January 2012
11 posts
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tour y'aaaaaall
Feb 1st: Folkestone, The View - w/ Tall Ships (and loads of good bands) Feb 2nd: Brighton, Green Door Store - Supporting Owen Feb 4th: London, Shhh Festival Gallery cafe Feb 5th: London, Old Blue Last - Supporting Owen
sup?
Make a dad happy.
Brothers and sisters. Sons and daughters.
You would make me very happy if you would take the time to vote for Dad Rocks! to play at this yers Roskilde Festival.
http://roskilde-festival.dk/uk/music/band_requests_pavilion_junior/
Much love, Dad
JAPAN MOFO
Yo dudes!
GREAT NEWS! I’ve just signed to the awesome japanese record-label ‘Friend of Mine’ who’ve released some of my fave bands like ‘Arms and Sleepers’, ‘Uzi & Ari’ and ‘Fago.Sepia’. My album (yup, Mount Modern) will be released in Japan on the 8th of February. I’m so happy. So happy indeed that I’m giving you the...
Found some old, electronic tracks I made in my...
Hey guys,
If you’re on my mailing-list, later this week you’ll be receiving some tunes I made in my teens. These are some pretty weird, kind of electronic improvisations. They’ll be free for everyone to download, and will only be sent to subscribers of the mailing-list only. So sign up if you’re interested :-) http://dadrocks.tumblr.com/newsletter
Much love!
Dad
Our time and future histories.: ALBUMS OF 2011 →
davejs:
DAD ROCKS! – MOUNT MODERN
Mimas’ frontman Snævar Njáll Albertsson’s solo project Dad Rocks! has, for the past few years, been one of the most interesting acoustic acts around, blending Albertsson’s unique vocal style with intricate yet understated instrumentation in an accessible yet…
December 2011
6 posts
davejs asked: I finally got my hands on Mount Modern, and I have to say, it's absolutely incredible. Kudos, sir. Hope to see you live in the new year!
Anonymous asked: Will you ever stop making awesome music??
Album of the year?
I don’t know about that, but these people think it’s one of the best this year. I’m flattered!
The 405 (Please, please follow the link and vote for the album on the webpage!)
Glasgow Podcart
Extinguish
Aye Tunes
Lazy Acre Records
It’s Raining Planes and Helicopters
And Marcus Gilmer at The A.V. club really liked it too :-)
Sweet!
I did a session with Breakthru Radio in New York!
Watch it here:
Dad Rocks! - BTR Live Studio [ep77] from BreakThru Radio TV on Vimeo.
I am supporting 'Owen'! Did ya hear me??
Hey dudes,
Just pretty excited to tell you that I’m supporting one of the biggest legends in the history of music. This will take place here:
Feb 2nd - Brighton - Green Door Store
Feb 5th - London - The Old Blue Last
Also some darn nice reviews been showing up:
Musical Mathematics: (10/10)
Mount Modern is one of those albums that you will always come back to, one of those albums that...
November 2011
17 posts
Dad Rocks! on the feature page of Spotify in the...
Along with Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga. Not bad, eh?
Downaging - Video!
Hey friends, foes and followers!
Good friends of mine Nikolaj Skjold and Kristian Vestergaard made this video for ‘Downaging’. Do not show this to your kids. We’re talking sci-fi and gore! Blood and everything! Check this shit out:
Mount Modern rated 9/10 on Drowned In Sound. Wow
So happy about this dudes!!
‘Mount Modern is one of the albums of the year without question - Albertsson’s is a unique, gentle and much-needed authorial voice that humanises our often trend-fixated indie turf, and Dad Rocks! is a new band that feels like it should have always been here. This album positively glows with world-wise gentility, and I willingly join the fast-growing...
Mount Modern T-shirt for sale
Hey friends!
There’s a Mount Modern t-shirt for sale on Bandcamp now. I only have 30 of them, so grab ‘em while ya can: http://dadrocks.bandcamp.com/album/mount-modern
I SEE NOISE: For once a spectator. →
iseenoise:
Last night I got to enjoy going to a gig. It doesn’t happen very often which is a shame. I know that I work in a venue but there is a huge difference to working, and doing sound at a show, to just being able to relax and enjoy music and hang out with friends. It was a lovely night and a perfect…
Mount Remix for free download!
Beloved friends. Here is the remix version of Mount Modern. All songs have been remixed by fans of Dad Rocks!. It’s totally free, and there are loads of awesome stuff on this. Go ahead!
<a href=”http://dadrocks.bandcamp.com/album/mount-remix” _mce_href=”http://dadrocks.bandcamp.com/album/mount-remix”>Mount Remix by Dad Rocks! + fans</a>
November 6th - Glasgow - Steve-O/Jackass
Toby and I woke up in bed together (nothing happened, seriously), and we both thought we needed more sleep. Toby than slepped some more while I took a shower, and had a long Skype talk with my girlfriend. Man, I really miss the guys at home. Can’t wait to see them again. When Toby woke up we headed out to see the sights in Edinburgh, and man what a beautiful city. Shit. So happy to have...
November 5th - Edinburgh - 'I'll kill ya' you...
We woke up in Middelsborough, and realized that we missed the coach the Edinburgh. Good job idiots! After a quick peanut butter and jam sandwich we hurried down to the coach station, and the kind lady said that there were no more coached to Edinburgh, and we were all like what the fuck, and asked her please to check if there was any way we could make it to Edinburgh, and apparently she had been...
November 4th - Middelsborough - 'Worthless Balls
October 4th - Tour diary - ‘Worthless balls’ I woke up in Leeds to the smell of a beautiful veggie english breakfast. Phillip the promoter had made us a really nice meal. We watched a bit of Jeremy Kyle and he was disgusting. Tragic. Phillip was very good to us and bought our CD’s and took us down to the bus. We found the coach station and started the long journey to...
November 3rd - Tour diary - 'if you're not back on...
Woke up in Tobys room beside the hobbit. Luckily no limbs had been eaten off by mice, cockroaches or one of the three deformed dogs. Or the hobbit for that matter. Good start. With only 4 hours of sleep, we were kinda slow and tired. We decided to have breakfast before heading to the coach at Victoria Station. This resulted in one of the meanest, ungraceful, most extreme runs from the tube-station...
WatchGuys…! My debut album! It’s out now :-) Have a listen dudes!
Nice one!
Awesome live-review on The Fly of my London show! Yay :-)
http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/reviews/live-reviews/11047/live-review:-dad-rocks!
October 2nd - London - 'I'll chop him up in his...
Right.. We woke up in Folkestone, and I took a shower. Toby thought he didn’t have time for one, but he did. And he also had a toast with jam on it. I was tweeting and downloading movies for the road. Pretty good. Alex the promoter took us to the coach station, and everything was fine and dandy, although we kind of remembered we didn’t drink enough coffee, so we went to the nearest...
Tour diary #1 - Folkstone
Toby (Shoes and Socks Off) and I got on the coach to Folkestone, and were really looking forward to ride with National Express for 10 days. Hooraah. Things started off good. We were chatting, leaning, and laughing. All of a sudden this dude enters the toilet and starts throwing up in the sink. Fair enough we thought, but then the smell entered our nostrils, and it was horrid. We felt sorry for him...
party on a boat, tonight!
shoesandsocksoff:
come come come
God he’s good.
shoes and socks off: tour with DAD ROCKS! →
shoesandsocksoff:
today i am meeting Snævar in Brighton. we might play a little set somewhere if we can find a party. officially, the tour starts tomorrow. here’s the dates:
tuesday 1st november 2011 - The Greyhound Tour - The View, Folkestone wednesday 2nd november 2011 - The Greyhound Tour - Tamesis Dock,…
October 2011
17 posts
Big Scary Monsters Records Rocks!
Hey dudes!
If you’re not able to make it out for one of my UK dates, do head over to BSM Records webshop and order a copy of the album there. It just for a lovely 9.5/10 at the 405, so that must mean it’s pretty good?
Love!
Dad
9.5 / 10 at The 405. Holy shit.
Hey guys, check the very first review of my album ’ Mount Modern’ here at the 405: http://thefourohfive.com/review/article/dad-rocks-mount-modern It’s beautiful.
I just landed in the UK, was hoping to do an extra house-show in Brighton tonight, but instead I’m gonna watch Shapes and &U&I in the very same city. Can’t wait to see some of you on tour! Yay!
Meet remixer #13 - Bloodsport/Eliot Humphreys
Name: Bloodsport/Eliot Humphreys Country/city: Wales/Wrexham Favourite Meal: Marmite sandwich Last Listened to: Fallacies Link to your music: http://soundcloud.com/bldsprt
PS: Apparently I have 13 remixers and only 12 songs!
Uk tour - can't wait for this shit to go down
01.11.2011 - The View, Folkestone, UK 02.11.2011 - Tamesis Dock, London, UK 03.11.2011 - The Caledonia, Liverpool, UK 04.11.2011 - House-show, Newcastle 05.11.2011 - Henry’s Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, UK 06.11.2011 - 13th Note, Glasgow, UK 07.11.2011 - Royal Parks Cellar, Leeds, UK 08.11.2011 - The Castle, Manchester, UK 09.11.2011 - The Frog and Fiddle, Cheltenham, UK 10.11.2011 - Olive,...
Meet remixer #12 - Jacob Frederiksen
Full name: Jacob Frederiksen Country/City: Denmark/copenhagen Favorite meal: Most kind of burgers Last listened to: Lcd soundsystem with “45:33” Link to your music: thebasementsessions.dk soundcloud.com/thebasementsessions twitter.com/basementsongs
Come see me at Iceland Airwaves and CMJ!
Iceland Airwaves:
Friday - 14. Oct -13.30 - Nordic House Saturday - 15 Oct - 16.00 - Kex Saturday - 15 Oct - 20.00 - Bar 11 Saturday - 15 Oct - 22.30 - Harpa Kaldalón (Official concert!)
US and CMJ dates:
Oct. 18th - NY - The Living Room (CMJ) (3:00 PM) Oct. 19th - NY - Breakthru Session Oct. 19th - NY - Angels and Kings (CMJ) Oct. 20th - NY - Spike Hill (CMJ) (1:15 PM) Oct. 20th - NY...
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shoesandsocksoff:
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UK pre-order up now at Big Scary Monsters!
Hey friends!
The awesome people at Big Scary Monsters Records have put my album up for pre-order for you UK’ers. Support this awesome label! http://bsmrocks.com/shop/
Love you.
WatchNew single y’all! Plus freeeeee b-side!
