London’s Pocketbooks gave me some brilliant news this morning, and I already feel that this will be a perfect day! The band has given me so many fine pop-moments with their previous eps/singles “Waking Up” and “Cross the line”, and I’m so happy to hear that their debut album “Flight paths” is now finished and ready for the shop. The original release date will be in June, but you can already buy the album directly from their label How Does … →
I want to present something really beautiful for you today, both for the ears and for the eyes. The German pianist/composer Volker Bertelmann records his wonderful music as Hauschka, and he’s been a favourite of mine for many years. His latest album “Ferndorf” is a must-have, the new mini-album “Snowflakes and Carwrecks” too, and so are all his previous works (spotify-link | Hauschka’s page in the FatCat shop). In fact, Hauschka is one of the very few artists I own … →
Whenever I hear the name Thieves Like Us, I think about New Order (this song, if you have Spotify), but from now on, all of this will probably change. Thieves Like Us is also the name of a band, – a trio -, where two thirds are from Sweden and one third is American. They met in Germany, but consider Paris, France their home. Their debut album, “Play Music”, will be released on March 10th on Shelflife Records, which kind … →
Fanfarlo recently visited Channel M’s television studios in Manchester to perform five songs from their debut album “Reservoir.” Here is their performance: I pre-ordered the album a while ago, but it still hasn’t arrived to me, so after hearing this, impatient me checked out iTunes to see if it had arrived there. It had, and at least here in Norway it was really cheap, – half price of the normal iTunes albums, so I couldn’t resist. I’m a supporter, so … →
On Fireflies myspace page I found this blog-post early this morning: “Hello, I have another new EP of music available. Just head over to the Lavender or Music is My Girlfriend website to download your copy. Like the “Strange” EP, they are graciously offering this up to the consumer public free of charge..and in this economy, who doesn’t like something for free. The EP consists of three songs. Two of them have words, and one does not. The tracklisting is … →
Teeny Grownups from Stavanger, Norway is ready with their second album, and for some reason I was not surprised when I saw the title, “Epic Rock”. I am sure the band had a laugh when they decided the title, but in many ways I would seriously call this epic rock, – or maybe epic pop? Their new album is full of fine, playful pop songs with just the right amount of cute-ugliness. Think c86, the pastels, bmx bandits, television personalities, … →
