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Lasse Lindh has been active last few years with his stabilized interval of releases, and we simply dig that, don't we? He is a pop-pro, with good quality songs throughout his career, and more or less in the same category as Håkan Hellström and markus Krunegård. Say what you want about easily broken song-voices, it's not an impediment in times like this, rather the opposite. The recordings from last year started in Gothenburg together with the producer Hans Olsson Brookes, the same producer working with Timo Räisänen, ain't surprising if you think of "Kom kampsång" (2008), right? Well this single "Jag ska slåss i dina kvarter" (and b-side "Vi har dansat för länge utan takt") is in the summer festival category of course, with its freshness, youth-appeal and energy! Everyone wants to dance to this song this year, with a collective longing for that sparkling hard-to-get love that you could simply die for. And I have to throw out an extol, 'cause you know what, I just love artists like this, writing songs in the native language, making the words understandable to all. This is fresh and delicate sweet Swedish pop at its best; don't miss this one.
- Therese Buxfäldt
Norwegian sludge-rockers Årabrot confirm that their new Steve Albini-engineered record "The brother seed" will be out on march 9.
Danish indie act Dúné will be doing a few German dates in may:
05/19 - Headcrash, Hamburg
05/20 - mTC, Cologne
05/21 - Frannz Club, Berlin
Swedish postpunks Paper beging their 3-day run at the m/" target="_blank">Cake Shop in NYC tonight so I tried my best to pin them down for a short Q&A. Calle Olsson answers on behalf of the group...
So what's up with the three-day stand? Whose idea was that? Are you gonna switch things up from night to night or what? Do you guys have any expectations for how it's gonna go?
We thought it was time for something new and wanted to go to New York. We got in touch with a promoter here who set up these gigs. Yeah, we'll change the sets night from night, maybe an easier set the first night, so that nerves can be calmed,
It's gonna go well and hopefully we'll meet a lot of nice New Yorkers.
Got any other plans while you're over here? Anything in particular that you are looking forward to doing or seeing?
We've seen Coney Island which was magic, we've also eaten lots of good food.
What else is going on in Paper's world? Got plans to release something new anytime soon?
We will release something soon I hope, but we'll know more after Friday night. Right now we are focused on doing the best shows ever.
When will that new Audionom record finally be released? I heard like 30 seconds of it this past summer and it sounded nuts. What's the hold up?
We don't know.
Likewise, what's going on with the long-awaited Bear Quartet record? A new BQ release used to be an annual occasion and now...?
We are planning a release this autumn. The reason for the holdup is that there was either time or money, important stuff for BQ...
Paddington DC seems to be awfully prolific these days - do you have any sort of guiding principal when it comes to releasing music? does that carry over into any of your other projects? Tell me about the new record.
Whatever I want. Whenever I want. The new album "No drums no fire no flags" is on some tracks more ambient like, the rest are danceable little gems...
Do any of you gents have anything else going on? I don't want to leave anyone out.
Right now we are 100% focused on Paper. We do some other things, but not right now.
And lastly, assuming you conquer NYC, what's the next step? Is there an ultimate goal?
First we take manhattan, then we take Berlin. We wanna tour the West Coast in the US and then later on visit our fans throughout Europe.
Paper - Out of it into it
Punos Sound (Plain Fade) will be releasing the new self-titled album from Suuri Voima on April 15. The album was produced and recorded by Jarkko "Pepe Trouble" Heiniö of Tigerbombs/King of All the Animals and you can now hear three tracks at myspace: myspace.com/suurivoima" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/suurivoima
Updated Audrey tourdates:
04/07 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
04/08 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
04/09 - Treibhaus, Luzern (CH)
04/10 - Keller Club, Stuttgart (GER)
04/11 - White Rabbit, Freiburg (GER)
04/12 - Cat Café, Ulm (GER)
04/15 - mobydick Club, madrid (ESP)
04/17 - Sidecar Club Factory, Barcelona (ESP)
04/18 - Les Femmes S'en melent Festival, Toulouse (FRA)
04/22 - Shangri-la, Osaka (JAP)
04/23 - Apollo Theater, Nagoya (JAP)
04/24 - Force, Hamamatsu (JAP)
04/25 - Arabaki Rock Fest, Sendai (JAP)
04/26 - Arabaki Rock Fest, Sendai (JAP)
04/27 - O-Nest, Tokyo (JAP)
Lasse Lindh