The Hotel Alexis::The shining example is lying on the floor::broken sparrow

This Sidney Lindner (Torrez, Golden Hotel, Northern) project could well be my number one for 2005. It was originally released in 2004 as a limited cd-r, but it's official date seems to be march, 2005...Anyway, not to be so pedantic, it is one of the most beautiful records I've been listening to, on repeat, since the beginning of the summer. It is the kind of an album which makes me cry and smile at the same time, creating mental images of an enormous, still, water surface...The slide guitars, combined with the utterly laid back vocals, and the powerfull lyrics will reveal this quiet undiscovered, or lost and forgotten part of you, which is perhaps why it seems all so magical...It is so brilliant that you can play it in the background and ignore it, and at the same time the lyrics are that captivating, that if you pay attention, you won't be able to do anything else really...'Something so permanent lately, has died in you...And I know you, weren't made for this, working the devil's work, for free'-The quiet life, or '..Buy a piano, if you get sad, play just the black keys, and die in your sleep, ain't this life sweet..'-Dapper dan.. Additionally all of the 11 songs seem to complete each other, subtly bridging gaps (exp. with Blue in the blackout), and creating this irresistable sweet shortlasting masterpiece.

14 August 2005

The Replacements::Sixteen Blue::Let It Be::Sire
Evan Dando::Stop My Head::Baby, I'm Bored::Setanta
Richmond Fontaine::Exit 194b::The Fitzgerald::Décor
The Ashtray Hearts::Rules::Perfect Halves::Free Election Records
M Ward::Sweethearts on Parade::Transistor Radio::Merge
Karl Broadie::Diamond In the Dark::Black Crow Callin'::Universal
Mendoza Line::A Damn Good Disguise::Lost In Revelry::Misra
Devendra Banhart::Long Haired Child::Cripple Crow::XL
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter::The Dreaming Dead::Oh, My Girl::Barsuk
Laura Veirs::Cannon Fodder::Troubled By Fire::Bella Union
Songdog::My Space-Rock Tape::The Time of Summer Lighting::One Little Indian
Smog::Say Valley Maker::A River Ain't Too Much To Love::Drag City
Wilco::Panthers::A Ghost Is Born Bonus EP::Nonesuch
The National::Fashion Coat::Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers::Brassland/Talitres
REM::All the Way To Reno::Reveal::Warner Bros.
Sufjan Stevens::Chicago::Illinoise::Asthmatic Kitty
Black Mountain::No Satisfaction::Black Mountain::Jagjaguwar
Jim O'Rourke::Therefore I Am::Insignificance::Drag City
Album>>Rock Plaza Central::The World Was Hell To Us::Self Released

Lofidelica August Promotion

All the promotional material that you have sent in August, will be promoted in September, when I get back in Macedonia. However, I am being regularly informed on what has arrived (Not Not Fun releases, What the Heck Fest compilation 2005\kelp..etc), so in any case, I will surely receive them. I appologize for not being able to promote it sooner.

Superwolf at Ypsigrock.it festival

7th of August, the evening, I had the chance to see Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney perform live in Castelbuono (Sicily) , a place with an architecture of a fairy tale...This concert opened the Ypsigrock festival, meant to last till the 9th of August featuring Ulan Bator and Patrick Wolf in the following nights. The venue was totally magical, a performance of Superwolf within remains of an ancient castle thoroughly captured the essence of the intimacy of this album...What I genuinely liked apart from everything, was above all, the warm welcome I got there, being the unique person from abroad, totally lost and confused.
First of all, I have to say I was also pleasently surprised by the powerfull sounding support band Poppy's Portrait, a band that sounded something like Shellac meets Sonic Youth...
Highlights of the Superwolf performance include: What are you, Rudy Foolish, Blood Embrace, Bed is for sleeping, My home is the sea, Beast for thee,and the wolf-esq howling which ended the performance...Some other things I found exciting were of course:the people asking me how is "Fuori" in English at the end of the concert, the camping located in a national park, me telling Will Oldham he made an amazing cover of Sweeter than anything by PJ Harvey, the beach in Cefalù...

A review I wrote was published today in Utrinski Vesnik http://www.utrinskivesnik.com.mk

Molto Grazie at Gianfranco Raimondo, Vincenzo Barreca, David...

07 August 2005

Cat Power::He War::You Are Free::Matador
Modest Mouse::The World At Large::Good News For People Who Love Bad News ::Epic
Wilco::Kicking Televison::A Ghost Is Born Bonus EP::Nonesuch
Sparklehorse::Someday I Will Treat You Good::Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot::Capitol
Sleater-Kinney::Wilderness::The Woods::Sub Pop
Beck::Girl::Guero::Interscope
Bright Eyes::From A Balance Beam::Lifted::Saddle Creek
My Morning Jacket::It Beats For You::Z::RCA
The Ashtray Hearts::New York::Perfect Halves::Free Election Records
OP8::If I Think of Love::Slush::Thirsty Ear
The Idaho Falls::California Day::Concrete Prairie::2 Tone
Norfolk & Western::The Tired Words::Dusk in Cold Parlours::Hush
Ray Lamontagne::Trouble::Trouble::RCA
Lambchop::Steve McQueen::Aw C'mon::City Slang
Ryan Adams::Somehow, Someday::Gold::Lost Highway
Micah P Hinson::The Last Charge of Lt. Paul::The Baby and The Satellite::Sketchbook
Papa M::Foreign Hotel Garden::Six EP::Drag City
Pushstart Wagon::Paul::L.A Was Our Alamo::Self Released
Jay Farrar::Vitamins::Stone, Steel and Bright Lights::Transmit Sound
Songs: Ohia::Just Be Simple::Magnolia Electric Co.::Secretly Canadian
Evan Dando::Hard Drive::Baby I'm Bored::Setanta
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends::Porchlight::Slaughter Rule OST::Bloodshot
Bonnie "Prince" Billy::Gulf Shores::Greatest Palace Music::Drag City
Vic Chestnutt::Rank Stranger::Slaughter Rule OST::Bloodshot
Pernice Brothers::Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown::Slaughter Rule OST::Bloodshot
The Jayhawks::The Eyes of Sarah Jane::Rainy Day Music::Lost Highway
You Am I::If We Can't Get It Together::The Cream & The Crock, The Best of You Am I::BMG
Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3::Amphetamine::Static Transmission::Blue Rose
Smog::Held::Knock Knock::Drag City
The Playing Fields::Dark Elephant::Dark Elephant EP::Self Released

31 July 2005

Yo La Tengo::Damage::I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One::Matador
Giant Sand::(Well) Dusted (For The Millenium)::Chore of Enchantment::Thrill Jockey
Wilco::Misunderstood::Being There::Reprise
Tha Handsome Family::The Giant From Illinoise::Through The Trees::Carrot Top5
Calexico::Convict Pool::Convict Pool EP::Quarter Stick
Sleepy Jackson::Good Dancers::Lovers::Astralwerks
Josh Rouse::Middle School Frown::Nashville::Rykodisc
Magnetic Fields::All My Little Words::69 Love Songs::Merge
Herman Dune::Show Me The Roof::Mas Cambios::Track & Field
Grandaddy::El Caminos In the West::Sumday::V2
Drive-By Truckers::Carl Perkins' Cadillac::Dirty South::New West Records
Pushstart Wagon::Country Star::L.A Was Our Alamo::Self Released
Elbow::Station Approach::Leaders of the Free World::V2
Earlimart::Unintentional Tape Manipulations::Treble and Tremble::Palm
Low::Canada::Trust::Kranky
David Pajo::Baby Please Come Home::Pajo::Domino
The New Pornographers::Twin Cinema::Twin Cinema::Matador
Silver Jews::Animal Shapes::Tanglewood Numbers::Drag City
Okkervil River::Black::Black Sheep Boy::Jagjaguwar
Statistics::Final Broadcast::Often Lie::Jade Tree
The National::Abel::Alligator::Beggars Banquet
Teenage Fanclub::Only With You::Man-Made::Merge
Big Star::Thirteen::#1 Record::Ardent
Scud Mountain Boys::Freight of Fire::The Early Year::Sub Pop
The Czars::Paint The Moon::Goodbye::Bella Union
Pavement::Father To A Sister of Thought::Wowee Zowee::Matador
Rock Plaza Central::Gutterdance::The World Was Hell To Us::Self Released
Belle & Sebastian::Legal Man::Push Barman To Open Old Wounds::Matador
The Shins::Pink Bullets::Chutes Too Narrow::Sub Pop

24 July 2005

Smog::Held::Knock Knock::Drag City
Songdog::The Republic of Howlin Wolf::The Time of Summer Lightning::One Little Indian
Jason Molina::Division St. Girl::Pyramid Electric Co.::Secretly Canadian
Richmond Fontaine::The Janitor::The Fitzgerald::Décor
Sufjan Stevens::Casimir Pulaski Day::Illinoise::Asthmatic Kitty
Iron and Wine::Freedom Hangs Like Heaven::Woman King EP::Sub Pop
BRMC::Devil's Waitin'::Howl::ECHO
M Ward::Wild Minds::Scene from #12::Ow Om
The National::Daughters of the SoHo Riots::Alligator::Beggars Banquet
Lou Barlow::Holding Back The Year::Emoh::Merge
Jason Anderson::When Will You Say::The Wreath::K Records
Micah P Hinson::The Last Charge of Lt. Paul::The Baby and the Satellite::Sketchbook
Andrew Bird::Measuring Cups::The Mysterious Production of Eggs::Righteous Babe
The Skygreen Leopards::Egyptian Rosemarie::Life and Love in Sparrow's Meadow::Jagjaguar
Devendra Banhart::Now That I Know::Cripple Crow::XL
Akron Family::Shoes::Akron Family::Young God
Angels of Light::My Sister Said::Sing-Other People::Young God
Hayden::Home By Saturday::Elk Lake Serenade::Badman
Pavement::Greenlander::Slanted and Enchanted Redux::Domino
dEUS::7 Days, 7 Weeks::Pocket Revolution::V2
Eels::From Which I Came/Magic World::Blinking Lights and Other Revelations::Vagrant Records
Broken Family Band::John Belushi::Welcome Home, Loser::Track and Field
Sun Kil Moon::Glenn Tipton::Ghosts of the Great Highway::JetSet
The Castanets::Heaps of Wheat::What Kind of Cure::CD-R handouts
Damien Jurado::Simple Hello::On My Way To Absence::Secretly Canadian
Thanksgiving::The Night In Gales::The River::Hive-Fi
The Mountain Goats::Dinu Lipatti's Bones::The Sunset Tree::4AD
Mount Eerie::I Hold Nothing::No Flashlight::PW Elverum & Sun
Little Wings::Fall Sweep::Little Green Leaves::K Records
David Pajo::Oh No No::Pajo::Domino

Lofidelica Happy Month

Right. This Wednesday, the 20th July, I'll be playing music in the local club Jukebox again.
Thursday morning I set off to a mountainy place Krushevo for a week, then I am going to Italy, so I won't be back in Skopje untill September.

My radioshow-substitute for August will be M.Sh., possibly the best substitute you could hope for. He'll be mailing me the playlists and hopefully I would be able to post them on here.

16 July 2005

kendra smith::in your head::five ways of dissappearing::warner bros
blonde redhead::falling man::live
blonde redhead::misery is a butterfly::live
xiu xiu::muppet face::la foret::5rc
pelican::march to the sea::the fire in our throats will beckon the thaw::hydra head
low::monkey::the great destroyer::sub pop
ryan adams::cold roses::cold roses::lost highway
micah p hinson::the dream you left behind::the baby&the satellite::sketchbook
bonnie 'prince' billy::beast for thee::live with matt sweeney
phil elverum live@ the heck fest 2005
devendra banhart::dragonflys::cripple crow::xl
devendra banhard::i do dig a certain girl::cripple crow::xl
pj harvey::it's you::uh huh her::island
i am kloot::strange without you::gods and monsters::echo
hotel alexis::quiet life::the shining example is lying on the floor::broken sparrow
hotel alexis::dapper dan::the shining example is lying on the floor::broken sparrow
album>>richmond fontaine::the fitzgerald::el cortez/decor

10 July 2005

the sunlandic twins::the party's crashing us::of montreal::polyvinyl
mice parade::days before fiction::bem-vinda vontade::fat cat
yacht::i love a computer(anacortes version)::mega::marriage
yacht::dans denmark(2005 version)::mega::marriage
lippok&morgenstern::please wake me for meals::tesri::monika enterprize
xiu xiu::clover::la foret::5rc
woven hand::tin finger::consider the birds::sounds familyre
the panics::kid you're a dreamer::kid you're a dreamer::abc
the panics::in your head::crack in the wall::abc
jason anderson::citizen's arrest::wreath::k
david pajo::mary of the wild moor::pajo::drag city
black rebel motorcycle club::promice::howl::echo
*john vanderslice::trance manual::pixel revolt::barsuk
*vells::larger than life::flight from echo falls::imputor?
*doveman::honey::
*islands::abominable snow::
*pokett::train::crumble::chronowax
*clap your hands say yeah::upon this tidal wave of young blood::clap your hands say yeah::cyhsy
*wolf parade::you are a runner and i am my father's son::wolf parade::sub pop
karl blau::radio::dragon tape::k
castenets::try not to see too much of that you can't touch::what kind of cure::asthmatic kitty
album>>the hotel alexis::the shining example is lying on the floor::broken sparrow

*off sixeyes' mixtape

Ypsigrock.it 2005

Lofidelica will spend August in Italy, and I'm most likely to visit ypsigrock fest.
It's a festival held in Castelbuono(Sicily), in Piazza Castello, and looks very cool, as far as I could understand, Kech, Blonde Redhead, Marlene Kuntz, Venus, David Thomas, T.O.G.S, John Merrik, Motor Psycho, Diane and the shell have performed the previous years...

This year: 7-9 August


hurrah!!!

3 July 2005

flaming lips::can't get you out of my head::live radio sessions(kexp)
stephen malkmus::no more shoes::live radio sessions(kcrw)
stephen malkmus::freeze the saints::live radio sessions(kcrw)
stephen malkmus::post paint boy::live radio sessions(kcrw)
stephen malkmus::malediction::live radio sessions(kcrw)
damien jurado::dancing::live radio sessions(kexp)
the shins::saint simon::live radio sessions(kexp)
the shins::so says i::live radio sessions(kexp)
the shins::kissing the lipless::live radio sessions(kexp)
the shins::caring is creepy::live radio sessions(kexp)
the shins::pressed in a book::live radio sessions(kexp)
album>>BRMC::howl::echo

26 June 2005

elliott brood::cadillac dust:: tin type::weewerk
elliott brood::edge of town::tin type::weewerk
devendra banhart::at the hop::at the hop::XL
devendra banhart::noah::nino rojo::XL
the skygreen leopards::mother the sun makes me cry::life&love in the sparrow’s meadow::jagjaguar/cargo
the skygreen leopards::tents along the water::life&love in the sparrow’s meadow::jagjaguar/cargo
smog::say valley maker::a river ain’t too much to love::drag city
mt eerie::i hold nothing::no flashlight::p.w.elverum&sun
mt eerie::the universe is shown::no flashlight::p.w.elverum&sun
deerhoof::come see the duck::green cosmos::menlo park
the new pornographers::three or four::twin cinema::matador
andrew bird::measuring cups::the mysterious production of eggs::righteous babe
hayden::i should have been watching you::skyscraper national park::hardwood
hayden::bass song::skyscraper national park::hardwood
iron&wine::sinning hands::7”::sub pop
damien jurado::white center::on my way to absence::secretly canadian
hood::end of one train working::outside closer::domino
bright eyes::down a rabbit hole::digital ash in a digital urn::saddle creek
teenage fanclub::slow fade pictures::man made::peMa
teenage fanclub::life without you::man made::peMa
album>>david pajo::pajo::drag city

French radio reports:POP (interview with Oliver Petkov)

As soon as I’m finally convinced that macedonian pop music is hopelessly dead, a few people come along to prove me wrong. Bei the fish, Robotek and Oliver Petkov are ones that come to mind. In a few days Oliver’s debut album French Radio Reporter is being officially released for Templum, book publishers that sometimes embrace kanal 103 FM recommended music.

Oliver is basically a charming guy from Veles, that apparently likes talking about himself in third person. He is also a Comparative Literature student that maybe has a lot to do with his weird sense of humour. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, he rips off Stereolab and The sea and cake...This is an e-mail interview I did with him somewhere around December 2004, before actually meeting him and working with him in the mutual Oliver’s geisha project.

Who is Oliver Petkov?
Oliver Petkov is a typical anti: hero, feminist, polish pope-ist...His weakness are the early winter mornings when he expects a parcel from Santa carrying a Pentium 4. Other weaknesses include: projects financed by NGO, he claims he never really got their point. He hates books with a beautiful cover and content because he is selling such to people with a not very attractive cover and content.
How do you make your music atmosphere-wise, and how long have you been doing this?Oliver actually believes in miracles. That is why he started making music a long long time ago. When after many attempts via liasons and corruption, he managed to get a B in maths, his parents bought him a guitar. So his musical beginnings are full of perpetual romance with a dangerous outcome. He makes his music at home, but it was never proved how exactly. It is assumed that he stays over in expencive hotels kneeling down a laptop and wishing to never leave the room. The scientists and former KGB associated with PASOK work hard to reveal his true identity.
Where do you find inspiration?
He always finds inspiration in bicycles. Once he said that if the album is of good quality then you can listen to it whilst riding a bike, without skipping once. The songs off French radio reporter have been tested with Pony Adriatic + helping wheels. It only skipped once actually...when a yellow Yugo 45A with register plates 345 AB ran into him.
What are your future plans(albums, songs, collaborations)?
His mother asked him exactly the same once...I don’t think the answer included any of the things mentioned in brackets.
How are you satisfied with our scene?
Generally we haven’t discussed that much. I don’t think he has a certain attitude towards scenes. But he likes the “our” in the question.
What is your album of the year?
It’s always been “Album of the year” by Faith No More.

As you can see he killed my interview, hence it never got really published.



**French Radio Reporter will be promoted on Monday the 27th of June in Tocka at 21:00h**

19 june 2005

wilco::cars can't escape::yankee hotel foxtrot demos::nonesuch
calvin johnson::can we kiss?::what was me::K
smog::rock bottom riser::a river ain't too much to love::drag city
decembrists::the engine driver::picaresque::kill rockstars
pernice brothers::snow::discover a lovelier you::ashmont
magnetic fields::take ecstasy with me::holiday::merge
castanets::heaps of wheat::what kind of cure::asthmatic kitty
i am kloot::dead man's cigarettes::gods and monsters::echo
i am kloot::strange without you::gods and monsters::echo
sons and daughters::dance me in::the repulsion box::domino
raveonettes::remember::chain gang of love::columbia
D+::my best day::dandelion seeds::K
karl blau::after all that fearing::dark,magic sea::kelp
karl blau::triangulation::dark,magic sea::kelp
mt eerie::with my hands out::seven new songs of mt eerie::department of safety
mt eerie::wooly mammoth's absence::seven new songs of mt eerie::department of safety
thanksgiving::track 1::now it is all over like the birds::marriage
bonnie "prince" billy::what are you::superwolf::drag city
magnolia electric co::at least the dark don't hide it::what comes after the blues?::secretly canadian
havergal::parachutes::elettricita::secretly canadian
havergal::a new innocent tyro allegory::elettricita::secretly canadian
oliver petkov::few of my friends prefer fork for biscuit::french radio reporter::demo
album>>y.a.c.h.t::mega::marriage

The Winona Riders radio session announcement

This Sunday(19th June), from 22:00 till midnight (in Sad and Beautiful world), on Kanal 103, Darko Tasevski and I are going to have a live radio session with our new material! Including interviews etc.

We intend to play:
Parachutes
Picard
Fortune Telling
Lucky Number 9 (Moldy Peaches cover)

Thanks @ Gjorgi Janevski for inviting us to play in his show.

PS: I have pernice brothers' Snow in my mind for about few hours now...Had a magnificent time in Jukebox tonight, started off with stuff like the jesus and mary chain, pj harvey, prml scrm, radiohead, blonde redhead while it was semi empty, then continued with shins, beck, stephen malkmus, pernice brothers, microphones, fiery furnaces, moldy peaches, deerhoof, elliott smith...further on Shurbe continued in the final 2 hours with similar outstanding stuff like yo la tengo, kings of convinience, josh rouse, teenage fanclub...

Lofidelica live!

This Wednesday, the 15th, I'll be playing music in Jukebox with my colleague Kostadin Shurbanovski-Shurbe as a part of the Kanal 103 nights in that club..

I'll play mostly stuff you can find in the playlists and reviews!

12 June 2005

blonde redhead::elephant woman::misery is a butterfly::4ad
blonde redhead::messinger::misery is a butterfly::4ad
mercury rev::a secret for a song::the secret migration::v2
songs ohia::peoria lunch box blues (vocals Scout Niblett)::magnolia electric company::secretly canadian
thanksgiving::track 6::now it is all over like the birds::marriage records
smog::drinking at the dam::a river ain't too much to love::drag city
yacht::roar (oops version)::mega::marriage records
yacht::i love a computer (anacortes version)::mega::marriage records
four tet::as serious as your life::as serious as your life::domino
fiery furnaces::spaniolated::the blueberry boat::rough trade
jesquibel::reaching::mise en abyme::marriage records
jesquibel::norm::mise en abyme::marriage records
mount eerie::wooly mamooth's absence::seven new songs of mt eerie::department of safety
devendra banhart::little yellow spiders::rejoising in the hands::young god
blonde redhead::loved despite of great faults::melody of certain damaged lemons::touch&go
field mice::before the first kiss::where'd you learn to kiss that way::sarah
silver jews::how to rent a room::the natural bridge::drag city
pavement::good soundz::crooked rain, crooked rain::matador
album>>stephen malkmus::face the truth::matador

Lofidelica interview: Grasshopper (Mercury rev)

Mercury Rev, the band that got kicked out of Lollapalooza in 1993 for their loud and “weird” music, played in Skopje tonight, and it was damn magical. Your lofidelica host got to interview Grasshopper (Sean Mackowiak), the lead guitarist.
We are located in kanal 103 during Lizzy&Mauricio show, it’s packed with lots of colegues, guests and Italians. Grasshopper seems to be hungry so my first Q is..
I’ve heard you make amazing spaghetti sauce, is that true?
It is! How do you know that!
These things spread really fast..what’s your secret? Recepie!
Well..fresh tomatoes is a good start, then a little olive oil, then you add basil and regano...now the secret ingredient is hot sauce, I add hot sauce called “Franks”...Finally you can add a little red wine as well.
Red wine...sounds interesting..By the way, what does “rev” mean? I know “mercury” has something to do with science..
The planet Mercury...you know...and it can also mean liquid metal..While to rev means when you step on the gas on the car, it can mean revolve, or revolution..and reve in french means to dream...so all those things...
You started off making music for films, how can you relate the visual with the sound?
They are very closely related actually... sound and music are vibrations and there are different spectrums of the waves, so music colours and images come together..there are times when Jonathan tells me, I want you to make a sound like a nest of bees going crazy, then that gives me a picture and I can do that, easier then play an E chord or something..
The material you recorded with David Baker as vocalist was much noisier, why is that? Was David into noise?
The thing is we were fighting a lot with Dave Baker so..The noise came from the combination, because we were always fighting, like storm ...
What was the biggest change during the recording of The secret migration compared to the previous albums?
The biggest change was that we recorded a lot of it ourselves and we had our own studio. We had to travel a lot to the other studios while recording All is dream and Deserter’s songs...This time, it was nice that we were kind of close to home.
What are your influences?
Well usually you can’t verbalize an influence, it’s something that is subconsciously implanted in you, like listening to the music your parents play in the car while driving...The first guitarists that come to mind are Neil Young, Robert Quine...I was also into punk rock when I was young, The Ramones,
Clash, The Gun Club..I listen to a lot of different music now, even jazz or classical..
What about the new american bands?
There is an interesting underground scene in America at the moment, but the problem is that it’s not put out that much, you can’t listen to it unless you’re living in a student town where you get student radios..A band I like a lot currently are Blonde Redhead..
My friend saw a “Joseph Campbell” sticker on your piano? How are you connected with the Joseph Campbell campaign?
Well you know, Campbell claims that in all mythology there are archetypes of different stories, there are always same stories that keep appearing in every culture, and we were interested in that philosophy..
Ok my final question..any thoughts on this radio station?
Ohh I like it..It looks very...
retro?
..Indie... most of the radio stations in America are commertial and they’re not as open minded..also this building looks interesting, I’ve heard the architect jumped off the top when he finished the construction.
Yes, he did...and I think I can understand why..
What about Skopje, what are your first impressions?
Well the mountains look very beautifull, tomorrow i’ll do a lot more walking, by my hotel there’s a river...And tonight i’m going to go out experience the night life..
Have fun! :)


* A part of this interview was published in Utrinski Vesnik, on Tuesday, 14th June...

Thanksgiving-Nothing-(marriage records)

Awful, ugly weather in Skopje, it's that moment when it's neither raining nor not raining..something in between, that can only give you a severe headache, I am making my way home from the radio station and sing quietly, but loud enough to make the people who pass me by give me these strange looks..I sing "now it is all oveeeer like the biiirds, now it is all oveeeer....". That maybe has nothing to do with Nothing, but it has to do with thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is the alias of a sweet looking person called Adrian Orange, whose beautiful voice and sensibillity reminds of Cat Power, Smog, Will Oldham... Melancholic, suptle voice, clever lyrics and soothing relaxing guitar backup. A few weeks ago you were able to hear "Now it is all over like the birds" EP on lofidelica, this week's issue was dedicated to his LP called Nothing.
It includes 10 tracks called nothing i.e untitled, and quite short, the total time is less then 30 minutes, which I particularly like about albums like these. Adrian tours with Jona Bechtolt (yacht), who according to this "Is orange birds" compilation booklet, tours with devendra banhart...They both release for marriage records, a small indie label from Portland, that apparently releases music lofidelica likes. Nothing is recorded by Curtis Knapp (who also sings backing vocals) and mastered by Rob Jones. Finally, the cover is quite simple, it features a drawing of a strange creature that looks like a fish, an owl, a vase, it looks like...like nothing.