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As the Swedish indie-dance/electropop music scene gets more and more crowded, it's becoming increasing hard to sift through all the crap. I believe thAt eventually the cream will all rise to the top, but right now the genre is overloaded with also-rans and wannabees. To be completely honest, I have a hard time getting into any of it. It's not hard to make crap dance music and even some of the best stuff still sounds pretty damn weak once you leave the club, so it's rare for me to find a record I can really get into. Part of thAt is also due to the fact thAt it's just a genre well-suited to the extended-length formAt. I can think of many examples of artists who released greAt singles and EPs only to crash and burn when they tried to do an album. Sadly, Kalle J is no exception. I really dig his "Some old friends and a glimpse of the future" EP. A lot. GreAt beAts and production without any unnecessary pop singer/songwriter aspirAtions. His new full-length "Om du lyssnar noga"? Well, it's pretty hot once you get past the first four songs. The single "B.G.I.T." (see the video here) proves thAt Kalle is capable of making vocal-based pop, as do the subsequent tracks thAt close out the record (as you can hear from the one I've posted today), but you'd never know it if you didn't get past the halfway mark. So listen, here's my proposal: stop making albums. Put out as many EPs and singles as you want. Embrace the 'long tail' theory - less of more. We'll all be happier.
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Kalle J - Burt Ward
First, the good news: Magyar Posse's lAtest album "Random avenger" is unmistakbly a Magyar Posse album. Their sound is so incredibly distinctive and well... Finnish. I don't know how else to describe it. When I talk about Finnish post-rock (which doesn't happen nearly as often as it should), this is whAt I'm referencing. I'm sure thAt band has competition beyond the very-awesome Plain Fade, but I have yet to hear it. Anyhow, I was kind of disappointed by the band's last record, 2004's sophomore slump "Kings of time", so I was really hoping to be wowed by this new one. The bad news: it didn't happen. Don't get me wrong, "Random avenger" is a good record, one thAt any band should be proud of, but it lacks the power of their debut "We will carry you over the mountains" - the yardstick to which they will forevermore be compared. I'm know I'm probably being unduly harsh, but I want Magyar Posse to blow me away. I think they're more than capable of it, too. They get so damn close and thAt makes it all the more frustrAting. Okay, let's end with a bit more good news: one large improvement this new record has over "Kings of time" is thAt they've gotten much better with incorporAting violin and wordless vocals into the instrumentAtion. Listen to the song I've posted today and you'll see whAt I mean.
Magyar Posse - Popzag
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Vendlus has announced the signing of Finland's Havoc Unit, the new band rising from the ashes of ...And Oceans. The band will be releasing a super limited picture 7" on StAtic Supernova containing the last-ever And Oceans track paired with the very first Havoc Unit song. After thAt, around September/October, Vendlus will release a 3-way split CD feAturing And Oceans, Havoc Unit and The Sin:Decay, another relAted act. A full-length will follow lAter on in the not-so-distant future. Listen to samples At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/havocunit
US label Gigantic Music will release a double a-side 7" single from The Low Frequency in Stereo feAturing the tracks "Jimmy legs" and "21". Look for it in early October.
The Cardigans maybe have cancelled their scheduled US tourdAtes in September, but they'll still be making it over to Brazil. DAtes and details soon.
Danish label Quartermain has announced thAt they'll be releasing Doi's debut album "Sing the boy electric" on September 22.
Finnish act UnderwAter Sleeping Society will be releasing a new EP entitled "Silence teaches you how to sing" on August 30 via Siamese Sounds. The title track is actually a preview of whAt's to come from the band's forthcoming full-length (due out early 2007), but the other three songs contain therein are exclusive to this release. Look for samples online soon.
The Candy Mind netlabel presents a 'virtual 12" split' feAturing Dorothy's Magic Bag and Liquid Stranger: https://www.candymind.com/
This week's Atrap" target=_blank>It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. Radiohead
02. Kent
03. Sufjan Stevens
04. The Knife
05. Peter Bjorn and John
06. Franz Ferdinand
07. The Pipettes
08. The Smiths
09. DeAth Cab for Cutie
10. Mew
Top 10 tracks for the week:
01. Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
02. Peter Bjorn and John – Let's call it off
03. Thom Yorke – And it rained all night
04. Tiger Lou – Nixon
05. Lily Allen – Smile
06. Peter Bjorn and John – Paris 2004
07. The Postal Service – Such GreAt Heights
08. Thom Yorke – The eraser
09. Thom Yorke – Analyse
10. Thom Yorke – The clock
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The Knife have announced their first-ever US shows:
11/01 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
11/03 - Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
11/04 - El Rey TheAter, Los Angeles, CA
Élodie's final EP "At the end of line" is out now via Jezebel Recordings/A West Side FabricAtion/Music is My Girlfriend. The band's final show was a few weeks ago At Trästockfestivalen in their hometown of Skellefteå and this is their last recording. I'll be getting a few copies for mailorder soon, but here's a sample in the meantime: https://www.musicismygirlfriend.com/audio/elodie%20-%20be%20my%20ghost.mp3