New music from Kite

Swedish webzine Djurtube has posted live footage of brand new material from the excellent Swedish synthpop act Kite: http://www.djurtube.com/kite-ny-lat/
The visual quality is only so-so, but the sound is good.

MP3: Kite - I just wanna feel

Now that I'm no longer preoccupied with site development I hope to spend a lot more time writing up actual editorial content. Y'know, stuff that goes beyond the day-in/day-out newsfeed that already takes up way too much of my time. Besides, I've been hugely remiss in talking up an overwhelming majority of the stuff I've actually been listening to in my free time. A glaring example: Kite's latest (and greatest!) EP "IV" -- I've had this in steady rotation going on 6+ months now with no sign of slowing; it really truly is that good. And while they've certainly achieved greatness before, I could easily gush about any of the five songs here. So for no particular reason other than that it's the first track, here's "I just wanna feel". Listen to the rest via Spotify.

Kite - I just wanna feel

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Kite - Step forward (video)

Kite's latest video, now available on YouTube. Recommended!

Kite - Step forward (video)

Gaffa has the premiere of Kite's brand new video for "Step forward": http://gaffa.se/tv/clip/1000

Kite - Stand back (live video)

The sound is a little muddy, but Kite has a really cool and unique lighting setup that's worth checking out. And the song is great, too!

MP3: Moto Boy - Love is the one thing you can't pretend

Most of my summer listening this year has been revisiting old favorites, partially because there's been few 2011 releases that have stuck with me, but also just because that's what summer is for. Also, as mentioned yesterday, I've also been listening to a lot of pop lately and there hasn't been much in that department that's blown me away recently except for maybe Kaka. And the new Kite, but we'll get to that eventually. What interests me most though, are the artists that didn't make a huge splash with me the first time around; instead, they lingered on the periphery until they eventually work their way into my permanent playlist. For instance: Moto Boy. I've always liked Moto Boy, but three years on I've finally realized that yes, I kinda actually do really love him/his music. The best pop music is always about the grand gesture and Oskar Humlebo's sweeping falsetto is a case study. Dunno why it took me so long to come around, but Moto Boy has staying power, a rarity in the endless stream of mediocrity.

Moto Boy - Love is the one thing you can't pretend

New Kite EP gets release date

Kite's next EP, cleverly entitled "IV", is confirmed for release on September 21 via Progress Productions and will be available on both CD and 12" vinyl.

Kite teaser

A preview of what's the come from Swedish synthpop duo Kite.

Kite - Stand back

New music from the excellent Malmö electronic pop act Kite on the occasion of them being confirmed for this year's Arvika Festival as a so-called "Slammer Act". Read more: http://www.arvikafestivalen.se/news/kite_%C3%A5rets_slammer_ny_l%C3%A5t_och_spelning

Kite
III
Progress Productions

Kite's first EP is spot on -- on that effort, their particular brand of pop is so delicately run along electro-pop avenues that many others can't seem to navigate as deftly, and "My girl and I", that first effort's brilliant detour, has continued to haunt me ever since my first listen. Fast forward a to "III" and Kite are still doing it like no one else. "Jonny Boy" is about as captivating an offering as one could ask for; "A little more time" does so much with relatively little, its seeming effortlessness and efficiency in stark contrast to the crude mass of messy, overly ambitious electronic music out there; and closer "Castle of sand", Kite's fatalistic anthem -- "Everyone gets what I don't understand, so I keep building my castle of sand" -- rounds out a solid outing. While there isn't a weak track on the record, this release doesn't quite get out of the shadow of that first unrivaled offering, yet that speaks more to the strengths of that record, not to weaknesses on "III".
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson

Sirius playlist week #41

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. The Scrags - In the devil's hands
02. TALK 1
03. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Desolate view
04. Johnossi - Roscoe
05. Kimono - Tomorrow
06. TALK 2
07. Fun - Here comes the ugly man
08. Kite - Hexx
09. Mother of the Forest - Bränna broar
10. Mother of the Forest - Vid berget
11. TALK 3
12. Non Tiq - QUiet
13. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - I could have sworn I heard them SING
14. Enslaved - Raidho
15. TALK 4
16. Säkert! - Riot
17. Kristofer Åström - Devil
18. Sweatmaster - Calling Satan, let me in
19. Mercyful Fate - Black funeral
20. TALK 5
21. Lighthouse Project - Lust for lie

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.

Sirius playlist week #38

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. The Radio Dept. - The new improved hypocrisy
02. TALK 2
03. Slidin' Slim - Right wing blues
04. Faråker - Den sista fajten (via är på väg)
05. We Live in Trenches - Male damage
06. Kite - If there's an if in us
07. TALK 3
08. First Love, Last Rites - Slow wind
09. Tomas Halberstad - Add to all noise
10. Last Days of April - America
11. TALK 4
12. C.Aarmé - Golden retriever
13. Far from Tellus - Norwegian fairytale mix
14. Bäddat för Trubbel - Kungen heter Jandek
15. Vidderna - Villfarelser
16. TALK 4
17. Rasmus Kellerman - The 24th
18. Mindy Misty - Inertia
19. Regulations - In the shadow of the mall
20. TALK 5
21. The Bear Quartet - Silent film

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.

Kite - If there's an if in us

I posted the first single "Jonny Boy" the other day, but you can also now hear another new Kite track at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/progressproductions/kite-if-theres-an-if-in-us

Sirius playlist week #36

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. TALK 1
02. Mindy Misty - Slippies
03. Fatboy - Bad news from pretty red lips
04. Viola - Puppies in the rain
05. Kite - Jonny boy
06. TALK 2
07. Code 64 - Progenitor
08. Familjen - Det var jag (This Is Head version)
09. Ved - Question for L Ron
10. TALK 3
11. Hope I Die Virgin - At crude garbage falls
12. Vidderna - Utanför
13. Ljudbilden & Piloten - Domedeijla mosse
14. TALK 4
15. Roll the Dice - Into the ground
16. Muxika77 - The mountain
17. Den Svenska Tystnaden - Afasi
18. Elmo - Young love
19. TALK 5
20. Bedroom Eyes - (Here's one for you) Underdog

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.