Monthly Archives: August 2007

My Toys Like Me – cute computergame pop

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Knut in Bandprofile | 2 Comments

I listened to Rob Da Bank’s latest Sundays Best-podcast (#10) earlier today, and got totally charmed by a band called My Toys Like Me. I don’t know much about them, other than that they’re from London and that they’re a boy and a girl (Frances Noon and Lazlo Legezer). The song Rob Da Bank played was their latest single, “Barnaby”, an amazingly cute popsong with childish vocals and computergame-ish electronic blips and blops all around. “Barnaby” is available on 7″ from … →

Summer moods with The Postmarks

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Ivar in Bandprofile | Comments Off

If you’re not getting into a summer mood listening to The Postmarks’ "Dreamer" you probably are made of stone, or something even harder! Florida’s finest, The Postmarks, have made a great cover version of brazilian Astrud Gilberto’s gorgeous bossa nova lovesong "Dreamer". This is THE theme for lazy warm summer nights! The Postmarks – Dreamer (from pitchfork media)

Trust Gravenhurst!

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Knut in Songs | Comments Off

I’ve had the new single from Gravenhurst for some time now in an iTunes-version, and I love it. I found the single-track + another Gravenhurst-song on MOJO 4 MUSIC today, and thought I’d share it with you: Gravenhurst – Trust  Check out my interview with Nick Talbot from Gravenhurst here.

New song from Irene

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Knut in Nordic music, Songs | Comments Off

Labrador Records has released a free download of the new single from Sweden’s Irene, “By your side”, taken from the band’s upcoming album “Long gone since last summer”. The album will be released on September 12. Sounds fantastic to me! Listen here: Irene – By your side We’ll add an older song too: Irene – Baby I love your way

Bishop Allen’s new single – Rain

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Ivar in Bandprofile | Comments Off

I heard Bishop Allen‘s new single "Rain" on the radio yesterday and I really liked it! Bishop Allen is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The band’s core members are Justin Rice and Christian Rudder, who are supported both on stage and in the studio by a rotating cast of musicial collaborators. Their new album is called «Bishop Allen & The Broken String» and it was released late July this year. Bishop Allen – Rain Bishop Allen … →

Gravenhurst – interview with Nick Talbot

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Knut in Interviews | 3 Comments

  Bristol-artist Nick Talbot has been making music as Gravenhurst for several years, and he is soon ready to release his fifth album, “The Western Lands” on Warp Records. Gravenhurst’s first two albums, “Internal Travels” and “Flashlight Seasons” were dark, acoustic based albums with a lot in common with songwriters like Nick Drake or Jeff Buckley. On his latest release, “Fires in distant buildings”, Gravenhust explored other sides of his music, and created a noisier, more electrified, maybe a bit … →

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