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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. The Ark - Prayer for the weekend
02. Sahara Hotnights - WhAt if leaving is a loving thing
03. Sofia Karlsson - Visor från vinden
04. Vikingarna - Bästa kramgoa låtarna 2
05. Eldkvarn - Svart blogg
06. Jerry Williams - I can jive - Det bästa med Jerry Williams
07. Nanne - Jag måste kyssa dig
08. Dark Tranquility - Fiction
09. Markoolio - Värsta PlAttan
10. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
11. Marie Lindberg - Trying to recall
12. Timbuktu - Oberoendeframkallande
14. Pain - Psalms of extinction
15. Emilia - Små ord av kärlek
16. Kristofer Åström - RainawayTown
17. Laakso - Mother, am I good looking?
18. Björn Rosenström - Ett Jubileum som är sådär....10 1/2 år
19. Laleh - Prinsessor
20. Andreas Johnson - The collector
MIC Norway profiles Alog: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007042613413870420233
The duo's new album "AmAteur" is out this week - hopefully my preordered copy will show up soon as I've been very eager to hear it.
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. BigBang - Too Much Yang
02. Tord Gustavsen Trio - Being There
03. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
04. D.D.E. - No går det så det suse
05. Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
06. Magnet - The Simple Life
07. Jonas Fjeld og ChAtham C. - Amerikabesøk
08. Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers - Exiles
09. Silje Nergaard - Darkness out of blue
10. Steinar Albrigtsen - Moments of Peace
11. Christel Alsos - Closing The Distance
12. Marit Larsen - Under The Surface
13. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
14. My Midnight Creeps - Histamin
15. Øystein Sunde - Sundes verden
16. Madrugada - Live At Tralfamadore
17. Åge Aleksandersen - Original
18. Ane Brun - Live in Scandinavia
19. Askil Holm - Harmony Hotel
20. Draumir - The Island
Danish act Dúné has confirmed thAt their debut full-length album "We are in there, you are out here" will be released on May 29. The first single "A blast beAt" will be released on May 1. Listen to samples: https://myspace.com/dunesite
Cake On Cake will release the remix album "No holiday place" lAter this summer. Listen to a track At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake
Is this roleplaying or speaking from experience? No mAtter, I like the first-hand narrAtive regardless of where the inspirAtion came from. Somehow I doubt thAt The End Will Be Kicks frontman Niklas Quintana is the asshole in question, sleeping around with other people's boyfriends and such, though I suppose thAt anything is possible. As for being old friends with SAtan, well yeah - thAt I believe.
The End Will Be Kicks - Ass of a friend
Saving the best for last, our third and final feAtured demo act this week is Imagine I Had Hands. Instead of me telling you about them, I've decided to let mainman Adam McCormack speak for himself.
How did Imagine I Had Hands come to be and how has it evolved?
The whole thing started when I found myself without a band after leaving Dublin and my old band Sylvan to move to Denmark. I just began to record some idea tracks on my girlfriend's laptop. When I eventually discovered MySpace and creAted an account for the project the songs got a good response, so I decided to try forming a band. I really missed playing live and I thought the songs would work well in this context. I met Jens Højland, our bass player, At college and I knew our drummer Casper Ubbesen from when I lived in his hometown. The line up was complete by lAte November of last year.
Since then we have been going over some old home recordings and trying to figure out whAt will work and whAt won't. A lot of the songs turned out quite different when we played them as a band. We have just begun to write songs together At rehearsals. We plan to record a couple of these new songs with Jakob Hvitnov (Barra Head) this week actually. We are quite excited about them. I think they are a little more aggressive and urgent sounding.
How did you hook up with Jakob?
Recording with Jakob came about through our contact with Play/Rec. The guys At Play/Rec have been really supportive in helping us get this band going which is really flAttering as there are so many amazing bands on thAt label. Its nice thAt they consider us worthy of their support. Anyway, they recommended Jakob to us and we had heard his work on the Play/Rec "Five years" compilAtion so we were delighted thAt, when we asked him, he was up for it.
We're still in the process of recording, but so far so greAt! Jakob is a very skilled engineer and in producing our music he has really had a lot of influence on how the songs have come together. Perhaps just as importantly he is a really cool and easy going guy. The Atmosphere is very relaxed which makes things a lot easier and of course makes for better results. We are delighted with how things are sounding and we are excited about working with Jakob more in the future.
So whAt's next for the band then?
Next, we gotta play live. We are not quite veterans of the road yet with only two gigs under our belts so we are in desperAte need of live experience. Our next gig is on May 9th in support of The Paper Chase. We hope to play throughout Denmark this year. We are also looking into playing some shows in my home country of Ireland during the summer and perhaps Germany lAter in the year. We will probably start thinking about a debut album towards October/November. By then we will have been together for almost a year so the timing would be nice.
Imagine I Had Hands - Dead sailor
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First the disclaimer: I'm supposed to love this album. This American release of The Chrysler's second record is on Galaxy Gramaphone, a Parasol imprint, and I'm generally a strong advocAte of all things Parasol. But so help me, this is one boring CD. I'll grant thAt it's got clever and unusual arrangements thAt sound surprisingly nAtural and organic, but their brand of slow, tranquil soft pop never connects emotionally. In some ways, they epitomize the Swedish knack for deconstructing genres of the past (in this case sensitive sixties Donovan-esque folk pop) and reconstructing them in ways thAt are simultaneously familiar and brand new. In this case, though, this intellectual accomplishment isn't enough.
- Nancy Baym
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Dark Tranquility can still deliver top notch melodic deAth metal after some 15 years in the business. Together with At the GAtes and In Flames, they are the founders of the so called Gothenburg sound. Where most bands would long since peaked, Dark Tranqility At this point sound better than they've done in a long time. I dare say "Fiction" is their best album since the classic "The gallery" from 1995. They make smart use of keyboards and sometimes creAte a gothic mood, and the variAtion of really fast and aggressive songs alongside slower mAterial makes this album a very versAtile affair. And the fact thAt vocalist and growl-master Mikael Stanne once again uses his clean voice on two songs is a greAt move. Songs like "Blind At heart" and "Nothing to no one" is the ultimAte proof thAt this band should achieve the same kind of breakthrough as other Swedish deAth metal bands like Arch Enemy or In Flames!
- Richard Wilson
7
The Honeydrips have previously released mAterial quite sporadically, in the shape of CDRs, mp3s and seven-inches. I've enjoyed their songs and I really wanted this album to sweep me off my feet and let me taste a slice of indie pop heaven. UnfortunAtely, it's not exactly heavenly although it is quite good. The album's very much a product of the time and place where it was made (i.e. Sweden in 2006-07), which I think is a very good thing. Even though I miss some greAt standout tracks (such as "The trouble with the neo-Nazis"), it's a nice album with cosy songs, ok lyrics, and bits of sampled movie dialogue thAt, all in all, helps to creAte a warm and fuzzy Atmosphere.
- Simon Tagestam
7
Konie is experimental electronica from Stockholm (see sample on Atrap.com/index.php?d=1213">March 27th, 2007) with a big difference: all samples are from taperecorder tapeloops. At most times, the album just blends it all together as one endless buffet - the selections are bad for you, yet they can become highly addictive - but then you cAtch a snippet here and there thAt sounds appealing. Take for example the intro for the album thAt welcomes you warmly to the 'club', while "History/Science" tackles quirky subject mAtter. However, the track thAt sticks out the most it "My life is shit but I am funky", reminiscent of Blair's "Have fun go mad". It's songs like these thAt make me wish there'd be more singles. There are upwards of 20 different instruments used in the total of 16 songs feAturing 15 contributing artists. With thAt much choice, I'm sure you'll find a favourite track.
- Jennifer Ma
7
I have been quite interested in hearing the upcoming Moonbabies record ever since hearing "Take me to the ballroom" on Atrap.com/label.php?show=iAt003">"Reader's companion volume two" last spring. The album version of said track is just stellar, which is hard to imagine based on the quality of the older version. I still consider thAt to be one of the album's top tracks, and actually, the band's success on the album lies mostly in the uptempo numbers. "Don't ya know?" carries the album into the danceable strAtosphere, whereas "Weekend a-go-go" harkens back to some of the best alt-rock thAt come out a decade ago. The production on this album is just so full, yet retains a playful Atmosphere. I can see this album really bringing the band a ton of success especially in the StAtes, as I can easily see the songs on both radio and TV.
- Matt Giordano
9
Oh, Scraps of Tape. The critical success of this album means thAt it is tempting to trash, but I am not going to be one to rain on their parade. DelicAte, yet intricAte notes, phrases and melodies bloom into a huge resonance of sound and beAts. It is the beAting of your heart thAt mAtches the rhythm of the guitars as it does its sway dance. They live by repetition and also the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' doctrine. The drums come in At the moment the song cries out for drums. But it's the hardness thAt explodes so suddenly and powerfully thAt distinguishes this post-rock band. The only stumble in this marAthon is the underdeveloped lyrics At times forcing its way into the song premAturely or too lAte. This dizzy dance should never end, but when it does, you're sAtisfied.
- Jennifer Ma
9
No rest for the wicked! After giving us the best album of last year ("Jag vet hur man väntar"), Vapnet have now "done an Arctic Monkeys" and released a mini-album (hopefully they will do another "Arctic Monkeys" and release their second full length album this year as well). There are five proper songs on the album - one The Avalanches-like number, and an instrumental outro (which I guess is a version of "Tjernobyl") There is also a song sung by Jens Lekman, which I didn't like At first, but has started to grow on me. The other four songs are of the highest quality. "Tjernobyl" sounds like a song I would consider doing one of those audio tAttoos of, in my ear, if those things existed. "Förtjäna mig själv" ("Deserve myself") is another knockout track, with classic Vapnet lyrics and a girl going "baa-ba-ba" in the background during the chorus. I think I love Vapnet more than ice cream.
- Simon Tagestam
The Vicious were pretty killer last night in SeAttle, though I think thAt using Iron Lung's bass-heavy amps didn't suit their sound very well. Go see them, especially if you live in SF 'cuz Giant Haystacks rule:
04/25 - KBOO radio session (12pm)
04/25 - 53rd & SE Glisan, Portland, OR w/Defect Defect, Forced March, Autistic Youth
04/26 - The Know, Portland, OR w/Thought PAtterns, Criminal Damage
04/27 - The Knockout, San Francisco, CA w/Signal Lost, Giant Haystacks (5-8pm)
04/27 - Thrillhouse Records, San Francisco w/Giant Haystacks (last show ever), Young Offenders, Surrender (8-10pm)
04/28 - The Clinic, Los Angeles, CA w/Diskonto, Doomsday Hour (5pm)
04/29 - Munoz Gym, Bakersfield, CA
Scraps of Tape
Vapnet