Everywhere by Nive & The Deer Children
Sort vinyl & Kaffe
Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children are from Nuuk, Greenland. They recorded their debut “Nive Sings!” with John Parish and some help from Howe Gelb and friends from a.o. The Black Keys & Wolf Parade. Called “heir to the Arcade Fire” by Filter Magazine, they sold a whopping 5000 copies of their self-released debut back home (on a population of 56.000 people), played 80+ international concerts last year alone (a.o. SXSW, NXNE; Eurosonic, Pop Montreal, Secret Garden Party, Iceland Airwaves), won an IMA independent music award in the US, and made the soundtrack for Greenland ´s first ever feature film “Nuummioq”. Snow songs? Eskimo folk? Arctic Indie? Do check ‘em out!
I´ve travelled a LOT last year. Which lead to many new favorite places and hang-outs - this is the best thing about touring: finding these cool little amazing spots where you want to go back to, so the next visit becomes something to really look forward to. And well there´s an ever growing array of such cool spots… In Tucson AZ there´s Little Poca Cosa, with the best chile relenos ever. I got into the whole desert music thing by just eating there, over and over again. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
In Austin TX there´s Domo Bookstore which is the perfect place to lose track of time browsing the weirdest magazines and art books… They also arrange cool experimental concerts and let you hang out as long as you want, and they´re not hipsters, which gives ‘em a bonus :)
In Copenhagen, DK no visit is complete without a quick stop at Sort Vinyl og Kaffe (the picture), a tiny coffee shop with super espresso and a wicked selection of LPs.
Also, I´m always looking forward to traveling through Antwerp, Belgium where there’s Cafenation, with the best coffees I ever had (and I have had many) - the people working there make you feel super welcome and let you sit and browse magazines all day if you want. It´s my little refuge when in Belgium, I´m there every day.
In San Francisco I always end up at Aquarius Records which comes as close to music paradise as possible - plus the people there are super nice. Portland OR has Mississippi Records.
Montreal, kind of my second home, has the Drawn & Quarterly bookstore, and Cafe Olympico which is my favorite hang out to just sit and sip ice lattes and watch people and shoot some pool… So so so many good places.
