Culkin is a band from Stockholm that started out in 2007, and they are just about to release a new album. You can find two songs from the album below, to listen to and download.
This is indie rock which breathes some of the air that groups from the nineties like Sonic Youth did, mixed up with the melancholy and the nice ambience I find with artists like Marjorie Fair. The vocals and the melodies sort of float on top the massive guitars, almost like it was meditative rock.
Well, you can listen for yourself and see if you like it as much as I do. You can find Culkin on their blog, their site and on Myspace.
Charlotte and Daniel form the duo Lionlove. They say about their music that it is a journey from the point when they started seeing each other and then became a pair, created a life together, and into the future. Somewhat maybe like composing the music of your life. And I think they do this very well. I feel just fine listening to their passionate, positive music.
This is pop with beautiful melodies in arrangements that are not exaggerated. They are both singing in the songs and their interplay forms in a way the base of the songs. I also really like the solo trumpet that adds a nice ambience to the tracks. Here you’ll find three tracks that were recently recorded.
A couple of months ago, I wrote about Hillnor and his interesting experimental electronica. Now he is back in a very different shape. He calls himself Peace and Concord and he brought just his guitar (and some strings).
In a way this feels timeless, with vibes from the singer/songwriters of the sixties and the seventies, and at the same time a lot of indie. I really like the feeling of these recordings, and I’m surprised how they stick and grow the more I listen.
Three high school friends took their disgust for school choirs and pretentious jazz students and their frustration over growing up in a small town, as the fuel for starting a band, Pretty Whores.
Does it sound like punk? Yes, and punk rock is exactly what it is. Steaming, energetic punk rock with a garage, old school feeling. Add some Beastie Boys attitude and we’re getting close to their sound.
Pretty Whores have recently released their self titled EP, and you can listen to and download a track from the EP, here below. You’ll find the band on Pretty Whores’ site and on Myspace, where you can listen to the other songs from the EP.
Already in 1980 Pål and Conny laid up their plans for wHaT iF. These included Pål’s yet unborn daughter Linea, so obviously they had to wait a little :-) In 2005 the time was right and the band wHaT iF was born. The one who waits…
I’m now listening to their third album “The Final Meltdown”, a really enjoyable album. Playful and experimental, catchy melodies, varied and a with a nice ambience. Linnea’s voice and the experimentation reminds me sometimes of Björk, while the concept, the atmosphere and the radiovoices gives me a lot of Roger Waters vibes.
You can find the band on wHaT iF’s site, on Myspace and on Jamendo. On Jamendo you can download, not only this album, but all three albums.
Listen to and download three tracks from “The Final Meldown”:
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Culkin is a band from Stockholm that started out in 2007, and they are just about to release a new album. You can find two songs from the album below, to listen to and download.
Charlotte and Daniel form the duo Lionlove. They say about their music that it is a journey from the point when they started seeing each other and then became a pair, created a life together, and into the future. Somewhat maybe like composing the music of your life. And I think they do this very well. I feel just fine listening to their passionate, positive music.
A couple of months ago, I wrote 
Three high school friends took their disgust for school choirs and pretentious jazz students and their frustration over growing up in a small town, as the fuel for starting a band, Pretty Whores.
