Here’s the Danish trio Mont Oliver who released their debut EP “19” about a week ago. They have put together their very own mix of hip hop-beats, trip hop and pop, fronted by Jakob Hammershøj’s smooth soul voice. The biggest exclamation mark is found in the title track “19”, a track that radiates quite a special ambience from the hip hop beat, the pop melody and most of all the the electronic background which kind of looms over  it all, foreboding. Here is “19” plus the finishing song “Golden Glow”:

Mont Oliver på Facebook – på Spotify – på Wimp

Nicky is a young singer/songwriter hailing from Öxelösund and is only 19 years old, which is hard to believe when you hear his deep voice in the song “Wake up”. Even more interesting is the fact that it was the first song he ever wrote when he was just fifteen years old. The song has quite a dose of charm and I’m not surprised that many seem to have discoveried this already.

Nicky on Facebook

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Edit: It appeared afterwards that young Nicky had not written this song at all, as he had claimed. Instead it was a cover of the song “Fake Love” by Michael Stec. Nicky’s version of the song has apparently been withdrawn from all digital outlets.

Many artists trim and polish their sound to the second album with more advanced productions. Not Dalaplan, though, on their follow-up album “Plikt och elände”. They have roughed it up a bit instead and have achieved something that is now closer to a spontaneous live energy in the eleven songs. The songs and the album are overall more dynamic also which makes the album feel more like a whole than the debut. It’s still about a wonderful energetic garage rock, but darker, both in the harmonies and in the lyrics, which ultimately feels rather liberating. It’s rock’n’roll, right? Also, Dalaplan wouldn’t be Dalaplan without the melodies, the singalong phrases and the short choruses which stick in your head immediately. And sure, they are indeed there, listen for yourself:

Dalaplan på Facebook – på Spotify – på Wimp

The Malmö trio AHRM released their debut album at the start of this Autumn. They write that they’ve been inspired by 80’s and 90’s hardcore, post punk and post hardcore with a clear reference to the Washington DC sound that they all grew up with. The songs are ine general punkishly short, like live explosions of energy, it’s intense, dark, and they sound like no one else I’ve heard in the neighbourhood.

AHRM on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

It’s always fascinating to dive into Conny Olivetti’s electronic world. A month ago he released the double album “eleVen”, which is his eleventh one as the name implies. As with several others of his albums there’s a filmic vibe to this eventful electronica, a rather dark one with a noir feeling, which is further emphasized by the many sampled movie quotes in the songs. Three of the songs contain vocals by the singer Linnea, among them the starting track “Tara King”, a track which was present already on the last album but then in a bit shorter, instrumental version. Here are three of the songs:

Conny Olivetti’s site – on Facebook – on Bandcamp