Top 10s for 2004: Magnus Öberg (Chalksounds/KVLR)

In other Chalksounds news, head over to the download section of their website for two brand new tracks from the upcoming self-titled debut album of The End Will Be Kicks: http://chalksounds.com/downloads.php

The tracklist for the upcoming self-titled debut full-length from The End Will Be Kicks has been revealed:

01. You are all kinds of red lights
02. Don Johnson
03. If you see them tell them i love them
04. Drowning Margareta
05. Lights of planes
06. Exit ramps
07. Always looking out
08. In the headlights
09. Respitorial
10. Lucifer over Luleå

I've been lucky enough to hear some rough mixes of this stuff and can confirm that it sounds absolutely killer. One of my most anticipated releases of 2005. Look for it February 21 on Chalksounds.

Chalksounds has posted a bunch of new mp3s on their site from artists such as The End Will Be Kicks, Ellis The Vacuumchild, KVLR and more: http://www.chalksounds.com/downloads.php

Chalksounds has confirmed that the upcoming Ellis the Vacuumchild album will be called "Peace by extermination". As mentioned before, it comes out January 28. Labelmates The End Will Be Kicks have taken the easy way out and decided to give make their debut album self-titled. Again, as mentioned before, that one comes out a week earlier on January 21.

Chalksounds has announced the release dates for the debut albums from both The End Will Be Kicks and Ellis the Vacuumchild. TEWBK hits first on January 21 in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland with a release in Japan and the US soon after. Ellis comes out the next week on January 28 in the same territories and again, with US and Japan to follow.

The brand new Chalksounds website is now online: http://www.chalksounds.com/
I've been lucky enough to hear both the new Carpet People demos and some rough mixes of new stuff from The End Will Be Kicks and can assure you that both will be absolutely amazing releases. Hopefully 2005 turns into the year that this label finally gets the recognition they've long deserved.

Chalksounds has revealed that their expecting to release the debut full-length from The End Will Be Kicks in October. I've heard some rough mixes and if it's anything close to as good as the MCD that's already out, you know it's gonna be a monster. Can't wait! There's gonna be a bonus 7" coming out with it as well. After that, Stockholm-based instrumental act Ellis the Vacuumchild will drop their debut album. December perhaps? Soviac is working on new demos, so they should have something in the pipeline. And lastly, look for an EP from Park Hotel sometime early next year. I haven't heard them myself, but Chalksounds CEO Magnus says they sound like New Order meets MBV. Could be really good.

Streaming playlist: Nothing special

The End Will Be Kicks debuted at #118 on the CMJ college radio charts. They were the 9th most-added band of the week.

Big congrats to The End Will Be Kicks who managed to rank #11 on CMJ's most added list this week. Be sure to request them at your local college station!

Top ten: First half 2004

In what's looking to be one of the best festival lineups in Sweden this summer (IMO, of course), the Blow Up a Panda Festival has now added [ingenting], The Baboon Show, Shout Out Louds, Unisex, Sons Of Cyrus and The Knife and Ape to the lineup. Other acts already confirmed include KVLR, Ellis the Vacuumchild, Tiger Lou, Last Days of April, Switchblade, Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, The End Will Be Kicks, C.Aarmé and more. So who wants to fly me out? Details: http://www.blowupapanda.se/

The End Will Be Kicks have got their official website online: http://www.theendwillbekicks.com/
In case you missed it, I recently did a quick, 10-question interview with frontman Niklas Quintana: [click here]

New content alert! Read my short but sweet interview with Niklas from The End Will Be Kicks: [click here]