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A wall of sound? Check. Attitude? Check. Lots of harmonies? Check. Breakdowns? Check. Emo? You bet! When Canan from Satirnine teams up with members from The Ackermans, the result is somewhat blurry. Like a job half done. 'Cause when you're in this emorock genre, it doesn't matter if the musicianship is brilliant (and it is on this disc, I give them that), you need strong melodies and big choruses. Something Fare You Well is missing. There are, on the other hand, some tracks that stand out. The poppy "Take me away" offers up a nice touch that sounds a bit like a darker form of The Promise Ring and the heavy "Traps" follows the vein of Bad Astronaut. But as a whole, the album isn't as edgy as I want this kind of music to be and it is certainly not what I expected from Canan. A sign of the times I suppose. Sounds like a serenade? Nah, sounds more like a sleeping pill.
- Jonas Appelqvist
Plugged Records fall release schedule:
11/30 - The Ackermans "By me and you" CDS
12/07 - The Ackermans "No one knows us better than The Ackermans" CD
12/07 - Private Angus "Your song" CDS
12/07 - Fuelhead "Little ones" CDS
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (04) Le Tigre - "TKO/New Kicks"
02. (06) Phoenix - "You Can't Blame It On (Anybody)"
03. (NY) The Mo - "Howl In The Jungle"
04. (08) Talib Kweli Feat. Mary J Blige - "I Try"
05. (NY) Baby Shambles - "Killamangiro"
06. (07) Kings Of Convenience - "Misread"
07. (10) Blacknuss Feat. Awa Manneh & ADL - "All Your Lovin'"
08. (13) Thunder Express - "In My Mind"
09. (14) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "#1 E.P."
10. (NY) Deportees - "Not Tonight"
11. (15) Starmarket - "Cologne"
12. (17) The Solution - "My Mojo Ain't Workin No More"
13. (NY) M.I.A. - "Galang"
14. (03) The Hidden Cameras - "I Believe In The Good Of Life"
15. (05) Ron Sexsmith - "Whatever It Takes"
16. (12) Marit Bergman - "Can I Keep Him?"
17. (NY) Kanye West - "Jesus Walks"
18. (NY) Mos Def - "Sex, Love & Money"
19. (20) U2 - "Vertigo"
20. (NY) Goldie Lookin' Chain - "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do"
Hot new tracks not in the top 20:
Beatnuts Feat. Akon - "Find Us"
The Faint - "I Disappear"
Fatboy - "This Tear Will Never Leave My Eye"
Leaving the chart:
(01) The Hives - "Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones"
(02) Dogs Die In Hot Cars - "I Love You 'Cause I Have To"
(09) De La Soul - "Shopping Bag"
(11) The Ackermans - "Come On, Come On"
(16) Dreamboy - "Uncalled For"
(18) Fibes, Oh Fibes! - "One Hour Baby"
(19) Nancy Sinatra - "Let Me Kiss You"
The first single I heard from these guys showed a lot of promise and this new one more than lives up to expectations. Imagine a less manic version of The Hives with stronger chops and you'd have something like The Ackermans. Both bands play high-energy garage pop, but what The Ackermans lack in punk vigor, they make up for with musical competence. Lots of nice interplay between the two guitarists and good, strong, clean vocals. Can't go wrong with the personalized cover either.
- Avi Roig
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (02) The Hives - "Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones"
02. (04) Dogs Die In Hot Cars - "I Love You 'Cause I Have To"
03. (16) The Hidden Cameras - "I Believe In The Good Of Life"
04. (NY) Le Tigre - "New Kicks"
05. (07) Ron Sexsmith - "Whatever It Takes"
06. (NY) Phoenix - "Anybody"
07. (NY) Kings Of Convenience - "Misread"
08. (NY) Talib Kweli Feat. Mary J Blige - "I Try"
09. (08) De La Soul - "Shopping Bag"
10. (13) Blacknuss Feat. Awa Manneh & ADL - "All Your Lovin'"
11. (14) The Ackermans - "Come On, Come On"
12. (01) Marit Bergman - "Can I Keep Him?"
13. (05) Thunder Express - "In My Mind"
14. (06) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "#1 E.P."
15. (NY) Starmarket - "Cologne"
16. (NY) Dreamboy - "Uncalled For"
17. (NY) The Solution - "My Mojo Ain't Workin No More"
18. (NY) Fibes, Oh Fibes! - "One Hour Baby"
19. (12) Nancy Sinatra - "Let Me Kiss You"
20. (NY) U2 - "Vertigo"
Hot tracks not in the top 20:
Goldie Lookin' Chain - "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do"
The Donnas - "Fall Behind Me"
La Nana - "Kabanskij"
Leaving the chart:
(03) Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Bigtime"
(09) The Libertines - "Can't Stand Me Now"
(10) Jens Lekman - "Julie E.P."
(11) Mando Diao - "Clean Town"
(15) Strip Music - "Never Die"
(17) R.E.M. - "Leaving New York"
(18) Manic Street Preachers - "The Love Of Richard Nixon"
(19) Svenska Akademien - "Vetande"
(20) Bloc Party - "Little Thoughts"
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's Swedish student radio top 20:
01. (07) Marit Bergman - "Can I Keep Him?"
02. (02) The Hives - "Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones"
03. (03) Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Bigtime"
04. (04) Dogs Die In Hot Cars - "I Love You 'Cause I Have To"
05. (05) Thunder Express - "In My Mind"
06. (11) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "#1 E.P."
07. (10) Ron Sexsmith - "Whatever It Takes"
08. (12) De La Soul - "Shopping Bag"
09. (01) The Libertines - "Can't Stand Me Now"
10. (09) Jens Lekman - "Julie E.P."
11. (13) Mando Diao - "Clean Town"
12. (NY) Nancy Sinatra - "Let Me Kiss You"
13. (NY) Blacknuss Feat. Awa Manneh & ADL - "All Your Lovin'"
14. (NY) The Ackermans - "Come On, Come On"
15. (18) Strip Music - "Never Die"
16. (NY) The Hidden Cameras - "I Believe In The Good Of Life"
17. (06) R.E.M. - "Leaving New York"
18. (NY) Manic Street Preachers - "The Love Of Richard Nixon"
19. (17) Svenska Akademien - "Vetande"
20. (NY) Bloc Party - "Little Thoughts"
Hot tracks not in the top 20:
Kings Of Convenience - "Misread"
Talib Kweli Feat. Mary J Blige - "I Try"
Le Tigre - "New Kicks"
Leaving the chart:
(08) Eastern Lane - "I Said Pig On Friday"
(14) Franz Ferdiand - "Michael"
(15) Niccokick - "Love & Neon Lights"
(16) Chromeo - "Needy Girl"
(19) Client - "Radio"
(20) The Cure - "Taking Off"
Inpediente/Plugged Records will release the new single "Come On, Come On" from garage rockers The Ackermans on September 30.
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's Swedish student radio top 20:
01. (03) The Libertines - "Can't Stand Me Now"
02. (01) The Hives - "Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones"
03. (04) Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Bigtime"
04. (NY) Dogs Die In Hot Cars - "I Love You 'Cause I Have To"
05. (05) Thunder Express - "In My Mind"
06. (06) R.E.M. - "Leaving New York"
07. (02) Marit Bergman - "Can I Keep Him?"
08. (08) Eastern Lane - "I Said Pig On Friday"
09. (09) Jens Lekman - "Julie E.P."
10. (NY) Ron Sexsmith - "Whatever It Takes"
11. (18) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "#1 E.P."
12. (NY) De La Soul - "Shopping Bag"
13. (17) Mando Diao - "Clean Town"
14. (07) Franz Ferdiand - "Michael"
15. (NY) Niccokick - "Love & Neon Lights"
16. (15) Chromeo - "Needy Girl"
17. (19) Svenska Akademien - "Vetande"
18. (NY) Strip Music - "Never Die"
19. (20) Client - "Radio"
20. (NY) The Cure - "Taking Off"
New tracks just outside the top 20:
Lars Winnerbäck - "Elegi"
Bloc Party - "Little Thoughts"
The Ackermans - "Come On, Come On"
Leaving the chart:
(10) Cirera - "Motherfucker - Fake Vegetarian Ex-Girlfriend"
(11) Ed Harcourt - "This One's For You"
(12) Kasabian - "L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)"
(13) Faithless - "I Want More"
(14) The Delgados - "Everybody Come Down"
(16) Björk - "Oceania"
The Ackermans - Song in your Street CDS (Inpediente/Plugged)
This band plays upbeat garage punk that'll probably remind most folks of The Hives at first, but sounds to me more like classic Lookout! Records stuff such as The Hi-Fives. It's got the usual ingredients for the genre: jangly, sharp guitars, slightly fuzzed-out vocals, good hooks, hyperactive drumming and so on and so forth. The two songs on this single pass by so quickly, it's already over by the time I really start getting into it. Though it's definitely not be anything I haven't heard done before, I still dig it.
This band plays upbeat garage punk that'll probably remind most folks of The Hives at first, but sounds to me more like classic Lookout! Records stuff such as The Hi-Fives. It's got the usual ingredients for the genre: jangly, sharp guitars, slightly fuzzed-out vocals, good hooks, hyperactive drumming and so on and so forth. The two songs on this single pass by so quickly, it's already over by the time I really start getting into it. Though it's definitely not be anything I haven't heard done before, I still dig it.
- Avi Roig
High Bias has posted a bunch of reviews of singles from recent Swedish artists such as The Ackermans, Enemies SWE, Tobias Fröberg and Ebon Tale as well as their take on José González's "Veneer": http://www.highbias.com/
It doesn't hurt that they give me props as well.
Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. The Rasmus - Funeral Song
02. Promoe - These Walls Don´t Lie
03. A-Teens - I Promised Myself
04. HIM - Solitary Man
05. Kashmir - Aftermath
06. Petter - Repa skivan
07. Paleface - Colgate Soulmate
08. Christian Walz - Maybe Not
09. Blue Foundation - End Of The Day
10. Bergman Rock - Jim
11. C21 - All That I Want
12. Tungtvann - Slepp Dae Laus
13. Whyte Seeds - Black Key Song
14. The Mo - The Right World
15. Infinite Mass - No.1 Swartskalle
16. Winta - I Want You
17. Grand Avenue - This Is Not An End
18. Venke Knutson - Scared
19. Alcazar - This Is The World We´re Living
20. Nik + Jay - Pop Pop
Challengers:
01. Eskobar - Bring The Action
02. Elin Sigvardsson - A Person Called She
03. The Ackermans - Song In Your Street
04. Virgo - The Wall
05. Elastinen - Syljen
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
Gåte's new single "Statt opp (Maggedulia)" has been postponed one week due to 'transport complications.' It now will come out on June 16.
Elin Sigvardsson will contributing her version of "You're A Big Girl Now" to the upcoming "May Your Songs Always Be Sung" Bob Dylan tribute. Other artists on the comp include Chris Whitley and Elliot Murphy. She also posted a quick note on her website with regards to what she's up to now. (in Swedish)
Jettie has announced that Stefan Juhlin has left the band. They say there's no hard feelings and they're all still friends, they just grew apart. His positioned won't be immediately replaced, rather they will continue on as a three-piece for now. In other news, the band's CDEP "Some Stories We Trust" recently came out on Kasual Records and they're already hard at work on new material.
Better late than never, the Seattle Weekly has published a feature on Righteous Boy, the side project of Cardigans bassist Magnus Sveningsson. Apparently Future Farmer Records just put out the record in the US this week.
Also by way of Cardigans Country, comes this Q&A session with Nina Persson from Exclaim!, a Canadian webzine.
Some of the bands scheduled to play Metalfest Vienna which takes place in Austria from August 23-24: In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Amon Amarth, Katatonia, Finntroll, Borknagar, and Vintersong. More info here.
Supersilent is now confirmed for the Internationales Jazzfestival in Saalfelden, Austria on 08/30. They are also playing Parkteatret in Oslo on 05/31.
Thearkworld.com has put up a video of the band playing "Angelheads" live from Stockholm on April 30. The website also has posted Ola, Jepson and Lasse's favorite records, so head on over to check it out.
Interested in the upcoming Soundtrack of Our Lives shows in Slussens? Well, tsool.tk has got a bilingual guide just for you.
Mando Diao has reportedly already sold 16k copies of their album on import in Japan before the official release date of June 18. They'll also be heading over there to play the Summer Sonic festivals in Tokyo and Osaka in support of the release before returning for a headlining tour this fall. As for the rest of the world, Mute will be releasing it in the US on August 26, France on June 24.
Bobby is having a record release show at Club Mondo in Stockholm on May 26 where they will play two five-song sets. Get tickets by emailing galesbury@hotmail.com.
CNN will be broadcasting a Swedish music special on the program 'The Music Room Show' which is set to air six times between June 27-29. More details when I get them.
Great news for the US! V2 just announced they will release Fireside's latest album "Get Shot" over here on July 22! Will they tour in support? We can only hope.
Dub Sweden's new single next week is for the song "Ice In My Fire" and you can listen to it here. The b-side will be the song "Things That I'm Scared Of".
Man, can Division of Laura Lee ever complete an entire tour? Seems that DoLL had to recently pull out of the current Turbonegro jaunt due to serious illness. The statement from the band:
Dear audience,
This tour has been amazing in all ways, fantastic audience, met some incredible people, everything was amazing until May 20.th in Zürich when Jonas was too sick to go onstage, due to fever and influenza. Hakan & I went onstage to fulfill our duties , but left the stage after 10 minutes of making noise.
David got seriously ill and it got even worse when he tried to go onstage. His illness became acute and he had to be taken to the hospital's emergency room where the doctor had to drug him for his pain and put him on an intravenous drip. David is ordered to be in the hospital for observation for the next 3-4 days and will not be able to fulfill his duties on the rest of the dates on this tour. Yesterday evening we were not even able to establish contact with David as he was on such heavy medication. Our tourmanager Erik Welén is sitting by David & will keep us updated. We are right now heading back to Gothenburg.
We'll keep you updated & again we are so sorry to cancel the upcoming dates in München, Köln, Bielefeld & Berlin. We'll be back.
Take care
Per Stalberg 22/5
The list of bands booked for Rookiescenen at Hultsfred fest has been announced: Alice in Videoland, Ayesha, Backroom Matches, Bad Monkey, Chastisement, Flickering Habit, Goto 80, Hank,I Love You Baby!, Illstar, Inglorious Bastards, Kitty & The K, Sparzanza, Subdive, The Ackermans, The Bones Band and The Family Truckster. More info here.
Here's something totally unexpected: Pitchforkmedia.com reviews the new album from Värttinä and likes it! I had no idea they'd actually cover world music, but I guess they're branching out. And the reviewer is even knowledgable on the subject, too. I'm shocked. And not to be outdone, PopMatters covers the album today, too.
Nicolai Dunger has been added to the Popaganda Fest on May 31 in Stockholm.
Kent's upcoming concert at Stockholm Stadium on June 6 is in jeopardy. In case you weren't already aware, there are some serious labor strikes going on right now in Sweden and the venue's gateworkers are involved. The concert organizers are trying to get an exemption request in to make sure it still goes on, but many are skeptical. If the Swedish Speedway Grand Prix is cancelled, than why would a Kent concert be different? Wait and see.
The documentary film "The Future Is Not What It Used To Be" on Finnish electronic music pioneer Erkki Kurenniemi is scheduled to be shown at the upcoming 50th Venice Biennale in June. After the screening, a special tribute concert will take place featuring Pan Sonic, Carl Michael von Hauswolff and man-of-the-hour Erkki Kurenniemi himself. For those unable to attend, there's a DVD out called "The Dawn of DIMI" that features said documentary along with various short films and animations, plus concert footage from the early 70s. More info here and here.