Live report: The Tough Alliance (+ The Fine Arts Showcase) @ Tack! Tack! Tack!, London UK 10/16/06

Download The Embassy and The Tough Alliance: http://www.theembassy.info/embassy_tta-dont_close_your_eyes.mp3

The bare-bones press release for The Embassy's new CD: http://www.acompactdiscincludingtheembassy.com/SERV028press.doc
"A compact disc including The Embassy" comes out October 4.

The Embassy lives to confound: http://www.acompactdiscincludingtheembassy.com/

The Embassy as the soundtrack to Gucci: http://www.gucci.com/uk/video/behind-the-scenes/

Video mix: A-ha, A Camp, Fidget, Vapnet, The Psyke Project, Timbuktu, more...

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played album chart:

01. The Knife - Silent Shout
02. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
03. Camera Obscura - Let's Get out of This Country
04. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
05. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
06. The Embassy - Tacking
07. The Knife - Deep Cuts
08. The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief
09. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
10. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. The Knife – silent shout
02. The Legends – Lucky star
03. Camera Obscura – If Looks Could Kill
04. The Pipettes – Pull Shapes
05. The Embassy – Some indulgence
06. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
07. Camera Obscura – Let's Get Out of This Country
08. Lily Allen – Smile
09. Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
10. The Pipettes – Dirty Mind

Want to make your own playlist count? Join us! Go here to learn more: http://www.last.fm/help/

Remember when The Embassy played Tack!Tack!Tack!? Relive it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hq5vgm4lKc

The Tough Alliance
New waves
Sincerely Yours

There are currently more electro duos in Sweden than dog owners, but in my opinion, TTA have always been the leaders of this new movement (whereas The Embassy are the founding fathers). Records like their latest EP make me homesick of Sweden. I want to enter a café, go to a club, be at a gig when the band's not playing, turn on the radio, sit in a park, and hear these songs. I can't wait until a future warm summer day at a festival when I'll be sitting in the grass, drinking beer, and listening to "25 years and runnin'" coming out of some dodgy cassette player. I wasn't too sad when TTA left their former label Service, since I assumed they'd continue to write killer tunes. This EP proves that I was right not to worry.
- Simon Tagestam

Live report: Marit Bergman + Firefox AK @ Tack! Tack! Tack!, London UK 05/15/06

In my mind, the sound of classic Swedish indiepop is forever associated with bands such as Broder Daniel and Bad Cash Quartet. Revved-up garage rock riffs, lots of reverb and baleful, weary vocals. It's echoes can be heard in acts as disparate as Niccokick and The Embassy, but regardless - the roots still show. Citylights, today's featured demo act, epitomizes that original classic sound perfectly. The band's actually been around for awhile now (since '98/99 they say) and they also enlisted the help of Pelle Carlberg to produce their latest recording from which today's new mp3 is taken. The experience shows - this is sublime pop, done just as well as any of the so-called big names. Download more songs from the band's website: http://www.mysecretscience.com/citylights

MP3: Citylights - Moby Dick

In my mind, the sound of classic Swedish indiepop is forever associated with bands such as Broder Daniel and Bad Cash Quartet. Revved-up garage rock riffs, lots of reverb and baleful, weary vocals. It's echoes can be heard in acts as disparate as Niccokick and The Embassy, but regardless - the roots still show. Citylights, today's featured demo act, epitomizes that original classic sound perfectly. The band's actually been around for awhile now (since '98/99 they say) and they also enlisted the help of Pelle Carlberg to produce their latest recording from which today's new mp3 is taken. The experience shows - this is sublime pop, done just as well as any of the so-called big names. Download more songs from the band's website: http://www.mysecretscience.com/citylights

Citylights - Moby Dick

The Embassy will release their new single "Stage Persona" later this week on April 12. Look for the video to be online for downloading from Service the day after.

Service has licensed The Embassy's "Tacking" to Japanese label Rallye who will release it on April 25 with extra tracks and different artwork.

Finnish mp3 blog Lupatarkastaja on the Regina remix of the Boys of Scandinavia single "Good looking": http://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2006/03/17/boys-of-scandinavia-good-looking-regina-remix-mp3/
If you're into dancey stuff like The Embassy and haven't checked out BoS, you're missing out big time.