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Ondskan #1

2006.02.05

— Music

It’s always great news when a new real magazine is created, even though you can find almost eveything you need on the internet. This new Ondskan magazine is written in Swedish, which will probably be bad news for those of you who know nothing of the language. But for the others, who desperately try to learn it and to understand/remember how words should be placed in a correct sentence, it will probably be a nice opportunity to study a bit more while discovering some new bands. ‘Cause Onsdkan will be dedicated to music, indiepop and electronic music in particular, from all over the world but with a specific focus on scandinavian bands. In the first issue, which was published a couple of days ago in Sweden, you’ll find interviews, reviews, articles about Erik de Vahl, Milky, Pet Shop Boys, Taxi Taxi, Arvo Pärt, Van Dyke Parkas, Webstrarna, West End Girls, The Field, Markus Guentner, Most Valuable Players, Otur or Psapp… Ondskan is gathering a nice bunch of Swedish contributors that some of you already know: Anton Gustavsson (from the fanzine En Garde and from Sonic), Billy Rimgard from Cricket, Hanna Fahl from P3 Pop and The Jet Set Junta, along with Stefan Zachrisson, who used to run Benno…

I know nothing about the twins hiding behind Taxi Taxi, a swedish band who’ll probably remain a secret to me until I receive my Ondskan magazine. They look very young, but they make fantastic tunes, somewhere between pop and folk, with dark voices, delicate arrangements and a disturbing atmosphere that I thought such young girls would be unable to create. There’s nothing much on the Internet about Taxi Taxi apart from their myspace webpage, where you can listen to those two great songs: To Hide This Way and Old Big Trees. Enjoy!

You can order Ondskan through their website.

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