I thought it was best to continue with the party atmosphere from yesterday. Well, it is Saturday and I’m still in my dressing gown, enjoying the long Saturday morning. Out of the speakers comes the music from Salut!Machaut and everything just feels great.

Yes, Salut!Machaut really is a happiness pill to enjoy. Here’s the nice lightheartedness that can be heard from bands like Belle and Sebastian and Aberfeldy. Nice contagious melodies, brass, beautiful flutes, hand claps, choirs and a lot more, well everything you need for a musical feast.

Just like you can suspect when you listen to their recorded music, they are also a much appreciated live band. If you are in the neighbourhood of Göteborg the 16th of December I recommend a visit to the eminent live club Maydaysticky in Göteborg, to enjoy this.

Get started with three songs from Salut!Machaut:

The Fastest Boy In School
Train Song
Saints and Prophets

If you want to listen more and download more tracks, you should visit Salut!Machaut on Last.fm
Visit also Salut!Machaut’s site and their Myspace page

I think that we’ll be hearing about Peter Dahlin a lot more in the future. He presents a pleasant indie pop with strong melodies and on top of this his bright, sensitive voice. When I listen to his earlier EP “Out In the Snow” (Peter Dahlin and Sleeping Beauty, 2005), it reminds me a lot of the light and happy feeling from the music of Belle & Sebastian.

Underway is a split EP together with Thor Rutgersson, to be released in the first half of 2009. Another interesting project that Peter is involved in, is the live club MaydaySticky. He runs this together with Mattias Dristig since 2004, and it all takes place in Sticky Fingers in Göteborg. Once a month four independent artists performs, and the selection of artists is based on different themes for each club night.

Out In the Snow:

You can listen to two songs here, where “Det snurrar i min skalle” (a cover of a song by Familjen) is a collaboration with Annelie, whom we presented a few weeks ago here on Meadowmusic.

Chance to Dance
Det snurrar i min skalle

Visit Peter Dahlin on Myspace