Today Marigold are releasing the single “Can’t Touch Me”, a catchy synthpop-tinged song which makes me think of ELO from the end of the seventies/at the start of the eighties. And if I would summarize Marigold’s latest songs I’d say they sound like an indie reincarnation of rock bands from the seventies that were influnced by disco and synth pop, becoming more dance friendly and stepping into the catchy pop room instead. This is just as obvious on the Marigold’s single from November, the excellent “Allt kommer bli bra”, where Fleetwood Mac comes to mind.

Marigolds hemsida – på Facebook – på Spotify – på Wimp

Johan Agebjörn, hailing from Lund, is best known for his collaboration with Sally Shapiro, as a songwriter and a producer. He has also released music under his own name, often focused on either nu-disco or ambient music. On the upcoming album “Notes” he’s exploring some new routes, though. The starting point for each song has been the electric piano sound from a Casio MT52 keyboard, a simpler keyboard which was manufactured in the early eighties.

A week ago he released the single “The Boy Who Thought It Was a Good Idea to Cry”, which is taken from the album. It’s a beautifully melancholic song which makes me think of old TV series from the seventies or the eighties, like a theme to some thriller series or some detective story. There are also a couple of other sample songs from the record, released in the Autumn, “The Right to Play” and “The Leftovers”, where the last song includes vocals from Loney Dear. On “Notes”, scheduled for release on the 10th of February, you’ll also hear collaborations with Sally Shapiro, Young Galaxy and Brain Machine.

Johan Agebjörn’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

The band Krog recently released this single, “Galax”, a piece of dramatic, grand pop. I grab the opportunity to add the title track from their excellent EP “Irrbloss” as well, an EP I missed to present last year for you.

Krogs site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

Mårten Lärka released the new album “Jadåså” during the Autumn. It’s a quite varied record with a 60’s-inspired sound where he’s visiting Johnny Cash as well as American folk singers while maintaining one foot in today’s indie and pop soil. And as usual interesting lyrics in Swedish.

Mårten Lärka’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify

Last month the duo Anti Pony showed us the 60’s-influenced psychadelia sounding b-side “Cry On the Floor” from their debut single. Yesterday the single was released and we got to hear the title track as well. It’s psychadelia and the 60’s, but also with a large dose of pop from that decade and a trace of Velvet Underground & Nico.

Anti Pony on Facebook