I’m heading for the weekend with this new single from the UK band Mamma Freedom. Soul coloured funkrock with an awesome, cool, retro-inspired sound. Could it get any better? The single “Cast the First Stone” is taken from their second album “The Voodoo Suite Sessions I”.

Mamma Freedom’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

Raring is the name of a new duo who released their debut single “Tillfällig fördrivelse” last week. It’s about noisy and surprisingly catchy indierock which sounds like it was recorded in a punk garage at the end of the 70’s. Listen for yourself:

Raring on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

This week De Montevert released a single from her upcoming album, an album which will be released on the 2nd of December. It’s a low key indie tune that warms in the Autumn chill, with a tale she performs with an everyday simplicity and uprightness which makes it feel authentic.

De Montevert på Facebook – på Spotify – på Apple Music

You may have heard Christian Wallin and Mattias Svensson before in this blog as a part ofthe band Killer Clan of F.U.N. They decided, though, to wipe off the punky glamrock makeup, throw out the poses, and start Hothead together with the bass player Tony Håkansson. The debut EP “Ready For Whatever” was released this Autumn and is like a trip back to their roots, without sounding retro. This is right-in-your-face-rock with punk and heavy bluesrock alternating in rather short tracks of 1,5-2,5 minutes length. Wallin often steps up to the microphone with his cool laidback vocals even if the trio’s harmonies sometimes dominate and come out as a highlight of their sound. With Wallin’s effective, attacking guitar riffs and the great groove from the rhytm section they make me want to hear more from the band, it feels a bit like an introduction to something bigger. Here’s a taste from the EP.

Hothead på Facebook – på Spotify – på Apple Music

I thought I’d beat the drum for an album released in June today, i.e. Emerald Park’s latest creation “GO!GO!GO!”. Like they announced beforehand it is an album where they made plenty of more space for electronica. The result feels like a vitamin injection to the band’s music, a melting pot of influences where retro sounding analogue synths coexist with disted indie guitars, carrying everlasting, high class pop melodies. It is probably the most varied album I’ve heard from the band, and the influence from two different great producers, Ola Frick of Moonbabies and Carl Granberg, can be sensed in the songs. It’s one of the best pop albums I’ve heard this year, and the only problem I have with it is that it’s way too short.

Emerald Park on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music – on Bandcamp