Kate and After participated with a song in our Christmas special in December and I thought it was time to listen to more tracks from the band. Below you can find two songs to listen to and download.

I think that Kate and After radiates a joy of playing and an energy that is contagious. It’s about indie pop, but there is a feeling in the sound; some of it because of the hammon organ; that gives me a lot of retro vibes. I also have to mention Magnus Lindquists vocals and his expression that send out that extra which makes Kate and After stand out.

Listen more on Kate and After’s site or on their Myspace page. You can also find them on Facebook.

Back Where I Belong
Mr Sovereign

The Idle Hands started out some years ago, but it was not until 2008 that they got their current formation. During 2009 they released the album “Dark Rooms” and in the end of last year the singel “Hearts”.

They present a very nice mix of guitar driven indie rock and the grand pop that bands like Coldplay stands for. Listen for yourself here below to the singel “Hearts” and the title track from the album “Dark Rooms”.

Listen more on The Idle Hands’ site or visit them  on Myspace.

Hearts
Dark Rooms

Dark Rooms:

Last week the Gothenburg band The Berndt released their debut album “GBGBG”. My expectations were rather high before the release, but I wasn’t disappointed. Charming and characteristic is the least I can say about The Berndt’s energic punk-pop-indie.

With their crazy playfulness, catchy sound and of course Emil Lundin’s special voice, this really is a unique band. Emil seems to be able to do whatever he likes with the vocals and it comes out great.

The Berndt is best experienced live, and chances are that you might be able to see them soon, as they now launch their european tour that runs through Sweden, Germany, Austria and Italy.

You can visit The Berndt on their site, on Myspace or on Facebook. On Spotify you can listen to the entire new album “GBGBG”.

Here’s a couple of songs from the album and a video to a remix of “Hurried Feathers”:

Hurried Feathers
Autosave

Hurried Feathers (Wahlström & Valiant remix)

If you liked Mono Stereo, which I presented here in the autumn, you can now listen and download a track from their Live EP here below. The other three tracks you can download if you sign up for their newsletter.

Tambourine Dream (live)

“We All Die” is the name of New Found Land‘s debut album, which was released late spring earlier this year. Initiated by Anna Roxenholt and from the start a duo, the band has grown into a group of sometimes up to 8 musicians.

“We All Die” is a varied album with one foot in a modern indie sound, where the band has been compared to Feist, Loney Dear and Postal Service, and another foot in folk music with a hint of jazz. One thing that definitely stand out with this album is the clear, beautiful melancholy, here below exemplified with the song “All the Nights”, a song that also gives me some Joni Mitchell-vibes.

Listen more on New Found Land’s Myspace page.

All the Nights