A reminder - The XX on tour

Just a reminder that The XX is touring Europe at the moment. In between the european dates they will take a swing around the world and visit Australia and Singapore. Where ever you are, you might want to go experience them, or maybe not.

If you live in Copenhagen and didn't get a ticket for the concert at Vega, then head for Debaser in Malmø - smaller venue, but still tickets left

Mr. Bungle - Retrovertigo -

This is Mr. Bungle Retrovertigo for no special reason. Found it, loved it again for it's weirdness.

I had a beautiful second day in the new year and just thought I'd might post something to get this blog up n' running. It's crappy to post old stuff, but this is quality. Remind me of... Well, I ate some selfmade, fantastic vietnamese food doing a great job as a detoxer. That was privat. Well... To the video.

The video 'Retrovertigo' is good in a weird way. It's almost Aphex Twins like in its cinematography. Enjoy Mike Patton and Jeff Dunn. I think this video and song is quite awesome. Read more about Mr. Bungle here!

Enjoy the silence - coffee, cigaret, Hayden, Barzin

Happy New Year, all the good and bad things during the last decade have now left us and stranded in the wrong comfort of hindsight. You can just wonder what happy and terrible things will come round in the next decade - and in what order, if it need to be ordered. But for now, in silence of new years eve, I'll suggest taking a warm cuppa of the coffee and enjoy the comfort of Hayden and Barzin (while smuggling out a cigaret and lightning it behind my - or, if you do the same, your - private curtians)

Some good things lost - Vic Chesnutt is dead

On the 25th of december Vic Chesnutt past away at the age of 45. To describe the immense influence he have had on fellow musicians and - not least - on his fans will be beyond my humble words. The Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation from 1996 could give you a sense of the of the scale of his significance. May he rest in peace.

Vic Chesnutt and Kirstin Hersh - Panic Pure (mp3)

Vic Chesnutt cover by R.E.M.

Do you realize?? Flaming Lips delivering the song of the decade?

Glimmer psychotic scepticism could be a description for the desperate cry-out in Do you realize??. In the light of all things considered these days, it sums up the feeling of not being able to comprehend the scale of the world, the changes and our - the human - part in it. But I'm able to comprehend that this could be the song of the decade, and that it despite all is quite beautiful

Thom Yorke attending COP15/Best of the decade: Radiohead - 'Idioteque'

For the past two weeks Copenhagen, the home of three of us, has had the attention from the entire world due to the UN Climate Conference COP15. Not much indie-related stuff there, you might think. But Pitchfork reports that the one and only Thom Yorke has managed to sneak in to witness the negotiations at first hand.

I don't know how much Mr. Yorke actually knows about climate change but he is pissed for sure. Perhaps his passion about the matter is related to a former unpleasant experience with fossil fuel (pictured.... sorry;-).

If you don't have the spirit to read through his reports, enjoy this video as it appears that he wrote a song about COP15 way back in the Kid A-era (2000). Bad picture quality, excellent song:

Best of the decade: Outkast - 'Ms. Jackson'

Here at Indie Laundry we would like to pay tribute to some of all the music that stood out for us during the 2000s. By no means will it be an exhaustive account. It will be more like a few well-chosen highlights.

My first example is rather unconventional given that I am not really into rap music. However, Outkast does the trick for me. I don't know whether it is the cat across the street that sits in the windowsill all day long that made me think of 'Ms. Jackson' from 2001. But besides the groovy animals in the awesome video, it is also one of the most sincere and melodic rap songs I know. Perhaps my all-time favorite of the genre.

Bonus info: the song is actually an apology from André (the well-trimmed half of Outkast) to Erykah Badu's mother following Erykah and André's divorce.

The Cardinals member Chris Feinstein is dead. RIP

I checked my Facebook this morning and updates from Brad Pemberton, the drummer in The Cardinals who played with Ryan Adams, showed that Chris Feinstein aka Spacewolf has passed away.

He died in the early hours of the day in his home in Manhattan, New York City.

Well, I don't know the guy, but have come to love his talented bass-playing with Ryan Adams and The Cardinals, as well as having checkedup on his doings after The Cardinals split with Ryan Adams. He sounded like an awesome guy, so thoughts and peace out.

In July 2009, Chris Feinstein and The Cardinals landed a gig with singer/songwriter Gin Wigmore in New Zealand, with whom they recently toured Australia / New Zealand.

Erlend Oye - Last Christmas

Last Christmas is like a plague and now Kings of Convenience / Whitest Boy Alive-frontman Erlend Oye jumped it as well. As always he manages to downtempo everything into a nice warm shower of calmness, which can be soothing or plain annoying. This version could easily have been his own. I'm okay with his performance on this cover, but one can ask why the f*** he did in the first place.

Departement of Eagles - ballerina legs n' stuff!

Department of Eagles - ' No one does it like you' is that kind of video that transforms a song into signifying something quite different.

It's not new or anything, but just a nice break this wednesday. What an eerie and brilliant video.

Department of Eagles is a band formed in 2000 by friends and New York University (NYU) roommates Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear) and Fred Nicolaus.

Check this out if you're into ballerina legs and singing ghosts.

He will take our energi - Windmill

For the two albums british Windwill have released until now the critics have been happy and given him positiv reviews. This is not a review, but still we're no different at Indie Laundry. Windmill is great! His simple yet magnificent (indie)pop takes my breath away.

Windmills lastest album Epcot starfields is - as these words are typed - giving my office (most of the time my bedroom) a lovely paradox - one minute I want to dance and be energetic, the next moment my bed is dragging me towards its comfort where the music makes an embrassing duvet. I might spend to much time in bed, but so be it, i'll use my last breath of energi on Windwill and fall smiling asleep.

The comfort of music... and William Elliot Whitmore

Some have maybe noticed that the Indielaundry blog has been quite slow for at while. René has singlehanded showed the way - and now we have agreed to make a comeback - still have a lot to say about the good music. In Denmark now it is dark all the time, it´s raining a you have to be insane not to get depressed. But sometimes you can find comfort in the music. A guy who has quite some fights with life is the exceptionally soulfull William Elliot Whitmore. Belonging somewhere in the blues, alt-country, folk area, he is one of the new storytellers I have heard lately who has the most guts and mojo to him, and it really get's me. Try him out - it helps - even in fucking Denmark.

Homegame 2010 - get some scenic view and some great music and ... in Scotland ... maybe

Now back to Skotland, more specifically to Cellardyke, Fife. King Creosote is the one half behind the DIY label Fence Records (the other half being The Pictish Trail). Fence Records have for the last six years arranged their Homegame - in their own words, their annual music bash in Anstruther, Fife, where artists from Fence Records aswell as other up-and-coming artists plus special guests will make the small community a vibrant and happy place (which it might already be, but those days even more) with a lot of music and probably even more beers. I don't know, it sounds like a really good place to be when it's cold (watch out warm places around the world, there might not be any people around for a day or two next year ... and extremly crowded at the edge of Fife, Scotland)

I will not try to describe or put a general label on the type of music Fence Records publish (even though many of the artist twist their way round a folkish base) and for that reason neither what you can expect to hear at Homegame 2010 (though it might well have a folkish glimpse - and many other glimpse). Homegame 2009 line up was these bands. You could expect to hear some the same bands again plus a whole lot more (maybe Aidan Moffat & Th Best Of?). But most definitely you will get to hear King Creosote play his new unreleased My Nth Bit Of Strange In Umpteen Years (which is only going to be released if you will help record it).

Everybody knows David Karsten Daniels?

At work yesterday I was introduced to David Kartsten Daniels and I thought to myself: "you must be to last person on earth who do not know this musician". Soon I was to find out, that I am not. In light of my ignorance, I had a look around some places with information about this very interesting musician (who has a Major in Music Composition). When I arrived at his Facebook profile, to become a fan, I noticed that quite a few lack knowledge about him. So to help you all (and him) click "play" below

yo ho yo ho, yo ho ho - Alena Diane

A little gospel for the ordinary tuesday