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Note: The last few Fridays of the year are dedicated to revisiting great tracks I passed on when they were fresh.
This one's for all the people who only know José González from his covers. It's been well-established that he's a brilliant reinterpreter of other people's songs, but unfortunately, such attention is detrimental to the appreciation of his self-penned material. It's a shame because he's really quite good, at times even great. For instance, I fell in love with "Crosses" before I ever heard "Heartbeats", hence its inclusion on my first m/label.php?show=iat002">"Reader's companion" comp. As for his sophomore release "In our nature", "Teardrops" is a fine cover selection, but it can't come close to touching the beauty of "Cycling trivialities". It's a bitter piece lamenting the endless parade of bullshit we all face, building up far beyond his usual sparse guitar+vocals sound. "Who cares in a hundred years from now?" A fitting epitaph for such an epic album closer. my hope is that José's originals will be the songs of his that we want to hear in years to come. It will live on for me at the very least.
José González - Cycling trivialities
I'm not doing a full news update today, not that it matters much since there's so little going on beyond the endless procession of Xmas singles and holiday greetings. The weekly newsletter will go out and then I'm off to spend the day doing something/anything besides sit in front of the computer. Updates will resume again next week per usual, though I'll probably be mostly taking it easy until after New Year's. In the meantime, go read m/articles.php?cat=5">some top 10s or something.
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Crafting tracks that have a contemplative playfulness, Springfactory, featuring Peter Gunnarson of Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, cleverly play out the tension between bubbly, 60s-esque songwriting, and a more careful, deliberative approach. "Swedish folk highschool" revels in its simplistic attack, given weight and complexity through layered instrumentation, and the clear, almost cutting aspect of Lina Cullemark's endearing voice. The bass line for "As winter gives ways to spring", catchy as it is, betraying the group's fascination with pop melodies, already gives an implication of the intricate, shifting lines the song will follow. While these songs would have been rather good had they decided to keep a more basic mode of delivery, they are elevated outside of the realm of the verse-chorus-verse-chorus pop song formula, given a new life as a song you have to pay attention to. There aren't merely shiny portraits that can be understood on the first listen, but threaten to reveal new sides of their explorations as more attention is paid to the tracks. Happy without being saccharine, clever without being pretentious, Springfactory is a summer's breeze tempered by autumn's approach.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Havoc Unit's (ex-andOceans...) debut full-length "h.IV" has been confirmed for release on February 5 via Vendlus Records. Check out their new website: https://www.h-i-v.fi/
All the various people at Rump Recordings (Karsten Pflum, Badun, etc.) list their favorite music of 2007: mp-recordings.dk/chart_pop2.html" target="_blank">https://www.rump-recordings.dk/chart_pop2.html
Quit Your Dayjob are running some new contest: https://www.quityourdayjob.org/
my Darling You! has a new release coming out on January 26 via Luxury.
Check out "The ultimate fix", a teaser single from the upcoming Ugress album "Unicorn": mate.ugress.com/" target="_blank">https://ultimate.ugress.com/
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Secret Garden - Inside I'm singing
02. Jan Werner - Eg veit i himmelrik ei borg
03. madcon - So Dark the Con of man
04. Celine - Bæstevenna
05. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
06. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
07. Bertine Zetlitz - In my mind 1997-2007 Best of
08. Anne Grete Preus - Om igjen for første gang
09. Kurt Nilsen - Push push
10. BigBang - Something Special - The Best
11. Diverse artister - Idol 2007
12. Barnas Supershow - musikken fra julekalenderen
13. maria Arredondo - For a moment
14. Ole Paus - Den store norske sangboka
15. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
16. CC Cowboys - På Svalbard uten strøm
17. Åge Kvalbein/Iver Kleive - Julemeditasjoner
18. marian Aas Hansen - It's beginning to look a lot like christmas
19. D.D.E. - 15 år live
20. The Source - The Source of Christmas
Candlemass will tour the US next year with support from Daylight Dies:
05/19 - Jaxx, Springfield, VA
05/20 - B.B. King Blues, New York, NY
05/22 - Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ
05/23 - Peabody's, Cleveland, OH
05/24 - The Pearl Room, mokena, IL
05/25 - Station 4, St. Paul, mN
05/28 - Studio Seven, Seattle, WA
05/29 - Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
05/30 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA
05/31 - Galaxy Theater, Santa Ana, CA
06/01 - Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood, CA
06/06 - Scout Bar, Houston, TX
06/07 - Ridglea Theater, Fort Worth, TX
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Carola - I denna natt blir världen ny - Jul i Betlehem II
02. Jill Johnson - music Row
03. Björn Skifs - I2I
04. Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
05. magnus Uggla - Pärlor åt svinen
06. Peter Lemarc - Kärlek i tystnadens tid
07. Amy Diamond - music in motion
08. Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
09. martin Stenmarck - Det är det pojkar gör när kärleken dör
10. Sven-Bertil Taube - Alderville Road - Ord och toner av Evert Taube
11. The Refreshments - Christmas spirits
12. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao 3
14. Christer Sjögren - Älskade andliga sånger
15. Louise Hoffsten - Så speciell
16. Eva Dahlgren - Petroleum och tång
17. Peter Jöback - människor som du och jag
18. måns Zelmerlöw - Stand by for...
19. Thorleifs - Våra bästa år
20. mats Bergmans - Jubileum
The first batch of artists are confirmed for next year's Emmaboda Festival: mmabodafestivalen.se/" target="_blank">https://www.emmabodafestivalen.se/
The 3rd edition of the Ghost Sessions trilogy featuring Richard Wilson from Swedish alt.country act Racingpaperplaces is out now. It's entitled "When does your life start" and will only be availabe in super limited quantities, so act fast if you want a copy. Listen to samples: myspace.com/ghostsessions" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/ghostsessions
Another day, another top 10 - m/articles.php?a=358">today's list comes from Joachim Dahlberg of Closer and includes the message that the band is, sadly, no more. RIP. Otherwise, for those that might've missed it, check out our own top album picks for 2007 m/articles.php?a=352">right here and listen to our m/articles.php?a=351">top tracks of 2007 podcast.
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