Rune Grammof

Norge's bästa rockband enligt många, väldigt många. Hemmavid har de ju ett eget museum, det finns flertalet böcker om bandet - och så kommer det en platta som är precis som flertalet fans vill, den är lagom flummig, låtarna är långa, och att de är genialiska i det dom gör vet ju hela världen. Sa vi fantastiskt?

Hedvig Mollestad Trio: All of Them Withces [CD]

Never one to rest on her laurels and always eager to break new ground, it’s full steam ahead for guitarist Hedvig Mollestad when teaming up with sublime keyboard player Ståle Storløkken (Elephant9, Supersilent) and young drummer ace Ole Mofjell in a new trio bearing her name. Beautifully subtle and fiercely burning, Weejuns is a solid step into shimmering, hardcore improvisation and breathtaking instrumental interplay, a temporary move away from the composed music of her regular trio and the ensemble projects. It was not the intention, but with this in mind and great recordings of a handful of concerts, it made perfect sense to make the trio’s debut a double live album. We don’t like to put tags on music, but it’s possible to place the trio in the same musical landscape as Bitches Brew-era Miles, Supersilent, Henry Cow and King Crimson 73-74.

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Fire! Orchestra: Actions [CD]

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