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Tobias Fröberg's debut solo album "For Elisabeth wherever she is" never did much for me. It's not that it was outright bad or anything, it just seemed to me that Tobias was doomed to mediocrity. Sweden has a lot of talented singer/songwriters, but there's only a few who are truly exceptional. Well, imagine my surprise then when I heard Ane Brun's excellent "Duets" album. Tobias plays and sings on a good portion of that record, so I knew had to reconsider my earlier evaluation of his work. Coincidentally, he just released his sophomore album "Somewhere in the city" (on Cheap Lullaby in the US, Playground in Scandinavia and Poptones in the UK). my verdict? It's a heckuva lot stronger than his debut, but it's also telling that the best song is borrowed from "Duets" ("Love and misery"). Is it crass of me to think that Poptones boss Alan mcGee only wants to cash in on the wake of José González's UK success? Not that it's fair to judge Tobias against such criteria. Anyhow, let's get back on track. "Somewhere in the city" is good, not great. It starts strong, but overstays its welcome. The last four songs should've been cut, simple as that. The recording and songwriting is charmingly retro 60s folk, nomore so apparent as on the very Simon & Garfunkel-esque song "God's highway" which I've posted today. I love that sweet harmony vocal line and the gentle fingerpicked guitar. Next Scandinavian superstar? Naah, don't think so. Talented and worth paying attention to? Yes, most definitely.
Tobias Fröberg - God's highway
Swedish punkrockers Smalltown will contributing a 20-second song called "Dead end" to an upcoming comp on Shit Sandwich featuring similar contributions from other artists such as This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Kylesa, Iron Lung, Fleshies and more. They'll also be lending their track "The music" to "modmod World 1 - Up North modernists", a collection featuring some of Scandinavia's best mod/punk acts.
Updated tourdates for Lo-Fi-Fnk:
08/19 - Speak Your mind, Skövde (SWE)
08/28 - Trash, London (UK)
09/02 - Sommarfesten, Hässleholm (SWE)
09/06 - Kalmar Nation, Uppsala (SWE)
09/08 - Bestival, Isle of Wight (UK)
09/11 - moshi Night, Paris (FRA)
09/12 - Prime Club, Köln (GER) w/Hot Chip
09/15 - FABRICLIVE, London (UK) w/Justice, Para One, Alan Braxe, more
09/16 - Pop Bar, Razzmatazz Club, Barcelona (ESP)
09/19 - Lido, Berlin (GER) w/Hot Chip
09/20 - Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg (GER) w/Hot Chip
09/21 - Alte Feuerwache, mannheim (GER) w/Hot Chip
09/22 - Atomic Cafe, münchen (GER) w/Hot Chip
09/29 - Fanklub, Antwerpen (BEL)
10/27 - Le Nouveau Casinoparis, Paris (FRA)
10/28 - Elektroni[k] Festival, Rennes (FRA)
V2 is offering up the new Tingsek single "Nothing nobody right&wrongs" as a free download: music.com/site/digitalsinglepop.asp?w=510&h=300&ID=6" target=_blank>https://gb.v2music.com/site/digitalsinglepop.asp?w=510&h=300&ID=6
Isolation Years report that they have started to mix their forthcoming album. Can't wait to hear it as they've been one of my favorite bands for a long while. In fact, I've got them scheduled as this week's Friday post. Future song titles to puzzle over include "(Jesus was an) Albino child", "A lonely view", "Soldiers on leave" and "Daddy I'm a pilgrim now".
Angry Ape has details on the forthcoming Amandine EP "Waiting for the light to find us", due out this coming winter: m/news/2006/08/amandine-waiting-for-the-light-to-find-us" target=_blank>https://angryape.com/news/2006/08/amandine-waiting-for-the-light-to-find-us
Some new tourdates for the band:
10/21 - Pauluskirche, Dortmund (GER) w/Willard Grant Conspiracy
10/22 - NBI (Le club uts,m!), Berlin (GER) w/I might Be Wrong
10/23 - Sunny Red, munich (GER)
10/24 - Riesa Efau, Dresden (GER)
10/26 - Wäscherei P, Hall in Tirol (Innsbruck) (AUS)
11/07 - The Hope, Brighton (UK) w/The Low-Lows
11/11 - The Luminaire, London (UK) w/Lisa Germano, memory Band
11/12 - Cul de Sac, Tilburg (NL)
11/14 - Stereo Wonderland, Köln (GER)
Swedish singer/songwriter Lesli is currently featured on the frontpage of m/" target=_blank>CD Baby. You can stream his entire album there and you can also hear a live version of the song "Precious Pearl" over at myspace: myspace.com/pranabindubabe" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/pranabindubabe
Vocalist/synth player Camilla Florentz has left Danish indie act Epo-555 now that she's expecting a baby. DoCopenhagen has the full statement reprinted: m/2006/08/epo-555.html" target=_blank>https://docopenhagen.blogspot.com/2006/08/epo-555.html
metal Review on the new Raison D’être album "metamorphyses": metalreview.com/ViewReview.aspx?ID=2887" target=_blank>https://metalreview.com/ViewReview.aspx?ID=2887
Definitely agree that this is a killer release and be sure to follow the reviewers suggestion to crank it. Or just be sure to listen on headphones - this is one dark ambient release that deserves full attention/immersion.
Finnish indierock act Gakko 3 has posted full streams of their debut album "Signals" on both m/music/Gakko+3" target=_blank>Last.fm and m/gakko3" target=_blank>Besonic.com