It's finally spring in the Pac NW, the sun is shining and I'm feeling good and I'm from Barcelona are giving away a new single: http://www.imfrombarcelona.com/?p=1944
I'm From Barcelona performed a special concert with the Jönköping Sinfonietta back in mid-February and have started to post videos documenting the occasion: part 1 / part 2
The new I'm From Barcelona album "Forever today" has been confirmed for release on March 23 with the lead single "Get in line" to precede it later this month.
"The grand youth" is a mixed bag, not only in terms of quality, but in focus: opener "Too many hearts" feels like an electronica-tinged post-punk revivalist anthem; "Miami" is a jumble of '80s pop influences; "Monostripper" oscillates uncomfortably between a quieter, spoken verse and a louder chorus; "Brooklyn Bridge" succeeds, yet its songwriting and production leave it feeling out of place; and so it continues. There is a lot to like on this record -- with "Drowning" featuring Emmon being one of the highlights -- and a lot that is too easily forgotten or skipped over. It's a bit too par for the course to be truly excited about, especially from an act that boasts members of I'm from Barcelona. - Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
has confirmed that the debut album from recent signees Monostrip (featuring five folks from I'm From Barcelona) will be called "The grand youth" and will be released on October 6. Check out a couple sample tunes here: http://www.wonderlandrecords.com/monopress
I'm From Barcelona have contributed a cover of "Anywhere you looked" by Au Revoir Simone for a new Amnesty International initiative called PEACE. More here, including a video for the track: http://www.imfrombarcelona.com/?p=1742
has signed Monostrip, the indie/electro act with 5 members from I'm From Barcelona. Look for their debut single "Like a drug" to be released on March 4. In the meantime, preview here: http://www.wonderlandrecords.com/monopress/
will be releasing Vinnie Who's debut single "What you got is mine" on a white vinyl 12". Listen at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/vinniewhoofficial
Other 2010 releases in the works (or maybe already out) from the label include new material from Deportees, Håkan Hellström, The Fume, Eye Travel, Kungen och Silvia (feat. Ebbot Lundberg and Olle Ljungström), Kleerup, Pacific!, Lykke Li and I'm from Barcelona.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. Monument - Feel failure
03. Regulations - To be me
04. Du - Bring down a house
05. Tyrant - Go ahead raise the dead
06. TALK 2
07. Tobias Fröberg - When we go to war
08. Next Life - Anti matter
09. Lo-Fi-Fnk - Marchin' in
10. Boy Omega - Just a boy
11. TALK 3
12. The Bear Quartet - I was a weapon
13. I'm from Barcelona/David Ljung - Silence
14. Thee Gutted String - I've been to town
15. TALK 4
16. Paper - Before that day
17. The Goner - Bright and colossal (risen mind)
18. At the Gates - Suicide nation
19. TALK 5
20. Madrugada - Look away Lucifer
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. The Goner - Within the hour
03. Moto Boy - The heart is a rebel
04. Detektivbyrån - Hemvägen
05. TALK 2
06. Valkyrien Allstars - Hvis jeg var deg
07. Tobias Hellkvist - Patience
08. Scarred By Beauty - We swim
09. [ingenting] - Tack
10. TALK 3
11. I'm From Barcelona/Daviel Lindlöf - Lower my head
12. Monazno - Yes we can't
13. Silver - The white logic
14. Eskatol - Siste dans
15. TALK 5
16. Murmansk - The surgical assistant
17. Dyno - Destroy! Destroy!
18. Folkvang - Folkvangs första
19. C.Aarmé - Angola (Princess version)
20. TALK 5
21. Abhinanda - Junior
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.
Monostrip