Jeg var og så Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox på Parkteateret på tirsdag. De er en gruppe musikere som lager 40-tallsversjoner av moderne hiter på YouTube og nå er de blitt så store at de har verdensturne. Parkteateret var utsolgt og stemningen var god mens vi hørte utrolig flinke folk manøvrere pop, rock, hiphop med mer i glad-jazz-versjon.

Jeg har ikke hørt så mye på dem tidligere, men jeg anbefaler absolutt å ta en kikk på dem på YouTube. Jeg er en stor bruker av YouTube og synes det er fasinerende hvordan platformen har plass til så mye. Ingenting er som å se YouTubestjerne på ekte, selv her i Oslo.

Dessuten, hva er vel bedre enn å ha litt fredag på en tirsdag 🙂

This is what the Tøyen park will look like next summer. This is our neighborhood park and I am happy to say that the Øya festival has chosen to be on the other side of the park. But stage 2 will be facing us, so it will be interesting to see how much we hear of the festival.

Tre låter du må høre på

(three songs for you)

So some more that I spend time on right now. It’s more in the electronic corner, some more trancy than others.

Admiral fallow – tree bursts in snow

More of an indie electronic pop-thing.

Lindtrøm – Smalhans

Norwegian DJ and producer. This new album is an ode to the new resturant Smalhans in Oslo. All the titles are food and the music is really good (but more in the super-electronic corner)

Icona pop – Iconic EP

So you have probably heard the song “I love it”, the rest of the EP is worth a listen too. It’s upbeat and suited for the dance floor or just a terribly boring day at work… (they are Swedish, if you wondered)

Lemaitre – Relativity 3

A Norwegian duo, well into the electronic pop corner, it has only four songs, but you should listen to more of their work, it’s really good.

Ok, so some more electronic music with a wonderful rock album in between

Catchy, electronic, melodic and nice

Perhaps more in the electronic/pop/rock crossroads, but still really good.

I discovered The Black Keys late, but they are probably the best modern rock band and this (their last) album, is just a masterpiece

I had never heard of Passion Pit before this album, but they are just my perfect mix of electronic and pop.

Bugge Wesseltoft’s album It’s snowing on my piano, is my all time favorite Christmas album. He is a masterly piano player and I really like his choice of songs. The album is not new, but definitely a classic.

Lucy Swann is my new love affair

It’s electronic pop music with a nerve. It is catchy and melodic and powerful. Someone suggested her album on Twitter and I fell for it immediately. You should try it as well!

This is my total music crush right now. I have never listened to the Norwegian rap group Karpe Diem before (not that I have really listened that much to rap before), but after I got a snippet of their concert at Øya this summer I have been curious about them. And then I went to Tunisia with Sara, my beautiful friend, who is a hard core rap fan, just when Karpe’s new record was released. And she totally loved it, and as she was shearing her love for this rap group, I started to fall in love as well.

And now I can’t stop listening to this record. I highly recommend it to all who understand Norwegian (as they rap in Norwegian), but if language is not important for you, try to listen to them anyway.

This week’s music love, electronic, tough and catchy

Yeasayer – Fragrant world

Good music for good people, autumn 2012, here you are:

Susanne Sundfør (NO), Feist, Florence + the Machine, Lindstrøm + Todd Terje (NO), Lars Vaular (NO), Ane Brun (NO), Philco Fiction (NO), Casa Murilo (NO), Bon Iver, Karpe Diem (NO), Maya Vik (NO), Jessie Ware, First Aid Kit, Odd Nordstoga (NO), The Black Keys, Amund Maarud (NO) and Siri Nilsen (NO).

As you can see, a lot of good, Norwegian artists out there. Go wild!