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Scott's Music Reviews: Cough, Kongh and Sinister Creation- Loppen, Christ...

Scott's Music Reviews: Cough, Kongh and Sinister Creation- Loppen, Christ...: "I was not sure how many people would show up for this night of very heavy music but it was around 100 people. Jens was the DJ and playing a ..."

Traveling Circle - Surrealist Pop Dudes

Traveling Circle - Surrealist Pop Dudes

"Fuuuuck You" - Suicide at the National Gallery

Art/Freq arranged another "classic" act but the idea of seing old giants performing at The National Gallery is not really me. Throbbing Gristle was a bizarre experience and therefore I didn't go to this show. But Jens LowCut did - completely drunk - and he hates arty hipsters more than any, and he's the God damn best rock critic in Denmark, ever! Dead drunk he grabbed the microphone before the show and screamed: "Fuuuuck You". Compeltely cool and legendary. The hip arty farty people may have laughed about the drunk loser but his words will forever stick in their ears. And beside that he's mentioned in several reviews by culture elite newspapers like Information and Politiken. You go Jens...

To pensionister og en punkarv | information.dk

La Otracina – Psyched out Jazz Metal Heads

La Otracina – Psyched out Jazz Metal Heads

The Movie Star Junkies – A Poison Tree

This is actually kind of voodoo rhythm rock from an extremely dark Blake inspired Italian combo. In all its dark matter the band refers to The Birthday Party and that comes to mind in “The Walnut Tree” with the songs swamp’ish shuffle and Cave like feel. Another reference might be Morricone in the title track with a harmonica resembling “Once Upon a Time…”. But these psycho-garagepunks also gives you a slow melancholic tune with nice Farfisa as in “Hail” and “Saddle Smile”. There’s also a reference to surf and a slight twist of balkan in some tunes – and the real surprise is actually the strong impression of a Robert Burås feel in songs like “Saddle Smile” and the album closer “All Winther Long” which could have been taken from the catalogue of My Midnight Creeps!? In all you will find yourself enwrapped in a synesthestic fog and you only wish the record didn’t stop after a little more than 30 min. But hey, just put it on repeat… If you dig: Nick Cave, My Midnight Creeps, Morricone

Distortions - Autoproducted

Distortions keep up their psychotic overdriven take on psycho-garage-surf and this new album continues where the previous two left. At first I found the songs less focused, less complete in the musical expression and the whole stuff a bit messy. Again the music is extremely fuzzy garage-punk with lots of reverb on the vocal - this time also with a few cool samples thrown in here and there. The vocal still sounds haunted and like it comes right from the mouth of a mad man. But then after a few spins this record is strong like an ox. There are more influences this time like "Bahnhoff Zoo" that has a strange and sloppy PiL dub groove and "Sittin in the Same Room" is almost Sort Sol post-punk anno '81. From "Mercurochrome" and on the band really rips everything apart and the last three song makes the house burn for sure. The band shows that it is the psychic surf they master. Last track "Peep Show" sounds like an early 70's psychedelic score for a drugsploitation movie. Another cool record from this psychotic French freak show... http://www.myspace.com/lithiumforyou

LowCut and Det Knuste Øre - Best of '09

Julefrokost live in the studio... beer, food, joints and guests. Virus, LowCut and Det Knuste Øre in a joint chaos. Like last year we held a demented x-mas lunch at the radio. Pure fun and great company from the best dudes in town. More food, and less snaps made me survive allthough Bongz pot made me quite dizzy at the end. But great fun to watch Jens go crazy when high.

Dudes: Martin Kern, Nils aka Bongzilla, Tobias Tobak, Martin Mosh, Tomsen and Jens.



Playlist was something like this:

Martin Kern:
Church Of Misery
Magik Markers
Melvins
Wooden Shjips

Bongzilla:
Acid Witch - Witch House
Iron Man - Among the Filth and Slime
Litmus - In the Burning Light

Tomsen:
Admiral Sir Cloudesly Shovell - Mark of the Beast
Wolfmother - Pilgrim
R'n'R Monkey and the Robots - Zombie Attack
The Resonars - One Part Moan
Horisont - The Unseen

Mosh:
Wasted Time - Burn The Bridges
Organism - No Freedom
Brodys Militia - Nerve Damage
Night Fever - New Blood
Outbreak - (Work)ing Dead

Direct Control - Mortality
Government Warning - Stop Again
Fy Fan - Nitlott
Candlemass - Hammer Of Doom

Jens:
Intelligence - I Walk In A Lonely Night
Love Potion - We Will Return
Homopolice - Ass Fucker
Manikin - Sirens
FNU Ronnies - Watchful Eye

Tobak:
Det Nørrejyske Stororkester for Opløst Mønstermusik 4 x 12"
Sten Hansson- My Galloping Heart 7"
Borbetomagus - Coalecanth 7"
Mats Gustafsson/ Lasse Marhaug 7"

Bongzilla:
Shrinebuilder - The Architect
Death Row - The Ghoul
Church of Misery - Badlands

Jens:
De Høje Hæle - Paranoia Døgnet Rundt
Wizzard Sleeve - Alabama's Doomed
Mayyors - Deads
Overnight Lows - Cheaper Than Rehab
Tyvek - Circular Ruins
Burial - Abyss Of Hate
Blank Dogs - No Compass

Tomsen:
Gösta Berlings Saga - Kontrast
Dan Auerbach - The Prowl

And some complete chaos with Pissed Jeans and other mashed up...

LowCut | Det Knuste Øre

Introduction - Santa sets sail for Saturn

Have you ever had the experience of waking up from a dream hearing the most intriguing music ever? Well, I have - several times. But then again, was it just a dream? Now, the last week I have been awake and heard this most intriguing music when awake - but it feels like I'm dreaming. The music is played by the magnificent Swedish band Introduction. A modern band playing music almost forgotten and for sure underestimated by the modern consciousness. This is prog-rock in the absolute best way. A blend of Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Black Sabbath. All vortexed and blended into a soft musical minestrone perfectly spiced and tiggeling your inner senses like a mix of ice cream, ginger and chili peppers. Introduction delivers the perfect blend of all the musical inspirations one ever wanted. It's so delightful that you just lie down on your back and say "yaaaahhhhhhh, I dig it" Introduction Website Santa Records

Moshable Magazine

I found this link to Moshable #6 on another blog. Moshable was the magazine that later turned into LowCut Webzine. It's still considered to be a groundbreaking magazine for scandinavian underground music and alternative culture in general. It was led by Simon and Lars, and the staff of writers counted all the danish garage and punk scumbags still around. Lars later founded Bad Afro Records and pushed scandinavian rock to the man.

Download issue #6 here >>

Bad Afro | LowCut | Punx is Hippies

Penny Ikinger - Fragile

Aussie noise darling Penny Ikinger is out with a 3 track EP teaser for her next album “Penelope”. Last time around Simon here at LowCut almost wet his pants – and yes, she is a darling. First track “Fragile” starts out like a sweet pop song and then it’s topped by a beautiful dirty guitar solo, damn well done. Next track “Memories Remain” is a slow noise drenched duet with cool slide and vocal duties is shared with Ron Peno. Last track of this EP is a daring one! Although she’s been compared with Nico it takes some big balls to actually cover “All Tomorrows Parties”. But she do well, actually after four spins of this track I’ll say that she do what almost no other woman may be capable of! I also like the cool effect of adding sitar to the laid back and controlled noise inferno. What a tease … Penny Ikinger Web LowCut

Horisont – Två Sidor av Horisonten

Yes, another Swedish 70’s inspired hard rock band! I guess Sweden ranks no. 1 in the world when it comes to this genre. Horisont picks up where Witchcraft and Graveyard laid down the cornerstones and they are out on Crusher Records who also nurses Dead Man. So if you’re a sucker for music inspired by Pentagram, Blue Cher and what not … and you dig denim and long haired guys this is a kick ass record. Horisont is all about blues rock and boogie with heavy riffing and long guitar solos. But also more Sabbath’ish inspiration may be heard in “The Unseen” which gives you everything from doomy atmosphere and slow riffing to beauty parts with killer vocal. Half the songs are with Swedish lyrics giving a cool feel to the songs and “Du Röde” is an ultra slow and emotional track giving you the special Swedish touch also known from a band like Svarta Pan. Killer new band!

Horisont MySpace | Crusher Records | LowCut Magazine

Psychewalks of Eternal Karma – Swamp EP

Psychewalks picks up where they left on their first demo. This means they plays some dirty heavy 70’s inspired hard rock. But what makes this gang of youngsters so damn interesting is the blend in of both prog and jazzy elements. It’s like you will never know in which direction the tunes will go and what scheme of rhythm they will follow. In many ways their way of playing is like fellow wonder kids Pearls and Brass. Anchorman – I must say – is singer and guitarist Lasse who both delivers convincing and ever changing riffing with a sound so retro it’s almost dusty, but also sings like a 50 year old hard drinking and big bearded stoner. But the music is also spiced up with cool organ especially heard in the background of “Karma Riffs” which also has some heavy bass play. In “Mulm” the jazzy style is really dominating and this track also has a very Spanish - or even Mexican feel to it. The track “Cease that Infernal Tootling” might be the one which is the more progressive with the rhythm group twisting the structure around. In all this band again shows that they have the ability to go far.

Psychewalks MySpace | LowCut Magazine

Sci-Fi Hi-Fi by Earthling Society

Earthling Society is back with their fifth album and this one is even more killer than the previous outings. Relying more on epic space rock and kraut feelings this album is one long aural journey to the hindside of your mind. He title track ”Sci-Fi Hi-Fi” is a cosmic space rocker floating away in a steady groove - not as hard as maybe Farflung, but more atmospheric. Second track “Tempel ov Flaming Youth” leads in with more than five minutes of lysergic soundscapes before it leads into another epic and dreamy spacefloater.

Well, this album just drags you in to the psyched state of Earthling Society and it’s pretty hard to let go of this - you know, you’re captured forever, you’re doomed! Anyway, when you might think that they cannot go any further your at the last track “E.V.I.L.U.S.A” – and they will go further, and they will take you higher – ‘cause this an 18 min blowout with intriguing guitar work and the whole band working overtime in out of time.

Earthling Society MySpace | 4 Zero Records

Repo Man Records - 2 Years in business

Talkin' bout record shops in Copenhagen, it's nice to tell that Repo Man celebrated 2 years of existence last week. They held a nice reception and had Thomas Function play at Wascator just across the street later on. Great weather and nice people. Glad I had the day off because of vacation sinze they started out at 2 pm. I really think that Repo Man has established themself as a serious shop here to stay. Best thing is that it's just 5 min away from my residence ... ;-)

Thomas Function | Wascator | Review of the day at LowCut

Pirate Love - Black Vodoun Space Blues

The name is without doubt taken from the classic L.A.M.F. record by Heartbreakers, but luckily this isn't just another Thunders rip-off band. The CD starts with a blast of true garage punk with gritty guitars and cool organ in the back and a sing-along chorus of "The Lonely Streets". Halfway through the record the band moves into more strange territories and gets quite acidic. This is when the music become interesting! Actually the record has a quite strange almost dreamy horror like feel and some of this psyched stuff may be because it amongst others was mixed by Emil Nikolaisen of Serena Maneesh. The song "Slumber Blues" starts out like a bit ordinary punkabilly tune, but hey, then it moves to a quite cool slow rock'n'roll groove and gets pretty psyched out. In all the band takes elements from 60's garage punk, surf, rockabilly and psyche and fucks it all up in a big cup of strange tea. Although the band can be compared to much of the Gutter style music Scandinavia is so overfloated with, this band brings a fresh wind from the pirate sea. MySpace Love Voodoo Rhythm Records

The Long Strides - S/T

Australian The Long Strides for sure dig the mix of The Velvet Underground and Jesus and Mary Chain. Well, the do it well even though there's a giant wave of bands lately giggin' this groove. What I mean is, that The Long Strides battles uphill against bands like the Black Angels and The Warlocks just to name a few. But then again they do it well. The Sound is thick and sticky as tar and not that drowned in feedback as other bands from this genre. Vocals are also more in the foreground and not that drowsy with both male and female lead. But the guitars, well they are for sure drowned in fuzz. Cool record with a few really cool stand-out tracks as "Black Black Smoke" and "Do it again" - especially the latter has a black black groove. The really trippy stuff is also to be found in a song like "Perfect Precription".

The Long Strides | Off The Hip Records | LowCut Magazine

Miss Chain and The Broken Heels - Lie 7"

Miss Chain & The Broken Heels makes kind of sixties pop reminding you of old movies with girls dancing around wearing long dresses and big wigs. The sound is dominated by the female vocal, but with cool backing harmonies by the "boys". The songs are the kind of teenage bubblegum songs about problems with boyfriends and naive nonsense. But who cares when the voice of Miss Astrid is so charmingly cute you wanna hug your speakers? It's hard not to love the happy grooves of this band ... Miss Chain MySpace Shake Your Ass Records

Leonard Davies - Shit/Black Leather 7"

Leonard Davies is mostly (un)known from lo-fi garage rockers Fallen Men. This double A sided 7" solo is a step forward when it comes to both sound and intensity. This is really compressed simple-as-it-is motorrock with snotty Iggy style vocal and screaching guitar work. The bass is powerfull and groovy. Not much more to say about this record than it's straigh ahead down the rock 'n' roll cliche back alley - "You belong in the shit". Fallen Men MySpace SOPA Delicious

Rock 'n' Roll Monkey and the Robots - Back to Beatsville

Rock N' Roll Monkey and the Robots obviously dig kitschy 60's sci-fi stuff and retro mechanical toys. But what they also like is to make shakin' cool psycho-pop in the vein of B-52's with lots of twang and surf feel. Inspirations may also be the Cramps take on psycho-whatever with their b-movie twist. All songs are damned catchy and makes your feet twist. I would like to say that this band could be the new saviours of alternative pop. This is great stuff - weird - but groovy. If you dig: B-52's, Gun Club, The Mummies - anything catchy ... Motor Sounds Records RnR Monkey MySpace LowCut Magazine