Motorpsycho's new album "Little lucid moments" is confirmed for release on March 28. As for the long-promised DVD, look for that to finally get released around the same time the band heads out on tour, dates for which will be announced shortly.
Check out the Robyn version of Snoop Dogg's amazing single "Sexual eruption": https://www.discobelle.net/2008/01/27/snoop-robyn/
Perez Hilton likes Adam Tensta: https://perezhilton.com/2008-01-26-listen-to-this-hip-hop-all-over-the-world
Don't forget out own review of "It's a Tensta thing" right here.
Aftonbladet reports that Moneybrother is doing some songwriting sessions here in the US: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesliv/musik/article1716560.ab (in Swedish)
Swedish indie band Lassus has a new track up at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/lassustheband
Danish act The Fashion has a new 3-song EP out now on iTunes in the US: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=120623042&blogID=351685098
Look for a proper release of the band's latest album this coming spring.
Norwegian act She Said Destroy will be going into Strand Studio in mid-February to record a new album. The band is currently unsigned, so there's no confirmed release date yet, but they are aiming to have it out this fall.
This week's It's a Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 tracks of the week:
01. Familjen – Det snurrar i min skalle
02. The Magnetic Fields – California Girls
03. The Magnetic Fields – Too Drunk To Dream
04. The Magnetic Fields – Xavier Says
05. Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
06. Cat Power – I Believe In You
07. The Magnetic Fields – The Nun's Litany
08. Firefox AK – Winter rose (ft. Tiger Lou)
09. Cat Power – Metal Heart
10. Jens Lekman – The Opposite of Hallelujah
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MP3: Birds on Holiday - I had a plan
I love the guitar tone on this song. It sounds like they ran an acoustic-electric through two different amps, but really, the technical considerations are unimportant. What matters is how big and nasty it sounds and I absolutely mean that in the best possible way. It's a good counterpoint to Birds On Holiday's tweeness, as it provides the necessary bite and drive the song needs to truly rock. Toss in a few handclaps and some farfisa and you're golden. It's a shame no other songs on the album manage to sound this fun, but hey- one great track is better than none.
Birds on Holiday - I had a plan
E.S.T. (Esbjörn Svensson Trio)
Live in Hamburg
ACT
This is Esbjörn Svensson Trio's third live album and the first recorded outside of Sweden. You would expect it to sound like Norwegian Tord Gustavsen and his trio, except it's not. EST has more of an experimental spirit in their songs and, because of that, they've redefined jazz. This time around, EST uses less dissonance than usual. They haven't left their minimalistic roots, but have filled out the spaces with more sound. Like in the past, they kick in a phrase or two of vocalizations or other unusual instruments that makes the song quirky and adventurous. As an aside, the clapping at the end of the tracks can really disturb the listening experience, as this one did. This may not be as great an introduction to EST as their earlier works are, but as a standard, it can be said that they've done it again.
- Jennifer Ma
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:
01. Elias and the Wizzkids - Young and hairy
02. TALK 1
03. Barra Head - Common ground
04. Familjen - Kom säger dom
05. José González - Killing for love
06. TALK 2
07. Marybell Katastrophy - Red red lips
08. Trentemøller - Moan (Trentemøller remix ft. Ane Trolle)
09. Lykke Li - I'm good, I'm gone
10. TALK 3
11. Dreamboy - Stars
12. Laakso - Worst case scenario
13. Marit Bergman - This is the year
14. TALK 4
15. Abhinanda - Rumble
16. Docenterna - Bensin i blodet
17. The Bombhappies - And at Belle Bed Inn, I found you
18. TALK 5
19. Firefox AK - Winter rose (ft. Tiger Lou)
20. Peloton - Nozal
21. The Bell - Target group
22. TALK 6
23. Moto Boy - Young love
24. Aerial - Kallisti
25. Truckfighters - Atomic
26. TALK 7
27. I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse
28. Pascal - Smärtsillande
29. Hero Dishonest - Fist song
30. Vijaya - Your gun will never set you free
31. TALK 8
32. Matts Katt - About the French
33. C.Aarmé - Dustin
34. Leütenhaven - Abbatoir the ghost
35. TALK 9
36. Lukestar - Shade you hide
37. Christian Kjellvander - Two souls
38. Royal Downfall - A life of constant failure
39. TALK 10
40. Entombed - Lights out
MP3: Samuraj Cities - Thxa1000000
Our 2008 series on the music of Göteborg continues this week with Samuraj Cities. The band just did a batch of dates in Germany, but they managed to answer a few questions for me before they left:
How long have you lived in Gbg?
We are all born in Gothenburg.
Do you think that there's a particular Gbg sound?
No. I don't really think so... It's such a wide range of music that comes from our city, everything from pop, electro, noisemusic to metal. But there may be bands that sound a little bit similar. Maybe because people get inspired by each other or because some of the people play in many different bands.
What are your favorite Gbg hangouts? Any decent venues or record stores to recommend?
We really like Pusterviksbaren, a nice bar with alot of great concerts. Not so huge, but thats a part of why it´s so nice... Also there is a little pub called Skål, where we use to end up. Klaras is great too...
I like to run around in fleamarkets and by old vinylrecords. There are some good record stores like Blenda, Skivhugget and Bengans... the rest is pretty boring. When we come to new cities; record stores and musicstores is the first thing we are looking for...
How has the city inspired you?
Most of the things that inspires us, are not from Gothenburg. We are dreaming about going out on tour and seeing new places. It is very inspiring to see that some of our friends and many bands from our city are so successful, and most of the people we meet on tour are very friendly and positive towards you when you say you come from Gothenburg.
Is there a particular Samuraj Cities song that reflects the city?
We are working on a new song now called "Hisingen you give me the creeps".
Seeing as how that new song is unavailable to me, here's "Thxa1000000", the lead single off their 2006 debut album "Cheap deluxe". Hopefully we'll get to hear some new music soon.
Samuraj Cities - Thxa1000000
BWO
Fabricator
EMI
Bodies Without Organs are ex-Army Of Lovers man Alexander Bard, Marina Schiptjenko and Martin Rolinski (who shot to fame on Swedish reality television program Popstars). They're pretty big in Sweden and Eastern Europe and this is their third album. I like pop, and even though I was never a fan of Army of Lovers, I was indeed a very big fan of Page (a Swedish synthpop band that Schiptjenko used to be in) when I was younger. As far as cheap Euro dance music goes, I'd say that this is quite well executed, and there are a handful of infectious choruses on "Fabricator" (i.e. "Save my pride"). I won't spend too much time though trying to polish a turd, if you want some great Swedish pop music just go and buy pretty much any ABBA album you don't already own, instead of this tat.
- Simon Tagestam
Updated tourdates for Moneybrother:
02/14 - Bygget, Åre (SWE)
02/16 - Statt, Karlskoga (SWE)
02/25 - Mau Club, Rostock (GER)
02/26 - Grünspan, Hamburg (GER)
02/27 - Factory, Magdeburg (GER)
02/28 - Hirsch, Nürnberg (GER)
02/29 - Substage, Karlsruhe (GER)
03/02 - Weststadthalle, Essen (GER)
03/03 - Jazzhaus, Freiburg (GER)
03/04 - Posthof, Linz (AUS)
03/05 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
03/07 - Stollwerck, Köln (GER)
03/08 - Faust, Hannover (GER)
03/09 - Conne Island, Leipzig (GER)
03/10 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt (GER)
03/12 - Forum, Trier (GER)
03/13 - Haus der Jugend, Osnabrück (GER)
03/14 - Die Pumpe, Kiel (GER)
Marthe Valle has a new website in anticipation of her new album "Forever candid", due out in Norway on March 31: https://www.marthevalle.no/