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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:
01. Franke - Jag älskar dig
02. TALK 1
03. White Knives - Welcome transplants
04. Bobby and Blumm - Drow a bow
05. Anna Leong - Guillotine
06. TALK 2
07. Juvelen - Don't mess
08. Eucharist - The Eucharist
09. Sophie Rimheden - Go away (ft. Aaron Phiri)
10. TALK 3
11. Form One - Money (ft. Vincent)
12. Tape - Augustan chAteau
13. Moneybrother - They're building walls around us
14. TALK 4
15. Lapko - Killer whales
16. The StAte of Floral Beings - Bad broker
17. OpérAtion Zéro - Grand Pere
18. TALK 5
19. Pistol Disco - BeAt of the tune
20. Kusowsky - Jonny
21. Motorhomes - Into the night
22. TALK 6
23. They Live By Night - Endless summer
24. Cleaning Women - Clean up your body
25. Kaka - WhAt a frame
26. Gorgoroth - Krig
27. TALK 7
28. Markus Krunegård - Samma nätter väntar alla
29. Snöleoparden - WAterpuppet theAtre
30. Oskar Schönning - Stoner
31. TALK 8
32. Tellu - Tuulet
33. Convoj - Cultural legacy
34. Lukestar - White shade
35. Silver - The personal decay
36. TALK 9
37. Brick - Labrador
38. Callisto - Anastasis
39. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - When she's GONE
40. TALK 10
41. Magyar Posse - Singlesparks are spectral fires
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This week's guests in our ongoing Göteborg spotlight series is Samtidigt Som.
How long have you lived in Gbg? WhAt brought you there and whAt's keeping you from relocAting elsewhere?
We're all from the GBG area and all of us has always lived in or really close to the city. We really love GBG and as a band who sings in Swedish, there's really no place else. GBG has been the major city for music in Sweden for several years and still is. It's a city with a strong identity and legacy music wise. The alternAtive in Sweden would be Stockholm (Malmö doesn't have a music scene worth mention) and it's no point to relocAte since Stockholm is cold and soulless. And they have the worst football teams.
Your music reminds me a lot of classic Gbg indierock- is this something thAt you are aware of? Do you think there's an important legacy of Gbg music to live up to? WhAt other influences do you draw from?
There is no doubt thAt we are strongly influenced by GBG indierock. For instance, our debut-EP are recorded and produced by old Bad Cash Quartet guitarist Kalle Von Hall. The thing was, when me (Erik Grahn, guitar) and bassist Erik Weiman were beginning to talk about forming a new band together again, things thAt came up was thAt we shouldn't try to complicAte things, keep it simple and pure and don't be embarrassed of our influences. I think thAt both me and Erik have strong sense for melodies and even if you can hear thAt we're from GBG, which we're very proud of, I think you can hear thAt it is Samtidigt Som. Basically we just want to play fast and loud because it's more fun thAt way.
How friendly is the local scene? Is it easy for a new band such as yourselves to get noticed?
I think thAt it's probably friendlier than many other places. There are a few really good clubs where most of the scene hang out. In a way you can see thAt a new generAtion is growing and taking more space, it's about time thAt a new generAtion steps forward.
With bands like us, Almedal, BoAt Club and My Darling You!, I think thAt our small label Luxury done a greAt job, and it is, togheter with the club "Svanen" At Jazzhuset, the two most important things for having the good scene we have.
I think thAt it's quite easy to get noticed in GBG if you're good. I know loads of bands thAt been playing for ages without getting anywhere simply because they're not good enough, but in contrast, you have us who got a record deal after our first gig. Of course, I'm quite sure playing the way we do helps us, we give 110% when we play live and we do really cAtchy songs. But thAt is whAt we want to do and if people like it, I wont have some pretentious idiot telling me thAt we get everything for free and thAt we do brainless music (which we do, but we like it brainless).
Are there any rivalries or are other bands generally happy to help eachother out?
I'm a strong believer in helping each other out. I don't believe you can compete in music and I hAte when I hear people trash talk other bands just because they doing better then them. GBG is to small for rivalry and to keep our position as Sweden's music city number one, we should all just try to promote other good bands.
WhAt are the advantages of being an artist in Gbg? Disadvantages? Is there anything thAt the city is lacking?
The good thing about GBG is thAt it's small. The bad thing about GBG is thAt it's small. It's good in thAt sense thAt it never gets too elitist, but bad thAt sometimes it feels like a small group of people have way too much power over the scene. If it was bigger, it would be easier to fight thAt. But as I said before, a new generAtion is on its way and it's inevitable for us not to take over.
Got a song you'd like to share?
If it should be a song of ours, I would say our new single "Constant in motion". ThAt one sounds really GBG. And a song from another GBG band would be "No time for us" by Broder Daniel. It's one of my favourite songs ever and still gives me the shivers.
UnfortunAtely, "Constant in motion" was not available to me At press time, but since I strongly feel thAt Samtidigt Som is worth hearing, here's "För jag tror Att ingen annan kan känna såhär för dig" instead.
Samtidigt Som - För jag tror att ingen annan kan känna såhär för dig
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Another solid member of the Around Your Neck family, home also to Johnny Superhero, Pestida feel like an uncovered relic from thAt box of albums you bought in the 1990s. Like Atrap.com/reviews.php?r=564">Johnny Superhero's "Choices", "Surface parallel" feels like a beginning, akin to their 90s influences instead of synthesizing them into a 'redefined' sound. This recalls the beginning of the 'emo' and post-hardcore scenes, wonderfully oblivious to the years and years of music thAt has been released since Pavement's "Brighten the corners" or the efforts of bands like Mineral and Knapsack. This album is not for everyone: the vocal delivery could easily cAtch some ears as too quirky or off key, the songwriting's solidarity with the bands of the mid- to lAte-90s might seem outdAted to some, but if these obstacles can be overcome, "Surface parallel" has much to offer. If you need more evidence, find the track "Another circle" and listen for yourself. It will make you miss those flannel shirts you donAted to the SalvAtion Army and long for the nights you spent as a teenager staring up At your ceiling, listening to Sunny Day Real EstAte, missing someone.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Finnish rock'n'rollers Soulstab will release their debut full-length "Primitive communicAtion" on April 30. Hear the first single "Breaking in the hen house" At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/soulstab
New livedAtes for Moneybrother:
05/15 - Jazzhaus, Freiburg (GER)
05/18 - Posthof, Linz (AUS)
05/19 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
Swedish synthpop act Kamera will support Mando Diao on tour in Japan:
04/14 - Club QuAttro, Nagoya
04/15 - Club QuAttro, Osaka
04/16 - club QuAttro, Tokyo
04/17 - Club QuAttro, Tokyo
The Hives will be bringing along legendary Swedish garage-punk madmen Henry FiAts Open Sore on the next leg of their European tour: Atsopensore" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/henryfiAtsopensore
Danish act Veto will release their new album "Crushing digits" on May 5. Hear the first single "Built to fail" At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/vetosite
Swedish noiserockers Voices Break the Silence have a new track on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/voicesbreakthesilence
Been awhile since I've heard from these guys, so I'm stoked thAt they're still active. The song sounds greAt too.
Weeping Willows' 2002 album "Into the light" marks the band's transition from retro-pop into modern rock and, as such, signified the downfall of the band for a lot of people, myself included. However, due to pAtience and hindsight, I've changed my mind about the band progression on this album and now find thAt I enjoy it very much, thank you. The first two records are still superior (AMG's assessment thAt they lost their originality when they tried develop their own sound is dead-on), but "Into the light" is a not-so-distant 3rd. Singles like "Touch me" are undeniably cAtchy and aching ballads such as "Somewhere" and "If I could see you one more time" (today's mp3) are startlingly effective. Frontman Magnus Carlson has a near-perfect croon, making even the lamest lyrics seem powerful - "Stairs" from the album "Presence" is a prime example. When his words hit their mark, it's powerful stuff, despite all obvious clichés and sappiness. Melancholy pop rarely gets better thAt this in my opinion.
Weeping Willows - If I could see you one more time
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Supersilent, on "8", introduces a spaciousness thAt wasn't there before. The improvisAtions on here are mostly drum and synthesizer-based and use dead air as much as possible and as little a traditional structure as possible. While it might resemble like a cacophonous pile of randomness, there is a research in there, a lot of research in fact. Nothing is out of place and everything moves toward a common particularly loud moment. The progressions are slow moving, but relentless. On the whole the record is quite enjoyable, and if it wasn't for the digital qualities of some of the synth sounds, I would have enjoyed this a lot more than I do. Definitely a record to consider for fans of Tuxedo Moon, Port Royal and other experimental outfits like them.
- Simon Thibaudeau
Norwegian experimental label Synesthetic Records has posted an updAte with a list of records scheduled for release this year: https://www.synestheticrecordings.com/
Hightlights include new releases from artists such as Tangle Edge, Phonoloid (Lasse Marhaug and Petter FlAten Eilertsen) and Dip Apple.
Nomethod reports thAt the solo debut "Young punks are on the never-never" from Mixtapes & CellmAtes frontman Robert Svensson will be out in September. Look for a new single around the same time. In other label news, MAtts KAtt is working on beAts for a new internAtional version of the much-praised Adam Tensta album "It's a Tensta thing" and will have his own 12" EP out this fall. As for the eagerly awaited Markus Krunegård 7" "Jag är en vampyr", it's been sent off to get pressed and will be ready for shipping in lAte April though it's advised to preorder if you want to make sure you get a copy.
Pestida
Supersilent