Monthly Archives: August 2008

Provköket – pop with strings

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Knut in Bandprofile, Nordic music | Comments Off

I instantly fell in love with the music of Provköket when I stumbled over their myspace pages and heard their unique sound and wonderful songs. Provköket is a Swedish project fronted by singer/composer Jonas Drejholt, and they make pop songs with beautiful classical arrangements. Drejholt sings on most of their songs, with his strong voice and interesting lyrics. Gerda Holmqvist and Anja Inge plays cello, Johannes Burström plays acoustic bass and Elin Fleischer plays clarinet. Their music is comparable to … →

My Majestic Star – Australian Shoegazers with free single

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Knut in Other, Songs | Comments Off

Australian shoegaze-outfit My Majestic Star has a new single out on Hidden Shoal Recordings, and the song is a free digital download on the label’s website for a limited time. Great, dreamy track that makes me float back at 10-15 years in time. The song is from the album “Too late, the day”. My Majestic Star – and having a reason why