If you don’t know what a Moomins is, you are way out of the loop in regards to Finnish children’s films. These hippo-esque creatures are the brain spawn of Finnish author Tove Jansson. Icelandic national treasure Björk likes these stop-motion characters so much that she is writing a song for the Moomins’ upcoming movie Moomins and the Comet Chase. The Comet Song, as it is so fittingly called, was penned by Björk and her collaborator buddy Sjón. Although we might not get the chance to be dragged by our offspring to see the Moomins in theaters in the UK or North America, the film premieres in Finland in August or September 2010.
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Concert Reviews
múm @ Le National – 10.26.09
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múm – Last night @ Le National
10.27.09A soul littered soundtrack to an Icelandic wood nymph’s reveries took over a wide eyed Le National as múm created song in Montreal… Images & words soon.
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Emiliana Torrini – Tonight @ Cabaret du Musée Juste Pour Rire
08.13.09Icelandic femme crooner Emiliana Torrini plays to an eagerly swaying Montreal crowd at the Cabaret du Musée Juste Pour Rire tonight.
With specal guest: Anya Marina
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Beck Record Club Project Starts With The Velvet Underground
06.19.09If you haven’t already heard, Beck has assembled a little pet project by which he and some friends will choose a record, and spend one day covering the album from front to back, subsequently releasing it one track at a time online. Well the first project has been completed and thus the initial song has been posted. You can enjoy a cover of The Velvet Underground’s album, The Velvet Underground and Nico, starting with the first song now online, entitled Sunday Morning. Talks of working on the Digital Underground’s Sex Packets buzzed about; however the L.A. eccentro rocker decided on draping himself in some velvet after all was said and done. Reportedly the session included quite the eclectic gathering of folk, such as Giovanni Ribisi, producer Nigel Godrich, session drummer Joey Waronker and Icelandic singer-songwriter Thorunn Magnusdottir. Something tells me these projects have nowhere to go but up.
