Musik med Peggy Lejonhjärta

Live music with Peggy Lejonhjärta at PSL, featuring guest appearances from Markus Krunegård (Laakso) and Therese Johansson (Lowood): http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/03/13/musik-med-peggy-lejonhjarta/

'Records make great pets - Volume 2' coming March 16

Stereo Test Kit has confirmed the tracklist for their upcoming "Records make great pets - Volume 2" compilation featuring 20 tracks from 20 Swedish indie artists: http://www.stereotestkit.com/pets.htm
Hard to pick specific highlights since the tracklist is incredibly strong, but some of the names are Alarma Man, Björn Kleinhenz, Convoj, Hajen, Lowood, Park Hotell, Rickard Jäverling, Scraps of Tape, The Social Services, Two White Horses and Winter Took His Life.

MP3: Lowood - Crash

Two women playing excellent, dark, not-easy-to-classify rock music? Sad to say it, but they're doomed to failure. Maybe if they were still teenagers or twins or tried to sex it up with electro beats then maybe they'd have a chance. Prove me wrong!

Lowood - Crash

Absolut Noise interviews Lowood

Absolut Noise talks to up-and-coming Swedish act Lowood: http://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2009/02/lowood-interview.html

Sirius playlist week #4

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

01. C.Aarmé - M.P.P.
02. TALK 1
03. Existensminimum - Fuglesang
04. The Animation - Overboard
05. Jonathan Johansson - En hand i himlen
06. TALK 2
07. AlabamicA - You can't save the world
08. Franke - Skinnad
09. October Falls - III
10. TALK 3
11. Suburban Kids with Biblical Names - 1999
12. Wolfbrigade - Barren dreams
13. Viisikko - Vapaus valita
14. Culkin - Payperfist
15. TALK 4
16. Lowood - Crash
17. Cut City - Departure in particular
18. Wardruna - Dagr
19. Laakso - In my blood
20. TALK 5

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.

Blog Radio 2009 playlist #1

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

01. Marit Bergman - This is the year
02. TALK 1
03. Peter Bjorn and John - Hey (shut the fuck up boy)
04. Convoj - Knives and riptides
05. Lesli - Half a wing
06. TALK 2
07. Je Suis Animal - The mystery of Marie Roget
08. Tiger Lou - Crushed by a crowd (Mikael Jonasson remix)
09. I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper - Cthulhu story
10. TALK 3
11. Fronda - Mitt allt
12. Thus:Owls - Climbing the fjelds of Norway
13. Champagne Riot - Scandinavian warfare
14. The Garlands - Why did I trust you?
15. TALK 4
16. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - This room seems empty without you
17. They Live - The driller
18. Lowood - Crash
19. TALK 5
20. Scraps of Tape - Grand letdown

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.

New Lowood album via NONS

NONS has confirmed the release of Lowood's new album "Close to violence" for March 25. Preview a few tracks at the band's website, including the first single "Crash" which is out now: http://www.lowood.se/

NONS has signed Lowood and will be releasing their debut album "Close to violence" in March. Hear a sample at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lowoodsweden
The band features members from today's featured mp3 act Idoru and will be supporting Tiger Lou on their upcoming Swedish tour (see sidebar for dates). Speaking of Tiger, the band will be performing new album "A partial print" in its entirety at these upcoming shows and speaking of "A partial print", I should be getting copies for mailorder very soon.

The Swedish band Lowood asked Kristofer Åström to sing guest vocals on their song "It's a mess" and you can now hear the result at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lowoodsweden