Labrador Asian Tour with Club 8 & Pelle Carlberg

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Coming in from the cold to warm our hearts with songs dipped in charm and honesty, make a date with Club 8 and Pelle Carlberg of Swedish label Labrador for an intimate double bill session at the Esplanade Recital Studio. Visiting Singapore for the first time on their Asia tour, they'll be bringing their unique sound as two of Sweden's finest indie pop bands. Pelle Carlberg writes with a straight-from-the-diary honesty, and lines his catchy yet intimate tunes with sunny choruses and comforting instrumentation. Club 8 have been tagged as one of the most important indie pop bands in Sweden, and return from a five-year hiatus to fill the gap they left behind with shimmering baroque-pop.

So grab a seat and enjoy a comfortable evening of poetry set to song with Club 8 & Pelle Carlberg.

23 January 2008, 8PM.
Esplanade Recital Studio,
1 Esplanade Drive.
6828-8377
Ticket sales start 2 Jan thru SISTIC, $65 (excluding SISTIC booking fee).

http://www.myspace.com/club8
http://www.myspace.com/pellecarlberg

 

[BrainFailure]

ticket price's kinda exp but i guess im going.
for their gig in shanghai it's only 40 bux=(

 

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i know. We've tried our best to keep ticket prices low to make the gig more accessible. 65 for 2 bands for a 2 hour concert at the Esplanade is quite reasonable.

They're playing at Hong Kong's HITEC for 350HKD.

 

[BrainFailure]

haha,i see.but kinda suprised they're coming here though i knew it a while ago.
i missed their gig in beijing about 2 years ago.
and about the shanghai gig coz my friend's related to the gig organizer so im just saying it=)
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off topic:
can you pliz bring in Clap Your Hands Say Yeah too?@.@

 

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Hahaha... We'll see about CYHSY.

hope to se you at the gig. tell all your friends!

 

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Tickets now on sale through SISTIC online, hotline, offline.


Join us on the Facebook Event Group for updates.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9110090902

 

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For those who have no clue as to who Club 8 or Pelle Carlberg is.

This is their soundbite:

Club 8 - Whatever You Want

Pelle Carlberg - I Love You, You Imbecile

 

[hootie]

just found out about this

im a new club 8 fan
after checking out the glowing reviews over at AV Club

ticket prices are kinda steep tho
considering that TNS's Fringe Festival is also concurrent
and B Quartet's album launch is happening the weekend after

hootie

 

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Well consider that it's $32.50 per band, it's definitely worth it. =)

Money well spent... for fans of Belle & Sebastien, The Smiths, Camera Obscura, St Etienne, Acid House Kings, etc


Review of Club 8's latest album here
http://www.playbackstl.com/content/view/6809/157/

and another one on CoolAddict
http://cooladdict.com/?p=23

and one more from Pitchfork
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/45677-swedens-club-8-cant-istop-dreamingi-on-new-lp


Reviews of Pelle Carlberg's offering "In A Nutshell " here too.

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/47389/pelle-carlberg-in-a-nutshell/

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45287-in-a-nutshell

 

[boomslang20117]

Club 8

would club 8 or Pelle Carlberg be performing 1st? and how long would each set be?

 

[trippyfactory]

When my girlfriend & I saw the poster in Esplanade, on the 13th of Jan(catching Beauty World)...that was it. We went straight to the box office to purchase the tickets.

Good sincere pop music, all the way from Sweden. $65+$2=worth ever cent. Sure beats flying to China and Sweden to catch this band perform!

See you all there for the show. Cheers!

 

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MTV Asia interview with Johan Angergard of Club 8.

http://www.mtvasia.com/Feature/Entertainment/20080121000534/index.html


Boomslang:
As for the gig itself, Pelle Carlberg would be playing first followed by a short intermisssion and Club 8 would take to the stage after.

Both bands would be playing full sets of about 45min - 1 hour each.

There would also be an autograph session after the concert and merch would be on sale too.

Also, look out for an interview with Johan in ST Life! these next two days.


For those who have not bought tickets... limited seats left. SO HURRY!

 

[hootie]

yeah yeah, its tonight
me and my friend are both new fans
so pretty hyped for tonight

was browsing through pelle's website
http://www.pellecarlberg.se
and found this swanky t shirt!

http://www.pellecarlberg.se/Pelle Carlberg/stor_dam.jpg


niiiiice
hootie