is putting out a new 5-song CD comp called "Do you think it will snow tonight?" featuring winter anthems from a number of international acts including Swedes The Garlands and Seapony, a non-Scandinavian band who recently relocated to Seattle and are worth noting because they are quite good. Anyhow, I don't see ordering details up yet, but keep an eye on the label site: http://www.cloudberryrecords.com/
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Saralunden - Les mains d'un autre
02. TALK 1
03. Agent Side Grinder - The screams
04. Victims - Victims in blood #5
05. The Garlands - Freedom
06. Livaventura - Keep on driving
07. TALK 2
08. Anna Ternheim - Better be
09. NEI - City of gold
10. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost & losing
11. TALK 3
12. A Camp - Golden teeth and silver medals
13. Leif Jordansson - Mellan drömmar och bränder
14. Mechanical Bird - Harbour me
15. Samtidigt Som - Vid min sida
16. TALK 4
17. Wolfbrigade - Deny tomorrow
18. Dismember - Beyond good and evil
19. Marvins Revolt - Deliberate deeds
20. Timo Räisänen - Sweet Marie
21. TALK 5
22. Voices Break the Silence - This awful friend
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
The excellent indiepop mp3 blog Skatterbrain has a new comp out with tracks from The Garlands, Signed Papercuts and others: http://www.skatterbrain.org/2009/01/if-you-like-everything-theres-nothing.html
Take it from someone who doesn't really like most tweepop: The Garlands are a great band. Good songs played with strength and confidence and yes, a touch of sweetness despite the anger of the title. It's hard for me to say why these guys capture my attention when most other bands fail, but I think it's the energy level that gets me. I've seen and heard way too many bands in this style that come off like such reluctant performers that it's such a pleasure to hear the opposite. And I wasn't always such a bitter old cynic either -- I had a great time seeing bands like Tiger Trap way back when. But nevermind that, it's not nostalgia and it's definitely not about me. The Garlands are a great band. It's that simple.
The Garlands - Why did I trust you?
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Marit Bergman - This is the year
02. TALK 1
03. Peter Bjorn and John - Hey (shut the fuck up boy)
04. Convoj - Knives and riptides
05. Lesli - Half a wing
06. TALK 2
07. Je Suis Animal - The mystery of Marie Roget
08. Tiger Lou - Crushed by a crowd (Mikael Jonasson remix)
09. I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper - Cthulhu story
10. TALK 3
11. Fronda - Mitt allt
12. Thus:Owls - Climbing the fjelds of Norway
13. Champagne Riot - Scandinavian warfare
14. The Garlands - Why did I trust you?
15. TALK 4
16. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - This room seems empty without you
17. They Live - The driller
18. Lowood - Crash
19. TALK 5
20. Scraps of Tape - Grand letdown
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Cosy Den/Cosy Recordings have a free download single posted from Swedish tweepop act The Garlands: http://www.smallstepforward.com/cosy/wordpress/?p=122
I'm not usually into twee, but I can recommend The Garlands as being great.
Swedish indie label Cosy Den has posted details for their next three releases from The Budgies, The Garlands and Erik Halldén: http://www.smallstepforward.com/cosy/wordpress/?p=36
Fridlyst has confirmed that the forthcoming James Ausfahrt LP will finally be out in September. Also on the way from the label is the debut album from Swedish indiepop act The Garlands. Listen to more from them here: http://www.myspace.com/garlandssweden