Soon SVT Play will be available for the iPhone. The application just has to be approved by Apple first – which unfortunately can take some time. SVT (the Swedish public service broadcaster) is running a cute campaign-site labeled “Dear Steve Jobs” They want to speed up the approval, I see it more as an honorable compliment to [...]
08 Dec
Building up to the release of Tycho’s forthcoming album, ‘Coastal Brake’ gets the single treatment, delivered with remixes from Danish shoegaze-tronica hero Manual, Ghostly regular Lusine and cosmic disco enthusiast Hatchback. The original sees producer Scott Hansen looking beyond the Boards Of Canada influences that tended to characterize early works. Those warm, vintage-styled synths are [...]
07 Dec
jónsi’s debut solo album “go” will be released march 22nd 2010 in europe, march 23rd in usa. the album contains nine songs, most of which are sung in english, and was co-produced by jónsi, alex somers and peter katis (the national, interpol). jónsi will be embarking on an extensive world tour throughout 2010, of which [...]
05 Dec
Back in May, we reported that the voice of Sigur Rós, Jónsi Birgisson, was working on a solo album with composer Nico Muhly (Grizzly Bear, Antony and the Johnsons). Producer Peter Katis (Interpol, Frightened Rabbit) let the news slip on the Calcutta blog, saying, “It’s going to be a largely acoustic guitar record but also [...]
by kris
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23 Dec