Fluxblog posts about Sissy Wish me.html" target="_blank">yet again and, at his column for AP, he has a track from Swedish indie artist du jour Anna Järvinen: https://asap.ap.org/stories/1805394.s

Aftonbladet is reporting that Neneh Cherry is working on a comeback and will be doing a few dates around Sweden in November: musik/article1042310.ab" target="_blank">https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesliv/musik/article1042310.ab (in Swedish)

MP3: Knugen Faller - Lungen favoriter

This is kind of a catch-up post since I've been meaning to post about Knugen Faller for awhile, yet somehow manage to postpone it over and over. No more! Anyhow, m/reviews.php?r=172">Nancy's review sums it up pretty well, though I actually like it a lot more than she does. Truth: yes, this is a retro genre piece and as such, it steals shamelessly from acts of yore. However, I'm okay with that 'cuz they do it well. It's all about good songs played with copious energy, not originality and hey, they even get acclaimed jazz musician Jonas Kullhammar to lay down some sax so that's gotta mean something. If you like Randy, Regulations, or even The Hives, there's a damn good chance you'll like this too. 'Nuff said!

Buy it: m/store/product.php?productid=522">[click here]

Knugen Faller - Lungen favoriter

The Bombhappies are now streaming their entire new album "Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok" - follow this link and click 'music machine': mbhappies.com/wordpress/?page_id=36" target="_blank">https://www.bombhappies.com/wordpress/?page_id=36
It comes out October 26 and they will celebrate with a record release show at Stacken in Stockholm along with Don't Be a Stranger whose new album "Frutti di mare" is out the same day.

Q magazine has selected "Hero anthem" by The Lionheart Brothers as their track of the day: music.com/2007/10/track_of_the_day_102.html" target="_blank">https://news.q4music.com/2007/10/track_of_the_day_102.html

Chapter #4 of Lars Garvey's "A Postcard Life" series is now up: m/articles.php?a=329">[click here]

Column: A Postcard Life #4

Gravy
Glory to our brilliant name
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Denmark's Gravy have two strong things going for them. One, they're a silly party band with some wickedly funny lyrics and many sing-along repetitive chants. Two, they're a highly-skilled trippy psychedelic groove band with plenty of extended instrumental breaks and radical mid-song transformations. Sometimes, like on the album opener "Depression is near", the combination works. The song's a swirling and seductive dark journey that's good for plenty of laughs and dance moves along the way. At other times, though, when the music demands to be taken seriously, the lyrics and vocals are too goofy to make it fully possible. Or, just when the lyrics have got you in their world, the music veers off in another direction altogether. The result is a record that is usually interesting and often very fun, but never quite penetrable. I'd hate to see them pick one tendency over the other, but they've got a ways to go in making those two elements work together consistently.
- Nancy Baym

Kinda OT, but what-the-heck: I had no idea the dude behind all those "so-and-so shreds" clips on YouTube was from Finland: m/entertainment/music/news/2007/10/shredders" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/10/shredders

Preview the title track of Tenderloud's new album "Gospel ticket": https://www.tenderloud.dk/tracklist.asp?ID=3
No word on an official release date yet, but I'll keep you posted.

Partrik Isaksson will debut his new single "Du som tog mitt hjärta", a duet with Sarah Dawn Finer, on October 21 during the Swedish TV program Bingolotto.

Finnish electronic act mr Velcro Fastener will celebrate their 10th anniversary with a new release on on November 7.

Atalante and Kning Disk are teaming up to present the Preview Festival in mid-December featuring a wide assortment of acts they consider to be making some of the most interesting music today. Details: m/01_news_071213_16.asp?id=209" target="_blank">https://kningdisk.com/01_news_071213_16.asp?id=209

Firefox AK is blogging from Berlin where she is mixing her new album: m/" target="_blank">https://www.firefoxak.blogspot.com/

Björn Kleinhenz will do a few shows in Switzerland in early November - check the sidebar for details. If you can help out with an additional livingroom/café show on November 2, get in touch!