Miss Li continues to be ridiculously prolific, but she keeps defying expectations by upping her game and stretching her repertoire. "Dancing the whole way home" moves beyond the rag-tag kling-klang piano sass that got her noticed in the first place into classy Beatles-esque powerpop, replete with strings and horns and other adornments. Though she flattens out her personality and attitude a bit here, she still brings great joy to the delivery of the endless refrain, letting us know just how rapturous the subject of the song really is. It's a summer festival love affair and it's pure sweetness; dancing both literally and figuratively (nerves, heart, fill in the blank), all the way home.
Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home
Norwegian act Real Ones will have their latest album "All for the neighborhood" released in the US sometime around September via The Rebel Group, so the label is giving away the track "Every dog has its day" as a free download: http://www.therebelgroup.com/files/TheRealOnes_EveryDogHasHisDay.mp3
Familjen has a video for "Mine øjne de skal se", his contribution to the "Musiken vi hatar" project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J38k0VtxyiI&fmt=18
The new Gorgoroth album "Quantos possunt ad Satanitatem trahunt", the first with the new Gaahl and King-less lineup, is finished and confirmed for a European release on October 21, November 11 in the US. Go here for a studio report: http://www.sheol-magazine.com/gorgoroth_studio.htm
Check out Swedish electro artist Emmon and her video for the single "Lips on fire": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMlHE0iRQRk&fmt=18
Cloudberry Cake Proselytism on Swedish indiepop act My Brother's Stamp Collection: http://cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=1194
Entombed is an early confirmation for next year's Maryland Deathfest.
Swedish all-female roots act Abalone Dots are coming to the US for a batch of western dates this month:
07/12 - Snowbird Festival, Salt Lake City, UT
07/14 - Don Quiotes Music Hall, Felton, CA
07/15 - Downtown Brew, San Luis Obispo, CA
07/16 - Music & Market Series, Concord, CA
07/17 - California Worldfest, Grass Valley, CA
07/18 - California Worldfest, Grass Valley, CA
07/19 - String Summitt, North Plains, OR
07/22 - Three20South, Breckenridge, CO
07/23 - The Sandbar, Vail, CO
07/24 - Strings in the Mountain, Steamboat Springs, CO
07/25 - Daniels Hall, Denver, CO
07/26 - Aspen Bluegrass Sundays, Aspen, CO
PopMatters reviews Danish dance-music trio WhoMadeWho's latest album "The plot": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/94654-whomadewho-the-plot/
Ebba Forsberg and Mikael Wiehe are following up their "Dylan på Svenska" collaboration with a Swedish language Leonard Cohen tribute entitled "Ta min vals", due out September 16 via Amigo Musik. Andreas Dahlbäck produced and also contributes.
Swedish indie act Nom de Guerre are completely done with their new album and have now posted six fully mastered tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mynomdeguerrespace
Bob Hund have a brand new video for the song "Bli aldrig som oss, bli värre!": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZrDttFxBaM&fmt=18
Recommended!
Moto Boy has a new website and a new album on the way this fall: http://www.motoboy.se/
Stars in Coma have a new song called "87" for free download: http://www.starsincoma.com/index.php/2009/07/a-summer-gift/