten ’Almost Left My BF For His Casio’ som Lars Jämtelid hyllar här är bara en i raden. ’Wind Up’ är en annan, ’Charlie’s 18th Birthday’ en tredje.
    Tilldragelsen på Landet var också en sorts releasefest för A Short Melodrama, After-School Sports nya cdr-släpp. Där finns förutom ovanstående en blekt pastellfärgad cover på Lily Allens ’Smile’. Rekommenderas!


    No, nevermind, forget the twee parallel. It misses the target. Let's start from the beginning. Alice Luther Näsholm is eighteen years old, lives in Stockholm, and the one behind the name After-School Sports. Her songs are textbook examples of indie pop trifles of the best kind - the 90 second hit 'Almost Left My BF For His Casio" - celebrated by Lars Jämtelid on this website - is just one of many. 'Wind Up' is another, 'Charlie's 18th Birthday' a third.
    Last weekend's event at Landet was also a release party for A Short Melodrama, After-School Sports' new cdr album. In addition to the songs mentioned above, you'll also find a bleakly pastel coloured cover on Lily Allen's 'Smile'. Recommended!



    1. ’Almost left my bf for his Casio’ - After-School Sports

    Alice Luther Näsholm gömmer en glimrande eurohit med blockflöjt under årets mest utstuderat skruttiga lo-fi-produktion. Låter som hon spelat upp låten utan bas på datorn/stereon och suttit i rummet bredvid och spelat in på en risig kassettbandspelare. Retsamt och charmant! Extra plus självfallet för att den bara är en minut och 20 sekunder lång.


    Alice Luther Näsholm hides a glimmering euro hit with recorder under the year's most studied and dodgy lo-fi production. Sounds as if she's played the song without bass on the computer/stereo and sat herself in the next room and recorded on a small and shitty tape recorder. It's teasingly and charming! Extra plus, obviously, for the fact that it's only one minute and 20 seconds long.

    Lars Jämtelid, digfis sommarlista / digfi's summer list



    Det är ju bara att duka under! Alice Luther Näsholm är sval och sjunger som en ängel. Tänk Ulrika Mild (Compute) och Anna Persson (Sambassadeur) i samspråk med Madelaine och Sarah från Fibi Frap. På scen är hon två men det räknas som soloprojekt.
    Det är plastiga trummaskiner, små finurliga melodier och så denna drömska sång. Det är rosa tyllgardiner som gömmer knivar. Enkla samplingar varvat med handklappsvänliga takter från helt underbart billiga instrument. Den lilla synthen ser ut att kunna gå sönder under fingrarna, Alice spelar varsamt så musikmaskinen hinner med.
    Allt är väldigt vackert och jag kommer bära med mig det länge.


    Well, you can only give in! Alice Luther Näsholm is cool and has the voice of an angel. Think Ulrika Mild (Compute) and Anna Persson (Sambassadeur) in a room with Madelaine and Sarah from Fibi Frap. Onstage, she's two, but it's a solo project. It's plastic trum machines, smart little melodies and - then again - these dreamlike vocals. It's pink tulle curtains hiding knives. Uncomplicated samplings mixed with handclap-friendly beats from wonderfully cheap instruments. The little synthesizer looks as if it could break under the fingers, Alice plays carefully so the music machine doesn't slip behind.
    It's all very beautiful and I will carry it with me for a long time.

    Jerry Boman, TV4 Göteborg / TV4 Gothenburg





    torsdag, juli 26, 2007

    Tafra and The Garlands on Swedish radio tonight!

    Tafra's "I'm sorry, Bräkne-Hoby", released on Cosy Recordings, will be aired on the radio show P3 Lab tonight!
    We can also look forward to an interview with fantastic pop duo The Garlands.
    Tune in right after the ten o'clock news, kids!

    söndag, juli 22, 2007

    Underjorden tomorrow!

    Thanks to Stockholm for filling Landet on a fantastic Friday night! More pictures will be published here soon.

    Tomorrow at Underjorden, we'll have another great evening together with Yellow Mica. The Faintest Ideas, The Young Untold and The Besties will play. See you there!