A little more than a year ago I wrote about The Carnivales and their EP “Five of a Kind”. Last month they took another step on their journey by releasing their debut album “While We’re Young”.

With the album they continue with their energetic rock, but widen their scope and add more flesh to the bones. I hear classic rock from the seventies, Hellacopters and also influences from what I’d call melodic rock from the eighties. There’s a lot of ambition and desire in this band and I can really hear that in the music, fronted perfectly by Espen Janson’s vocals.
You can listen to the entire “While We’re Young” on Spotify and can read more about The Carnivales on Myspace.

Here’s the title track and it’s video from the album:

While We’re Young

While We’re Young:

I’ve been praising Youth and Student Travel before, and their two earlier EP:s. Now they have released a new one, with the short name “YAST 3” and I just keep enjoying this band. Partly they change clothes in this EP, as every EP has it’s own sound. This one a little more rough, denser and more grand, but still a beautiful indie. A new thing is also that two of the songs are in Swedish. Here are two tracks:

Shine
Rätta till

You can read more and listen to YAST on their blog. On Spotify you can listen to the entire EP and on their Bandcamp page you can also listen to earlier releases.

Here’s a summer track with YAST – “Summertime”:

Orange Earth is the name of the next band. Maybe the band name tells us something of the psychadelia ambitions? And it feels a little psychadelic and a little garage and some indie and shoegaze. You can listen more to Orange Earth on their Facebook page or their Myspace page, where you also can download their EP “Lighthouse”.

Airless
From Noah

The Courage is the name of Jesper Jonsson’s solo project. For two years he’s been working on his debut album and this April it was finally released.

About the album lyrics: “The lyrics for the songs on my first album describes my own metaphysical universe where I use symbols from eastern philosophy, Jungian psychology and noir movies, to tell the story of a small guy lost in a big city full of confused people.”

The music is an exciting mix, where I hear new wave, electro, soul and great pop tunes. On several tracks I can feel the vibes from an experimenting David Bowie. Here are two songs from the album:

Brave Enough
Everything Falls

You can listen to more from The Courage on Myspace and also on Spotify

On today’s schedule is rock, and then with the Malmö band The Marcel Prostitutes. It’s retro, it’s punkish, full speed ahead, sweat and dirty guitars. Maybe like a heavier, punkier, early Blondie. Here below are two songs to listen to. If you want more you should visit The Marcel Prostitutes on Myspace.

The Poise
One Way Communication – A Desperate Observation