It’s been a couple of years since I wrote about the punk trio Same Old Story. Now they’re back with two new songs and seem to be working with their second album right now. These song were made for the album “Sweden the Deal”, a collection of Swedish punk rock.

Same Old Story’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

Tsunil is the songwriter Linus Thorell who sent me three songs to listen to this Summer. And they are quite catchy these pop songs, refreshing in a way, and he sings with a voice that has that natural straightforward sincerity which makes me think a bit about Ted Gärdestad, also when it comes to the melodies. I don’t know much more about Tsunil other than that he wrote that he has three more songs coming up. Here are two of the songs.

Tsunil on Facebook – on Soundcloud

I wrote about the etablishment-kicking and normcritic band Könsförrädare earlier this year when they released their first single “Death to Stories“. About a month ago they released the debut album “Curse All Law” produced by Mattias Alkberg, a nicely messy, confronting and varied album that offers smooth melodic choruses as well as noisy, irregular indie rock in the spirit of Sonic Youth.

Könsförrädare on Tumblr – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Soundcloud

In Summer Zacharias Blad sang about his right to be who he is on the single “Jag är gay” (“I Am Gay”). Last month he followed up on this with more catchy euforic pop in the song “Stockholm”, where he continues telling his story, this time about his problematic relation to his hometown, or mayber rather: Haven’t we come any further?. His debut album is scheduled for release in January.

Zacharias Blad’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara – on Soundcloud

I don’t get that many tips about Swedish folk songs. It’s a genre that doesn’t get as much attention anymore in the large media channels in Sweden as it got a couple of decades ago, but it lives on and of course we’re reminded of the influence it has all the time in modern rock and pop songs. A young singer/songwriter that nurtures the storytelling Swedish folk tradition soil is Frida Braxell. Last year she released the album “Fattiga Riddare”, which is a collection of her recordings from the last years. A lot of stories of course, warmth, humour and also quite a few of these rhymed razor sharp frases that sticks. Here are a couple of songs:

Frida Braxell’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara – on Soundcloud