Artist: Loveninjas
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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:
01. Kristofer Åström - Just a little insane
02. TALK 1
03. Darkthrone - Canadian metal
04. Sambassadeur - Subtle changes
05. Niccokick - Love & neon lights
06. TALK 2
07. Death By Kite - Bhf. Asta
08. The Alpine - Iceland
09. Pluxus - Bootstrap
10. TALK 3
11. Graveyard - Thin line
12. Hospital - Something in the water
13. Attrap - Just a word away
14. TALK 4
15. Jonna Lee - I wrote this song
16. Paper - My life is going under
17. Broder Daniel - You bury me
18. TALK 5
19. Radio LXMBRG - Score on the floor
20. Maia Hirasawa - Gothenburg
21. Rather Sound Than Safe - The beat
22. Det Gamla Landet - Det heliga landet
23. TALK 6
24. Paris - When I laid my eyes on you
25. No Hope for the Kids - Rainy day
26. Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde - If this is the way
27. Barra Head - Overseas
28. TALK 7
29. Superfamily - Warszawa
30. Oskar Schönning - S
31. Brick - Automen
32. TALK 8
33. Miss Li - Leave my man alone
34. Kasper Bjørke - Liquid propagnosia
35. Loveninjas - I wanna be like Johnny C
36. Anti Cimex - Only in dreams
37. TALK 9
38. Pan Sonic - Virta 1
Nikola Sarcevic, I'm taking back my 'Most improved in 2006' award and bestowing it upon Loveninjas. Their debut EP "Keep your love" was utterly dreadful - a near-perfect embodiment of most everything I despise about tweepop. Let it be known: I do not hate this. Upon hearing the chatter about what a changed band they'd become with the release of the single "I wanna be like Johnny C", I figured I ought to give them a second chance. I'm glad I did because that song is fantastic - a shining pop marvel that harkens back to the time when alternative music was still known as college rock. Unfortunately, glimmers of the olden days still pop up now and again ("She broke his penis in two" for example) and the rest of songs rarely rise above mediocre status. Still, that's a heckuva lot better than I expected, so let me call it at 'inoffensive' and hope you understand I mean it as a compliment.
- Avi Roig
Labrador has posted the new Loveninjas album "The secret of the Loveninjas" for streaming: http://www.last.fm/music/Loveninjas/The+Secret+Of+The+Loveninjas?autostart
I have yet to hear it, but I did enjoy the first single "I wanna be like Johnny C" much more than I thought I would. Too bad the rest of the songs on said single did not impress me.
Loveninjas are here, and gone is every aspect of twee from their music. Their debut EP was a rock band being held back by a very lo-fi production and buried instruments. This release, the first single from their proper debut album, finds the band in very energetic form with excellent production. I really am very exicted by this, a movement away from their surroundings. This stylistic change (no matter how slight) really works in Loveninjas' favour. The songwriting has boosted a lot as well, and three of the four tracks are just plain great, the weak one being "The way", both musically and lyrically, it just sounds a bit too much like a demo (and one that would probably get scrapped at that). The title track, "Sweet geisha love" and "When is our time" all come recommended, and if the album proper is as great as these three songs, you have yourself quite a record.
- Matt Giordano
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 tracks of the week:
01. The Killers – When You Were Young
02. The Shins – Sleeping Lessons
03. Loveninjas – I Wanna Be Like Johnny C
04. The Shins – Australia
05. The Shins – Phantom Limb
06. Nikola Sarcevic – Love Is Trouble
07. The Shins – Pam Berry
08. The Shins – Red Rabbits
09. The Killers – Sam's Town
10. I'm from Barcelona – We're From Barcelona
And the top 10 albums of the week:
01. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
02. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
03. The Knife – Deep Cuts
04. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
05. Band of Horses – Everything All the Time
06. The Strokes – Is This It
07. The Knife – Silent Shout
08. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
09. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
10. Hello Saferide – Introducing...
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Labrador is offering up the new Loveninjas single as a free download: http://www.labrador.se/mp3/loveninjas-i_wanna_be_like_johnny_c.mp3
Lots more new content today! Not only do we have yet another top ten from Kasper Find of the excellent Danish indie label PonyRec, but we also have the very first interview ever from Tor Helmstein of Swedish indiepop act Loveninjas. Check it out!
Labrador Records has announced that they will be releasing a new Acid House Kings EP entitled "Everyone sings along with Acid House Kings" on which Magnus Carlson, Les Très Bien Ensemble, Lasse Lindh, Montt Mardié and Don Lennon all contribute their own unique karaoke versions of their favourite AHK songs. Sounds fun. Look for it on February 8. In other AHK news, their US label Twentyseven Records will release a US version of the OOP "Do what you wanna do" EP which includes three non-album tracks plus a special US-only bonus track of AHK covering "Keep your love" by Loveninjas. That too comes out in February.
This week's top artists for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:
01. Death Cab for Cutie
02. Håkan Hellström
03. The Cardigans
04. Franz Ferdinand
05. Kent
06. I'm from Barcelona
07. Arctic Monkeys
08. Babyshambles
09. Sufjan Stevens
Top tracks:
01. Kent - Dom Som Försvann
02. Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Follow You Into the Dark
03. Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
04. Death Cab for Cutie - Marching Bands of Manhattan
05. I'm from Barcelona - We're From Barcelona
06. Loveninjas - Keep Your Love
07. Death Cab for Cutie - Summer Skin
08. Sir Eric Beyond - Democracy
09. Death Cab for Cutie - What Sarah Said
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This week's Swedish student radio chart:
01. (02) Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet U Look Good on the Dancefloor"
02. (02) Tiger Lou - "The Loyal"
03. (03) Franz Ferdinand - "Walk Away"
04. (04) Christian Kjellvander - "Drunken Hands"
05. (11) The Embassy - "It Pays to Belong"
06. (06) Saïan Supa Crew - "La Patte"
07. (NY) Róisín Murphy - "Sow Into You"
08. (NY) ObnoXiuz - "Lägg benen på ryggen och dra"
09. (07) David Sandström Overdrive - "The Crotch of a Saturday"
10. (10) The Sunshine - "Simon Le Bon"
11. (NY) Goldfrapp - "Number 1"
12. (05) Test Icicles - "Circle Square Triangle"
13. (12) Röyksopp - "What Else Is There?"
14. (NY) Rihanna - "If It's Lovin That U Want"
15. (15) Le Sport - "Business Girls"
16. (16) Karl Larsson - "Devil Strings"
17. (NY) Gorillaz - "Dirty Harry"
18. (17) Sophie Zelmani - "I Can't Change"
19. (09) Kristian Anttila - "Paul Weller"
20. (18) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Is This Love?"
Leaving the chart: Architecture in Helsinki, Bloc Party, Loveninjas, The Pipettes and Pharell.
This week's top artists for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:
01. Kent
02. Death Cab for Cutie
03. I'm from Barcelona
04. Antony and the Johnsons
05. Franz Ferdinand
06. Coldplay
07. Mew
08. Interpol
09. Bright Eyes
Top tracks:
01. I'm from Barcelona - We're From Barcelona
02. I'm from Barcelona - Treehouse
03. Kent - Dom Som Försvann
04. Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
05. Loveninjas - Keep Your Love
06. Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
07. Christian Kjellvander - Drunken Hands
08. I'm from Barcelona - The Painter
09. Dungen - Panda
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