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SPOT Festival 2014: Glass

glass7It’s almost here. SPOT Festival in Aarhus open its gates May 1-4. And this duo out of Copenhagen made up of two drummers is one of Team Poule’s total favorites in the line-up. Glass only have one song out yet, the banging Screams, and it already is very apparent that these cool cats are not messing around. Seriously good music. Cannot wait to hear from them – all within the cozy setup of SPOT Festival.

SPOT14-MIXTAPE 650x325One week til SPOT Festival in Aarhus where on May 1st doors open for three nights of music, movies and general Danish extravaganza. In a good tradition of covering Danish festivals here at Poule headquarters, we like to rely on the vast knowledge and exquisite taste of fellow music blog and expert of everything dansk Good Because Danish.

To get in the mood of SPOT Festival’s ace line-up this year, we put together a mixtape with our favorites. Presenting: The Sound of SPOT Festival – as heard by Good Because Danish and Poule d’Or. Hit play, and if you will be at SPOT next week, let’s grab a couple of cold ones!

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quick quick obey

Only seven days til SPOT Festival – and you know Team Poule enjoys counting some days. Quick Quick Obey are one of the hottest names on the line-up, and that is just common sense. The Danish quartet serves a refreshing indie pop breeze that should be a great show on Saturday afternoon at Musikhuset.

Word on the street is, they are busily working on their debut album which is expected to be out this summer. Attached is Hold Your Breath, good music.

SPOT Festival 2014: Amason

amasonAmason are neither Brazilian nor your favorite online retailer – instead they are somewhat of an Swedish super group sharing members with Miike Snow, Idiot Wind, Dungeon and Little Majorette. They’ll be an absolute must-see at Aarhus’ SPOT Festival next month: 1-4 May.

Attached is their perfect summer folk’ish song Went To War.

equateurFew things are as good as riding your bike through pouring rain when it’s warm outside. With that in mind, Parisian electro-pop-grandeurs Equateur released their new EP titled Lava this Monday. A three-track synth ride through the endless 80s space. A great collection. The duo already shared a track for the 9th Poule d’Or compilation a hefty two years ago, and now, they even sound better. Ace production on this new EP that is out on Zappruder, now.

Attached is Cheval Noir – a really dark and cold song right in the New Wave vein, but very optimistic at the same time.

jujujusHamburg’s finest electro-tupperware-fused trio The JUJUJUs just released their debut album Musique Concrète. A 55-minute 12-track beat-packed electro pop joy ride that might well be the soundtrack to your Saturday night, post-3am. At the same time it’s epically laid back and even on a lazy Sunday afternoon – recovering from that Saturday night – the three girls’ debut serves as a great musical companion. Attached is their current single Help Myself. Musique Concrète is out now.

Also, if you happen to be in Hamburg this Friday, April 25th – go see the 2010s Tic Tac Toe at Grüner Jäger.