While they tick all the boxes for one of our particular musical leanings (Scandinavian, euphoric, poppy) there’s so much more going on with Malin Dahlström, Gustaf Karlöf and the fantastic music and show they’ve put together.
May, 2011
Niki and the Dove turn heads at London show
Hotly-tipped Swedes Niki & the Dove returned to the the UK capital for a show last night that sent jaws dropping and heads spinning.
TLOBF Introducing // Rayographs
TLOBF meets London’s Rayographs to find out why their woozy mix of dark pyschedelia, brooding art-rock and guttural blues takes as much from literature and the photographic art of Francesca Woodman, as it does from their musical influences of Nick Cave and Patti Smith. Plus which Prince they prefer.
Stream Modeselektor’s new 50 Weapons of Choice comp
Stream ten releases from Modeselektor’s 50 Weapons Of Choice label, including tracks from Phon.o, Falty DL and Modeselektor themselves.
TLOBF Introducing // Other Lives
Other Lives’ debut album demonstrates an unusually fully formed vision, and is evidence of a talent that defies simple comparison. Josh Hall spoke to them about making widescreen music in a small Midwestern town.
Serenades – Birds
Serenades – the side-project of Shout Out Louds’ Adam Olenius – have revealed the video for debut single ‘Birds’. The band will make their live debut at Stockholm’s Sodra Teatern this Thursday (26 May).
Star Slinger announces July tour
Following the release of recent track Mornin’, Star Slinger is heading out on tour in July with Memory Tapes.
My Sad Captains – The Homefront Pt. II // Song Of The Day #259
A bolder beast than past material that sees a fresh confidence and approach envelope. Like the first rays of the morning sun, there is a warmth here that counteracts the inherant darkness of the puslating rhythm section.
Wild Beasts announce second single with limited ‘postcard’ format
‘Bed Of Nails’ is the second single from the TLOBF Recommended record Smother.
Alt-Pop Profiles with Anika: #6 Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is 70 years young today. There aren’t really enough words that sum up what the great man means to us here at The Line Of Best Fit other than, well, everything. So we asked our good friend Anika to make a special birthday cartoon for him.
Label Profile #8 // Captured Tracks
Despite starting the label because, “I hate bands and I heard you can really fuck them over by releasing their music.” Captured Tracks has gone from strength to strength earning respect and listeners alike.
Taking The Plunge: The Leisure Society
The Leisure Society’s Nick Hemming and Christian Hardy talk to Charlie Ivens about aquaria, Brian Eno and failing to give an Ivor Novello Award-winning song away to The Divine Comedy and Elbow…
Austra – Lee’s Palace, Toronto 19/5/11
A devoted, sweaty crowd and electro-dance theatrics: Melody Lau finds sensual pleasure at Austra’s hometown album launch show.
D/R/U/G/S – Love/Lust
‘Tunes’ seem to be very much D/R/U/G/S forte, their debut Love/Lust EP borrows heavily from the long-since established ambient house genre (four-to-the-floor-beat, synth pads and edited vocal cuts are all present), but it’s the irrepresible emotive effect that each song that steals the show.
Pollyester – Earthly Powers
Pollyester’s brand of German synth-pop contains extremely well written prose and melodies so sticky they put used lollipops to shame.
Arcade Fire reveal ‘Scenes From The Suburbs’ screening
Based on their latest album, Arcade Fire’s film ‘Scenes From The Suburbs’ will be screened on 26 June in Soho.
