Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:
01. Lögnhalsmottagningen - Bodybuilder
02. TALK 1
03. Svart - Carl du lever i en dröm
04. Majessic Dreams - Beautiful days
05. Antennas - Lies (Oscar Tillman remix)
06. TALK 2
07. The Sound O.E - Universal tourist
08. Kaipa - Nattdjurstid
09. Murmansk - Pale
10. TALK 3
11. On Volcano - Ride the wolf
12. Markus Krunegård - Samma nätter vänter alla
13. Ondo - Mahavishnu
14. TALK 4
15. Popsicle - Hey princess
16. CMX - Tulikiveä
17. Ström i P2/Håkan Lidbo - Strömavbrott (Boeoes Kaelstigen Etsi remix)
18. TALK 5
19. The Goner - Kill them all save Simon Joyner
20. Cult of Luna - Eternal kingdom
21. Montys Loco - Ages ago
22. TALK 6
23. Mattias Alkberg BD - Allting är drömt
24. Masshysteri - Monoton tid
25. Ljudbilden & Piloten - You know you're doing OK
26. Abduktio - Thermador
27. TALK 7
28. Hebosagil - Big sun
29. Anna Ternheim - To be gone
30. Kusowsky - Tjuvar
31. Fredrik - 1986
32. TALK 8
33. Johan Heltne - 16 Avenue de l'Opera
34. Cortex - Arkham
35. Kleerup - Until we bleed (ft. Lykke Li)
36. TALK 9
37. Coldworker - Citizens of the cyclopean maze
Heads-up: my show is moving to a new time next week! Starting on Sunday, June 8 my show will be on at 11pm Eastern / 8pm Pacific with a repeat on Monday at the exact same time. I'm also paring down to an hour of programming a week, so expect all-killer/no-filler from here on out! Also, seeing as how I'm leaving for Sweden on June 9, this week's coming show will be a Hultsfred Festival special so mark your calenders, update your alarm clocks or do whatever it is you need to do to remind yourself to listen in!
Our guest for this week's Göteborg Spotlight feature: Lisen Rylander of Midaircondo and The Splendor. On to the questions!
How long have you lived in Göteborg? What brought you there and what keeps you hanging around?
I've lived here for all my life except for two years in Skurup studying improvisation, and two and a half years in Stockholm. I really enjoy living here now, I think it's a good music climate and I play with many good musicians. Of course I'm sometimes thinking of moving to another city for a while when I think Göteborg is too small. For example New York would be nice, but not right now. Actually, I often like the small size of Göteborg, you always meet someone you know on the street and it's easy to get everywhere.
I'm touring internationally a lot and Göteborg is a nice city to have as a base.
Do you think there's a particular Gbg sound or attitude? If so, how would you describe it?
Yes, maybe... I think there's a very relaxed music atmosphere here, not so much competition between musicians. Since media in Sweden are very focused on what's going on in Stockholm, musicians here have kind of the same situation in fighting for attention. Most Gbg musicians I've met are also very musically open minded. Göteborg is kind of an industrial city, rough in a way, and that sometimes shows in the music. A lot of interesting bands and artists are coming from here. For example, an artist like Håkan Hellström could probably not come from another city than Göteborg...
How does the city inspire you? Is it the people? The geography? Weather? Other artists?
I'm inspired by the way many Gbg musicians are open minded and do their own thing irrespectively of what other people think.
One thing I appreciate about the Gbg scene is that it seems to foster a collaborative attitude - do you find this to be true as well? How do you think it compares with the scene in Stockholm and/or other Swedish cities (or elsewhere)?
I agree that there's a collaborative attitude among musicians in Gbg but I can't really compare to other cities... Maybe this attitude comes from that the city is quite small and everyone knows one another. Also, musicians here often mix genres. But on the other hand, I think this is quite common everywhere these days.
In my interviews with Petter Ottosson of Fang Bomb I bemoaned the lack of a female presence in the experimental music world. Would you agree that this is the case? What do you think can be done to change the situation?
Yes, I agree that there's too few female artists in experimental music but I think it's about to change. For younger female musicians to have role models in experimental music, it's important that the one's working in the field today are encouraged and exposed.
Lastly, do you have a song you'd like to share with our readers?
Sure! Here is "Canary Islands" with The Splendor. It's a track from the new cd "Sound of Splendor", released in April.
The Splendor - Canary Islands
Joakim Thåström is working on compiling material for a Imperiet boxset.
Guitarist Petter S. Freed has stepped down from being a member of The Project Hate and is being replaced by Anders Bertilsson (Ruin, Coldworker). Read the full (long) band statement: http://www.theprojecthate.net/
Serena Maneesh's collection of pre-debut album material "S-M backwards" is confirmed for an international release on September 22 via Smalltown Supersound.
Norwegian pop act Dinosau will tour Poland next week:
06/03 - City Hall, Szczecin
06/04 - Cafe Miesa, Poznan
06/05 - eNeRDe, Torun
06/07 - Klub Zak, Gdansk
Opeth will tour the UK in November:
11/17 - ABC, Glasgow
11/18 - St Vicars, Dublin
11/19 - Academy, Birmingham
11/20 - Shepards Bush Empire, London
11/21 - Academy, Bristol
11/22 - Rockcity, Nottigham
11/23 - Academy, Manchester
The new Marit Bergman single "Were you ever really mine?" is now available to subscribers and will be released to the general public on Monday. Marit also says that Karin Dreijer (The Knife) is working on a solo album which could be pretty darn cool, doncha think?
The self-explanatory Swedish label D-Takt & Råpunk Records has announced a bunch of upcoming releases:
Warvictims - Bellum Se Ipsum Alet 7" (May)
Skitslakt - tba 7" (June/July)
Besthöven/Warvictims - Split 7" (June/July)
Mob 47 - Back To Attack 2xCD (tba)
Raw Hate - Drunk As Fuck Existence 7" (tba)
Lykke Li's single "I'm good, I'm gone" gets a UK release next week on June 2 and will feature b-side remixes from Metronomy and Black Kids. The full-length album "Youth novels" follows on June 9.
Achtung! Clothing is putting on a series of clubnights each featuring a pair of bands and a new split 7". First up is Killerchaps and Pistol Mob tonight (May 30) followed by Don Darlings/Kusowsky on July 18 and then Bye Bye Bicycle/Alex Face on August 15. More info: http://www.achtungclothing.com/