Musik med Hanna Hirsch
Live music at PSL from the great Hanna Hirsch: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/01/23/musik-med-hanna-hirsch/
Lake Heartbeat = Janne Kask
PSL has background details on new Service signees Lake Heartbeat who are apparently Janne Kask from Brainpool's new band: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/01/23/exta-extra-doktor-kask-gor-comeback/ (in Swedish)
Ironville - Roses (video)
Check out the excellent video for "Roses" from Swedish indie act Ironville and animated by bandmember Henrik Öhberg: http://vimeo.com/2919821
If everything goes according to plan, the band's Markus Krunegård-produced album will finally be released this spring.
Kahvi presents Lackluster 'Live at Oblivion'
The Kahvi netlabel has a new release from Finnish IDM artist Lackluster posted for free download: http://www.kahvi.org/releases.php?release_number=264
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Scotts - På vårt sätt
02. Anna Ternheim - Leaving on a mayday
03. Irya's Playground - Irya's playground
04. Magnus Carlsson - Re:collection 93-08
05. Takida - Bury the lies
06. ABBA - The albums (9CD box set)
07. Sofia Jannok - Ássogáttis / By the embers
08. Per Gessle - Party crasher
09. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
10. Ulf Lundell - Omaha
11. Frida Hyvönen - Silence is wild
12. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Communion
13. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
14. Jill Johnson - Baby blue paper
15. Titiyo - Hidden
16. Kleerup - Kleerup
17. Eldkvarn - Hunger hotell
18. Agnes - Dance love pop
19. In Flames - A sense of purpose
20. Petter - X - Greatest hits
Moto Boy online concert on Sunday
Moto Boy's performance this Sunday, January 25 at Hägersten Revelation Church in Sweden at 6pm CET will be streamed live via his website: http://www.motoboy.se/
He will be backed by the string quartet Vindla and will be playing both classical material from his new "For Martha" EP as well as songs from his self-titled debut album.
Agent Side Grinder prep new material
Swedish industrial/minimal-synth act Agent Side Grinder will be contributing a brand new track called "The scream" to Enfant Terrible's upcoming comp CD "Radio resistencia", due out in February. The group also has a new EP in the works, but there's no details on that yet.
UPDATE: Other Swedish acts confirmed to appear on the aforementioned comp include Saralunden and Oplen. Expect new full-length releases from those two in the near future as well.
Anna Frank - Happy story
Stream the new Anna Frank single "Happy story" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/annafrank
The band's debut album "Harriets' grief" will be released on January 28.
Timbuktu - Välj mej (video)
Check out Timbuktu's new video for "Välj mej": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HmHSbeDXSo&fmt=18
Familjen remixes Fever Ray
Normally I ignore 98% of all remix news, but I can't pass up a Familjen remix of Fever Ray: http://www.discobelle.net/2009/01/23/if-i-had-a-heart-familjen-remix/
Niko Skorpio - Psilocybe necrophila
Finnish dark ambient/industrial artist Niko Skorpio's has revealed that his next album "Psilocybe necrophila" is ready for preorder/download: http://www.someplaceelse.net/releases/?id=spe052
To create the recording Niko chopped up his old tape collection from the 80s and reassembled the various metal demos, boots and so on into a new composition that was then "captured, processed and reconstructed, over and over until a new form began to take shape."
The Fine Arts Showcase present 'Dolophine smile'
The Fine Arts Showcase has confirmed the tracklist for their next album, now entitled "Dolophine smile":
01. Friday on my knees
02. For those who dream with open eyes
03. The teenage order
04. Lovesick
05. Dolophine smile
06. Blue perfume
07. Looking for your love
08. I'm sorry
09. London, my town
10. You knew I was trouble from the start (featuring Theoretical Girl)
22-PP to the UK in February
Finnish legends 22-Pistepirkko are coming to the UK in February and bringing countrymen/labelmates Joensuu 1685 along for the ride:
02/24 - Windmill Brixton, London
02/25 - 12 Bar Club, London
02/26 - The Lexington, London (Joensuu 1685 only)
New Melody Club single now streaming
The new Melody Club single "Girls don't always wanna have fun" is streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/melodyclub
MP3: Samtidigt Som - Vid min sida
Eh, forget about a typical Friday mp3 post - there's too much new music worth talking about. I've posted about Gbg indierockers Samtidigt Som numerous times already, but they have a new single out and of course it's great. It's also not much of a departure from their last one, but I'm okay with that as long as they keeping doing what they do and keep doing it well. There's such a powerful youthful exuberance to their music that I find irresistible. So loud, brash and so full of life -- this is where indie and punk reunite. The impact might not be as monumental as when "Känn ingen sorg..." was first released, but the feeling behind it is the same. I can only imagine how much fun they must be live.
Samtidigt Som - Vid min sida