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The new single from Swedish band Irene called Little Things (That Tear Us Apart) is available from the Labrador webpage. Described as "Bob Dylan on a Surpremes diet"! 2 minutes long (or short) and very catchy!!
+ Little Things (That Tear Us Apart)

Last weekend Danish band The New Brand finished second in the Emergenza Music Festival (ending a measly 2 points behind the winner), but their song Highly Addictive was voted best original song.
+ Highly Addictive

Peter over at Schallgrenzen is pretty high on Irish band alternative rock band Suddyn. If you listen to Drowning Souls by the band, who in their own words sound like a blend of Muse, Radiohead and Foo Fighters, it's not that difficult to understand why!
+ Drowning Souls

Said the Gramophone has a fantastic post on Temptation by New Order. That song is at least a thousand years old, but still one of the very best!

I've just added a link in the right column to Hello! Surprise! a guide to Swedish pop music.

Still depressed :-(

The weather is even better today, and it's very difficult finding any motivation for working, when you know that it will be damn hot in here all day. In an attempt to ease the pain, I've forgotten all about any dresscodes and am wearing a pair of knickers. Anyone daring commenting on this will most certainly be in for a verbal abuse.

Oh well. Enough whining about the weather. Time to listen to some music and I'll get back later with a few songs.

I'm trying to cheer myself up a bit by listening to Danish (Copenhagen) rock band The New Brand. The band is currently "the talk of the town" (and band of the week at Mymusic.dk), because they have won a couple of music competitions the past two years. The band plays straightforward rock music, which has been described as "...an adequate mix of nicotine alcohol and wire...". Really interesting and the band definitely makes it less painful staying indoors.
+ Highly Addictive
+ Into The Daylight
+ With You (very good)
+ More songs

Two new songs are available from very productive German one-man project Oscillating Brushhead. Good stuff!
+ Intromental
+ Big Blue