Monthly Archives: October 2009

From the notebook and the mailbox, week 42-09

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I realize that I post a lot of news and finds on my twitter @eardrums that never gets published on the blog. I’ll try to post some of it here and also some of the stuff I get in my mailbox that I never manage to do something about. I’m hopeless with continuity, but I will at least try to do this weekly. Let’s start with some “VERY SHORTIES” and below this, you will find a lot of free goodies: …

Music Alliance Pact, October edition: 34 songs by 34 bands from 34 countries presented by 34 blogs

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It’s the 15th, Music Alliance pact day! Here is this months M.A.P., 34 songs by 34 bands from 34 countries presented by 34 music blogs. Music Alliance Pact is a collaboration between 34 blogs from all over the world, and every month, each of us present a new band from our country. All presentations is put together in this huge blogpost, and presented on the same day in all 34 blogs. Massive promotion for the bands! This month we have …

New video and ep from Seeland

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Seeland has a new video for their song “Captured”, the second single to be taken from their debut album, Tomorrow Today (LOAF records). The song is now also available on Seeland’s new remix ep, a 5 track ep which in addition to the original version of “Captured” includes new mixes of “Call The Incredible” (remixed by Advisory Circle) and Library (remixed by Opiate). MP3: Seeland – Call the incredible

Exlovers – “You forget so easily” (new video)

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Exlovers released a brilliant EP recently, and now they have made a wonderful video for the song “You forget so easily”. The EP is HIGHLY recommended, and can be bought from all good download stores. Check out the video:

Jonathan Johansson – Aldrig ensam (new video, lovely song)

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http://www.myspace.com/jonathanojohansson

The Lovely Eggs with Twin Peaks-themed Halloween single

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David and Holly from The Lovely Eggs have recorded a halloween single about (as they say) “the singularly most frightening and shit scarey thing in the world ever- TWIN PEAKS!”. The song is called ‘Haunt Me Out’ and it’s released on Cherryade Records on October 26th. The cd single is only available in 100 copies, and it is handpacked with a special collectible gift: A Laura Palmer half heart necklace… The release will also be available on iTunes, but if …

Lots of good pop-news from Shelflife records + The Primitives are back!

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PHOTO: Days Shelflife Records have news for us, and all news from this label is usually good news. On their release plans, we can find new releases from Sweden’s brilliant pop-orchestra Days and also new music from Burning Hearts. Both of these excite me hugely! Some of the songs on Days’ “Downhill” 7”/cd-ep (also on Shelflife) are among my most loved songs ever (esp. “Downhill” and “Simple Thing”), and Burning Hearts’ debutalbum “Aboa Sleeping” is one of my top 5 …