Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Håkan Hellström
02. Jens Lekman
03. Shout Out Louds
04. The Bear Quartet
05. El Perro del Mar
06. The Tough Alliance
07. Girls
08. Anna Ternheim
09. Sambassadeur
10. Kings of Convenience
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Pitchfork reviews the new "Prison break" remix EP from The Tough Alliance: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13772-prison-break-ep/
Pitchfork has started to post their top 100 tracks of 2009 and so far in the bottom 50 we have Scandinavian artist representation from Frida Hyvönen (#77), Röyksopp (feat. Robyn) (#68), The Tough Alliance (#65), Annie (#64) and Fever Ray (#58). See here: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Markus Krunegård
02. Jens Lekman
03. Fever Ray
04. Ane Brun
05. Kent
06. The Bear Quartet
07. Håkan Hellström
08. The Tough Alliance
09. Taken By Trees
10. Loney, Dear
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Bi-annual arts + culture journal Dossier talks to Swedish music video director Marcus Söderlund, known for his work for artists such as The Tough Alliance, Jens Lekman, Taken By Trees and so on: http://dossierjournal.com/music/new-romantic-interview-with-marcus-soderlund/
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. The Bear Quartet
02. Kings of Convenience
03. Håkan Hellström
04. Taken By Trees
05. JJ
06. Lake Heartbeat
07. Hello Saferide
08. Markus Krunegård
09. Kent
10. The Tough Alliance
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The folks from Sincerely Yours/The Tough Alliance made a mixtape playlist for You Were There, Too: http://youweretheretoo.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-yours-playlist.html
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Miss Li
02. The Tough Alliance
03. Mew
04. Håkan Hellström
05. The Bear Quartet
06. Broder Daniel
07. Fever Ray
08. bob hund
09. Tiger Lou
10. Logh
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Drowned in Sound on the UK release of The Tough Alliance's "The new school": http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14520/reviews/4137399
Discobelle on Zebra & Snake, an act they describe as a Finnish version of The Tough Alliance: http://www.discobelle.net/2009/06/04/zebra-snake/
Sincerely Yours (The Tough Alliance) has a new full-length album out now from Avner entitled "Lyssna". Check it: http://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0109.php
ÖrnsbergMagnus Carlson sure is whoring himself out these days; I don't know how else to explain his various appearances on records such as Trummor & Orgel's "Cannonball sessions" and now this. Whatever happened to less is more? At least Magnus' voice raises the level here as opposed to that other example (let us never speak of it again). His contribution to "Weekend lights" is a highlight on this decent, but ultimately forgettable record. Örnsberg (aka artist Johan Ragnarsson) strikes me as a slightly less-indie The Tough Alliance: similar mid-fi techno, but without the art-school hangups and West Coast vibe. He's got good songwriting instincts and an okay voice, but he lacks character and attitude and that's something TTA has in spades (for better or worse). Too cool, too reserved and just way too Stockholm.
- Avi Roig
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Hello Saferide
02. Frida Hyvönen
03. Jens Lekman
04. Anna Ternheim
05. Tiger Lou
06. Sally Shapiro
07. Håkan Hellström
08. Kristofer Åström
09. Parker Lewis
10. The Tough Alliance
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Air France, Björk, Efterklang, Lykke Li, Sigur Rós and The Tough Alliance all made Pitchfork's top 40 videos of 2008 list: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/147701-top-40-music-videos-of-2008
