A quick heads up about a rather wonderful new Danish band about to make their debut UK appearance next week. An mp3 of the track ‘Deadman’ is available inside!
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First Aid Kit – Drunken Trees
Sweden’s First Aid Kit have youth on their side, but what else have they in their musical box of tricks?
TLOBF Interview :: Hafdis Huld
John Brainlove curls up on the chaise lounge with Icelandic chanteuse Hafdis Huld to catch up on some small talk before a recent show at London’s Slaughtered Lamb.
Sad Day For Puppets – Unknown Colors
Catchy pop couched in distorted guitar and thick bass, Sad Day For Puppets know what to steal and how to drop what they’re juggling. They’re a Swedish indie pop menace. They must not be allowed to stop!
The Sounds – Crossing the Rubicon
To call an album ‘Crossing the Rubicon’ seems like a very deliberate move. In retrospect though, it’s a fitting one for this third album by Swedish pop rock band The Sounds. Andy Johnson reviews.
No and The Maybes announce debut UK release
We don’t know too much about these guys to be fair. Apart from the fact that they’re called No and The Maybes, they hail from Denmark, they write skewed, quirky pop songs and are really rather bloody good. Video inside.
Kleerup – Kleerup
After the rather weak EP Hello Holla, Kleerup shows us a better account of his capabilities, even if some of them are a little familiar.
Nya Vågen #3
This months dispatch from Gothenburg based new music guru Victor Svedberg uncovers countless hidden gems from the thriving city of Stockholm. Focusing on acts from the Sincerely Yours and Mad For It roster – you’re sure to uncover a few hidden gems.
Sad Day For Puppets announce album, single and tour!
Swedish indie-pop purists Sad Day For Puppets release their eagerly-awaited debut album Unknown Colors on June 1 via the marvellous Sonic Cathedral. To coincide with the release, the band are set to tour the UK in May.
VETO – Crushing Digits
Touting their wares on these fair shores for the first time are VETO, who put in a not-unimpressive attempt at a rocktronica opus with their second album. Andy Johnson reviews.
Jeniferever – Spring Tides
It may be called ‘Spring Tides’ but this is epic, widescreen and wintery music that is not to be dipped in and out of. Says Andrew Grillo of Swedish quartet Jeniferever’s latest.
Örnsberg – Redline Spotting
Redlinespotting is the debut album from Örnsberg, aka Swedish musician Johan Ragnarsson. With self-professed influences such as Pet Shop Boys, Beach Boys and Glasvegas, this debut certainly has some intrigue hanging about.
