The band Tender Hooligans recently released their self-titled debut album. The band name comes from The Smiths’ song “Sweet and Tender Hooligan”, as one of the original members was a big fan of The Smiths.

The Smiths is not the first band I think of when I listen to the music, even if I can sense something of it. I do feel the vibes of British music, though; that and the close, unpolished and punky feeling makes me rather think of The Clash and in some case of Oasis. Overall it’s a good album with good melodies and a nice, raw rock energy.

In the song below they have collaborated with David Sandström (Refused) and the entire album is available on Spotify. You can find the band on Facebook.

I Will Keep You Warm (feat. David Sandström)

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Postiljonen was formed by the two Swedes Joel Nyström Holm and Daniel Sjörs and the Norwegian Mia Bøe. They found each other as late as in August this year, which is quite remarkable as they have already created a style and a feeling in the music that sounds characteristic.

When I asked them about the band name (Postiljonen: the postillion, the mail-coach driver) they told me:

A feeling came over all of us when we were backpacking in the nordic mountains. Freedom, skies, Winter, Spring, fairy-tales, thunder, vast mountains, hazard games, humanity, love, memories, dreams, happiness, sorrow and escape.
We want to be messengers.

And I can clearly imagine that the music was inspired by this tour up in the northern wide landscapes. The music feels grand, dreamy, warm and a little like laying in the grass studying the clouds passing by slowly up in the sky, in a pause from the hectic daily life. Just close your eyes and let yourself be enshrouded by the soft blankets of sound and beautiful interwoven melodies and I’m sure you’ll find your own associations.

You can listen to more songs on their Soundcloud page and you can find the band on their blog or on Facebook.

På väg tillsammans

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“Fireflies” is the comeback single from the band The Pale Corners. The last time we heard from them was with the single “Steve Buscemi” in 2009. The ambition after that was to release more songs, but a lot of internal problems came in the way, and the songs were put on hold.

But now they’re back with this song, which feels really promising for the future. The band name the explain with:

Our lyrics are much about dreams and the state between reality and dreams. And then we thought that the name fit in there.

You can follow the further adventures of  The Pale Corners on their Facebook page

Fireflies

Radjoteatern was created by the duo Pentti Lindén and Pontus Englund in 2010. They came up with the name Radjoteatern (The Radio Theatre) during a trip to Egypt where they noticed that the only thing that was played in the Egyptian taxis was Arabian radio theater.

Before forming the band they worked with quite different styles of music, but had the fascination for electronic music in common. In Radjoteatern they started experimenting with synths, drum machines and sampling, mixed with acoustic instruments.

There is an EP released with the band’s music, 5 songs with their own style of electro pop with a hint of R&B, light and with nice melodies. On the EP they are joined by Nick Martin (Prins Eugen, Raketen!), Max Nilsson (Funkalics, No Big Deal) and others.

You can find Radjoteatern on Facebook where you also can listen to the entire EP.

Scissors

Today Bus Stop Dreams, the band I’m part of, made the second release. It’s the single “Anything” with the two songs “Anything” (vocals by Jenny Fall) and “As Long as I Don’t Cry” (vocals by Ulla Wrethagen). The title track is written by Lasse Thomasson and Fredrik Muskos and the second song by Lasse.

You are more than welcome to listen more on Bus Stop Dreams’ site, on Spotify and on the music page. You’ll also find Bus Stop Dreams on Facebook and now also on Google+. Here are the songs:

Anything
As Long as I Don’t Cry

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