HONEYCOMB - live collage 1998

The third and final reaping of the Honeycomb VHS-vault (at least until something else surfaces). This is a small collection of clips recorded in and around Kristiansand, Norway between february and december 1998.
Oh the joys of smoking indoors...

Sounds are as follows:
"welcome to cheese" - practice tape, summer 1997
"losing my sleep" - live @ vaskeriet oct 2, 1998
"summer in sweden" - from the only acoustic session, summer 1997
"please help me up" - live @ vaskeriet oct 2, 1998
"bad mood" - outtro, practice tape, summer 1997

HONEYCOMB - sonic youth medley

Continuing with the unearthing of old VHS tapes, here is a complete performance of the improvised medley of Sonic Youth songs (she's in a) bad mood & i love her all the time, recorded live @ the now defunkt Vaskeriet in Kristiansand, Norway - october 2, 1998.

HONEYCOMB - live 1998

Some old VHS tapes have been dug up to coincide with the unlikeliest of unlikely reunions (jayloumurph anyone?), Lyds' 2nd band Honeycomb.
After hibernating for the last eleven years, the mighty Comb rise from the (h)ashes, and plan for at least one crazy night of highlo energy indierawk this summer.
Some more vintage footage has been unearthed, but here is a teaser from their final show, at the now defunkt "Barrock" club in Kristiansand, december 27, 1998.
The songs here are "forever + together", "is it me or is it you", "rebound" and also a bit of the Sonic Youth song "i love her all the time", part of an inprovised medley of SY songs (together with "she's in a bad mood") that they used to end (=trash) most of their shows with...

PHYS ED - objects in mirror are the same (video)

A song from the upcoming PHYS ED album "the trail of dazed acquaintance".
A collection of songs 5 years in the making, Lyd is here teamed up with southern Norways fastest guitar fingers Hugo, paying tribute to a deep buried fascination with hairy german speed metal from the 80's. Should be a treat!

Lovlydia - a full time hobby (watching you)

Lyds' "special" neighbor is the subject of this new song/video. A tribute of sorts...
From the forthcoming album "lo & behold"

Lovlydia & the Cast of Ludo - better twin (video)

Music video for the song "better twin" from the album "sound asleep". Directed by David Skauen.
See side-bar to purchase the LP, or click here to download/stream the album for free from bandcamp.

Cpt. Happenin' - love to cuddle (2006)

Cpt. Happenin' got together in may 2005, in the wake of legendary Kristiansand band Novac disbanding. Justin and Dan from Novac were still playing together, and Lyd was eager to at least record some songs with them.

The group lasted a little over a year, and recorded one album for Fedi Forma, released at their last show @ Sixpence Pub in Kristiansand, summer of 2006.

This download includes all of their stuff and more; the complete 11 song "love to cuddle" with 5 outtakes, including a hard-rocking version of Lyds first song "who's got my eyesight", and also a practiceroom recording of the Robert Pollard song "subspace biographies".

Download free from 2012rockets

And here is a video for the song "sorry is not the word" from "love to cuddle"

Lovlydia - I have no legs

Lovlydias' Iphone-recorded covers collection. Download or stream from bandcamp

"sound asleep" @ charlies bar 10.10.09

Lovlydia & the Cast of Ludo played Charlies Bar in Kristiansand this weekend celebrating their "sound asleep" LP, and also, by coincidence, the delayed "standing on the beach, staring at the ceiling" tape.

The lovely Sofie came to town for a special appearence, playing violin on "better twin" and an impromptu version of "televised".

Televised (with Sofie) - charlies bar 10.10.2009

And Runar from Spies of Ammo made this video for "come on drown" with footage from the show...


Also, Lovlydia gets some press (Norwegian):
A short interview with Lyd from Traspop.
A review of "sound asleep" from Radio Ung here
Here is a scan of the printed version of local newspaper FVN, with a short note about the show, and a review of the album.
And Lovlydias myspace is updated with new photos...

Lovlydia & the Cast of Ludo - sound asleep LP (2009)

Lovlydias' 8th album (but the first to be recorded in a real studio) is released today on 12" vinyl and free download.

Recorded in one day with his band the Cast of Ludo, "sound asleep" features ten songs in 36 mins, including the violin & standingbass-driven "better twin", a rerecording of "too polite to kiss me" and the epic 9-minute "my side had sparks",,,

Originally intended to be a white vinyl release, a factory fuck-up stuck us with regular black discs... It's still limited edition of 250 copies, and available for purchase at bandcamp.
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY, purchase of the LP will come with the cassette-only "standing on the beach, staring at the ceiling" (see seperate post).
EDIT: We received 100 copies of the album on white vinyl today (22.10.2009) from the pressing plant Mobineko. They handled the earlier mentioned mess-up quickly and proffesionally, so I can recommend them gladly.



Alternatively you can download the free MP3s here or use the download link on the embedded player.
The cover artwork was done by the great Themoen, who also made this video for "why you were away..."

Lovlydia - standing on the beach, staring at the ceiling (2009)

"Standing on the beach, staring at the ceiling" is a cassette-only release from Lovlydia on the T2RB label.
Stream or download the album from the embedded player!

The tape will be available here when it eventually arrives,,,
EDIT: the tape is now available, and comes free with purchase of the "sound asleep" LP

Lyd + Evan - my hand is my table (2006)

"My Hand = My Table" was one of three Fedi Forma CD-Rs released in july 2006. Another Evan Seleven cd ("Kill them with Kindness"), and also "Love to Cuddle" by Cpt. Happenin' (upcoming) were released the same day, documenting a productive period for both Lyd and Evan,,,

This split cd collects 5 songs by each, plus "going everywhere slow", written and performed together.
Download this cd freely as zip here.

As a bonus; here is a streaming bootleg of Lyd + Evan live @ Halvnagen, Kristiansand, Norway on March 14, 2006.
As well as some of their own tunes, they do an unrehearsed version of the GBV song "7 strokes to heavens edge" and a karaoke version of the Evan song "anger in yr hair"...

Tracklisting:
1. swami dog
2. bla bla she said
3. too polite to kiss me
4. going everywhere slow
5. couldn’t drown
6. 7 strokes to heavens edge
7. value this time
8. anger in yr hair

Lovlydia - no you are ep (2007)

This EP was never physically printed, but has been partially available at Lovlydias myspace for a couple of years now...
Written, performed an recorded by Lyd in Prague, 2007, the EP starts with a frisky three songs in three minutes, and ends 4 minutes after that with a fittingly audience-heavy live recording of "the audience everyone listened to". Short and to the point...maybe,,,
This download includes some bonus live songs recorded around the time of the EPs' release, including a special version of the really old song "it's a hand-me-down" with Ida on vocals.
Also included is "always nowhere" which was left off the final traclisting because Lyd forgot it existed...

Tracklisting:
1. Nice Toes
2. Close Enough to Count Them
3. Why You Were Away, While You Were Away
4. I Am Reminded
5. A Nice Sequence to This
6. The Audience Everyone Listened to (live @ Shakespeare & Sons, Prague, 20-10-2007)

Bonus Tracks:
7. Always Nowhere
8. Too Polite to Kiss Me (live @ Lalyfest #1, Prague, 29-09-2007)
9. That's What You Get for Picking Your Nose (live @ Sofit Club, Prague, 30-11-2007)
10. It's a Handmedown (live @ Sofit Club, Prague, 30-11-2007)

Download the EP freely here.

Lovlydia - hey puss (2005)

"Hey Puss" was basically an album of left-over tracks that weren't deemed good enough to play regularly with the three bands Lyd was playing in at the time.
Released around christmas 2005, it's still easily the best, and most diverse Lovlydia cd to date.
Three of the songs "too polite to kiss me", "the audience everyone listened to" and "i try hard to impress myself for you" were recorded with Cpt Happenin, but were included on Hey Puss since it didn't seem as if the band would continue playing for much longer. When Cpt Happenin released the album "love to cuddle" six months later, only "too polite..." was included.
The rest of the album was recorded sporadically during 2005.

Download the whole album as a zip here.

Wasted Space Cadets 1 + 2

Two eps of excellent indierock from Kristiansand ultimate supergroup Wasted Space Cadets.

The first, a whiskey-fueled recording session from x-mas 2005, features three songs from Generic (danish space ferry), two from Richard (megaphonic thrift) and one song from Lyd.
50 CD-R copies were printed, but they disappeared quicker than any other Fedi Forma release before or since.
Wasted Space Cadets 2 was recorded in early january 2008, but has remained on the Fedi Forma hard-drive since then due to non-obvious reasons...

Expanding the line-up with Justin (evan seleven) and Gee (george court trials), plus upping the fidelity from last time, the five-piece run through one song each of classic indierock, available here for the first time.

Download here:
Wasted Space Cadets 1 (2006)
Wasted Space Cadets 2 (2008)