Artist: My Enemy
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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!
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played artist chart:
01. The Radio Dept.
02. Tiger Lou
03. Radiohead
04. Vapnet
05. The Flaming Lips
06. Death Cab for Cutie
07. Built to Spill
08. Belle and Sebastian
09. Bright Eyes
10. Kent
Top 10 tracks for the week:
01. Gnarls barkley - Crazy
02. Vapnet - Thoméegränd
03. The Radio Dept. - A window
04. Sambassadeur - Kate
05. Band of Horses - The Funeral
06. My Enemy - What is love
07. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
08. Built to Spill - Conventional Wisdom
09. Holy Madre - Shallow Bay
10. The Radio Dept. - Tell
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I'm a big fan of comps with a strong premise or theme. Even when the music doesn't work (ahem, see "Jävla kritiker!" for one), they are still worth hearing or owning just because. Even the weakest tribute comps have their redeeming moments. Dig Your Own Grave's "This is love" comp isn't a typical tribute in which the contributors all honor a single artist. It's simpler than that - they are all joined together to offer homage to a single song, Haddaway's Europop monster-hit "What is love". For some of you, that's all you need to sell you on the record, but if you're like me you're still very tentative. I'm thinking this can't be good, right? There's no way I'm gonna make it through all twelve tracks. But you know what? Not only did I make it through, but I found myself listening for a second time immediately. The strength of the original lies in its simplicity: an easy chord progression, not too many words, a huge anthemic chorus. It's a perfect choice for reworking since it adapts easily to many styles. Most of the acts here are of the bedroom lofi/indietronica variety and while a few start to lose their luster on subsequent listens, there are many standouts. My Enemy's blissed out take on the song is one. They slow it down and stretch it out like a lazy Sunday afternoon. It's like the best Radio Dept. song they never wrote. Another highlight for me is Aktion Atopos's pounding Godflesh-style version. The beats are heavy and distorted and the vocals are pitched-down and monstrous. I couldn't decide on just one to post today, so you get both. Happy May Day or something like that. Go get My Enemy from the regular playlist, AA down below.
Download: Aktion Atopos - What is love
I'm a big fan of comps with a strong premise or theme. Even when the music doesn't work (ahem, see "Jävla kritiker!" for one), they are still worth hearing or owning just because. Even the weakest tribute comps have their redeeming moments. Dig Your Own Grave's "This is love" comp isn't a typical tribute in which the contributors all honor a single artist. It's simpler than that - they are all joined together to offer homage to a single song, Haddaway's Europop monster-hit "What is love". For some of you, that's all you need to sell you on the record, but if you're like me you're still very tentative. I'm thinking this can't be good, right? There's no way I'm gonna make it through all twelve tracks. But you know what? Not only did I make it through, but I found myself listening for a second time immediately. The strength of the original lies in its simplicity: an easy chord progression, not too many words, a huge anthemic chorus. It's a perfect choice for reworking since it adapts easily to many styles. Most of the acts here are of the bedroom lofi/indietronica variety and while a few start to lose their luster on subsequent listens, there are many standouts. My Enemy's blissed out take on the song is one. They slow it down and stretch it out like a lazy Sunday afternoon. It's like the best Radio Dept. song they never wrote. Another highlight for me is Aktion Atopos's pounding Godflesh-style version. The beats are heavy and distorted and the vocals are pitched-down and monstrous. I couldn't decide on just one to post today, so you get both. Happy May Day or something like that. Go get My Enemy from the regular playlist, AA down below.
Download: Aktion Atopos - What is love
My Enemy - What is love
If you look to your right, you'll also see we have every more new content today. First up is Katie's review of the Swedish hip-hop showcase NYC on Monday. Sounds like it was a great time! I've been told that pictures are forthcoming, so check back soon. Also posted today is a top ten from Samira Englund of promising indie/electronic act My Enemy. As I said in my recent review, I'm still not amazed by any of their releases yet, but I have to admit that there's something very compelling about them that makes me think they are a group to watch.
Check out the video for "Khreis" from My Enemy: http://www.cj-film.com/files/khreis.htm
I'm still not totally wowed by My Enemy, but I'm not ready to give up on them yet either. Their debut EP "Elil" showed promise, but ultimately fell short and it's kind of the same story with these two more recent releases. But! My Enemy continues to get better with every new CD. The songs and, more importantly, the production are steadily improving. It's especially apparent on the remix tracks from "Khreis" where you can hear other folks who are able to tap into the songs' potential and transform them into something greater. I like where they're going, but they aren't quite there yet. Keep an eye on 'em - I've got a strong feeling they'll figure it out.
- Avi Roig
Swedish indietronica act My Enemy has a new website: http://www.myenemy.vapengodis.com/
Swedish indietronica act My Enemy will be doing a CDR ep on Yellow Mica Recordings entitled "Roo", due out at the end of September. At around the same time, their main label Vapen & Godis will release a new CD-single with remixes from Johan Fotmeijer and Tommy Eld as well as a cover of "Cambodia" by Kim Wilde.
Musicgeek.org interviews Swedish indietronica act My Enemy: http://www.musicgeek.org/?action=interviews&id=43
Swedish laptop pop act My Enemy now has a website online where you can download a couple tracks from their "Elil" EP along with one unreleased song: http://www.myenemy.tk/
The mix of acoustic and electronica is more and more present, but rarely mastered. My Enemy try really hard at getting something going, but most of the times the two universes clash and don't work towards a common goal. While the melodies and the songs are really good, the instrumentation and arrangements work about half the time. Manitoba's "Up in flames" is within reach but they are not quite there yet.
- Simon Thibaudeau