Showing posts with label Bon Iver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bon Iver. Show all posts

Friday, 28 April 2017

Lake Jons - I Come Clean


LAKE JONS is a finnish trio, formed by a happy accident in 2014. Singer-guitarist Jooel Jons got accompanied by guitarist Jaska Stenroth and drummer Mikko Pennanen.


The trio started working together as LAKE JONS, creating their beautiful folk sound at a garage somewhere in Helsinki. Since then LAKE JONS have played loads of live (mostly in Finland, but I believe that pretty soon overseas) shows and charmed people with their music which combines the spirit of dusty garages, rumbling canyons and nordic woods. Gorgeous vocal harmonies and moods referring to Bon Iver, Josh T. Pearson and Beck are in the center of it all.

Today's tune "I Come Clean" is a single release from the guys!


Upcoming Shows:

28.4. Bar KUKA, TURKU
24.5. KLUBI, TAMPERE
10.6. SIDEWAYS, HELSINKI


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Monday, 12 September 2016

Kaleo - A/B


Monday, new week, time to present "Record Of The Week"

A/B is the second studio album by Icelandic rock band KALEO. It was released on June 10, 2016.

KALEO hail from Mosfellsbær, Iceland, nothing that will come up in mind when A/B is spinning on the turntable as both the sound and vocal is as american it could be. The music is like overheated garage blues with fine-tuned capochilla-soul vocals.

KALEO was formed in 2012. The band consists of Jökull Júlíusson (vocals and guitar), Davíð Antonsson (percussion and vocals), Daníel Ægir Kristjánsson (bass guitar), and Rubin Pollock (guitar and vocals). KALEO has released two studio albums, KALEO (2013) and A/B (2016), as well as an EP, Glasshouse (2013).

The album "A/B" kicks of with a meaty Blues stomper "No Good", a tune which appears on the soundtrack to HBO's Vinyl. "Way Down We Go" is a half tempo master piece where JJ Whiskey soar vocals will trip anyone on her knees, thick and sensitive. "Broken Bones" is the albums Delta Blues tune where "The devil's going to make me a free man", excellent indeed! The album really have a broad mix from the Blues to Country like the tune "Automobile" or the folkish "All the Pretty Girls" and up tempo rockers like "Glass House" and "Hot Blood". Or the iced folklore "Vor I Vaglaskogi" where JJ sings in his native language, a tune that makes a real impact, grandiose and sentimental. The album closes with two softer tunes, the honest "Save Yourself" and hauntingly beautiful "I Can't Go On Without You".

The influences are THE BLACK KEYS, THE LUMINEERS, ROBERT JOHNSON and BON IVER.

Sum: An album that mixes virginity and soulfulness of blues rock with elements of folk and country.



Today's tune "No Good" is taken from the "Record Of The Week" album A/B, enjoy!



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Sunday, 25 May 2014

Record Madness: I


Record Madness is a project between Metal blog and Tune Of The Day, a project that have now been running for some time.

In short, its based on a closer look at our record collection, and the rules are relatively simple.

There will be challenges between us. Everything is about to dive into the shelf and pick up the records with the letter which you have been challenged with. One tells stories, shows pictures, a little anecdotes, or anything that affects the character that is current at the moment. The posts ends with a challenge in the form of a letter from the alphabet sent to Chief Rebel on Metal blog. Then he makes the same thing with his record shelf (hey CD!) But with his twist and his angle on it before he sends back a letter. Then it all goes back and forth like a pinball machine, but in slow motion.

Everything started with "Chief Rebel" who dived into the letter "A", and wrote a mammoth post with lots of pictures of what was in his record shelf under the letter A. Then he has described what he has under "R","G", "U", "S", "T", "H" and now latest "E" (ARGUS THE)

Now we have come up a bit in the process and I have harvested both the letter "L", "Q", "B", "U", "D", "F", "E" and today we'll see what is hidden behind the letter  "I" (LQBUDFEI)

This time I'm really on it so you guys didn't have to wait for ages to see what's hidden behind todays letter. Even if i have had a really busy schedule I manage to take some time for this. 
Time to stop "Monkey About" and gets this party rocking....so in short "I" is a pretty average letter, that contains a pretty big mix lot of artists and genres, "I" has a pretty good place to the right and still in a standing height in the record shelf, thanks for that, guess I need to crawl on my knees soon...haha.

Once I have browsed through the albums I quickly notice that it contains a really mixed output, but far off to be a complete set of records.  And as I always mention, I do miss some records as they are to faraway to be able to be here.



First out is Roy Samuel Reid or better known as I-Roy who was a Jamaican DJ who had a very prolific career during the 1970s. Here with the album "Don't Check Me With No Lightweight Stuff" (1997)



AOR band i-Ten with the record "Taking a cold look" from (1983)


American heavy metal band Iced Earth with the tenth studio album "Dystopia" (2011)


Here is a classic with the American heavy/glam metal band Icon, with the record "Night of the Crime" (1985)


The British progressive rockers in IF with the album "Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces" (1974) 


angL is the second full length solo album of Emperor frontman Ihsahn. Writing began in early 2007, after Ihsahn had completed touring with Emperor. (2008)


American hard rock band from long island, New York, The Illusion with the records"Out of the mist" (1977) & "If It's So" (1970)


Between 1968 and 1977, Randy's Studio 17 was the site for some of all-time greatest reggae recordings including seminal albums by The Wailers and Burning Spear. Impact All-Stars, the album featured such influential musicians as Aston Barrett (bass), Carlton Barrett and Sly Dunbar (drums), Tyrone Downie, Earl Lindo and Augustus Pablo (keyboards) and Tommy McCook (tenor saxophone). With the addition of five previously-unreleased tracks, the album was reissued in 1998 by the British reggae label, Blood And Fire.


Kingdom of Conspiracy (2013) is the ninth studio album by American death metal band Immolation.


The Swedish rockers Imperiet with the albums, Rasera (1983), Kickar (1990), Tiggarens tal (1988), Imperiet (1984), Blå himlen blues (1985), Synd (1986), Imperiet (1988), 2:a Augusti 1985 (1985) & Du ska va president (1984)


Imperial State Electric is a rock band with the former front man of The Hellacopters Nicke Andersson. Here with the records Imperial State Electric (2010), Pop War (2012) x3, In Concert 10" (2011) and a bunch of 7"


Incredible Hog with the album "Volume One" (1973)


The (International) Noise Conspiracy (abbreviated T(I)NC) were a Swedish rock band formed in Sweden in the late months of 1998. Here is the album "The Cross of My Calling" (2008)


Norway´s most peculiar band "In The Woods" with the album "Heart of the Ages" (1995)


The  Swedish heavy metal In Solitude with the records In Solitude (2008), The World. The Flesh. The Devil (2011), Sister (2013) and the 7" Lavender (2013)


The Swedish Progressive death metal band In Mourning with the albums Monolith (2010) & Shrouded Divine (2008)


The Swedish melodic death metal In Flames, yes this is Thetania's favourite band. Here is the albums A Sense of Purpose (2008), Come Clarity (2006), Sounds of a Playground Fading (2011) and A Sense of Purpose - CD (2008)


The Canadian rockers Indian Handcrafts with the album 
"Civil Disobedience For Losers" (2012)


Internal Void is a doom metal band from Frederick, Maryland with the record 
"Standing on the Sun"  (1992)


Intronaut is a progressive metal band from Los Angeles, California that incorporates complex polyrhythms, progressive rock, and jazz. Here is the fourth full length album "Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones)" (2013)


The Aussies INXS with the album Kick (1987)


The Incredible String Band (sometimes abbreviated as ISB) were a psychedelic folk band formed in Scotland in 1966. I got only two records at home with these guys and they are "The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion" (1967) & Hard Rope & Silken Twine (1974)


Iron Maiden, well I guess it is a must have in a rockers record collection. Here is 3 12"  Running Free, 2 Minutes to Midnight , Flight of Icarus and a Vinyl box set "Best Of The Beast" (1996)


    More Iron Maiden, here are the albums from top left "Killers" (1981), "The Number of the Beast" (1982), "Powerslave" (1984), "The Final Frontier" (2010), "Somewhere in Time" (1986), "Piece of Mind" (1983) & "Live After Death" (1985) 


Bon Iver is an American indie folk band founded in 2007 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. The band also includes Michael Noyce, Sean Carey, Colin Stetson and Matthew McCaughan amongst others. 

Here are the records "Blood Bank" (2009), "For Emma, Forever Ago" (2007) & "Bon Iver, Bon Iver" (2011)


Here is a collection of artist on the label Island, an excellent collection of good music!


A bunch of Imperial State Electric singles.


A few CD's Interpol - Interpol (2010), Billy Idol - Songs (1988), It's Alive - Earthquake Visions (1994), Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death (2006) & Iron Maiden - Dance of Death (2003)


Here is a few signed CD's, from top left Incite, The International Noise Conspiracy, In Flames, Enrique Iglesias, Interpol & India Arie


3 pieces of 7" singles, In Solitude, The Incubators & Iron Maiden


Last picture contains Iron Maiden - Killers on CD, Karin Inde on CD & last one is a Cassette (MC) with Chris Isaak :)


That is the end of this record Madness
I really hope I got it all covered this time.
 Anyway, I hope it was an interesting reading.

Now we throw the ball to Cheif and challenge him in the letter "D",
it will be very interesting to see what he can come up with here, who knows, maybe some Dio I guess among others?
 
Todays tune will be posted later on this evening, based on the letter "I" of course and as it's sunday it will be a classic tune of one of the records that has been showed here, stay tuned.

Cheers
/Stones 

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Linn Öberg - Jump


One of Britain's favorite Swedish has just released the video and soon she will support a music legend! Linn Öberg is a Singer Songwriter based in Stockholm, Sweden.

When Linn Öberg makes music she is inspired by Bon Iver and Leonard Cohen. This she present acoustically with just guitar, drums and vocal harmonies. With a melodic voice loaded with deep passion and darkness, and with an ability to touch the listener to your very souls. Should I pull a reference to someone, then believe it is Ane Brun who are closest one in line.

Her career took off after she released her first single "Jump" in 2012 and then started working with Andy Ross, the man who once signed Blur. After this, she has been visible at several venues across London and in May 15 she doing a gig in Stockholm, opening for Grammy winner Sinéad O'Connor at Hamburger Börs in Stockholm.

For about a year ago, she released her first EP "Parades", available to listen to through any streaming service.




Todays tune "Jump" is taken from her EP "Parades"



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Monday, 14 November 2011

Bon Iver - Perth

Bon Iver or Justin Vernon as his real name is, has now left his cabin in Wisconsin and gone out on the road to express his music to an audience with his band. Last week he was standing on the stage in a completely sold out Annexet here in Stockholm. Justin Vernon, who earlier this year released his new album "Bon Iver" the follow up to his debut album "For Emma, ​​Forever Ago", the new album is an really great album, One might say its the best album in that category.

Seeing Bon Iver on stage and listen to the quiet bartion voice was very liberating, a great feeling, this was a perfect replacement after a few brutal days of mangling guitar riffs of the harder kind.
It really suprised me that Bon Iver was this good as a live artist. To set expectations for a gig, I stopped that long ago, i take it for what it is. Now of course this was something completely different. I felt that the eyelids closed during part of the show and discovered that I was not the only one who enjoyed it, but far more, or rather everyone around me enjoyed it. But on the other hand I felt a little lonely, long-haired rocker who I am, in the midst of more hip indie look.

The band that traveled with Bon Iver was a large gang of musicians, a huge horn section and double drummers, guitars, basses, among other instruments. These guys frequently switched instruments during the concert, not just their own but also between each other. Vernon sings incredibly beautiful and switches between falsetto a more powerful and strong voice in a fantastic way, resulting in awesome performance and it ended up with a really good concert.

Vernon is curious, it seemed well during the load out of the gear and stage after the concert, he was positioning himself at the center, it was almost like he supervised everything that happend and want to jump in and make his fair share to help, but prevents himself when he realized that it is actually is He who is the star that day.

Here is pictures from the show:








Todays tune "Perth" is taken from the second full-length album Bon Iver, released on June 17, 2011. Vernon said that each song on the new album represents a place. The song "Perth" was described as a "Civil War-sounding heavy metal song,"
This clip is from Jools Holland October 2011.



Setlist from the evening. (I was to lazy to scan)

Perth
Minnesota, WI
Holocene
Towers
Flume
Creature Fear
Hinnom, TX
Wash.
Blood Bank
Re: Stacks
Michicant
Calgary
Lisbon, OH
Beth/Rest
The Wolves (Act I and II)

Encore:
Skinny Love
For Emma


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