The title of Slowman‘s new album “I’m Back” is of course a hint of that he’s back with a new record, but first of all he’s announcing that he’s back to his musical roots. And that’s how the new album feels, an exploration of classic blues, blues rock, some contry rock plus soul and funk. The blues is what feels the most, the dist knob are cranked up a bit more, the edges not too polished and his got his hands deep down in classic, fertile timeless soil. I’d say that he’s standing even more secure with this new album.

Roses and Wine
Me and the blues

Listen and read more on Slowman’s site

Recently Born 53 released their album “Foreign Accent”, an album where they serve 15 songs in a soft mix of americana and blues. For me it’s foremost a journey through Dylan-land, and that they present an excellent cover of  “Million Dollar Bash” feels quite natural. Strong songwriting and an intimate, open, basic sound with great guitars makes this a very nice experience. Here are the two opening tracks on “Foreign Accent”:

New Day
Foreign Accent

You’ll find Born 53 on Myspace and on Spotify you can listen to the entire album.

Revolve was formed in 2003 in Uppsala by the two brothers Nils and Per Tengvar. They now live in Göteborg and there they recorded, last year, their debut album “Burning Money”, with Henryk Lipp as a producer.

With Henryk Lipp as the producer, you might suspect that this is about rock, and rock it is. The first thing that comes to my mind is classic eighties’ hard rock, but it is more and more mixed with the vibes from rock of a later date, foremost in the spirit of Foo Fighters. All in all it turns out to be a strong and even album so why not listen to a couple of tracks here below?:

In You
Blessed By Less

You can find Revolve on their site and on their Myspace page or on Spotify you can listen to the album.

Pull A Star Trip. Singer/songwriter with a couple of adreneline injections, or hardcore with acoustic guitars? They have been compared with Dashboard Confessional, which I can agree with to some extent, but here’s an extra intensity and energy which seems endless. And even if it’s not at all the same genre, I can’t help thinking about The Proclaimers and foremost their “I’m gonna be (500 Miles)”, in the energy and the interaction. Maybe somewhere around all this you can find Pull A Star Trip’s music.

In 2009 Pull A Star Trip released their first album “E-Vasion Inn”. Here are two tracks from the album:

Countenance vs. Fingerprints
LA Travel Guide

You can find Pull A Star Trip on Myspace and you can listen to “E-Vasion Inn” on Spotify.

Svedberg & the Hillside Stranglers, with their own mix of pop, americana and jazz, are back with a new EP. It’s called “Such a Lovely Life”, and is a follow-up to the much appreciated debut EP from last year. And if you liked the first one, like I did, you most certainly will love this one too, it’s just as good. Here you can listen to two of the six tracks from the EP:

Gunshot
Siren Song

Visit Svedberg & the Hillside Stranglers on Myspace.