Paper, the Kraut-punk band I posted about last week with members from Audionom and Bear Quartet are officially on the lookout for a record deal. After being a sideproject for 10 odd years or so, it's time for them to take the spotlight. Listen as Last.fm: m/music/Paper+%5BSweden%5D" target=_blank>https://www.last.fm/music/Paper+%5BSweden%5D
Very recommended.
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Your search returned 39417 results. Viewing results 20056-20070It's probably already made the rounds, but Oliver North Boy Choir has decided to repay all the blogs who have written about them by offering up their cover of OmD's "Enola Gay" as a free download: m/special/oliver_north_boy_choir-enola_gay.mp3">[click here]
That's one of those classic pop songs that's so simple and good, it's almost impossible to mess up. Not that I'm suggesting ONBC would blow it, just that it's a great song.
Some Place Else has just released a brand new super-limited record from Finnish noise artist Reptiljan entitled "Archaeodermophagia" and you can read all about it right here, as well as download some samples: meplaceelse.net/releases/?id=specdr07042" target=_blank>https://www.someplaceelse.net/releases/?id=specdr07042
Division of Laura Lee was featured in Idolator's "Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda" file: m/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-division-of-laura-lee-272709.php" target=_blank>https://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-coulda+shoulda+woulda-files-division-of-laura-lee-272709.php
Swedish hardcore act meleeh has posted the brand new track "Vittra" on myspace: myspace.com/meleeh" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/meleeh
It will appear on the band's forthcoming album "Heartland", due out September 21 via Black Star Foundation.
MP3: Mixtapes & Cellmates - The better half of cynical boys
July's m/store/product.php?productid=383">Record Club selection is the self-titled debut from mixtapes & Cellmates. On backup: the new EP collection m/store/product.php?productid=493">"A retrospective". Young, smart and oblivious to lame trends, mixtapes are easily one of my favorite indiepop bands right now. That is, if you could label their music as merely that - there's so much else going on, from glitchy electronic beats to fuzzy shoegazer textures and more. For a debut album, this is incredibly well-composed and self-assured and probably just the very start of what I imagine will be a long and fruitful career. "The better half of cynical boys" builds off a clever acoustic guitar figure that frames a simple, frail vocal. The chorus introduces string textures and the guitar gets busier, but they never overwhelm the main vocal melody. It's a delicate balancing act as there's quite a bit going on, but they pull it off without a problem, without ever getting too self-indulgent.
Mixtapes & Cellmates - The better half of cynical boys
MP3: The Bear Quartet - Weakling keep blinking
"Weakling keep blinking" is 3rd-world rock'n'roll. Imagine a band that has never actually heard rock'n'roll, but has only read about it - that's what this sounds like. The basic idioms are there, but there's something not quite right about it. You get the classic bluesy power-chord fifth-to-sixth riffing, the steady handclaps on the twos and fours. These are the basic elements of early rock, but The Bear Quartet has managed to make them sound awkward and perverted. The sound effects give it a totally creepy vibe and the instrument tones are all weird, misguided presets. I'm reminded of Stravinksy's "L'histoire du soldat" which incorporates jazz voicings despite the famed composer having never heard the stuff before. It is suggested that perhaps he had seen it written on paper, but never performed. Once again, you get many of the basic idioms of the genre, but the feel is off. Naturally, The Bear Quartet are well-versed in the ways of rock, but they manage to capture that same strange, uneasy feeling. And then they blow it up.
The Bear Quartet - Weakling keep blinking
The playlist for this week's radio show on Sirius:
01. TALK 1
02. Fattaru - Stila upp din skit
03. Samuraj Cities - Thxa1000000
04. The Fine Arts Showcase - I don't worry
05. TALK 2
06. Imagine I Had Hands - Captive
07. Scraps of Tape - Pickpockets vow
08. FAP - Jag drar till sjöss en sväng jag
09. TALK 3
10. Hello Saferide - I was definitely made for these times
11. mainliners - Good storm
12. Breach - Gheeá
13. TALK 4
14. Him Kerosene - Neutrino
15. Familjen - Nu händer det igen
16. Sista Sekunden - D.I.We
17. Nine - Time has come
18. TALK 5
19. Emperor - Towards the pantheon
20. September - Can't get over (Long disco mix)
21. Kornstad - Turkey, Texas
22. TALK 6
23. Camouflage - Syster sol
24. Lolita Pop - Salta diamanter
25. Leather Nun - Gimme gimme gimme
26. TALK 7
27. Superfamily - I could be a real winner
28. Juvelen - Hanna
29. The Book of Daniel - Death caps and moonshine
30. monkeystrikes - Serial faller in lover
31. TALK 8
32. Torpedo - Hang me high
33. Erik Enocksson - The lingering procession
34. Hederos & Hellberg - No fun
35. TALK 9
36. Death By Kite - Himmelfahrtskommando
37. The Tough Alliance - Something special
38. Seance - Controlled bleeding
39. TALK 10
40. Shout Out Louds - Hard rain
Attention people of London! Today's the last day to win a pair of tickets to go see I'm From Barcelona at Concorde2 in Brighton on July 16! Simply m/contact.php">email me with the name of IFB frontman Emmanuel Lundgren's previous band name in the subject line and you'll be entered to win.
MP3: Sideshow Bob - Luge on black pavement
Jonas Appelqvist is handling this week's friday post:
Gustaf Kjellvander has been in the music business for quite some time now, being part of Songs of Soil with his brother Christian, fronting the wonderful The Fine Arts Showcase and as a part of indierockers Sideshow Bob. Seeing as he's of current interest due to the release of "The fine arts showcase sings Rough Bunnies", TFAS's 3rd album, I thought that it would be of interest to those of you outside of Sweden to hear some of the early work. Sideshow Bob's "Luge on black pavement" is taken from "Invasive confusion", an album that was released in 1998, and is a great first track on an album that's filled with indierock influenced by Sebadoh and Dinosaur Jr.. Yeah, basically anything Lou Barlow has been involved in. The similarities to early Loosegoats-recordings (the band that brother Christian fronted) are very striking at times, but this here is rawer and with more nerves. And personally, it takes me back to times when the release of an EP with Starmarket or travelling to Emmaboda festival was highly anticipated. Enjoy!
Sideshow Bob - Luge on black pavement
MP3: September - Can't get over
I had really high hopes for the new September single "Can't get over". Her last album "In orbit" was 100% solid from front to back, so I fully expecting that her follow up would be something big, bombastic even. Sadly, I have been left disappointed. It's an okay track, but nowhere near what I consider to be an adequate lead single. The disco mix improves (as posted today in the shortened version) on it a bit by making the beat busier and more driving, but the vocal is on the wrong side of impassioned. She's certainly got it in her to belt out the chorus, but it ain't happening. First impressions are important and I'm just not that impressed.
September - Can't get over (short disco mix)
MP3: Kompjotr Eplektrika - Skulldrummantra
You want more brain-melting electronics courtesy of Celebrity Lifestyle ala Pistol Disco? Well, better check out their other new release from Kompjotr Eplektrika. I wasn't 100% sold on their first album "RedisetKompjotrAllesklaar-Eplektrika" (try saying that out loud if you can), but the new one "Darrk circuits fadead waves" perfects the formula. At its very base, this is techno, albeit far more twisted and messed up than the usual pop-oriented stuff you're likely to hear at the club. The key word here is damaged 'cuz that's what it sounds like. If Pan Sonic might sometimes resembles the sound of machines falling apart, this is the sound of machines undergoing serious abuse. Everything is blown out and completely fucked up and listening to it on headphones might make your head feel the same way. A good thing? Yessiree.