Artist: The Concretes
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Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums:
01. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
02. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
03. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
04. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
05. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
06. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
07. Robert Wells - Rhapsody In Rock Anniversary
08. Günther & the Sunshine Girls - Pleasure Man
09. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
10. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
11. Europe - Rock The Night: The Very Best Of Europe
12. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
13. Carola - Credo
14. Per Gessle - Mazarin
15. Infinite Mass - 1991
16. Pugh Rogefeldt - Bästa
17. Di Leva - Tiden Faller
18. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
19. Åsa Jinder - 25 år som riksspelman/ Åsa Jinders bästa
20. Sahara Hotnights - Kiss & Tell
PopMatters reviews The Concretes: http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/concretes-st2004.shtml
Peter, Bjorn and John will be releasing a cover of "Teen Love" by The Concretes as their next single on September 8. It will include two bonus tracks as well. As for the new full-length, that's coming out on October 6.
Indieworkshop.com lauds The Concretes: http://indieworkshop.com/reviews/928/
A Tenderversion Recording is the name of a new label run by Martin Lundmark. in collaboration with Per Tannergård and José González. Their first release will be a five-track EP from Audrey, who they describe as Cat Power and Björk. Look for it in July. But what I'm more excited about is the upcoming Bear Quartet tribute they are doing as a co-release A Westside Fabrication. At long last, here's the full tracklist:
01. Laakso - Blizzard
02. The Concretes - Just Locals
03. Junip - Carsick
04. Håkan Mild - Hunchback
05. Andreas Mattson - Machine Gun
06. The World - Euthanasia
07. Seven Shells - Old Friends
08. Erik Devahl - Straw
09. Kåre Vernby & Dibaba - If You Have A Heart
10. Boy Omega - Last Ball
11. Reverend Big O - I'm Slow
12. Kristofer Åström - Twinreceiver
13. Monastir - Ghosts For Laundry
14. Bad Cash Quartet - Put Me Back Together
15. They Stole A Million - Speedy
16. Audrey - Helpless
It should be amazing, I'm sure. As for later on, they'll release the debut album "Read between the lines at all times" from postrock/minimalist/nolse act Scraps of Tape in August and records from Once We Were and September Malevolence in the fall. More details when I get them.
The video for "You can't hurry love" from The Concretes is now available online from their website in the downloads section: http://www.theconcretes.com/
The Concretes have posted quite a few new pictures online: http://www.lickingfingers.com/photos.php
Upcoming UK dates for hyped band The Concretes:
06/21 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
06/22 - Hop & Grape, Manchester
06/23 - King's College, London
06/25-27 - Glastonbury Festival, Somerset
The group's new single "You Can't Hurry Love" comes out June 14 and the video should be online soon.
Heikki - Heikki 2 (A West Side Fabrication)
Imagine if Neko Case took on a more active roll with the New Pornographers and they might sound a bit like Heikki. Think power-pop with a distinct country influence and huge hooks throughout. In case you are unaware, Heikki is the side project of Maria Eriksson from The Concretes together with Jari Haapalainen from Bear Quartet. I actually like them quite a bit more than the former's main act, as the songs seems more developed, the playing and singing is stronger and the production is tighter. I'd prefer it if there were a few more uptempo tracks on the album, but there's still plenty to enjoy as is.
Imagine if Neko Case took on a more active roll with the New Pornographers and they might sound a bit like Heikki. Think power-pop with a distinct country influence and huge hooks throughout. In case you are unaware, Heikki is the side project of Maria Eriksson from The Concretes together with Jari Haapalainen from The Bear Quartet. I actually like them quite a bit more than the former's main act, as the songs seems more developed, the playing and singing is stronger and the production is tighter. I'd prefer it if there were a few more uptempo tracks on the album, but there's still plenty to enjoy as is.
- Avi Roig
The Concretes have finally signed a major label deal in the US with Astralwerks and will release their album over here next month. Check out this mix thingy from the label with a sample track: http://www.astralwerks.com/highfidelity/hifiasn.html