Stockholm Perspectives #1: Norma

New live dates for Antennas:

06/06 - Klex, Greifswald (GER)
06/07 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
06/09 - Lokal Ohne Namen, Gelsenkirchen (GER)
06/10 - dB's, Utrecht (GER)
06/11 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
06/12 - D:qliq, Luxemburg (LUX)
06/14 - Haus der Jugend, Remseck (GER)
06/15 - Rasafari Open Air, Schaffhausen (GER)
06/16 - B-Sides Festival, Luzern (CH)

Top 10s for 2006: Daggan (Novoton)

Tonight! Antennas and La Tour at Tack! Tack! Tack! in London! I also understand that DJs from Baggy Mondays will be dropping by to do a set, so be sure to stop on by. Should be a good time. Also note the upcoming IAT DJs vs. Baggy Mondays World Cup night on June 20 - England vs. Sweden on the big screen and on the decks.

Instead of posting an older mp3 today like I normally do on Fridays, I'm going to take this opportunity to hype up Monday's Tack! Tack! Tack! show with Antennas and La Tour by posting the latest Antennas single "Adapt!". Check it out and, if you're in London on Monday night, be sure to check out the show too. It should be a good time. Buy presale tickets here.

MP3: Antennas - Adapt!

Instead of posting an older mp3 today like I normally do on Fridays, I'm going to take this opportunity to hype up Monday's Tack! Tack! Tack! show with Antennas and La Tour by posting the latest Antennas single "Adapt!". Check it out and, if you're in London on Monday night, be sure to check out the show too. It should be a good time. Buy presale tickets here.

Antennas - Adapt!

The video for the new Antennas single "Adapt!" is now online: http://www.antennas.se/videos/antennas_adapt.mp4
Don't forget that the band is playing next month's Tack! Tack! Tack! in London. Tickets here.

Music (For Robots) on Antennas: http://music.for-robots.com/archives/001377.html

Antennas
Sins
Novoton

Their website claims that the debut record from Sweden's Antennas (formerly Novak) reflects the music from the 1980s and 1990s in which they grew up, but it may well be closer to the synth pop sensibilities producer Giorgio Moroder popularized in the late 1970s as he worked his way out of disco toward new wave. The ten songs on this record are built on synthetic plink-plink-plinky sounds, around which alternating conventional rock guitars, bursts of energetic drumming, and electronic distortion are juxtaposed with the organic sounds of pianos, strings, or horns. Eschewing conventional song structures, Antennas favor recurring motifs and unexpected transitions, the songs shift more than they build. Despite the variety of instruments, the sound is relatively sparse, leaving the focus on idiosyncratic vocals a listener will either adore or tire of quickly. There are a lot of interesting qualities here and some stand out tracks, but as a whole it wears thin too long before the end.
- Nancy Baym

MTVe is streaming the new Antennas album "Sins": http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=6223
Buy it as an mp3 download here: [click here]

Antennas have revamped their website: http://www.antennas.se/
The band's new album "Sins" came out last week and can be purchased as mp3s right here.

Also new in the webstore today: the latest album "Sins" from Swedish indierockers Antennas (formerlly known as Novak) and the debut full-length "Madame, madame!" from Firefox AK which Aftonbladet is calling "this year's most interesting debut." Sucks for you if you didn't preorder the latter because now the price has gone up a buck. You snooze, you lose.

Swedish power-pop act Antennas are streaming a few tracks from their forthcoming album "Sins" on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/areyouantennas

Top 10s for 2005: Daggan Stamenkovic (Novoton/Klicktrack)

Novoton Records (Antennas/Existensminimum/Black Belt) has announced the signing of Pascal. Look for their debut album to be released this coming fall.