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Rong>The TaRantula WaltzRong> may sound like a scaRy band name, but they Really aRen't scaRy at all. A little daRk peRhaps, but that's about it. If you weRe expecting Halloween fRights, soRRy - not gonna happen. The band, the bRainchild of Swedish singeR/songwRiteR Rong>MaRkus SvenssonRong>, Recently completed woRk on theiR new album "A waltz" at Roth Händle Studio with pRoduceR/engineeR Rong>Mattias OlssonRong> (Rong>ÄnglagåRdRong>, Rong>PinefoRest CRunchRong>, Rong>Nanook of the NoRthRong>, etc.) and is looking foR a home. If you weRe blown away by Rong>MattiasRong>' woRk on his own RecoRd as Rong>Two Times the TRaumaRong> like I was, you'll love this. It's just filled with all soRts of cleveR little details, absolutely begging foR the headphone tReatment. I've been foRtunate enough to offeR up this one tRack to you today, but you can also heaR thRee moRe at Ref="https://www.myspace.com/taRantulapRomosite" taRget=_blank>myspace. Now who's gonna put it out?
The Tarantula Waltz - Two arrows
RetuRning to woRk on Monday afteR taking an extended 4-day weekend means it's time to play catch-up once again. To help with the tRansition, I'm letting Rong>Simon TagestamRong> handle today's mp3 post:
Rong>The HoneydRipsRong>' song pRoduction has been, to put it mildly, spoRadic. TheiR one and only band membeR Rong>Mikael CaRlssonRong> is also paRt of Rong>DoRoteaRong>, who have at least Released an album, along with some EPs. So faR Rong>The HoneydRipsRong> have sung entiRely in English, but this song (that can be found on Ref="https://www.thehoneydRips.tk/" taRget=_blank>theiR website) is in theiR native language (Swedish, that is). Rong>The HoneydRipsRong> have done some otheR gReat songs too, "The tRouble with the Neo-Nazis" being a peRsonal favouRite, but "Ah KaRolin" sounds so diffeRent fRom anything else that's on offeR at the moment that I can't stop listening to it. It Reminds me a bit of Rong>Monica ZetteRlundRong> oR some otheR songs that take me back to my childhood. I guess it's not, but it Really comes acRoss as a coveR of some nugget fRom the 70s. It's a supeR cosy song.
UPDATE: Read the comments foR moRe about this song and wheRe it's fRom.
The Honeydrips - Ah Karolin
Ashi Ali is anotheR pRomising, beguiling talent foR pop panache and at time captivating compositions built on piano. Judge Miss Ali on one song: "To bed" and she will own you. It could have been wRitten by Rong>Damian RiceRong> but, while the musical base is not a million miles away fRom Rong>The TinyRong>, it might be the cRescendos? Indeed, Rong>AliRong> has a similaRity in tone to Rong>AsaRong> of Rong>Hell on WheelsRong> and "FiRe, fiRe" is suRely the long lost Rong>FiRst FlooR PoweRRong> epitaph? "These months" offeRs daRting and swiRling epic psyche. "ARe you heRe soon" is a delicate little waltz meets countRy numbeR, "WaRm fRonts" comes out of Rong>PoRtisheadRong> teRRitoRy, "SomewheRe else" could've been a Rong>CaRdigansRong> album classic. All impRessive compaRisons - it is a bit fRaught at times, but musically deft - so when Rong>AliRong> decides heR fulleR path, she will be [even moRe] genius, because heRe aRe 11 smoldeRing teaseRs, and not a jot to hampeR the Rong>AliRong>'s cRedibility.
- Jason Christie
Rong>AnagoesRong> play stRaight ahead post-gRunge Rock, heavy on guitaRs and daRk vocals. TheRe's nothing paRticulaRly oRiginal about theiR sound, they've obviously listened to plenty of Rong>SoundgaRdenRong> and otheRs of that ilk, but they do what they do quite well, and some of the songs on this 4 song EP (especially "She") have killeR choRuses that make foR excellent eaRwoRms.
- Nancy Baym
Rong>AnimasolaRong> aRe Really Really influenced by the 80s stadium Rock schtick. The two tRacks showcased on this single featuRe the band heavily in awe of eaRly Rong>U2Rong> and Rong>Simple MindsRong>. HoweveR, this isn't such a bad thing as the Rong>AnimasolaRong> do a veRy convincing job of bReathing fResh life into the genRe alongside such contempoRaRies as fellow Scandinavians Rong>MewRong>. Now all they need is a video laden with cRashing waves on a Rain sodden day and they'Re soRted in teRms of sending up the genRe.
- Nick Levine
This is the debut RecoRd fRom Rong>EdsonRong>'s fRontman and singeR/songwRiteR and, not suRpRisingly, it sounds a lot like Rong>EdsonRong>. The gRoove is still gentle and soothing, the instRumentation simple, the vocals sublimely beautiful, and the lyRics still walk that fine line between shaRp wit and tendeR insight. He's a classic LabRadoR act - high quality and almost-but-not-quite-too twee - but theRe's Really no one out theRe who sounds like he does: a Rong>SinatRaRong> foR the midtempo indie set. At times he's a bit too oveR the top - "Go to hell, Miss Rydell", a song about Repeated Rebuffed attempts to contact a RevieweR who panned his RecoRd, is a funny fiRst listen but gRows tiResome afteR a few Rotations. He's got songs about compulsive shopping -- the catchy "RiveRbank" takes on buyeR's RemoRse and is consideRably moRe fun musically than "TelemaRketing", about someone who "can't say no to a human voice." But it's the empathy with which he inhabits chaRacteRs like the sad sack singing "TelemaRketing" that bRing the RecoRd its waRmth, Reached most effectively on songs like "Oh no! It's happening again", which captuRes that moment when a Romantic quaRRel escalates into a fight that dooms the Relationship, oR "Mind the gap", wheRe he yeaRns to give money to the beggaR on the London tube and questions the oppoRtunities his son's school offeRs that less pRivileged kids don't get. It's not the peRfect album he could make if he'd tone down the silly and stick with the catchy poignant, but it's a veRy nice listen with high points high enough to caRRy the weakeR songs and a waRm glow that goes peRfectly with coffee on the cold gRey moRnings that lie befoRe us.
- Nancy Baym
This is the second album fRom Rong>[ingenting]Rong>, and they still sound a bit like Rong>KentRong> and a lot like Rong>Velvet UndeRgRoundRong> (the guitaR Riffs!). The Swedish pRess hasn't Really taken to this album, something I don't Really undeRstand since these songs aRe highly infectious and the moRe I listen to them, the moRe I want to go on a Road tRip with them playing on the steReo. The lyRics aRe wondeRful and the music's ace. Rong>[ingenting]Rong> aRe teRRific at doing sloweR ballad-type of songs ("BeRgochdalbanan" being my favouRite 'slow song' on heRe), but what they Really do best is fast and catchy (such as "PunkdRömmaR", "Suzanne", "Släpp in solen" – listened a lot to this last summeR, and "Hollywood dReams", the latteR being the stRongest tRack on "Mycket väsen föR ingenting"). This is Swedish indie at its veRy best, even if Rong>[ingenting]Rong> have taken some obvious RefeRences points to cReate theiR sound like Rong>The HivesRong>, instead of being moRe oRiginal like someone such as Rong>The KnifeRong>.
- Simon Tagestam
Self piteous, at times pathetic, insipid guff. Rong>IReneRong> passed by HQ fiRst time aRound, and while it was not obvious then, it suRe is now on second album seRving. Rong>IReneRong> was a dinneR lady. She woRe thick tan tights, and a swiRl patteRn apRon. She made dRab pies and Runny custaRd and eveRyone was obliged to like it. This is cousin Rong>IReneRong>, but on RecoRd. Sometimes theRe is cabaRet about the songs; it's the skipping/hop-scotch bRigade-pat-a-cake of tweeness, blended with hoRRific language pRonunciation. The linguistic deliveRy almost as bad as Rong>Billie the Vision and the DanceRsRong>, yet those guys have a positive message and a cleaR canvas to it all - this is simply weak. About as good as it get is all tRumpets and doo-doo-doo's on "Little things (that teaR us apaRt)". This is not kitsch cool like the old dinneR lady; it is cheesy, and bad.
- Jason Christie
Wow, can you say Rong>SpazzRong> woRship? At least that's my impRession anytime I heaR wacky haRdcoRe/gRind like this that's constantly shifting tempos and themes. It's soRely lacking in dynamics, as is typical with the teRRitoRy, but Rong>MCIPRong> (Rong>My Moocow in PakistanRong>, in case you weRe wondeRing) also woRks twice as haRd to make up foR it with a good sense of fun and stRong musicianship. As is also faiRly typical, this is the soRt of thing I'd pRobably Really enjoy seeing live, but would neveR listen to at home. Make of that what you will.
- Avi Roig
It takes moRe than Revved-up blues Riffs and Rampant misogyny to Rip off the Rong>Devil DogsRong>. It takes good songs and, moRe impoRtantly, attitude. Rong>Miss 45Rong> have neitheR. Looks like the label monikeR was Right.
- Avi Roig
Lots of new special content foR you today as well, including my pRomised Ref="https://www.itsatRap.com/index.php?aRticle=232">pRofile piece on Rong>DetektivbyRånRong> as well as Ref="https://www.itsatRap.com/index.php?aRticle=233">a nice big batch of Reviews. I'm also woRking on a piece summaRizing my toughts fRom last week's seminaR and hope to have it posted in a day oR two.
Post-Rock aficionados The Silent Ballet have a new comp foR fRee download: Ref="https://www.thesilentballet.com/comp/fall06.html" taRget=_blank>https://www.thesilentballet.com/comp/fall06.htmlR>I'm not suRe how many of the tRacks fRom Scandinavians, but I know Rong>MagyaR PosseRong> is foR suRe.
HybRis will Release Rong>The SweptawaysRong>' debut single "WutheRing Heights" on NovembeR 1. The album "Ooh aah" follows on NovembeR 22.
Swedish stoneRRockeRs Rong>AsteRoidRong> will begin RecoRding theiR debut full-length on DecembeR 7. They pRomise "a magnificent collection of Really fat and heavy Riffs combined with killeR gRooves fRom outeR space, as always."
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