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Your search returned 399 results. Viewing results 241-255It's been quite awhile since we've heard anything new from Anja Garbarek. The daughter of renown ECM recording artist Jan Garbarek is oft compared to Stina Nordenstam, both for her reclusiveness and aura of mystery, but also because of her music. Anja's songs tend to be a bit more straightforward in terms of pop Melody, but she shares a penchant with Stina for unusual sounds and arrangements. I think the new album "Briefly shaking" is Anja's best, most satisfying work yet - just check out the lead single "The last trick" and tell me you don't agree. I challenge you. If you're one of those folks who's enjoying the new Kate Bush record, this should appeal to you as well. Smart, experimental pop music as good as this does not happen nearly as often as it should.
MP3: Anja Garbarek - The last trick
It's been quite awhile since we've heard anything new from Anja Garbarek. The daughter of renown ECM recording artist Jan Garbarek is oft compared to Stina Nordenstam, both for her reclusiveness and aura of mystery, but also because of her music. Anja's songs tend to be a bit more straightforward in terms of pop Melody, but she shares a penchant with Stina for unusual sounds and arrangements. I think the new album "Briefly shaking" is Anja's best, most satisfying work yet - just check out the lead single "The last trick" and tell me you don't agree. I challenge you. If you're one of those folks who's enjoying the new Kate Bush record, this should appeal to you as well. Smart, experimental pop music as good as this does not happen nearly as often as it should.
Anja Garbarek - The last trick
Mitek has posted the video for the track "Strum" from the new Folie album "Eyepennies": https://www.mitek-web.net/products/mitek22.html
I got a copy of this record last week and have been really diggin' it quite a bit more than I expected. Glitchy techno with enough pop Melody to gain more widespread appeal. Perhaps I'll even post a track myself eventually.
I'm going to do something a little different this week and post tracks from a few up-and-coming demo acts. A lot of them have already made their music available for free download, but since it's so easy to miss stuff, I'm gonna take the time to highlight some recent favorites. First up today is Samuraj Cities from Göteborg. They've got kind of a fuzzy-Radio Dept. thing going on, but with a darker sense of Melody. And hey, if you like this song, there's five more over at their website. Enjoy!
MP3: Samuraj Cities - All along the shoreline
I'm going to do something a little different this week and post tracks from a few up-and-coming demo acts. A lot of them have already made their music available for free download, but since it's so easy to miss stuff, I'm gonna take the time to highlight some recent favorites. First up today is Samuraj Cities from Göteborg. They've got kind of a fuzzy-Radio Dept. thing going on, but with a darker sense of Melody. And hey, if you like this song, there's five more over at their website. Enjoy!
Samuraj Cities - All along the shoreline
Today's Friday oldie comes from Abhinanda off their final album "The rumble", originally released back in 1998 on Desperate Fight Records (No, I'm not writing in the straight-edge Xs). The band started off as kind of a generic moshcore band (as was the fashion in the mid-90s) before finally figuring out what they needed to do to be awesome, releasing one last record and then breaking up. Gee, haven't heard that story before, right? I actually don't really know that much about these dudes otherwise, but they were definitely a fixture of Umeå's legendary hardcore scene of the time. Not many bands of the era aged well, but Abhinanda's rocked-out sound holds up just fine. Tons of gang-vocal shouts, a fierce stop-and-go rhythm section and just enough Melody and dissonance to keep things interesting. Best of all, it's fun. Now why aren't there more bands like this today?
New European dates for Melody Club:
10/09 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
10/10 - Underground, Cologne (GER)
10/11 - Mudd Club, Berlin (GER)
10/12 - Atomic Café, Munich (GER)
10/13 - Zoo Bar, Rome (ITA)
10/14 - Rainbow Club, Milan (ITA)
10/15 - Hiroshima Mon Amour, Turin (ITA)
10/17 - B72, Vienna (AUS)
10/28 - Palace, Kalmar (SWE)
10/29 - Harrys, Avesta (SWE)
MP3: Abhinanda - Highway tonight
Today's Friday oldie comes from Abhinanda off their final album "The rumble", originally released back in 1998 on Desperate Fight Records (No, I'm not writing in the straight-edge Xs). The band started off as kind of a generic moshcore band (as was the fashion in the mid-90s) before finally figuring out what they needed to do to be awesome, releasing one last record and then breaking up. Gee, haven't heard that story before, right? I actually don't really know that much about these dudes otherwise, but they were definitely a fixture of Umeå's legendary hardcore scene of the time. Not many bands of the era aged well, but Abhinanda's rocked-out sound holds up just fine. Tons of gang-vocal shouts, a fierce stop-and-go rhythm section and just enough Melody and dissonance to keep things interesting. Best of all, it's fun. Now why aren't there more bands like this today?
Abhinanda - Highway tonight
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We're for the unknown, unbought & unbossed
AA/Nosordo
This one, also from Nosordo, goes into a more noisy direction of different genres. Although there is some Melody to be found here and there, this is way more about texture and moods than anything else. Definitely a well designed playlist and a most interesting compilation. In many ways this compilation gives a great overview of what the indie scene has become in recent years, and how many great artists you barely know are out there.
- Simon Thibaudeau
Stylus gives a thumbs-up to Melody Club: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3196
Check out the video for "Wildhearts" from Melody Club: https://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/deliverMedia.asp?id=f4622f5a-b33c-4e94-9c0d-b24f65b01c00&delivery=stream
New song today from frenzied instrumental act Alarma Man. I got a bunch of their CDs from the good folks at Carcrash Records earlier in the week and must've listened to it a good three times in a row while packing my house. Soon I'll even have 'em for sale in the mailorder, but I'm way too crazy busy to even think about doing that right now. It doesn't help that my home Internet got cut off either. Anyhow, back to the music: the songs are quite mathy, but never so much that it gets in the way of the dynamic flow and Melody. A perfect soundtrack for when you have too much to do and not nearly enough time, kinda like me. Highly recommended of course.