First guest could really not be anyone else but – The greatest man on earth.

 

 

 

Introducing the man behind the music:

THOMAS OLSEN

45, love music, craft beer, sneakers and Liverpool FC

● Your taste in music in three words

Loyal indie rocker

● Guest DJ
Warming up: Oasis “Rock n´roll star”
Kicking off the party: Stone Roses “Fools gold”
Dancefloor filler: Primal Scream “Rocks”
Closing time: Kent “747”

● Festival line-up (dead or alive)

Love Shop (Hall, Hassing & Unmack), Oasis (line-up circa 1995 w/ White on drums), Massive Attack ( Del Naja, Daddy G and “Mushroom”), Depeche Mode (w/ Alan Wilder on keys) and Nick Cave as closing act.

● Attention world – This album deserves more love

dEUS “Ideal crash”. Mistery to me, why “Ideal crash” isn´t considered one of the ten best albums in the world.

● A trip down the local pub with…

David Bowie – Crazy stories. Great sense of humour.

● Favourite piece of lyric

“Fanget ind i byernes lys
Jeg vil eje hvert et sekund
Alle har en drøm at befri
Hold den fast til det gør ondt”

Love Shop “Alle har en drøm at befri”

● Fantasy band

Name: Thomsen All-stars

Singer: Nick Cave
Guitarist: George Harrison
Drummer: Silas Graee (Mew)
Bass: Peter Hook
Keyboard: Alan Wilder

● Best cover song

Ryan Adams “Wonderwall”

● Which album do you bring as a present

Love Shop “Evergreens” – Perfect introduction for The only band that really matters

● Sunday morning album

Massive Attack “Mezzanine”  – goes down well with the coffee

● Most played album

Love Shop “Go!” – best alltime Danish record

● Three desert island albums

Love Shop “Go!”
Oasis “Definitely Maybe”
Depeche Mode “Songs of faith and devotion”

● First album

Gasolin “Live sådan!” – Gift from my father, when I got my first record player
Thomas Helmig Brothers “2” – First album bought

● The album that changed how you comprehend music

Depeche Mode “Black celebration” – Introduced in a summer holiday by my cousin. Later he send “Music for the masses” on tape. Music was never the same after that.

● Guilty pleasure

Danish rap acts like Sivas and Ukendt Kunstner. Probably not meant for me, but when they play it on the radio – I feel it!

● Album that defined your teens

“101” Depeche Mode – Had nerve, authentic, energetic – just like the teens. In my teen room I was Dave Gahan at Rose Bowl. Still love it. Best live album of all-time

● Top three concerts

Love Shop/Sort Sol, Studenterhuset, Aalborg – 2002
Mikael Simpson – Studenterhuset, Aalborg – 2004
Nick Cave, Northside, Aarhus – 2013

● On your record player right now

Noel Gallagher “Who built the moon” – Surprisingly good, after two mediocre albums

● On the record player in your childhood home

Kim Larsen “Forklædt som voksen”

● Best first track on an album

Love Shop “Alle har en drøm at befri from the album “Anti”

● Best debut album

Oasis “Definitely Maybe”

● Best music moment on film

Generally the use of music in Peaky Blinders. But especially the opening of season 3 combined with David Bowies “Lazarus”

● Music you don´t like

Musicals. To hysterical. In general musicians who tend to be hysterical and pretentious, like the Danish act, “Bisse”. He´s just, in my opinion, a wannabe C.V. Jørgensen.

● Best record cover

Jens Unmack “Vejen hjem fra RocknRoll”

● A song that describes your hometown

Arcade Fire “The suburbs” – Reminds me of being underage. Buying beer at the local grocery store (he didn´t ask for ID). Driving on my moped to the party. Good times.

● Best one-hit wonder

Hurricane #1 “Just another illusion”

● Favourite album and song – 2017

Album: Love Shop “Risiko” – loyal to my few favourite bands, but Love Shop truly deserves it. Keeps evolving. “Risiko”, easily being a top 3 Love Shop album.
Song: The National “Carin at the Liquor Store”