Three years ago Danish three-piece Baby In Vain released their debut album “More Nothing” that has drawn accolades from both fans and critics and opened the door to the international scene. Soon the band had brought their melodic take on stoner-grunge to all corners of Europe and North America, including a special art performance show at Denmark’s legendary festival, the …
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Challenging the Four Elements of Matter on Record: Novarupta interviewed
“Before the sun and moon have arisen in the world, there is no manifestation of light and radiance, the blinding darkness prevails. But when the sun and moon rise in the world, there is the manifestation of light; the blinding darkness, disappears and day and night are discerned, and Earth is manifested in four elements, earth, wind, fire and water”. …
Read More »The Chuck Norris Experiment on a life-long friendship and a new sonic direction on the next album: Interview
Since its rise in the 1970s, the allure of punk rock has always been its blatant rejection of the mainstream. Adopting a cutting-edge DIY approach to not only the music but also the fashion, punk rock stuck a middle finger in the air, told you to “f**k off,” and looked effortlessly cool while doing it. So do The Chuck Norris …
Read More »The dystopian soundworld of Karin My: Interview
The sounds of another world, mysterious and alluring, that penetrates the listener’s consciousness with its eerie melodies, often hypnotic in its rhythms and suggestive of inner landscapes, and coated in darker, gloomier electronic sounds, represents Karin My’s almost hallucinogenic effect on the listener. The crucial components of Karin My’s sonic print relate to timbre, and are best described by way …
Read More »Maia Hirasawa on letting go of control, electronic pop music influences and running parallel careers: Interview
In 2007 Maia Hirasawa took Sweden by storm when she released her debut album “Though, I’m Just Me” which won her an award for best new artist at the P3 Guld Awards in 2008. After her second album a year later she left Sweden for time-off and a well-needed break in Japan, but after releasing the EP “Boom” she drew …
Read More »Tyred Eyes on a changed sonic landscape and speeding up the songwriting process: Interview
If you spent much of your time at venues to watch great garage punk bands ten years ago there’s no way you would have missed a Tyred Eyes gig. Wherever there was a venue, there was a Tyred Eyes show, and it didn’t stop at the Swedish border, the band brought their rowdy garage punk shows across Europe as well. …
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