“Lika lätt som att vissla en melodi (lika lätt blåser livet förbi)”,  Bangalore (Gbg) calls his EP, which was released this autumn. Behind the name Bangalore (Gbg) you’ll find Tomas Persson Carlberg; a pop troubadour you could call him.

Naked and revealing lyrics, like confessions before a new start, are accompanied by beautiful melodies and arrangements according to the principle “less is more”. It’s peaceful and emotional and plenty of room for Tomas’ sensitive voice and the naked lyrics.

You can listen to the EP on Bangalore (Gbg)’s Myspace page, Facebook page or on Reverbnation, where you also can download the tracks. He has promised to present new songs this winter, so you can watch out for them on his pages.

Here are two tracks to listen to and download:

Lika lätt som att vissla en melodi (lika lätt blåser livet förbi)
Såpbubblor

Ola Angleby is a quite busy artist. In addition to the duo Swedish Shoes, which I wrote about in spring, and the band Jane Gulliou, he also has a band in his own name. Different from the other projects, in this one he sings in Swedish instead of English.

Their sound is also different, here in their own mix of grand mellow pop and young indie pop/rock. But they don’t dig too deep in the melancholy, but get up front on stage shouting out their frustrations.These skilled musicians released an EP earlier this year and you can listen to the songs on Ola Angleby’s Myspace page.

Here you can taste two tracks:

Pallet pallar inte mer
Jag var inte jag

EP’s Trailerpark was formed already in 1999 by Eric Palmqvist. With former members like Magnus Tingsek, Björn Yttling et. al, they have a history of some releases, but nothing during the last five years. Up until now, as they released the five-track EP “Black Heart” in the end of October.

And it is a comeback that definitely makes me wish for more. It’s music with country vibes, maybe in the direction of folk rock, which every now and then takes me to the domains of Neil Young and CSN&Y. Especially in the mellow, fateful-sounding title track “Black Heart”. In “Black Heart” they are also joined by Frida Öhrn and Christian Kjellvander on backing vocals.

You can find EP’s Trailerpark on their Myspace page and on their blog. If you have Spotify you can listen to the EP there. Here below you can listen to and download the song “Black Heart”.

The videon to “Black Heart” is directed by Mats Udd, who, I think, has a nice, special way of telling a story around a song. If you like the video I recommend you to take a look at Mats Udd’s Vimeo page.

Black Heart:

Black Heart

Marching Band‘s music is perfect today. Their easy-going, uplifting indie pop is fighting away the winter cold, steadily marching forward with the two drum majors Erik Sunbring and Jacob Lind in the front.

I’m listening to their first full length album “Spark Large”, which was released last year. At first I came to think about Belle and Sebastian, with the lightness and playfulness in the music. But here I meet more layered arrangements, full of beautiful vocal harmonies and quite a few nice surprises.

Several of the songs from the album have found their way into american movies and TV shows, among them “Feel Good About It”, which could be heard in the movie “Zombieland” this autumn.

You can find Marching Band on their site and if you’d like to listen to more songs you should visit Marching Band’s Myspace page. Here are a couple of tracks from “Spark Large”:

Gorgeous Behaviour
Aggravate

Mixtapes & Cellmates has recently released their new album “Rox”. They offer a nice warm indie pop, with a little rough edges and dense sound which is easy to listen to.

You can listen more on their Myspace page, and if you have Spotify you can listen to the entire album there.

Here’s the song “Soon” from “Rox”, both as a video and as an mp3 track:

Soon:

Soon