Address: Sognsveien 86. Bus 25 from Majorstua stops right by Kolonihagen.
DJ PopLove starts spinning records at 17:00 and the concert starts at 18:00.
Entrance: Kr. 180. We prefer Vipps, but we also accept cash and card.
Please bring food and beverages. It will also be possible to buy food from the grill!
On stage:
18:00 Selma
18:45 Magnus Moriarty™
19:40 Gary Olson (The Ladybug Transistor) (USA) Ole Johannes Åleskjær (The Loch Ness Mouse)
DJ PopLove (Vegard Syrstad & Eivor Vindenes) plays before, during, and after the concerts!
July 22 marks a dark day in Norwegian history, but hope exists, and we must continue to create beautiful days with everything that fills our hearts. Pop music may not change the world, but let’s hang out and enjoy a summer day full of PopLove. We are hoping for beautiful sunshine, lots of nice people, and a good atmosphere!
In the midst of the pandemic, Gary Olson from New York and the legendary indie band The Ladybug Transistor released the first album under his own name. The album was a collaboration with Olson’s old friends, songwriter brothers Jørn and Ole Johannes Åleskjær (The Loch Ness Mouse), and it was recorded in Norway and New York with musicians from, among others, The Loch Ness Mouse, Serena Maneesh and Psychedelic Furs. Subsequently, Gary Olson and Ole Johannes Åleskjær as a duo have done over 50 concerts in six different countries. They are returning to Norway for the fourth consecutive summer after completing their second Japan tour at the end of May/beginning of June. One can expect well-crafted, acoustic pop music driven by Olson’s baritone vocals and trumpet, and Åleskjær’s guitar playing. Åleskjær will also perform some solo material.
Magnus Moriarty™ is the main project of Magnus Nielsen. He debuted in 2001 with the album Drive fast slow right left. Half of the year he spends at a cemetery where he digs holes in the ground and plants flowers. During the winter season he is in the studio continuously records new music and living out the myth of the decadent bohemian lifestyle that fuels new albums. This combination of down-to-earth, hard, honest work and artistic excesses that include absinthe, violin, and 12-string guitars stamps its mark on the music. The lyrics are clearly inspired by beat literature, and are accompanied by melodies that evoke thoughts both forward and backward in time. Middle Ages, Roman Era, and Atomic Age are all represented in Magnus Moriarty’s universe. Beautiful folk music-like melodies oscillate between the intimate and the intergalactic, and even though the sun might shine on the graveyard, darkness always threatens six feet down.
Selma is a Norwegian indie pop band inspired by the 90s twee from The Field Mice to Belle and Sebastian. Their music is acoustic pop with a melancholic expression and ramshackle elegance. Selma was founded at Seljord Folkehøgskule in 2016, named after the sea serpent in Seljordsvannet.
After many years of DIY releases, the more polished EP Etterpåklok came out in 2023, mixed and mastered by indie pop legend Derek Almstead. The album was described in Dagsavisen as “nice and sunny, and just what you need when laziness kicks in on the sunny wall.” After a performance at Indiefjord in 2019, the band fell in love with the environment and the festival where they later did several pop-up performances, and they have held concerts together with returnees such as Darren Hanlon, Gary Olson and Stanley Brinks & Freschard when they have toured Norway.
This is the 4th summer in a row that Gary Olson of The Ladybug Transistor and Ole Johannes Åleskjær of The Loch Ness Mouse have a small summer tour here in Norway, so if you, for some reason, have missed them the previous years, make sure to attend one of their shows if they play in the vicinity of you, because you have missed a feel-good treat. And for those of you that have seem them before – you know what to do.
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After more than 20 years in hiatus, Rover Records and our old pal Kenji Sekioka is once again doing what he is best at – releasing records. The first artist out is one of our old favourites The Loch Ness Mouse with a 7″ called “Punching Above Our Weight”. In an (futile) atempt to confuse us all the record is 45 rpm on one side, and 33 ⅓ rpm on the other. Anyway, you can buy it here in our web shop.
It’s been a couple of years since we have heard something new from Oslo Oscillator, but they continue their slow progress towards the new album due to be released sometime in a nondescript future. Their new single “Harry Kane” is now available at your preferred digital platform, so please give it a listen. Of course, we are not objective in relation to our bands, but this song is a real gem.
It has become a tradition for Astroburger to play at Kafe Hærverk before Christmas, so according to this tradition they will greet Christmas on Saturday 14 December. The concert will also act as a release party for a brand new album “The Moonrock Sonata”, released 1 December on various streaming platforms, so check it out on YouTube and others. It will also become available on a physical format at a later date. Tickets are available at Tikkio.
Date: 14 December
Venue: Kafé Hærverk (Oslo)
Doors: 20:00
Concert: 21:00
Admission: 250,-
If you are in the area of Halden on 28 December, this year’s Julepønk is something you have to attend. The line up is rather long(ish), so make sure the concert stamina is top notch. You will be able to stomp to the beat to Wepsebol (punk rock), Blindtärm (trash punk), Fork (Punk/Hardcore), Astroburger (our heroes), Hudkreft (punk rock), Svartedauden (death/black metal), and Vaya Con Satan (indie pop). Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.
Date: 28 December
Venue: Aladdin Scene (Halden)
Doors: 18:00
Concert: 18:30
Admission: 250,- (50,- if you are under 18, but you have to bring an sober adult with you as a guardian)
The Loch Ness Mouse keep on trucking. Their newest record, called The Loch Ness Mouse III, has hit the shelves, and it marks the end of their ambitious LNM-trilogy which started 6 years ago. We think this is a great achievement, and we cannot help but applaud them for this. We have of course this record for sale in our pop store, both the CD and the LP along with a heap of other releases by the band.
In November last year, Oslo Oscillator and Firefly Effect were scheduled to play at Last Train, but unfortunately one of the band members of Firefly Effect tested positive on Covid-19, so Oslo Oscillator were left to themselves. On Wednesday we will make another try, DJ Vegard Systad included, and hopefully everybody stays healthy this time around.
Date: April 27
Venue: Last Train
Doors: 21:00
Admission: 150,-
