Almost Weekend!

Staring out the window and the sun is shining. Unfortunately the weather forecast promises rain for the weekend :-(

Thank you Peter for reminding me that I should check out the excellent post on The Exploding Boy by Absolut Noise. Good stuff indeed!
+ Cold Things Start To Burn
+ It's Over

Everything All The Time by Band Of Horses is my favorite album of 2006 (at least so far). Lots of people compare this band to My Morning Jacket, but I'm constantly thinking of Doves when I listen to the album. Neiles Life has posted 5 songs from the album.

Maaan I'm fast. Kind Of Girl mistakenly uploaded a new song to Myspace and before it was removed I secured myself a copy :-) The song is called The More (final title? - probably The More I Love You) and is actually quite good. Hopefully the final version will be available very soon!
+ Poetry Boy Still their best effort!

New "friend" request at Myspace from Brookville. Solo project of Ivy member Andy Chase. Sweet pop music and some bossa nova rhythms!
+ Nothing's Meant To Last From the forthcoming album Life In The Shade.
+ Summer Parade From the 2003 album Wonderfully Nothing.
+ Sweet Sensation One more from the album Wonderfully Nothing.

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First single/video You're All I Have from the forthcoming album Eyes Open by Snow Patrol is just brilliant. German blog It's Too Long offers a download.

Chris is back :-)

Torr recommended a change of background color from black to white. Looks better this way - doesn't it?

I posted Blue by Kicker a long time ago (3 months to be exact), but since it's such a brilliant indie pop song, I thought I was OK to post it one more time!
+ Blue

My list of Current Favorites has been updated and songs by Airiel, The Handles, Band Of Horses, Soundpool, The Tamborines, The Holiday Show, Pete White and Vega4 were added.

I mentioned Danish band Girls! in my post last night, but now that I've listened to a few more songs by this Neil Young/Prefab Sprout inspired band, I think they should be given a little more exposure than just a one-liner. So here are few more songs by Girls! for your listening pleasure:
+ No More Fooling Around
+ There's Something On My Mind
+ Traveling Money

A quick search at Myspace led me to Girl Alliance; a tweepop/sarah records inspired band from Sweden (here we go again). This is charming and catchy indie pop and I cannot help being puzzled how a fine little band like this can pop out of nowhere.

+ Best Of Seasons
+ Jaded
+ What Can I Do

Last song of the day is a nice one by The New York Fund (formerly known as Cherryfalls).
+ Wild Birds & Paper Floats

Wednesday Evening Challenge

I have exactly the length of an episode of Desperate Housewives to find at least three good songs.....

+ All That And A Bag Of Chips - Television Breakdown
+ No Torso - Fight The Blue Horizon
+ Farrago - I Want It Out
+ Halph - No Fear
+ Girls! - I'm In Love With A Girl

How did I do?

Pete White

Pete White is definitely among my favorite artists of the year so far and I'm still regularly listening to the 4-CD box set I bought a few months back. Today I discovered that new (and really great) versions of two older tracks are available as free downloads from his webpage. I quickly downloaded the songs and you really should hurry up and do the same!

+ Friction Makes Fyr Less acoustic and even better than the original!
+ Just In Time

Javelins

Somhow it’s inevitable. No matter how I roam in cyberspace, I always end up in Sweden. Javelins from Gothenburg play an interesting mix of indie pop/punk and claim to sound like “everything falling apart”. The songs are short (none of them runs more than 2½ minutes), energetic and noisy exactly the way they are supposed to be. I've linked to 6 songs below and a few more can be found at the band's webpage.

when i was 7 [mp3]
i was raised as a polar bear [mp3]
Dexter's got a sinister heart [mp3]
nosebleeders on the track [mp3]
my best friend [mp3]
nothing will ever happen [mp3]

The Holiday Show

Danish Synthpop-quartet The Holiday Show is getting some (not a lot) media attention in Denmark, because the band won "MyMusic-legatet 2006" this Saturday. I assume the jury must have had a difficult job picking a winner with the current boom the Danish music scene is experiencing? That said I think they did a fine job, because, despite being unknown to me, it only takes a few listens to realize that The Holiday Show is a band with a lot of potential. The 3 songs below are very catchy and hopefully we'll hear much more from these 4 talented guys!

Snookerstar [mp3] Great one!
Put me on a TV-show [mp3]
Island of lonely people [mp3]

Tired Tuesday (once again)

Download new song At Least I'm Honest [mp3] by Tiger Baby. Found via It's A Trap ("at least I'm honest!").

The album hca by Swedish electronic/instrumental act Fujasaki is released today on Sudd. This is really not my type of music at all, but the two tracks below are pretty cool and very catchy!
Boston Revisited [mp3]
You Never Left An Airport Happy pt. 2 [mp3]

The debut album by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah received lots of positive reviews at the time of its release. Now that I've (finally) listened to it, it's not difficult to understand why. It really is very good!
Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood [mp3]
Over and Over Again (Lost & Found) [mp3]

My Current Favorites list needs to be updated. Hopefully I'll do that tomorrow.....

Groovyjim and more

Who is Groovyjim you might ask? Well he is one of my "friends" at Myspace, but more importantly he runs an online radio station called Vertigo. The radio station plays shoegaze, dreampop etc. and the monthly top 25 listener-rated tracks list is always an interesting read. Here are some really nice/cool songs I found, when checking out some of the bands on the recent list.

The Lionheart Brothers - I Burn Myself On You [mp3]
Ether Aura - Hardly Know You [mp3] + About You [mp3]
Jets Overhead - This Way [mp3] Coast Is Clear has more about this band.
Guitaro - Ace Faced On The Scene [mp3]
Thee Heavenly Music Association - Angelic Disorder [mp3]
Heroes Of Switzerland - Waiting [mp3]

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Ether Aura has posted a cover version of Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me [mp3]. It probably won't be available for long, so hurry up and download it.

Ehlers/Thejsen has posted a new (at least I think it's new) song called We Fixed Your World [mp3].

In The Meantime

I've found quite a few songs that I'll post later. Meanwhile check out these excellent blogs:

Absolut Noise
Coast Is Clear
It's A Trap
Mars Needs Guitars
Torr

April Fools Day

I think it's a quite stupid tradition, so you won't find any of that here.

Instead here's a trio of songs I'm looking forward to checking out. If you're quick you might beat me to it!

Convoj - Cultural Legacy [mp3] + Liberty City [mp3]
Firefox AK - Madame, Madame! [mp3]

Unfortunately none of the 3 songs blew me away as I had hoped they would. All of them are pretty nice, but not more than that.

Bought albums by Ambulance Ltd. and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah today.

Danish band Tosibb has been chosen as demo of the month by Gaffa. I've downloaded 3 songs by the band and all of them are quiet and very beautiful. It's difficult to describe the music, but the band itself uses the expression "soft midnight indie pop". So let's stick to that!
Appal [mp3]
Paralyse [mp3]
Green Dreams [mp3]

Check out brilliant French blog Absolut Noise dedicated to the Swedish music scene.

4 songs by UK band The Tamborines will end today's post. This is great and catchy indie pop/rock and each one of the songs is definitely worth a listen.
The Great Division [mp3]
Sally O'Gannon [mp3]
What Took You So Long [mp3] This one is fantastic!
Looking Glass House [mp3]