This Summer has been great in music; and the Fall is doing what it can to keep up with two extra-ordinary albums from Danish acts: Carrying Stars from Nikolaj Grandjean (N*Grandjean) and This Is for the White In Your Eyes from Jannis Noya Makrigiannis (Choir of Young Believers).

Both albums are calm, indie pop/rock and very melodic. If you like Munck//Johnson or Autour de Lucie — calm indie in general, try these out, I think you’ll find some new, interesting material.

Check their respective MySpace pages out to get a sample:

• N*Grandjean: Heroes and Saints, Uncuff Me, Love Rocks — all great tracks which are also on the album
• Choir of Young Believers: Hollow Talk and Next Summer are my favourites of the ones available on MySpace — much more on the album

These two albums was recommended by two friends of mine, Marie and Lars, respectively; thanks so much. My prime way of discovering music is through friends, so keep the good stuff coming.

Great September in music so far. And, of course, tomorrow Tina Dickow releases her new album — a triple EP. I can’t wait.

During the Summer, Underwood Ink opened — a book café in Nørrebro (the “West Village” part of Nørrebro), Copenhagen — but it only got to my attention now reading this article (in Danish).

I haven’t been there yet — I just learned about it — but judging from the article and their website it looks like the place to go to find new, long tail authors and enjoy the NYC Village feel of Copenhagen. Let me know if you’ve been; I will give it a go during one of the next couple of weekends.