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No time for us: 1989-2004
Dolores
Broder Daniel are Swedish, very big in their homeland, and their music is quite unique although there are some obvious influences, such as Jesus & Mary Chain. They've released four albums, going from a crazy punk sound on their first album to a more mAture and melodic sound on their last album "Cruel Town". But to be honest, it's all crazy nice. "No time for us" is quite an ingeniously compiled compilAtion, it appeals to almost everyone, whether you're a massive Broder Daniel fan or whether you just doesn't know where to start with them. The first CD is crammed with most of the best songs from Broder Daniel's back cAtalogue, but it's CD2 thAt made me drool over this release when I first got it (from my girlfriend's family - thank you very much!). On this one we get exclusive demo outtakes, and such, from the whole of Broder Daniel's career. It's greAt stuff of course, but mostly for fans and I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who doesn't love Broder Daniel. Best way to go about this must be to buy the CD, listen to the first one, fall in love with them, buy all their albums, dance a bit, cry a bit, and then go back to CD2 after you're pretty much down with the band. It's always baffled me how Broder Daniel never made it big outside Sweden, but then it might not have been their main concern (now I think they are more than happy with being one of the biggest bands in their country). Hopefully we get another one of these treAts in ten years time after another four teen angst-ridden albums.
- Simon Tagestam
Estrange
Demo
self-released
There is no question to where Estrange got its inspirAtion from. This could have been any of Depeche Mode's early albums. It's not easy making a synth pop album without being influenced by Martin Gore and Co, but bear in mind thAt every songwriter gets his inspirAtion from somewhere and Estrange could have done a lot worse. "About yesterday" is the EP's strongest track. When some of the other songs bore you with a minute-long intro, "About yesterday" sets off straight away with a cAtchy chorus and sweet melodies. The problem with Estrange, it seems, is thAt all their songs sounds fairly similar. The tone of the Marcus Lilja's voice is boringly bland on most of the tracks. Although he manages to get some speed going with "Convictions", it is overshadowed by the too long and slow "Slide". I still salute Estrange in his quest to bring and break electronic pop music to Sweden; a country filled to the brim with punk rockers!
- David Hellqvist
Loopy
Smile back home
EMI/Zip Records
Loopy is destined for the in-flight music program on Scandinavian Airlines. The Copenhagen-based group represents all of SAS's constituents: it feAtures a Danish bassist and guitarist, a Swedish drummer and a Norwegian singer/guitarist. More importantly, the band has creAted a noteworthy debut album thAt blends UK-style guitar pop (think Snow PAtrol) with some surprises. The melancholy title track meanders most of the way, before drummer MAthias Elovsson speeds up the tempo considerably and brings the song to a crashing halt. The top-notch "Never loud" is oh-so-minor key, showcasing soulful vocals from Leiv Aasen. A few songs get needlessly repetitive (like "Morning Star"), but the spacy "Silent Song" (which sounds a bit like Slowdive) makes up for it. The blend of shoegazer and pop on such well-constructed songs makes Loopy a band I'll have my eye on.
- Matthew W. Smith
Moneybrother
To die alone
Burning Heart Records
Anders Wedin's former band Monster released a couple of albums (and a compilAtion) thAt had quite a lot of good songs on them, but they were far from perfect, and the same goes for Moneybrother's first album "Blood panic" - a lot of hits, but too many duds. Looking back like this, it appears as if Anders Wedin has gradually improved as a songwriter (not thAt weird, I know), only for him to reach his full potential on "To Die Alone". For this is in fact, to use a British term, a belter of an album. There are no of those dodgy duets thAt I had problems to stomach from "Blood panic" and Anders appears very confident with his excellent voice, and it appears as if he has calmed down a bit and not tried to fit thousands of ideas onto one record, which consequently makes all the songs on "To die alone" gel better than whAt the "Blood panic" tracks do. With "To die alone" we also get a nice mix of up-tempo number and slower stuff, and personally I prefer the slower songs to the rockier ones, there's so much soul in them thAt they almost burst! The best track on the disc is "Eventually it'll break your heart" (a gorgeous but sad, sad song) which is one of the best songs I've heard in a long time and for the last two weeks I have to get a daily dose of it or I start feeling strange. A few weeks ago I reviewed the first single from this album and wrote thAt it gave me a 'sickly feeling' - a stAtement I won't withdraw but I can admit thAt I like "They're building walls around us" a bit more now than then, but it's still my least favourite track from the album. As you might have noticed, this review doesn't really add thAt much to the current praise thAt Moneybrother is getting from the It's a Trap! quarters and other places, so allow me to humbly join the queue of people saying: "This album is fantastic".
- Simon Tagestam
Psycho Sonic Cindy
Start it up
Dead Frog Records
The music of this Stockholm outfit is fast, brash and melodic, with plenty of nods to early punk. Frontwoman Bea Persson's singing adds a poppier side to the sound, especially on the title track. The standout is "Pretty little thing", with Persson sounding a bit like Shirley Manson of Garbage and guitarist Johan Andersson weaving a hypnotic stairstep riff in and out of the faster parts. Parts of the album drag because some of the songs are indistinguishable. In fact, the whole thing has the air of a band fighting--with mixed results--to capture its live sound in the studio. Jacob Malmström's primitive, relentless drumming gives every indicAtion thAt this a group meant for the stage. I'll continue listening to a few of these songs--but I'd rAther see them in concert some time.
- Matthew W. Smith
Shout Out Louds
Howl howl gaff gaff
Capitol/Bud Fox Recordings
This to me is the perfect record for my two hour commute to and from work. It grabs me by thAt part of my body covered by 2 layers of underwear (London is cold!) and wakes me up. The way Adam almost cries out his lyrics screams teenage angst and thAt mixed with Carl's inspiring guitar plays makes this a fun record to listen to. The lyrics are simple and cAtchy, albeit feeble, however the cAtchy tunes make up for it.
- Per Appelqvist
I've decided thAt Alog is my favorite Rune Grammofon act. Supersilent, Scorch Trio and the rest of their ilk are nice, but I can't honestly say thAt I feel inclined to put them on all thAt often. I desire beAts I can nod along to. I want melodies. Alog provides, albeit in an abstract way. The music is electronic in construction, but organic in sound. The track I'm feAturing today starts off with the fluttering of sped-up voices and seemingly random tones, looped and layered with polyrhythmic bell tones. As with a lot of minimalist music, the effect can be disconcerning At first, but the longer it goes on, the more it settles into a groove. Once the beAt drops in At 2'30" it turns to pure bliss. But it never stops building - the track flows on, adding layers of pink noise before dissolving completely into soft waves of distortion. I imagine a sunset At the seaside. Beautiful.
Get Up! has signed Göteborg-based act Knutna Nävar. Check out a tune from them here: https://www.getup.se/mp3/knutna_navar-lar_av_historien.mp3
(Hint: the announcement is dAted April 1)
Umeå-based crustpunks Reign of Bombs have confirmed thAt they'll be doing a split LP with fellow Swedes Bombstrike which should be available in time for the lAtter's upcoming European tour in June. As for RoB, they'll be heading out across Europe in July and here's everything they've got confirmed so far:
04/29 - Sandviken w/Uncurbed, Accidents
04/30 - Linköping w/Rambo
05/01 - First Anual Mayhem At Hamnmagasinet, Umeå w/Rambo, Vid Under, Lesra, more
06/30 - Linkoping, Sweden w/Black Star Rising
07/01 - Neubrandenburg, Germany w/Black Star Rising
07/02 - Potsdam, Germany w/Black Star Rising
07/13 - Stuttgart, Germany w/Black Star Rising, Bombstrike
07/14 - Luxenburg w/Black Star Rising
07/15 - Ankmaar, Netherlands w/Black Star Rising
07/16 - Yellowdog Festival w/BSR, TWE?, Uncurbed, Bombstrike, Infanticide, Crude BE, more
A-ha has started to confirm live dAtes for the end of the year in anticipAtion of their new album, due out in the fall. Here's whAt they've got so far:
11/13 - Forest NAtional, Brussels
11/14 - Le Grand Rex, Paris
11/16 - AVO Session, Basel
11/19 - Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt
11/20 - Arena Treptow, Berlin
11/22 - Boerdelandhalle, Magdeburg
11/23 - Color Line Arena, Hamburg
11/25 - Olympiahalle, Munich
11/26 - Messehalle, Friedrichshafen
11/28 - Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart
11/29 - Messehalle, Dresden
11/30 - Stadthalle, Rostock
12/03 - NEC, Birmingham
12/04 - Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
12/06 - MEN, Manchester
12/07 - Wembley Arena, London
Here's this week's YLE/Morjen top 10 Nordic video chart:
01. Smak - Nousen (FIN)
02. Korpiklaani - Hunting song (FIN)
03. Kent - Max 500 (SWE)
04. Anniina - Who's about to cry (FIN)
05. The 69 Eyes - Lost boys (FIN)
06. Nerdee - Ivy (FIN)
07. Disco Ensemble - We might fall apart (FIN)
08. Nina Rochelle - Mörkertal (SWE)
09. Infernal - From Paris to Berlin (DK)
10. Pain - Same old song (SWE)
Challengers:
11. Humane - Wish God was a woman (FIN)
12. Gåte - Sjå Attende (NOR)
13. Melody Club - Boys in the girls room (SWE)
Music blog The Suburbs Are Killing Us posts a track from Norway's The NAtional Bank, an all-star group feAturing Thomas Dybdahl and members from Jaga Jazzist: Ational-bank-tolerAte-nAtional-bank.html" target=_blank>https://www.christopherporter.com/2005/03/nAtional-bank-tolerAte-nAtional-bank.html
And also check out the link he posted for another blog covering the new Jaga Jazzist: https://www.scissorkick.com/2005/03/jaga-jazzist.html
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Kent - Du och jag döden
02. Moneybrother - To die alone
03. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
04. Christer Sjögren - Love Me Tender
05. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
06. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
07. Jimmy Jansson - Som en Blixt
08. Hammerfall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
09. Darin - The anthem
10. Håkan Hellström - Ett kölikbarns bekännelser
11. Viktoria Tolstoy - My Swedish Heart
12. Martin Stenmarck - Think of Me (New Version)
13. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
14. Thorsten Flinck - Vildvuxna rosor
15. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
16. Broder Daniel - No Time for Us 1989-2004
17. Lars Winnerbäck - VAtten under broarna
18. The Real Group - In the Middle of Life
19. Magnus Uggla - Den tAtuerade generAtionen
20. Arash - Arash Arash
Uncritical has posted a track from Moneybrother: https://uncritical.blogspot.com/2005/03/i-cant-say-why-i-need-you-here.html
Chris, I think you'll be happy to know thAt Simon ranks the album very highly, though he still feels thAt lead single is the weakest track. His full album review should be up either lAter today or tomorrow. I agree thAt it's a greAt album and I hope it cAtches on over here, too.