Play This If You Hate Music:
The Fine Arts Showcase

October 17th, 2006

Danish Light

by: The Fine Arts Showcase
from the album: Radiola

From the Fine Arts Showcase website bio: Gustaf Kjellvander/The fine arts showcase

Gustaf Kjellvander with a past in bands as Sideshow Bob and Songs of soil has a new album coming out under the name of The fine arts showcase.

The new album is being called Radiola and will be released February 2006 in Sweden; it’s been recorded at Mission Hall Studio by Mathias Oldèn from the band Logh.

His latest release was called “Gustaf Kjellvander Proudly Presents The Fine Arts Showcase and the Electric Pavilion” and was released in May 2004 on Startracks.

Gustaf has mentioned that his albums are a bit like mix-tapes representing his multi-sided influences. The new album is more varied than his earlier records but maintaining his well-known writing and song style.

Having grown up outside Seattle after being born in Sweden he’s well familiar with the English language and uses it fluidly. After 10 years in the states his family returned to Sweden, where Gustaf as a mean of coping with boredom and alienation started writing music. One of his first gigs were at his school when he was 12 years old. And so the story goes.

He’s currently residing in London, travelling to Sweden for gigs and promotion.

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The Fine Arts Showcase”

  • Neil's witty remark:


    Sounds a little Flaming Lips-ish with a bit of Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, and Modest Mouse. Pretty good.

    October 23rd, 2006

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Posted in the "Play This If You Hate Music" category. The category title is misleading. Sorry about that. I actually like these songs, but I get a lot of grief from my friends about my musical tastes. However, that never stops me from forcing them to listen to my “new favorite song.”

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