Absent Friend 2: Nikolaj Bruus (Quiet Sonia, My Tjau is Kapow) About growing up post-rock in the Danish 2000s, at least two very inspired bands that never made releases, the Lo-Fi Festival, and more.

An in-depth interview with Nikolaj Bruus (Quiet Sonia / Pink Cotton Candy Records) on his musical projects, recording techniques, the Danish underground scene, Talk Talk, Bark Psychosis, and more: absentfriend.substack.com/p/absent-fri...

Our own label, @pinkcottoncandyrec.bsky.social , is hosting two label nights in Denmark to celebrate 5 years and 20 releases. We’ll be playing at Stengade (Copenhagen) on October 2nd, and at Institut for X (Aarhus) on October 9th, together with Homesickness and Ignacio Córdoba.

No Weeping Veils The Sun, by Tettix Hexer x Quiet Sonia 5 track album

In early summer, our own label, @pinkcottoncandyrec.bsky.social, released this EP, where the electronic IDM/shoegaze artist Tettix Hexer reinterprets our debut EP, "Wild and Bitter Fruits": quietsonia.bandcamp.com/album/no-wee...

Quiet Sonia - Pakhuset (Live) YouTube video by Pink Cotton Candy Records

Saturday we played an 80-minute show in two sets at the venue Pakhuset (Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark), featuring many premieres of new material. We did miss our pianist and singer Frida, though. Here is a video with some clips from the concert: youtu.be/deyrsNWQbEE

Quiet Sonia - On Stage YouTube video by Pink Cotton Candy Records

Playing a rare concert on March 29th at Pakhuset in Nykøbing Sjælland (Denmark). 80 minutes, 2 sets, and plenty of new material - with guest musician Ignacio Córdoba on percussion and machines: www.youtube.com/watch?v=99DK...

How Spotify Remade the Music Industry w/ Liz Pelly — Tech Won't Save Us Paris Marx is joined by Liz Pelly to discuss how Spotify changes how we listen to music and the broader impacts it has on the wider music industry. Liz Pelly is a music journalist and the author of Mood Machine. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon. The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Al…

If you're still feeling like "wait why is everyone mad at Spotify?" and you enjoy listening to podcasts, you would do very well to listen to @lizpelly.bsky.social being interviewed on @techwontsave.us

Liz also has an incredible article on "ghost artists" on Spotify:
harpers.org/archive/2025...

Oh man, sad news. Rest in peace Bill Fay.

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