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From the latest issue of Mojo (May 2025):
It only took 34 years. Motorpsycho have finally named an album, their 24th, after themselves, reflecting a reset for the founding core of guitarist Hans Magnus Ryan and singer-bassist Bent Sæther, now trimmed to a zealously multi-tracking duo with orbiting drummers and textural-cameo guests. The effect is a sprawling unity of hard-psych marathons with wrecking-ball swing – the motorik entrance Lucifer, Bringer of Light, the dawn-light charge of guitars and vocal chrome in Balthazaar – bridged with jangling dynamite (Core Memory Corrupt) and duelling axes power-blues with Dungen’s Reine Fiske (The Comeback). There is knife-edged solace in laird of Heimly and Bed of Roses, evoking the cello-lined tensions of Creem’s Wheels Of Fire, while at 21 minutes, Neotzar (The Second Coming) is a whipsaw momentum with all of those extremes – an extended peak in this epic, non-stop rebirth party. (4/5)
David FrickeIn case anybody is wondering who Balthazar is – look no further: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HNGciQjawI4&pp=ygUPQmFsdGhhemFyIGNoaWxk
The cartoon was shown regularitet on Norwegian children’s TV in the 1970s. Watch until the end, and you’ll recognize the three descending “Balthazar”.
@Krist: When Motorpsycho first mentioned the Comeback Tour on their Instagram page (October 10th), they @-ed onkelfuzzbass (obviously), @reinisen (semi-obviously) and @ingvaldvassboe. No mention of Olaf O. there. My guess then was that Ingvald would do the entire tour, but his tendonitis may stop him, of course.
Theo Jak seems to be Stockholm-based – he’s listed as one of the tattooers here: https://infamousstudio.com/
Did anybody attend this? Yesterday in Skien, Snah and Bent talked about music and life, and apparently brought along their accoustic guitars.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=818530490302507&set=pb.100064366916553.-2207520000&locale=nb_NO
(Adding it all up, in addition to correcting ThorEgil’s misprinted date for the Bodø festival.)
27.04.2024 AUS, Echoes of Erebos, Vienna
12.06.2024 NO, Bergenfest, Bergen
14-15.06.2024 NO, Vervenfestivalen, Horten
26.06.2024 NO, Tons of Rock, Oslo
29.06.2024 DE, “BANDHAUS ÜBER ERFURT”-Festival / Erfurt
10-13.07.2024 NO, Rootsfestivalen, Brønnøysund
16-17.07.2024 NO, Alta Live, Alta
18.07.2024 NO, Moldejazz, Molde
19-20.07.2024 NO, Buktafestivalen, Tromsø
27.07.2024 NO, Månefestivalen, Fredrikstad
16-17.08.2024 NO, Parkenfestivalen, BodøI told my friend that I had published his thoughts here, and he is now unstoppable:
He has changed his mind – he thinks the song with the jam was Whip That Ghost (which makes sense), Both Ryan and Fiske had great (and very different) solos.
His hearing isn’t too good, he’s deaf in one ear. Still, the sound seemed to loud, a view that was shared with others he talked to post-show. He couldn’t make out the lyrics at all.
A friend from the area says that it was not a full house, probably three quarters full. It was a hall with seats, so, with the exception of a woman in front of him who danced while seated in her seat
, nobody danced. He saw many strangers, and guesses that many in the audience had come from afar, including other countries. The band was in good mood, even if they only played one encore. My friend is not a diehard Psychonaut, and does not know all the song titles, but says that one of the Yay!-songs had a longish jam/improvisational part.
About Oluf, he says that he noticed his stiff upper arms. He felt that Oluf did what he should, but adds (with a smiley) that his favourite drummer is Ralph Molina.
A fine concert, with several glorious moments, but still: I’m not gonna go all “Tomas forever, Ringo never!”, but there was something missing last night. Looking at the setlist, they played nothing from the Kapstad era and only two songs from the Järmyr years. It may be a coincidence, but I felt that they picked songs that were more suited to the drummer at hand. No long songs, no long and far out jams, and hardly any song that didn’t follow a 4/4-beat.
Still, plenty of highlights. The accoustic set was very fine; I especially enjoyed “Mad Sun”. Also, before the final accoustic song, somebody shouted “She Used To Be A Twin”. Bent looked almost surprised, and answered “Good call! We’ve forgotten that one. Maybe next time”. Hopefully it will re-surface.
Also, it is always nice to hear old favourites from the 90s. The two encores from Demon Box brings back memories for an oldtimer like myself.
They opened with “Cold and Bored”. I had thin hopes that they would make this the first Motorpsycho-concert where the opening and closing songs rhymed. Unfortunately, no “Golden Gore” appeared.
More ramblings here (Norwegian only): https://kulturguffen.blogspot.com/2023/09/motorpsycho-usf-bergen-1692023.html
It seems as if Motorpsycho played an accoustic set in Trondheim yesterday, at the Eat The Rich-festival. Just Snah and Bent. Several short films on Instagram (and possibly elsewhere). Anybody there?
Not a review, but a long interview with NRK.
https://www.nrk.no/kultur/xl/motorpsycho-ga-nesten-opp-_-na-kommer-de-med-en-_varplate_-1.16433836
Bergens Tidende gives the show 4/6. The review opens with the statement “There’s no point trying to understand this show”.
https://www.bt.no/kultur/anmeldelser/i/rlXwKm/gjennomfoert-rar-eksplosiv-og-stoeyete
Yeah, a nice show, but it’s not the same without a drummer. The dancer was fun. They ended with Sister Ray; the only song with vocals.
Might as well include the two shows in Bergen this spring.
31.05.2023 NO Bergen – Den Nationale Scene
01.06.2023 NO Bergen – Den Nationale Scene
(both shows with the dancer Hooman Sharifi)22.06.2023 UK Southampton – The 1865
23.06.2023 UK London – O2 Academy, Islington
24.06.2023 UK Colchester – Arts Centre
25.06.2023 UK Leeds – The Key Club15.09.2023 NO Haugesund – Høvleriet
30.09.2023 NO Sandane – Trivselshagen
07.10.2023 DK Copenhagen – Hotel Cecil
08.10.2023 DE Hamburg – Knust10.10.2023 DE Oldenburg – Kulturetage
11.10.2023 DE Düsseldorf – Zakk
12.10.2023 NL Tilburg – 013
13.10.2023 NL Utrecht – TivoliVredenburg
14.10.2023 NL Zwolle – Hedon17.10.2023 DE Reutlingen – franzK
18.10.2023 CH Châtelaine – PTR Usine20.10.2023 IT Livorno – Cage
21.10.2023 IT Cesena – Vidia
22.10.2023 IT Roma – Orion24.10.2023 IT Milano – Santeria Toscana 31
25.10.2023 CH Zürich – Rote Fabrik26.10.2023 DE Nürnberg – Z-Bau
27.10.2023 DE Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal
28.10.2023 DE Dresden – Beatpol
29.10.2023 DE Berlin – SO36Tour of India
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15.01.2023 – IND Bengaluru, Fandom at Gilly’s Redefined
20.01.2023 – IND Informal, Connaught Place, Dehli (as special guests at F5’s album launch)Summer
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24./25.06.2023 – UK Leicester, HHR Psych (show day tba)
