Sep 24, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 36th Songs of the Week of 2021. Whereas last week’s list was a supersized Top 14, this week was a bit calmer, with 10 songs we particularly liked. More

Sep 20, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Danish trio Efterklang are releasing a new album, Windflowers, on October 8 via City Slang. Now they have shared its third single, “Hold Me Close When You Can,” via a video featuring images submitted by their fans. More

Aug 23, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Danish trio Efterklang are releasing a new album, Windflowers, on October 8 via City Slang. Now they have shared its second single, “Dragonfly,” via a video for it. They have also announced some new 2022 North American tour dates. More

Jun 18, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 23rd Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a strong week for new songs, so we ended up with a Top 12 and some excellent honorable mentions as well. This is a very Scandinavian Songs of the Week, with artists from Denmark (two of them), Sweden, and Norway. More

Jun 18, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Danish trio Efterklang have announced a new album, Windflowers, and shared its first single, “Living Other Lives,” via a video for it. More

Mar 17, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Legendary UK label 4AD are celebrating their 40th anniversary (which was technically last year) with Bills & Aches & Blues, a new compilation album in which current artists on the label cover songs by other artists on the label. The whole album is due out April 2, but they are also releasing it each vinyl side (or five tracks) at a time and today we get Tune-Yards covering The Breeders’ “Cannonball,” Helado Negro covering Deerhunter’s “Futurism,” Spencer covering Grimes’ “Genesis,” Efterklang covering Piano Magic’s “Postal,” and Bing and Ruth covering Pixies’ “Gigantic.” More

Dec 08, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Casper Clausen, frontman of Danish trio Efterklang, has just shared a new single titled “Ocean Wave.” This is the second single from his upcoming debut solo album, Better Way, which will be released on January 9, 2021 via City Slang. More

Oct 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Casper Clausen, frontman of Danish trio Efterklang, has announced his debut solo album, Better Way via City Slang, and shared its first single, the nearly nine-minute long “Used to Think.” More

Nov 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Danish trio Efterklang released their first new album in seven years, Altid Sammen, in September via 4AD. Now they have announced some new tour dates for 2020 that will be their first U.S. tour dates in seven years. They have also done a new live session for Brodie Sessions, which was shot on 16mm film. More

Sep 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Danish trio Efterklang are releasing their first new album in seven years, Altid Sammen, on Sept 20 via 4AD. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Uden ansigt,” via a lyric video. More

Aug 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Danish trio Efterklang are releasing their first new album in seven years, Altid Sammen, on Sept 20 via 4AD. Now they have shared another song from the album, “I dine øjne,” via a video for the track that features iconic model/photographer Helena Christensen. More

Jun 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Danish trio Efterklang have announced their first new album in seven years, Altid Sammen, and shared a video for its first single, “Vi er uendelig.” The video features iconic model/photographer Helena Christensen. They have also announced some tour dates. More

Jan 14, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

After a decade as a band, Efterklang will say goodbye with a final show on Feb. 26. More

Apr 03, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

A Greek warrior, a knight, a pistol dueler, a hippie, a guy in a bear costume, and a host of other seemingly unconnected individuals all find themselves the focus of Efterklang‘s new music video. More

Oct 12, 2012 By Laura Studarus

We’re big fans of Efterklang’s dreamy orchestral pop soundscapes. Needless to say we were pleased when the band agreed to participate in our ongoing Mixtape series. More

Sep 05, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

This month Copenhagen-based trio Efterklang will release their latest LP Piramida on 4AD. More

Jul 30, 2011 By Laura Studarus

There’s a whole lotta music going on to benefit Japan. Two major complations were announced today featuring (among others): Love is All, Casiokids, Ariel Pink, Chairlift, Deerhoof and more. We have the detials. More

Jul 13, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Polyvinyl have released a compilation to help raise money for Japan, which suffered a devastating tsunami in March of this year. More

Oct 08, 2009 By Laura Studarus

Our News Roundup briefly reports on various entertainment news stories that are circulating the web. Slumberland Records celebrates 20 years. The Love Language, Miles Kurosky, and Efterklang all sign to new labels. Glenn Beck jokes about liking Muse. Ulrich Schnauss says Guns N’Roses ripped him off. Trans AM announces a new live album/DVD. Gary Ross is writing (and possibly directing) the Spider-Man spin-off movie Venom. Daft Punk will appear in Tron Legacy. And a new Doctor Who logo has been revealed. More

Oct 17, 2012 By Sam Cleeve

Most records these days come with a steroid-bolstered PR narrative in tow, but the backstory to Efterklang’s fourth studio effort, Piramida, has more traction than those of its peers. Before even setting foot in the studio, the Danish three-piece decamped to abandoned Russian settlement Piramida on Spitsbergen for just over a week, collecting over 1000 sounds from around the ghost town. More