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Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen is a guitar heroine for our times. She first picked up her mother’s nylon-strung acoustic guitar at the age of ten and as an exploratory teenager she dug deep into her father’s jazz and rock record collection. Then she was given an electric guitar and amplifier as a confirmation present, and never looked back. Live: Hedvig Mollestad Trio (from Norway) TADZIO Artist Information: Hedvig Mollestad Trio  Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen - guitar Ellen Brekken - bass Ivar Loe Bjørnstad - drums Heavy like a steamroller, this trio is tenacious with blood on the tooth. The live experience is far more classic Sabbath riffs and wide-legged sludge-rock than what one would expect of a jazz trio releasing on Rune Grammofon. [Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/HedvigMollestadTrio) "Okay, she doesn’t have the name or the look of a Jeff Beck or Jimi Hendrix, but Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen is the most exciting guitar player I have heard this year. (…) this stunningly beautiful Norwegian woman plays like a soul possessed. It is hard to believe that Shoot! is the Hedvig Mollestad Trio’s debut recording, because it is a master class in how a group can meld rock and jazz in 2011 without sounding hopelessly retro. Shoot! is my pick for debut album of the year, and for guitar aficionados especially, it should not be missed." - Greg Barbrick [blindedbysound.com](http://blindedbysound.com/hedvig-mollestad-trio---shoot/) "Norwegian Electric guitarist Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen and her youthful rhythm section perfectly straddle the divide between jazz-schooled virtuosity and mondo heavy thrills." -MOJO 4/5 (UK) "Taking Marc Ribot’s angular guitar approach and fusing it with Steve Vai’s over-the top pyrotechnics, Thomassen lines fracture frenetically across the fretboard. (...) The musicianship alone makes Shoot! worth a listen. The brute force that drives it is what makes it a keeper." - Hannis Brown [Tokafi.com](http://www.tokafi.com/news/hedvig-mollestad-trio-shoot/) "This resourceful young Norwegian guitarist delivers a killer jazz-rock fusion, recalling the scrappiest of Sonny Sharrock's comeback material infused with tones and riffs from postpunk and hard rock, and she pulls it off with an incredibly light touch, avoiding both excess and shtick. She's one to watch for sure." -Peter Margasak [Chicago reader](http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/06/20/the-second-album-from-norwegian-guitarist-hedvig-mollestad-brings-jazz-sophistication-to-hard-rock-crunch) "They rock, rollercoaster style, reminding us of AQ instrumental faves Stinking Lizaveta at times, and eponymous guitarist Hedvig Mollestad has a dash of Nels Cline in her playing. All in all, this is catchy stuff, as far as noisy noodling jazzrock goes! Recorded live in the studio with minimal overdubs, capturing a lot of raw energy and jaunty glee indeed." - Aquarius (US) TADZIO  Japanese punk duo Tadzio’s sheer exuberance can make you feel like you are hearing rock music for the first time. The duo’s story is as simple as their addicting tunes. Leader and Bucho, two girls from the city of Sendai, started playing Nirvana covers together with Leader on guitar and Bucho on drums. Leader went on vacation to New York City, and spent it watching hardcore shows at all-ages punk venue ABC No Rio. She returned home to write a song about it called “Nosebleed.” An album’s worth of convulsive hardcore punk quickly followed. [TADZIO - Blog](http://tadzio-leader-bucho.blogspot.jp/) [TADZIO - P-vine](http://p-vine.jp/artists/tadzio)