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I’ve received more great music than ever at the start of this year, and I have a hard time to keep up. I realise that I have to speed up the publication so I won’t end up with a queue that’s too long to handle in the end. I will at least make an effort now, and we’ll see where we land.

Kings Avenue, hailing from Göteborg, is up next. With a name taken from a well known street in the city and inspired by bands like Interpol and The Strokes, they released a three-track EP in the beginning of the year. You can listen to the title track here below.

You can find Kings Avenue on Facebook and all songs are available on Spotify.

It’s Not Fair…But That’s Just Life

I've received more great music than ever at the start of this year, and I have a hard time to keep up. I realise that I have to speed up the publication so I won't end up with a queue that's too long to handle in the end. I will at least make an ...

Gustav Montelius and his solo project The Fiery Piano is back with a new song, “Pegasus”, which he released last month. A beautiful song, still without the piano, in the same spirit as before but with more space.

If you like this song you should definitely check out his EP, “Sirens”. You can find The Fiery Piano on his site and on Facebook.

Pegasus

Gustav Montelius and his solo project The Fiery Piano is back with a new song, "Pegasus", which he released last month. A beautiful song, still without the piano, in the same spirit as before but with more space. If you like this song you should definitely check out his EP, "Sirens". You can find The Fiery ...

Nude Party!, hailing from Malmö, don’t promise any naked bodies on the scene, but apparently the name came from the fact that some of the members used to have a habit of removing their clothes on parties, to enliven things.

And it’s definitely party in this energic, positive music with raw, frenetic hammering, guitars, nice synth figures and happy melodies, in songs that often make me think of Blur.

They have a new EP on the loose, called “And What Are You Gonna Do About It?”, and they plan to record another one soon. Besides four of their own songs on the EP, you’ll also find a surprisingly well-turned-out cover version of Tommy Körberg’s “Judy My Friend” as the last track.

You can find Nude Party! on their site and on Facebook. You can also listen to the EP on Spotify.

And What Are You Gonna Do About It?

Nude Party!, hailing from Malmö, don't promise any naked bodies on the scene, but apparently the name came from the fact that some of the members used to have a habit of removing their clothes on parties, to enliven things. And it's definitely party in this energic, positive music with raw, frenetic hammering, guitars, nice synth ...

A lot of things have happened to Oh My!‘s sound since I wrote about them two years ago. Back then, they had entered a studio, recorded and mixed five songs in less than 20 hours, while their current productions hardly can be created that fast. They have, since a while back, stepped out of the garage and put themselves on a bigger stage.

The base is still there, though: a feelgood indie with nice melodies and raw guitars. So far they have released a few singles, that have gained quite some traction in for example national Swedish radio, and now on February 29th, they will release a three-track EP on vinyl. Additionally, a week ago, the new song “Fifteen Minutes” was the starting track on a new  collection from their label A West Side Fabrication.

As usual I asked how the band name was born, and obviously it had something to do with Christoffer Walken:

As a celebration to the American actor Christopher Walken’s magical, beautiful hair, the band chose to call themselves “Christopher Walken’s Hair, Oh My!”. They even tried to contact Mr. Walken to check out that he didn’t mind, but to no avail. But pretty soon the guys realised how complicated and unnecessary the long name was. So they settled for the shorter Oh My!
(translated from Swedish)

You can keep track of tha band’s doings on their site or on Facebook, and their songs are also available on Spotify.

Fifteen Minutes

A lot of things have happened to Oh My!'s sound since I wrote about them two years ago. Back then, they had entered a studio, recorded and mixed five songs in less than 20 hours, while their current productions hardly can be created that fast. They have, since a while back, stepped out of ...

The band with the remarkable name We Do Not Negotiate With Terrorists have their base in Göteborg and is fronted by singer and guitarist Ross Downing. Ross comes from England, which also shows in the music, where a distinct Manchester blackness is mixed into a raw indie rock with punk influences and ska vibes.

They have earlier released the EP “Bombing The Underground” and are now working on new material. You can follow the band on Tumblr and on Facebook. The music is also available on Spotify.

The Boy With the Wrong Eyes

The band with the remarkable name We Do Not Negotiate With Terrorists have their base in Göteborg and is fronted by singer and guitarist Ross Downing. Ross comes from England, which also shows in the music, where a distinct Manchester blackness is mixed into a raw indie rock with punk influences and ska vibes. They have ...

Leo Kall always speaks the truth. He is settled on Callisto, one of Jupiter’s moons, and is recording various sound phenomenas from the planetary system. He sends these cryptic recordings, through a big radio tower, to a band in Skåne, Sweden. With this material also comes a few honest lines with his impressions from the situation here on earth. The band, Leo Kall, interprets what they are sent and create music from it on stage.

This is the setup for the band Leo Kall‘s music, which is a setup inspired by Karin Boye’s novel Kallocain. And the Swedish lyrics, with their truths about our lives, are the focus of the songs, backed up by some unpolished indie rock.

Their latest work is called “Newtons lagar” (“The laws of Newton”) and was released in December last year. You can listen to and download this EP on Leo Kall’s Bandcamp page. You can also find the band on Facebook and on Spotify.

Newtons lagar

Leo Kall always speaks the truth. He is settled on Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons, and is recording various sound phenomenas from the planetary system. He sends these cryptic recordings, through a big radio tower, to a band in Skåne, Sweden. With this material also comes a few honest lines with his impressions from ...

Normally you will find Oskar Blondell in the band Ben Hogun as a lead singer, but as a side adventure he has also started the solo project The Forest Green. According to Oskar it’s his own uncompromising art project, where he can test his limits and do whatever he likes.

It sounds like perfect conditions for creating interesting music, and it also shows in his songs. You can listen here below to the first song he published, “Slowmotion”. A couple of days ago he released another, “Only One”, and more are on their way. He also tells me that he’s started a collaboration with the deep house duo Vildmarken, which we will know more about later on. You can follow his music on Soundcloud.

The name The Forest Green comes from the colour of his old favourite cardigan, which he was wearing when he created the first song. He also thought it perfectly described what he wanted to achieve with the project.

Slowmotion

Normally you will find Oskar Blondell in the band Ben Hogun as a lead singer, but as a side adventure he has also started the solo project The Forest Green. According to Oskar it's his own uncompromising art project, where he can test his limits and do whatever he likes. It sounds like perfect conditions for creating interesting music, ...

On February 28th The Mary Onettes will release the new EP “Love Forever”. For the first time, they have collaborated with an external producer, Dan Lissvik, which of course also affect how they sound. They write about the change:

Gone are the echoing reverbs, the 80′s guitars and the big, splashing drums. “Love Forever” is a wonder of genre-blurring fearlessness drawing on ambient textures, avant-garde rhythms and intricate arrangements.

As a taste of the EP, they have released the first song, “Love’s Taking Strange Ways”, which you can listen to and download below. You can find The Mary Onettes on Facebook or on their site.

Love’s Taking Strange Ways

On February 28th The Mary Onettes will release the new EP "Love Forever". For the first time, they have collaborated with an external producer, Dan Lissvik, which of course also affect how they sound. They write about the change: Gone are the echoing reverbs, the 80's guitars and the big, splashing drums. "Love Forever" is a wonder ...

Joakim Jakobsson is a former member of The Search and last year he started the band Duellen (The Duel) together with Argentinian Brian Biezki. Brian soon left the band and instead the former The Search-members Tina Bergström and Mikael Saltzman plus Olle Bilius (Jeniferever) and Simon Lundström entered the band. Then in december the five-track debut EP was released.

It’s indie pop in Swedish, rather darkly colored, radiating with vibes from the eighties’ new wave scene. They vary smoothly from synth based songs to guitar driven ones without losing the atmosphere. Straight melodies that stick quite fast on a good EP that promises more.

You can listen to the EP on Duellen’s Bandcamp page and on Spotify. You can follow the band on Facebook.

Sanningen

Joakim Jakobsson is a former member of The Search and last year he started the band Duellen (The Duel) together with Argentinian Brian Biezki. Brian soon left the band and instead the former The Search-members Tina Bergström and Mikael Saltzman plus Olle Bilius (Jeniferever) and Simon Lundström entered the band. Then in december the five-track debut EP was ...

Four years after the last album The Culture In Memoriam released the third album, “Rest In Pieces”, in the end of last year. Behind the artist name we find Victor Håkansson as the only permanent member together with a range of musicians in what Victor calls a music collective.

Pavestone pop he calls the music which in more than one way symbolise the music, also in a way like two opposites meet. The beautiful melodies, the string and backing vocals arrangements that give an air of classic bombastic pop from both the sixties and the seventies, and at the same time the distortion, the unpolished and fragility in Victor’s voice that give everything a raw indie vibe. Together with the critical lyrics it all ends up as an urgent message.

I haven’t listened to the earlier albums, so I can’t compare, but to me “Rest In Pieces” feels like a solid album that grows after time, with no in-between tracks at all. Listen here below to the first song of the album, “Run Emelie”.

You can find The Culture In Memoriam on the home page, on Facebook and on Spotify.

Run Emelie

Four years after the last album The Culture In Memoriam released the third album, "Rest In Pieces", in the end of last year. Behind the artist name we find Victor Håkansson as the only permanent member together with a range of musicians in what Victor calls a music collective. Pavestone pop he calls the music which in ...