The brand new Division of Laura Lee video for "Caress/Hotnights" as directed by fellow Swedish artist Kristoffer Åström (and hinted at m/mp3.php?t=777">here) is now online: meless.com/" target="_blank">https://www.violenceistimeless.com/
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Your search returned 39417 results. Viewing results 14236-14250moonbabies will do two shows this coming weekend, the last they'll be doing for a long while as they plan on taking a break to create a new record:
08/22 - Studenterhuset, Copenhagen (DK)
08/23 - Park-Aid Festival, Schenefeld (GER)
MP3: Esther - Throw a spanner
It might just be that I'm a terrible crank, but Esther's enthusiastic indiepop rings hollow to me. Too formulaic? maybe that's the issue - they're so good at emulating the standard Göteborg indie sound that they forgot to inject their own personality into the mix. The me.se/assets/images/esthe2.jpg" target="_blank">matching outfits should've been a tip-off. Fit for easy listening, but oh so empty! I almost wish they were worse so I wouldn't have to struggle so much with this write-up. Writing about bad music is easy; writing about boring but competent music is more tedious than listening to it.
Esther - Throw a spanner
The new Frida Hyvönen album "Silence is wild" is confirmed for release in Scandinavia on October 29 via Licking Fingers and November 4 in North America via Secretly Canadian. Once again, the record is produced by The Bear Quartet's Jari Haapalainen. Download the first single "Enemy within": m/songs/02%20Enemy%20Within.mp3" target="_blank">https://www.lickingfingers.com/songs/02%20Enemy%20Within.mp3
MP3: Silverbullit - Only gold
Besides Broder Daniel, the one band I really would have wanted to see at Way Out West was Silverbullit. I've actually been fortunate enough to see them twice already, once when opening for The Soundtrack of Our Lives in SF and again at Umeå Open in 2005 when they so obviously blew away every other band. Even today, without a new album to support since 2004's "Arclight", I'd still rank them as one of Sweden's best bands. And now I read that they even got Freddie Wadling (Cortex, Blue for Two, etc.) to make a guest appearance? Gah! I should've been there! m/watch?v=1HBYj7e810w" target="_blank">YouTube just ain't gonna cut it. Silverbullit's massive wall of sound simply doesn't translate to the small-screen format.
Still no word on whether there will ever be a new album, but at least we can still celebrate their back-catalog. Here is "Only gold" from the aforementioned "Arclight".
Silverbullit - Only gold
German label Sounds of Subterrania is putting out a 12" EP from Swedish postpunk act Holiday Fun Club featuring a cover of the Grauzone song "Eisbär" along with two new tracks. 300 copies, white vinyl.
There's a new Suburban Kids with Biblical Names track up at myspace: myspace.com/suburbankidswithbiblicalnames" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/suburbankidswithbiblicalnames
It's called "God save Roger Nichols" and it will appear on a split 7" being released by UK label OIB Records.
Hybris has a new video from Kalle J up on YouTube: m/watch?v=AuPByKFEQ2k" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuPByKFEQ2k
Swedish punks Fy Fan will have a new 7" this fall and a split with countrymates Nitad on the way early next year.
Nomethod has posted an e-card for the new Robert Svensson (mixtapes & Cellmates) solo album "Young punks are on the never-never": method.se/" target="_blank">https://www.nomethod.se/
Go there to hear a streaming preview of the whole album.
Hey, look! montys Loco på Svenska: myspace.com/tantkillen" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/tantkillen
Or something like that? Sounds great regardless.
MP3: Bitch Boys - Café Cherié
Sweden's Bitch Boys started life in the late 70s as a killer punk band and put out a couple 7"s along with the LP "H-son produktion", but that's not the Bitch Boys I'm posting today. I do love those early records and grabbed a copy of "H-son" when I was in Stockholm, but I also grabbed a copy of "Continental", their 1981 follow-up album. Even a cursory glance at the covers shows the difference:
Yep, they went from young, snotty punks to new romantic in the space of a year. No big deal though- they were actually pretty damn good at it, as you'll hear in today's mp3. The crowd noise intro is a little long and unnecessary, but once they kick in, it's a great little pop tune with a driving beat and buzzing synths. Sure, it's kinda heavy-handed and over-produced, but it works. I especially dig the way the post-chorus bridge gets all pretty with piano in contrast to the rest of the song. New romantic, indeed! I'll see what I can do about getting a full album rip up later today.
Bitch Boys - Café Cherié
Pitchfork is premiering a new instrumental track from Peter Bjorn and John: media.com/article/download/144640-premiere-peter-bjorn-and-john-inland-empire-mp3-stream" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/144640-premiere-peter-bjorn-and-john-inland-empire-mp3-stream
Read the press release concerning said album here: media.com/article/news/144674-peter-bjorn-and-john-reveal-new-album-details" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/144674-peter-bjorn-and-john-reveal-new-album-details
Danish postrock act mimas has a song from their forthcoming record posted on myspace: myspace.com/mimas" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/mimas