Download the new Junip EP
Gaffa is giving away Junip's new EP "Rope and summit" as a free download: http://gaffa.se/nyhet/39448
Country: Sweden
Liechtenstein - Saperlipopette
Check out Swedish indiepop act Liechtenstein covering "Saperlipopette" by French artist Clothilde: http://www.myspace.com/liechtensteinia
Taken By Trees live in NYC
Taken By Trees is doing a one-off show at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC on May 25. Fellow Swedes Korallreven will be doing a DJ set.
New site for Ideal Recordings
Revered Swedish experimental/noise label has a new website (and a spring sale): http://idealrecordings.com/
Andreas Söderlund - Pappa, pappa varför gråter jag? (video)
Watch Andreas Söderlund play a new song from his upcoming solo album live in the studio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vv0fdLcEiI
Familjen
Mänskligheten
Adrian Recordings/Hybris
The opening of Familjen's "Mänskligheten" was enough to give me pause. Here is one of my favorite Scandinavian electronic artists and an album I've been looking forward to for a little while now, and the first track sounds like a lazy, bedroom remix of a forgettable '90s techno track. Even with the outstanding "När planeterna stannat" following quickly after the trainwreck of an opener, a bad taste was left in my mouth as the album progressed. What has always attracted to me to Familjen is the songwriting, the indiepop playfulness embedded into the electronic framework. This is lacking from an artist like Kleerup, who is great in his own right, but approaches electronic music with more of an affinity for the mainstream. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this tact, it's just not what I've come to expect from Familjen after falling for "Det snurrar i min skalle". "Mänskligheten" -- with the exceptions of "När planeterna stannat", "Man ser det från månen", "Viggo", and "Det var jag", the standouts in my opinion -- could act as the soundtrack to a film set in Ibiza. Is "Mänskligheten" a bad album? By no means. It's just that the clever songwriting that sold me on "Det snurrar i min skalle" is mostly sitting in the passenger seat on this particular journey.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Pitchfork reviews Club 8
Pitchfork reviews the new Club 8 album "The people's record": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14245-the-peoples-record/
The Holy Ghost - Daggers
The first rough cut from The Holy Ghost, aka the solo endeavor of Jens Åker (ex-Trapdoor Fucking Exit, Java, etc.), is now streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/theholyghoststhlm
RIYL Starmarket, KVLR, or any other Norrland indie.
Adrian signs MF/MB/
has announced the signing of electro/rock act MF/MB/ and will be releasing their debut album "Folded" this fall. In meantime, check out the single "The big machine" at the band's website: http://www.thisismfmb.com/
Sirius playlist week #20
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Enforcer - High roller
02. TALK 1
03. Robyn - Dancing on my own
04. The Amazing - And it looks like today
05. Årabrot - End of first chant: II
06. TALK 2
07. The Bombettes - Cherry shot
08. Underachiever - No rain (arson)
09. Lapko - Kiss 'n' cry
10. TALK 3
11. The Howard Way - Runaway
12. Familjen - Socker
13. Deathchain - The crawling chaos
14. Lågkonjunkturen - Den här låten handlar om...
15. TALK 4
16. Anna von Hausswolff - Track of time
17. Marit Bergman - Free falling
18. Jennie Abrahamson - I lost my heart
19. TALK 5
20. Menfolk - Rubato (con song)
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Timoteij - Längtan
02. The Ark - In full regalia
03. Anna von Hausswolff - Singing from the grave
04. Scotts - Vi gör det igen
05. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
06. Anna Bergendahl - Yours sincerely
07. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
08. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
09. Johnossi - Mavericks
10. Ola Magnell - Rolös
11. Familjen - Mänskligheten
12. Rolandz - Jajamen
13. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
14. Play - Under my skin
15. Jill Johnson - Music row II
16. Brutus - Brutus
17. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a scheme
18. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
19. Mojje - Att leka i finrummet
20. Crashdïet - Generation wild
Irene - Catcher in the rye
Swedish blog Tram7 has a new demo tune from Swedish indiepop act Irene: http://www.tram7.se/2010/05/13/irene-the-catcher-in-the-rye/
Still Single on Altar of Flies
Still Single reviews the new Altar of Flies LP on : http://still-single.tumblr.com/post/594008429/altar-of-flies-forruttnelsen-lp-release-the-bats
D-takt & Råpunk to release new 7"s from SIsta Kriget, Kvoteringen
reports that they'll be doing new 7"s for both Sista Kriget and Kvoteringen, the former coming out in a month or two and the latter following a bit further down the road. They also say that the upcoming Disarm 2xLP/CD comp is finally coming togther and should be ready in 2-3 weeks.
Virus album progress
Norwegian avant-metal act Virus reports that vocals have now been recorded for their new album, leaving only bass, overdubs and mixing to go. The title: "The agent that shapes the desert". No idea when it'll be out, but I'll keep you posted.