FEB 21: Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Posted on January 26, 2009 - Filed Under Preview | Leave a Comment
They were one of the most talked-about surprise concerts at last years Spot Festival in Aarhus. A lot of the festival audience attended one of the bigger shows while Wildbirds & Peacedrums were playing at a smaller stage. Nevertheless the buzz about what most people had missed out on was in the air afterwards.
Now the husband-and-wife [...]
JAN 31: The Defectors
Posted on January 24, 2009 - Filed Under Preview | Leave a Comment
The very last chance to rock out on a January day this year. They’re homegrown and on hometurf… The Defectors! The socalled “evil fuzzkings of Denmark” are taking down the Studenthouse a.k.a. Pakhuset on January 31st. Get going, get sweaty and get down and dirty with these tambourine-bashing, organ-grinding and axe-wielding high-energy rockers and you’ll be sure to [...]
Read More..>>RELEASE: Electronic pioneers unearthed
Posted on January 24, 2009 - Filed Under Release | Leave a Comment
A few years ago small groups of people gathered around a 7-inch reel magnetic tape player over a serious of listening sessions in Aarhus. They listened to old Danish electronic music that local enthusiasts had unearthed. Much of it way ahead of its time and on level - or better, if you will - with [...]
Read More..>>JAN 30: Uzi & Ari + Creaky Boards
Posted on January 19, 2009 - Filed Under Preview | 1 Comment
If you like to spice up the end of January with a dose of American melancholy then it’s off to Musikcaféen. On January 30th Uzi & Ari of Salt Lake City, Utah, bring their electronica-fused indie guitar-pop to Aarhus. Along comes support act Creaky Boards, also from the US. Filling out the space when the [...]
Read More..>>VIDEO: Fallen Men
Posted on January 18, 2009 - Filed Under Video | Leave a Comment
To start things off a bit here at the new ‘århus:nu’ site here’s a recently filmed piece of video. This is the last song from the Fallen Men gig at the Gymnoten release party at Teater Katapult in November of 2008. Pretty trashy… as Fallen Men gigs always are.
Leonard Davis (singer and songwriter - in [...]
FEB 3: Lucky Dragons
Posted on January 18, 2009 - Filed Under Preview | Leave a Comment
Yet another show by the organizers from LJUD: Lucky Dragons coming from the US to Musikcaféen. Been here before and are now back for more. Always a treat, albeit one for the curious soul. Scattered and melodic laptop antics - but also sometimes with an interactive element which allows the audience to participate in shaping [...]
Read More..>>FEB 6: RJD2 + Den Sorte Skole
Posted on January 18, 2009 - Filed Under Preview | Leave a Comment
On February 6th Train is having what looks like one helluva hip-hop night. RJD2 is coming and Danish DJ darlings Den Sorte Skole are in for the ride too. Remember that version of the theme from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” they did on their latest LP? Smokin’! This is one you don’t want to miss [...]
Read More..>>Welcome to the new ‘århus:nu’ website!
Posted on January 18, 2009 - Filed Under Site info | 3 Comments
Welcome to the new århus:nu website! After a few years with not much going on here we have resurrected the site to bring you the lowdown on what’s going on in Aarhus when the music is playing. You can read more about the origins of ‘århus:nu’ by clicking About in the menu.
Also: Please bare with [...]