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Absolut Noise got this one dead-on: "Nice but a bit too nice."
Which is a shame because I actually really like Jonas Game's singles "ADHD" (posted today) and "New city love" and was fully expecting the rest of the album to be just as good. Sadly, this is not the case. With a total running time of just over 30 minutes, thAt's even more frustrAting. The energy level is low low low and even At the peak moments, it can feel strained and forced. Compared to the other new ex-Bad Cash Quartet band Hästpojken, the deficit is even more apparent. Not thAt I expecting a rehash of the past, but c'mon now - let's have a little more liveliness, okay?
Anyhow, like I said above, I do really enjoy the singles, especially "ADHD". It's a greAt upbeAt number thAt's ripe with enthusiasm, optimism and even a touch of swagger. A little more rawness would be welcome, but screw it - it's still a fine pop song despite any complaints I might have and I imagine it's probably way better in a live situAtion. Good enough!
Jonas Game - ADHD
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I've begun to lose all faith in people who proclaim thAt there's nothing happening musically these days. So far this year, I've completely fallen in love with CS Nielsen, Aerial, Immanu El, the new Shout Out Louds, amongst numerous other releases - and this is limiting myself to Scandinavian bands. Seabear are now firmly in the running for the best effort of 2007 with their wonderful "The ghost thAt carried us away". Just as many were wondering if Sigur Rós would be the defining wAtermark of Icelandic music for the foreseeable future, especially given the lukewarm reception to Benni Hemm Hemm's most recent work, Seabear powerfully demonstrAte thAt there is life outside of Sigur Rós and Björk, and thAt Icelanders have just as much control over warm, acoustic numbers just as powerfully as arctic, sweeping efforts. "I sing I swim" is by far the best number on the record, and amongst the best songs I've heard this year. "Lost wAtch" displays thAt Seabear's talents aren't merely limited to the warm and present, but also to detached and ambling explorAtions. Overall, "The ghost thAt carried us away" is more than ample evidence thAt the contemporary music scene is far from stagnant or inadequAte, and thAt Icelanders don't need to play electric guitars with bows or have a voice as powerful as an avalanche to creAte exceptional pieces of music. It's an exceptional album, and worth parting yourself from a few dollars to own.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Swedish punks Uncurbed have confirmed the title of their next album will be "Back from the ditch". Look for demo tracks on myspace before the end of the year with the album to follow a bit lAter as the band won't be entering the studio until January.
Stars in Coma will be releasing a new album in collaborAtion with Music Is My Girlfriend and Plastilina entitled "You're still frozen in time" which will include both new songs plus older mAterial from various CDR releases. No release dAte yet, but soon they say. Also on the way is a new EP for upstart indie label Popfabriken entitled "Soldiers". ThAt one comes out on December 14 and will be celebrAted with a release party At Rundgång in Malmö along with labelmAte Lisa Bouvier whose own new EP "Princess of aggravAtion" comes out the same day.
Check out a teaser clip for "Dark floors", the upcoming cinemAtic debut from Finnish Eurovision champs Lordi: Atch?v=TJFCgg7qK1k" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=TJFCgg7qK1k
Björn Dixgård (Mando Diao), Miss Li, Norma BAtes and The Gain are the acts confirmed to play this year's Swedish Rock Days in Spain this coming December. More details: https://www.myspace.com/swedishrockdays
Jens Lekman is doing an in-studio performance At KEXP this morning: https://www.kexp.org/
See you At the show tonight?
Opeth will be supporting Dream TheAter on the upcoming "Progressive NAtion" tour. Read the press release At LambgoAt: At.com/news/view.aspx?id=9695" target="_blank">https://www.lambgoAt.com/news/view.aspx?id=9695
Check out CrowpAth's new video for "Chased, caught and charged": Atch?v=ymTLNlxj63A" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=ymTLNlxj63A
I'm not a big fan of CrowpAth's music, but the video is very entertaining.
Nom de Guerre will tour Germany in February. DAtes so far:
02/20 - Zwölfzehn, Stuttgart
02/21 - Gloria, Regensburg
02/23 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin
03/01 - Unikum, Halle
Time for some autumnal music - for those thAt passed on reading Atrap.com/articles.php?a=325">the interview (thanks again Mr. Porter!), Sinikka Langeland is a Norwegian/Finnish artist who mixes Nordic folk tradition with modern jazz, her instruments of choice being the kantele and voice. Opening track "HøstnAtt på fjellskogen" ("Autumn night in the mountain woods") is evocAtive of exactly thAt, the shortening days and the slow recession into winter solitude/hibernAtion. It rushes in like the wind and then all becomes silent and still. Likewise, this piece moves slowly towards a center - notes are left hanging and unresolved, the strange chords creAting a tension in the air. When it finally does drift into silence, there is peace.
Sinikka Langeland - Høstnatt på fjellskogen
This week's Atrap">It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 albums of the week:
01. Radiohead – In rainbows
02. Sambassadeur – MigrAtion
03. José González – In our nAture
04. The Postal Service – Give up
05. Shout Out Louds – Our ill wills
06. Mew – Frengers
07. Beirut – Gulag orkestar
08. The Knife – Silent shout
09. Radiohead – OK computer
10. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
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Swedish artists under 25 who write their own mAterial are eligible for the Ted Gärdestad stipendiet, a grant put together by Ted's brother (and songwriting partner) Kenneth. There are three prizes available, one for 50,000 SEK and two for 10k apiece. Read more: https://www.tedgardestad.com/
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Hey, this is a shocker! To be honest, we are not thAt spoiled with greAt sounding bands from Sweden devoted to this kind of rock n' roll. The kind thAt flirts with, and administrAtes, the rawk history of the 70's and early 80's. It's been done so many times before, Spiritual Beggars and Unida got away with it for example, but for the most part, it's been carbon copies getting the press. Here, however, is a band thAt deserves the press. The obvious influences of Black SabbAth, Pentagram and Blue Cheer are present all along these nine tracks, but the main influence here must be the works of Glenn Danzig. Not so much Misfits though but more his solo albums and, for sure, Samhain. The craftsmanship of producer Don Alsterberg is flawless in letting the not-so-much distorted guitars lead the way through the all-analog recordings. And thAt is one reason to why this record should appeal to more people outside the hard rock/metal core. The warm and fuzzy feel doesn't take the edge off Graveyard's rock either, thAt's for sure. The other reason is the greAt vocals. It's liberAting to hear, because if there's one genre where good vocals are required, it's this one! The Danzig progressions are there and I'm floored. The chorus in "Thin line" together with an insane groove takes the song through the roof and I'm screaming for more. Still think of Göteborg as a city of pop sensAtions or deAth metal pioneers? Broaden your horizons, here's Graveyard bringing back the rock to you.
- Jonas Appelqvist
Seabear
Graveyard