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Tack! Tack! Tack! checks in after returning home from Emmaboda:
T!T!T! at Emmaboda had a strong red threat of Sweden through the line-up. From Brighton (home of Sweden Made Me) came Bobby McGees. The UK-Sweden link was further bolstered by Monster Bobby's membership in 2/7 Swedish band The Pipettes.
Nevertheless, this was T!T!T! at Emmaboda with IAT jocks.
Festival faves The Bobby McGees gave up seven songs to 150 people crowded in the D&tC tent with Monster Bobby following on with a further six songs, increasing the crowd to 250 - this in competition against Hello Saferide performing on the main stage. Not too shabby we say.
Bands to catch the eye of T!T!T! included Familjen, Hemstad, I'm From Barcelona, Vapnet, SMK, Hello Saferide and D&tC, to name just a few. We missed them, but The Tiny were said to be immense. Old timers like Billie the Vision and the Dancers gave a memorable show, and trumpetplayer Lisa promised to marry T!T!T! Even more lovely was when The Pipettes dedicated "Pull shapes" to T!T!T!
T!T!T! dedicated it to all the other would-be proponents of music on the scene for Scandi music. From Spain, Italy, Scotland, England, Ireland, USA and elsewhere; everyone was there. You know who, Tack!
Mmmm. Pretty, accessible atmospheric Swedish sounds, the type of music you would enjoy if pumped into your favourite licensed hideaway while lingering over a latte or White Russian. Opening track "Ivanhoe O Rebecka" is particularly well-suited to this. By track two, however, you feel you've been dragged up the street to the trendy, chi-chi venue where cocktails and fancy footwear are required. Track three, "Hon är fin", is a welcome return to relaxation, only to be followed by a space-age exercise in keyboard and drum machine tweakings that will have you staring into your hot cocoa in a trance, looking to the melting marshmallows for the meaning of life. A mixed bag, really, but worth rifling through if you're looking for some novel new electropop.
- Stacey Shackford
Check out the video for "Hon är fin" from Familjen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofAxuG0-FQQ
Dissatisfied with mp3 sound quality? Good news! I'm now carrying a vast majority of the Adrian Recordings catalogue in CD format now, as opposed to just mp3. Not only am I well-stocked on all of their older records, but I've also got copies of the new David & the Citizens DVD and their latest release, Familjen's self-titled debut EP! And for all you folks out there who think that high bit-rate DRM-free mp3s are still the bee's knees, I've got good news for you too! It's a trap! is now carrying digital releases from Parasol/Hidden Agenda! I'm still working on getting everything uploaded and entered into the database, but there's plenty of good stuff to choose from!
The third single from Sophie Rimheden's most recent album is now available for free download along with the Familjen remix: http://www.sophierimheden.com/
The track is called "Days go by" and it features guest vocals from the one-and-only Marit Bergman, so of course it's highly recommended.
Recent Adrian Recordings signee Familjen will release his self-titled debut EP on April 25. Here's the tracklist:
01. Ivanhoe & Rebecca
02. Ja / Nej
03. Hon är fin
04. Hemmaplan
This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (01) Morrissey - "You have killed me"
02. (04) The Radio Dept. - "The Worst Taste In Music"
03. (03) Laakso - "Never Satisfied"
04. (07) Ane Brun w/Teitur - "Rubber & Soul"
05. (05) Arctic Monkeys - "When the Sun Goes Down"
06. (NY) USCB Allstars - "Let's Keep it on Baby"
07. (12) Soviac - "Ogashaga"
08. (06) Dub Sweden - "We're so Loud"
09. (02) Franz Ferdinand - "The Fallen"
10. (11) Hard Fi - "Cash Machine"
11. (NY) Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
12. (NY) Zero 7 w/José Gonzales - "Futures"
13. (17) Jamie Foxx w/Ludacris - "Unpredictable"
14. (18) Placebo - "Song to Say Goodbye"
15. (15) Ghostface Killah w/Ne-Yo - "Back Like That"
16. (16) Håkan Hellström - "Jag hatar att jag älskar dig och jag älskar dig så mycket att jag hatar mig"
17. (13) AFC - "5 för 5"
18. (NY) People Under The Stairs - "Tuxedo Rap"
19. (ÅT) The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Infinite Zero"
20. (NY) Familjen - "Första/sista"
Leaving the chart: Jaheim - "The Chosen One", Damian Marley w/Bobby Brown - "Beautiful", The Streets "When You Wasn't Famous", Firefox AK - "Madame Madame!", Sleepy Brown - "Me, My Baby and My Cadillac" and Robyn - "Crash and Burn Girl"
Familjen's remix of "Chemical girl" by The Fine Arts Showcase is streaming on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/familjen
Adrian Recordings has announced the signing of Swedish electronic artist Familjen aka Johan T Karlsson. An EP will be released, but for now you can listen to the first single "Första Sista": http://www.adrianrecordings.com/Forsta_Sista.mp3
Other releases on the way from Adrian:
02/15 - The Fine Arts Showcase - "Radiola" CD
03/01 - David & the Citizens - "1999 - 2005" - DVD
Later:
Familjen - "Första Sista"
Björns vänner live
The Fine Arts Showcase single #2 from "Radiola"
Single from eMiL Jensen's upcoming album
Familjen - EP
eMiL Jensen - Album #2
Familjen