In the beginning of December I presented Twiggy Frostbite here on Meadowmusic. This was very much appreciated, judged by the responses afterwards. Therefore I thought it would be appropriate to throw in an extra bonus today; recordings from a radio session this Christmas. Naked, acoustic in Swedish national radio, and I think this is magical. Listen for yourself:
Heroes (live acoustic)
Messy Star (live acoustic)
You’ll find Twiggy Frostbite on Myspace
Iubar’s songs grow more and more as I listen to them. They don’t rush ahead, but carefully builds seductive ambiences, with a mixture of pop structures and oriental influences. And this mix they do really good.
If I should find som references, I would say that they combine modern melancholic pop from for example Doves, with psychadelia from the Beatles. I even think I hear a sitar somewhere, and definitely some pump organ :-)
This autumn they released their debut aIbum “Invitation II Dig” (Smilodon Records), from where you can listen to som tracks here. You’ll find Iubar on their site and on Myspace if you want to listen more.
Changes:
Mokadas, a duo consisting of Jonas Lindér and Peder Andersson, released their debut album this autumn (Hjördisc Records). I listened to them quickly a while ago, but I didn’t get it, so I put it aside for awhile. A month ago I gave it a new chance, this time with a little more attention and yes, now i got it. Like a teasel I can’t get rid of and want to listen to over and over again.
They have a unique sound, where I think anyone can find their own references, depending on where you come from musically. Someone described them as an updated The Doors, which is a good description. For me it’s like a garage punk-new wave meets powerpop, Bowie and Psychadelic Furs spiced up with some Talking Heads.
Listen for yourself in a couple of songs here. If you’d like to discover some more of them I suggest you visit Mokadas on Myspace and on Hjördisc Records.
Read: CDBaby on Mokadas
To me, Slow Motion Club from Lund is indie pop when indiepop is at it’s best. Good, catchy, playful melodies, personal vocals and a basic, guitar based nice sound. And first of all, songs that stick in my mind and want to be played over and over again.
When I listen to Slow Motion Club I’m reminded of another favourite band of mine: Manic Street Preachers. If I peel of the grand sound of these, I find a similar songwriting with the same mellow feeling and melodies that find new ways, to be interwoven again in a nice way.
Enjoy three tracks by Slow Motion Club. To listen more you should visit Slow Motion Club on Myspace.
The Gun In God’s Hand
The Salt
Parliament Square
After listening to Best-of Christmas albums too many times, too many Christmases, I thought it would be nice to find some new favourites. And why not start looking among all the artists we have presented here at Meadowmusic?
So, here’s a collection of new christmas songs, and I hope that you too will find some songs that gives you that extra Christmas atmosphere.
Merry Christmas!
ad dios, the masters of ambience have created their own version of an old Christmas carol. On their site you can also download the wav-file of the song and a cover, so that you create your own Christmas gift.
Once In Royal David’s City
The Deer Tracks
Christmas Fire
Twiggy Frostbite
Lanterns & Stars
Mikael Herrström (with his own version of Hanoi Rocks’ song. Mikael will be presented in an upcoming post.)
Dead By X-mas
Maini Sorri, buy her Christmas EP here.
Our River Runs On Christmas Night
Strangers In Wonderland
Flickan i fönstret
Christian Björklund and Chuck Dread
O, helga natt (Chuck Dread remix)
Pär Enqvist Band
Blir det nån jul i år?
SvenStures Poporkester, the children’s pop band, world famous in Skåne, Sweden, also gives away their new album for free download. If you’d like to listen to the songs you can visit their site. (in Swedish)
Nissarnas A-lagskapten
Meadow Music in swedish
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