Basko Sthlm, which I wrote about last autumn is releasing their first full length album. You can already now listen to the album and download it on Basko Sthlm’s site, but the actual CD is released the 9th of June. They celebrate this with a release party at Debaser, open for anyone to join.

It’s a really nice and varied album they present, partly with a new musical character, compared to what I wrote about earlier. The playfulness and the joyfullness is there, and so is the backbeat every now and then. The latino inspiration, though, is not so pronounced now; instead there are more of an indie-pop feeling and more space for ambience and thoughtfulness. Really nice.

Don’t forget to check out a great live band, if you’re in the neighbourhood the 9th of June. Here you can listen to a couple of tracks from the album:

Punch Line
Hands

A while ago I wrote about Natubella and her new album, “Little Devil”. The album is now released and the song TDG is available here for free download. Also check out the video from the release gig, where they also play TDG. They call it electRocknica….

TDG

You’ll find Natubella on her site.

Charlotte and Daniel form the duo Lionlove. They say about their music that it is a journey from the point when they started seeing each other and then became a pair, created a life together, and into the future. Somewhat maybe like composing the music of your life. And I think they do this very well. I feel just fine listening to their passionate, positive music.

This is pop with beautiful melodies in arrangements that are not exaggerated. They are both singing in the songs and their interplay forms in a way the base of the songs. I also really like the solo trumpet that adds a nice ambience to the tracks. Here you’ll find three tracks that were recently recorded.

You can visit Lionlove on Myspace.

Long Awaited Love
El Sueño del Días
Young Lovers Tribute

A couple of months ago, I wrote about Hillnor and his interesting experimental electronica. Now he is back in a very different shape. He calls himself Peace and Concord and he brought just his guitar (and some strings).

In a way this feels timeless, with vibes from the singer/songwriters of the sixties and the seventies, and at the same time a lot of indie. I really like the feeling of these recordings, and I’m surprised how they stick and grow the more I listen.

Meet Peace and Concord on Myspace. Here you can listen to and download three tracks:

Cabdriver
The Ocean to Cross
Wind In the Sails

Already in 1980 Pål and Conny laid up their plans for wHaT iF. These included Pål’s yet unborn daughter Linea, so obviously they had to wait a little :-) In 2005 the time was right and the band wHaT iF was born. The one who waits…

I’m now listening to their third album “The Final Meltdown”, a really enjoyable album. Playful and experimental, catchy melodies, varied and a with a nice ambience. Linnea’s voice and the experimentation reminds me sometimes of Björk, while the concept, the atmosphere and the radiovoices gives me a lot of Roger Waters vibes.

You can find the band on wHaT iF’s site, on Myspace and on Jamendo. On Jamendo you can download, not only this album, but all three albums.

Listen to and download three tracks from “The Final Meldown”:

Rainy Days
Dream of Peace
Running Over Fields