STINA STJERN

See ya', Norway!

2011-09-15T02:51:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who showed up at our shows in Norway this month! We've had a blast, and will be back very soon!

Thank you Tafjord!

2011-08-08T06:51:00.000-07:00

Had the most wonderful weekend in Tafjord, Norway. Stina Stjern played a show at the small festival, Kulturgytinga, at Olagarden Friday night. I had the pleasure of hanging out all weekend and enjoyed the company of new friends, good music, spectacular nature, good coffee and home made svele. I'm now in Oslo preparing for klubbøya at Tilt tomorrow night! Wednesday we'll go to Kristiansand to play at Pir6. Wonderful to be back in Norway!

And what a Summer it is!

2011-07-14T06:10:00.000-07:00

My home office is now open and I'm enjoying my coffee while trying to organize Stina Stjern stuff. The heavy rain outside makes me think of our performance at the Hove Festival a couple of weeks ago! It was quite wet but also kind of cozy. You can read more about it at Lydverket and Usignert. I also found out that I'm on this fine list of "Top Female Vocalists of All-time" at www.indierockreviews.com. Not too bad, huh? Coming up is a trip to Barcelona (vacation-time with my mom and sister) and 3 Stina Stjern shows in Norway in July and August! Check it out:

Brukbar, Trondheim, Saturday 30th July

Olagarden, Tafjord, Friday 5th August

Klubböya, Tilt, Oslo, Tuesday 9th August

Getting ready for the summer!

2011-06-15T01:23:00.000-07:00

Had the most amazing week practicing with my band here in Copenhagen. Stina Stjern sounds better than ever, and we are now fit for a summer to remember! First up is Gloria Flames, Oslo, Tuesday 28th June, and then we'll head for the HOVE festival.

Dancing Janet

2011-05-06T03:43:00.001-07:00

Here is a wonderful rooftop solo dance by my dear friend Janet Konz. I love the choreography and it's spontaneous and naive vibe! I'm a big fan of solo dancing and loud pop music whenever I'm home alone! Please enjoy and be inspired!

It's good to be back!

2011-04-19T07:25:00.000-07:00

I'm in New York now! Been here for a about a week just enjoying life and hanging out in my old hood Williamsburg/Greenpoint/Bushwick. Last week I played a solo show at Goodbye Blue Monday, and yesterday we made a DIY music video at my friend Janet's house. Think it will turn out great, but more about that later! Tonight We're going to Terminal 5 to see PJ Harvey! Can't wait! Got to love this life!

How my song Tuning was born

2011-03-15T10:45:00.000-07:00

A year after I first moved to Denmark, in 2007, I started a band together with Thomas from the now defunct Danish rock act The Royal Highness. We named ourselves Saint Augustine, but didn't really do much as we were both extremely busy with everything besides Saint Augustine (although we started out quite ambitious and videotaped every rehearsal and posted it on youtube as a diary). It was however during this period my song Tuning first saw the light of day (although we decided to call it "Skissy India"). Check out parts of the songwriting process in this video and listen to the song on the Saint Augustine myspace page (FYI: I'm singing in gibberish):

And this is how it sounds, two years after its origin, on my debut album "Days Like Waves".

Tuning by StinaStjern

I guess you can say it sounds quite different, but you should be able to hear that it is the same song.

Fun fact: I first met Thomas while he worked at Cafe Svejk - an awesome bar selling Czech beer. He got me a job there as bartender, and we had good fun bartending while listening to many great rock albums. Thomas now works for Warner Music in Denmark and I have released my debut as Stina Stjern on my own record label Familien Marklund. Funny how things turn out in life and I am glad we both have achieved some of the many dreams we talked about during the Saint Augustine period.

Sexy knitting

2011-03-07T08:59:00.001-08:00

I have been working on knitting this girl cardigan (see pictures below). Isn't it nice? And guess what? It can actually be yours!!! Listen to the GREAT radio show Sexy on NRK P3 (Norwegian National Broadcasted radio) this week and click here to learn how to win (in Norwegian). It is actually quite easy, and it would be sooo much fun if a lot of people participated.

Girl cardigan size M/S

Yay, reindeers!

Stina Stjern on back

Thanks for showing up at Akers Mek

2011-02-21T17:05:00.000-08:00

We had a blast playing at Akers Mek in Oslo last friday. Great crowd, great music (Philco Fiction also played) and great DJ. Hope to see you the next time I'm in town.

Hipstamatics by Anders Voldrønning

Thank you EstherOrkester!

2011-02-15T05:13:00.000-08:00

Look what I got in my mail-box yesterday: A good old letter from the beautiful Norwegian musician EstherOrkester. I love good old fashioned letters and postcards, so I was very excited when I opened my mail box and found this green envelope with my name written on it! Thank you so much Esther! I will of course write you back and send you a letter the way we did back in the days! Maybe we can be pen pals for real?

Check out EstherOrkesther here!

Svartlamon

2011-02-05T06:27:00.001-08:00

Rehearsing at Svartlamon, Trondheim with Ola, Kyrre and Lars Ove! Next up: Coffee at Ramp!

Days Like Waves on vinyl

2011-02-03T13:27:00.000-08:00

Oh joy! So it happened. My vinyl has arrived. Just getting everything ready for release February 28. Among other more boring preparations I need to bundle it with download codes before it can be sold. I want everything to be perfect for those buying my music.

Please keep in mind that the album (CD, download, vinyl) will be available for pre-order here on this website pretty soon while members of my mailinglist will get a really good deal. I promise :-)

Days Like Waves test pressing

2011-01-25T09:02:00.000-08:00

Pictures from when I listened to my album for the first time on vinyl. This album was MADE for vinyl. It sounds so much better than CD or mp3 etc. Magic!

Private party with balloons

2011-01-23T02:07:00.001-08:00

Yesterday night I played solo at a private party in Norway. My good friend Stian celebrated his 30 years together with his buddies Sigurd and Anders. The party was held at Beach Club in Oslo and I played some songs from my upcoming album. Good fun.

Photos by Jacob Hoffmann

2011-01-20T01:42:00.000-08:00

Hurray! Yesterday evening I received the photos from my photoshoot with Jacob Hoffmann. Here they are (PHOTO: Jacob Hoffmann, Make-up: Sara Rostrup):

Photoshoot

2011-01-15T12:44:00.000-08:00

Had a great time today shooting some new photos with photographer Jacob Hoffmann and make-up artist Sara Rostrup. Here are some behind the scenes photos. I think they turned out real good. Can't wait to show them to everyone!

Finally!

2011-01-07T05:46:00.000-08:00

After a long and needed Christmas break, I'm finally back in business. I really look forward to focus a hundred percent on Stina Stjern this year and have great expectations on the days and months to come! My new album " Days like Waves" is finally finished, and boxes of CDs was delivered to my door this morning. It's so cool to see and feel and listen to the final result. The artwork is once again made by the talented Ingrid Baadnes!

update [January 7 6.40 pm]: The official release date is February 28th (digital release), but not to worry; I will sell the CD on my webstore a couple of weeks before the official release date. The CD will also be made available as a pre order for subscribers of my mailinglist, and that's not the only thing. If you sign up for my newsletter you will receive a free track!

Christmas Concert

2010-12-19T11:58:00.000-08:00

Last week I played a show at Tjili Pop here in Copenhagen, kind of a dress rehearsal before my upcoming Christmas concerts in Trondheim and Namsos (Norway) (see below).

Live @ Tjili Pop, December 2010.

Upcoming concerts:

Mon Dec 20 10:00 pm Blæst, Trondheim, 100 NOK

Tue Dec 21 07:30 pm Rock City, Namsos, 150 NOK

Unfortunately Kaspar Kaae (CODY) had to cancel his appearance, but I promise to make the best of it.

Advent in Glinkasvej

2010-11-30T06:51:00.000-08:00

Enjoying advent in our Copenhagen apartment.

Good Times

2010-11-21T13:35:00.000-08:00

I've been hanging out/ practicing with Ola and Kyrre in Copenhagen the last couple of days. We've played show at Beta last Thursday and tomorrow we are going to Hamburg to support Cody at Astra-stube! Good times!

NY START!

2010-11-10T02:18:00.000-08:00

Thanks for a wonderful evening i Trondheim last night! Kyrre, Lars Ove and I gave a set at Streetlight's charity concert at Byscenen. The money from the event will support children living on the streets of Tacloban, Philippines! Streetlight also sold home knitted socks that local knitters had donated for this good cause! I will start knitting asap so that I can donate loads next year! Read more about Streetlight here!

Up Coming shows

2010-10-18T13:22:00.000-07:00

Here are my up coming shows this year:

Tuesday November 9: Streetlight's Artistdugnad, By Scenen Trondheim, Norway

Wednesday November 17: Tjili pop, Copenhagen, Denmark

Thursday November 18: W/ Sebastian Lind, Beta, Copenhagen, Denmark

Monday November 22: W/ CODY, Astra Stube, Hamburg, Germany

Wednesday December 15: Tjili pop, Copenhagen, Denmark

Monday December 20: "I'll be home for Christmas 2010", Smia, Blæst, Trondheim, Norway

Tuesday December 21: "I'll be home for Christmas 2010", Rock City, Namsos, Norway

Hope to see you there!

Trondheim rehearsals

2010-10-13T13:00:00.000-07:00

Been rehearsing with Kyrre and Lars Ove in Trondheim the last couple of days. First time playing with Lars Ove, and it sounds very very good! He's a nice guy too. Kyrre's is also a nice guy, he's been providing us with sweets and coffee.

Strings

2010-10-12T06:48:00.000-07:00

Stina Stjern - Strings (rehearsal room) from Kyrre Laastad on Vimeo.

Big celebration coming up!

2010-10-08T03:15:00.000-07:00

InTransit dance company celebrates their 5 year anniversary at Verkstedshallen, Trondheim tomorrow. They will perform a few pieces and Stina Stjern will play a set. In other words: Verkstedhallen is the place to be if you are in Trondheim tomorrow night. Show time: 7 pm.

Mr. and Mrs. Marklund

2010-10-03T07:53:00.000-07:00

I got married to my wonderful Arnbjørn J. S. Marklund this summer. We had the most perfect day with about 150 friends and family at Sjøåsen Hotel, Namdalseid, Norway. The party turned out to be quite a festival with bands like, Cody (DK), The Loch Ness Mouse, Silence the foe (my husbands former band), Electric ladyland (my sisters former band) and Beast of Bourbon (My fathers band) played all night. My former band "Supervixen" also played a few songs! It was amazing to share the stage with the girls again!

Celebrating "InTransit"

2010-09-21T12:08:00.000-07:00

InTransit dance company is celebrating their 5th anniversary this fall. It'll take place at Verkstedhallen, Trondheim on October 9th 2010. Stina Stjern will play a set to celebrate 5 years of good friends and hard work. InTransit dance company is Line Strøm and Annika Ostwald. InTransit made the choreography and "starred" in my piece "Little Sister" last year.

More Stina Stjern shows coming up soon, soon...

play/rec

2010-06-30T12:44:00.000-07:00

The very first Stina Stjern album is now being mixed at Taakeheimen, Oslo! Just one thing to say: HURRAY!

Magnetized

2010-05-16T08:10:00.000-07:00

We are about to wrap it up here in Taakeheimen. My plane leaves for Copenhagen tonight! It's been a wonderful week here in Oslo. Kyrre and Marcus are recording some backing vocals right now. We have now recorded 10 noisy and mellow tracks all together. Can't wait to share it with the rest of the world, soon, soon...

Fogging up in Taakeheimen

2010-05-12T03:23:00.000-07:00

We are now about to fog up in Taakeheimen. Today is day three of recording, and we are about to get lost in the Stina Stjern mist. It is starting to sound really sweet, and I am really proud to be a part of such a wonderful work process. Kyrre is now recording some sixties guitar tracks, while I work on some new lyrics. In other words, a lovely spring day in Taakeheimen.

Tomorrow: Oslo

2010-05-09T13:14:00.000-07:00

Ola, Kyrre and I have been working on some new songs this week. Going to Oslo tomorrow to record with Marcus again!! sweet

Taaka

2010-03-12T15:00:00.000-08:00

I haven't been very busy updating my humble blogspot lately, have I?! But I've been quite busy in real life... However: Came home from Oslo yesterday. Was working in "Taaka" with Mac and Kyrre. We worked on the songs we recorded in December. They are now being mixed by Kyrre and Mac so that we have a demo. The next couple of weeks are dedicated to Stina Stjern. I'm so looking forward to write some music and hopefully I'll drink a lot of really good tea!

"I'll be home for Christmas" 2009

2009-12-16T14:25:00.000-08:00

I proudly present my annual christmas concert. I'll take place at Namsos Kulturhus Monday December 21st! Friends from back home and Kaspar and Line from Cody(DK) will join me on stage! If you are i Namsos you are very welcome to join us for some musical christmas candy!

Taakeheheimen Lydrike

2009-12-09T03:33:00.000-08:00

Wonderful days in the studio recording our very first album!! So far so good! We are having a great time here in Taakeheimen Lydrike. Marcus Fosgren from The Lionheart Brothers and Bård Ingebrigtsen from Sirens and Us are engineering! Stina Stjern sounds warmer and nicer than ever! Can't wait to show it to you guys!

Oslo/Taakeheimen

2009-12-02T08:35:00.000-08:00

Arrived in Oslo this morning. Been hanging around with Kyrre while waiting for the studio to be ready! Bought the vinyl "No New York" at Tiger! I also bought a book, " Drømmefakultetet" by the swedish writer Sara Stridsberg. It's about Valerie Solanas and I'm looking forward to read it soon, soon! We made friends with a cute horse on the way! nice! Right now I'm hanging out in Taakeheimen wating for Ola. Then we'll get to work! Oh yes, we are going to record the vert first Stina Stjern album.

LITTLE SISTER

2009-10-18T05:35:00.000-07:00

I'm in Trondheim right now working on my dance performance "LITTLE SISTER". I came here last wednesday. The last couple of days I've been working with the dancers on timing music and choreography. "LITTLE SISTER" is a 45 minute dance performance about a little sister and a big sister and their relationship. The "soundtrack" is a pice of music which I wrote this summer. The music will be performed by me and 10 kids playing the violin. Tomorrow the dancers and the orchestra will meet for the very first time. I'm very excited! The big premier is on Thursday October 22nd at Olavshallens lille sal in Trondheim. It starts at 7 pm. Welcome!

working sunday

2009-10-11T07:01:00.000-07:00

Sunday is workday! Sitting by my grandfathers desk working on my computer listening to Jim O' Rourke. I 'm working on some details regarding my dance performance "Little Sister". I'm going to Trondheim next wednesday to work with the dancers for a couple of days. I might have to do some small changes to the music before meeting up whit the orchestra on monday October 19th There are 10 kids between 10 and 12 years old in the orchestra. They are all from Trondheim Kommunale Kulturskole ( the local music school in Trondheim) and they play the violin! The premier is Thursday October 22nd. I've been working on this piece for almost two years and it feels kind of surreal that the time has come. Must admit, I'm a little unfocused today. So much more fun taking funny pics with my mask on and making blog posts. I just posted one at the Little Sister blog as well. Check it out!

work, work and a train ride

2009-10-06T09:27:00.000-07:00

The last couple of months my life's been nothing but work, work and work and a train ride back and forth to work everyday. I've just started a new part time job in Hillerød, Denmark. Here I'm working at a youth club for youngsters with different handicap. I work at the Theatre and Music program of course. The new job is wonderful in every way. Wonderful co-workers and wonderful young people. On top of this I'm working on my dance performance, "Little Sister". The premier is coming up in just a few weeks. It takes place in Trondheim, Norway. I'm very excited. Almost too excited.... And then of course I'm working on writing som new Stina Stjern- stuff.

Distant Stjern

2009-09-08T10:56:00.000-07:00

So the new Triobelisk single "Distant Star" will be out tomorrow. The single features some homemade Stina Stjern vocals recorded right here in my living room. Did you know that Stjern
(e) actually means star in Norwegian? You can download "Distant Star" here, at discobelle.

“Triobelisk, a mysterious entity and transplant from Washington, DC to Gothenburg, Sweden has dropped his latest single “Distant Star”– an analog-laden space disco party featuring the vocals of Norwegian singer, Stina Stjern, whom Triobelisk started a collaboration with late last year. The single appears 09/09/09 first on bandcamp and then finds its way to the other services (iTunes, Beatport, etc…) within the next few weeks. Also featured on the single alongside 2 b-sides is the new Swedish Columbia artist from Japan, Itaru, who brings his brave IDM-influenced tokyo style remix into the fold alongside Outputmessage (Washington, DC) and Deluce (France). Triobelisk has some DJ appearances in the works for his new hometown and plans on emerging slowly from his cocoon into the club-scene with a new live set and even another single by the years end. The monuments vibrate and whisper that the singularity grows closer and to make courageous choices.”

New pics, old happenings!

2009-09-07T13:31:00.000-07:00

I had a wonderful Stina Stjern summer! My friend Annika Ostwald sent me a few pics. They are from the Pstereo gig in Trondheim. Annika is a dancer and a choreographer. She is actually working on my dance performance "LITTLE SISTER" as we speak. I also got a few pics taken at the klubbøya gig at Gamla, Oslo. They are taken by Ingrid Håvik from the band Killers are Quiet. Thank you guys!

Cute drawing

2009-09-02T11:39:00.000-07:00

A young man made me this when I played at Vår Frue Kirke in Trondheim a couple of weeks ago! You can definitely se the resemblance! Take a look at the details on the guitar and the Dear Creatures dress! I think this is so cute!

Band practice in Trondheim

2009-08-20T15:05:00.000-07:00

Just came home from the second day of band practice with Ola and Kyrre! We're preparing for the gig at the PSTEREO festival here in Trondheim tomorrow. We're very excited about playing together again. This time we have been able to work more focused on developing our sound. Think we've been able to give each song more of an identity and I have a feeling that we are taking step or two in the right direction. I really hope so at least! Ola and Kyrre are two wonderful musicians and I am so very grateful to be able to work with them!

We're playing tomorrow at PSTEREO at 5pm. I'll also play a solo set at Vår Frues kirke at 8 pm! I sure can have the cake and eat it too...Hope to see you!

Öya/Cheers

2009-08-15T09:55:00.001-07:00

The Öya festival in Oslo is soon over. I was lucky enough to play at the club day on tuesday, before I had to return to wonderful copenhagen. Playing with Ola and Kyrre at Gamla was a lot of fun. Think we had a good energy on stage and there was something looking like a crowd as well! After the gig we went to John Dee to see the Crystal Stilts. They put on a quite good show i think! The night ended at Internationalen with friends. Nice! And that was my Öya festival, really. Had to go back to Copenhagen on wednesday. Work work! Next week is Pstereo in Trondheim! Hope to see you there!

By the way: You can read the Stina Stjern interview at Nö Music here. Enjoy!

New stuff!

2009-08-05T09:57:00.000-07:00

Using my summer days inside a dirty rehearsal room on Refshalen to write some new Stina Stjern stuff. I'm also busy writing music for my upcoming dance performance called "LITTLE SISTER". It's a contemporary dance performance where the music will be played by an orchestra containing of 12 kids plying the violin and some other stuff. I've had to learn how to play the violin too, the last couple of months. A lot of fun for me, but maybe not too much fun for my rehearsal neighbors!

My Horizons

2009-08-04T15:14:00.000-07:00

I've had a great summer so far. Was lucky enough to get 5 days off! Spent them at my Family's summer house at Kiran in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. I really needed some time to knit, read and do summer stuff. Here are a few Horizons for you guys to enjoy. (Imagine some fresh air and the wind in you hair to go with it.)

Stina Stjern goes autoerotic at Overgaden

2009-07-31T04:09:00.000-07:00

I played å small set at Overgaden yesterday. Overgaden has for more than two decades been among the leading non-profit exhibition spaces for contemporary art in Copenhagen. My small performance and a seminar called Beautiful Objects in Photography was connected to an exhibition called "LYST" (Lust). Both Sara Katrine Thiesen and Paul Sepuya spoke about why photography is the medium most often used to reflect on subjects like gender, identity and body. They both gave a very inspiring lecture about this matter and their own work. Last chance to see "LYST" is this weekend!

Here is a small sample of my performance:

Live in Twin Peaks

2009-07-18T16:00:00.000-07:00

We've been playing Råttistock, Skage and Rollaugsbistro, Namsos. Both shows went well, but especially the last one was very much like playing live in Twin Peaks ( just without the red velvet). Feel very much ready for øya and Pstereo. Here are some pics:

My Stina Stjern Summer

2009-06-11T07:12:00.000-07:00

I'm now in a small Norwegian town called Moi. Here I'm working with young musicians and improvised music for a big show today. Anita will arrive later tonight, and we'll start preparing for the duo show here on Saturday. Since we've done both Stina Stjern songs and Bladed songs as a duo, we thought: "Why don't we mix both acts?". And so we will!

So, these are the Stina Stjern shows this summer. You and all of your friends are so very welcome:

13.06.09: Moi, Norway @ Moi w/Bladed

04.07.09: København, Denmark @ Café Svejk w/Bladed

17.07.09: Skage, Norway @ Råttiståkk w/Kyrre & Ola

18.07.09: Namsos, Norway @ Rollaugsplass w/ Kyrre & ola

11.08.09: Oslo, Norway @ Gamla, Klubb øya w/ Kyrre & Ola

21.08.09: Trondheim, Norway @ Pstereo w/ Kyrre & Ola

Stjern

2009-06-08T03:17:00.000-07:00

I had a wonderful weekend with good old friend at my family's summerhouse at Kiran, a few hours drive outside of Trondheim. On our way we saw this sign. I guess it's where the family name originally comes from!

Gamla Klubb Øya

2009-06-03T02:25:00.000-07:00

I'll be playing at Klubb Øya this year. The gig takes place at Gamla, Oslo Tuesday August 11th. Klubb Øya is arranged as a part of my favorite Norwegian festival Øya. Both Ola and Kyrre will join me on this one. We'd love to see you there!

Me, Bladed, and Dog & Sky

2009-05-21T10:20:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics from my dirty guitar playing with Anita/Bladed. The gig was great and I really liked the new guitarist thing. We played three songs as a duo and two songs with the awesome Trondheim band Dog & Sky. Check them out here.

These pics are taken by my favorite paparazzi friend, Jannike Kaasbøll. She's the guitarist in one of my bands, Supervixen!

Oslo Airport

2009-05-14T04:14:00.000-07:00

I'm hanging out at Oslo Airport Gardermoen. I'm on my way to Trondheim. I'll be playing some dirty guitars with Anita Kaasbøll. We're going to do Bladed songs as a duo, because the Bladed guys have something else to do this time. I'm very excited. this is the first time I've been hired as a guitarist! We'll perform at Rosendal, May 16th.

Now you, yes you, can remix The Horizon

2009-05-08T01:58:00.000-07:00

Want to remix my song The Horizon like Triobelisk did some weeks back?

Then do this:

1. Go to http://www.stinastjern.no/remix
2. Follow the instructions

My drummer Kyrre has already made his contribution. Go to my brand new muxtape page and check it out:

http://stinastjern.muxtape.com

Looking forward to hear your contribution and if you let me, I will post it to my muxtape page.

Pstereo

2009-05-06T03:20:00.000-07:00

Stina Stjern is now confirmed at the Pstereo festival. The festival takes place in Trondheim, Norway in August. Read more about the festival and the artists here.

Bladed release @ mono

2009-04-30T02:04:00.000-07:00

I'll be playing support for Bladed on their release party at Mono, Oslo. This will take place on monday May 4th. Check out Bladed here. I love the new record. Congrats Bladed!

"The Horizon" remix @ Discobelle

2009-04-23T01:28:00.000-07:00

Triobelisk has made an electronic dance remix of my song "The Horizon". Listen, download (and feel free to share it) at Discobelle. Let me know what you think! I can't tell you how excited I am that Discobelle loves this track. More Triobelisk here!

More pics from MU

2009-04-18T05:18:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pics from the gig at Sound of Mu, Oslo, a couple of weeks ago.

Limited Edition Sold Out

2009-04-16T04:36:00.000-07:00

The 100 seven inches with knitted covers are now sold out. But I know that there are a few more left at Benni's Musikk in Namsos, Norway, and one at Sort Kaffe og Vinyl in Copenhagen, Denmark.

You can buy my 7" at these fine stores:

NORWAY:

Benni's Musikk, Namsos

Big Dipper, Oslo

DENMARK:

Mint Records, Frederiksberg

Sort Kaffe & Vinyl, Vesterbro, Copenhagen

Easter

2009-04-09T07:00:00.000-07:00

I'm taking a few days off in Namsos for the Easter holiday. Here I'll be hanging out with my family. I'm planning on watching my all time favorite detective shows on TV, while knitting and eating a lot of oranges and Kvikk Lunsj ( Norwegian Chocolate). In other words, I'll be spending the next four days like an old granny! Hurray!

TRONDHEIM, OSLO, STAVANGER

2009-04-06T03:16:00.000-07:00

The 3 gigs in Norway turned out very good. I had great fun! Thanks to all of you guys showing up and cheering for both me and Gunhild! Here are some things I've seen and done in the last couple of days:

Wednesday April 1st. TRONDHEIM

Stasjon'. A place where I used to live back in the days.

I was invited as a guest at a radio show at Studentradioen in Trondheim. Nice!

Gunhild Live @ BrukBar

BrukBar has great toilettes!

Thrusday April 2nd. OSLO:

On our way to Oslo. Kasper and Gunhild.

Me @ Oslo airport Gardermoen

Soud Check @ Sound of Mu!

Anita hanging out. (And then my camera run out of power....)

Saturday April 4th. STAVANGER:

Tou Scene

All alone on the backstage. Time for some self portraits!

( Looking good...hehe)

Alone on stage again....sweet!

Next stop is TRH

2009-03-31T03:20:00.000-07:00

For the second time in 5 days I'm packing my bags to go to Norway! I'll be on my way to Trondheim in an hour or so! I'll play two spilt gigs with Gunhild and one gig with Mayflies. I'll be performing with my "one man band" in Trondheim and Stavanger. At Sound of Mu in Oslo, Anita will join me with some noise and backing vocals! Just a reminder:

Wednesday April 1st @ BrukBar, Trondheim ( with Gunhild)
Thursday April 2nd @ Sound of Mu, Oslo ( with Gunhild)
Saturday April 4th @ Tou Scene, Stavanger ( with Mayflies)

I heart my Concord

2009-03-24T10:43:00.000-07:00

Going to use the next couple of days rehearsing for the 3 solo gigs in Norway next week. I'm working on adding a few new elements to the act such as my drum machine (which I have used a year to figure out) and more cassette tapes. I have a nice practice space here in Copenhagen and there I have my beloved amp. It's a Sound City Concord! It smells like a flea market and sounds warm and noisy (Eh…cozy)! I missed it so much while hanging out in NYC!! I tried it together with my Hagstrøm Viking for the first time last week! Sounded awesome, I tell ya'!

Stina Stjern buttons

2009-03-23T15:25:00.000-07:00

Spent my Monday evening making some good old Stina Stjern buttons. Just need to perfect them before I'll put them on my web shop. I will also bring them with me to the Stina Stjern shows in Norway next week. A third show show is just conformed by the way. I'll play at Tou Scene in Stavanger, Norway on Saturday April 4th. Sweet!

Café Svejk

2009-03-18T11:04:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful evening at Café Svejk last night!! Gunhild played a good set of her own songs together with Kasper and Morten. The place was packed with new and old friends. My boss gave free beer for two hours to everyone who came! I had great fun playing solo again! Feel like I'm about to find a really good energy while standing alone on stage. I look forward to the next gig at BrukBar already!

The final covers

2009-03-16T14:45:00.000-07:00

A few days after the official 7" release I received the few last knitted covers in the mail at my parents house in Namsos. These are made by my sister in law ( or my boyfriends youngest brothers wife to be correct), Eirien Mosby. My mother also finished a cover after the actual release (the one with the red letters). I finally picked them up last week while hanging out in Namsos for a couple of days. Nice to have a few new covers for tomorrows "release party" here in Copenhagen! Please join us at Café Svejk in Smallegade 31, tomorrow night at 8 pm if you can!

Greetings from Namsos

2009-03-11T10:35:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to say hi. I'm in my hometown Namsos,now. Working with a local theatre group. Going back to Copenhagen tomorrow to prepare for the Stina Stjern shows coming up. Got to go! My father yells! Dinner is ready... nice!

Gunhild & Stina Stjern

2009-02-26T12:20:00.000-08:00

I'm doing a few shows together with my old Norwegian friend Gunhild. We studied music together in Trondheim back in the days. Now we both live in Copenhagen, Denmark. We've been planning to do some shows together for a while now, and finally we have some dates scheduled. Here are the upcoming shows:

Feb 17th @ Café Svejk, Copenhagen, Denmark
April 1st @ BrukBar, Trondheim, Norway
April 2nd @ Sound Of Mu, Oslo, Norway

Hope to see ya' all!

Can't stop knitting covers

2009-02-24T07:35:00.000-08:00

I Just can't stop knitting 7" covers. But no use in having more than the 100 exclusive ones, right? I therefore used some leftover yarn to knit myself a pair of socks. Enough is enough, need to keep warm!

...and here are the final covers I made:

By:Larm

2009-02-23T03:18:00.000-08:00

I had a great time at By: Larm, Oslo this weekend! I met a lot of nice folks and cursed the snow that made my feet wet and cold. The last day I surrendered and bought myself new warm winter boots! I also played two great shows, Thursday at Funhouse and Friday at the record store Big Dipper! The Funhouse show was really loud and noisy, while the Big Dipper show was more polite. I had great fun playing with Anita from Bladed. She is awesome in every way!

Oslo, Anita And A Space Echo

2009-02-18T16:18:00.001-08:00

I'm now in Oslo preparing for the club:larm gig at Funhouse, Oslo, tomorrow night. As mentioned in another blog post, I'm proud to present Anita Kaasbøll from Bladed as my special guest for the special occasion. We've been practicing for two days now. It sounds really raw, dirty and warm. I play the guitar and sing, while Anita does backgroud vocals, plays the tambourine and provides us with wonderful noise. Can't wait until show time!!

More pics from Trondheim

2009-02-16T04:01:00.000-08:00

Here are some more pics from the release concert in Trondheim last weekend. It was a great evening. Fun to play and a lot of old friends to hang out with afterwards. Hoping for a great stay in Oslo too. Leaving for By:Larm tonight!

My first 7" ever is finally out!

2009-02-08T11:13:00.000-08:00

My seven inch is finally out. You can buy your copy at my webshop or by visiting my download store:

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://stinastjern.bandcamp.com/album/stina-stjern"&amp;amp;gt;The Horizon by Stina Stjern&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

Here are some photos from my mini-tour in Norway, where we celebrated the release of my firs seven inch release ever:

Fancy knit

2009-02-01T17:04:00.000-08:00

Here you can see all the wonderful knitted covers while listening to my 7" A-side, The Horizon. All the yarn is sponsored by SandnesGarn. Enjoy!

On my way to Namsos

2009-01-30T15:37:00.000-08:00

I just came home to my parents house after a long day traveling from Copenhagen. Copenhagen airport was such a chaos this morning. Travelers weren't able to check their luggage at the baggage drop due to some difficulties with the luggage belts. Everything had to be arranged in a very old fashioned way. All travelers had to bring their luggage outside and but it into the small luggage wagons they have at airports. The staff tried to arrange the luggage so that all the bags would reach its final destination. That never happened in my case of course! So for a while there my suitcase (with quite a few 7"es) and my beloved guitar were out in the cold world alone. A few hours ago they finally called me and told me that my treasures is in safe keeping in Namsos and they will bring them to me first thing in the morning. Nice!

Oh, holy reindeer

2009-01-28T06:08:00.000-08:00

Here are some more covers I made. I want to give these to the people who helped me make the 7". I have a few more to go though...Friday I'm going back to Namsos, Norway for the weekend to put all the hundred vinyl in the knitted covers and get everything ready for the release coming up.

Stina Stjern @ club:larm with Anita Kaasbøll

2009-01-26T05:52:00.000-08:00

I'll be playing at club:larm in Oslo during the Norwegian music biz festival By:larm. My concert will take place at Funhouse, Thursday February 19th at 11.25 pm. Since my friend and drummer Kyrre Laastad will be playing with the fabulous Rockettothesky at the very same time I thought I'd invite another friend: Anita Kaasbøll from the vicious and wonderful band Bladed will contribute with some raw vocals and noise at Funhouse. I'm so excited!

The 7" mini-tour

2009-01-24T04:36:00.000-08:00

I will do 3 gigs in Norway to celebrate the 7" release:

Friday Febuary 6th @ Ungdomshuset Lagre´, Namsos
Fridag Febuary 6th @ 24, Namsos
Saturday Febuary 7th@ Smia, Blæst, Trondheim

I’m also proud to present my band for this tour:
Kyrre Laastad - drums
Ola Høyer - bass

Finally

2009-01-22T12:58:00.000-08:00

The 7" are here! They look so nice and it sounds even better than I hoped for! Remember that 100 of these will have exclusive knitted covers!

R.I.P Sonic T-shirt

2009-01-22T12:31:00.000-08:00

I came back home to Copenhagen last week. So we've been using a few days to get settled in our new danish home. It's a very small and cosy apartment in a nice and quiet area called Sydhavnen. Anyway! I had some clothes and stuff stored in the cellar while hanging out in NYC. And guess what. There had been a water leek in the cellar a couple of months ago. We thought we'd been lucky and that the water hadn't reached our cellar room... But it turned out there had been a small leek. And the two containers that was damaged was (of course) a box with all of my photo albums and a big plastic bag containing ALL of my clothes. Here are a few pictures. For instance my Sonic Youth T-shirt which I bought the summer of 1995. Here with a little mildew. Shit happens! I loved that T-shirt...

92 COVERS

2009-01-10T09:04:00.000-08:00

When I came home for X-mas, the local knitting store gave me a big box with all the covers that had been knitted while I was in New York. It was 92 all together!! 8 more to go, but I've got it covered! Here are some pictures from the small exhibition we had in Kulturhuset i Namsos! I'm so proud to show these to you!

MERRY CHRISTMAS/ GOD JUL

2008-12-22T08:48:00.000-08:00

I'm taking a few days off to celebrate Christmas with my dear family and friends in Namsos!! All the gifts are bought and here's snow, so I'm all set for a Christmas to remember!
I want to wish you all a Merry Little Christmas!

PS! Trønder Avisa wrote this about Stina Stjern a couple of days ago! Enjoy!

"I'll be home for Christmas"

2008-12-21T12:57:00.000-08:00

Time flies and all of a sudden I've left New York and I'm home with my parents for Christmas. Feels good and a little wierd! I came here last thursday and since then I've been working around the clock with some great local musicians and a dancer to make some christmas magic for the people in my hometown, Namsos. Finally, yesterday we played the annual Stina Stjern "I'll be home for christmas" concert in Namsos Kulturhus! It turned out great and I had a wonderful time on stage! My fellow musicians did a fantastic job and I was really happy with everything! We also had one special guest with us: Kaspar Kaae/ Cody came all the way to Namsos from Copenhagen to contribute to the concert. He also played a show later in the evening @ Rollaugs Bistro. I was really proud to precent him to the audience in Namsos

More knitted covers

2008-12-17T10:20:00.000-08:00

Here are a few more 7" covers I've knitted! Enjoy these while I pack my bags and get ready to leave this NYC!

"I'll be home for Christmas" 2008!

2008-12-09T19:41:00.000-08:00

One week left in wonderful New York before going home to Namsos, Norway, for Christmas! In Namsos I'll do my annual Stina Stjern "I'll be home for Christmas" concert with local musicians and friends. It will take place at Kulturhuset in Namsos, Saturday December 20th at 7 pm. A special guest will show up this year though! My danish friend Kasper Kaae/Cody, who I recorded the Christmas songs with, will join us on stage. He will also play his own show at Cyberland on the official "I'll be home for Christmas" nachspiel. I hope a lot of old familiar faces will show up at both concerts. The local newspaper, Namdalsavisa, wrote this about the Christmas Card release and both concerts today! And yeah, I made the poster myself...

Goodbye Blue Monday and stuff!

2008-12-05T08:51:00.000-08:00

I finished my 3 concerts here in Brooklyn. The last one was at Goodbye Blue Monday last tuesday. I played with Arnbjørn on bass and Zach on drums. Nice to have some fellow musicians on stage again.

Click here to watch a filed web stream of Spend My Stars.

Also adresseavisen in Trondheim wrote this today!

Christmas card out now!

2008-11-30T10:11:00.000-08:00

Finally my Christmas cards are out and ready to find their way out to family and friends. If you want to send some good old Christmas spirit to some of your dear ones, you can buy the cards in Namsos or by visiting my brand new web shop (click image to enter web shop):

Stina Stjern @ Pete's Candy Store

2008-11-26T13:04:00.000-08:00

I played another solo gig yesterday. It took place at Pete's Candy Store here in Brooklyn. I love that place! The stage is like a tiny theater. The atmosphere is really spacial and I felt really comfortable playing in front of some good friends. I'm still getting used to playing alone, though. I find it very challenging in a good way. From now on it can only get better, right!

Viva Don Pedro's

2008-11-23T22:57:00.000-08:00

So I played my first solo gig tonight at Don Pedro's, Brooklyn! It was the first time in years I was alone on stage, and it turned out quite good, I must say. Thanks to all of you guys showing up!
Hope to see ya' all at Pete's Candy Store on Tuesday!

Stina Stjern knits

2008-11-21T20:14:00.000-08:00

Just made a new knitted vinyl cover!
Here it is:

"Give Me Christmas Time" dance remix

2008-11-19T19:50:00.000-08:00

My friend Triobelisk just made this amazing remix of "Give Me Christmas Time". This will be a bonus track on the Christmas card release. Hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do:

Give Me Christmas Time Dance Remix by Triobelisk

Stina Stjern Live in Brooklyn

2008-11-12T18:52:00.000-08:00

I'm doing 3 shows in Brooklyn before I have to go home to Norway:

Sunday November 23 @ Don Pedro, 9 pm
Tuesday November 25 @ Pete's Candy Store, 10 pm
Tuesday December 2 @ Goodbye Blue Monday, 9 pm

Hope to see you there!

Stina Stjern Christmas Card Release

2008-11-10T13:06:00.000-08:00

Finally the Christmas songs are finished, and the Christmas cards are sent off to print! The card is designed by Ingrid Baadnes, and I'm very happy with the result. Here is a little sample of my Christmas songs. Enjoy!
Christmas card prelisten

The big election!

2008-11-04T20:13:00.001-08:00

The Horizon

2008-10-28T15:58:00.000-07:00

You can now hear the first track from my 7" on my myspace page. It´s called The Horizon and I hope you´ll like it! The 7" will be released in early February 2009. There will be two tracks on the 7", of course, and you will be able to download mp3s + two bonus tracks when buying a vinyl. The first 100 vinyls will have a knitted cover. There are some knitters in my hometown helping me out with the task as we speak. I´ve knitted some of them myself. This one I finished today. Nice?!

Photo shoot with Mark in Williamsburg!

2008-10-23T16:51:00.000-07:00

So, I spent this wonderful day in Williamsburg with another very nice danish guy, Mark! I must really miss Copenhagen, right, hanging out with all these danish guys all the time. Anyway, Mark is a photographer and helped me out with some new press photos. Here are some of my own photos from a lovely day in Brooklyn!

More X-mas recordings

2008-10-22T10:04:00.000-07:00

The Christmas recordings are almost finished. Last night me and Kaspar jumped on the buss and met up with Mark Wixom in his apartment here in Brooklyn. We recorded some double bass and violin tracks with him. It turned out just perfect!

Give me X-mas time...

2008-10-17T17:59:00.001-07:00

Yesterday we turned our living room into a studio and started to record the two X-mas songs I wrote this summer! We all had good fun! Kaspar is really great working with! Kaspar is also guest starring with some guitar tracks and some backing vocals. And I proudly present Mr. Arnbjørn Marklund on bass! We are not finished recording yet, but it sounds great already. Here are some photos from yesterdays session:

2008-10-17T17:55:00.000-07:00

2008-10-17T17:42:00.000-07:00

Bushwick, my home away from home

2008-10-15T12:50:00.001-07:00

So I´m spending a few months in NYC to write new songs for the Stina Stjern debut album! I´ve written more music in these few months, than I´ve done the last couple of years!! It feels great to finally be able to focus 100% on writing. I love what´s become my everyday life here in NYC. I try to spend as much time as possible at home here in Bushwick with my new Hagstrom Viking guitar! Hopefully I´ll have enough good material come Christmas, so I can start recording the album sometime during spring 2009.