Artist: Moneybrother

Country: Sweden
Genre: Pop/Rock
http://www.moneybrother.net/
http://www.myspace.com/moneybrother

Reviews: Mount Pleasure / Just another summer (mp3) / Pengabrorsan / Jag skriver inte på nåt (mp3) / Dom vet ingenting om oss / Live @ Camden Barfly, London, 03/24/05 / To die alone / They're building walls around us CDS

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Moneybrother has a new website along with a track-by-track rundown of the new record "Mount pleasure": http://www.moneybrother.net/
I've listened to it once so far and it seems alright. Expect a more detailed analysis in the near future.

Wed, Aug 15th, 2007 00:00:00

New Moneybrother tourdates:

09/25 - Vega (small hall), Copenhagen (DK)
09/26 - Kamp, Biefeld (GER)
09/27 - Kleine Elserhalle, Munich (GER)
09/28 - WUK, Vienna (AUS)
09/29 - Abart, Zürich (CH)
10/01 - Prime Club, Köln (GER)
10/02 - Starclub, Dresden (GER)
10/03 - Postbahnhof, Berlin (GER)
10/04 - Grünspan, Hamburg (GER)

Fri, Jul 20th, 2007 00:00:00

The playlist for my radio show this week:

01. At the Gates - Suicide nation
02. TALK 1
03. Moving Oos - Stronger
04. Eskju Divine - Hold on
05. Mechanical Bird - Sunday
06. TALK 2
07. Mixtapes & Cellmates - Quiet
08. DS13 - Thrash lifestyle
09. Montt Mardié - Metropolis
10. Junior Senior - Can I get get get
11. TALK 3
12. Niccokick - Love & neon lights
13. Kristofer Åström - I collect knives
14. Death Breath - His protoplasmic worship
15. TALK 4
16. Mob - Ghost track
17. MZ412 - Unhealing wounds
18. Ugress - Manhattan sapphire
19. TALK 5
20. Shining - Låt oss ta allt från darandra
21. No Hope for the Kids - Rainy day
22. Moneybrother - Det blir ingen dans
23. Amandine - For all the marbles
24. TALK 6
25. Familjen - Det snurrar i min skalle
26. Last Days of April - Aspirins and alcohol
27. M:40 - När bomberna faller
28. TALK 7
29. Espen Jørgensen - The immaculate conception
30. Motorpsycho - For free
31. The Carny - Man under the sun
32. TALK 8
33. Karin Ström - Klaustrofobi
34. Badun - Pulsen
35. Meshuggah - Future breed machine
36. Värttinä - Mero
37. TALK 9
38. Randy - Better than art
39. Closer - Open casket
40. Alog - Buffalo demon
41. TALK 10
42. On Trial - Speaking of witch

Sat, Jul 14th, 2007 00:00:00

Festival report: Accelerator

Tue, Jul 3rd, 2007 00:00:00

MP3: Marit Bergman - Sweatbead

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

Fri, Jun 8th, 2007 00:00:00

The new Moneybrother album "Mount Pleasure" will be released on August 22 via Burning Heart. The first single is called "Just another summer" and can be sampled here: http://www.musicbrigade.com/templates/Loka____15329.aspx?flashpage=1 (track 2)

Wed, May 30th, 2007 00:00:00

Interview: Shout Out Louds

Wed, May 9th, 2007 00:00:00

Check out the microsite for the new comp "Ge Fan I Våra Vatten", a benefit to raise money for fish/water restoration: http://www.sportfiskarna.se/gefan/
Many of the contributing acts such as Erik Ohlsson from Millencolin and Kimmo Kirvesmäki of Voice Of A Generation/The Accidents are sport fishermen themselves, so consider this a labor of love. Other contributing acts include The Hives, The Hellacopters, Millencolin, Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Backyard Babies, Moneybrother, Weeping Willows and Randy. It comes out on May 18.

Wed, Apr 18th, 2007 00:00:00

The Harmacy decries the current state of Burning Heart and their latest release by recent signees Kid Down: http://theharmacy.blogspot.com/2007/04/kid-down-and-noble-art-of-irony-burning_15.html
Personally, I think Moneybrother ("that annoying Swedish Joe Strummer dude") is fine, but it's 100% true: the label is suffering. This sad trend-chasing is a sure sign of a label in its death-throes. They got too big too quickly and too desperate to keep it up when they should've probably chalked it all up to good luck and kept living modestly.

Mon, Apr 16th, 2007 00:00:00

Moneybrother will play a special one-off gig in Berlin at Frannz Club on May 9.

Mon, Apr 16th, 2007 00:00:00