Try something Norwegian: Jim Stärk

cille · 04-28-2004, 12:19 AM

yeah, checkthem out - you can listen to all the songs on their latest album 'No Time Wasted'onlineattheir website- also some pictures of a nice looking rural recording session there :-)

i can really recommend songs like:

stranger
half a man
river mercy
every word
come to me
honest (trying to be a man)
catch me if i fall

LOVELY laid-back singer-songwriter/alt. country/blues/folk-rock
...and then they're norwegian, like our fab Magnus - can't be bad, can it? [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]

(edit: just realised jim stärk isn't one guy's name, but a band name! after listening to their music for about ½ year - jeez! [img]smileys/smiley5.gif[/img]
apparently they're named after james dean's character in 'rebell without a cause')Edited by: supercille

Mojo_Pin1980 · 04-28-2004, 11:13 AM

Never heard of him but I do love Madrugada!

cille · 04-28-2004, 11:21 AM

madrugada?

(ps: them, mojopin, them...refering to my edit)Edited by: supercille

Mojo_Pin1980 · 04-28-2004, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by supercille

madrugada?

You don't know Madrugada? They're afantastic Norwegianrock band![img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]You should check out their first album, Industrial Silence.. it's brilliant![img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]

Quote:

(ps: them, mojopin, them...refering to my edit)

Alrighty then[img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]

cille · 04-28-2004, 01:21 PM

i'll check'em out... even tho they're norwegian.

although thomas dybdahlis also a great norwegian artist.

Magnus · 04-28-2004, 02:46 PM

While we're at this Norwegian bands topic... For those who haven't heard him, check out Magnet. His two albums Quiet & Still and On Your Side are great.

Other than that, there are of course a lot of other great Norwegian acts, but I am not gonna spam away here as most countries have awesome bands. But Magnet is great!

Edit: http://www.homeofmagnet.comEdited by: Magnus

cille · 04-28-2004, 04:03 PM

don't really like magnet - too much indie-popstar about him.

but maybe THAT's just me.

Angela · 04-28-2004, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by supercille

come to me

I only listened to this one. Sounds like Nick Drake.

cille · 04-28-2004, 07:58 PM

well, yeah, could be drake'ish

Heidi · 04-28-2004, 08:10 PM

yeah- some norweagen music!

I love thomas dybdahl!

or.. i like his work, but not the man, have seen a couple of gigs, and i once spoke to him after one, he is SO arrogant. He seems arrogant on the stage too by the way!

- but the music is nice!

cille · 04-28-2004, 08:19 PM

yeah, went to a dybdahl gig a couple of weeks ago - didn't rock my boat exactly, but it was alright. good songs and he sings alright too, but... hm.. a month before that i experienced damien who made me weep and left me with this incredible feeling, and nothingh like that happened to me after thomas' gig. it's like he's only playing on one or 2 strings while damien plays a full harp... ok, bad image, but all i could come up with... hope you know what i mean.

nice voice he has, though, TD. he should just maybe challenge himself a little more... i dunno... have heard him being called 'the Jeff Buckley of Stavanger' and i can kinda see why, but still i think that's taking it a little far...

Magnus · 04-29-2004, 12:59 PM

Yeah. Thomas Dybdahl is okay. But in my opinion not much more than just that.Comparing TD to Jeff Buckley is just ridiculous! He's not even anywhere near Jeff when it comes to.. well.. anything.

cille · 04-29-2004, 05:07 PM

he's not even as hot as jeff was....

Heidi · 04-29-2004, 05:10 PM

well- supercille.... thomas dybdahl got his ass to roskilde! what do you think of the final band list?

cille · 04-29-2004, 06:15 PM

oh yeah, just saw that - and clapped my little hands. well, i do think there has been SOME improvements with the last 100 names they've added. think i'm gonna see dybdahl, bowie, tim christensen, bergman rock, ben harper, gnawa diffusion, teitur,i am kloot, JOMI MASSAGE!!!, Kings of leon, kira & kindred spirits, laakso, santana, noxagt (another quite cool bunch'a norwegians!), puppetmastaz (c'mon! rap+with puppets! - gotta see that!

), saybia, jesse sykes!, traening, tiger tunes, under byen and mayyybe morrissey, (just to see what all the fuss is about) and then you know: this and that artist you pass by on your way somewhere else and suddenly fall in love with...

oh wow, before i made that list i thought: there's hardly anything i wanna see this yeah - now i really look forward to roskilde! there's plenty for me to see. i would have liked there to be more of the singer/songwriter-stuff i love (like josh ritter, damien, cat power, etc etc) but i guess you can't have it all..

what do you think of the band list, Heidi?

Heidi · 04-30-2004, 08:57 PM

i did also clap my hands... and, i miss more singer/songwriters, and it could have been one or two more BIGGER band names. I agree with you, but unlike you im gonna see franz ferdinand, the hives, maaybe joss stone, (+ fatboy slim and NERD, can be fun[img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img], have a thing for "the funk soul brother")

cille · 04-30-2004, 11:25 PM

oh yeah, i might cathch those you mention there too... funk soul brother's gøy [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]the hives are a lotta energy i think, yeah?

what's joss stone doing?

hazey · 05-01-2004, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Angela

I only listened to this one. Sounds like Nick Drake.

And then there's that uncanny cover for 'Ten Songs and Hey Hey'.

cille · 05-01-2004, 04:20 PM

good point, haze

Angela · 05-01-2004, 06:48 PM

Wow. Well, it's obvious he was inspired by him.

cille · 05-01-2004, 08:18 PM

but he seems to sort of close the window that's open in drake's pic, eh? bet you could do some deep freudo-musical analysis from that...[img]smileys/smiley23.gif[/img]

edit: arrgh, keep forgettin: it's THEM, not him. it's the whole band that's called j s. inspired by a james dean part. *sigh* hard to get into my thick skull, apparently[img]smileys/smiley5.gif[/img]Edited by: supercille

04-28-2004, 12:19 AM	#1
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	yeah, checkthem out - you can listen to all the songs on their latest album 'No Time Wasted'onlineattheir website- also some pictures of a nice looking rural recording session there :-) i can really recommend songs like: stranger half a man river mercy every word come to me honest (trying to be a man) catch me if i fall LOVELY laid-back singer-songwriter/alt. country/blues/folk-rock ...and then they're norwegian, like our fab Magnus - can't be bad, can it? [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img] (edit: just realised jim stärk isn't one guy's name, but a band name! after listening to their music for about ½ year - jeez! [img]smileys/smiley5.gif[/img] apparently they're named after james dean's character in 'rebell without a cause')Edited by: supercille __________________ Yeah

04-28-2004, 11:13 AM	#2
Mojo_Pin1980 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Holland Posts: 3,280	Never heard of him but I do love Madrugada! __________________ Reaching out to embrace the random Reaching out to embrace whatever may come

04-28-2004, 11:21 AM	#3
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	madrugada? (ps: them, mojopin, them...refering to my edit)Edited by: supercille __________________ Yeah

04-28-2004, 01:21 PM	#5
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	i'll check'em out... even tho they're norwegian. although thomas dybdahlis also a great norwegian artist. __________________ Yeah

04-28-2004, 02:46 PM	#6
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	While we're at this Norwegian bands topic... For those who haven't heard him, check out Magnet. His two albums Quiet & Still and On Your Side are great. Other than that, there are of course a lot of other great Norwegian acts, but I am not gonna spam away here as most countries have awesome bands. But Magnet is great! Edit: http://www.homeofmagnet.comEdited by: Magnus __________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-28-2004, 04:03 PM	#7
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	don't really like magnet - too much indie-popstar about him. but maybe THAT's just me. __________________ Yeah

04-28-2004, 07:58 PM	#9
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	well, yeah, could be drake'ish __________________ Yeah

04-28-2004, 08:10 PM	#10
Heidi Eskimo Baby Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 15	yeah- some norweagen music! I love thomas dybdahl! or.. i like his work, but not the man, have seen a couple of gigs, and i once spoke to him after one, he is SO arrogant. He seems arrogant on the stage too by the way! - but the music is nice!

04-28-2004, 08:19 PM	#11
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	yeah, went to a dybdahl gig a couple of weeks ago - didn't rock my boat exactly, but it was alright. good songs and he sings alright too, but... hm.. a month before that i experienced damien who made me weep and left me with this incredible feeling, and nothingh like that happened to me after thomas' gig. it's like he's only playing on one or 2 strings while damien plays a full harp... ok, bad image, but all i could come up with... hope you know what i mean. nice voice he has, though, TD. he should just maybe challenge himself a little more... i dunno... have heard him being called 'the Jeff Buckley of Stavanger' and i can kinda see why, but still i think that's taking it a little far... __________________ Yeah

04-29-2004, 12:59 PM	#12
Magnus Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 774	Yeah. Thomas Dybdahl is okay. But in my opinion not much more than just that.Comparing TD to Jeff Buckley is just ridiculous! He's not even anywhere near Jeff when it comes to.. well.. anything. __________________ "Will you come follow me?"

04-29-2004, 05:07 PM	#13
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	he's not even as hot as jeff was.... __________________ Yeah

04-29-2004, 05:10 PM	#14
Heidi Eskimo Baby Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 15	well- supercille.... thomas dybdahl got his ass to roskilde! what do you think of the final band list?

04-29-2004, 06:15 PM	#15
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	oh yeah, just saw that - and clapped my little hands. well, i do think there has been SOME improvements with the last 100 names they've added. think i'm gonna see dybdahl, bowie, tim christensen, bergman rock, ben harper, gnawa diffusion, teitur,i am kloot, JOMI MASSAGE!!!, Kings of leon, kira & kindred spirits, laakso, santana, noxagt (another quite cool bunch'a norwegians!), puppetmastaz (c'mon! rap+with puppets! - gotta see that!), saybia, jesse sykes!, traening, tiger tunes, under byen and mayyybe morrissey, (just to see what all the fuss is about) and then you know: this and that artist you pass by on your way somewhere else and suddenly fall in love with... oh wow, before i made that list i thought: there's hardly anything i wanna see this yeah - now i really look forward to roskilde! there's plenty for me to see. i would have liked there to be more of the singer/songwriter-stuff i love (like josh ritter, damien, cat power, etc etc) but i guess you can't have it all.. what do you think of the band list, Heidi? __________________ Yeah

04-30-2004, 08:57 PM	#16
Heidi Eskimo Baby Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 15	i did also clap my hands... and, i miss more singer/songwriters, and it could have been one or two more BIGGER band names. I agree with you, but unlike you im gonna see franz ferdinand, the hives, maaybe joss stone, (+ fatboy slim and NERD, can be fun[img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img], have a thing for "the funk soul brother")

04-30-2004, 11:25 PM	#17
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	oh yeah, i might cathch those you mention there too... funk soul brother's gøy [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]the hives are a lotta energy i think, yeah? what's joss stone doing? __________________ Yeah

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cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	good point, haze __________________ Yeah

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Angela Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: cloud #9 Posts: 5,029	Wow. Well, it's obvious he was inspired by him.

05-01-2004, 08:18 PM	#21
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	but he seems to sort of close the window that's open in drake's pic, eh? bet you could do some deep freudo-musical analysis from that...[img]smileys/smiley23.gif[/img] edit: arrgh, keep forgettin: it's THEM, not him. it's the whole band that's called j s. inspired by a james dean part. sigh hard to get into my thick skull, apparently[img]smileys/smiley5.gif[/img]Edited by: supercille __________________ Yeah