Upcoming international dates for Moto Boy:
09/30 - Burundy Lion, Montreal (CAN)
10/02 - POP Montreal, Montreal (CAN)
10/15 - Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik (ICE)
10/16 - Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik (ICE)
10/19 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
10/21 - Moritzbastei, Leipzig (GER)
10/22 - Hasenschaukel, Hamburg (GER)
10/23 - Hafen2, Offenbach (GER)
10/24 - Subway, Cologne (GER)
10/25 - Fluc, Vienna (CH)
Here's the full tracklist for the upcoming Leonard Cohen tribute "Cohen - The Scandinavian report":
01. Cockies n Beans - First we take Manhattan
02. Rebecka Törnqvist - Here it is
03. Moto Boy - If it be your will
04. Jan Malmsjö - Dansa mig till kärlekens slut (Dance me to the end of love)
05. Ane Brun - Ain't no cure for love
06. Bo Sundström - Everybody knows
07. Sara Isaksson - Hey that's no way to say goodbye
08. Lars Halapi - Sisters of mercy
09. Mikael Wiehe - USA är redo för demokrati (Democracy)
10. Anders Widmark - Hallelujah
11. Eva Dahlgren - Bird on the wire
12. Vidar & Peter - In my secret life
13. Jenny Wilson - The partisan
14. Olle Ljungström - Chelsea Hotel #2
15. Sophie Zelmani - Waiting for the miracle to come
16. Christel Alsos - Suzanne
The official release date is September 30.
Watch Moto Boy perform "Sledgehammer" on the streets of Stockholm as a tribute to Polar Prize winner Peter Gabriel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KynGtYe_Cs
A&R man Lars "Billy" Hansson and producer Lars Halapi have organized a big Scandinavian 75th birthday tribute to Leonard Cohen featuring contributions from Eva Dahlgren, Olle Ljungström, Ane Brun, Sophie Zelmani, Jenny Wilson, Rebecka Törnqvist, Mikael Wiehe, Cookies n Beans, Christel Alsos, Moto Boy and many more. Read a bit more about it here: http://blogg.svd.se/tvbloggen?id=15137
Apparently all tracks were recorded live in the studio and the resulting album will be released on September 30.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Marit Bergman - Casey, hold on
02. TALK 1
03. Ponamero Sundown - Alcoholic deathride
04. Titiyo - If only your bed could cry (feat. Moto Boy)
05. The Bear Quartet - Millions
06. TALK 2
07. The Skull Defekts - Millions
08. Gösta Berlings Saga - Sorterargatan 3
09. TALK 3
10. Stefan and the Problematix - In the city
11. 1999 - Hated people
12. Astrid Swan - 2000 - 2010 (I'm not even 30)
13. Grande Roses - I don't wanna get back on that horse again
14. TALK 4
15. Blänk - Shirt off
16. Psychic Stunts - Wind up the sound
17. Baby Woodrose - Countdown to breakdown
18. TALK 5
19. AC4 - Let's go to war
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.
Moto Boy has a new website and a new album on the way this fall: http://www.motoboy.se/
Discobelle has a Regina remix of Moto Boy's excellent song "Young love": http://www.discobelle.net/2009/07/04/moto-boy-young-love-regina-remix/
Cool Hunting talks to Moto Boy: http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2009/06/moto_boy.php
Also interviewed: Jonas Edvinsson, North American Operations Manager for label cooperative/industry organization The Swedish Model: http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2009/06/the_swedish_mod.php
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. The Scrags - Death of a rock'n'roll band
02. TALK 1
03. On Trial - Mountain
04. The Psyke Project - In the mist
05. Hello Saferide - X telling me about the loss of something dear, at age 16
06. TALK 2
07. Moto Boy - A room without you
08. If There Is Something - Hommage á Roy Orbison
09. Tiger Lou - So demure
10. TALK 3
11. Honey Is Cool - Nach heart
12. Heroes & Zeros - Oslo fadeout
13. Livaventura - Keep on driving
14. Masshysteri - Tvivel
15. TALK 4
16. Samtidigt Som - Vid min sida
17. Ståålfågel - Kung Misär
18. Fredrik - Black fur
19. Scraps of Tape - Grand letdown
20. TALK 5
21. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Radius
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.
Moto Boy- I think you're great, but that online concert earlier today? Not so hot. I mean, you looked and sounded good as far as I could tell, but the stream barely worked at all. I'm not sure if it's just a matter of your provider needing a better CDN or what, but I could only get video and audio in fits and starts. I'm not sure what kind of bitrate you were aiming for, but with a visitor list just under 200 (or so it said when I gave up), that's not good load balancing. I'm not all that surprised though -- aside from a few big media sites, I really haven't seen that many quality live flash streams. On-demand? Easy. But even though I don't work directly with streaming media these days as much as I used to, I know that doing live flash is much more problematic. So live and learn I guess.
On the other hand, your new music box? Beautifully done! Big ups to whoever came up with that because it made my wife very, very happy. I love that the piece is notated on the side of the box, too. It might not ever get as much day-to-day use as my Logh ice-scraper, but it will definitely receive a much more prominent display in my house.
Moto Boy - A room without you
Moto Boy's performance this Sunday, January 25 at Hägersten Revelation Church in Sweden at 6pm CET will be streamed live via his website: http://www.motoboy.se/
He will be backed by the string quartet Vindla and will be playing both classical material from his new "For Martha" EP as well as songs from his self-titled debut album.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Frida Hyvönen
02. Hello Saferide
03. The Soundtrack of Our Lives
04. The Sound of Arrows
05. Fever Ray
06. David Sandström Overdrive
07. Jens Lekman
08. Moto Boy
09. Håkan Hellström
10. Anna Ternheim
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Question: Is the "Popular Searches" list at the bottom of the page self-perpetuating or does it realistically reflect current artist popularity? Do people click out of curiosity or are the results more organic? I'm really not sure. I know Moto Boy rose through the ranks the day his music box was announced. And Anna Ternheim's recent Grammy wins are good reason to be popular. But what about some of the others? WE? Haven't heard much from them in quite some time. But I am stoked to see Cortex in the list, though a bit confused. Are people as into the band as me? Or are they curious about Freddie Wadling's forthcoming solo joint? What's the deal? But while we're on the subject, I might as well brag that I finally scored a copy of their 1986 LP "You can't kill the boogeyman". It's some weird Euro pressing and the sleeve is not in perfect shape, but the vinyl is good and that's really all that matters. Oh, and it wasn't that expensive either - another bonus. Now I just need some charitable soul to sell me an affordable copy of "Spinal injuries" and I'll be set. Help me out people! In the meantime, here's a track from "You can't kill...". Perhaps not their strongest work, but still quite good.
Cortex - Shark boys die hard
Songs I Wish I Had Written is releasing the music of Moto Boy in one of the most old-school, lo-fi ways possible: as a music box. See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXC4I_ebIIA&fmt=18
Download the song in question: http://www.songsiwish.com/motoboy/Aroomwithoutyou.mp3
They're not the first to do it (Mogwai did the same awhile back), but it's certainly not commonplace. Says the label: In true Songs I Wish spirit we give away the music digitally and charge for the manufactured gadget. We test Seth Godins interesting Seinfeld curve theory that there is no room for the middle price range – no one pay $4 for a Seinfeld episode on TV, but to pay $200 to see Jerry in Las Vegas is not a problem. Applied to music, it's even more true. $1 per song is a construction made up by record labels that is/was doomed to fail. In Godins words: "because if you're not scarce I’m not going to pay for it because I can get if for free."
So $0 for MP3 and $25 for a totally unique musical box!
Read more: http://www.digitalrenaissance.se/2009/01/13/free-expensive/
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Frida Hyvönen
02. Hello Saferide
03. Anna Ternheim
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Kristofer Åström
06. The Radio Dept.
07. Moto Boy
08. Montt Mardié
09. Isolation Years
10. Irene
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