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The Bear Quartet is an indie rock group from Luleå in northern Sweden. They have been playing since 1989 and making records at a steady rate since 1992, always getting great reviews but never selling much.
The Bear Quartet are Mattias Alkberg on vocals and guitar, Jari Haapalainen on guitar, Peter Nuottaniemi on bass guitar, Jejo Perkovic on drums and Carl Olsson on keyboards. Peter and Mattias write the lyrics, Mattias, Jari and Carl write the music.
The Bear Quartet have spawned many side projects, they can almost be seen as the “hub” of Swedish pop music. Mattias sings and plays in Mattias Alkberg BD, whose debut album Tunaskolan released in 2004 was very well received by the critics and audience. Punk in Swedish. Jari produces lots of other artists, such as Nicolai Dunger, Ed Harcourt, Kristofer Åström, The Concretes and Frida Hyvönen, and plays with Maria from The Concretes in Heikki. Carl has Paddington DC, some kind of noise electro pop.
The name “Bear Quartet” is taken from Klas Östergrens book Gentlemen.
The album titles follow an interesting naming scheme: every title is two words, of which the first ends with a “y”.
All albums are released on Skellefteå-based independent label A West Side Fabrication.
The Bear Quartet are Mattias Alkberg on vocals and guitar, Jari Haapalainen on guitar, Peter Nuottaniemi on bass guitar, Jejo Perkovic on drums and Carl Olsson on keyboards. Peter and Mattias write the lyrics, Mattias, Jari and Carl write the music.
The Bear Quartet have spawned many side projects, they can almost be seen as the “hub” of Swedish pop music. Mattias sings and plays in Mattias Alkberg BD, whose debut album Tunaskolan released in 2004 was very well received by the critics and audience. Punk in Swedish. Jari produces lots of other artists, such as Nicolai Dunger, Ed Harcourt, Kristofer Åström, The Concretes and Frida Hyvönen, and plays with Maria from The Concretes in Heikki. Carl has Paddington DC, some kind of noise electro pop.
The name “Bear Quartet” is taken from Klas Östergrens book Gentlemen.
The album titles follow an interesting naming scheme: every title is two words, of which the first ends with a “y”.
All albums are released on Skellefteå-based independent label A West Side Fabrication.
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89
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Halmet
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Sweet Beef
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Least Loved (Of The Unloved)
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Carry Your Weight
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I Am Your Sister
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I Was A Weapon
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On The Map
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Reanimation Of The Dead Sea
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Shoutbox
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Pierre_Bezukhov wrote:
Anyone know where to download some of their stuff? I already have 89, Eternity Now, and Personality Crisis. I want more but can't find any. Thanks.
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Viktorini wrote:
I was a weapon give me the chills, the guitar brings pictures of someting freezing to ice,
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hullerombuller wrote:
BQ Live i Gbg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vycF6Cegt5k ******* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uMeANf3IwI ****** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=com4rxHOlX4 ******* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qR1zOmphlQ ********
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kraut-x wrote:
Märkligt att Sweet Beef låter mer som Sabbath Bloody Sabbath än Sweet Leaf. Fast det kanske inte ens är tänkt att man ska dra Black Sabbath-paralleller?
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Undulaten wrote:
89 växer.
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road_to_ruin wrote:
Jag håller med, 89 är verkligen jättebra.
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henriklundstrom wrote:
Oj vad bra nya 89 ar.
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ElectricDylan wrote:
89 är årets skiva, lätt!
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emor2000 wrote:
89 smakar bra, ser bra ut och låter bra!
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staffanrislund wrote:
Ny skön musikblogg på www.blogg.poplåtar.se Apbra texter om Andreas Mattsson, Montt Mardié, Glenn Gould, Daft Punk, Piazzolla, Bowie, Carole King, Jamie T, Lenny Kravitz med flera!
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RagingRED wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S59FUNCRow8&feature=related This excites me about the new album :D Carrying on the dark sound of Eternity but returning to a more accessible pop/rock sound. AND it sounds different from any other album they've made!
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Lortagreb wrote:
De kommer nog aldrig att toppa Eternity Now. Speciellt inte efter ha hört de nya låtarna, helt gudomliga live igår dock.
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ElectricDylan wrote:
Nytt med BQ: http://www.adrianfiles.com/thebearquartet/
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mc_bere wrote:
Hey this is pretty good. I got the album Eternity Now, and really like it. I had no clue these guys have made so many records. Most def gonna check them out too!
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mooneyed8 wrote:
fucking great.
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Karppaky wrote:
The Bear Quartet är briljant. De är så ghey. Jag älskar dem
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Regalus wrote:
All Your Life kan mycket väl vara bland det allra bästa jag nånsin hört!! Hoppas de släpper nytt snart och återgår till den mer punkiga stilen..
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AWSF wrote:
For your information, the classic Bear Quartet album "Moby dick" are on sale right now (only two EUROS), as well as their EP "I have an itch", in our web-shop store. If you´re interested, follow this link: http://shop.textalk.se/en/shopwindow.php?id=395&shopwindow=3290
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staffanrislund wrote:
DÅ: Under slutet av nittiotalet och början av 2000-talet fanns en sajt vid namn skivsamling.nu. Detta var inte bara ett nördigt skivsamlarställe utan också hemvist för det roligaste musikdiskussionsforumet i stan. Sen försvann skivsamling.nu p.g.a. olika slags datahaverier. Åren gick, många gjorde försök att engagera sig på andra musikforum men något fattades och med jämna mellanrum kunde man läsa inlägg där före detta skivsamling.nu-medlemmar skrev och berättade om hur mycket man saknade sin gamla sajt och hur hemsk och kall världen kändes utan den. NU: En ny diskussionsgrupp med det fyndiga namnet skivsamling.nu startar på last.fm. Några av de gamla skivsamling.nu-medlemmarna har redan hittat dit men vi vill fortfarande bli fler och jakten går därför vidare på nya musiknördar som inte tycker att livet är komplett utan ett riktigt bra diskussionsforum. ALLTSÅ: Anslut dig till vår glada grupp.
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Bergatroll wrote:
Arguable, but definitely among the best.
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