Riff Knives play music in a genre that’s normally not exactly my thing, but nevertheless I was caught by their music. It’s a mix of hip hop, funk and rock with a lot of attitude and cool hooks. They get their inspiration foremost from N*E*R*D but also also from bands like Looptroop, Jurassic 5 and Infinite Mass.
They have released their debut EP, “Rattle For Fame”, which you can listen to on Spotify or on their Myspace page. Here are a couple of tracks:
A little more than a year ago I wrote about The Carnivales and their EP “Five of a Kind”. Last month they took another step on their journey by releasing their debut album “While We’re Young”.
With the album they continue with their energetic rock, but widen their scope and add more flesh to the bones. I hear classic rock from the seventies, Hellacopters and also influences from what I’d call melodic rock from the eighties. There’s a lot of ambition and desire in this band and I can really hear that in the music, fronted perfectly by Espen Janson’s vocals.
You can listen to the entire “While We’re Young” on Spotify and can read more about The Carnivales on Myspace.
Here’s the title track and it’s video from the album:
While We’re Young
While We’re Young:
Orange Earth is the name of the next band. Maybe the band name tells us something of the psychadelia ambitions? And it feels a little psychadelic and a little garage and some indie and shoegaze. You can listen more to Orange Earth on their Facebook page or their Myspace page, where you also can download their EP “Lighthouse”.
On today’s schedule is rock, and then with the Malmö band The Marcel Prostitutes. It’s retro, it’s punkish, full speed ahead, sweat and dirty guitars. Maybe like a heavier, punkier, early Blondie. Here below are two songs to listen to. If you want more you should visit The Marcel Prostitutes on Myspace.
This week I thought I could start with The Broken Assembly and their EP “Emotional”, which was released in the beginning of the year. Lasse Thomasson has visited Meadowmusic before, with the rduo Strangers In Wonderland together with Åsa Girgensohn, and this time it’s also about a duo, now together with Helena Ahlbäck.
There’s a nice span between the songs which could be summarized with “The Broken Assembly makes it’s utmost to create something new and has firmly buried their strong roots in the underworld of the seventies and the eighties; where Patty Smith finally married Tom Petty to some AC/DC licks with Queen’s boy choir humming in the background” And all is glued together in the production and Helena’s colourful vocals.
Listen here to a couple of songs. The rest of the EP you can listen to and downloadon The Broken Assembly’s site.
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