Øya, Oh Boy-A!

No rest for the weary! Got back from Chi city late last night, and today I'm on a flight to Oslo (that's Norway, y'all!) to cover the Øya Festival. Got LOST Season 2 on the PowerBook, 60 GB on the iPod, and books a plenty for the journey; what I don't have is an awareness of over half of the bands playing!

Hear great things about this Morrissey guy -- so I guess I'll check him out -- but if you have any other suggestions for coverage (or sights to see), lemme know. And if any 'Gum readers are gonna be there and want to meet up, send an e-mail to tips at stereogum dot com. We can grab a beer (I hear they're only twelve bucks!).

Festivalen lineup after the hoppe.

!!! (US)
120 Days
Adam Beyer (SE)
Adjagas
Aksel Naas & His Notorious Brothers
All That And A Bag Of Chips
Amadou & Mariam (ML)
Andrew Weatherall (UK)
Anita Lixel (AU)
The Apple Falls
Ariane
Astroburger
Band Of Horses (US)
Baunen
The Beat Tornados feat. The Fleshotica Dancers
Beck (US)
Binärpilot
Black Debbath
Black Mountain (CA)
Bonk
Bookhouse
Brakes (UK)
Brut Boogaloo
Cables
The Captain & Me
Casiokids
The Cheaters
Checksum Bad
Chris Lee
Christer Knutsen & Sacred Hearts
Cocktail Slippers
Cold War Kids (US)
Cortina
The Cramps (US)
The Cumshots
Darkside Of The Force
Deadends
Deaf Center
The Dears (CA)
Desperado
dEUS (BE)
Diamond Nights (US)
DinoSau
DiskJokke & Vinny
DiskJokke & Vinny
Don't Cry Wolf
DSOE
DumDum Boys
El Cuero
Enslaved
The Fabolous Lightbulb Society
Faircastle Four
The Fall (UK)
Fandens Fjeldaper
Freeform Five (UK)
Freeshine
G-Ha & Olanskii
G-ha & Olanskii
G-ha & Olanskii
Girl From Saskatoon
Gisli
Gjerstad Funk- og Fiskarlag
The Goo Men
Gothminister
The Grand Atlantic Motel
Grand Café
Grand Island
Hanne Hukkelberg
Hard Bargain Band
Harmonica
Harphie
Harpoona
Harry's Gym
Heroes & Zeros
High On Fire (US)
Hillborn Desperados
The Holstein United Bluegrass Boys
Hot Chip (UK)
Hurra Torpedo
Hystereo
Ila Auto
In Vein
In_zekT
Ingrid Olava
Jackman
Jaga Jazzist
Johnny Hide
Karpe Diem
Katzenjammer
Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) + Steve Reid (UK/US)
KILLL
Kim Hiorthøy
The Knife (SE)
Knutsen & Ludvigsen and The Train Conductors
LEGS 11
Les Savy Fav (US)
Liars (US)
Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas
The Loch Ness Mouse
Los Plantronics
Love Is All (SE)
The Low Frequency In Stereo
Lukas Kasha
Magenta
Magnus Eliassen
Magnus Hængsle
The Mainliners (SE)
Margfolket
Marit Larsen
Midlake (US)
Miles Hansen
Mohammed
Monomen
Moonpedro & The New Farm Orchestra
Morningwood (US)
Morrissey (UK)
Moskva Show Band (NO/RU)
Motorpsycho
Mourning Leaves
Mungolian Jet Set
My Midnight Creeps
N-ice
Nephew (DK)
The New Violators
Next Life
Noxagt
Ost & Kjex
Ping
The Pipettes (UK)
Pirate Love
Plywood
Ponas
The Pop
Prins Nitram (DK)
Rex Rudi
Rockettothesky
The Ruiners (US)
Rumble In Rhodos
Ryfylke
Sacred
Sally Suicide
Samuel Jackson Five
The School
Serena Maneesh
Shit City
Silence The Foe
Silje Hrafa
Silver
Single Unit
Sirka Ragnar
The Smoothies
Snow Patrol (UK)
Spank Rock (US)
Spektrum (UK)
Spoonful of Blues
Spunk
Stereo 21
Sternklang
Subway Safari
Sunshine
Susanna & The Magical Orchestra
Teddy Trigger & the Gatling Guns
Tellusalie
Thee Mono Sapiens
Thomas Danger
Tina Dico (DK)
Todd Terje & Dølle Jølle
Torch
Toy (NO/UK)
Tralala (US)
Truls Heggero
The Turns
The Twilight Singers (US)
The Twistaroos
Twomass
The Upstrokes
The White Birch
White Lord Jesus
White Rose Movement (UK)
The Whitest Boy Alive (NO/DE)
WOM
The Wrens (US)
x.lover
Yoko Ono (US)
Zensor
Årabrot

Posted at 9:52 AM

15 Comments

Ok.. but how does one email you when you didn't leave an address?

Posted by: J-Robot at 08/08/06 10:08 AM  | Reply
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you've got an extra 's' in the link

http://www.oyafestivalen.com

Posted by: pissed at 08/08/06 10:25 AM  | Reply
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Check out the Samuel Jackson Five. May not be up your alley but I dig them and they are worth a listen if they are not playing opposite something bigger.

Posted by: Collin at 08/08/06 10:27 AM  | Reply
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i second sj5, and don't forget the whitest boy alive. Erlend Oye seldom dissapoints.

Posted by: pissed at 08/08/06 11:07 AM  | Reply
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Hanne Hukkelberg is quiet, bleepy singer/songwriter stuff, like a Scand. Juana Molina, and Jaga Jazzist is MASSIVE SYNTHY PROG. They're both rec'd.

Posted by: eric at 08/08/06 11:08 AM  | Reply
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link fixed, email addy provided, loving the recommendations. here's to fjords!

Posted by: amrit at 08/08/06 11:19 AM  | Reply
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Les Savy Fav? Band of Horses? Black Mountain?
i'd totally go.

Posted by: Chuck at 08/08/06 11:21 AM  | Reply
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serena maneesh, come on, they are only norway's buzz band of the moment.

Posted by: lyn at 08/08/06 11:24 AM  | Reply
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DON'T miss Jaga Jazzist, whatever you do.

Posted by: margo at 08/08/06 11:28 AM  | Reply
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For the love of god, please check out Spank Rock and Whitest Boy Alive.

Posted by: brendawg at 08/08/06 11:51 AM  | Reply
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cumshots????? the rocky dennis trio? The Smoothies???

you must check these bands out.

Posted by: A and R at 08/08/06 12:50 PM  | Reply
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Check out Amadou & Miriam for sure. They were great here in Chicago, and well worth catching live. Yoko Ono probably shouldn't be missed either, you never know what you might get from her...

Posted by: E at 08/08/06 2:05 PM  | Reply
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I play bass for Magnus Hængsle. Him you should really check out!

Posted by: Lars at 08/08/06 5:02 PM  | Reply
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See 120 Days and report back -- they just got signed to Vice and in turn, are the first Norwegian band to ever get signed by an American label.

Just curious as to how they sound

Posted by: chris at 08/09/06 12:24 AM  | Reply
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you are a music journalist and you dont know who morrissey is?

Posted by: simon at 10/03/06 7:50 AM  | Reply
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