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Music & Film Thu Nov 02 2006
Takk for musikken
It would seem there’s something in the pure fjord water. How else do you explain the likes of the music coming out of Scandinavia? From Bjork’s all-out cuckoo-osity to the poppy Cardigans and ethereal heavy-hitters Sigur Ros (don’t even get me started about the whole black metal thing), the region appears to nurture an amorphous idea of what music “should” be.
120 Days follows this non-formula with their mildly gloomy electro-meets-garage rock sound — imagine Iggy Pop in a vinyl outfit a la Kraftwerk. Now do your best to rid yourself of that mental image, and concentrate on what the marriage of styles would sound like. The Oslo-based quartet are making their Chicago debut in support of their new self-titled CD. Check out the show on Nov. 4 at the Empty Bottle; by the end you too will be screaming, “120 Days! Jeg er glad for deg! ”
