Swedish indierockers Consequences will grace the stage of the London Barfly on November 21.

Consequences' video for "Release me from love" is now online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP0D80C44jI

Y'know that upcoming Christmas comp that Razzia is putting together? I've got a preview of the tracklist:

Firefox AK & Tiger Lou - Christmas Eve
Friska Viljor - Oh no! This is what I feared all along
Hello Saferide - iPod X-mas
South Ambulance - Hangin' in a tie
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Jullåten 2004
Laakso - Merry Christmas
The Tiny - No money (for X-mas)
Maia Hirasawa - You were all there
The Perishers - Blue Christmas
The Soundtrack of our lives - Jingle Hell (stuck in the chimney)
Consequences - Some kind of magic
Grande Roses - To bring X-mas back this year
Konie - Oh, yeah...it's christmas!
Dogday - Santa will never get there
Indiekören - Last Christmas
They Live By Night - Lucia (I deserve candles in my hair)
Dreamboy - Christmas kisses
Kristofer Åström - I saw mummy kissing Santa Claus

As you can see, some of these tracks are old and previously released (TSOOL for instance), but most are new and exclusive to this release. The exact order is still TBD and a few more tracks are due for submission, but I'll definitely be carrying it in the webstore when it's released on November 15.

Consequences have posted a bunch of new music on myspace, including the new single "Parasite" which features guest vocals from both Marit Bergman and Frida Hyvönen: http://www.myspace.com/bewareoftheconsequences

Consequences will do double-duty on the upcoming Marit Bergman tour, not only performing as her backing band (well, most of em anyway), but also helping to open the show along with Steso Songs.

The new Consequences single "Release me from love" is now online: http://www.myspace.com/bewareoftheconsequences

Swedish indie act Consequences, a band whose members some of you might recognize from Marit Bergman's backing group, will release their first-ever official single "Release me from love" on September 22 via Bow Music. The album will follow in October and samples should be online soon, once it is mastered.

Live report: Marit Bergman + Firefox AK @ Tack! Tack! Tack!, London UK 05/15/06

Mattias Hellberg (Hederos & Hellberg, etc.) and Mattias Areskog (Consequences) have collaborated on a new duo project which they're calling Mattias & Mattias. Check out two new songs at myspace, one of which includes guest vocals from NONS recording artist Asha Ali: http://www.myspace.com/mattiasmattias

Consequences will be entering the studio on November 21 with producer Ronald Bood (The Plan, Mando Diao, Shout out Louds) to begin work on their debut album "What have I done to deserve this?". Look for it to come out next year.

And speaking of Åsa Jacobsson, her other band Consequences with other fellow Bergman bandmates is now on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/bewareoftheconsequences

Consequences
Please wait EP
self-released

Most of the members of the Swedish band Consequences are best known for backing others. Guitarist Daniel Jansson has worked with Anna Ternheim, while Mattias Areskog (bass), Niklas Korssel (drums) and Åsa Jacobsson (organ, piano) have logged time in Marit Bergman's backing band. Uniting with singer Jonas Heijkenskjöld just over a year ago, the quintet has just self-released its debut EP, "Please wait". Power pop with swirling organ and cheery backing vocals, the music of Consequences is undeniably catchy. Some of it, though, sounds too familiar. "Come on", interestingly enough, sounds quite a bit like "Come on, come on" by the Von Bondies, while the title track includes the lyrics "every breath you take/every move you make." Thankfully, the band saves the best for last. Heijkenskjöld's tired vocal delivery guides the impressive "Wasted under the stars" with a nod or two to Aussie band The Church. Jacobsson's organ drives the melody on the bittersweet "Don't hold back" - when Heijkenskjöld delivers the line "I can't wait for you forever" several times, he sounds like he means it. Consequences blend really well together. Hopefully they'll build on this and zero in on improving their songwriting.
- Matthew W. Smith

Streaming playlist: Spring is in the air

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Moneybrother - To die alone
02. Christer Sjögren - Love Me Tender
03. Hammerfall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
04. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
05. Darin - The anthem
06. Håkan Hellström - Ett kölikbarns bekännelser
07. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
08. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
09. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
10. Caesars - Paper Tigers
11. Arash - Arash Arash
12. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
13. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
14. Stefan Nilsson - Så som i himmelen (filmmusik)
15. Ted Gärdestad - Sol vind & vatten - Det bästa
16. Barbados - Best of Barbados 1994-2004
17. Soilwork - Stabbing the Drama
18. Pain - Dancing with the Dead
19. The Ark - State of the Ark
20. The Real Group - In the Middle of Life

Go here to download some demo tracks from Consequences, a Swedish band consisting primarily of members from Marit Bergman's backing band: http://www.consequences.se/musik.php