01. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
02. Sophie Zelmani - I'm the rain
03. Tomas Andersson Wij - Spår
04. Björn Skifs - Da capo
05. Dark Tranquillity - We are the void
06. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
07. Nordman - Korsväg
08. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
09. Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna - Calling you
10. Kent - Röd
11. Shout Out Louds - Work
12. Calle Kristiansson - Calle Kristiansson
13. The Knife - Tomorrow, in a year
14. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
15. Torgny Melin - Dansbandsnatt
16. Zekes - En sån natt
17. Freda' - Ett mysterium
18. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
19. Thåström - Be-bop-a-lula hela jävla dan (1989-2009)
20. Mando Diao - Give me fire!
Finnish label has announced two upcoming releases. First up is Radiopuhelimet's new album "Radiopuhelimet rakastaa sinua" which will be out on CD on April 7 with vinyl being handles by and . Second is the long-awaited Echo Is Your Love record "Heart fake" which will be out the following week on April 14. Expect samples online for both soon.
Believe it or not, I actually have a large list of tracks I want to post, I just haven't had time to write them up yet. So you'll have to settle for this, a new track from Elephant9 which also happens to be the best thing that came across my desk this week. A lot of stuff tends to be very abstract and while I almost always appreciate it on an intellectual level, it's not necessarily the sort of thing I ever feel like listening to. Not so with this, this is visceral and it is funky! Seriously, I didn't know they had it in 'em.
Danish act The Floor is Made of Lava are giving away a new track at their website: http://www.thelava.dk/
Sounds like working with Sebastian Wolff of Kellermensch really paid off.
Swedish rapper Petter has a new video for the track "Gör min dag" which features guest vocals from Magnus Carlson (Weeping Willows): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQKgl2p-5PE
To support their new album "Work", Shout Out Louds played a pre-tour show in a city that's treated them very kindly over the years, and that was evident in the reception the band received. They hit the stage playing three (softer) new songs before taking the energy up a few notches by then tearing into "Tonight I have to leave" which really got the crowd moving. Continuing the set with a selection of songs from all three records, they'd ensured favorites such as "Please please please", "Very loud" and "Hard rain" were performed at their peak level, which the band has always done well. It was a typically fun and satisfying performance, though disappointingly (and quite unfortunately), the sound mixing was rather bad and distracting. The bass and drums were so loud that they bottomed out the mix, making not only most notes inaudible, but also that of the entire band's. It was quite a shame too, because I could see the band were putting their foot forward and symbiotically existing with the crowd. I don't know if they brought their own sound engineer, or used the venue's, but I hope it all gets sorted out before their world tour begins in earnest. - Matt Giordano
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