Drowned in Sound talks to Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife on the occasion of the recent "Silent shout"/"An audio visual experience" DVD reissue/rerelease: m/articles/2387792" target="_blank">https://drownedinsound.com/articles/2387792
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Your search returned 39417 results. Viewing results 18481-18495Discobelle has the Pharrell Williams-produced track from the new Hives album: https://www.discobelle.net/2007/10/22/the-hives-pharrell/
OT, but important: RIP Lance Hahn (J-Church, Cringer): m/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2007/10/21/rip_lance_hahn_1.html" target="_blank">https://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2007/10/21/rip_lance_hahn_1.html
I never had anything more than fleeting conversations with Lance, but he was a huge presence in the Bay Area punk scene that I grew up in. He will be missed.
Swedish indierock act The Tourist has a new two-track single posted for free download: musik.html" target="_blank">https://www.thetourist.se/musik.html
Good, straightforward stuff. RIYL Isolation Years, Anna Leong.
Simon Says No has a new super-limited, cassette-only release on Norwegian DIY label Redux Records. Head to myspace for details: myspace.com/reduxrecords" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/reduxrecords
Swedish indietronic duo A Perfect Friend has started work on a new album and have a demo track posted online: myspace.com/aperfectfriend" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/aperfectfriend
If this is any indication of where they're heading, I'm excited. I thought the debut album was okay, but this is far better.
Cake On Cake has a brand new track posted on myspace called "Friends like seasons": myspace.com/cakeoncake" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake
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01. Radiohead
02. Kent
03. Jens Lekman
04. The Knife
05. Beirut
06. Iron & Wine
07. Bob Dylan
08. The Hives
09. Feist
10. José González
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MP3: Sara Berg - Crawl back from under
I saw the Lisa Gerrard doc "Sanctuary" yesterday which got me thinking about the human voice as an instrument, about how affecting it can be even if you don't understand the words being sung or, as in Gerrard's case (as with Sigur Rós and others), no actual words are being used at all. Emotion comes through the performance and melody, not the lyrics. And that made me think back to the "Ny musik för landssorg" comp (as discussed m/mp3.php?t=487">here) - the gravity of the subject matter led each artist to use wordless vocals, if they used words at all. Really, what can one say to ease the suffering of national tragedy? Words fail us. However, there is one exception and that is Sara Berg and her track "Not alone". The sentiment is simple enough that it works, but it's still a risky move. The potential for pompous pretention is infinite.
In addition to its appearance on "Ny musik för landssorg", "Not alone" also appears on Sara Berg's album "When I was a young child I used to feel pleasure from playing with others". Generally speaking, the formula remains the same - Sara excels at taking deep sentiments and simplifying them, setting them against her tightly wound beats. What could easily turn into the kind of overwrought, all-too-serious display that turns people off from most theatrical goth-rock, is instead handled with care and the right amount of subtlety. Some tracks, such as today's mp3 "Crawl back from under", work better than others, but that's mostly due to the music, not the vocals. Sara is unusually vocal-centric for an electronic artist and I think it's both an asset and a liability; an asset because it differentiates her from the rabble, a liability because her tracks can often be lacking. At her worst, it's never that bad, but she never quite soars either. I have to say that I appreciate her on a conceptional level more than anything else.
Sara Berg - Crawl back from under
Baby Woodrose
Chasing rainbows
Bad Afro
With the 80s nostalgia scene quickly becoming little more than a dance floor too crowded for much dancing or originality, it feels as though more and more bands are looking further back through the decades for relief and release. Baby Woodrose attempt a look into that strange, dark heart that fueled the psychedelic rock of the 1960s - borrowing from (and paying tribute to) bands like the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane - and crafting an interesting, layered rock album in "Chasing rainbows". If you love the Stones and the soundtracks to films investigating the liminal period that the 60s and early 70s represented, "Chasing rainbows" should find its way into your collection, or at least be scrawled down on a piece of paper as a band to check out.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
The playlist for this week's radio show:
01. Boys of Scandinavia - Beautiful as a person
02. TALK 1
03. Don't Be A Stranger - Perfect problem
04. Timo Räisänen - Sixteen
05. Promise and the monster - Sheets
06. TALK 2
07. Deathbed - When hope leaves a body
08. Closer - Sensing the wake
09. TALK 3
10. The Tarantula Waltz - Two arrows
11. Sambassadeur - Subtle changes
12. Anna Järvinen - Götgatan
13. TALK 4
14. Eric malmberg - Slutet på en epok
15. mustasch - Bring me everyone
16. September - Until I die
17. TALK 5
18. Leütenhaven - Still life (trompe l'oeil)
19. Frode Haltli - The latter
20. Lykke Li - Little bit
21. TALK 6
22. Downstairs - Peephole city
23. The Cardigans - Don't blame your daughter (Diamonds)
24. Paris - When I laid my eyes on you
25. TST - We are the kids
26. TALK 7
27. Ghost Brigade - Based on you
28. mikko Singh - Palmun juurella
29. Audionom - Dc2
30. TALK 8
31. Ulver - Solitude
32. The Psyke Project - I get paralyzed
33. Silverbullit - Winter coat
34. TALK 9
35. Bodies Without Organs (BWO) - Let it rain
36. Icos - On my own
37. Torpedo - Hang me high
38. TALK 10
39. Graveyard - Satan's finest
FYI, in case you missed my announcement: next week will be a spooky Halloween-themed program.
Moll Flanders
Out of fashion
Crying Bob
Honestly, it took me a while to figure out how to review this record. There wasn't much information readily available besides a brief bio (maybe I didn't dig deep enough, just being honest). moll Flanders are a rock band from Sweden, and you could put them right into a slot next to The Hives, Interpol, etc. The aspects that hold the most value are the musical diversity in the album, Dylan-esque balladry, even some 60's baroque aspect, especially on "Could it be me?" They practically channel "She's not there" by The Zombies. That's my personal favorite track and I doubt I'll let this one slip through the cracks. It's one of those albums that one tends to share with their friends.
- Paul Bredenberg
MP3: The Bear Quartet - Broken heart
"Broken heart" is a tiny little segue piece from "Eternity now", The Bear Quartet's noisiest, most difficult album. Static form the bookends that make the song, a fragile solo piece for piano and vocals. That would be all fine and good except that what was once pretty and nice, has been transformed into something far more uncomfortable, nauseating even. The synth shudders and twists. The vocals are pitched up to an unnatural state and every inhalation scrapes like nails on a chalkboard, sending a shiver down my spine. But, before you know it, it's over and we're off to the next experiment. Distressing, in the best possible way.
The Bear Quartet - Broken heart