I’ve been surfing around on this portal for bands from my home town – and, while I also found that the label ‘indie’ or ‘pop’ and the fact that it’s been done by local people doesn’t necessarily mean that I’ll like something, I also discovered a band that I really like: Valiumspeed.
The cool thing is that they’ve got a very nice acoustic version of ‘Beautiful’ (written by Linda Perry, best known as performed by Christina Aguilera), which is downloadable – plus five full songs from their latest album. I’d call it angsty indie-pop and recommend them to everyone, really.
Here is the bio from their website in English, and here‘s some more information, as well as the possibility to purchase their 2003 album “Ain’t Love Grand”.
Download from YSI:
Beautiful (with Vreni Stadelmann, from 2003’s ‘Digitalfolk’, a self-produced acoustic EP)
Close to You (from ‘Evergreen Ballroom’, their 2004 album)
And if anyone would like to buy me one of their CDs for Christmas, feel free to do so… *g*
Eva, I’ve finished a small report for Zündstoff, so if you just give me your email-address I’ll send it over and you can have a look at it and tell me it’s total crap and that I’ll have to do it again. It’s only a first part, since I figured I might just give you two or three smaller essay’s, each being a little different, dealing with a different side of this adorable country.
Don’t be a stranger,
Leska