Norway's got the Shining
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Topic: Norway's got the Shining
Posted By: avestin
Subject: Norway's got the Shining
Date Posted: February 15 2010 at 11:17
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With ../artist.asp?id=2996 - Shining 's new release, Blackjazz, it's a good time to see what you folks think of it compared to their previous albums. I myself, still rate Grindstone the highest with the new one and In The Kingdom... following, but I haven't heard their first two albums (which are said to be different in approach). http://www.shining.no/v2/ - http://www.shining.no/v2/ http://www.myspace.com/shiningofficial - http://www.myspace.com/shiningofficial
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Posted By: Rune2000
Date Posted: February 15 2010 at 11:54
Unfortunately I've only heard Grindstone, so I won't vote.  ...but that particular album is a must have!  |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 15 2010 at 15:36
Totally agree with your post. I haven't heard the new one either. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Rune2000 wrote:Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 15 2010 at 15:44
I've only read the book and seen the two different movies, so I can't vote either.  ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 15 2010 at 15:48
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I've just heard Grindstone on Last.fm yesterdays and it was very good! Very interesting band. Notice: the first four albums can be streamed online for free at last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Shining/Grindstone - http://www.last.fm/music/Shining/Grindstone http://www.last.fm/music/Shining/Where+The+Ragged+People+Go+%5B2001%5D - http://www.last.fm/music/Shining/Where+The+Ragged+People+Go+%5B2001%5D http://www.last.fm/music/Shining/In+the+Kingdom+of+Kitsch+You+Will+Be+a+Monster - http://www.last.fm/music/Shining/In+the+Kingdom+of+Kitsch+You+Will+Be+a+Monster http://www.last.fm/music/Shining/Sweet+Shanghai+Devil+%5B2003%5D - http://www.last.fm/music/Shining/Sweet+Shanghai+Devil+%5B2003%5D Also, the recent album has 4 out of 9 tracks streamable: http://www.last.fm/music/Shining/Blackjazz - http://www.last.fm/music/Shining/Blackjazz |
Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: February 15 2010 at 15:56
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I've heard the first four albums, and think Where the Ragged People Go and In the Kingdom of Kitsch are on the same level. After that is Sweet Shangai Devil. I don't particularly like the direction they took on Grindstone and what I've heard of Blackjazz, I could barely endure it... ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: February 15 2010 at 23:42
I would probably rank them the same as you. Their latest three are all pretty close in terms of quality though. |
Posted By: Desoc
Date Posted: February 16 2010 at 12:27
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Slightly OT, but in relevance to the heading of this topic it's only fair to point out that there's phenomenally much output from the Norwegian jazzrock/avant scene in general these days. Shining - Blackjazz Jaga Jazzist - One Armed Bandit (Shining's frontman Jørgen Munkeby's old band) elephant9 - Walk The Nile (with Shining drummer Torstein Lofthus) Supersilent - 9 (with elephant9 keyboardist Ståle Storløkken) Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit (with among others Jaga Jazzist's Mathias Eick) Jono el Grande - Neo Dada Farmers Market - Surfin' USSR (with Supersilent drummer Jarle Vespestad) - all excellent albums! Good to see something other than metal come out from the north.
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