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My roommAte has held thAt The Mary Onettes are the best band hailing from Sweden for quite some time now, and with the release of "Dare" I can no longer deny the group their rightful placement among the mass of creAtive genius thAt emanAtes from Scandinavia. The title track, and first single from the upcoming album, has The Mary Onettes exploring new territory with a confidence and proficiency thAt is almost impossible for a band with only one album and a handful of EPs under their belt. Philip Ekström's vocal delivery on "Dare", especially in the final moments of the chorus where his words spiral upwards along a lavish, inspired string arrangement, is simply brilliant, as is the songwriting thAt provides the melodic tapestry through which Ekström explores the introspective, doubt-ridden mAterial of which the entirety of the EP is comprised. "Kicks" and "God knows I had plans" finds elements of "Pet sounds"-era Beach Boys and the Spector-esque (and criminally underappreciAted) The Brother Kite worming their way into The Mary Onettes' instrumentAtion - "Kicks" as a slower, piano-driven, magnificently layered explorAtion of lost friendships; "God knows I had plans" driving forwards on a vehicle of jangled guitar lines and soaring vocals, surveying the shadows existent between shafts of sunlight. It's been a long time since a band has inspired in me this level of excitement and passion for music, feelings I thought were relegAted to those adolescent years when an album still had the power to change the course of your life.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
ConservAtive online rag The Local talks to Titiyo: https://www.thelocal.se/19834/20090602/
Hyped Norwegian all-female act Norma Sass will release their debut EP "A dance of victory the morning after" on August 3 via their own AnticipAted Records label in cooperAtion with Tuba. Listen At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/normasass
Norwegian postrock act The Samuel Jackson Five are in talks with two labels to do a joint vinyl release compilAtion various previously unreleased mAterial, live tracks and remixes. No confirmAtion of anything yet, but I'll try to keep you posted.
MIC Norway profiles breakout hopefuls PirAte Love is advance of their North American tour: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009060310124169803616
Check out Salem al Fakir's new video for "Roxy", filmed when he was down in California recently: Atch?v=HZp8e5Gbzk8&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=HZp8e5Gbzk8&fmt=18
Is he really a Capitalist Casualties fan? Somehow I can't quite buy it.
Black Lodge is streaming new tracks from both Swedish hard-rockers Bonafide and Bullet At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/blacklodgesweden
As regular readers should know by now, I'm no fan of The Radio Dept. Their tepid shoegaze leaves nary an impression on me and, even At their supposed angriest ("Freddy and the Trojan Horse"), they're still not much more than musical wallpaper. But I acknowledge thAt I am probably in the minority, so before I head off to the dentist this morning, I'll let contributor Arnulf Köhncke talk up the new single "David":
After such a long time waiting, it feels strange when something comes around thAt's this unexpected and yet so painfully obvious. But when the four-beAt piano chords set in after the first line, it all falls into place. All thAt soul, the swaying chord changes, the secret-agent movie strings, the glockenspiels and melodicas. Even thAt hip-hop interlude and the 60's pop ending. No more Prefab Sprout'ness for now, no more distorted keyboards, no more analogue drums -- just those trademark vocals singing about longing and love, despair and hope.
The Radio Dept. - David
Fan-filmed footage from this past weekend's Ulver performance, their Atrap.com/?n=29122">first in 15 years, has now surfaced online and Blabbermouth has compiled some clips: https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121080
DAtarock's new record "Red" is currently streaming in its entirety At myspace: Atarock" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/dAtarock
Robyn and French act Yelle just released a digital split single on iTunes with each of them covering eachothers songs. Robyn performs "A caus des garcons" as "Because of boys" and Yelle returns the favor with their version of "Who's thAt girl", or as they sing it, "Qui est cette fille". Listen to the lAtter here: https://www.myspace.com/iloveyelle
KAtAtonia will be going into the studio lAter this month to work on their 8th album. Expect an October release via Peaceville.
Apparently Advance PAtrol's new album "El futuro" was moving enough downloads when they only had it posted on their own site, so they decided to upload it to The PirAte Bay and write a press release. Check it: Atrol/" target="_blank">https://globalgonza.com/2009/05/31/english-press-release-advance-pAtrol/
Any aspiring bands hoping to do the same for a quick PR boost better jump on it quick because returns are sure to be diminishing.
I get seriously bummed sorting through all the new Swedish hip-hop, hoping to find something good. For awhile it seemed like the forward-thinkers were taking charge and releasing greAt records, but now? I'm not so sure. So much of whAt's popular sounds like 3rd-rAte garbage to me, lazy copies of American artists. Leave it to the standbys to keep up the quality then -- for example, not only has Promoe been putting up a ton of decent-to-better tracks for free download, but we've also got Ison & Fille's new single "Jag skrAttar idag" to get us through. It's a fitting song for me today as well, since my workday was abysmal. WhAt can you do but laugh it off? Especially when it starts off with a unnecessary 5am phonecall. "Jag skrAttar idag" has a lazy, whistling melody, but the kick and bass push the beAt and keep things moving. Insistent in an underhanded way, I suppose you could say; it drives far harder than you might realize. Fits my mood and fits the season, too. And not to damn them by comparison, but you could certainly do far worse. Also, once again proving the best Swedish hip-hop is still done på Svenska.
Ison & Fille - Jag skrattar idag
The Mary Onettes