PopMatters on the US release of David & the Citizens and their album "Until the sadness is gone", out today via Friendly Fire: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/6846/david-the-citizens-until-the-sadness-is-gone/
Dan from FF gave me a copy when I was in NYC last week and I must say that the new artwork is impressive.

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) The Knife - "Like a Pen"
02. (04) Jet - "Bring It on Back"
03. (02) The Lost Patrol Band - "Automatic Kids"
04. (NY) The Streets - "Prangin' Out"
05. (11) The Mary Onettes - "Lost"
06. (05) Depeche Mode - "Martyr"
07. (13) Supersci - "Move On"
08. (07) The Plan - "Walk for Gold"
09. (NY) Fat Joe - "Make It Rain"
10. (15) Deportees - "Missing You, Missing Me"
11. (19) Melody Club - "Destiny Calling"
12. (NY) Tingsek - "World of It's Own"
13. (NY) Wolfmother - "The Joker and the Thief"
14. (03) Peter, Bjorn & John - "Let's Call It Off"
15. (09) Universal Poplab - "Heart Apart"
16. (14) The Long Winters - "Rich Wife"
17. (12) David & the Citizens - "A Heart and a Hand and the Love for the Band"
18. (18) [ingenting] - "Punkdrömmar"
19. (NY) Asha Ali - "Fire Fire"
20. (08) Camera Obscura - "Let's Get Out of This Country"

Leaving the chart:
(06) Mates of State - "Fraud in the 80's"
(09) Psapp - "Hi"
(10) The Magic Numbers - "Take a Chance"
(16) Dukes Special - "Last Night I Nearly Died"
(17) Otur - "Enough"
(20) Shareefa - "Need a boss"

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) The Knife - Like a pen
02. (05) The Lost Patrol Band - Automatic kids
03. (15) Peter, Bjorn & John - Let's call it off
04. (NY) Jet - Bring it on
05. (NY) Depeche Mode - Martyr
06. (06) Mates Of State - Fraud in the 80's
07. (19) The Plan - Walk for gold
08. (10) Camera Obscura - Let's get out of this country
09. (17) Psapp - Hi
10. (03) The Magic Numbers - Take a chance
11. (NY) The Mary Onettes - Lost
12. (04) David & the Citizens - A heart and a hand and the love for the band
13. (NY) Supersci - Move on
14. (NY) The Long Winters - Rich wife
15. (02) Deportees - Missing you, missing me
16. (12) Dukes Special - Last night I nearly died
17. (NY) Otur - Enough
18. (13) [ingenting] – Punkdrömmar
19. (14) Melody Club - Destiny calling
20. (20) Shareefa - Need a boss

Leaving the chart:
The Pipettes - Pull shapes
Timo Räisänen - Let's kill ourselves a son
Gnarls Barkley - Smiley faces
Tingsek - I love you (part 1)
Jet - Put you money where your mouth is
M Ward - Tog go home

Read about the US release of David & the Citizens' album "Until the sadness is gone", due out October 31 via Friendly Fire: http://friendlyfirerecordings.com/Bands/David/david2.html

Check it out: a Spin feature on David & the Citizens: http://www.spin.com/features/heythisisawesome/2006/10/060611_davidandthecitizens/

Video mix: Peter Bjorn and John, The Lionheart Brothers, Kristofer Åström, Desert Planet, José González, Khoma, more...

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) The Knife - Like a pen
02. (03) Deportees - Missing you, missing me
03. (20) The Magic Numbers - Take a chance
04. (02) David & the Citizens - A heart and a hand and the love for the band
05. (NY) The Lost Patrol Band - Automatic kids
06. (06) Mates Of State - Fraud in the 80's
07. (04) The Pipettes - Pull shapes
08. (09) Timo Räisänen - Let's kill ourselves a son
09. (05) Gnarls Barkley - Smiley faces
10. (12) Camera Obscura - Let's get out of this country
11. (11) Tingsek - I love you (part 1)
12. (NY) Dukes Special - Last night I nearly died
13. (NY) [ingenting] - Punkdrömmar
14. (NY) Melody Club - Destiny calling
15. (NY) Peter Bjorn & John - Let's call it off
16. (19) Jet - Put your money where your mouth is
17. (NY) Psapp - Hi
18. (18) M Ward - To go home
19. (NY) The Plan - Walk for gold
20. (07) Shareefa - Need a boss

Leaving the chart:
(08) Sugarplum Fairy - Last chance
(10) Björn - Son of a gun
(13) Duels - Brothers & sisters
(14) Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
(15) Marit Bergman - No party
(16) Promoe - Headache
(17) The Roots - Don't feel right

David & The Citizens
Stop the tape! Stop the tape!
Bad Taste Records

After three years, David & The Citizens have actually delivered a record with exactly what they promised. Most groups talk about how their sound has either expanded or altered, but few times (especially in the past ten or fifteen years) has the resulting material been so accurate in description. I must admit, however, that I was a bit skeptical when they had said they were going to make a more "rocking" album, but then I realised that "Big chill" was an amazing song and that going in that direction would not be a bad thing at all. "Stop the tape! Stop the tape!" sees the production values, especially when dealing with the low-end, bumped up with a bit more confidence and thump. The rhythm section is powerful in its delivery and aids the listeners' head to nod throughout the release (most notably on "A heart & a hand & a love for a band", "Oblivion" and the first single "Are you in my blood?"). The extended mix of "48h" is, to me, flawless in songcraft, and one of the top on the record along with "What if nobody would catch us?". David & the Citizens have delivered what everyone had hoped for: a band realising their potential, acting upon it - and succeeding.
- Matt Giordano

We were hoping to get them for Tack! Tack! Tack! in November, but it looks like David & the Citizens will support Tapes n Tapes in Germany instead. Have no fear however, it's only been postponed - they'll be in London in December instead:

11/14 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER) w/Tapes n Tapes
11/15 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/Tapes n Tapes
11/19 - Underground, Köln (GER) w/Tapes n Tapes
11/21 - Atomic Café, München (GER) w/Tapes n Tapes
11/23 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
11/26 - ISC, Bern (CH)
12/11 - Tack! Tack! Tack! @ The Social, London (UK)

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (02) The Knife - Like a pen
02. (01) David & the Citizens - A heart and a hand and the love for the band
03. (16) Deportees - Missing you, missing me
04. (07) The Pipettes - Pull shapes
05. (11) Gnarls Barkley - Smiley faces
06. (05) Mates Of State - Fraud in the 80's
07. (19) Shareefa - Need a boss
08. (06) Sugarplum Fairy - Last chance
09. (08) Timo Räisänen - Let’s kill ourselves a son
10. (15) Björn - Son of a gun
11. (NY) Tingsek - I love you (part 1)
12. (NY) Camera Obscura - Let’s get out of this country
13. (17) Duels - Brothers & sisters
14. (18) Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
15. (03) Marit Bergman - No party
16. (ÅT) Promoe - Headache
17. (09) The Roots - Don´t feel right
18. (NY) M Ward - To go home
19. (04) Jet - Put your money where your mouth is
20. (10) The Magic Numbers - Take a chance

Leaving the chart:

(12) The Datsuns - System overload
(13) The Jai Alai Savant - Thunderstatement
(14) Damian Marley med Stephan Marley - All night
(20) Muse - Starlight

The latest top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (05) David & the Citizens - A heart and a hand and the love for the band
02. (NY) The Knife - Like a pen
03. (08) Marit Bergman - No party
04. (14) Jet - Put your money where your mouth is
05. (NY) Mates Of State - Farud in the 80's
06. (17) Sugarplum Fairy - Last chance
07. (03) The Pipettes - Pull shapes
08. (09) Timo Räisänen - Let's kill ourselves a son
09. (01) The Roots - Don´t feel right
10. (06) The Magic Numbers - Take a chance
11. (16) Gnarls Barkley - Smiley faces
12. (10) The Datsuns - System overload
13. (11) The Jai Alai Savant - Thunderstatement
14. (02) Damian Marley med Stephan Marley - All night
15. (NY) Björn - Son of a gun
16. (12) Deportees - Missing you, missing me
17. (NY) Duels - Brothers & sisters
18. (NY) Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
19. (NY) Shareefa - Need a boss
20. (15) Muse - Starlight

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 albums of the week:

01. Tiger Lou - The Loyal
02. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
03. The Postal Service - Give Up
04. The Knife - Silent Shout
05. Hot Chip - The Warning
06. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
07. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
08. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
09. David & the Citizens - Stop the tape! Stop the tape!
10. The Knife - Deep Cuts

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Yo La Tengo – Beanbag Chair
02. David & the Citizens – 48h
03. Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
04. Yo La Tengo – I feel like going home
05. I'm From Barcelona – We're From Barcelona
06. The Knife – Silent shout
07. TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
08. Junior Boys – Double Shadow
09. Yo La Tengo – Black flowers
10. Marit Bergman – No Party

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MP3: David & The Citizens - 48h

"Are you in my blood?" is the obvious choice for the first single on the new David & the Citizens album "Stop the tape! Stop the tape!". Even on the very first listen there's no doubt that it's one the strongest songs. As for the second best song, my choice would be "48h". It's probably a bit too long to be an actual single without editing the extended outro, but that's also one of the reasons it's so great. It's an epic pop anthem and the way the song builds and flows over its full five minutes is integral to the way it works. Well, maybe a bit could be chopped off the end I guess - the most important part is the triplets in the bridge around the 2-minute mark which leads into a breakdown and a half-time version of the chorus. That's some serious songwriting craft right there. The tricks themselves aren't terribly unique, but that's besides the point. It's the way they're employed that's so good. If you don't have a great song to begin with, you ain't got nothing. And David & the Citizens have an amazing song.
Buy "Stop the tape! Stop the tape!": [click here]

David & The Citizens - 48h

I know I say this every, but jeez - September already? As we head into fall I figure it makes sense to pick one of season's biggest, most-anticipated releases as the new album of the month. David & the Citizens latest release "Stop the tape! Stop the tape!" is a worthy addition to the band's excellent discography. Don't believe me? Find out for yourself!