The Amazing at The Levi’s/FADER Fort
- story Hanly Banks
We were pretty psyched when The Amazing rolled through our Ace Hotel New York suite at The Levi’s®/FADER Fort last week and started gently strumming the acoustic guitars, which turned into a Nick Drake/Oasis singalong, which eventually morphed into the song, “Is it Likely,” off of their new album. The presence of good-natured Swedish people at the Fort this year was greatly appreciated. Check out the video here, and if you’re lucky, maybe we’ll post the aforementioned outtakes someday.
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posted on Oct 28, 2009 in EVENTS CHANNEL, EVENTS LEVI'S/FADER FORT SHOW, FADER TV, FADER TV EVENTS CHANNEL SPOTLIGHT, FADER TV Spotlight tags FADER TV, The Amazing, the levi's/fader fort
The ABSOLUT FADER Visionary Podcast #6 — Exceptional
- story THE FADER
The sixth and final installment of the Visionary Podcast series, curated by The FADER and presented by ABSOLUT as part of our ongoing efforts to advance and advocate the art and music we love, is inspired by the word “exceptional,” which we hope you think this podcast series has been. We’ve got some of the Very Best, the totally Amazing, a Mega jam, an All-American and a claim of ultimate difficulty. Now that the six are done, download them all and listen in order for the full experience of our excellence or jumble them up to see if it makes any difference at all. It doesn’t really matter to us, as long as you enjoy the music. Thanks to all the artists and labels who helped us out along the way.
Download: The ABSOLUT FADER Visionary Podcast #6 — Exceptional
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posted on Oct 9, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Absolut Visionary Series, Fergus & Geronimo, The Amazing, The Count & Sinden, The Very Best, Weekend
Premiere: The Amazing, “Code II” MP3
- story Peter Macia
Editors of The FADER have reveled in the acid rock psychosis of Sweden’s Dungen for years now, ogling Gustave Estjes’ skin tight flares and seeing really special Hobbit visions when the band performs live. But we understand these harsh times might call for a softer side of psych. New Estjes-less Dungen side project The Amazing might be just what the alternative medicine specialist ordered. We’ve been listening to their self-titled album (out now on Subliminal Sounds) anytime we want to daydream about being pot farmers in a sylvan bliss, running in slo-mo with armfuls of organic, yet lucrative crops, maybe naked with a pair of moccasins on. While that may not be your reaction, let it be the image that lingers in your heads. The band, which consists of Reine Fiske and John Holmegard from Dungen along with music vets Christopher Gunrup and Fredrik Swahn, rambles from gentle paeans like “Deportation Day” to heartbreaking sunset rock on “Dragon,” both of which you can hear at their MySpace. But Mexican Summer sent us “Code II,” a song that sits in the middle of the album and splits it open with some relatively sprawling electric guitar riffs, freaky keys and spaced-out vocals. The song will be available as a 10″ vinyl single in October b-sided with “To Ska and Back,” which hopefully sounds nothing like its title.
Download: The Amazing, “Code II”
Freeload: The Amazing, “Dragon”
- story THE FADER
Well, so much for naming our band The Amazing. As with everything else, from really safe cars shaped like piles of cardboard boxes and eating pickled fish for breakfast, the Swedes have beaten us to the punch. This The Amazing includes Reine Fisk and Fredrik Björling from FADER favorites Dungen and their broders from The Guild and Granada, both of which are, well, there’s a reason people know about Dungen, let’s just leave it at that. “Dragon” though is ideal for days like this—easy on the nerves—especially if you can manage some grass. Grass in a field. For you to sit on. (via It’s A Trap!)
Download: The Amazing, “Dragon”
