Molotov Jive

NEW LAYOUT, NEW WEBPAGE!

2010-12-25T13:47:00.002+01:00

We'd like to wish you all a merry christmas and a happy new year. And our christmas gift to you is a brand new MOLOTOVJIVE.SE ! Tune in to the brand new website with direct social network access and alot of other super neat features. Tell your friends! More exiting news in the pipeline...

Happy Xmas, lot's of love! // Anton, Johnny, Anders, Oskar

Live vids from Cirkus!

2010-12-14T23:58:00.002+01:00

Here are NO WORDS and 29 from the Cirkus show we just did with Suede. Check it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ1s3l1yzaE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MtKdOUWfjY&feature=related

New look...?

2010-12-08T12:05:00.002+01:00

We are soon launching the new Molotovjive.se website. We wanted to have a new look to suit the new music you are soon gonna hear, and also we wanted to integrate our facebook/myspace/spotify/youtube/whathaveyou into this blog...

So, what would you like for the new Molotov Jive site? Pics? A forum? An iPhone app? Tell us!

/ MJ

Thank You Cirkus!

2010-12-02T16:51:00.009+01:00

photo by rockfoto.

Last night we premiered our new material and our new live set up as support for Suede at Cirkus in Stockholm. 7 new songs were performed to the sold out arena. Big thanks to everyone who attended and to Suede for taking so good care of us. And to Andreas, our new keyboard player. Hope you like us as much as we like you. Brett Anderson watched our set from the sideline and is since last night a fan.

photo by rockfoto.

There will be some video from the Cirkus show up here shortly.
Love / Anton A

Molotov Jive featuring Dunno

2010-10-19T18:50:00.002+02:00

Back in 06, when we recorded the Made In Spain video in Barcelona, we became friends with a great spanish indie band by the name of Dunno. When they asked us to record a cover of The Zombies - Time Of The Seasons, with them for their new album we were glad to say Si!

Here's Time Of the Seasons by Molotov Jive and Dunno:
Dunno – Time Of The Season

And to reminisce, the Made In Spain video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zuASkx6rS4

Suede!

2010-10-08T18:22:00.005+02:00

Molotov Jive will support Suede at Cirkus, Stockholm. The concert takes place 1st of December and we are really honoured to be the support of one of the greatest britpop bands of all time and also an important influence for all of us in Molotov Jive . We will only perform new songs from our upcoming album this special evening.

For tickets click here.
Classic Suede track click here.

//Molotov Jive

Manhattan Live In Antons Livingroom

2010-09-23T14:23:00.000+02:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl8Bkbhsh_8

Back at the crimescene

2010-09-05T10:18:00.007+02:00

Back on the rooftop we recorded the Paint The City Black video! Not a hell of a lot going on up there. Much more is happening in other places. Things are changing in the MJ world. For the better. Wer're working on tons of new material that is really gonna pop out. I've been trying to write in new ways. Less words but the words who are there means more. That kind of thing. And we've become grander musically I now dare to say. When you'll hear some of it? Maybe sooner than you think. We're making extremely big plans for all of this and we count on it all becoming fulfilled. It feels a little weird trying to say something about it when I can't play some of it for you but that's sadly the way things are.
Maybe I'll post an acoustic video later this week. Sound good?

Stay dedicated! Peace and love! x Anton

St. Gallen

2010-07-17T11:57:00.002+02:00

We arrived to St. Gallen last evening after driving along thunderstorms over the mountains of Switzerland. We spent the rest of the evening drinking beer at the Kulturfestival, witch we will perform at tonight, chit-chatting with the locals and making up big plans for MJ.
Next up is a bath in a fresh swizz spring before sound check.

Later//Oskar

Dalhalla...

2010-07-01T16:43:00.004+02:00

Last night me and Anton went to see Arcade Fire at Dalhalla. It took us five hours to get there but it was totally worth it. The show was brilliant and I encourage you all, if you get a chance, you should go and see them.

quote Anton: "it's the best concert I've seen since Michael Jackson at Ullevi 1997"

//anders

Midsummer 2Lax10

2010-06-23T15:57:00.002+02:00

Swedish heathen holiday coming up. Some are dancing round a blossoming pole. We are still recording and cutting corners in the Stockholm underground for financial benefit. Way to go Oskar! (pic by Jenny Vaz)

Happy midsummer/ MJ

Switzerland

2010-06-17T14:04:00.006+02:00

I can hereby annouce that we, Molotov Jive will take a couple of days off from rehearsing and recordning the new album to do a show in Switzerland. It is the Kulturfestival in St Gallen and we will be playing on the 17 of july.

It's gonna be a blast!

(switzerland)

//MJ

photo

2010-06-06T21:39:00.009+02:00

Our good friend Erik a.k.a Mårten followed us a day last week when we were rehearsing and hung out. He's a great photographer, if you wanna see the result check out his blog
http://erikmartensson.wordpress.com/
Take care//anders

Summer 10

2010-06-04T17:46:00.002+02:00

Yes, it's true. The summer is finally a fact in our part of the world. Also Anders had his birthday yesterday. We celebrated him with records and rehearsing. Then we had a photo session in the sun with our friend Mårten behind the camera. The result will come asap.
On Saturday Johan and Anton will spin some wax when Vurma bar celebrate their first year in the business. Birger Jarlsgatan 36 is the adress. A perfect opportunity to hail the almighty sun if you ask me.

//Oskar

Växjö vacation?

2010-05-27T23:23:00.002+02:00

Here's some footage from early this spring. More to come. xo Anton A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r_bCvfE_NE

Just Leave On Visions.de

2010-05-17T16:23:00.003+02:00

The news of our new song Just Leave spreads like the wind. It's now on the front page of German music magazine Visions. They write "The completely self-produced video shows the darkest song of the band so far".
http://www.visions.de/news/12792/Molotov-Jive-Sakrales-Video

Feel free to spread it yourself at any blog or facebook thing! Love / MJ

Just Leave live in church

2010-05-14T13:06:00.003+02:00

Here's a new one for ya´ll.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=tBkXP8J24M8

Back home

2010-05-10T21:21:00.008+02:00

Hi everybody! We got back safe but very late last night. London has treated us very well with a great audience at the show and endless nights with good people and loud music. I have looked through my camera and thought I might share some pictures from the weekend. Thank you for this time London. //Oskar

Cathedrals and seaguls

2010-05-07T20:12:00.005+02:00

We've been in a cathedral all day, recording songs. Old and new. The place had great atmosphere of religious proportions (maybe obvious). We recorded and filmed church organ versions of the songs that we are gonna release sometime as the English Cathedral sessions, or at least that is our intention. Here's some pics. Lots of love / Anton and Ozzy

Fuck The Police!

2010-05-07T11:26:00.002+02:00

Hell of a first day, boys and girls! Anton realised sooner than later that he left his passport behind. Again! We rushed in our car only to be caught by the long arm of the law. One speeding ticket later we were at Arlanda trying to change Johnny's ticket as it was booked in the name Johnny Annersand. We arrived in England last night with a cab waiting for us at the airport with a sign that said "Molotov Hives". We got into town and went for indian food.

Today we're getting down to bizz. Recording sessions are booked. The night is some kind of mingle party at a bank tonight, little food on toothpicks is just what I need. Don't ask us what we're doing at the bank cos we cannot tell you. Yet!!! :)

Catch you later! // MJ

Hallelujah!

2010-05-02T22:24:00.002+02:00

Time is moving fast. In a couple of days we're going to London again to do what we do best; play great music and spend our money on rags and fun. Also we are going to record some of our tunes in a slightly different location than we are used to. We are gonna record it in a church. Johnny Handsome will be responsible for the sound on this recording. Hopefully you will hear the result of this "Church session" in a near future.

Amen!

Dj Anton gonna spin that shit!

2010-04-28T16:45:00.002+02:00

Hey you, rocksteady crew.
I, Anton the last record collector standing, will Dj at Vurma in Stockholm on friday to celebrate that spring is finally here.
Come down and shake off that winter depression to some great indie rock'n'roll for me.

Fulham Palace!

2010-04-27T16:21:00.003+02:00

It was a while ago since we where there but Anders, hey! You've got what you asked for. We´re going to England! 8th of May, Fulham Palace it is. lots has happened since we were there so come by and have a great evening and watch us play some epic rock for you. Molotov Jive is co-headlining with Sven-Bertil Taube!

See you there // Johnny

a great start...

2010-04-26T18:36:00.002+02:00

"In this light and on this evening" is great song to open an album with, you should listen to it if you haven't heard it.
//anders

For you who couldnt make it to the in-store gig!

2010-04-19T17:38:00.002+02:00

Here is a new song for you! acoustic and first time ever to be performed.
There is more songs from the in-store gig at http://www.youtube.com/user/musicstagese

ENJOY! // Johnny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v84-d8FFbN0

Thanks to musicstage.se

Saturday afternoon.

2010-04-18T15:12:00.004+02:00

Thanks everyone who came down to Record Hunter to watch Anton and Johan play a couple of MJ tunes and buy some records yesterday. It was a very pleasant way to spend your Saturday afternoon. I arrived a little bit late so I couldn't squeeze myself down to the basement but I managed to reach down with my arm to take this picture:

//Oskar

Record Store Day!

2010-04-15T17:43:00.004+02:00

I am very happy tell you all that my good friends Anton and Johan will celebrate Record Store Day by playing acoustic at Record Hunter Store in Stockholm. They are very psyched and are both looking forward to it. They told me to tell you all to come down there this Saturday at 4 o'clock and enjoy some of your favourite MJ songs. (maybe some new ones as well)

Record Store day
Record Hunter at Sankt Eriksgatan
Saturday 17 April
16.00

//anders

Antons Touring Experience

2010-04-12T09:54:00.002+02:00

Here's Anton sharing a memory from the road, taken from the site festivalresan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m2-DqvodcQ

Some eye candy from the weekend.

2010-04-05T16:19:00.002+02:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvxbfIXzhqs

Kvarnberget Skyline

2010-04-02T15:38:00.003+02:00

Here I stand, guitar in hand, gazing over my hometown skyline. Kvarnberget is as close as I got to Manhattan as a kid. I used to make pretend that it was. And that I was a young Lou Reed or Iggy Pop in pursuit of kicks and great art. Since then I have seen Manhattan and other great places but no place make me feel like I do here. We're performing tonight, pursuing great art and kicks if you will, at Nöjesfabriken. Along with Teddybears, Satan takes a Holiday and Televinken. See you at 10.

Love xoxo ANTON A

Team Building

2010-03-29T09:22:00.005+02:00

Team building refers to a wide range of activities, usually in a business context, for improving team performance. Team building is pursued via a variety of practices, and can range from simple bonding exercises to complex simulations and multi-day team building retreats designed to develop a team (including group assessment and group-dynamic games), usually falling somewhere in between. It generally sits within the theory and practice of organizational development, but can also be applied to sports teams, school groups, and other contexts. Team building is not to be confused with "team recreation" that consists of activities for teams that are strictly recreational. Teambuilding is an important factor in any environment, its focus is to specialize in bringing out the best in a team to ensure self development, positive communication, leadership skills and the ability to work closely together as a team to problem solve.
***wikipedia***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5clO1vG2Co

Easter Rock

2010-03-26T17:45:00.002+01:00

Johnny just called me and wondered if I was up for some Easter Rock. "Sure thing!" I said. Apparently he had called the other guys in the band as well and they had given him the same answer.
So next week on Friday we are going back to our home town Karlstad to play at Nöjesfabriken and on the day after, Saturday that is, we are heading to Eskilstuna to perform at Raw. More detailed information will come.

//Oskar with band

Bercelona 2.0

2010-03-23T10:17:00.003+01:00

Hey folks!
I just got back from Barcelona, were I have filled my life with food, drinks, clubs and great people. Barcelona is also the city where we shot the video for 'Made in Spain'. Lots of memories from the old days came back when I walked down the beach. The temperature in the water wasn't quite ready for a swim. But the trip has given me lots new energy and inspiration to bring back to our beloved rehearsal. //Oskar

Back on the crime scene...

March 22nd

2010-03-22T22:46:00.003+01:00

Fixing and mixing a new song, time to take a break before my ears starts to bleed.
// Johnny

James Cameron to produce MJ?

2010-03-17T12:56:00.005+01:00

In our studio yesterday, mixing a new song called Don't Go Into The Long Grass, we discovered that we have invented a whole new genre of music. Avatar-3d-Indie! Put your googles on for the next one. xoxo Anton A

Johnny chasing the dragon

MJ, DJ, FRIDAY

2010-03-10T10:21:00.003+01:00

Dear friends around Stockholm (and in other places)!
Anton and Johnny of the mighty Molotov Jive are guest Dj:s at Vurma, on Birgerjarlsgatan, this friday. Come down and shake some ass to the best music in the universe, good drinks and good people. From 8pm. See you there!

A good week

2010-03-09T20:53:00.002+01:00

Yesterday I came home from China. I had a great time there, walking the great wall and stuff like that. It was really a blast.
Now I'm looking forward to meet the boys again and catch up what I've missed the week that passed.
By the way, I had forgotten how good Band of Horses are. They're great...
//anders

Heart of stone

2010-03-06T15:20:00.005+01:00

While the the winter still has got its grip of Stockholm we continue to explore the never ending grounds of music. Anton and me went to Johan's new apartment yesterday were we recorded a new song on Johans computer. He is getting really skilled with this stuff. Anders has left us for a trip to China. He will be back sometime next week we hope. Now I'm gonna listen to "Heart of Stone" with Cher at maximum volume and enjoy my afternoon coffee. Have a nice weekend!
//Oskar

Autumn Tour Part 6

2010-02-25T21:22:00.000+01:00

Final part of the video tour diary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ4Hi-frP3w

A weekend in the city.

2010-02-23T14:46:00.005+01:00

Last weekend I went to see the German industrial band Rammstein burn some gasoline in Globen. It was mad! Flames and bombs from the beginning all the way to the end. If you haven't seen it you must. The following day we had i little band meeting and we listened through all of our demos that we have recorded and discussed them. A really nice way to spend a Sunday night. I also forwarded some of my ideas of having more pyro when we are on stage. We'll see what happens with that.

//Oskar

Sthlm fashion week

2010-02-19T19:56:00.003+01:00

It's fashion week in Stockholm this week. This usually means lots of parties with free drinks and stiff crowds. But last night me and J attended a party hosted by POUR. We love their threads so we decided to hang out with them at their party. We got into some DJ:ing (and scratching!!) with our new friend Camilo, who's a dope rapper. We also tried out some new clothes. Hope they are not to mad at us for taking all the beer that was left with us. Here we are wearing POUR.

Schedule

2010-02-17T20:59:00.005+01:00

Right now: Watching Editors - Papillion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq4tyDRhU_4
Tonight: Sweden VS Germany (Ice Hockey)

Tomorrow: Molotov Jive will attend at a very special cocktail party.

//Johnny

speaking about england.

2010-02-11T17:39:00.002+01:00

While I was helping Johnny packing his stuff today (he is moving to another apartment) we started to talk about how much fun we had last time we were in London. We came to the conclusion that it's about time we go there again. We haven't booked the tickets jet but we are thinking of it. We were also saying that if we go, why not do show there just for fun. As I said, nothing is decided, but we are planning.
Take care
/anders

Växjö has been rocked

2010-02-07T20:28:00.002+01:00

Last night we played epic rock'n'roll music at Slottsstallarna in Växjö, Småland. It was a great start of our new live year. Damn the people were mad. The show was sold out and there was a riot going on. The barrier infront of the stage broke and guards had to keep the crowd at bay. We had so much fun. We also world premiered a new song at the encore. It's called "Take me in your arms" and has no chorus but guitars. Elias shot a lot of video of the gig and we're gonna upload it here sometime soon. Thank you Växjö!

// AA

2010-02-03T21:25:00.001+01:00

Where words fail, music speaks.

// Johnny

Autumn Tour Diary Part 5

2010-02-02T20:02:00.001+01:00

Movie time baby!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_OqqGKHz3Y

Offspring

2010-02-01T18:46:00.002+01:00

Last rehearsal we ended up playing "The kids aren't alright" by The Offspring with Oskar on the drums. I don't know if that's a good or bad sign bearing the upcoming show in växjö in mind. I am a little afraid...

//anders

Concerning acting and music

2010-01-30T18:39:00.004+01:00

I'm flying to Berlin in a couple of weeks to act in an independent film directed by a swede. This makes me think back on my first theatrical plays in school when I portrayed a leather jacket version of Elaka Måns in my schools play, Pelle Svanslös. I did the part with such devotion and enthusiasm that three people in the ensemble started crying at the rehearsals. I was about 14 and I was totally fierce. Haha. And I also think about when the four of us were shooting a movie last summer. That one premiers this fall in Sweden. So we'll soon be in a cinema near yourselves. But we are not moviestars but musicians. And we are making a lot of great music now. It sounds a lot darker. I think we have finally abandoned The Beatles.
XOXO ANTON

Part 4 boys and girls!!

2010-01-25T21:26:00.000+01:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GQ6lrioCfY

Kiss

2010-01-25T17:45:00.003+01:00

Today's soundtrack:

Have a god day//anders

I´d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy

2010-01-20T20:25:00.002+01:00

Tonight all our favourite guitar technician Anton is having a release party for his band, I´m gonna head down to town grab a couple of beers and see what they´re up to.

One new song has been recorded. Me and Anton recorded it in the home studio and we played it to our bookers who applauded us. It´s a hit!

// Johnny

New gig

2010-01-19T19:37:00.004+01:00

The rumours are true, we have a show coming up in Växjö the 6:th of February! The first of many during 2010. See you all there! //Molotov Jive

we are planning...

2010-01-18T18:05:00.002+01:00

Tomorrow we are going to see our booker and have a meeting about this spring. Hopefully we will have some time over from rehearsing and recording new songs that we can do a couple of shows. We will let you know as soon as we know.
//anders

Autumn tour part 3

2010-01-17T19:50:00.004+01:00

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/v/zNFCp6VjyMM&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Autumn tour part 2

2010-01-13T22:36:00.007+01:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KztXu2F3PY

Molotov Jive tour part 1

2010-01-11T22:54:00.002+01:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBpKStR_NvM

I welcome the future

2010-01-11T18:56:00.005+01:00

Today I bought myself a brand new vacuum cleaner. It looks like a spaceship and has LED-lights on the mouthpiece.
//anders

I could have been a great pianist

2010-01-10T23:07:00.002+01:00

Oh how the days just go by without me even realizing they do. But they do in a pace faster than me. Every hour is a potential opportunity to write a song, a poem, call a friend who needs a call. But flat screen TV's suck our brains in a drains us of creativity to seize the moment. And maybe life is only a fight to stay on top of the moment and try to not get to entertained by all the mindless mumbojumbo media companys push down your throat. I would like you to turn the computer off now and write a letter to someone dear.

I was gifted, am gifted. Sometimes I look at my hands and realize that I could have been a great pianist or something. But what have my hands done? Scratched my balls, written checks, tied shoes, pushed toilet levers, etc. I have wasted my hands. And my mind.

Charles Bukowski, Pulp

Amateurs!

2010-01-09T18:45:00.002+01:00

Ian Brown is getting quite upset when a technical problem occurs during Stone Roses first TV appearance in the early 90:s.

Göteborg

2010-01-06T20:29:00.002+01:00

I just came back from a short trip to Göteborg. I went to the indie club "Styrbord Babord" and danced to great indie hits until I almost lost my hearing. If you ever go to Göteborg you should absolutely visit "Stybord Babord". Great place that is. //Oskar

here it comes!

2010-01-04T16:09:00.002+01:00

I'd like to thank everyone for all the tips I got for this 00-list. many good ones, some bad ones...

So to the moment we've all have been waiting for.

Anders list of the the best albums released in the 00 decade:

NR 10: Bob Hund- Stenålder kan börja (2001)

NR 9: Hot Hot Heat - Elevator (2005)

NR 8: Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (2008)

NR 7: Arctic Monkeys - What Ever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)

NR 6: The Strokes - Is This It (2001)

NR 5: Glasvegas - Glasvegas (2008)

NR 4: Razorlight - Razorlight (2006)

NR 3: Kent - Röd (2009)

NR 2: The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)

NR 1: Håkan Hellström - Ett Kolikbarns Bekännelser (2005)

There you have it. Take it or leave it
//anders

Testing

2010-01-03T00:26:00.003+01:00

All right! Two days has pasted of the new year and a new beginning of lots of thing. Me for instance, are moving to a new apartment. It's a hell of a job and there is thousand things to remember and do. I've been busy all day moving things from one place to another and breaking my back carrying boxes. I always listening to music when doing this kinds of things. To test how our new songs sounds like when you are moving I put on some of our demos witch we have recorded lately. Hell yeah baby! I just wanted to drop the sofa in the staircase and run to the nearest studio and record the songs for real right away. I guess it's a good sign... Now I'm all exhausted after all physical activities so I'm gonna finish my last task for the day witch is going to bed. Sleep tight in the night. //Oskar

Gott nytt.

2009-12-31T13:48:00.004+01:00

Dear Friends. Just like Johnny I also wanted to sum up 09 for us all with a few words. Even though he beat me to it. I'm just not able to keep up with him sometimes.
When I look back on year nine I quickly realize it carried a lot for all of us. While the world might remember this year as a year of financial crisis or the year Obama became president, I will always think of it as the year when we released SONGS FOR THE FALLEN APART. Our best album to date by far. To the sound of both fantastic and horrific reviews we released our new baby into first Scandinavia and then Mainland Europe. And we did the greatest tours we ever done this year. And grew a lot more confident in our own ability. For me, the best shows were this springs outdoor headline gig at the Get-A-Gig Festival in our native Karlstad, the Peace And Love show in 28 degree heat and the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg. All very different but equally fabulous.

On a personal level it has been a year of change during these last months. Sometimes hard to adapt to and sometimes the kind of change that makes you wanna dive into it, head first, without thinking twice. I wanna thank my brothers Anders, Oskar and Johnny for all we did this year.
For 2010 I will try to write more and drink less. What are your promises?
XO ANTON

Happy New Year!

2009-12-31T02:48:00.005+01:00

We want to wish you a happy new year and thank you for twelve great months filled with awesome shows and the release of "Songs For The Fallen Apart"

1010 will bring much I hope, I´ll bet it wont take to long before we get out on the road again.
By the way we just finished yet another demo on a new song, I like it much and it is something between Phantom Of The Opera and Dirty Harry.

Happy New Year // Johnny!

list of a decade

2009-12-28T18:28:00.003+01:00

At the end of every year it's kind a tradition to make a top 10 list of "records of the year". But this time me and my friends are gonna make it over the whole decade, and now I'm sitting here... having a hard time remembering and seed all great albums.
I have decide to only choose one album per artist/band to make it a little more exciting. The ones I have come up with so far is: the strokes, glasvegas, håkan hellström, kent, arctic monkeys. razorlight, the killers and kings of leon.

Feel free to help me remember...
//anders

Back home

2009-12-26T23:33:00.002+01:00

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Hope y'all have had a great Christmas. I just got back home from Värmland, where I have spent my Christmas with family and friends. I'm really really really tired right now. It's always fun to be in Värmland, especially when all your friend from the old days also are there. The rest of the boys in the band are coming back on Monday. Then we will get back to working on our new album again. Can't wait... //Oskar

poem

2009-12-21T12:05:00.003+01:00

Put your issues on probation
Run your problems off the track
Throw your worries out your window
Get that monkey off your back
Silence all your inner critics
With your own conscience make amends
Allow yourself some happiness
Cos it's that time of year again

xo Anton

Todays soundtrack

2009-12-21T09:35:00.003+01:00

Chris Rea is going to tell you what me and Johnny's day is about.
:

Have god day!
//anders

Flashback

2009-12-18T21:11:00.002+01:00

I just found this photo from last time we were in Berlin. I had almost forgot about it. We stood outside a photo machine in the middle of the night in Berlin and everything was so intense. Suddenly Johan screams to us that we have to squeeze us in the machine all at once! And the result is this great picture. //Oskar

A Christmas greeting from all of us to all of you!

2009-12-17T22:20:00.004+01:00

Dark times Equals creativity

2009-12-17T01:01:00.004+01:00

Anton seems to spit out song after song like fireworks bursts into the sky, I am now sitting in the kitchen listen to a new one even thou it´s late. Anton don´t want to take any credits and says: "it wrote it self" I like what I hear

I will sum up the day for you with a list:

Track of the day:
Heroin - The Velvet Underground

Movie of the day:
Inglourious Basterds

Blog of the day:
http://svrta.org/

Topic of the day:
Global warming Vs Christmas tree or not.

Thumbs down for:
Summer tyres

Thumbs up for:
Spandau Ballet, 80´s band who will attempt to be the first band to play in space according to Toronto Sun.

Sleep Tight You All // Johnny

Blog schedule

2009-12-14T19:06:00.005+01:00

We know that we had our ups and downs when it comes to this blog, to avoid this in the future we created a blog schedule last week. So far it has worked perfectly except Oskar forgot his day and then Anton forgot his, but we're getting there. I think...
Tomorrow we're going to see our record label here in Stockholm and have a meeting about album number 3. Talk about producers and stuff like that.
We'll keep you updated. Today Stockholm looks like this...
//anders

Natten går tunga fjät...

2009-12-13T13:34:00.004+01:00

Today we are recording two new songs. The problem is the three of us who sing in this band are so hung over I am not sure if I'm gonna be able to teach Anders and Johnny the lyrics I've written. Anders hosted a spectacular event at Östermalm last night you see. Also Oskar hasn't bothered to show up yet so this production day has come to a bit of a halt.

Oh, remember this?

We're thinking of doing a Christmas song for ya'll this year. Which song would you like us to do?

Anders struggling with memorizing lines...

Glad Lucia allihopa/ Anton A

9th december 2009

2009-12-09T21:22:00.003+01:00

Hey you!

Hope you all have stayed far away from the flue, at least we have. We have just arranged two new songs and will make our best to get them down to some kind of digital format the next days, we´ll see if we can share something with you.

Congratulations to the two of you who won the "Song For The Fallen Apart" Album at musicstage.se. they have a Christmas calendar competition every day, Check it! yes it´s in Swedish.

Tomorrow we´ll have some meetings & party all night long.

Made In Spain

2009-12-07T16:41:00.005+01:00

Last week the four of us spend two hours cleaning our rehearsal. It's now shining and smells like flowers. The reason why I tell you this is because when doing this I found an old CD thrown in the middle of Johnnys old drumkit. When we put it in the stereo for a listening we were all surprised about the techno beat that filled up the room. Don't know how many of you who remembers (we had forgotten) but a British guy called Cat Burglar made a remix of Made in Spain a couple of years ago. You can listen to it on his myspace site here.
//anders

Pete represent

2009-12-04T23:16:00.004+01:00

We have just had i Friday night rehearsal. It's something special about rehearsing on weekend nights. There is a kind of vibe in the air witch doesn't exist when you play during the weeks. Some of us had planned to go to see Pete Doherty at Debaser after the rehearsal but he did what he does best - Cancelled the show. This time it was because of "transport problems"... That's "cookie talk" as Cosmo Kramer would have said. Well well, at least we haven't cancelled any shows yet and we are planning to keep it that way.

Stay true in the night//Oskar & MJ

Teaser

2009-12-03T23:39:00.003+01:00

What is going on? Why am I in a weelchair? You will see soon enough. Interesting things are happening.

Today I got a mail from a swedish magazine called veckorevyn who asked me to judge outfits in their Valentines Day issue. Maybe this is beacuase of our song "Valentines Day", I don't know. I was a bit flattered that they would let me rule judgement over peoples way to dress. Did they perhaps think of me as kind of a fashion guru? Tempting thought indeed. But I had to tell them no in the end. I'm a musician. It's not my place to say yay or nay.

Record of the day for Anton (I) is Neon Bible by Arcade Fire. Fantastic!

faster than the speed of night

2009-12-02T22:22:00.004+01:00

We should write here more often. Once a day at least. Or do you want this to be more of a news feed? I attended music industry meetings today. It's fun plus it gives you free lunch at restaurant paid by publisher! Try it. Carl visited us in rehearsal. We tried to get him to take home the Spf guitar but he didn't want it. I will now sell it on ebay and make mucho dinero.

This is the only record I listen to these days. Go Bonnie!

// Anton

In November we remember...

2009-11-21T14:40:00.003+01:00

Hey guys. Here are some pictures from the tour a couple weeks back. Mia Möllberg is the photographer and we are the band.

Cottbus:

Berlin:

German interview...

2009-11-12T20:50:00.001+01:00

... with Anton and Johnny. Check it: http://www.unruhr.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2175&Itemid=3

Home sweet home

2009-11-09T13:54:00.007+01:00

Ladies and gentlemen. We are back home. Tour is over for this time around. It feels so weird. I've been around the guys for 24 h a day for almost a month. And now it's just quiet. This happens always after a long run like this, 20 shows in 22 days, but you never really get used to it. But let me tell you some of the stuff we've been up to in the last days.

We had such a great night in Berlin. Best show of the tour. Thanks to everyone of you who came around. The afterparty lasted til 6 am in the rowdy halls of White Trash Fast Food. Pumpkin throwing and table dancing among other deeds. And the next day in Kassel we squeesed the last drops of energy out of our bodies. Great crowd, great show aswell. Roadie Anton Toorell joined on additional lead guitar when The Luck You Got turned into a guitar battle in the encore.

A thing I've been really happy about is to see so many more men on the shows this time around. The crowd is now almost 50/50 genderwise. It's no secret we were very tired of only attracting a young female audience. And to see this changing in front of your weary eyes is a great feeling. Don't get me wrong now, we love our whole audience, girls and boys, men and women, elders and youngsters, but a diverse crowd is the best.

Anowho... On the way back, after 10 000 km of road, with 2 little hours left we were pulled over by civilian police. They weighed us and checked everything about everything. And apparently we were 46% to heavy. This meant fines of 1000 a pop. It's great that the swedish law enforcement shows such dedication catching villians and vigilantes on a sunday night. Makes me sleep well at night.

Now we're gonna have a little one week vacation. Then we are gonna kick start something really exciting. Production rehearsals kids!

XO Anton A

Ich Bin Ein Berliner

2009-11-05T17:58:00.003+01:00

U2 are playing for free in Berlin today. At the same time as we are. They are here to celebrate the fall of the wall 20 years ago. Fucking U2. Always trying to mess things up for new up and comers. See you in the Bang Bang tonight. We're gonna be loud! Love / AA

Bono making our life difficult

Live blog from Munich

2009-11-03T23:46:00.003+01:00

Thank you everybody for tonight. It was a blast I have to say. Hot stage(even I got sweat drops in my face), dancing, amplifiers on 11, screaming and shouting. This is what it's all about and I don't like it at all....I love it!!
//Oskar

59-1 Tonight!

2009-11-03T19:29:00.003+01:00

First I really have to say that I´m sorry that we didn't had more time in Vienna, then we would have visited one of the occupied university, we support you students!

4 gigs to go and as you know we are now in Munich at 59-1, on the way here we watched Top Gun on the TV (once again) mean while Oskar was at the wheel trying to give him self the biggest sugar rush ever. I think tonight is gonna be good one, it´s a great sound in here and already some swedes turned to watch the show.

// Johnny

First snow

2009-11-03T10:50:00.002+01:00

We are in Vienna right now. Had a great show at this place called Chelsea witch is situated under the railways tracks for the metro. After the show a couple of beers went down our throats with some Austrian dudes. Vienna really represented from her good side. Well almost anyway. We woke up an hour ago with snow outside our window! SNOW!? Let's hope there will be snowball showdown on the way to Munich today. The bus is departing in five minutes, see you at 59:1 tonight! //MJ

Sauna & Steam Bath In Regensburg

2009-11-02T10:33:00.002+01:00

Oy!
2 weeks of carrying amps and drums, 5000km in the car, late nights, 15 shows... Yes it felt good with a day at the spa.
Yesterday i went to bed at 10 instead of 4, I slept like a baby after a hot sauna and steambath. Regensburg you make me relax and i like to visit you again.
Today we´re heading to Wienna wich we ofcourse look forward to, last time we played there it was a real blast. Oskar really wants to climb all the way up on Grossglockner but unfortunately we dont have the time.

See you tonight

// Johnny

what a thrill!!!

2009-10-31T23:09:00.002+01:00

just came off the stage in Kaiserslautern. who would have thought this show was gonna be such a bomb! I am sweatier than I've ever been. and that's not little. jesus! thanks all of you.

I love this life.

Anton

Kaiserslautern and Halloween.

2009-10-31T18:44:00.004+01:00

We are in Kaiserslautern right now. Soundcheck is done and we are soon our way to finaly have Mexican food. Me and Johnny have waited for Mexican food since day one on this tour. We took a little trip the central parts of Kaiserslautern earlier on. They had some kind of Halloween parade and the streets were full of Germans dressed up in all kinds of different Halloween costumes. Samba batteries played all over the streets and the mood was on top among the citizens of Kaiserslautern. We got a quite inspired of the festivities so we will see what will happen on stage tonight. Well, food is waiting so I'll have to go.
//Oskar

Anton says hi from our little dressing room.

I miss my Ipod

2009-10-30T20:59:00.003+01:00

Since last time anyone of us wrote here we've been playing Frankfurt, Hamburg and Bremen. Today it's time for Köln and the Underground Club. We have now really got in to the loop and the days are flying by. Soon it's just a week left. After the show in Hamburg we had (as always) a big party that ended up with me spending two hours at the famous Polizei Station in Hamburg. Kind of a party killer if you ask me and especially for the other guys who spend two hours waiting outside the polizei station. But you don't have to worry, the reason why I had to be there was not because of me behaving bad no, it was because of a thief that stole my bag with my Ipod, passport and a lot more. It really sucks.
The day after the Police gave me a call and told me the they found my passport outside the employment service, so maybe the thief spend my money wisely by getting his hair cut and buy a new suit and then try to get a job. I like to think so...
/anders

Early Bird

2009-10-27T10:15:00.003+01:00

Woke up this morning and thought that it was time to get up. So I flew up from bed and said to Johan that the breakfast at the hotel will be closed in 20 minutes. Then i realised that I hadn't turned back the clock to winter time last Sunday. But instead of going back to bed I washed my self really carefully, organised everything in my suitcase and went down and had the best breakfast on this tour so far. And now I'm sitting here and listening to Bon Iver and enjoying this tour to 100%. We are back in Germany also. After 4 days in Switzerland it felt like coming home again when we entered the stage in Konstanz. The crowd was really up for it and we had a great time on stage. After we had a couple of beers in the backstage and listened to Joncha and the promoter explaining the greatness in Weezer. Then Anders, Anton and me went back to our hotel room witch has got like 6 different levels. I will take some pictures and show you later today. Johan and Joncha came back 5 or 6 in the morning. I don't know what they did but I heard rumours of 60s and 70s garage rock music and a dance floor. Now the boys are back from the breakfast so we are going up on the roof to take some pictures for you all. I will post it asap. //Oskar

Sightseeing

2009-10-25T21:49:00.002+01:00

We actually had some free time to do what we wanted today. So went to Schaffhausen and had a look at "Der Rheinfall". The widest waterfall in Europe. It felt good to see something else than a rock club for once. But don't worry, it's just for today. Tomorrow we're gonna hit the road and continue our tour. Sleep tight! //Oskar

As the singer gains an hour...

2009-10-25T11:17:00.003+01:00

Nine shows in nine days. I would lie if I didn't say I'm pretty beat. I need a free day. And guess what? We have one. And thanks to Anders I have one extra free hour since he forgot to change the clock and woke me up to earlier than anyone should have to wake upp. 9am :(

Roomservice in bed is my only faithful friend!
/ Anton

Tonights' Setlist

2009-10-23T22:43:00.001+02:00

Fribourg

2009-10-23T17:35:00.005+02:00

I am in Fribourg! Beautiful city in Switzerland. We have while in Fribourg; failed to check into our hotel for one hour, Walked on a hanging bridge over a a big river, petted donkeys, eaten swiss chocolate with hazelnuts, set the stage for tonights show. All this activity despite the fact that a few of us (including your humble writer) are majorly hung over from drinking a Absinthe (the real one) last night in Biel. It was fun then. Now it seems like a distant memory of another time and place. We have a french man with us and that has come handy since he can now easily communicate with the locals.

/ Anton

Ps: alla som kan svenska har väl inte missat att jag bloggar på svenska från turnén på Musicstage.se ?

Full House!

2009-10-21T17:12:00.002+02:00

Yesterdays gig in Heidelberg was a real blast. The venue was totally packed and the Heidelbergers was trying their best to shout down Anton. When we ended the show with Friday I'm In Love I couldn't here Anton's voice at all because of the sing-along. Just like you want a concert to be. Big thanks to Santiago and the rest at Zum Teufel.
Today we have met up with our good friend Joncha at the airport. He will now come along and be support for us. If you haven't heard him you should check him out:
http://www.myspace.com/nowthethirdday.
//anders

American highschool partiy and german bunkers.

2009-10-19T21:02:00.005+02:00

I'm sitting and listening to Anton and Johan singing and playing "Going Up The Country" in the backstage right now. Classic song that is. We have just had some chinese food. Yesterday we where playing in a, what we thought from the beginning, student flat. Instead it was a huge appartment with aquariums and a big terrace with a view all over Bochum. We sat up ur gear in the living room and played all our fast songs. The place was packed at in felt just like we where in an American high school movie. The only things that was missing was american dudes and the red paper cups witch you drink your beer from. The floor in the livingroom was torn down to sticks and splinters after our gig. Then we drank beer from glass bottles and played füssball(Yes there was i füssball table in the apartment!), danced and met great people all night long. We filmed it all with our new camera. There is so much material that we haven't had time to ensemble a film of it yet but you will see footage from it in a near future. The thing we are talking about at this moment is the venue we are at today, Musikbuner in Aachen. It's a really strange one. It's an old german bunker from second world war. Long corridors concrete everywhere, steel doors and old school elevators witch you didn't thing existed now days.
//Oskar

Musikbunker

Radio Interview

2009-10-18T17:21:00.003+02:00

Johan and Anton is doing an interview at "CT Das Radio" in Bochum. Anders and me are sitting outside and watching some youtube clips and looking at pictures from last night in Münster. Tonight we will play at an apartment. That can be interesting... We will post some photos from that in the future. Auf wiedersehen! //Anders & Oskar

firts of the gang to wake

2009-10-18T11:15:00.002+02:00

The others are still sleeping like babies after a late night yesterday. A late but fun night. The amp club was as it been to us before, very sweaty and very good. Like a german rock club should be.

I don't know the schedule for today but we will keep you updated. Now I'm gonna go down and have myself some breakfast.
/anders

Münster

2009-10-17T20:38:00.003+02:00

We had a really good show i Hannover last night. Finaly we are up and running. 20 gigs to go and it feels great. After the show we listened to 80:s hits and drank different kinds of drinks. We felt a bit rough this morning but since it's so early on the tour we where back on track after a classic german breakfast. Tonight we gonna play at Amp Club in Münster. The stage is set and we had our dinner. Now it's just waiting and as allways it's worth every second. And for all of you in Münster I can tell that you are not gonna get dissapointed if you go down to Amp Club this evening. Stay tuned//Oskar

First dinner

2009-10-16T20:20:00.003+02:00

We are eating ribs with potatoes and sallad of mozzarella and tomatoes. Johan and Anders says hi. //Oskar