Little Hands of Asphalt @ last year's Music Fest.

We’re so looking forward to tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the annual Music Fest Oslo, modeled on the French superparty Fête de la Musique. Also known as the best day of the year, no doubt whatsoever. A musical christmas eve just when summer hits Oslo and brings warmth back into the hearts of us cold Norwegians. Delicious.

And of course there’s a selection of Spoon Train artists playing around the block. Times and places after the jump:

Cold Mailman @ Internasjonalen/Youngstorget, 15:30
Casa Murilo @ Emil & Samuel, 16:00
Casa Murilo @ Deichmanske Bibliotek, 17:20
Cold Mailman @ Rådhusplassen, 17:45
Death by Unga Bunga @ Birkelunden, 19:00
Death by Unga Bunga @ Rådhusplassen, 22:30

Also there are about three quadzillion other bands playing. Program @ Musikkfest’s own webzite. See you around!

You can hear it at their myspace or get it on iTunes.

It’s true! We’ve booked ten shows, a bus (with beds in it!), and are coming to a town or city that may be (but most probably isn’t) near you. If you happen to live somewhere close to any of the places listed below; come see the shows!

We give you Spoon Train’s indiepopping pride:

The Little Hands of Asphalt
Monzano
My Little Pony

Also DJ-concepts Get Dancy! and Sarah’s Postcard have joined forces for the tour and will make sure you get your body moving after the shows. Great fun!

Dates:
18.03.2010: Garage, Oslo – under 18-show (co-op with Juvenile Rock Club)
19.03.2010: Garage, Oslo
20.03.2010: Samfundet, Trondheim
21.03.2010: BrukBar, Trondheim
22.03.2010: Hydranten, Hamar
23.03.2010: Ingebrigt-Davig-Huset, Brattvåg
24.03.2010: Meieriet, Sogndal
25.03.2010: Rokken, Volda
26.03.2010: Kvarteret, Bergen
27.03.2010: Charlies, Kristiansand

During this weekend’s by:Larm, the magnificent website clashmusic.com met up with the Thrifts and had a chat about both obvious and not so obvious aspects of their music as well as their upcoming record, “Decay Decoy”, out the 1st of March on Hype City Rec.

Read it all here!

Both their posts from the two first and the two last days at by:Larm featured Spoon Train artists, and especially Altaar, The Megaphonic Thrift and Cold Mailman get good reviews and their pictures up on Stereogum. They also mention our office hot dog-party! You should all have been there.

See what they say for yourselves!

Part 1

Part 2

Have a good sunday, we’re heading down to Revolver for some beers and their new the Smiths club night. Amazing stuff.

Since it’s by:Larm-time, we’ve made a brand new sampler for you guys. Some of you will probably find a copy of it at some of the venues in Oslo during this week, but for those of you who aren’t that lucky, you can download it here:

Spoon Train sampler – spring 2010

Tracklist:

1. Monzano – Yes, We Can’t
2. Monzano – Cold Waters
3. Monzano – Sleeping on Sleepers
4. My Little Pony – Capital of Norway
5. The Little Hands of Asphalt – Blue & Green
6. The Little Hands of Asphalt – The Next Time We Meet
7. Einar Stray – Arrows
8. Cold Mailman – Time Is of The Essence
9. CCTV – We Belong
10. CCTV – The Alarm
11. Lama – Curses
12. Lama – Blind Theft
13. The Megaphonic Thrift – Acid Blues
14. The Megaphonic Thrift – Talks Like a Weed King (Will be included on The Megaphonic Thrift`s debut album that will be released on the brilliant indie label HYPE CITY on Mars 1th. 2010!)

EDIT: This sampler has now been deactivated. Come fall we’ll drop you a new one!

Check it out!

(And if you have some time off, come to our office for a game of ping pong. We’re not that good.)

Schedule after the jump.

Wednesday:
20.00 – The Megaphonic Thrift @ the by:Larm-tent

Thursday:
18.00 – Monzano @ Rubber Soul, Møllergata
19.00 – The Megaphonic Thrift @ Sub Scene
20.30 – Altaar @ Samfunnssalen
22.30 – The Megaphonic Thrift @ Rockefeller
23.00 – The Little Hands of Asphalt @ Revolver
23.00 – CCTV @ Sub Scene
23.00 – Spoon Train Dance Party! @ Tilt/Bekväma Skor
Live: Monzano (ca 00.30)

Friday:
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17.00 – Spoon Train/Lazy Acre Records showcase @ Revolver oppe
Solvor Vermeer (1715) / CCTV (1800) / Monzano (1900) – Invite only
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17.00 – Rubik (FIN) @ Rubber Soul
18.00 – Death By Unga Bunga @ NRK Urørtscenen, Internasjonalen
19.30 – CCTV @ Fisk & Vilt
21.00 – Death by Unga Bunga @ Juvenile Rock Club
23.00 – Yacht Rock-klubbkveld @ Fisk & Vilt
23.30 – Altaar @ Stratos
00.00 – Death By Unga Bunga @ Mono

Saturday:
14.00 – Monzano @ Big Dipper record store, Torggata
15.00 – Spoon Train hangover party! Hot dogs & cava in our studio.
17.30 – Cold Mailman @ Rubber Soul
20.30 – Death By Unga Bunga @ Gamla
20.30 – The Little Hands of Asphalt @ Samfunnssalen
21.30 – CCTV @ Samfunnssalen
22.30 – Monzano @ Folk
22.30 – The Megaphonic Thrift @ Sunkissed, Blå

The site is made by our friend André, he’s a good guy and we now owe him eternal guest lists. Check out his other work here. Please stick around for a while and check out our upcoming shows, previous releases and more.

A lot is going on in Spoon Train territory these days with by:Larm coming up, seeing us organizing tons of showcases, club nights and afterparties. Please grab hold of one of us if there’s anything we can do for you.

Also, these pages are not filled to the brim with information yet, but the most important stuff is here. We’ll put more coffee in the cup (to be very metaphorical about it) as days go by.

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