Alike and by Oh No Ono, the direction of north and unbought albums.

To unfavorably compare young (or old) bands to Oh No Ono seems to have become quite a norm in Danish music media as of late. Strange, as this is one of Denmark's most talented bands, but perhaps some find there's only room for one real outfit like that in our country. One of the bands that is most often equated with Oh No Ono are young risers Treefight For Sunlight. To some extent, the comparisons and alikeness might be true, but I find it does grow a bit wearisome. Nevertheless, it doesn't seem to slow this young band's impressive tour-de-force of an entry onto the scene - their first single, the lush and feel-goody 'Facing The Sun', was just voted Summer Hit of the Year by listeners of the radio channel P3, and their upcoming debut album is inarguably one of the most interesting releases domestically this fall. Yet another track has hit the airwaves now, with 'Riddles in Rhymes' being tested on acclaimed chart Det Elektriske Barometer just now. To mosey a bit more along the comparison-track, the intro of this sounds a bit like something Jens Lekman could have done. It's the kind of track that seems just an inch over the corniness-limit at first listen, but it is extraordinarily catchy nonetheless. Exciting!


Meanwhile, to stop by the kings of Danish psych-pop for just a sec, Oh No Ono themselves did an amazing cover of Radiohead's 'Weird Fishes (Arpeggi)' at Roskilde '09. I've often tried to sniff out a live recording of this, but have been unsuccessful, until now, but here it is, bloody hell!! It's from a concert in Paris in February, and it sounds like the exact same cover - and the recording is good quality to boot! Go go go go check it out immediately!


Other than that, through the past few weeks I've come to embrace a few albums I got a hold of this spring, but both of which failed to make an instant good impression. Namely they are The Radio Dept.'s Clinging To A Scheme and Gorillaz' Plastic Beach. Especially the former is an extraordinarily pleasant album. Try to check out 'Never Follow Suit' and 'Heaven's On Fire'. On the latter, I am now especially caught by the couple of 'Empire Ants' and 'Glitter Freeze', both really strong and interesting tracks.


I did finally hear Arcade Fire's new album, The Suburbs. I'm gonna give it a few more spins though, before trying to sound clever about it, but they are one talented bunch of musicians... I did not yet get a hold of Klaxons' new album, Surfing The Void, released this Monday. I'm waiting for the release of Junip's debut album, so I can order both and a few more at the same time. I also didn't yet get Trentemøller's Into The Great Wide Yonder, which honestly didn't impress me the once I've heard it through. One track deserves mention though, and that's 'Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!!'