The Wall Street Journal had an article on the latest Swedish music explosion the other day: https://online.wsj.com/article/SB118013401357815214.html?mod=weekend_leisure_arts_hs_coll_left
Seems to me like a rehash of everything that was said a few years ago when The Hives and TSOOL were getting press, but whatever. A subscription is required to read the article, so if someone would be kind enough to repost the text in the msgboard, I'd appreciate it.
Tag: News
Eardrums on Novoton's latest signing Norma and their new EP "1": https://blog.eardrumsmusic.com/2007/05/norma-swedish-band-debuts-with-really.html
A West Side Fabrication ranks their favorite Bear Quartet records: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=96741265&blogID=269492130
Kanye West covers "Young folks"? F'real: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/43237-kanye-west-ft-peter-bjorn-and-john-young-folks-mp3
Elsewhere at Pfork, a Labrador Records video primer: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/43056-various-artists-labrador-5
Want to contribute to our weekly Bear Quartet tribute post? I could sure use the help. Get in touch!
My radio show this week is all about good-time summer jams:
01. TALK 1
02. Junior Senior - Move your feet
03. Tigerbombs - 1000 sparks
04. Säkert! - Vi kommer att dö samtidigt
05. TALK 2
06. Maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
07. Margaret Berger - Samantha
08. The Knife - Heartbeats
09. The Ark - The worrying kind
10. TALK 3
11. Bamse - Kapten Busters sång
12. Marit Bergman - Adios amigos
13. Last Days of April - Playerin
14. Nic & the Family - Hej Monika
15. TALK 4
16. Basshunter - Boten Anna
17. The Alpine - No I in team
18. Aqua - Barbie girl
19. TALK 5
20. I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse
21. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
22. Eric Prydz vs Floyd - Proper education
23. TALK 6
24. Children of Bodom - Oops, I did it again!
25. Whale - Hobo humpin' slobo babe
26. Kurt Nilsen - She's so high
27. Desert Planet - Return of the ninja droids
28. TALK 7
29. Laakso - Italy vs Helsinki
30. Peter Bjorn and John - Young folks
31. September - Cry for you
32. TALK 8
33. Randy - Summer of bros
34. Ace of Base - All that she wants
35. Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde - Democracy
36. TALK 9
37. Håkan Hellström - Kann ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
38. Seven Feet Four - Last days of summer
39. Tiger Lou - The war between us (Rupesh Cartel remix)
40. Madrugada - The kids are on high street
41. TALK 10
42. Europe - The final countdown
Download the companion "Summer jam '07" podcast mix right here.
Tonight on Sirius Blog Radio! A full two-hour set of summer jams, possibly including today's mp3 selection somewhere in the mix. And speaking of mix, I took a chunk of tonight's playlist and made it into a podcast for you to download. The tracklist is top secret for now, but I bet you'll recognize most, if not all, of the tunes. Also: this weekend is an extra-special Blog Party weekend on Sirius Left of Center. That means that tonight's show and last week's with Ola Frick from the Moonbabies will be on repeat throughout the holiday weekend along with the last two shows of all my Blog Radio associates. Check it out! And then starting next week, my show moves to its new time at 12pm ET on Saturdays. Sweet!
Jason and Nick check it from last night's Tack!Tack!Tack! showcase at the ICA: [click here]
As a side note, Maia Hirasawa's show in Ostersund tonight has been cancelled due to the SAS strike and her being stranded in London.
Suburban Kids with Biblical Names have a new website and a newish track called "Europa" on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/suburbankidswithbiblicalnames
Black Star Foundation has confirmed that both the Pg.Lost "Yes I am" EP and the new Book of Daniel CDS "Death caps and moonshine" will be released on June 20.
MIC Norway profiles the up-and-coming electropop act DinoSau: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007052514442047187914
Global Domination talks to Kvarforth from Swedish black metal act Shining: https://www.globaldomination.se/interviews/shining-kvarforth
Naturally, he ignores GD's more smartass questions.