Intonal Festival, 26th–30th of April, Malmö. Review by Ivna Franic, Photos by Camilla Rehnstrand Malmö’s Intonal Festival has made it a part of its image to present lineups that don’t necessarily fit the usual European festival mold. At first glance, the festival’s 2023 program gave the impression that the curators were either extremely daring or knew their audience very well. Or, who ...

Af Kristoffer Møllegaard Tidligt i år begyndte et nyt, spændende, dansk pladeselskab at røre på sig. Under navnet Don’t Look Back skriver de tre grundlæggere Fei Nie, Lorenzo Colombo og Xavier Bonfill sig ind i en udvikling, hvor flere og flere musikere uden forhåbninger om hitlisteplaceringer går udenom de større labels og i stedet skaber deres eget. Disse små pladeselskaber er oftest ...

Interview by Ivna Franić When I caught up with claire rousay via Zoom the other week before she embarked on her tour, it was early morning in LA and late afternoon here in Copenhagen. While I was tired from a long day of working, she was just getting started with her day, and that included working on her music. Hardly surprising, I ...

By Macon Holt When I talked to Jura, she was in London. Why? Well, as it became clear, her main reason for being in the city was simply to be and feel elsewhere. Jura’s debut album, “Formality Jerne-Site”, was released by Anyines in 2022, during P/A’s fallow period, which means that this challenging, elegant, ambivalent and tender record hasn’t had the critical attention it deserves. And ...

Af Claus Haxholm, foto af Cisser Mæhl Maria Dybbroe har base i Oslo efter en del år mellem Århus og København og er en unik stemme i dansk jazz og har en særlig lyrisk tone, der ligger og ulmer mellem det sårbare, undrende og sælsomme. Hun er en aktiv figur på den danske, såvel som norske jazzscene, både den mere frie del ...

Works for Radio, 7th of March at Cinemateket – Review by Macon Holt Radio art is at once very open and very particular. On one level, it is simply sound art on the radio. But putting sound art on the radio has historically given it another level as it implies a tangible relationship to the institutions of mass media and the media consumption habits of millions ...

After a quiet winter period that offered very few exciting gigs, March has seen the new concert season kick off in full swing. FELT – the Copenhagen-based record label/promoter entity run by Perko – provided a real treat last Thursday in the form of a double bill featuring Laila Sakini and Thomas Bush.

Feature by Ivna Franic, photo: Rhizome label logo Over the past couple of years, the Copenhagen-based label Rhizome has put out a string of eclectic releases that cover different fields of experimental music. Their 2021 compilation bag/belly/box, conceptually based around the essay ‘The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction’, provides perhaps the best glimpse into the Rhizome universe. In the essay, Ursula K. ...

Interview af Simon Lund Pedersen, foto Søren Lynggaard Andersen Aarhusianske Trader har med deres seneste udspil “Their Best Work So Far” markeret sig som et af de mest interessante danske rockbands de seneste par år med deres rå og intense rockmusik, der både trækker på inspiration fra amerikanske indie-legender som Modest Mouse og Built To Spill. Bandet, der består af ...