I’ve kept my eyes and ears on everything Sweden’s Ella Blixt does as an artist ever since I started this blog over 3 years ago. Actually, I think one of my first posts were about her solo-project Ella Glockenspiel, which later evolved into Bobby Baby. She’s always been a true musician, who lives for creating and experimenting with new sounds and new ways to make her wonderful creations come to life. Ella has also been one of the artists who … →
About a month ago, I first heard the music of Smile Down Upon Us, an English/Japanese trio comprising Keiron Phelan, David Sheppard and moomLooo. The music struck me instantly with its beauty and “differentness”. It sounded like nothing I’ve heard before, yet it wasn’t strange or unfamiliar. I’m in some ways reminded of the sound of some modern, experimenting pop artists like Björk, Múm, Deerhoof or Tenniscoats, – but this is at the same time very different than all of … →
The Swedish glockenspiel´n´accordion trio Detektivbyrån has just finished their new album “Wermland”, which they call their debutalbum. I wondered a bit about this, because I already own an album called “E18″ from this band, but then I noticed that E18 was a compilation of all their eps. So, it probably is right to call Wermland their debut. The album is recorded, mixed, mastered, financed and released by the band, and it will be out on their own label Danarkia on … →
Boston trio 28 degrees taurus play some kind of “dreamy, psychedelic lo-fi shoegaze” if you know what I mean. Their new and second album is just released, and it’s called “How do you like your love”. The album is sometimes a bit too dark and dreamy for me, but other times it really works for me. What I like: Most of the parts where Karina Dacosta and Jisen Liu sings. Nice melodies and good vocals! What I don’t like: The … →
We’ve written about Rob Jones (The Voluntary Butler Scheme) several times before, and he was also featured with a song on our “Summer’s here!” compilation. In a few days, you can buy his new single “Trading things in” (out 21st July), and here’s an amazing “live-on-tv” performance by our favourite one man band… Amazing stuff!
I just came home from my vacation, and found a nice new song from Pelle Carlberg in my inbox. The song is called “1983 (Pelle & Sebastian)”, and it’s the first single from his third album “The Lilac Time”. The new album will be released August 27, on Labrador Records, of course. I like the song, – catchy and simple with nice lyrics, but it may be easier to forget that the first single from his previous album “In a … →
Magnus Sinnes is one of the more interesting new young artists in Norway, and for some strange reason, he’s still unsigned. We featured the song “Kalypsos Garden” on our own free summer compilation “Summer’s here!” (link to the compilation in the sidebar), and now Magnus has made another of his new recordings available via NRK Urört’s website. the song is called “Imminent”, and it’s another gem from Sinnes. His music is filled with interesting elements beneath the leading vocal melodies, … →
Just before I went on my vacation, I bought the new album from The Heart Strings, called “Try Fly Blue Sky”, and it has really become a summer favourite of mine. This London six-piece is led by icecream-loving twins Todd and Max, and their music reminds me of Sufjan Stevens in some ways, – especially in the way they build their arrangements and melodies. Charming, warm and completely irresistable popmusic. This is orchestral pop, and the songs are filled with … →
LO recordings has become one of my favourite labels this year. LO is a London based label, with 2 sublabels, where LOaf recordings is my favourite. They release mainly electronic music somewhere between pop and experimental. Interesting music, melodic music, surprising music. LO’s latest releases has been a wonderful album from The Chap (one of my favorite electronic albums of the year), the new Black Devil Disco Club and now the awesome new ep from Dark Captain Light Captain, “Circles”. … →
Indonesian Sunny Summer Day was one of the bands we featured on our recent “Summer’s Here” compilation here at Eardrums. Now, they’ve got a new download-only EP available on Letterbox Records, and after listening to the six songs on “me, myself and the empty soul” I can give this release my warm recommendations. This is jangly, melodic indie pop, and the band is more than a little inspired by bands from the legendary Sarah Records. Some of their songs may … →
