Klagomuren teaser
A quick teaser for the upcoming Jonathan Johansson album "Klagomuren", due out October 31 via .
Label: Hybris
http://www.hybrism.com/
Reviews: Familjen - Mänskligheten / Monty - 2010 / Elias & the Wizzkids - Just do it! / Jonathan Johansson - En hand i himlen / The Kid - Transient blood / Vapnet - Döda fallet / Juvelen - 1 / TIAC - Overstaying the welcome / Elias & the Wizzkids - A little mess / Elias & the Wizzkids - The dance / Familjen - Det snurrar i min skalle / Montt Mardié - Clocks/Pretender / Vapnet - Något dåligt nytt har hänt / Juvelen - EP / Sibiria - Inom familjen / The Sweptaways - Ooh aah / Biker Boy - You got me wrong / Kalle J - Om du lyssnar noga / Biker Boy - You got me wrong / Montt Mardié - Science / Vapnet - Jag vet hur man väntar / Hell on Wheels - The odd church / Vapnet - Thoméegränd / Andreas Mattsson - The lawlessness of the ruling classes / El Perro Del Mar - You gotta give to get / Montt Mardié - Drama / Biker Boy - Heart / Sibiria - Norrlands Inland / Vapnet - Ge dom våld / El Perro Del Mar - Look! It's El Perro Del Mar!
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New Jonathan Johansson gets release date
has confirmed the new Jonathan Johansson album "Klagomuren" for release on October 31 with the single/video "Stockholm" preceding it on October 5.
Korallreven - As young as yesterday
Download the new Korallreven single "As young as yesterday", featuring guest vocals from Victoria Bergsman: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/112072/Korallreven%20-%20As%20Young%20As%20Yesterday.mp3
Said tune will be released on 12" on September 20 via / featuring b-side remixes by Panda Bear and Girl Unit. The duo's upcoming full-length "An album by Korallreven" follows on November 15.
New Monty album confirmed
The new Monty album "100 år senare" has been confirmed for release on October 12 via and will be preceded by a one-song-per-day online preview starting 10 days prior.
Big Fox - Saturday (video)
PSL has the premiere of the new Big Fox video "Saturday", one of ' new signings: http://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/05/21/extra-extra-videopremiar-big-fox-saturday/
Svensk Musik label of the month: Hybris
is Svensk Musik's label of the month for May: http://svenskmusik.org/article/may-hybris/
New Juvelen EP in May
will be releasing a new 4-track 12" EP from Juvelen on May 18 entitled "Make U move".
Hybris signs Big Fox, Azure Blue
has announced the signing of the new artist Big Fox, aka Malmö-based artist Charlotta Perers, and will be releasing her debut single "Saturday" b/w "Cut you out" on May 25. More about her here, including a stream of said single: http://bigfox.se/
In other news, has also signed Azure Blue, the solo project of Tobias Isaksson of vets Irene and Laurel Music. His debut single "The catcher in the rye" is out today and can be previewed here, while his forthcoming album "Rule of thirds" will be out in September.
Hell on Wheels update
Finally got official confirmation from that the new Hell on Wheels album "One ros" will be out in early March with the first single coming on January 20.
New Hell On Wheels album finally coming
The new Hell On Wheels album "One ros" will finally be out later this month on following a 3-year gap since the release of previous album "The odd church". The band will celebrate with a release show at Debaser in Stockholm on January 22 and if the PR is on point, we can also expect a split 7" tribute to NZ indie legends The Chills featuring Peter Bjorn and John to be released soon as well.
Hybris presents Simon G
has a new digital release out now from Swedish rapper/comic artist Simon G aka Simon Gärdenfors (ex-Las Palmas, Far och Son): http://hybrism.blogspot.com/2010/08/ny-release-pa-hybris-digital-simon-g.html
Familjen
Mänskligheten
Adrian Recordings/Hybris
The opening of Familjen's "Mänskligheten" was enough to give me pause. Here is one of my favorite Scandinavian electronic artists and an album I've been looking forward to for a little while now, and the first track sounds like a lazy, bedroom remix of a forgettable '90s techno track. Even with the outstanding "När planeterna stannat" following quickly after the trainwreck of an opener, a bad taste was left in my mouth as the album progressed. What has always attracted to me to Familjen is the songwriting, the indiepop playfulness embedded into the electronic framework. This is lacking from an artist like Kleerup, who is great in his own right, but approaches electronic music with more of an affinity for the mainstream. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this tact, it's just not what I've come to expect from Familjen after falling for "Det snurrar i min skalle". "Mänskligheten" -- with the exceptions of "När planeterna stannat", "Man ser det från månen", "Viggo", and "Det var jag", the standouts in my opinion -- could act as the soundtrack to a film set in Ibiza. Is "Mänskligheten" a bad album? By no means. It's just that the clever songwriting that sold me on "Det snurrar i min skalle" is mostly sitting in the passenger seat on this particular journey.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Monty
2010
Hybris
David Pagmar is proving himself to be quite the prolific pop-artist, and with his new moniker Monty, he's at his most straightforward yet. The change of name is to signify his switch into his native language craft, and the focus found on past releases not wane at all -- in fact, it is up there with "Clocks" as his tightest set of songs. Like most of his releases (barring the aforementioned "Clocks"), "2010" took me a few listens to realize his accomplishment. As a reference point for Montt Mardié fans, this release has the feel of the world he created on "Metropolis" throughout the entire album, a mood piece so to speak, that hides itself in dimly-lit corners only to reveal itself as not an aspect to fear, but one to embrace. However that is not all, because on "2010" Pagmar is also embracing the listener in every track -- it's dank sparseness is an enveloper in an oddly comforting way.
- Matt Giordano
Elias & the Wizzkids
Just do it!
Hybris
After releasing two stellar singles in 2009, Elias & the Wizzkids have returned with their second album, "Just do it!". They have changed their sound immensely since the early days, and said singles alluded to the band's new, finely honed pop sound and clean production as opposed to the alt-country leanings of their first record. I must say thought, it's quite enjoyable hearing Elias Åkesson's scratchy voice over the lush arrangements of this new set (see "Oh these nights" with it's anthemic chorus). However, the band doesn't fully forsake their old sound, they just consolidated it to the closing track "What would kill us". And it works so well, because each track recalls varying influences, and excels wholly on its own. The 80s-leaning opener "Waste of time", the 70s-pop-meets-Beatles aspect of "Crooked road" and the absolutely huge "Hit & run". But the underlying strength of each one makes this a much more cohesive set than this review may lead on -- the structure of the album is as impeccable as the songwriting and performance. It's hard not to gush (in the professional sense) over a great album, but when one hears it, it is the logical conclusion.
- Matt Giordano
