Ruined By Martin - Self assured
Danish indie act Ruined By martin is streaming a new demo track called "Self assured": myspace.com/ruinedbymartin" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/ruinedbymartin
Danish indie act Ruined By martin is streaming a new demo track called "Self assured": myspace.com/ruinedbymartin" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/ruinedbymartin
Dundertåget's debut single "Ifrån mig Själv" is now streaming at myspace: myspace.com/dundertaget" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/dundertaget
The official release date for said single is January 28.
Swedish art-rock acts Baron Bane and Anna Frank are doing a couple dates together in Northern Europe:
02/14 - Aufsturz Klub, Berlin (GER)
02/16 - Hirscheneck, Basel (CH)
Too many Notes is a new Swedish label home to Nutid and Alf: manynotes.se/" target="_blank">https://www.toomanynotes.se/
Look for Nutid's debut album in march.
In case you haven't noticed, I managed to get m/label.php">the label page back up this past weekend.
Word on the street has it that the new Cats On Fire album will be called "Our temperance movement". Assuming everything is going m/?date=2008-12-03#25144">according to plan, it will be released on march 14 via Johanna Kustannus.
Here is the m/group/itsatrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. The Bear Quartet
02. Håkan Hellström
03. Laakso
04. marit Bergman
05. Anna Ternheim
06. Frida Hyvönen
07. Hello Saferide
08. Glasvegas
09. markus Krunegård
10. Bon Iver
Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Please join us and make your playlist count! Go here to learn more: m/help/" target="_blank">https://www.last.fm/help/
I can hang with some Nisse Hellberg and other revivalists such as The Blasters/Dave Alvin, but more modern rockabilly falls short as pointless nostalgia. However, when bands like Fatboy go for the old-fashioned torch song ballad, I can dig it. Obviously, that's the basis of Weeping Willows' entire career and I fully back them, so why should these guys be any different? And I always appreciate anyone who's willing to send me the LP version, especially when they've got cover art my_Bones_bg_r2_c2.jpg" target="_blank">like this. Add an ex-member of m/watch?v=Fa5SiU2U5_k" target="_blank">Whale? Sure, why not? As for the song itself, Fatboy and Sarah Dawn Finer attempt to spice up the old formula with an extra bite, but really, the mild expletives are unnecessary and unfitting. They only serve to distract. So yeah, it won't ever compete with any classic Tammy Wynette weepers ("Don't wanna play house" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E", to name two), but it's okay. In fact, that pretty much sums up my thoughts on Fatboy in general: just okay.
Fatboy - The way we were (ft. Sarah Dawn Finer)
Lisa milberg of The Concretes has a new myspace page for her solo project: myspace.com/milbergmakesmusic" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/milbergmakesmusic
Pitchfork on José González' new "Live at Park Avenue" EP: media.com/article/record_review/148386-jos-gonzlez-live-at-park-avenue-ep" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/148386-jos-gonzlez-live-at-park-avenue-ep
The AnimationThe Animation gives us typical English alternative rock from the late 80s to early 90s with its underground melancholic sound, first associated with London, nowadays with Göteborg. They sound fascinatingly as British as a band can sound, imagine a blend between Keane, just a bit of Radiohead going into the same sentiment as The Verve and with a small portion of the modern vibe, The Killers. "Everest" is their debut and what a debut then! It's a kickass start for these guys and it will probably grow international, parallel to The Hives. Professional, deep and gloomy could be the headline for this album which contains 11 songs, all worthwhile listening too. Highlights are, without any doubt, title track "Everest", "Overboard", and "Confessions"; where lead vocalist Johan Hasselblom sounds like Chris martin from Coldplay. Really, this is a red thread coming back and forth in a few songs, but don't be confused because even so, this is more edgy, more! A promising band for Göteborg, shall we expect internationalism and commercialism? maybe. However, The Animation, with their brilliant song techniques and great instrumental blend, is something for you out there who are classical alternative rock diggers; heads up for this album.
- Therese Buxfäldt
We Live In Trenches (m/?n=28376">remember?) will be going into the studio later this month to record a 12" for an unnamed German label. more details when I get 'em.
Skweeelicious talks to Daniel Savio, not only one of the skweee genre's founders but also the man who coined the term: m/?p=22" target="_blank">https://skweee.com/?p=22
2009, the year of skweee? Wait and see...
Dazed Digital talks to Karin Dreijer Andersson about her new solo project Fever Ray: m/music/article/1622/1/The_Fever_Dream_of_Fever_Ray" target="_blank">https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/1622/1/The_Fever_Dream_of_Fever_Ray