Desire Avenue

Thanks, Rob - I hope so too. It's so infuriating that Stina doesn't get the credit she truly deserves so if I can signal even a couple of folk her way then I'd be so happy!

Thanks sound world, I'm glad you enjoyed reading my piece. Like you, I yearn for more longform, in-depth conversations than social media seems to provide most of the time, but I guess that means I'm getting old...!

Since it's a personal blog, I figured I would go ahead and call out what I truly ...

Hi all,
I'm a long-time Stina fan and major lurker on this board. In the winter my obsession usually ramps up even further, as I do find Stina's music to be perfect for the season in a way that summer sunshine just doesn't quite tally with it! Anyway, I haven't really been listening to anything else ...

Yes, it was done for Swedish TV and was screened over there ages ago, but in most other countries it's recieving a theatrical release, including finally the UK - here's a link to the US distributor's site with info, pics, reviews and trailer:

http://www.sonyclassics.com/saraband/

It's basically a ...

I'm going to resurrect this topic from back in early Summer because Marissa Nadler is AMAZING and I really, truly think that many Stina fans would love her music - her debut album is one of the most haunting I've ever heard and it still astounds me that something so delicate can simultaneously be ...

We both love Blonde Redhead - they're great! I definitely like a healthy slab of angular guitar music (preferably female-fronted) when I can get it and BR fit that profile perfectly. I think they've evolved a lot over the past three albums, too - they now have a really strong sound that's all their ...

Ooh, no, I don't know Tomas Transtromer - I shall scurry off to find out more and report back when I know what I'm talking about. I'm always on the scavenge for more substance to fuel my Scandinavia obsession, so thanks for the tip!

I agree that all Bergman is GREAT - even the 1940s films and the ...

Yes, it's super-cool that I have a friend to share Stina with, but then my friend has excellent taste and is particularly into female vocalists with unusual/strong voices like Kate Bush, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Yoko Ono and Diamanda Galas, so it's not too surprising that Stina should appeal. I agree ...

http://www.eil.com has the Parliament Square single, but it's <gasp> ?6.99 - I haven't spotted the Get On With Your Life single in any of the places I normally would expect to find it - strange... if you have iTunes, you can buy the remixes from each single for ?0.79 each - I was reluctant to do ...

Back in 1995, I found the 'Something Nice' single in a bargain bin for 50p, so I bought it and really liked it, but considered that Stina's voice might start to grate across a whole album. So I didn't buy anything else yet, but I ended up using those couple of songs on quite a few mix tapes - they ...

So, this is actually my first post - I only just registered and do you think it's too terrible that my first post is in this forum and not about Stina at all?! I promise that I love Stina as much as I love living and breathing ("Something Nice" is playing as I write this - hurray for iTunes party ...