upcoming shows

20121107

Martin Senter




 Våran trummis heter Martin Senter, han är inte bara en trumslagare utan han är även en grym producent, kompositör, gitarrist, sångare och inte minst en riktigt fin vän. Det är också han som sjunger och pillar på ett vitt instrument i låten här ovanför som hör till en film som heter Bitchkram. Gå och se den!

 Fredrik
EL-SD

20121004

Southside together with When in Rome

Tomorrow we hit the stage at Southside!


Map?  Here:









More info? Here:

http://www.facebook.com/events/112233072262212/


More stuff tomorrow!

See you there peeps

Fredrik
EL-SD

20120823

Thanks and new shows



kulturfestivalen


We had a great time last saturday. Thanks!

Two new shows are booked:
Stockholm on the 5th of October we gig at Southside in Zinkensdamm.
The 20th of October we head down to Malmö and it will be totally awesome. Its our friend Karl in I AM SUPER APE who arrange an Octoberfest. Yeah!
 Follow this link for more info:
  http://www.facebook.com/events/133625070112439/

 Cheers!

 Fredrik
EL-SD

20120815

Rehearsal

Back from vacations etc. Show this Saturday at kulturhuset Stockholm at 19:00

20120802

What's taking so long?!

Hey!

What's going on with our album? why haven't you heard anything from us in a while? what's wrong with us?

The answer... Its all Martin Senters (my) fault. We made up a schedule that i havent been able to stick to. I've been working on a lot of different projects (i have to make a living as well.

Mainly i've been writing the score for an awesome movie called BITCHKRAM by Andreas Öhman (I Rymden Finns Inga Känslor).

A link to the BITCHKRAM trailer! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MJHZFhL4dM

I am going to get my thumb out of my ass though. The album will be recorded mixed and mastered as soon as possibly. EL-SD can assure you that it will turn out great! We could almost stretch it to amazing!

If you want to listen to a couple of preproduction tracks for the upcoming album check out the following links!

http://itsatrap.com/n/34881-mp3-el-sd-hille
http://itsatrap.com/n/33760-mp3-el-sd-walking-sideways


OH! i almost forgot!
We have a show coming up! Do not miss it, i repeat, do not miss it!
http://kulturhuset.stockholm.se/-/Kalender/20111/Musik/LiveStudion-EL-SD-Honningbarna-och-Reptile-Youth/


Best Regards

Martin Senter and EL-SD


20120714

Dust Can't Kill Me

"I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing."
Happy One Hundred Mr. Guthrie.

20120701

the noises of everyday life helps create

Hey Pretties!
We´ve started recording for the coming LP! Guess what?!? It sounds fantastic!

Senter Doing his thingguitar
Making noises with OttoEffectsDrums with Otto

xxoo//Tinnas

20120610

First fullength and clip

Hey you people!

 We are soon ready to start record our first fullength.
Drums are already done recorded by the one and only Carl Vikman. Guitars next.
 In the meantime check this clip by Matte Rask-Andersen:



  



See you soon.

 Fredrik
 EL-SD

20120531

3501

3501 - EL-SD

3501, the guy who drew our cover for the 7" split with AXE have some cool stuff on absolutnetwork.com Its a really really cool guy and the cover is great. If you like one, just write us an email cause we have some left. 
Guys and records.

 Cheers! 

 Fredrik 
EL-SD

20120526

If you want to try love again remember me

Thank you all for coming yesterday! We hope you had a good time. We certainly did! It was a pure pleasure being the opening act for Division of Laura Lee! They sure knows how to put the soul into Indierock! Don´t forget their weekend live leak: http://fb.me/z82tgiE8 Xxoo//Tinnas

20120525

Tonight is the night!

Read this and come down tonight, its goint to be sweet sweet sweet.

  http://www.fritzscorner.se/senaste-nytt/lyssna-el-sd-med-debt

Rickard Lindblom and Georgios Kalafatidis are going to spin some records. Sweet? Yeah Sweet!

And yeah one more thing, follow us on twitter.

http://twitter.com/HELLELSD



  GatanELSD

 See you tonight!

 Fredrik
EL-SD

20120513

EL-SD - A CONTRACT

Allright, the video of our song A CONTRACT is released and we are really pleased by the work made by Oskar Palmbäck and Jonatan Etzler aka Järven och Vargen. Please check out kvalität.com and etzler.se for more info. The great blog Birds need feet had the premiere of the video and more about that here So, check the video and give us a line!
Cheers!

Fredrik
EL-SD

20120505

"New song" up on soundcloud

Dear hearts and gentle people,

Two things we would like to share with you!
First, We have an alternative version of our song "A Dept"(from the EP "Repeating Patterns") for your enjoyment on Soundcloud. Listen/Download.

Secondly, If you are in Stockholm (or close-by) next week, don't forget to go see our good friends of Rumble in Rhodos preforming on stage at Debaser Slussen this coming Thursday´s Child (May the 10th). So make a note about it in your filofaxes.

Nothing like som good news to soothe your sunday.
XXOO. /M

20120326

The march with Vånna inget and Gamla pengar

EL-SD - Malmö

Yeah, now we are running again. My computer have sounded like a vacuum cleaner and warm like in a sauna. But now, clean and silent. So, yes we where in Malmö a week ago and it was really fun with Vånna inget and Gamla pengar. We had a great show with a great audience in a great town at a great venue. The photo is taken by Ida Enebro. We really like the people in Malmö and it is always great to do shows there. Now we are looking for shows again. Just let us know! And then we have this review from Rockfreaks.net in Denmark. Its pretty awesome. Read it here or down below.

Take Care

Fredrik
EL-SD


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EL:SD Repeating Patterns EP Written by: PP on 24/03/2012 03:55:51 Here's another brief, yet delayed review of an interesting unit that's been in my queue all too long. On tonight's late night plate we have "Repeating Patterns" EP by EL:SD from Stockholm, Sweden, whose craft is noisy, gloomy post punk with a little bit of garage rock thrown in the mix for good measure. It recalls the obvious greats in the genre, most notably Sonic Youth and partially The Jesus Lizard among others, while ensuring to twist and reinvent the sound enough to avoid sounding like boring copy cats. The four tracks on the EP have been recorded in a purposefully garage-oriented, lo-fi manner to give it that slightly hipster post-punk vibe that's really in at the moment. Think bands like Iceage and you know exactly where I'm headed with that thought. But unlike their peers, EL:SD's songs have an added twist of indie rock bounce typical to many Brit rock bands lurking just underneath the surface. This is most evident on the title track, but also on "A Will", which is the best track on the EP by a long shot. Here, they find a perfect balance between garage rock guitar melodies and the faded back and slightly distorted vocals to obtain that super trendy hipster sound that I mentioned just before. Luckily, the band never go overboard with the expression, leaving behind and enjoyable sound that should start taking the band to places once people discover the song. The other three tracks, too, are fairly good, but we'll need a full length before we can judge if EL:SD are able to write enough good songs to matter in the long run. For now, "Repeating Patterns" EP shows a boatload of promise, and suggests that there could be something to this little known Swedish unit. Download: A Will, A Contract For the fans of: Sonic Youth, The Jesus Lizard, Iceage Listen: Bandcamp Release date 30.11.2011 Atlas Rec / Peace Attack Records

20120304

Malmö

Yeah we will play malmö with Vånna inget and Gamla pengar the 16th of March. Here are the poster. See you there skåningar!

Vånna Inget + Gamla pengar + EL-SD

Fredrik
EL-SD

20120224

More EL-SD in Eskilstuna



Här finns det mer och här är Traktor

http://traktorbiz.tumblr.com/

Fredrik
EL-SD

20120221

Eskilstuna and Birds need feet

Hello!

Eskilstuna, Saturday was a true blast. We had the honor to play at our great friend Freds 30 years birthdayparty in Eskilstuna. The venue is called "Centrallagret" and yeah it was sweet friends and a really really good vibe the whole night along.

Then a great web-zine called Birds need feet have written some nice word about us. You can read it here

Thats for now. And yeah, spotify and iTunes, read more about that below.

Fredrik
EL-SD



Spotify & iTunes!

Ni Hao!

Repeating Patterns is now available on Spotify and iTunes!!!


Xxoo///Tinnas

20120208

Pussy Riot

Hello people and thank you so much for saturday. It was a killer! In Russia a great punkband called Pussy Riot have a lot to say about their country and government. Check out their video here:

¨

Fredrik
EL-SD

20120203

EL-SD - Walking Sideways

Hello!

Last Sunday we did a show at Debaser Slussen with The Men. That show was filmed by a really nice and talanted dude called Marcus Wilén. You can find one of the songs, Walking Sideways here:

El-SD - Walking Sideways from Marcus Wilén on Vimeo.



We really like this pictures. Miss someone? Yes? Then you should come to Landet in Stockholm tomorrow because we will be there.

Kick back, enjoy and see you tomorrow!

Fredrik
EL-SD

20120131

Kvalität

Hello.

First of all, the show with The Men was really cool, we had a great night. Now we focus on the show with Korea Campfire on Saturday. Its Landet in Hägersten and it is the great KVALITÄT who arranges the whole night.



I don´t know when we will be on stage but doors open at 8 and it costs 60 SEK. More info? Just check the event on facebook, here

Allright, let´s see you there!

Cheers
Fredrik
EL-SD
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20120125

Shows, news and Gamla Pengar

Hello Guten Tag!

We have some really cool shows confirmed and more are on the way. This is how it looks today:

2012/01/29 Stockholm Debaser Slussen, w / The Men
2012/02/04 Stockholm, landet W / Korea Campfire
2012/02/18 Eskilstuna, Fred 30års bash
2012/03/16 Malmö, Debaser w / Vånna Inget, Gamla Pengar

Shareing the stage with The Men, Korea Campfire, Vånna Inget and Gamla Pengar is really awesome and we are for sure looking forward to all that. We are also looking for a show with Gamla Pengar on the 17th of March in southern Sweden or maybe Denmark. Anybody know or want to help us with this? Just let us or Georgios know. We are really happy because Gamla Pengar is one of the best bands in Sweden right now.

This is Gamla Pengar:

Gamla Pengar - Ångest from BengtssonFoto.se on Vimeo.



Untitled from Gamla Pengar on Vimeo.




Yeah I think you understand what I mean.

Stay tuned and all that.

Fredrik
EL-SD

20120108

Reviews

Hello.

We have some new sweet reviews from Germany.

The first is from music-scan.de and you can find everything here





Die neueste Single-Veröffentlichung von EL-SD ist in der Erstpressung auf 300 Stück limitiert. Ob später weitere Exemplare folgen werden, hängst davon ab, welche Nachfrage „Repeating Patterns“ generiert. Das schwedische Quartett spielt einen stimmigen, von Erfahrung zeugenden Indie-Rock, dem zwingend eine greifbare Hibbligkeit und gegebene Tanzbarkeit zuzusprechen sind. Primär sind die vier Tracks der Single Club-affin und hipp ausgerichtet, doch da sind auch noch ungestüme Eruptionen und vertrackte Kopflastigkeit, die auf interessante Art und Weise mit Impulsivität und Eingängigkeit kombiniert werden. Im Sound von EL-SD ist immer etwas los und seine Zusammensetzung ist einer beständigen Veränderung unterworfen. Gerade davon lebt „Repeating Patterns“. Alle vier Songs der 7inch überzeugen, doch natürlich stehen die beiden Martins und beiden Frederiks nun in der Pflicht, einen ebenso starken und treffsicheren Longplayer nachzuschieben. Diese Aufgabe dürfte den Schweden ungleich schwerer fallen, doch bekanntlich wächst man ja mit seinen Herausforderungen. Interesse an weiteren Veröffentlichungen von EL-SD weckt „Repeating Patterns“ in jedem Fall.

Arne Rating: 01.01.2012




The second is from AllSchools Network and you can find it here

EL-SD By Max Green Ekelin

Neben den vier Mitgliedern von EL-SD zieren noch fünf Kinder das Pressefoto. Zwei davon sogar herzlich auf den Armen der jeweiligen Väter gehalten. Ein anderes wiederum auf die Schultern gepackt und ein schicker Retrotretroller ist auch noch am Start - väterliches Familienidyll.

Wer jetzt jedoch entspanntes konsensfähiges Gitarrengeklimper, für den Weg zu dem wöchentlichen familiären Ausflugsziel im frisch abbezahlten Kombi erwartet, liegt noch weiter daneben, als Kindererbrochenes neben einer Kotztüte, bei der Fahrt über äußerst kurvige Serpentinen. EL-SD basteln sich eher einen Sound voll von Feedback, Rauschen, drückendem Schlagzeug, verschluckten, versteckten Textzeilen und etwas Elektronik. Sonic Youth wir hören dir genauso trapsen, wie Shellac.

'A Will' beginnt auch direkt mit einem ordentlichen Rundumschlag, der auch ganz hinten unter gestapeltem Müll und alten Zeitungen noch eine halbausgetrunkene Dose süßen Indie-Pop versteckt hat. Vordergründig stehen aber erstmal Krach, ein pumpender Bass und abgehakte Gitarren – aber selbst dem Schreien wird hier noch eine Melodie abgerungen.

Bei 'A Debt' drosseln die Schweden, welche EL-SD aus Bands wie Seven Feet Four, The Sound oder UNA-Bombers, formiert haben, das Tempo etwas und verwandeln sich in eine moderne Variante der Sonics. 'A Contract' springt nochmals auf den Zug des ersten Songs auf und baut noch etwas mehr an den Gitarrenwänden, die auch die drei Teilzeitstudenten-Gitarristen von Fucked Up auch nur unwesentlich besser hinbekommen hätten.

Der titelgebende Track dieser Single ist zum runden Abschluss noch ein kurzes (fast) Instrumental mit flirrendem Keyboard, stoischen Gitarren und verhuschten, verzerrten, gesprochenen Wörtern. Alles gut gemacht ihr jungen Väter, irgendwann werden eure Kinder hoffentlich Stolz auf Repeating Patterns sein und wir hoffen das da noch weiteres (außer Nachwuchs) folgt.

SIDE A

A Will
A Debt

SIDE B

A Contract
Repeating Patterns

We are also on B-list on Radio Revolt in Norway with the song "A Will". You can find more of that here


Talk to you later.
Fredrik
EL-SD