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22.januar 2009, Blæst
We Were Lightning
Soup
disko violente

27.februar 2009, Brukbar
The New Wine

18.mars 2009, Samfundet
I Was A King, magnus moriarity

19.april 2009, Blæst
montée, Ungdomskulen

1.mai 2009, Samfundet
José González, Armand Mirpour

2.mai 2009, Samfundet
monzano

17.mai 2009, UFFA
mørkt kapittel

20. juni 2009, SUPA
Raggabalder Riddim Rebels

9.juli 2009, Trænafestivalen
Marit Larsen
Kråkesølv
Gode Ord Dør Sist
Frida Hyvönen
Slagsmålsklubben

10.juli 2009, Trænafestivalen
kakkmaddafakka
Thom Hell
The Whitest Boy Alive
The New Wine
Ida Maria
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
DJ Rob Da Bank

11.juli 2009, Trænafestivalen
Sivert Høyem (feat. Ingrid Olava)
Katzenjammer
Jens Lekman
Wildbirds And Peacedrums
Juvelen
Siri NM
Joddski

16.juli 2009, Slottsfjellfestivalen
Thom Hell
Marit Larsen
Moo
VETO
Gojira
The Wombats
Real Ones
Håkan Hellström
Motorpsycho
Lindstrøm
BigBang

17.juli 2009, Slottsfjellfestivalen
Accidents Never Happen
Pony the Pirate
Heroes & Zeros VS Harrys gym
Hjaltalín
An Horse
Art Brut
First Aid Kit
Roots Manuva
Captain Credible
Turboneger

18.juli 2009, Slottsfjellfestivalen
The Chap
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
Mark Kozelek
bob hund

21.august 2009, Pstereo
Jaga Jazzist
Fjorden Baby!
Motorpsycho
Kim Hiorthøy
Ane Brun
Ulver
Röyksopp

22.august 2009, Pstereo
Late of the Pier
Calexico
Thåström
Gang of Four
Primal Scream

29.august 2009, Samfundet
Dinosaur Jr.

4.september 2009, Blæst
Hjaltalín

3.oktober 2009, Blæst
john olav nilsen & gjengen

21.oktober 2009, Samfundet
Detektivbyrån

25.oktober 2009, Samfundet
Veronica Maggio

'First, make a list of your overall top-20 artists. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, add up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.'


1. Hanson
2. Everybody Else
3. Norah Jones
4. Sara Bareilles
5. Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers
6. Kate Nash
7. Ben Kweller
8. Avril Lavigne
9. Marion Raven
10. Sister Hazel
11. The Moffatts
12. Maroon 5
13. The Kelly Family
14. Snow Patrol
15. Katy Perry
16. Fiddler's Green
17. L.E.O.
18. Marit Larsen
19. Silbermond
20. Kyle Riabko


21. Gavin DeGraw
22. Backstreet Boys
23. Ben Jelen
24. O-Town
25. Teddy Geiger
26. Drake Bell

27. Phantom Planet
28. Sherwood
29. Locksley
30. Rooney
31. The Format
32. The Higher
33. The Redwalls

34. Katie Melua
35. Diana Krall
36. Madeleine Peyroux
37. The Peter Malick Group
38. Jamie Cullum
39. Corinne Bailey Rae
40. Eva Cassidy
41. Lisa Ekdahl

42. Colbie Caillat
43. A Fine Frenzy
44. Tristan Prettyman
45. Rachael Yamagata
46. Ingrid Michaelson
47. Missy Higgins
48. Vanessa Carlton
49. Anna Nalick

50. Matt Nathanson
51. Matt Wertz
52. Will Hoge
53. Josh Kelley
54. Five Times August
55. Tim Blane
56. Mat Kearney
57. Josh Ritter

58. Lily Allen
59. Adele
60. Laura Marling
61. The Wombats
62. Regina Spektor
63. The Pipettes
64. The Kooks
65. Duffy

66. Ben Lee
67. Sondre Lerche
68. Ben Folds
69. Rilo Kiley
70. The Format
71. Andrew Bird
72. Matt Pond PA
73. The Bens

74. Paramore
75. The Veronicas
76. Simple Plan
77. Kelly Clarkson
78. Hilary Duff
79. Ashlee Simpson
80. Lindsay Lohan
81. Skye Sweetnam

82. M2M
83. Lillix
84. Fefe Dobson
85. Natalie Imbruglia
86. Ana Johnsson
87. Michelle Branch
88. Saving Jane

89. Vertical Horizon
90. Gin Blossoms
91. Ingram Hill
92. Hootie & the Blowfish
93. Train
94. Better Than Ezra
95. Edwin McCain
96. Matchbox Twenty

97. Nick Carter
98. Evan and Jaron
99. BBMak
100. Boyzone
101. Scott Moffatt

102. Kara's Flowers
103. Lifehouse
104. The Calling
105. Rob Thomas
106. Savage Garden
107. Rooney

108. Angelo Kelly
109. Roxette
110. Reamonn
111. Paddy Kelly
112. Celtas Cortos
113. Nordman
114. The MacLeods

115. Athlete
116. Coldplay
117. Keane
118. Razorlight
119. Embrace
120. Feeder
121. Stereophonics
122. Editors

123. Lady GaGa
124. Cobra Starship
125. Miley Cyrus
126. Pink

127. Schandmaul
128. Ahead To The Sea
129. Paddy Goes to Holyhead
130. Barleyjuice
131. Lack of Limits
132. Blood or Whiskey
133. The Tossers
134. The Real McKenzies

135. Imperial Drag
136. Jellyfish
137. Farrah
138. The Nines
139. Dave Stephens
140. Ultragene
141. IKE
142. Brad Jones

143. Ingrid Olava
144. Minor Majority
145. Briskeby
146. Maria Solheim
147. Bertine Zetlitz
148. Elvira Nikolaisen
149. Tone Damli Aaberge
150. Ephemera

151. Juli
152. Christina Stürmer
153. Die Happy
154. Revolverheld
155. Wir sind Helden
156. Rosenstolz
157. Sportfreunde Stiller
158. Virginia Jetzt!

159. Marc Broussard
160. Dave Barnes
161. Jason Mraz
162. Andy Davis

Fri 30 Jan – Ingrid Olava liveIngrid OlavaBugge Wesseltoft

Great, really great, solo concert of Bugge Wesseltoft where he presented his last album!

Ingrid Olava was better than expected live. Really enjoyed it!

So the year is coming slowly to an end, and here's my list of my fav albums released in 2008:

Adele - Daydreamer
Anna Ternheim - Leaving On A Mayday
Berry - Mademoiselle
Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie Down In The Light
Cake Bake Betty - To The Dark Tower
Camille - Gospel With No Lord
Cat Power - Jukebox
City & Colour - Bring Me Your Love
Emiliana Torrini - Me And Armini
Emily Jane White - Dark Undercoat
Gemma Ray - The Leader
Ghost Bees - Tasseomancy
Headless Heroes - The Silence of Love
Hellsongs - Songs In the Key of 666
Ingrid Olava - Juliet's Wishes
Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
Loreena McKennitt- A Midwinter Night's Dream
Lucky Jim - True Noth
Malcom Middleton - Sleight of Heart
Micky Green - Oh!
Scott Matthew - Scott Matthew
Sophie Hunger - Monday's Ghost
Tori Amos - Live in Montreux 1991/1992
White Hinterland - Phylactery Factory
Woven Hand - Ten Stones

This List is actually longer than i thought! Quite alot good music in 2008.

What i'm hoping for in 2009 are new albums by: Tori Amos, Damien Rice, Regina Spektor, Feist, Alela Diane (her album will be released in Feb. yay!) and Joanna Newsom.

Today, actually. A festival for new rhythmical music from the northern countries in Stavanger. The concerts and seminars are taking place in different venues; Folken, Checkpoint Charlie, Cementen, Metropolis and Tou Scene. This is my suggestions of bands people should see.

Noxagt
Sebastian Waldejer
The Shock!
Mordi
Ingrid Olava
Susanna
Kaada (really looking forward to this one, since I missed his last one...)
Shining

...I will of course be present on all of these...

In alphabetical order... Not all are included.

Animal Alpha (Øyafestivalen, 2005)
Architects (Hovefestivalen, 2009)
Asphyxsis (Checkpoint Charlie and De Røde Sjøhus, 2006)
Avenged Sevenfold (Hove, 2008)
Backyard Babies (Folken, 2009)
Band of Horses (Folken, 2008)
Bare Eagles Band (Folken, 2008)
Bare Egil Band (Folken, 2008)
BIG BOMBASTIC COLLECTIVE (Cementen, 2007)
Black Lips (Hove, 2008)
Black Sabbath (Oslo Spektrum, 2005)
Built to Spill (Folken, 2008))
Cat Power (Roskilde, 2008)
Cavalera Conspiracy (Hove, 2008)
The Chairs (Rangelrock, 2009)
Chrome Hoof (Hovefestivalen, 2008)
Coldplay (Koengen, 2009)
Datarock (Koengen & Folken, 2009)
DDR (Folken 2008 & 2009)
deLillos (Bjergstedsparken, 2007)
Dengue Fever (Roskilde, 2008)
Dillinger Escape Plan (Roskilde, 2008)
Disturbed (Hovefestivalen, 2009)
Duffy (Hove, 2008)
The Dø (Roskilde, 2008)
Eagles of Death Metal (Hovefestivalen, 2009)
eriK Salvesen (Folken, 2008)
Faith No More (Hovefestivalen 2009)
Fitts for fight (Tou Scene, twice)
Fleet Foxes (Hovefestivalen, 2009)
Fjorden Baby! (By:Larm, Hovefestivalen, Rangelrock, 2009)
Franz Ferdinand (Øyafestivalen 2005 & Hovefestivalen 2009)
Freestyle Picnic (twice, 2008))
Gatas Parlament (Metropolis, 2008)
Grinderman (Roskilde, 2008)
Hayseed Dixie (Folken, 2008)
Haust (Hovefestivalen, 2009)
Hellacopters (Pulpit og Hovefestivalen)
Hockey (Hovefestivalen, 2009)
HOH (Nordic Music Week, 2008)
Howlin Rain (Folken, 2008)
Håkan Helström (Folken, 2009)
Ikke Bare Bare Egil Band Band (Folken, 2008)
In Flames (Hove, 2008)
Influence of the Dead Marsipan (many times...)
Ingrid Olava (Nordic Music Week, 2008)
Iron Maiden (Oslo Spektrum, 2005)
Jackman (Pulpit, 2005)
Job for a Cowboy (Hove, 2008)
john olav nilsen & gjengen (Martinique, 2009)
Johnny Hancocks (everywhere)
Jóse Gonzáles (Roskilde, 2008)
Juan Formell y los Van Van (Roskilde, 2008)
Judas Priest (Roskilde, 2008)
Kaada (Nordic Music Week, 2008)
Kaizers Orchestra (many times)
Katzenjammer (Folken, 2008, twice)
Killswitch Engage (Hove, 2008)
The Lovestreets (Checkpoint Charlie, 2008)
Lukestar (Hove, 2008)
Lupe Fiasco (Hove, 2008)
Madrugada (Pulpit, 2005 and twice at Folken, 2008)
Mannepenis (around....)
Micropops (Folken, 2009)
Mogwai (Roskilde, 2008)
Motorpsycho (Folken and Roskilde, 2008)
Marit Larsen (Folken, 2008)
Mugison (Roskilde, 2008)
The National Bank (Folken, 2008)
Neil Young (Roskilde, 2008)
The New Wine (By:Larm, 2009)
Noxagt (Nordic Music Week, 2008)
Plumbo (Checkpoint Charlie, 2008)
The Raconteurs (Hove, 2008)
Radiohead (Roskilde, 2008)
Roger Waters (Stavanger Stadion, 2006)
Rosa Parks (Grottene, 2008)
Rumble in Rhodos (Roskilde, 2008)
Satyricon (Pulpit, Folken 2008)
Sebastian Waldejer (Tou Scene 2007, Folken & Nordic Music Week 2008)
The September When (Folken, 2009)
Shining (Nordic Music Week, 2008)
The Shock! (Nordic Music Week, 2008)
Skambankt (Folken & Norway Rock, 2009)
Superfamily (Folken, 2009)
Susanna (Nordic Music Week, 2008)
Teitur (Roskilde, 2008)
That Special Monkey Hug (Justisen, 2006?)
Thom Hell (Folken, 2008)
Thomas Dybdahl (Pulpit and Stavanger Sentrum, 2006)
Timbuktu (Pulpit, 2007 and Folken, 2008)
Turbonegro (Pulpit, 2005)
Ungdomskulen (Folken and Hove, 2008)
Under Byen (Nordic Music Week, 2008)
Valentourettes (Folken, 2008)
Vamp (Folken, 2009)
The Violent Pineapple Syndrome (Metropolis, 2008)
VETO (Nordic Music Week, 2008)
W.A.S.P (Folken, 2009)
White Lies (Hovefestivalen & Koengen, 2009)
Valentourettes (Norway Rock, 2009)
Volbeat (Folken, 2008)
Yessayer (Hove, 2008)

...more to come...

After reading the reviews of Way Out West in the local newspaper in Göteborg, I decided that I needed to write some reviews myself, since obviously the reviewers must have been at some other festival. They all seem to have seen different bands at different locations, of course rendering their opinions very different from mine.

I spent the first evening of Way Out West at Jazzhuset, where Silje Nes, Ingrid Olava and Wildbirds & Peacedrums would embellish my night. I had never before heart neither Silje nor Ingrid, but I am a long time fan of Wildbirds & Peacedrums.

Silje Nes – **
Silje Nes was, sadly, quite uninteresting. She played quite beautiful songs, but without any tension or real dynamic. It all sounded a bit like a school concert for parents, though a good one. This discovery surprised me since I had the impression that Silje was the most famous of the bands that played at Jazzhuset this night.


Ingrid Olava - ****
If Silje Nes was uninteresting, Ingrid Olava and her band took me with surprise, and totally swept me off my feet. If she would have played alone this night, she might have sounded like any female singer-songwriter with a piano, and at times she reminded me of Tori Amos or a raspier Kate Bush. She is also a skilled songwriter and after listening to some of her songs here at last.fm like Only just begun, I have fallen in love with her voice. But what really made this evening special was her band. Accompanied by drums and guitar/bass, suddenly the songs get the same kind of build-ups as Sigur Rós, yielding a delicate combination of piano-based singer songwriter and postrock. Towards the end of the concert she played covers of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan, which only further confirmed this mix of traditions. This is where you should have been this night, and she would probably have been given five stars if it wasn't for...

Wildbirds & Peacedrums - *****
According to Ingrid Olava, Wildbirds & Peacedrums is her favorite swedish band, and that's no surprise to me, since I also have loved them since I discovered them a year and a half ago. For any other band it would have been impossible to go out after Ingrid and make a better concert with more energy, I also doubted myself, but for Mariam Wallentin and Andreas Werliin this seemed to be no problem. Wildbirds & Peacedrums is the perfect mix of blues, pop, punk, minimalist postrock (if there is such a thing) and with a voice that is not of this world. Mariam might not sing perfectly clean, but her energy and presence will surely blow you away. If you weren't there last night, immediately run down to the record store and get The Snake, their second album that is a bit closer to the live experience. Sadly all the energy and communication cannot be caught on record, so the songs on the disc can't really be compared to seeing them live. Afterwards, Andreas and Mariam seemed just as exhausted as me, after a fantastic night.

Hove festival
PIRATE LOVE
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Les Savy Fav
Black Kids
Animal Collective
Jay-Z
MGMT
The Kooks
Panic at the Disco
Coheed & Cambria
Dengue Fever
Vampire Weekend
The Wombats
Charlotte & The Co-Stars
Thom Hell
Foals
Band of Horses
Beck
White Denim
Rival Schools
Animal Alpha
Flogging Molly
Bad Religion
Matias Tellez
Familjen
Slagsmålsklubben
Black Mountain
Black Lips
Ungdomskulen
The National Bank
Goldfrapp
Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy
Ingrid Olava
Jaguar Love
Lupe Fiasco
Duffy
Cavalera Conspiracy
Killswitch Engage
The Raconteurs
Hellacopters
Yeasayer
Kelley Stoltz
Satyricon
Primordial
Howlin' Rain

Huset
Sigrun And The Kitchen Band
Black Debbath
Ralph Myerz & Jack Herren Band
Superfamily
Silver Street
Jaa9 & OnklP

Others
PikkaBird - Mono
Smashing Pumpkins - Spektrum
Jethro Tull - Sentrum Scene