Here's the playlist for this week's radio show, featuring special guest Pontus Levahn from the band Torpedo:

01. Fireside - Let Rasputin do it
02. TALK 1
03. Britta Persson - You are not my boyfriend
04. Hyacinth House - Lucky stranger
05. The Bear Quartet - Sailors
06. TALK 2
07. Jennie Abrahamson - In this life to live
08. Margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
09. Heroes & Zeros - The foolproof
10. TALK 3
11. Folie - Strum
12. Ellen Beach - The widespread acclaim
13. The Indecision Alarm - Where every fucking dream is killed
14. TALK 4 (INTERVIEW)
15. Torpedo - From Russia with love
16. Rupesh Cartel - Comes the hour comes the man
17. TALK 5 (INTERVIEW)
18. Torpedo - Hospital
19. Tiger Lou - Until I'm there
20. TALK 6 (INTERVIEW)
21. Simon Ryman - Walk with me instead
22. Fanny Risberg - Stay with me forever
23. Lack - Deserters
24. TALK 7
25. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Manic panic
26. Hebosagil - Slightly confusing
27. Dieter Schöön - The harbour's cold
28. TALK 8
29. Lukestar - White shade
30. Fun - Hold it close
31. The Skull Defekts - The secret
32. TALK 9
33. Laakso - Great times underground
34. CS Nielsen - Black spots
35. Knugen Faller - Lugna favoriter
36. TALK 10
37. Säkert! - Allt som är ditt

The playlist for my radio show this week:

01. Death By Kite - Scared of heights
02. TALK 1
03. Kompjotr Eplektrika - Crakkin zombees...
04. Monomen - Asian spacestation
05. José González - Hints
06. TALK 2
07. I Am Bones - Backpackers
08. Ellen Beach - The widespread acclaim
09. Moder Jords Massiva - Ingenting
10. TALK 3
11. Iisole - The words
12. Kornstad - Sweden
13. Cortex - Mind of darkness
14. TALK 4
15. Silverbullit - Run
16. [ingenting] - Hollywood dreams
17. In Flames - The jester race
18. TALK 5
19. Nicolai Dunger - Soul rush
20. Existensminimum - Changing lines
21. Echo Is Your Love - Peace song
22. TALK 6
23. Laakso - The death of us
24. Christian Kjellvander - Words in the wires
25. Mustasch - Double nature
26. TALK 7
27. Tellevika + Firefox AK - Eric
28. Tape - A spire
29. C.Aarmé - Golden retriever
30. TALK 8
31. The Bear Quartet - Put me back together
32. Susanne Sundfør - Walls
33. The Hellacopters - Like no other man
34. TALK 9
35. Aerial - You will all die, all things will

Christoffer from Ellen Beach and Andreas from Celestial have started a new label together called Lavender. Check out their newly opened website: http://www.lavender.se/

MP3: Ellen Beach - Roaring fields

Ellen Beach is the kind of band that totally frustrates me. The band is capable of writing some brilliant songs, but they need more discipline and self-awareness. Their self-released album "Yaw / Yawn" (or double-EP, if you will) features quite a few inspired gems, but it also padded with enough filler to almost kill my enthusiasm. Thankfully for them, it's just "almost," not "completely." Take the song I've posted today for example: the lead melody has hooks for days and is absolutely dripping with the kind of heartfelt, yearning qualities I love to hear in my melancholic pop. The way the guitar takes over the lead vocal line on the final chorus is a perfect conclusion to the song, but then they add a few final measures of a coda afterwards. It doesn't ruin the song, but it does leave a bad taste in my mouth. If they culled a few of the weaker songs and tightened up the arrangements, "Yaw / Yawn" would be a winner f'sure. The band's potential is ridiculously high, so let's hope they can live up to it. One last additional note: Ellen Beach is especially recommended for anyone into The Fine Arts Showcase. The bands share a similar, complimentary sound.

Ellen Beach - Roaring fields

Ellen Beach has posted the rough mix of a new song for download: http://user.it.uu.se/~chda1605/ellenbeach_roaringfields.mp3
Nice stuff, especially for not being the final version.