Björn from electro band Slagsmålsklubben and Tjompa from indie rock band The High Fives have a child together which is called City. And last month the duo City released their EP “Ex-Files”, six tracks with retro dance-pop with messy, unpolished vocals, which is of course the way to do it if one would produce dance pop. It’s summer vibes and party time.

Listen more on Spotify or on their Facebook page.

Kom igen Tjompa

Here’s a flash about a new song from Skånske Arne & Jonny Spöge. It’s the provocative “Min Nettobutik är o-lidl-ig” (“My Netto supermarket is unbearable”), a song that was among the first songs they wrote together and a taste of an upcoming EP.

You can find Skånske Arne & Jonny Spöge on their site.

Min Nettobutik är o-lidl-ig

In the beginning of this year Sidewalk released the excellent EP “Wonderland Sessions”. Now you can also listen to three tracks from the new EP “Houdini Sessions”. Three songs of different character, where Eboi joins them in one song and Swingfly in another. Below you can listen to the Zappa-vibing “Jack” and if you’d like to listen to the other tracks you can visit Sidewalk on Soundcloud or on Spotify.

You can also find Sidewalk on Facebook and on their site.

Jack

Kim Strannes new album “Ett Arv” is undoubtely the strongest album I’ve heard from Kim Stranne so far. It feels like he’s lifted the entire production to something more intimate, naked, unique and more beautiful than ever before.

At the same time I hear a sharpness and a roughness in his voice that demands more attention than before and that makes him stand out. A strong album you can listen to on Spotify. Visit his site and his Facebook page.

Ett Arv

Andreas Österberg wondered what everyone is listening to as they ride buses and trams through the cities. He ended up creating a soundtrack to a tramway line in Göteborg, line 11 from Bergsjön to Saltholmen.

The music, both instrumental and with vocals, catches the atmosphere around the stops along the line and is also adpated to the time it takes to ride the tram from the start in Bergsjön to the last stop in Saltholmen.

To the project; Det Mekaniska Undret he calls it (“The Mechanical Wonder”); he’s also added video clips for each distance, filmed riding the tram. A brilliant and skilfully implemented idea you can follow through his blog. Listen more on Bandcamp, on Youtube or on Spotify. Here are a couple of tracks/stops and one of the clips:

Bergsjön
Mariaplan med Svartsjön