Bored Man Overboard is a young band that started out in 2007 in the high school cafeteria. Despite this they have accomplished a lot since then. A record deal with the german label Hazelwood, some EP:s, a European tour and they are now working with their first full length album.

The base is a dark alternative rock, but what makes it interesting is that they have, among the seven members, both string and horn players, which makes a little different mix. This creates a nice contrast between the hard and the soft, between dark rock and folk vibes and variation between the songs.

You can find Bored Man Overboard on Myspace. Here you can listen to the title track from the latest EP “Sinner Song”, which was released last fall.

Sinner Song

The duo Mackaper consists of the two organ players Markus Hulthén and Per Nyström. In the beginning of February they released their debut album “When All Is Sad and Dawn”.

It’s about instrumental music, where of course the organs are the main attraction, but they are accompanied by strings, drum machines, horns and other instruments. I’m reminded of prog-rock from the seventies but also of minimalistic synth pop, maybe the two strongest influences on the album. But overall it feels quite varied, where elements of jazz and swedish folk melancholy also fit in together with strong melodic themes and a nice atmosphere.

You can find Mackaper on their site or on Myspace. The albumet “When All Is Sad and Dawn” is available on Spotify. Here are a couple of songs from the album:

Spionen
Tale of Tales

Tale of Tales:

I was impressed by the Norrköping band Class of Kill’em High. With songs that make me feel like I’m somewhere in the borderland between Foo Fighters and The Strokes, they make their own thing out of this and serves a nice variation with a lot of fantasy.

From exuberating, dirty indie-rock’n’roll in “Ultima Hombre” to melodic tunes in a garage-indie gown, to the suggestive, ambient “Lemondrop”. Dynamic songs also, that use Markus Pallof’s cool voice to the fullest.

Class of Kill’em High was formed already in 2003, but split upp the year after. In 2009 they reformed in this new outfit. You can find Class of Kill’em High on Myspace. Here are a couple of tracks:

Ultima Hombre
Ratt Disease

Ultima Hombre:

Roí Höttur means Robin Hood in Icelandic, but beside the name I can’t find any obvious connections to Iceland or icelandic music. Instead the band serve us, what I would like to call, psychadelia with a blues heart. And psychadelia then as a trip back to the times of the early Pink Floyd.

The Doors can also be sensed in their music as well as, to some extent, Led Zeppelin and all this can be heard in their debut. A debut, which is, in a nice psychadelia tradition, a 12 minute long piece. Great fun to listen to.

You can find Roí Höttur on Myspace, on Facebook and on their blog. Here’s “Dream of Papaver”:

Dream of Papaver

Yes I Am, which I wrote about in December has released a new EP, “Alarm”. You can listen and download the songs on their Bandcamp page. Here’s “Let You Out”:

Let You Out