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Caviare Days released their debut single “The Awakening” last month. The title track shines of references from Mamas and the Papas and Jefferson Airplane from the end of the sixties, while the second track “Allure” feels more experimental and difficult to place in time, though also with psychadelia vibes and a large dose of folk music.

The band consists of the two sisters Lina and Maja Westin backed by a band with drums, violin, keyboards and guitars. The single is a first taste of the debut album, to be released next year. Their name is taken from a quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “Tender Is the Night”.

Read more on Caviare Days’ site and on Facebook. The single is available on Spotify.

The Awakening

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Caviare Days released their debut single "The Awakening" last month. The title track shines of references from Mamas and the Papas and Jefferson Airplane from the end of the sixties, while the second track "Allure" feels more experimental and difficult to place in time, though also with psychadelia vibes and a large dose of folk ...

side effects have recently released their EP “Feel Flows”. It’s an EP inspired by bands like The Who, Pink Floyd and Love but also from contemporary acts like The Soundtrack of Our Lives and Trummor & Orgel.

It’s a really good EP, where they manage to create their own sound with songs rooted in their psychadelia influences, and which grow into grand and powerful creations.

Listen more on Spotify or on Soundcloud. You’ll also find them on Facebook.

Let’s Take a Walk In the Space Between Us
Riverbank

side effects have recently released their EP "Feel Flows". It's an EP inspired by bands like The Who, Pink Floyd and Love but also from contemporary acts like The Soundtrack of Our Lives and Trummor & Orgel. It's a really good EP, where they manage to create their own sound with songs rooted in their ...

It’s the early seventies. My friends and I have gathered on a large meadow just outside the city. We are sitting on blankets, drinking red wine, eating snacks and we enjoy the sunny summer’s day. In front of us is a stage where our buddies in the ensemble My Enhanced Little Rhubarb perform the musical “In Memory of Rupert Cloud”.

That image passes before my eyes as I listen to My Little Rhubarb’s album “In Memory of Rupert Cloud”. The story takes place in the fantasy land Rhubarbland, inhabited by a number of strange characters. Among them is Rupert Cloud, from the album title, who dies tragically when his own rhubarbs eat him, and Selma the tree who’s fallen in love with John, one of her own apples.

You can listen to the album on their Bandcamp page. You’ll also find them  on Facebook. Here are two songs from the album:

Selma’s Fourth Fall
Enter Cloudman

It's the early seventies. My friends and I have gathered on a large meadow just outside the city. We are sitting on blankets, drinking red wine, eating snacks and we enjoy the sunny summer's day. In front of us is a stage where our buddies in the ensemble My Enhanced Little Rhubarb perform the ...

Barrett Elmore started out as a trio in 2008 and played from the beginning a raw, instrumental blues. Soon they moved over to psychadelia and music inspired by this and when the singer Mikaela joined the band they found the style and sound which is reflected in their music today.

This has resulted in their debut album “Woodlands” which was finished a few days ago. It’s obvious that Pink Floyd is one of the big influences, as they also state in the band name, but they bring more ingredients to the sound. Overall there is a soothing, nature-mystique ambience in the album, which reminds of the endless, eternal, nordic woods, which is the theme of the album, and the spots of swedish folk melancholy emphasizes this further.

An interesting album you can probe at their Soundcloud page. You can also find the band on Facebook.

The Nixie
Dusk (Dance of the Pixies)

Barrett Elmore started out as a trio in 2008 and played from the beginning a raw, instrumental blues. Soon they moved over to psychadelia and music inspired by this and when the singer Mikaela joined the band they found the style and sound which is reflected in their music today. This has resulted in their ...

Psychadelia band Mono Stereo are preparing for the launch of their debut album, to be released later this summer. As a first taste of  the album they are releasing the two-track single “Girl, I Love Yo”, where you can listen to the title track here below. One of their best songs so far I think.

You can find Mono Stereo on their site and on Facebook.

Girl, I Love You

Psychadelia band Mono Stereo are preparing for the launch of their debut album, to be released later this summer. As a first taste of  the album they are releasing the two-track single "Girl, I Love Yo", where you can listen to the title track here below. One of their best songs so far I ...

It’s hard to imagine more retro-sixties’-psychadelia vibes than The Orange Revival‘s album “Lord I’m Gonna Shake It”. From the starting sitar-Flower Power-instrumental they get into sixties’-sounding psychadelia rock in various ways, almost like it’s taken from one of the Nuggets-albums, but I also get the feeling that Rolling Stones has been the inspiration in some track and Velvet Underground in others, especially in “She Couldn’t Imagine”.

You can enjoy the entire album on Bandcamp and you can follow the band on Facebook.

Give Me Your Love
Well Well

It's hard to imagine more retro-sixties'-psychadelia vibes than The Orange Revival's album "Lord I'm Gonna Shake It". From the starting sitar-Flower Power-instrumental they get into sixties'-sounding psychadelia rock in various ways, almost like it's taken from one of the Nuggets-albums, but I also get the feeling that Rolling Stones has been the inspiration in ...

The story about Roí Höttur that started last year has now been crowned with their album debut “Imaginarium”. They continue on the album to develop their psychadelia and the impression of Pink Floyd, being a source of inspiration, is even more obvious now, I think.

The debut single “Dream of Papaver” has been trimmed and now has a sequel on the album in “Dream of Papaver (reprise)”. The end is a brilliant effort by Elin Larsson in a “The Great Gig In the Sky”-inspired part. Listen to the song here below.

You can listen to the album on Roí Höttur’s Bandcamp page. Follow the band on Facebook.

Dream of Papaver (reprise)

The story about Roí Höttur that started last year has now been crowned with their album debut "Imaginarium". They continue on the album to develop their psychadelia and the impression of Pink Floyd, being a source of inspiration, is even more obvious now, I think. The debut single "Dream of Papaver" has been trimmed and ...

Sidewalk sounds like if someone crossbreeded a The Doors-flower with a hiphop-tree and created a new species. Music with the feeling from both worlds, glued together so well that it feels completely natural.

Sidewalk, which consists of Pitz (rap), the Sun (vocals and guitars) and DJ Lastword (bass and prod), recorded, during three days in late December, the EP “Wonderland Sessions”. Nice, laidback, cool music which you can enjoy on Spotify or on their site.

“Wonderland Sessions” is a first taste of the upcoming album “Touching the Sky” and if you’d like to follow the band, you can do so on their blog and on Facebook.

Wonderland (Wonderland 1)

Sidewalk sounds like if someone crossbreeded a The Doors-flower with a hiphop-tree and created a new species. Music with the feeling from both worlds, glued together so well that it feels completely natural. Sidewalk, which consists of Pitz (rap), the Sun (vocals and guitars) and DJ Lastword (bass and prod), recorded, during three days in ...

“Soundgarden goes psychedelic folk-prog” somebody said about Kokong‘s album “Science Loves Pudding”. The band describe the music as a mix of sex and sudoku and that they had the ambition to create music without any fixed boundaries. The band, or the duo, consists of Niclas Peterson and Tom Lindström.

I think that the quote above is a good reference point from where it all starts, somewhere in the nineties’ grunge-post-grunge, but then it takes of in various directions and I get all sorts of associations in the songs. Like for example in “Knife Attack” below, where it almost seems like Tom Waits was  around when they recorded the song.

Exciting and interesting album to listen to, which you can do on Spotify or on Ge.tt. You can also find the band on Facebook.

Pre-amp
Knife Attack

"Soundgarden goes psychedelic folk-prog” somebody said about Kokong's album "Science Loves Pudding". The band describe the music as a mix of sex and sudoku and that they had the ambition to create music without any fixed boundaries. The band, or the duo, consists of Niclas Peterson and Tom Lindström. I think that the quote above ...

Here’s a band from Gothenburg that I think many people might like. Their music sounds heavy and groovy, sounds of the seventies. Until the vocals enter, in Swedish and all of a sudden it feels like Swedish progg. The songs have catchy melodies and you will happily listen more than once. A band that I would like to see at a local pub while I’m drinking a beer or two. A pretty high grade in other words.

As all of you know the climate is really harsh among bands that want to be heard, unfortunaetly Ett Rop På Hjälp just has a myspace-page, which you can find here. Myspace has totally bailed out and they don’t have as many users anymore. I really hope that this band will get a proper site plus other services where they can show their music. Ett Rop På Hjälp is an awesome band that I’m afraid will drown if they don’t promote themself in more ways soon.

Josef K

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Here's a band from Gothenburg that I think many people might like. Their music sounds heavy and groovy, sounds of the seventies. Until the vocals enter, in Swedish and all of a sudden it feels like Swedish progg. The songs have catchy melodies and you will happily listen more than once. A band that ...