Hanne Hukkelberg has been quietly producing brilliant music for some time, but it was only with this year’s critically acclaimed ‘Featherbrain’ that she finally broke onto the British music scene. Tonight at The Lexington she expresses surprise that so many people have turned up, and then gets on with surely the most innovative, mesmerising and disquieting set this venue has seen in a while. Given Hukkelberg’s penchant for using found and everyday objects, it was always going to be interesting to see how this would be recreated on stage. Alas, there’s no sewing machine or whistling kettle ...

When the Brits invaded America in the 60’s and 80’s there was unprecedented media hype, blanket airplay and fainting girls. These were orchestrated, ostentatious and above all very masculine affairs. In contrast, other types of music don’t so much storm into our consciousness as quietly seep in, gaining momentum and popularity until we think they’ve been there all along. Just look at the growing proliferation of African sounds courtesy of Tinariwen and Afrocubism. Something similar could be happening in the form of a Norwegian velvet invasion - as slow as an iceberg but maybe just as inevitable ...

by TMT Staff • April 2012 This year marked the third installment of the New York edition of Unsound , an offshoot of the annual Kraków fest (which will have its 10th installment in October). From April 18-22 and across five different venues — BAMcinématek, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Public Assembly, Lincoln Center, and ISSUE Project Room — Unsound New York 2012 featured music that included everything from warped dub and ambient metal to bass-heavy club music and techno. This meant we were treated to the likes of TMT favorites like Hype Williams, Sun Araw, Heat Wave, Laurel Halo, Peaking Lights, Actress, Demdike Stare, and ...

Julia Holter, Baaba, Julia Kent, and Jenny Hval all delivered exceptional performances for a tantalizing start to Unsound New York 2012.

Brooklyn Vegan : Unsound Festival New York, the Poland-based series of avant-leaning, ambient and experimental music, kicks off five nights in NYC with two events tonight (4/18): instrumental Warsaw band Baaba scores animations at BAM , while Julia Holter, Julia Kent and Jenny Hval playing a sold-out show at Issue Project Room. Read and comment. From brooklynvegan.com.

Recommended Show: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012 FREE ENERGY @ THE ROCK SHOP 249 4th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11215 $12, 8:30PM Free Energy may have reached peak buzz a few years back, but the guys still rock, even if the blogs may not be mentioning them at every single possible moment anymore. We'll still show 'em some love. Dirty Ghosts @ Cake Shop Everest & Chamberlin @ Brooklyn Bowl Modeselektor & Low Limit @ Bowery Ballroom Bad Brains & GZA @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Eleanor Friedberger & Hospitality @ The Bell House Lushlife, Shine 2009, & My Dry Wet Mess @ Glasslands Sister Crayon, Psychobuildings, & D. Gookin @ Pianos Plants and ...

Unsound Festival, the electronic music festival that first started in Poland, is happening for the third year in various locations around New York City from Wednesday, April 18 through Sunday, April 22nd. The event features performances by a diverse group electronic artists, as well as lectures, film screenings and other events that explore the giant world of non-standard electronic music. The performers include Julia Holter, Julia Kent, Jenny Hval, Demdike Stare, Sepalcure, Peaking Lights,...

Jenny Hval is a woman of radical contrasts and disconcerting juxtapositions. Physically small, delicate and bird-like, her vocal suggests a much bigger set of lungs while her music explores the relationship between the organic and the man-made. Tonight, after a successful gig at The Borderline, she’s pondering the challenges of combining the extrovert and introverted elements of herself in performance. “It was the extrovert version of a Jenny Hval concert tonight. It’s quite a rare occasion when you can actually just feel like you are on stage almost composing with the audience…I really enjoyed it although I ...

2003 wasn’t just the year after Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots . 2003 was the year Unsound Krakow started up, a festival that, according to its website, “is interested in the idea of cross-border collaboration, and thinking of the festival as a tool for commissioning and fostering new work.” 2010 wasn’t just the year before Strobo Trip . 2010 was the year Unsound New York cropped up, an offshoot of the Krakow festival that somehow brings together everything “from contemporary classical music to post-industrial sounds to black metal to new directions in bass driven club music.” This year’s festival ...

Record label Rune Grammofon is on a mission to introduce the best Norwegian music to the rest of the world. It’s a crusade that’s gaining momentum – The Borderline may only be half full tonight but those present listen with the rapt attention not normally seen outside the classical or jazz spheres. First in tonight’s showcase is Phaedra, the project of singer Ingvild Langgård. Playing experimental dream-folk, they conjure images of Norwegian fjords and waterfalls, but also invoke wider European influences: there are Celtic elements in the violin refrains while the vocal arrangements echo English medieval styles. Like ...

Photos by Helen F. Kennedy "Surprised into an encore, she reveals they don’t really have any songs left that they can remember. Ironically, the one that is eventually played is ‘I Got No Strings’ – it comes off perfectly." Click here to read a full review of the gig.

Check out Susanna (aka Susanna Wallumrød of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra) performing the new song "Freeze" live together with Jenny Hval (Rockettothesky) and Hilde Marie Kjersem. Susanna's new album "Wild dog" will be officially released on March 16 via Rune Grammofon.

ihr album hätte mir 2011 noch ganz ordentlich die reihung durcheinander bringen können. wäre ich nicht erst heuer auf "viscera" gestossen, welches im februar des vergangenen winters auf rune grammofon erschienen war. die bis dato unter rockettothsky musizierende norwegerin jenny hval spielte erstmals unter eigenem namen songs ein und brachte sie als quasi drittes full length auf den markt. ihre musik ist eine der science fiction märchenstunde entlehnte, da die bunten bilder sich flink mischen mit den abstrusesten geschichten. welche am ende einen weg finden direkt an die andockstationen bleibender erinnerung. die experimentelle note umspielt das feste gerüst einer transparenten ...

The Arts Desk has posted a third installment of their Nordic Music Round-Up series: http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/just-scandinavia-nordic-music-round-3 Featured artists include Jenny Hval, Alog, Wagner">Mirel Wagner, Black Twig, Firefox AK, Karin Park, Den Svenska Tystnaden and many more.

Tickets on sale now for Rune Grammofon showcase on March 19.