WÆE is the name of a new band formed by Mikael Carlsson (The Honeydrips) and Mathias Nilsson (Twig) who are supposedly going for a dub/black-metal sound according to this article, but in actuality are just playing the same old low-key twee you'd expect, albeit with a bit of extra delay and some shitty, trebly distortion. Listen to the duo's debut EP "Resa till mark" at their website: http://waee.tumblr.com/
has just released a new 7" from Stockholm-based indiepop act Twig: http://www.fractiondiscs.se/content/thelabel.html
The last two volumes of Eardrums spring mix "Birdsongs, beesongs" are finally released today and available for free download: http://eardrumsmusic.com/2009/04/29/birdsongs-beesongs-eardrums-spring-compilation-2009-finally-complete/
As with the previous editions, many Scandinavian artists are represented such as Burning Hearts, Twig, The Greencoats, Hiawata! and more.
Swedish indiepop act Twig is PSL's latest live music guest: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/09/08/musik-med-twig/
TwigThis is indiepop music for indiepop people. Chances are high that if you're in the target audience for this record, you probably already know about it and have made up your mind about whether or not it will become part of your collection. For the rest of us, here's the scoop: this is the first vinyl 7" released by prolific singles-only label Cloudberry Records out of Florida. They've been putting out a small, but successful run of twee/C86-focused 3" CDRs (and other stuff) for awhile now, so it's only natural that they try their hand at something bigger. Does it succeed? Well sure, I guess so. That is, if you like the idea of Swedish boys crooning like Morrissey over shimmering guitars and drum machine beats. As for me, let me just say that I prefer "Wentworth" over the flipside and leave it at that.
- Avi Roig
Florida-based label Cloudberry Records will be putting out 7"s from Swedish artists Twig and the The Bridal Shop in the near future. Go see the label's newly revamped website: http://www.cloudberryrecords.com/
