Today it’s about classic hard rock through Damien, a band från Lund. And hard rock then in a way it was played in the first half of the eighties before the poodles arrived. Lots of guitars, a good rock drive, football choirs, nice melodies and a female singer with a strong voice, Michelle.
You can find Damien on Myspace. Here are two tracks:
Rock or Die
We Are the Kids
The Happy Four breathes enough sixties retro to satisfy me for quite some time to come. And they do it in a great way. It’s like an up-to-date mix of The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Rolling Stones all at once. Heavy drums, an organ that wraps me in a warm cloak of nostalgia, nice melodies and cool vocals with a nice attitude.
The Happy Four consists of 4 members from the former nineties band Love Kings. In the beginning of this year they released the singel “Kill Me” containing two tracks, which you can listen to below. You can find The Happy Four on Myspace and on Facebook.
Bored Man Overboard is a young band that started out in 2007 in the high school cafeteria. Despite this they have accomplished a lot since then. A record deal with the german label Hazelwood, some EP:s, a European tour and they are now working with their first full length album.
The base is a dark alternative rock, but what makes it interesting is that they have, among the seven members, both string and horn players, which makes a little different mix. This creates a nice contrast between the hard and the soft, between dark rock and folk vibes and variation between the songs.
You can find Bored Man Overboard on Myspace. Here you can listen to the title track from the latest EP “Sinner Song”, which was released last fall.
Sinner Song
The duo Mackaper consists of the two organ players Markus Hulthén and Per Nyström. In the beginning of February they released their debut album “When All Is Sad and Dawn”.
It’s about instrumental music, where of course the organs are the main attraction, but they are accompanied by strings, drum machines, horns and other instruments. I’m reminded of prog-rock from the seventies but also of minimalistic synth pop, maybe the two strongest influences on the album. But overall it feels quite varied, where elements of jazz and swedish folk melancholy also fit in together with strong melodic themes and a nice atmosphere.
You can find Mackaper on their site or on Myspace. The albumet “When All Is Sad and Dawn” is available on Spotify. Here are a couple of songs from the album:
Tale of Tales:
I was impressed by the Norrköping band Class of Kill’em High. With songs that make me feel like I’m somewhere in the borderland between Foo Fighters and The Strokes, they make their own thing out of this and serves a nice variation with a lot of fantasy.
From exuberating, dirty indie-rock’n’roll in “Ultima Hombre” to melodic tunes in a garage-indie gown, to the suggestive, ambient “Lemondrop”. Dynamic songs also, that use Markus Pallof’s cool voice to the fullest.
Class of Kill’em High was formed already in 2003, but split upp the year after. In 2009 they reformed in this new outfit. You can find Class of Kill’em High on Myspace. Here are a couple of tracks:
Ultima Hombre:
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