Gaffa's top 10 Danish albums of the year:
01. Efterklang - Parades
02. The Raveonettes - Lust, Lust, Lust
03. Speaker Bite Me - Action Painting
04. Natasja - I Danmark Er Jeg
05. The Kissaway Trail - The Kissaway Trail
06. The Fashion - The Fashion
07. Volbeat - Rock The Rebel/Metal The Devil
08. Booty Cologne - 2007 B.C
09. Dúné - We Are In There, You Are Out Here
10. The Floor Is Made of Lava - No Fruit All Juice
Check out the new Amy Diamond video for the Max Martin-penned single "Stay my baby": mms://qstream-wm.qbrick.com/01198/01198_amy_stay_wis_l.wmv
Swedish act Lassus has a bunch of new tracks posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/lassustheband
Their new album "Future war inside the heart" will be out soon.
Nöjesguiden's top 10 Swedish albums of the year:
01. Säkert! - Säkert!
02. The Tough Alliance - A New Chance
03. Laakso - Mother, Am I Good Looking?
04. Dungen - Tio Bitar
05. Christian Kjellvander - I Saw Her From Here/I Saw Here From Her
06. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
07. Frida Hyvönen - Music From the Dance Performance Pudel
08. Conny Nimmersjö - Skörheten & Oljudet
09. Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
10. Anna Järvinen - Jag fick feeling
Danish indie act Racetrack Babies is working on a new album tentatively titled "The captain of sorrow" for release next year.
Moto Boy's self-titled debut album is now officially confirmed for release on January 16 via Songs I Wish I Had Written.
Solefald's upcoming 10th anniversary remix album "The circular drain" can now be previewed and preordered via myspace: https://www.myspace.com/solefaldofficial
Contributors include Solefald themselves as well as Zweizz, Havoc Unit, Exorcise and more.
Watch The Je Ne Sais Quoi perform live on MTV Phaser: https://www.mtv.se/overdrive.php?StoryId=115&action=search&keyword=je+ne+sais+quoi
Check out Jennie Abrahamsson's new video for the track "Why did I leave home": https://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=23641619
Also check out the new Addeboy vs Cliff remix of "Lights" on her myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/jennieabrahamson
The Bones are the kind of band I would've loved as a teenager, but find harder to get excited about as I near 30. I still love a lot of the pop-punk from my youth, but I'm not exactly clamoring for more, y'know? Still, The Bones are good at what they do and far more enjoyable than most of their Warped Tour-ready brethren. Part of that is personal nostalgia as their sound definitely harkens back to 90s-era SoCal punk ala NoFX or maybe The Vandals and Guttermouth. They don't indulge so much in the typical fast Fat Wreck-style skatepunk beats, but they've got the same smooth, super-tight sound, ripe with unexpectedly dense vocal harmonies and the same sort of self-depreciating juvenile humor. Like I said, not necessarily my thing, but I can still appreciate it. There's certainly enough strong powerpop hooks to make it work and I dig the dual vocalists. For contrast, consider fellow Swedes Smalltown, a contemporary melodic pop-punk band I like a lot. They both come from the same place, 'cept that Smalltown takes a rougher, more heartfelt approach that wins me over. The roughness of The Bones comes from more of a superficial, Social Distortion-esque place; you know the type: black leather jacket, heavy drinker, down on his luck, probably has the number 13 tattooed somewhere. I can't help but that of that stuff as some sort of glamrock pose. So yeah, definitely not my scene, but good enough for a few listens.
The Bones - Mighty touchdown
Norwegian act Asleep has a new demo track on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/asleepmusique
Stickman Records reports that the forthcoming Motorpsycho DVD "Haircuts" is nearing completion - they just sent it to get its government age rating and then it's off to the pressing plant. More details soon!
Barra Head is now streaming the full track "Common ground" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/barrahead
Said track will appear on the band's forthcoming album "Go get beat up", due out January 28 via Play/Rec.
Pop blog Ohh! Crapp... talks to Swedish technopop trio Pay TV: https://www.ohhcrapp.net/2007/09/pay-tv-r-bak-comeback-single-from.html
Prolific Swedish indie act Pinto has yet another new track posted for free download: https://www.pinto.se/
The song is called "I can't feel my heart" and they describe it as sounding "like if The Shins played squash with Tom Petty and there was no wall and no ball."