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The Week That Was III

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Whoa, time flies. As becomes extra obvious when it’s time (all the time!) for another episode of this little series.
This is what the third Week That Was was:


jj’s ‘no one can touch us tonight‘

Gothenburg duo jj pushed back the release of their new album, jj no4, but gave us two two brand new songs to ease the wait. You can download them from the Sincerely Yours site for free or you can order one of the 10 CD copies they have made, each with a unique sleeve handmade by the band and Malin Bernalt.
The physical release will set you back though, €100 / 1000 SEK to be precise.


Team Rockit 7″
The same label also put out a 7″ by new signing Team Rockit. Team Rockit is produced by the male half of above-mentioned jj and I can’t decide if it’s despite of or because it is rap in Swedish on top of a euro beat that it sounds so very Sincerely Yours… Download the songs for free here.

 

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23731205[/vimeo]
Loney Dear shared this very pretty “liveish version from forthcoming album summer/fall 2011″.

 

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23403268[/vimeo]
Check out this beautiful video for Stockholm duo I Break Horses song Hearts. The video is directed by Alex Southam, the band is signed to Bella Union and to quote the band, their album is coming out “sometime around summer”…

 

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23120149[/vimeo]
On the subject of videos, Picture “works as a truck operator in a liquor store” and this video, by Sebastian Rozenberg, is for the song Heaven 7. You can get the mp3 here.

 

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/22417670[/vimeo]
Sebastian Rozenberg also did the above video for Testbild’s song Kattsand which is taken from the new, their sixth, album, Barrikad, which comes out on May 28 on Kalligrammofon.

Get to know fine Swedish record label Hybris – home of Korallreven, Juvelen, Jonathan Johansson, Familjen and many more, over at svenskmusik.org where they have been chosen Label Of The Month.

 

Amanda Mair, the latest, and probably youngest, signing to Labrador (whom I mentioned here) did TV4 Nyhetsmorgon today. It sounded and looked like this (can’t embed, sorry).

In case you missed the last paragraph in my previous post, here comes the last in this one:
Another fine Swedish label, Häpna, has just put out the first album by Ohayo, a band that consists of some of Sweden’s finest musicians (in my humble opinion). Order it from their site (and read more about them) or have a listen to The State We’re In on Spotify.

xx

Lisa Milberg

May 16, 2011

The Week That Was II

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Stockholm looks so stunning outside my window today. All the buds on all the trees just exploded at once, and the brand new leaves are so impossibly green you couldn’t have made it up if you tried. Too pretty for words.

So I am gonna stop trying and recap this last week in music instead.


Masquer

Indie-duo Masquer put out their official debut single Happiness this week.
Get it for free here and get The Field‘s remix while you’re at it.
Their debut album comes out in the fall and is produced by Per Egland.

Speaking of Happiness, the Stockholm band by that very name played their last show at Nalen the other day. The will return later this spring with a new name and a cassette with new songs..

The two brothers that make up Det Vackra Livet (and who also play in The Mary Onettes) put out their self-titled debut album (available through Labrador) this week

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMyx6lG-QKM
This is the video for the first single Viljan and you can download (Studio’s) Dan Lissvik’s lovely remix of it here.


Ison & Fille. Photo by Andreas Lönngren and Jonas Husbom

Svenskmusik.org has attempted The history of Swedish hip hop.
It comes accomplanied by a spotifylist too, so you can let your ears be the judge(s).

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4D3u7pg3bg&feature=player_embedded
This jj video just in! (via NMB)

Ane Brun (you’re right, she is Norwegian, but she lives in Stockholm so I am gonna let it slide) has put out a teaser for her upcoming single Do You Remember.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/22904235[/vimeo]

Friska viljor’s latest album The Beginning of the Beginning of the End is now available on Spotify…

…as is Discover The Sound Of Sweden, Playground Music’s best of current Swedish music.

Last but not least, it was announced on May 3 that the Swedish Polar Music Prize this year goes to Patti Smith and Kronos Quartet. The gala ceremony takes place in Stockholm on Aug 30 and the laureates will each receive 1 million SEK.

I don’t know about you but I am going outside now.

xx

Lisa Milberg

May 9, 2011

The week that was

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So, I’ve reached the third day at this my new job and let me tell you, it is a jungle out there.
People get up to a lot of stuff. Musically.

So I’ve decided to sum things up. Each week(ish) I’ll give you a greatest hits of sorts, a highly subjective best of the Swede music week that was.

I’ll start with this week.

This is some of what it had, and still has, to offer:

Lykke Li unveiled a new video for Sadness Is A Blessing. It stars herself, sporting some pretty long hair and a gorgeous white gown, and – as further testament to her good taste – Stellan Skarsgård, this new hero of mine.
The video is directed by Tarik Saleh and it’s a lot like Lykke – pretty, dramatic, fun and just a little bit weird.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu-b3u5jDiU

 

Photographer Oscar Poulsen has spent some time with Swedish band [ingenting]. The result is an exhibition with photos, a little film and a possibly even smaller book. The exhibition Ett porträtt av [ingenting] opens this evening in Stockholm and runs til May 12. If you can’t make it, you can at least see further photos here. (Photo above obviously by Poulsen).
(If you’re not familiar with [ingenting], this is their lovely lovely hit song from 2009).

The Knife have announced a new album due out in 2012.
This is the first album from the duo since 2006′s Silent Shout so needless to say this is excellent news.

Labrador‘s got a new signing in 16 year old singstress Amanda Mair. Here’s her ”House” (<–download).

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stRQgAxUeg8

Watch the Robyn documentary that was broadcast on Swedish TV recently. In full and with English subtitles (part 2, 3 and 4).

Swedish Niva gets remixed by (non-Swedish) Sun Glitters.
Get the remix here: Niva – Boy from the sun (Sun Glitters remix) and watch the video for the original here.

Simian Ghost are streaming their new album here.

Oh, and if Satan I Gatan, the title of Veronica Maggio’s new album, had been in English it would have been called ‘Cor blimey’, no?

Have a lovely weekend folks!

xx

 

Lisa Milberg

April 29, 2011