Swedish twee-poppers Acid House Kings finally follow-up the 2006 LP Sing Along With The Acid House Kings, quite sensibly waiting till Spring to release their latest collection of sunshine-fueled jangle pop just in time for Summer.
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The Radio Dept. – Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010
The compilation doesn’t document the evolution of a band so much as it highlights the sharpening of songwriting that seemingly occurred around 2010′s Clinging To A Scheme. As such, Passive Aggressive is ultimately an album that is enjoyable while it’s on but forgettable when you’re through.
The Radio Dept.: ‘Never Follow Suit’
Here’s the latest clip from The Radio Dept. – the third single to be lifted from last years game changing third album Clinging To A Scheme. Look out for their forthcoming retrospective Passive Aggressive – a collection of all their singles to date plus super rare b-sides. Released via Labrador on 25 January.
Pallers give away Arctic Hymn
Swedish synth pop duo Pallers have joined the ranks of bands getting in the Christmas spirit this season as they offer up single ‘Arctic Hymn’ for free.
The Radio Dept. – Scala, London 05/12/10
The music of The Radio Dept. captures fleeting moments with timeless elegance, always able to connect the dots in your life no matter what era you hear it in. You could spend years as a fan never actually believing you’ll see them live, and then suddenly you get a chance, and it’s worth every day of the wait.
SOTD #163 // Acid House Kings: ‘Are We Lovers or Are We Friends’
We were promised a new record from Sweden’s Acid House Kings nearly four years ago. Labrador Records’ website even tells us – to this day – that “a new album defining the meaning of pop is scheduled for a 2009 release”. So what happened?
Sound Of Arrows announce debut UK tour
After releasing three dazzlingly brilliant singles that oozed with widescreen pop majesty, Labrador’s Sound Of Arrows return with a freshly inked major label deal and the world at their feet. The duo will make their London live debut at Hoxton Hall on the 5 July.
TLOBF Interview // The Radio Dept.
Why did Clinging To A Scheme take so long? What were their influences and ideas behind it? We caught up with The Radio Dept. just before their sold-out London show to find out the answers to these very questions.
SOTD #72 // Pallers: ‘The Kiss (Suburban Kids With Biblical Names Remix)’
We’re premiering the first new material by Suburban Kids With Biblical Names in over a year. They crack the whip and turn ‘The Kiss’ into a skewed duet – stripping away the balearic breeze of the original and replacing it with tropical rhythms, off-kilter acoustic guitars and a drunken party atmosphere.
SOTD #62 // The Mary Onettes: ‘The Night Before The Funeral’
‘The Night Before The Funeral’ tugs at the brain in all the right places with an almost indecent amount of hooks that recalls label-mates The Radio Dept. at their head-arresting best.
SOTD #61 // Pallers: ‘The Kiss’
Building slowly under a haze of synths and congas, ‘The Kiss’ is like dipping your toes into an indigo blue ocean, whilst the soft balearic breeze floats on by it is perhaps the perfect soundtrack for watching the sunset (or indeed sunrise).
The Mary Onettes: ‘The Night Before The Funeral’
‘The Night Before The Funeral’ is Philip of The Mary Onettes’ debut as a director. The video connects very strongly to him and bandmate / brother Henrik who plays the main character in the video.
Club 8: ‘Western Hospitality’
The new video for Club 8′s ‘Western Hospitality’ – a former Song Of The Day – taken from the new album The People’s Record, out Monday 11th via Labrador.
The Radio Dept. – Clinging To A Scheme
With Clinging To A Scheme, The Radio Dept. have delivered an album full of warmth, tenderness and bucket loads of charm. Worth the four year wait? No question.
The Radio Dept. announce European tour
The influential three-piece from Lund, Sweden announce a string of European dates in support of new album ‘Clinging To A Scheme’.
SOTD #16 // Club 8: ‘Western Hospitality’
“Western Hospitality” sounds perversely like someone has kidnapped The Concretes, injected them with neat Vitamin C, then (blind-folded and tied to a chair) drip fed Afro-beat and Latin America into their skulls until their heads exploded.
