I'm not gonna lie to you, I haven't magically become a fan of Oh No Ono overnight. Their style of indierock is still way too, I dunno... stereotypically indie for me. Heavy on quirks, light on hooks. But that's just me and I understand my opinion is not the be all end all even though I think it should be. Anyhow, what I am a fan of is , vinyl and free stuff, so I'm more than happy to team up with the label to give away an autographed copy of Oh No Ono's new 2LP "Eggs" which will officially be released on March 9. The stats, should you be curious: gatefold packaging, extra loud 45RPM DMM cut with high quality 24-bit masters. So yeah, basically everything that you could want from a vinyl release with no shortcuts. You want it? All you gotta do is send me a private message to enter and I'll pick someone's name out of a hat at the end of the day, maybe even yours. Not a registered user yet? Well, now's the perfect time to remedy that. Good luck!
UPDATE: A winner has been selected. Thanks to everyone who entered! Better luck next time.
The Mary Onettes will be coming to tour the US in April:
04/19 - Marathon Bar, Philadelphia, PA
04/20 - DC9, Washington DC
04/21 - Mercury Lounge, New York City, NY
04/22 - Great Scott, Boston, MA
04/23 - Bourbon Street, Columbus, OH
04/24 - Schubas, Chicago, IL
04/25 - Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA
04/26 - Holocene, Portland, OR
04/27 - Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
04/28 - Viper Room, Los Angeles, CA
04/29 - Soda Bar, San Diego, CA
I've long held the opinion that Tobias Fröberg's talents are best served as a sideman/producer (he's worked with Theresa Andersson, Peter Morén, Tomas Andersson Wij and many others, typically with strong results) and his new record "The big up" doesn't do much to sway me, but he does hit one out of the park every now and then and lead single "When we go to war" is a perfect example. It's dark and simmering in the right ways, giving a proper bottom to Tobias' lightweight vocals. The swell of the strings too; perfect counterpoint. All in all, a strong winter single and well worth checking out.
Check out Blessing, the new band from Lars Strömberg and Ludwig Dahlberg of The (International) Noise Conspiracy: http://www.myspace.com/givemeblessing
The first song reminds me a bit of Chronic Heist with the tone of the vocals and the way that they swing. The rest, not so much.
01. The Bear Quartet
02. The Soundtrack of Our Lives
03. The Radio Dept.
04. Yeasayer
05. Loney, Dear
06. Håkan Hellström
07. Seabear
08. Markus Krunegård
09. Beach House
10. Jonathan Johansson
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