Lonely Punk
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Artwork by Anne Angelshaug
Our pal Julian Mills, who drew our burning eagle and indian chief for our record sleeve, and his band Lonely Punk just released a record called From The Wilderness. It´s absolutely brilliant. Check it out, stream it or buy it at Gogoyoko.com: http://www.gogoyoko.com/#/album/from_the_wilderness
Myspace for you old-school people: http://www.myspace.com/lonelypunkx
Tags: album, gogoyoko, julian mills, kevin by, music
Message to all members of Club FTM
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This was first and foremost a experiment for us. We wanted to see if we could manage our own social network and keep things tight with our fans. Ning.com that provides this service now demands money for us to let us continue. We have looked at the activity both from us and you users and we have chosen to close down our little club for now. If you have any questions direct them at dungeonmaster@firetop-mountain.com
PS: we´re only closing down Club FTM, not our home page. Don´t freak out OK 
Love
Firetop Mountain
Recording drums for new album/EP/demo whatever
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We recently decided to buy ourselves an external sound card AKA audio interface to record on our own. I´ve picked up a few tricks by playing around with programs like Cubase and Ableton and we´ve always been very DIY in spirit. Our new baby is a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40, capable of recording 8 track simultaneously. This weekend we recorded drums for 5 new songs.
You sure that goes there?
The Saffire Pro 40
We´re using Ableton Live 8 if you were wondering. I can´t recommend that program enough. Here´s a little video to end this blog post with a bang. See you soon.
Tags: DIY, drums, focusrite, saffire, studio
Happy Christmas everyone!
Posted by Michael | Filed under Uncategorized
A giant hug to all our fans for making 2009 so wonderful for us. See you next year!
First gig of 2010 confirmed
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Firetop Mountain is in the process of booking shows for 2010 and the first one confirmed for the new year will be just like coming home. The 10th of February we will come to Garage and with us we have a wonderful band from Finland called Getawaycab. They sound like a mix between Mew and Weezer; slightly geeky with a lot of finesse and fine details. We especially like the song So Long. Hear it on MySpace.
Firetop Mountain to be featured on Oslo 2 compilation
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We’re happy to announce that How Can You Dance At A Time Like This will be featured on the Oslo 2 compilation, alongside bands like My Little Pony, Hiawata!, Monzano and more.
The CD will be out on Spoon Train Audio the second of November 2009. Can’t wait!
Tags: indie, Oslo 2, spoon train audio
Firetop Mountain on Spotify
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We’re finally on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/album/4XuYQMLz5mtAPZAJ6DhKOE
The whole debut album album excluding the two CD bonus tracks Astronaut and Underdog.
Happy listening!
Tags: album, firetop mountain, indie, pop, rock, spotify
Interview at Write Click Cook Listen - a blog about indie music and cooking
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We’ve just been interviewed on a very unusual blog. The blog is about indie music (not so special) but also about cooking (not so special either, but the combination is). It’s really a stand out blog. Be sure to bookmark it.
Tags: baker's dozen, cook, cooking, indie, listen, usa, write
Thanks to all the earthlings
Posted by Michael | Filed under Uncategorized
Feels like we haven’t got around to thank all enough for coming to our gig at Palace Grill this monday. We had a great time and we will forever remember this night.
The record is now out on Platekompaniet in Norway but in a day or two you can also buy it from retailers like CDON, iTunes and even listen to it on Spotify. We’ll be sure to tell you when it happens.
Tomorrow we’re going to Hamar to play at Seb’s Hotel for our “home-crowd”. Yeah, we’re all from the Hamar-area. A sleepy but very nice town full of rock hungry earthlings. Hope to see you there!
Tags: CDON, concert, debut album, firetop mountain, gig, indians aren't afraid of heights, indie, iTunes, norway, platekompaniet, Seb's Hotel, spotify
Blogger-love is all around
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Two friends of ours have both mentioned our record and release party on their blogs. Thank you, Aina and Milla.
Sleeping Beauty and Blogging is the right of all sentient beings (übercool name!)
Tags: blog, concert, firetop mountain, gig, indians aren't afraid of heights, indie, live, oslo, palace grill, photos, pop, review, rock
