Meadow Music

Tiger Lou – “California Hauling” EP

After a break since 2009 Tiger Lou popped up a again a year ago with the single “Homecoming #2“. This Autumn they have followed up with the EP “California Hauling”, aiming for a full length album next year. It’s a most welcome comeback where they sooth our ear canals and embed us all in a warm Autumn blanket with their new sound. Here’s the title track of the EP:

Tiger Lou on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

Pretties For You – “Heart”

Another band that I’m happy to hear more from is Pretties For You, hailing from Göteborg. Last year they released the debut album “We Have Our Reasons” and now in the Autumn they continued with the two-track single “Heart”. Here’s the title song, a sweet 80’s-vibing song with synthpop disco and a wonderful, dramatic expression from singer Martina Forsgren.

Pretties For You on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

Violet Days – “Screaming Colors”

Their single “So Dope” from earlier this year, was quite a hit on the net and now they have followed up with the single “Screaming Colors”, which you can listen to here below. It’s a piece of catchy, almost bombastic pop which the singer Lina Hansson describes as “the feeling when you realize that you gotta break out of that darkness inside of your head and actually open up your eyes and look around you.”.

Violet Days on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

Rebstar finally released his awaited debut-EP about a week ago. It’s called “You Know Nothing About Love” and contains 6 tracks produced by the trio Saint, Madison and DJ Pain 1. His tone of voice has varied quite a bit on the earlier singles, but here he is signalling with a foghorn at the very start in the first track that he means business. This is far away from the joyful playfulness and pop-hooks in “Thing About You”, and he feels serious, direct and personal. The productions are great and varied to each track, and Saint impresses me again with his minimalistic style in the new track “All I Know”. Simply a brilliant debut EP with a lot of food for thought. Here are two tracks to taste:

Rebstars site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

The Danish producer and Whomadewho member Tomas Barfod released the new EP “Glory” last month. It’s a fascinating listen and a journey into another electronic world filled with crystal clear beauty, mystique and a light melancholic ambience. It’s an EP full of musical ideas and that has something to offer both for you who want to get out on the dance floor and me who just want to relax and listen. Here are two of the songs with vocal parts where he’s been collaborating with Sekuoia, Kill J and Nina K.

Tomas Barfod on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

Mind – “Song of Circles”

The band Mind, hailing from Malmö, have made their debut with this cool song and video, “Song of Circles”. Ola Salo and Jens Andersson have produced the song and the video was directed by Lena Shkoda in Kiev, Ukraine.

Mind on Facebook

 

Postiljonen – “The Open Road”

I believe many are looking forward to Postiljonen’s second album, “Reverie”. It’s scheduled to be released on the 19th of February next year, and here they are with another taste from the album.

Postiljonen on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

 

Solblomma – “Bridgemaster”

Solblomma has stepped out of the electro pop for a moment with this sweet piano ballad, where the bridgemaster gets some company in his solitude.

Solblomma’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

 

Maria Hazell – “Golden Boy”

Maria Hazell made her debut last year with the single “Say It Like You Mean It”, a song that has been spun more one and a half million times on Spotify and also gave her a nomination as “Rookie Artist of the Year” on The Dennis Pop Awards. Recently she released the single “Golden Boy” along with this video.

Maria Hazell on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

 

Navelin – “Daydream”

Navelin has taken the song “Daydream from their new EP “Side One” and supplied it with an animated music video. The video was created by Michael Zauner, who earlier has worked with artists like Arctic Monkeys and Tame Impala among others.

Navelins site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

 

The Honey Ants – “Lies”

The London duo Honey Ants has released the single “Lies” with an accompanying music video. It’s a great video with a story to their Americana-vibing song, taken from their debut EP “EP1”.

The Honey Ants on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

 

Bird – “Thrill Me”

Bird has released the album “Figments of Our Imagination”, an album produced by the Rolling Stones producer Chris Kimsey and where Bird plays all the instruments on the album. “Thrill Me” is one of the songs from the record that has been accompanied by a music video, a song with a nice tension in a lo-fi-sounding verse which bursts open in a sweet pop chorus.

Bird on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

 

Nomad – “Fakka Me Mej”

The rapper Nomad, hailing from Lund is underway with his debut EP and has released the single “Fakka Me Mej” as a first taste. It’s an ambitious video which almost feels like an action movie trailer, an outburst from a song with a style he calls punk trap.

Nomad on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

Daniel Ögren has been a part of many different projects and he has accompanied a number of artists, among them Anna von Hausswolff, Anna Järvinen, Daniel Johnston and Nils Berg. He also keeps a solo career running, where he has released four previous albums and has just released the fifth one, “Mountain”.

“Mountain” is the most unconventionally fascinating album I’ve heard this year. It’s all instrumental and draws inspiration from a wide register of genres, from indierock to jazz and classical film music, although I can often sense a base in progressive rock or jazz rock. Here the raw, brutally sweet coexist with the breathtakingly beautiful as he plays guitars that remind me of everything from an unpolished Reeves Gabrels to Schaffer’s airy spaces. Here are three tracks that give a hint of the album’s range and beauty.

Daniel Ögren on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music