My vinyl-rip posts of late have been—to say the least—leaning esoteric, so here's something with a backbeat for all you rockers in the room...sort of.
Boojwah Kids were a Captain Beefheart-influenced band from Stockholm, with a scrappy post-punk sound falling somewhere near the intersection of Rustic Hinge and early Scritti Politti. This e.p. represents perhaps their most well-known release outside of Sweden, though the full-length LP that followed it, Till Skydd För Minnet (1981), is also excellent.
Nowadays, Boojwah Kids' bandleader Ralf Nygård plays with Michael Maksymenko of Kräldjursanstalten (the other Beefheart-obsessed band from 1980s Sweden) in a new project called The Reference Group. Boojwah Kid Olle Stockman is still rocking postmodern in the band Tow Truck Two.
Linda
Boojwah Bas-Tu/Den Pölsan Glömmer Jag Aldrig
Pöjke Moter Flicka (Kärnkraften Gör Oss Alla På Smällen)
Hatten Av/Med Oasen Mot Asen
This is excellent!
Thank you for bring my attention to this group.
Posted by: poga | June 04, 2008 at 11:18 AM