The Deer Tracks working on new EP
The Deer Tracks are currently holed up at Tonteknik Studios in Umeå working on a new EP to be released in February.
Country: Sweden
Backyard Babies celebrate 20 years with "Them XX"
The new Backyard Babies collection "Them XX", celebrating the band's 20th anniversary, will be released on December 9 in Sweden, December 11 in Germany and December 7 most everywhere else. In addition to a greatest-hits disc and 2 CDs/48 tracks of b-sides and oddities, the collection also includes a DVD with the documentary "Jetlag the Movie". Hit the band's website for more info: http://www.backyardbabies.com/
Pfork best videos for 2009
Pitchfork's best videos of 2009 list includes clips from El Perro Del Mar, Fever Ray and Röyksopp: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7737-the-top-music-videos-of-2009/
Jeniferever on tour in Germany
Swedish postrockers Jeniferever are currently on the road in Germany:
12/01 - MTC, Cologne
12/02 - Haus 73, Hamburg
12/03 - Groovestation, Dresden
12/04 - Magnet, Berlin
12/05 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig
Sirius playlist week #48
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. Kommun - I don't say anything
03. On Volcano - Out of sight
04. Turboweekend - Something or nothing
05. TALK 2
06. The Idle Hands - Hearts
07. Thåström - Linnéa
08. Fronda - Mitt allt
09. TALK 3
10. We Are the Storm - A song for our city
11. High Hats - The end
12. Wardruna - Kauna
13. Halph - New money
14. The Scrags - TV messed up mind
15. TALK 4
16. They Live - Magic glasses
17. Ison & Fille - Jag skratter idag
18. Nitad - Rädslan
19. TALK 5
20. Elmo - Shine down on us
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.
Pistol Disco
Evergreen
Celebrity Lifestyle Records
Great albums always make me reconsider their premonitions on a type of music, especially with that labeled as "experimental". Such is the case with the new Pistol Disco release; for a while I had been a bit lost on what to write, however, now I am finally able to. What bewildered me the most was, how symmetrical the musical experimentation is being created here. At once the undercurrent was layer in drone and melody, yet all loose ends were always resolved. Gone was the notion that noise had to be profligate and vociferous, it can also be so constructed and confined to an eggshell, a thin membrane separating the outside from that within -- one that is also crafted with the same care.
- Matt Giordano
Symfoniorkestern offers new EP for free
Swedish (mostly) instrumental folk/pop act Symfoniorkestern has a new five-song EP for free download and preview via myspace: http://www.myspace.com/symfoniorkestern
Eboi - Panic
Discobelle has the new Eboi single + video: http://www.discobelle.net/2009/11/24/eboi-panic/
My Sunrise - Pictures
Swedish indie act My Sunrise have a new, very lo-fi/DIY video for their song "Pictures": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqJ8CCpAERY
MP3: Piroth - When the night is over
Piroth's new album "Safe haven" eschews their Early Music charms in favor of better production and expanded instrumentation, a step backwards in my opinion. Now they're not much more than yet another Swedish sister duo. All is not lost though, there are still moments that shine through and the song "When the night is over" is one. Way more Woven Hand than sweet sibling folk, hence it is also way more interesting than the status quo peers. It's also quite sparse vocally speaking, a road far less travelled for the sisters Piroth and one that shows a bit of daring. Risk is good, it shows ambition; clean recordings are not risky unless they reveal a lack of talent and Piroth's technical abilities were never called into question. More like this please (but not necessarily exactly like this).
Piroth - When the night is over
First list of SXSW 2010 acts confirmed
Scandinavian acts confirmed for SXSW 2010: Ólöf Arnalds, Julian Berntzen, Adiam Dymott, Francis, The Kissaway Trail, Unni Lovlid, Lowood, Mixtapes & Cellmates, Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks), Movits! and Surrounded.
Sad Day For Puppets - When you tell me that you love me
Swedish shoegazers Sad Day for Puppets are now streaming the new 7" version of "When you tell me that you love me" at myspace, out now on Sonic Cathedral: http://www.myspace.com/saddayforpuppets
Too Cool to Die reviews The Amazing
Too Cool To Die reviews Swedish psych-rockers The Amazing: http://www.toocooltodie.com/index.php?/tctd/aotw/the_amazing/
Musik med Mattias Alkberg
Live music with the one and only Mattias Alkberg at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/11/23/musik-med-mattias-alkberg/