Monthly Archives: May 2010

Kid Canaveral – You only went out to get drunk last night (new single)

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Knut in Bandprofile, Recommended Releases, Reviews | Comments Off

Tweet Kid Canaveral is a really nice indiepop quartet from St.Andrews, Scotland, who have made my ears happy with several good singles. My career as a fan started with the brilliant “Left and Right EP” from 2009, one of my absolute favourites last year. Their new single, “You only went out to get drunk last night” is released today, and their debut-album, “Shouting at wildlife“, will be released on the 5th of July. The single will be available on very, … →

ceo – “Come with me”, new music from Tough Alliance-member

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Knut in Bandprofile, Nordic music | Comments Off

Tweet This song has been stuck on my brain today, – so catchy! It’s “come with me”, from ceo‘s upcoming album “white magic”. ceo is Tough Alliance member Eric Berglund‘s solo project, and he will release his debut-album on modular recordings on june 28th (UK/EU), june 29th (US) and july 2nd (AUS). You can download this song on modular’s website.

Elephants – “Strong Arms” (new single on Alcopop)

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Knut in Bandprofile, Songs | Comments Off

Tweet Alcopop is a small label who have released good music from bands like The Candle Thieves, My First Tooth, goFaster>>, Stagecoach and several others. Their new release is from Elephants, – a two track single with the songs “Strong Arms” and “I still remember”. The single will be released officially on 31st May, but you can already now preorder it in Alcopop’s shop or get it as mp3s from the same place. The band Elephants were formed in Kent … →

New single from Club 8 – “Shape Up!”

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Knut in Songs | Comments Off

Tweet Club 8 recently released their new album “The People’s Record” on Labrador Records. They’re ready to release a new single from the album now, and it’s “Shape Up!”, – a very upbeat song with a cool afrobeat and interesting tempo-shifts. Club 8 – Shape Up!

Tigercats

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Knut in Bandprofile | 1 Comment

Tweet Tigercats is a new band from London, with Duncan Barrett of Esiotrot on vocals. They have a single out on Haircut Records soon, “Konny Huck”, and will be recording a new one in a couple of weeks. The band has played gigs with Tender Trap, Hexicon and Dum Dum Girls, and I expect great things from these people. You can listen to all the three songs from the single on myspace, and the lead track is available for download … →

The Man From Another Place – “I Y S” (video)

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Knut in Other | Comments Off

Tweet The Man From Another place is a Scottish one-man band who plays really nice orchestral pop with obvious influences from Brian Wilson/The Beach Boys, Burt Bacharach and also people like Sean O’Hagan and his The High Llamas. The Man From Another Place has released one ep, “The Loneliest Cowboy EP”, which you can order from his myspace page. One of the songs on the ep is called “I Y S”, and you can watch the new video for it … →

Juni Järvi + Annika Norlin (Hello Saferide) – “(I love it when you call me) Baby”

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Knut in Nordic music | Comments Off

Tweet This arrived in my mailbox just now, and I am so excited about it that I post it in full: “On Wednesday May 26, Juni Järvi is releasing a new single called “(I love it when you call me) Baby”. With the vocal contribution from Annika Norlin (Hello Saferide, Säkert!) Juni Järvi give you one of the finest pop love song this spring. (I love it when you call me) Baby is taken from the upcoming album The Gospel … →

Pet Milk

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Knut in Bandprofile | Comments Off

Tweet I stumbled over this on a mailinglist I am a member of, and fell in love at once. The band I’m talking about is called Pet Milk, and it’s a new band from Philadelphia. They share  members with other favourites of mine, Brown Recluse and Paint it Black, and describe their music as “Noisy twee pop with ladyvocals. Songs about ex-lovers”. It’s really, really good. The demo also include a wonderful version of “Paint A Rainbow” by My Bloody … →

News from Math and Physics Club

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Knut in Recommended Releases | Comments Off

Tweet Math and Physics Club are back with a new single, “Jimmy had a polaroid”, and a new album, “I shouldn’t look as good as I do”, next month on Matinée Recordings. The A-side of the single “Jimmy had a polaroid” is a catchy, upbeat pop-track in classic Math and Physics Club-style. The b-side, “The Sound of Snow” is my favourite of the two songs on the single. It’s an irresistibly beautiful song, only 1:31 long, with Charles Bert vocals … →

New, free EP from Symfoniorkestern, and wow, what an EP!

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Knut in Recommended Releases | 2 Comments

Tweet In an earlier post this year, I wrote about the Swedish band Symfoniorkestern. Now the band has released their third EP, “Den lilla flykten”, and it’s better than anything they have released before. Songs like “Dagar för Dig” or “Västra Berga Brinner” are among the best I’ve heard from Sweden this year, and that says a lot. This is the first EP the band sell on CD (with a 16 page booklet), but it’s also given away as a … →

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