OIO Review :: Rugosa Nevada(UK) - Verona EP, out March 2012.

OIO Review :: Rugosa Nevada - Verona EP, out March 17th 2012.

As you move into the quite interesting playground of catchy indie pop and playful, melodic indie synth rock, you'll be in favorite zone to the up and coming London based lineup Rugosa Nevada.

This March 2012 EP release def got huge potential. 'Verona', 'Hurricane' and 'Build to nothing' rocks off. Prepare for their forthcoming EP.
- Congrats guys.

Zoomed in at the Oslo Indie Office.
// Oslo Indie Office, Norway.

IN MEMOIRS (Denmark) OIO Post.

IN MEMOIRS (Denmark) ## The pretty beautiful wispering downtempo dreamy indie pop from the upcoming lineup of Copenhagen based In Memoirs. I-got-all-the-time-in-the-world feeling is prominent. Catch the moment.
This is the perfect soft lounge take off. Count them in. Low, but huge. This is the sound. // Oslo Indie Office.

OIO Concert Review :: LEIF AND THE FUTURE @ Blaa / Oslo, Oct 14 2011

Playing around in the perfect combo sphere of delicious new wave / 80s electronics associations to New Order - Depeche Mode - Duran Duran - even The Cure and the other side their own energic 2011 dancefloor-filling intence electro rock, the release party gig was filled with naturally the complete trip of the debut album.
Go...od sound, pro deliverables, extraordinary efforts though partly lack of corresponding entusiasm from audiance at least in first chapter.
Anyhow, this was an important night. This is the beginning. Of the electronic indie rock explotion. Perfect suited for the future. Leif included. Dice 6.
// Oslo Indie Office.

OIO Album Review: SIGURD JULIUS

OIO Album Review: SIGURD JULIUS(Norway) ## Welcome to the pretty scrawny, but pleasant and calm scene of the debut release from Kakao musikk labeled SIGURD JULIUS. Moods from longlasting lazy summer hangout sessions. And the trivial taste of folk suits pretty perfect in the already downtempo setting.

Balancing on the quite interesting edge of sugar sweet singalongs and quiet cool indie pop, you'll find the comfort zone of Sigurd Julius.
The promising 4 track release is out October 14. Go for it.

// Oslo Indie Office

OIO Album Post :: FLASHGUNS (UK) - Passions of a Different Kind.

Release date October 17, avail for pre-order.

The Album represents a great range of sounscapes from calm and cool to the uptempo, lively and powerful indie rock.

Try out 'Sounds of the Forest' representing the latter category. Some of tracks are familiar from former brilliant FLASHGUNS EP/7" releases.

OIO Recommended.

http://soundcloud.com/flashguns/flashguns-sounds-of-the-forest

RAPIDS! (UK ) ## Fragments EP

The August 2011 release of RAPIDS! last EP 'Fragments' is a rare collection of genius indie rock fulfilled with pretty perfect portion of electronics running smooth above and into it all.

It all kicks off with Littleblood, whose track starts pretty chill and calm, and througout the session it all builds up, loads of right elements and raise into inferno in the final. Track 2 : House Of Sands moves on with the feel-good show. And it raises all the way on the 6 track release; Termination of a brilliant session with Nameless // Faceless, whose.perfect track is prices with a Block Party signed Remix as an added bonus which def invites you into the indie dance floor.

Well done.

Listen on bandcamp here. Then run to the record store. http://rapidsband.bandcamp.com/album/fragments

// Oslo Indie Office

Recommended from Oslo Indie, July 2011 Summary

Selected posts of recommended lineups last month ..

HANNE KOLSTØ (N)
http://soundcloud.com/hanne-kolst/the-city

MYSTERY JETS (UK)
http://soundcloud.com/cizmar/mystery-jets-serotonin

Team Me - Come Down (N)
http://soundcloud.com/goltzman-1/team-me-come-down

Klaxons (US) and their 2010 'surfing the void' Album. Here's 'Echoes'
http://soundcloud.com/klaxons-1/echoes

We're No Heroes (from Cardiff, UK)
http://soundcloud.com/were-no-heroes/empty-beat

THE HEX (N)
http://soundcloud.com/riot-factory/the-hex-city-of-death

DGRS/Degrees(Sweden) . Dancy dreamy shoegaze. Fire off 'Idiot Dreaming' from May 2011 album. Jammi.
http://soundcloud.com/degreesmusic/idiot-dreaming

ALFRED HALL (Norway). This is 'So Bright'. http://www.nrk.no/urort/Artist/AlfredHall/default.aspx