December 2008
4 posts
Free Slaraffenklang EP
Hey everybody!
I’ve got an early Christmas present for everyone…a four song EP by the mutant band, SLARAFFENKLANG. Here’s the story:
In May 2008 Efterklang & Slaraffenland were on a joint US tour under the name The Danish Dynamite Tour. Halfway through the tour the bands got a call from back home. The newly established Sono Festival wanted to hear if Slaraffenland and...
PIM vs. NIN!
A huge thanks to all of the fans who went and voted in the Pitchfork Reader’s Poll. You helped tell a bunch of readers about Pattern Is Movement’s fantastic album by making their album have the second highest percentage of number 1 votes. They were only beaten out by Nine Inch Nails.
Despite not making the official top 25 list, I think Pattern Is Movement proved that they’ve...
We made seven records this year.
We can almost chart our lives by these releases —- or at least by the constellation of boxes, unfolded LP and CD parts, homemade promos, and unpaid bills that create the landscape of our house. This is where Hometapes lives, like a messy, unruly, rent-skipping roommate that you can’t imagine living without. And when you have to move an entire pressing of LPs to make room for your...