Calidus, hailing from Norrköping, released their second EP in the Autumn, “Dust & Kerosene”. It’s four tracks with positive vibes, maybe inspired by The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys, with a rather raw nice sound with a nice rasp to it, and pleasant melodies both from the guitars and the vocals.
You can find Calidus on Facebook and listen to the EP on Spotify.
Photo: Lucas Frisk Bergqvist
If someone can take over the heritage of Wilmer X‘ “malmöitic” rock veins today, it’s probably Dalaplan. And then I’m thinking about the Wilmer X that during the eighties toured like crazy and shouted “Kör dig död” to the audience while the sweat poured all over the scene.
There’s not as much blues in Dalaplan’s music, but the more of punk, garage and energy, more than enough for everyone. The five member band Dalaplan was formed from the remnants of Pachanga, which I have written about before. In 2010 they released their debut album and last year the EP “Feber” (“Fever”), and here below you can listen to two of the songs from the EP.
You can meet Dalaplan on their site and on Facebook. Their music is available on Spotify and on Wimp.
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.
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.
Three years ago I wrote about Stefan Leoson and his album “Pennies and Heartaches”. He then also gave me a song as a taste of a follow-up album, that I included in the post. After a while, though, he felt that he ran into a dead-end with the route he was following, and decided to start all over again. He created the artist name HMS Leoson (His Majesty Stefan Leoson), and in January he released the debut EP “The One Man Tribe EP”.
And even if the nice melodies and the big sound are still there, this is a completely different Leoson we’re seeing here. It feels like if the cork has been removed from the bottle and out pours everything that he wants to say and do. It’s darker, rawer and sharper under the name of a character who wants to take on the world. It’s done with tounge in cheek but at the same time it feels honest and direct, a mix of who you want to be and who you’d like to pretend to be.
The EP is actually a first taste of the upcoming album “Superior Being” and the song here below, he describes as a program declaration for the album. You can follow HMS Leoson on Facebook. You can also listen on the Bandcamp page or on Spotify.
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