Sometimes you're first - sometimes you're not!

I received a "friend" request yesterday at Myspace from indie/shoegaze band The Sky Drops. These days I'm not very got at checking out the bands requesting my "friendship", but yesterday I did an exception and was positively surprised as this is a great sounding band. But then when I decided to mention the band in the blog, I realized that The Sky Drops was pretty much talk of the town (bloggerworld) 5-8 months ago. Oh well - still good enough to recommend to those of you who missed the band the first time around!!
+ Hang On
+ Green To Red

Excited by the above mentioned success I decided to check out another band that has sent me a "friend" request. This time it was Tearwave; a NY indie/shoegaze band. The track available for download called Lotus Flower is absolutely ace, but when I decided to recommend this one as well, I realized that Peter already mentioned the band in his blog a few days ago. If you visit his blog I suggest you download Frustration by The Whip as well. Another brilliant track!
+ Lotus Flower (Myspace "quality")

Third band I decided to check out among the "friend" requests was US indie pop band Chuzzlewit. The band has released a string of albums the past 10 years and the track below is taken from the recent release An Experimental Index of the Heart. The song starts slowly and perhaps even a bit boring, but the outro of it sounds just great!
+All the Rivers Leave Their Beds

J.A. strikes again! Yesterday he recommended A Simple Plan by indie pop/rock six-piece The Information from Boston and once again J.A. has somehow managed to find a song so wonderful and so catchy that it's almost insane. The song is from the album Mistakes We Knew We Were Making which was released last year.
+ A Simple Plan

Southern Gothic Tales - Demo of the month!

If possible I always try to mention the bands/artists picked as Gaffa' Demo of the month, because I'm almost always amazed by the skills of the "winners". This month (November) it certainly is no different, as blues/folk/americana one-man project Southern Gothic Tales is awarded 5 stars by the magazine. Hardly a genre I consider myself a fan of, but once again Gaffa has spotted a great musical talent, who should be the next in line to sign with a record label. The 4 songs available are well-produced and -performed (agree with Gaffa that front man/band member Anders Hvelplund Riis has a great voice), but even more importantly they are ever so charming and damn catchy. Guess it's time for a taste of whiskey?
+ Burned Out Elvis
+ Loving Nighthawks
+ Love Navigator
Unfortunately all songs are in Myspace "quality".

Anthem of the Concorde

I received an email yesterday from Danish quartet Green Concorde asking me if I'd be interested in posting the single The Anthem To Which We Fall in the blog. Some of you might recall that the band left a really positive impression when I saw them warming up for Spleen United in March, so ever since I read that the band has been signed to a label, I've been looking forward to the band's debut album. So needless to say I'm nothing but thrilled to be able to post the track. The single was released in September this year and so far it has only (?) been available in a digital format. The debut album will be called Ten Cities and expected date of release is January 22 next year. The Anthem is a highly energetic alternative rock tune with the expected noise-rock elements and the distinguishing voice of lead singer Morten Dam. You should be warned that this is not as immediate as some of the stuff I normally post in the blog and it might require some work getting into. But in my opinion it's worth the effort, because the single is absolutely grand and has certainly helped to increase my expectations for the album...
+ The Anthem To Which We Fall

Morning update

I'm currently listening my way through the two Windermere albums I bought this weekend. Once again I have plenty of work I should (more than just) take a look at. Perhaps/hopefully I'll be back later!
+ Trailer Park
+ There's A Sun (Myspace "quality")

Neon Zoo...

I was checking the recent tracks played by a few "friends" over Last.fm, when I stumbled upon mid-England band Neon Zoo. As the songs were available as free downloads and New Order and Depeche Mode listed among similar artists, I really needed no further persuasion to give them a listen. According the band's Myspace profile the music sounds like "Depeche Mode meets Nine Inch Nails" and with their gothic/industrial/electronic sound, this is probably not the most original/innovative stuff you'll ever hear. But it's dark, groovy and quite catchy, which really it's all I'm asking for on this lazy Friday afternoon. And since the band offers plenty of songs and mixes for us to download (for free), Neon Zoo definitely deserves all the support and kind words it can get!
+ Darkest Dance
+ Heaven Sin
+ Insanity
+ Slave

BUSY, busy, bus, bu, b

Hopefully I'll be "back" this afternoon. Meanwhile enjoy these recent Last.fm recommendations. And if you haven't none so already; remember to download the two Kind of girl songs posted yesterday!!
+ The Oxygen Ponies – Have You Forgotten
+ Sense – Icy L Tap
+ Postal Blue – Fader
+ Le Sport – I Comes Before U (Ben Morris Remix)

Lonely in a modern way....Kind of girl

zzzzzzzzz It’s spring 2007 and Danish band Kind of girl has just released the debut album Lonely in a modern way to massive critical acclaim and is now ready to conquer the world. Waking up and realizing that this is November 2006 and it was just a dream. But surely not one of those impossible ones that will be told to the grandkids many years from now that they could/should have made it big. You must dare dreaming those big dreams and some bands do indeed make it. I'm probably biased as I've been in love with the charming and incredibly catchy pop/rock music of Kind of girl for months now, but ever since I first laid ears to these new versions, I've been feeling absolutely certain that there will be much more to this than just dreams. OK - shut up and get to the point. So here they are as promised, the two new sweet mixes (superbly done by Henrik Lund) from the wonderful musical universe of Kind of girl. And now - you guys go conquer the world!!
+ Poetry Boy
+ Slave To Your Charms

Hold your horses......

The two new Kind of girl mixes I promised yesterday, will be posted later today, as I have a reporting deadline at work at noon today. Instead I've posted two other fine ones by the band below.
+ Watch in wonder
+ If You Say

On the radio tonight....Kind of girl

Unless something unforeseen occurs, Peter will play new mixes of two songs by fast rising (and long-time favorites of this blog) Danish band Kind of girl on his radio show "Schallgrenzen" tonight (stream: high - low). And unless something unforeseen occurs (again), I will have the privilege of posting these new mixes in the blog tomorrow for you to download. Until then I suggest that you (re-)listen to the original (and still damn fine) versions.
+ Slave To Your Charms
+ Poetry Boy

Snow Fell.......

It's snowing. It's cold. It's winter (technically it's still autumn)! Spring is officially 4 months away.........
+ Snow Fell (It's Night)

Despite the poor weather I'm going to Copenhagen tonight to watch the all mighty Manchester United square off against local heroes FC Copenhagen in The UEFA Champions League.

The number of visitors to the blog in October was 276 per day. Up from 258 per day in September (+7%). Still thinking of every possible way to improve the number of hits!

Chris has a great post on the "new" Last.fm. "Recommended" (not by me, but by Last.fm) downloads today are listed below. Quite strange, because I downloaded and played all three songs a long time ago, so they should have been registered to my profile?
+ Ampel – Killing the Treemill Guy
+ Swimmer One – Cloudbusting/Lovesong
+ The Oxygen Ponies – Happy Where U R

To be continued???????????????????