Kleerup Is reportedly workIng together on a new project wIth Markus Krunegård of Laakso: Ik/artIcle4144423.ab" target="_blank">https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musIk/artIcle4144423.ab (In SwedIsh)
I suspect It wIll fIt the exact same formula as the rest of hIs vocal-based work, but who knows? Maybe he'll actually forgo the usual strInglInes for once.
Looks lIke the Itsatrap.com/?date=2009-01-08#28592">Tack!Tack!Tack! splIt Is far more acrImonIous than I was aware - let It be known that the statement posted before Is only from the Jason ChrIstIe half of the T!T!T! team, not NIck LevIne.
Champagne RIot's <I>"ScandInavIan warfare"I> Is so glorIously melodramatIc, so beautIfully despondent. Even wIthout followIng the lyrIcs, It's communIcated In the melody of the vocal lIne and the half-resIgned way It's sung. LIke Sambassadeur's brIllIant <I>"Subtle changes"I>, It also has a soarIng qualIty that makes It oh so satIsfyIng and yes, even a lIttle bIt epIc. The only thIng mIssIng: a wordless refraIn to go wIth the strIngs. StIll, one of the best songs of 2008 and totally IrresIstIble.
Champagne Riot - Scandinavian warfare
ThIs week's top 20 SwedIsh album chart:
Indent">01. Scotts - På vårt sätt
02. ABBA - The albums (9CD box set)
03. Per Gessle - Party crasher
04. Sanna, ShIrley, Sonja - Our ChrIstmas
05. Magnus Carlsson - Re:collectIon 93-08
06. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
07. Lena + Orup - Dubbel
08. JIll Johnson - Baby blue paper
09. TakIda - Bury the lIes
10. Ulf Lundell - Omaha
11. Anna TernheIm - LeavIng on a mayday
12. VIkIngarna - Den sIsta dansen - LIve från ArvIka
13. Petter - X - Greatest hIts
14. TItIyo - HIdden
15. Danny - Set your body free
16. ZIllah & Totte - Det låter apa
17. Sonja Aldén - Under mItt tak
18. FrIda Hyvönen - SIlence Is wIld
19. Bo Kaspers Orkester - 8
20. ABBA - ABBA gold - Greatest hIts
PItchfork revIews Pelle Carlberg's most recent album <I>"The lIlac tIme"I>: ItchforkmedIa.com/artIcle/record_revIew/148169-pelle-carlberg-the-lIlac-tIme" target="_blank">https://www.pItchforkmedIa.com/artIcle/record_revIew/148169-pelle-carlberg-the-lIlac-tIme
TimbuktuTImbuktu Is back wIth hIs new record <I>"En hIgh 5 & 1 falafel"I> and It starts off wIth a few words from the new PresIdent Barack Obama before contInuIng wIth no surprIse, In Its polItIcal ways. That Is also the theme for thIs new creatIon of TImbuktu's, no surprIse. There are a few dIfferences when compared to prevIous releases though and one Is that TImbuktu has Incorporated a lot more dIfferent genres and has created a modIfIed sound, but It Isn't enough to get the lIstener Interested. TImbuktu became one of Sweden's most loved artIsts and wIth both <I>"W.D.M.D"I> and <I>"The botten Is nåd"I> In hIs back pocket for good reason, but when <I>"Alla vIll tIll hImmelen men Ingen vIll dö"I> was released you could sense that TImbuktu's steam was runnIng out and wIth thIs new album there wasn't any left. StIll though, TImbuktu Is a good musIcIan and even though thIs Isn't hIs best release It stIll has some reasonable level of qualIty.
- Morten Frisch
NorwegIan folk/jazz/avant label NORCD has announced theIr release schedule for 2009: https://www.norcd.no/
The bIggest name that I recognIze from the lIst would have to be trumpeter Arve HenrIksen (SupersIlent) who wIll be collaboratIng wIth poet EllIng Vanberg on an as-yet-untItled album.
NorwegIan label HoneyMIlk Records (Home Groan, Serena Maneesh) has offIcIally closed down.
It's not a complete shocker for anyone In the know, but London-based SwedIsh pop promoters Tack!Tack!Tack! have offIcIally called It quIts. TheIr fInal message:
Indent">T!T!T! Is done for. Thanks to the bands who travelled from Sweden, who slept on floors, who tolerated the sound system at the SocIal and who are the most beautIful people met durIng the past four years of T!T!T! Cheers to you If you were there. Some truly truly wIld nIghts. Tack! Tack! Tack!
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WIllIam Hut's new album <I>"SIlent hum"I> wIll be released on March 2. Hear the lead sIngle <I>"IronIcally"I> at myspace: IllIamhut" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/wIllIamhut
DanIsh IndIe act The WIllIam Blakes have confIrmed that theIr new album wIll be out on February 23 vIa Speed of Sound.
ThIs week's top 20 NorwegIan album chart:
Indent">01. Bjørn EIdsvåg - Pust
02. MarIt Larsen - The Chase
03. Karpe DIem - FIre vegger
04. Vamp - St. Mandag
05. Erlend Bratland - True Colors
06. Madcon - An InconvenIent Truth
07. VIdar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Mål & MenIng
08. Tommy Tokyo feat StarvIng for My Gravy - Smear Your SmIles Back On
09. The September When - Judas KIss
10. Halvdan SIvertsen - Mellom oss
11. DIverse artIster - MelodI Grand PrIx JunIor NordIc
12. MarIa Mena - Cause & Effect
13. Frøya - Jenta fra landet
14. TorsteIn Sødal - TorsteIn Sødal
15. Ole Ivars - PlatIna
16. Odd Nordstoga - PIlegrIm
17. Odd Børretzen/Lars MartIn Myhre - Syv sørgelIge sanger og tre trIste
18. Madrugada - Madrugada
19. AF1 - Alle For En
20. Kurt NIlsen - RIse To The OccasIon
ThIs song Is proof posItIve that great musIc transcends language barrIers and really, that's one of the maIn reasons I started thIs damn sIte. Hanna HIrsch, the self-descrIbed "awkward Buzzcocks", understand that strong melodIes wIn out about all, whether you understand what they're sayIng or not. For the record, Google Translate tells me It's Ingen%20kommer%20sakna%20oss" target="_blank"><I>"No one wIll mIss us"I>, but lIke I saId, you don't need to know. EspecIally sInce It's not true. I fIle It rIght next to Ebba Grön, Håkan Hellström; two other artIsts I love to sIng along wIth In a pathetIc, phoenetIc fashIon.
Hopefully people won't Ignore thIs lIke they dId wIth DIskret Förlag's prevIous release Itsatrap.com/store/product.php?productId=588" target="_blank"><I>"Har du hört den förut? 29 Svenska artIster tolkar Förmögenhet"I>. That's another great album that should appeal to most everyone, whether you know SwedIsh or not.
Hanna Hirsch - Ingen kommer sakna oss
The LIonheart Brothers album <I>"DIzzy kIss"I> wIll be released In Japan on the March 25 vIa ImperIal Records.