Here’s a fine song from the band Kids On the Run, “Lies Beyond”; a song with vibes from folk pop, indie and Beach Boys harmonies. The band hails from Uppsala and has earlier released the EP “Restless Fields”, which is also definitely worth a listen.

Kids On the Run on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

The post punk/shoegaze-band Principe Valiente have opened up the door to their upcoming second album by releasing the single “Take Me With You”. Great song this, which feels a little like Suede in an eighties’ constume, which I guess depends somewhat on the influence from Ed Buller, the mixer of this track, and also former producer to Suede. A new single is coming up in September and then, later in the Autumn, the new album.

Principe Valiente’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara – on Bandcamp

Maria Bergström calls herself Seger as a solo artist. It’s often about singer/writer pop with feelgood-vibes, where she, with an acoustic guitar, creates songs with lots of influences from jazz standards. In Spring she released the excellent single “The Stages of Love” with two songs you can listen to here below.

Seger on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Soundcloud

Northern Soul is the term for a passionate interest for soul music from the second half of the sixties; songs that were released in small numbers, on the indie labels of those days, and which seldom reached large audiences. The ten men and women strong band That Driving Beat dived into this song treasure and released an EP, in the beginning of Summer, with some soul gems from that era. It’s easy to enjoy this retro sounding soul stomp which has all the ingredents to what I once learned was how soul sounds.

That Driving Beat on Facebook – on Soundcloud

So Many Details is a new young band hailing from Stockholm. They started out a little more than a year ago and have so far produced two tracks which they have uploaded on Soundcloud. And it’s quite a treat they serve us; indie pop with a pleasant ambience, some funk, a dose of The Killers, some eighties and a great voice from singer Vidar Drakenberg.

So Many Details on Facebook – on Soundcloud