Artist: Marit Bergman
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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:
01. The Bombettes - Dating scene
02. TALK 1
03. Leütenhaven - Still life (trompe l'oeil)
04. Dieter Schöön - Warm hearts
05. Kasper Bjørke - Back & spine (Fidel Astro remix)
06. TALK 2
07. Come Sleep - Be the end
08. Promise and the Monster - Trials
09. Immanu El - Home
10. TALK 3
11. Lukestar - Lake Toba
12. Marit Bergman - No party
13. Mando Diao - Never seen the light of day
14. TALK 4
15. Jonas Game - ADHD
16. Kornstad - Turkey, Texas
17. Josse - You had a plan
18. The Hives - You dress up for Armageddon
19. TALK 5
20. Randy - Freedom song
21. Ted Gärdestad - Så mycket bättre
22. Motorhomes - Into the night
23. TALK 6
24. Laakso - Västerbron
25. The Bear Quartet - Hunchback
26. Susanne Sundfør - The dance
27. TALK 7
28. New Moscow - Turbonegro must be destroyed
29. The Bell - Target group
30. Vaiping - The great polar expedition
31. TALK 8
32. NEI - City of gold
33. Asha Ali - Fire, fire
34. My Enemy - My time coming (Johan Formeijer remix)
35. TALK 9
36. CS Nielsen - Black spots
37. David Sandström Overdrive - The Fatville Treaty
38. C.Aarmé - Golden retriever
39. TALK 10
40. Aerial - My god, it's full of stars!
On the occasion of Halloween, Marit Bergman has posted three different versions of her excellent single "No party" on myspace including a new sparse piano version plus remixes from The Field and Isabel y Decibel: http://www.myspace.com/maritbergman
Marit Bergman is taking her full band out on the road for a couple international gigs:
11/11 - Inrocks festival, Paris (FRA)
11/12 - Tack!Tack!Tack! @ Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen, London (UK)
Abalone Dots are a lot like the Swedish version of the Dixie Chicks. Pleasant to the ears (and eyes), but overall, entirely unremarkable. There's nothing wrong with their acoustic pop country sound, it's just not that exciting. Their singing and picking is competent and well-executed. I certainly can't fault the songwriting - the band's self-penned material (including co-writing help on a few tracks from Marit Bergman) is fine. Even the cover tunes, a mainstay of many country records, are well done and fit nicely. The problem is that there's simply no personality, no spark. They take turns sharing lead vocal duties, but I'd be hard-pressed to tell them apart, let alone pick a favorite. Even a guest appearance by Kristofer Åström (see today's mp3 selection) does little to improve the proceedings. Disappointing.
Abalone Dots - Under the rain (ft. Kristofer Åström)
This week's radio show is all women:
01. Hello Saferide - I was definitely made for these times
02. TALK 1
03. Susanne Sundfør - I resign
04. Sahara Hotnights - Drive dead slow
05. Margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
06. TALK 2
07. Marit Bergman - I will always be your soldier
08. El Perro Del Mar - Party
09. Octavia Sperati - As fire swept clean the earth
10. TALK 3
11. Robyn - Cobrastyle
12. Montys Loco - Man overboard
13. Honey Is Cool - Summer of men
14. TALK 4
15. Those Dancing Days - Hitten (demo version)
16. Christel Alsos - Come on
17. Red Moon - Landslide
18. TALK 5
19. Sophie Zelmani - To know you
20. Sanna Kurki-Suonio - Minne
21. Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Enjoy the silence
22. TALK 6
23. Otur - Overture
24. Midaircondo - Perfect spot
25. Doughnuts - Drowning
26. TALK 7
27. Fe-mail - Jacob's leketøy
28. September - Satellites
29. Gåte - Sjå attende
30. TALK 8
31. Maia Hirasawa - Mattis & Maia (ft. Miss Li)
32. Stina Nordenstam - Parliament square (The Knife remix)
33. Munck//Johnson - Slavesong
34. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
35. TALK 9
36. Säkert! - Sanningsdan
37. Asha Ali - A promise broken
38. The Cardigans - I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
39. TALK 10
40. Anja Garbarek - The last trick
In case you missed it, the music summer camp for girls that Marit Bergman helped found is called Popkollo and you can find out more information here: http://www.popkollo.se/
Non-Swedish speakers, check the 'English' link on the bottom left for more details.
Check out a video of Marit Bergman and Andreas Kleerup performing "3:am" on Swedish TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnZfCawE4OI
Matt Giordano asked me about this song earlier this week so I figured, what the heck? Why not make it this week's Friday post. Marit Bergman has done a lot of fun covers for b-sides throughout the years - X-Ray Spex ("Oh bondage, up yours!"), AC/DC ("Highway to hell"), etc. - but it's her cover of fellow Swedes Fireside and the song "Sweatbead" that stands out. There's also a nice Moneybrother duet on the same disc (2003's "From now on" single) making it even more worthwhile to track down. Anyhow, Marit does away with Fireside's post-hardcore syncopation and gives the big chorus hook to the horn section, wholly making it her own. It's a really sweet song when you get down to it and I think that Marit does a great job of bringing that out, especially with the way she expands the song's dynamic range. Sometimes b-sides are obviously the tracks that weren't good enough for the album, but this most certainly is not.
Marit Bergman - Sweatbead
Fluxblog talks about last night's show with Marit Bergman (+ guest Nina Persson) opening for The Pipettes in NYC: http://www.fluxblog.org/2007/06/you-made-my-heart-go-boom.html
Look for correspondent Matt Giordano's own review to hopefully be posted as well by the end of the day.
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Marit Bergman played a short, yet very stellar set last night opening for Smoosh and The Pipettes. With her on guitar and flanked by three background singers dressed all in white, whom she intrduced as Joy, Nina (Persson) and Kat. Sticking mostly with mellow numbers from her most recent album "I think it's a rainbow", she breezed through a very brief twenty-five minute set. Highlights included absolutely gorgeous and intimate versions of "Today will be the day when mourning ends", "No party", "I will always be your soldier", "Eyes were blue" and "Mama, I remember you now" and she closed with a new song. The trio of backing vocalists aided the whole set, either by emphasizing the hook of "No party" or by making "Today will be the day when mourning ends" one of the prettiest songs I have ever heard performed. Marit was the perfect opener for a great night of pop music and was given quite the reception by the crowd at her set's completion.
- Matt Giordano
My radio show this week is all about good-time summer jams:
01. TALK 1
02. Junior Senior - Move your feet
03. Tigerbombs - 1000 sparks
04. Säkert! - Vi kommer att dö samtidigt
05. TALK 2
06. Maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
07. Margaret Berger - Samantha
08. The Knife - Heartbeats
09. The Ark - The worrying kind
10. TALK 3
11. Bamse - Kapten Busters sång
12. Marit Bergman - Adios amigos
13. Last Days of April - Playerin
14. Nic & the Family - Hej Monika
15. TALK 4
16. Basshunter - Boten Anna
17. The Alpine - No I in team
18. Aqua - Barbie girl
19. TALK 5
20. I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse
21. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
22. Eric Prydz vs Floyd - Proper education
23. TALK 6
24. Children of Bodom - Oops, I did it again!
25. Whale - Hobo humpin' slobo babe
26. Kurt Nilsen - She's so high
27. Desert Planet - Return of the ninja droids
28. TALK 7
29. Laakso - Italy vs Helsinki
30. Peter Bjorn and John - Young folks
31. September - Cry for you
32. TALK 8
33. Randy - Summer of bros
34. Ace of Base - All that she wants
35. Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde - Democracy
36. TALK 9
37. Håkan Hellström - Kann ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
38. Seven Feet Four - Last days of summer
39. Tiger Lou - The war between us (Rupesh Cartel remix)
40. Madrugada - The kids are on high street
41. TALK 10
42. Europe - The final countdown
Download the companion "Summer jam '07" podcast mix right here.
Marit Bergman will support Smoosh and The Pipettes at the HighLine Ballroom in NYC on June 5. Buy tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=176279
Marit Bergman requires female vocalists with white wardrobes in NYC on June 5: http://www.maritbergman.net/?p=275
Marit Bergman will support The Pipettes on their upcoming European tour:
04/24 - Conne Island, Leipzig (GER)
04/25 - Grunspan, Hamburg (GER)
04/26 - Maria/Zitty Party, Berlin (GER)
04/27 - Backstage Werk, Munich (GER)
04/28 - Viper, Firenze (ITA)
04/29 - Fillmore, Piacenza (ITA)
04/30 - Bologna, Estragon (ITA)
05/03 - Trabendo, Paris (FRA)
That's a great double-bill.
This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (02) The Ark - Absolutely no decorum
02. (03) Asha Ali - Coward heart
03. (06) Badly Drawn Boy - A journey from A to B
04. (05) The Moonbabies - War on sound
05. (01) Lily Allen - Littlest things
06. (07) Regina Spektor - Samson
07. (NY) Arctic Monkeys - Brainstorm
08. (08) Sahara Hotnights - Cheek to cheek
09. (09) Joss Stone - Tell me about it
10. (11) The Shins - Phantom limb
11. (10) The Kooks - Ooh la
12. (12) Pelle Carlberg - I love you, you imbecile
13. (04) Tingsek - Proud to be part of these days
14. (13) Maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
15. (NY) Kings of Leon - On call
16. (19) Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the experiment
17. (14) Cold War Kids - Hang me up to dry
18. (16) The Long Blondes - Giddy stratospheres
19. (NY) Jamie T - If you got the money
20. (15) Amerie - Take control
Leaving the chart:
The Mary Onettes - Void
Grinderman - No pussy blues
Marit Bergman - Mama I remember you now