Jenny Abrahamson's label was kind enough to send me a copy of her new single "Hard to come by" and it's quite good, so I'm happy to reshare it with you. Definitely taking cues from Björn Yttling's percussion-heavy production style for artists such as Lykke Li, but with more of the melodicism of Asha Ali, it's a nice catchy tune with an insistent refrain and a playful ambience. The official release of said single is February 2, the album follows on April 13.
Swedish hip-hop duo Mohammed Ali will be releasing the new single "Kan någon ringa (112)", the first single from their forthcoming self-titled album due out in 2011, on November 26. Said track was produced by Mack Beats and features guest vocals from Asha Ali.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Night Minutes - Sweetheart of the funeral
02. TALK 1
03. Korova Station - Come on come on
04. Okkultokrati - Stench of life
05. Johan G Winther - Chasing kingdoms
06. Kimono - Vienna
07. TALK 2
08. SONMOI - The man with no flesh
09. Phonophani - Neverdal
10. Kausal - The conquistador
11. TALK 3
12. Vowels - oiaå
13. The Bear Quartet - We're not gonna make it
14. Säkert! - Rotary
15. Slöa Knivar - Stay dirty
16. TALK 4
17. Slöa Knivar - Hjärtat
18. Menfolk - Skeletons
19. Asha Ali - Hurricane
20. Tiger Tape - She is fiction
21. TALK 5
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. Robyn - Fembot
03. Monty - Orden
04. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Bye bye pianotie
05. Palpitation - What if
06. TALK 2
07. The Tallest Man on Earth - Burden of tomorrow
08. Dyno - Don't speak love
09. Margaret Berger - Will you remember me tomorrow?
10. Holiday for Strings - Shelter Island
11. TALK 3
12. Tutankamon - Have you ever been in love?
13. Kråkesølv - Skredder
14. The Tiny - Last weekend
15. Asha Ali - The time is now
16. TALK 4
17. Monzano - Yes, we can't
18. Donkeyboy - Ambitions
19. Kite - Ways to dance
20. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
21. TALK 5
22. Makthaverskan - German boy
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Here you go, the (almost) full list of nominees for the 2010 Swedish Grammis:
Album: A Camp - Colonia Agnes - Dace love pop - The love love love edition Amanda Jenssen - Happyland Caroline af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen Erik Hassle - Hassle Kent - Röd Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen Mando Diao - Give me fire! Takida - The darker instinct Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
Folk music/ballad: Cajsastina Åkerström - Sånger om dej och mej Esbjörn Hazelius - Blunda och du ska få se Miriam Aida - Letras ao Brasil Olle Adolphson - Tystnaden smyger som en katt... 1956-2004 Sofia Jannok - Åssogáttis - By the embers Sofia Karlsson - Den allra båsta (1999-2009) Sofia Karlsson - Söder om kärleken Stefan Sundström - Ingenting har hänt Taken By Trees - East of Eden Väsen - Väsen Street
Hard rock: Candlemass - Death magic doom Crucified Barbara - 'Til death do us party Dead By April - Dead By April Hammerfall - No sacrifice, no victory Hardcore Superstar - Beg for it Lillasyster - Det här är inte musik, det här är kärlek Mustasch - Mustasch Raised Fist - Veil of ignorance Renegade Five - Undergrounded universe Wolf - Ravenous
Jazz: Alice Babs - As time goes by Bengt Berger - Beches brew Georg Wadenius/Arild Jensen - Jul på Svenska Jan Lundgren Trio - European standards Jeanette Lindström - Attitude and orbit control Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - The half naked truth Lina Nyberg - The snow Lisa Ekdahl - Give me that slow knowing smile Magnus Lindgren - Batucada jazz Trummor & Orgel - Visions
Club/Hip-hop: Andreas Tilliander - Show J-Son - Never half stepping Ken Ring - Hip hop Lorentz & M Sakarias - Vi mot världen Mange Schmidt - Odenplan Stockholm 1988 Maskinen - Boys II men Mohammed Ali - Processen Näääk - Näääk vem? Promoe - Kråksången Swingfly - God bless the IRS
Composer: Amanda Jenssen & Pär Wiksten - Happyland Anna Järvinen - Man var bland molnen Christian Walz - The corner Deportees - Under the pavement - the beach El Perro Del Mar - Love is not pop Joakim Berg & Martin Sköld (Kent) - Röd Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen Nina Persson, Niclas Frisk, Nathan Larsson (A Camp) - Colonia Salem Al Fakir - Astronaut Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
Female artist: Agnes - Dace love pop - The love love love edition Amanda Jenssen - Happyland Anna Järvinen - Man var bland molnen Caroline af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen Jenny Wilson - Hardships! Laleh - Me and Simon Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home Pernilla Andersson - Ashbury apples Sarah Dawn Finer - Moving on
Male artist: Christian Walz - The corner Erik Hassle - Hassle Freddie Wadling - The dark flower (Den mörka blomman) John Me - I am John Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen Markus Krunegård - Lev som en gris dö som en hund Olle Ljungström - Sju Salem Al Fakir - Astronaut Thåström - Kärlek är för dom Tingsek - Restless soul
Newcomer: Adiam Dymott - Adiam Dymott Dead By April - Dead By April Erik Hassle - Hassle John Me - I am John Jonathan Johansson - En hand i himlen Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig Lorentz & M.Sakarias - Vi mot världen Maskinen - Boys II men Miike Snow - Miike Snow Name The Pet - Name the Pet
Pop: A Camp - Colonia Asha Ali - Hurricane BWO - Big science Calaisa - Grafton Street El Perro Del Mar - Love is not pop Fibes, Oh Fibes! - 1987 Jill Johnson - Music row II Melody Club - Goodbye to romance Miike Snow - Miike Snow Peter Bjorn And John - Living thing
Producer: A Camp - Colonia Amanda Jenssen & Pär Wiksten - Happyland Bloodshy & Avant (Miike Snow) - Miike Snow El Perro Del Mar & Rasmus Hägg - Love is not pop Goran Kajfes (Magnus Carlson & The Moon Ray Quintet) - Magnus Carlson & The Moon Ray Quintet Jenny Wilson - Hardships! Kent & Joshua - Röd Laleh - Me and Simon Salem Al Fakir - Astronaut Thomas Rusiak (Adiam Dymott) - Adiam Dymott
Rock: [Ingenting] - Tomhet, idel tomhet Bob Hund - Folkmusik för folk som inte kan bete sig som folk Deportees - Under the pavement - the beach Dundertåget - Skaffa ny frisyr Europe - Last look at Eden Florence Valentin - Spring Ricco Kent - Röd Mando Diao - Give me fire! Takida - The darker instinct The Bear Quartet - 89
Lyrics: Amanda Jenssen - Happyland Anna Järvinen - Man var bland molnen Caroline af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen El Perro Del Mar - Love is not pop Joakim Berg (Kent) - Röd Laleh - Me and Simon Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen Louise Hoffsten/Peter Lemarc - På andra siden vättern Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Champagne Riot - THe champagne anthem
02. TALK 1
03. C.Aarmé - Bodybuilding
04. Mattias Alkberg - Andra känner
05. Asha Ali - The time is now
06. Karin Ström - Hon som älskade dig
07. TALK 2
08. Masquer - Bang bang
09. Mikkel Meyer - Tartar
10. Rising - Grail of bone
11. TALK 3
12. Sambassadeur - Days
13. Tortyr - Joag
14. Franke - Exil riktas inåt
15. Madamm - Lately I've been so blue
16. TALK 4
17. Taggarna Ut - The secretary
18. José González - In our nature
19. Moloken - Followers
20. Kitty & the K - Iamamf
21. Joel Alme - You will only get it once
22. TALK 5
23. The Movements - Going to your house
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
It can be said that all music is emotional, however, it is not always emoted as well as it could be. Such is not the case with this, the second Asha Ali record. Her absolutely gorgeous voice carries the overwrought, frustrated and desperate feelings that present themselves in destruction and disintegration. This album is about the dissolution of her relationship with the father of her child, and Asha Ali is telling you that story. It's an album of adjustments, of realization, a loss of naïveté. The lead single "Hurricane" lends itself to hope, "In a hurry" follows the manic nervousness that's dealt with massive emotional shock and in "The contract" Asha raises herself out of the fire and back into a new world, still full of uncertainty, but as a person, filled with newfound strength. - Matt Giordano
When I first heard Asha Ali's "Hurricane" I was underwhelmed. It's a good song, but I expected something bigger and bolder, something more like "The time is now". But then I saw the video above and it clicked. The flatness imposed by the studio is obliterated on stage and she delivers each line with strength, feeling and a touch of desperation. Definitely a strong case for less is more, and hey, bonus points for Existensminimum on drums.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Bröderna Lindgren - Annan sort (feat. Britta Persson)
02. TALK 1
03. Rigas - Tonite
04. Sienna Root - The road to Agatha (Ahir Bhairav)
05. The Gentle Act Incident - The city doesn't know me
06. Asha Ali - Hurricane
07. TALK 2
08. Agent Side Grinder - Die to live
09. Moloken - My enemy
10. Boys of Scandinavia - Good looking
11. TALK 3
12. Sivert Høyem - Moon landing
13. Moonbabies - Take me to the ballroom
14. The Movements - Save me
15. TALK 4
16. Mikkel Meyer - Tunge (feat. Non)
17. Sahara Hotnights - Impressed by me
18. Samuraj Cities - The weekend is almost over
19. TALK 5
20. Adjagas - Mánu rávdnji
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
In addition to the 40th anniversary concert mentioned earlier, MNW is also releasing a book and 4CD collection for their birthday called "Ljud från Waxholm" featuring interviews, rare pictures, 250 album covers and 68 tracks from the label's history. As they say themselves, "från Björn Afzelius till Ebba Forsberg." The release date is October 14. And that's not all- they will also apparently be doing a few special anniversary reissues from their 70s back-catalogue and have also put together a tribute comp entitled "Retur Waxholm" featuring current artists covering classic MNW songs. That one comes out October 7 and here's the tracklist:
01. Kajsa Grytt - Gunga bergets topp (Babylon Blues)
02. Kjell Höglund - Men bara om min älskade väntar (Nationalteatern/Bob Dylan)
03. Annika Norlin (Hello Saferide/Säkert!) - Jag vill inte suddas ut (Sånger om kvinnor)
04. Johan Johansson - Vårdsjuk blågul fanblues (Smutsiga Hundarna)
05. Stefan Sundström & Fjodor - Tvivelaktig kurtis (Gunder Hägg)
06. Pernilla Andersson - Huvudet högt (Eldkvarn)
07. Plura - I hajars djupa vatten (Blå Tåget)
08. Sanna Carlstedt - Vem kan man lita på? (Hoola Bandola Band)
09. Jonas Kullhammar - Badidoom (Archimedes Badkar)
10. Asha Ali - Kärlek (Röda Bönor)
11. De Lyckliga Kompisarna - Törnrosa (Marie Selander)
12. Toni Holgersson - Kort vals till min älskade (Peter LeMarc)
13. Love Antell - Samma vindar samma dofter (Contact)
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