Some claim that Magna Carta Cartel sounds like music for movies that haven’t been made yet. And I have to agree with that. That is how it feels when they change scenes from one song to another. And the music gets that little extra touch when that idea sticks in my mind.

Their debut album “Goodmorning Restrained” was released last year. Half of the tracks are instrumental and the others contain vocals. Thematic songs, pop and rock lays the foundation, powerful, dramatic and impeccable, almost perfectionistic. The vocals are laidback and dubbed in a style you often hear in electronica, which also makes the vocal songs feel more uniform than the  mood-shifting instrumental tracks.

You can download the entire album “Goodmorning Restrained” on Sounds of Zilence and you can meet the band on Facebook or on Myspace.

Metropolis Flow
So Long

Art Acoustic is a duo from Göteborg that combine electronica and acoustic guitars with inviting pop melodies. Right now they offer us their first EP, called  “EP #1”.

They move from the modern dance floors to the eighties sound to a more straight electro-acoustic pop and show this in four tracks you can download on their site. You can also meet them on Facebook. Here are two songs:

Lay Your Head
Travel

Simon Johansson is Garbled Waves. He decided to combine his two earlier projects, Okomfortabelt and Hardstroke into one. As the names may hint, the first project had Swedish lyrics and the second one English lyrics.

Musically it’s about electronica in the first place. Electronica combined with a large dose of rock, good pop melodies and nice dynamics. It’s dark and grand and with special vocals, more downmixed than usual, but that fit perfectly in these songs, brilliantly so in a song like Schizophrenia.

You can meet Garbled Waves on Facebook where you can listen to more songs. Here are two tracks:

Schizophrenia
Someone Shoot Me

“Sången heter Chans” is a new EP from the band Ismael. Three songs with a somewhat different sound compared to their last album. Karin Wistrand (Lolita Pop) is a guest on two of the tracks and on the beautiful ballad below Elina Ahlander (Mezzobell, Moraltanten) contributes with some vocals.

Listen more on Myspace or visit them on their site.

Stjärnorna jag aldrig sett

Chick-e-Chack is a relatively new trio from Göteborg. This summer they released the singel “Det är nog idag”.

Kim Nilsson, after 10 years as a member of the punk band Blisterhead, longed for creating irresistable pop melodies and convinced drummer Martin Svensson and bass player Marcus Nordström to join the ride. The result is Chick-e-Chack.

The name of the band comes from a song by Docent Död. And somewhere in those regions, together with some influences from Göteborg, you can find their music; nice messy vocals sung in Swedish, good pop melodies and a good drive.

You can follow Chick-e-Chack on their site. Listen to their music on Spotify or on Bandcamp.

Det är nog idag