Tomorrow, June 5 - It's a Trap! Clubnights presents a night of top-shelf Swedish indierock with Soviac, Tennis Bafra and Åbe at Debaser Malmö! Free entry before 10pm too, so you have no excuse! Do it.
Åbe made a video for Tennis Bafra. Tennis Bafra made a video for Åbe. Both bands are also featured on a new 3-way split along with labelmates Soviac. Watch the clip, you'll understand.
In These Woods' self-titled debut/final? EP from late 2010 didn't make much of a splash, but it's still one of my favorite indierock releases of recent memory. While I love bands like Culkin and Tennis Bafra, they're often operating more off of a classic US indie template as opposed to ITW's inherent Swedish-ness. Of course it all comes from the same place if you trace it back far enough, but ITW has a far stronger direct kinship to Him Kerosene and Fireside than Sonic Youth or Dinosaur Jr.. It's in the sharpness of the rhythms, the way the melodies move and layer; there's nothing else like it.
In These Woods - Ghost
OMG! Just confirmed for Tuesday, June 5 at Debaser Malmö: Soviac + Tennis Bafra + ÅBE! A five-star lineup of indierock allstars, all in the same place at the same time! And that's not that all, we've also got heavy crust-metallers This Gift is a Curse and hardcore act Vervain on Thursday, July 12! And let us not forget Division of Laura Lee in May with Anchor and Keep Shelly in Athens! Get stoked, people.
Another new video from excellent Swedish indierockers Tennis Bafra.
Got 20 minutes to spare? Of course you do! Put a load of laundry on and check out this new video from Swedish indierockers Tennis Bafra.
Can't deny that I count various members of Culkin as my personal friends, but that doesn't mean I don't sincerely believe they are a good band. Wait, scratch that: great band! I know I'm predisposed to enjoy guitar-based indierock -- that much is obvious -- but that also doesn't mean that Culkin automatically qualify on that front either because there's a shit-ton of bands with dudes playing guitars who are straight-up garbage. Along with Tennis Bafra and a few others, Culkin herald the arrival of what I hope to be a new age of Swedish indierawk, with one foot in the past (see song titles such as "Tim Kerosene" and if you don't get it, do your homework) and eyes toward the future. The vital ingredients: strong hooks, a muscular rhythm section and dense melodies. Culkin has it all, along with triumphant guitar solos as a bonus.
"Glow" is the slow-burn epic opener of the band's new album "Several Sundays" and I hope they don't get mad at me for sharing it with you, but I'm doing it anyway. Act first, apologize later y'know. Buy the CD here or listen at Spotify.
Culkin - Glow
Gaffa has the premiere of the new Tennis Bafra video "Sleep": http://gaffa.se/tv/clip/1032
Some of Franky Lee's bio material attempts to peg them as an indierock throwback, but there's no comparison to bands such as Tennis Bafra or Culkin. No, Franky Lee is a straight-up turn-of-the-millennium style arena-sized alternative rock act ala Foo Fighters or Jimmy Eat World. Which is by no means a bad thing! The band I'm currently playing with kind of attempts to cop that sound too, for what it's worth, though we probably throw in a few more new-wavey influences. Anyhow, I really do like this sort of stuff despite it being patently uncool in many social circles. It's definitely not punk to aspire to such pop grandeur -- a funny thing to note when you consider Franky Lee's member pedigree (likewise, in my own band's case). I guess there's a freedom in getting old in that those sort of petty things don't seem to matter as much anymore. I'm feeling it, signed: an unapologetic fan of pop convention. Go see Franky Lee when they play Debaser Malmö next week at It's a Trap!'s clubnight.
Franky Lee - A man without a heart
The new Tennis Bafra album "Abulia jubilee", now streaming in full via SoundCloud.
PSL has the premiere of the new video "Halal haircut" from authentic 90s Swedish indierock relics Tennis Bafra: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/01/30/premiar-tennis-bafra-halal-haircut/
A new track from Swedish indierockers Tennis Bafra, the 2nd single off their upcoming album "Abulia jubilee".
After 19 years of being a band, Tennis Bafra will finally release their debut longplayer "Abulia Jubilee" on February 6 via .
has provided us with their winter/spring release schedule, as well as a couple excellent sample tunes. Listen above/read below:
Dec 23 - Tennis Bafra - Knox Harrington [digital single]
Dec 24 - Åbe - Leland [digital single]
Jan 01 - Åbe - King of Pellargonia [CD/digital]
Feb 06 - Tennis Bafra - Abulia Jubilee [CD/LP/digital]
Feb 22 - Soviac - The aack album [CD/LP/digital]
Mar 03 - Simian Ghost - Youth [LP]
Later in 2012, look for new albums from De Montevert, First Love Last Rites and Daymare.