Bang On the Beatroot, hailing from Malmö, with American singer David Pedroza in the front are like they say they are: pang på rödbetan (appr. Straight to the point). It’s feelgood rock with good melodies right through, and a pleasant positive laidback feeling. Sometimes I hear vibes from bands like Psychadelic Furs and The Cars as well as ELO. So far the band have released two singles and a three-track EP.
Bang On the Beatroot on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud
I wrote about Skånske Arne & Jonny Spöge in Spring as they released their debut album. Their annoyance with phenomenons in everyday life is by no means over, though, and now they are back telling us about one of the biggest ones: telemarketers. Specificially it’s about mobile phone telemarketers in the song “Telenorförsäljare” (in Swedish I’m afraid)
I should also mention that the duo also have started a blog, where they release a song each week, which could be worth checking out if you like the band.
Skånske Arne & Jonny Spöge’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify
Today Turn Off Your Television released another video and song as a rehearsal before the album release next week. From the first listen I’ve had of the new album, this is one of my absolute favourites, “Planets Will Collide For You”. This song and also “Blanket of Shame” from the same album can be downloaded on their site.
Turn Off Your Television’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Bandcamp
In Spring Lasse Franck released his debut album “Lilla Svärje” (appr. “Little Sweden”). Already in 2008 we showed two of the songs in early versions, which are now featured on the album in new clothes. The album starts with some songs with hard swinging political satire about the order in Sweden today, or disorder if you like. I think it hits the best in “Nu börjar det roliga”, which is a wild jape about how we treat our elders today. The song is actually written before the scandals around Carema last year, and if the album had been released before that, the song would have been an obvious theme song for that debate..
The album then head on in different directions, and we can get into seriousness, love and other contemplations. He turns perspectives around and plays with images in the well refined lyrics, which he performs as if every line was at stake. A skilled word smith, as I wrote before, who can turn a sligthly ironic line into a hard punch with a single word.
The album is produced by Håkan Svensson from Nationalteatern, and the sound makes me think of Swedish pop from the end of the eighties/the beginning of the nineties, with some kind of starting point at Jacob Hellman’s place, but which they have run through the mill and dirtied with hard distorted guitars, hammond and other stuff. I like especially that I-kicked-in-the-speaker-membrane-guitar, which is present in several songs.
Listen to a couple of tracks from the album here below.
Lasse Franck’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify
Fantastic, energic rockers Dalaplan, hailing from Malmö, have made a new video to the earlier single “Trillar i”, which is perfect on a Friday night I think. New single, October 10th, “Ta mig när jag faller”.
Dalaplan’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify
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