Petter Söderberg, earlier member of Amical, calls himself Chikan as a solo artist. He has recently released an EP, “I Like You Better (When You’re Drunk)”.
With electronica mixed with dirty indie, catchy phrases and a personal voice, this makes a very interesting album.
Listen more on Chikan’s site.
Pokerface, aka Staffan Heidevik, released his new album “Transeo” a little while ago. It’s an exciting album full of experimentation and if I attempt to describe it I’d say it’s about a dense and dramatic mix of jazz-electronica and progressive rock , largely instrumental. Sometimes I hear something that reminds me of David Bowie and his experimental music from the nineties.
Interestingly half of the songs are recordings from concerts, which I really like as it brings out the depth and the grandness in the music and a sensation of a massive live experience.
The album is a collaboration between Staffan, guitarist Mattis Karlsson, drummer Olle Prim and multi-instrumentalist Per Ericsson plus a number of guest musicians, among them Mike Lloyd and jazz virtuoso Bryan Baker.
Listen more on Spotify and visit Pokerface on Facebook.
If your longing for bands like Ramones and Dead Kennedys, that could play through their entire discography within a very short span of time, you’ve come to the right place. Quit Your Dayjob’s new album “Word Domination” contains 16 songs which they get through in about 24 minutes.
It’s their third album since they started out in Malmö in 2000, and the first one in four years. And punk it is, but also Devo-inspired synths and provoking humour plus some metal and a bunch of surf guitars.
It’s direct, different, playful and with lyrics that the audience certainly will learn directly at the gig and sing-a-long to. An album that you can’t be indifferent to. You can find Quit Your Dayjob on Facebook and you can listen to the album on Spotify.
Stormakten is the name of a duo that will release their first single “Söderut” in June. Sofar they have presented two songs on their Bandcamp page and it’s a nice combo of electro and indie, of synths and whining guitars. It will be interesting to listen to more songs from Stormakten in the time to come.
You can follow Stormakten on Facebook. Here’s “Söderut”:
Moa-Lina Croall, author and former singer in Cargo and Jormahuset, calls herself Croall & Sons as a solo artist. Live she performs solo with a loopstation and a range of instruments, but on the songs here below she’s been joined by members from Jormahuset.
It’s interesting that she presents her songs as remixes of her own earlier productions. And if I listen these older versions the new ones feel like natural upgrades where she pumps in more energy in these excellent pop songs. Especially “And I Stood” caught my interest, a song where the melody and the rest of the music sort of rolls on top the bass figures and the song changes between drama and a light pop feeling without being “quirky”.
You can find Croall & Sons on Myspace.
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