As I’ve said before, KEXP rocks.
Latest find, courtesy of KEXP’s live performances podcast, which recorded them at SXSW, is a Danish band called Under Byen. They remind me of the Sugarcubes crossed with Sigur Rós – and not just because they sing in Danish, which is as incomprehensible to me as Icelandic, but because they create beautiful, atmospheric, alternative pop songs.
Links:
- Official Band Site
- Under Byen Fansite
- KEXP Blog Post with photo and link to MP3 of SXSW performance
- NPRÂ SXSW Sessions Page (another photo and same MP3)
The NPR Sessions page also lists the setlist from the SXSW show – with free machine translations in parenthesis:
- “Den Her Sang Hangler Om At Fa Det Bedste Ud Af Det” (The Here Song Propensity About That Fa That Good Forth From That)
- “Heftig”(Violent)
- “Tindrer” (Tindrer?)
- “Af Samme Stof Som Stof” (To the Same Effect Body That Body)
- “Film Og Omvendt”(Movie and Vice-Versa)
