Here’s some big-sounding indie pop/rock from Beat The Heart, hailing from Stockholm, who have released their debut EP “Glebe Market”. They have created a comfortable sound in these rather soft songs, large but with moderated arrangements, into which they have put some more ingredients: a little bit of the sixties, some folk and a dose of the eighties. A quite promising debut.

Beat The Heart on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

The boogie rockers BFM are back with the third part in their EP series “Boogie Delivery”. That their biggest influnce comes from Status Quo should be quite apparent as soon as you start to listen, but they know their stuff and serves a nice melodic boogie here below in  “Alexandra”.

BFM on Facebook – on Spotify – on Bandcamp

Joachim Dahlbergs Vindkraft has grown rapidly from a one man project to a duo to a five-membered band with a traditional setup. They get their influences from Swedish progressive tradition, jazz, rock, folk, which can be heard on this first single, the dramatic, lively, progressive rock-vibing “Tankekraft”.

Joachim Dahlbergs Vindkraft’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

The duo I Used To Be A Sparrow consists of Andrea Caccese and Dick Pettersson who released their second album “You Are An Empty Artist” during Spring. It’s a different experience they have created with their own version of dense, dreamy indie rock with a big sound and smooth melodies embedded in the clear, ringing guitar layers. Listen to a couple of tracks below.

I Used To Be A Sparrow’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Bandcamp

Den Svenska Tystnaden, hailing from Malmö, invites us to a piece of social realism on their new EP “Fyra fall av fattigdom” (“Four cases of poverty”). Four songs and four stories  about real incidents from today’s Sweden, to be more specific Malmö. The singer and lyricist Pontus Wickman writes:

You don’t feel your clothes before something is itching and scratching. You don’t notice your everyday environment before something feels strange and out-of-place. You get that feeling often in Malmö and often it’s the starting point for our songs.
(translated from Swedish)

Den Svenska Tystnaden’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara – on Soundcloud