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101 Nordic: A Northern Lights-lit Playlist

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:08 AM PST

Breezy strings, doom-drenched death-metal, synth-pop, submerged harmonies, summery ukeleles and icy xylophones are - as this playlist attests - just some of the sounds of the Nordic region, compiled as part of Nordic Day to celebrate DiS curating a Nordic night tonight in London info.

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The View From The North: Ten Nordic Releases from 2009

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:29 AM PST

2009 saw the release of many exciting and innovative albums hailing from the Nordic countries, some of which stirred up substantial attention around our very own island.

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Rhys from Good Shoes' Tips for 2010

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:57 AM PST

Rhys Jones from the band Good Shoes takes us through his tips for the coming year, including some video links for you all to gawp at. Take it away Rhys, with a little help from his friends...

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First Aid Kit's track-by-track guide to The Big Black & The Blue

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:04 AM PST

Swedish folk-pop duo First Aid Kit take us through the thoughts and processes behind their debut album The Big Black & The Blue.

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Watch: First Aid Kit - 'I Met With Up The King'

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:03 AM PST

Swedish folk-pop duo First Aid Kit release their debut album next week, entitled The Big Black & The Blue. Being folk-pop, we don't think the title has anything to do with the Steve Albini-led band, but you can never write off any more hidden influences.

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Lindstrøm and Christabelle - Real Life is No Cool

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:25 AM PST

Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, who we can henceforth refer to by his surname, is one of the most universally fêted dance producers operating out there. Why, this very reviewer stopped just short of calling him a genius [in a DiS review last year] (http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14642/reviews/4137969)....

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Fyfe Dangerfield - Fly Yellow Moon

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 02:10 AM PST

Mainly written whilst the Guillemots toured their second album Red, Fly Yellow Moon was intended to be an album of stripped down recordings, mainly acoustic guitar or piano. However, Fyfe Dangerfield frequently just couldn't help himself, leaving us with

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Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 01:50 AM PST

Okay, so imagine you're Beck, armed with prodigious musical talent and some dubious beliefs regarding thetans. You've agreed to write, arrange and produce a new album for Charlotte Gainsbourg, primarily because you really loved those old records her d

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Stanley Brinks & The Wave Pictures - Stanley Brinks & The Wave Pictures

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 01:43 AM PST

"I miss Herman Dune with both brothers in the band" sang Jeffrey Lewis, following the departure of Andre from the aforementioned sibling combo that was, and still is, Herman Düne. So do many but, alas, Andre left and will probably not return. Since then

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Fan Death - A Coin For The Well

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:15 AM PST

Those familiar with Fan Death's earlier 2008 single outing, 'Veronica's Veil', will be glad to know that in the not inconsiderable time since its release the Canadian-based threesome have not changed a great deal. Led by two pretty femme fatales on the mi

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