Tower of Foil - just a quick note....

Brilliant Swedish indie pop band Tower of Foil has made two new tracks from the really fine EP Highland Lullabies available as free downloads over at the band's webpage.
+ Strange Diversion
+ the Golden shrine

Test.......!

In a moment I'm going to waste 50 minutes of my life doing an internet based personality test. I honestly couldn't think of a more boring thing to do, but since my employer believes it's absolutely necessary (apparently they have been fooled into believing that I am of some importance to the company) I better do it, I guess?
On rotation is the excellent 2005 debut album Crash by Detroit band (Go Wings!) Ether Aura. Below 3 tracks of the album all found at Myspace.
+ 6 Days Yesterday
+ Waiting
+ All Doves Grey

BREUM...

Danish duo BREUM sent me a Myspace "friend" request the other day, but I didn't check them out until tonight. Normally I shy away from bands singing in Danish, but luckily I did an exception tonight and gave the new project of the Breum brothers a listen (both are ex-members of Coolsville). This is catchy (and in their own words "dark and romantic") 80's inspired pop music and fans of the more well-known Danish bands TV-2 and Nephew should welcome these newcomers (or at least - new band), as vocals and music sounds like the perfect blend of those two bands (with the mandatory twist of Depeche Mode/Pet Shop Boys). The track Ikke Bange has been added to the play list on Danish national radio P3, which hopefully will secure the band some well deserved exposure. The debut album is set for release in 2007, but for obvious reasons no exact date has been given, as so far only the two featured tracks have been completed.
+ Ikke Bange
+ SOS i sommer

"Top friends"

A few bands/artists have been so kind to list me among their "top friends" at Myspace and needless to say I'm more than grateful. So this post is just my lame way to say "thank you all" and I really hope that some of you will pay them a visit, listen to their music (they are all very good), become their friends (they are all very friendly), leave a comment etc............

+ Anamia - Waiting For Moonlight
+ Anubia - Goodbye Now
+ Bordeaux - No free song available :-(
+ Citrus - Into My Head
+ The Cupids - Tonight
+ DAYS - Downhill
+ Girl Alliance - What Can I Do
+ The Holiday Show - I love the light coming out from a closed door
+ Kind of girl - Slave To Your Charms
+ The Knight In Plaster - A Nasty Piece Of Work
+ Neon Zoo - Monster
+ Oscillating Brushhead - Room Service
+ Purplespace - Rosemary Gold
+ Ruined By Martin - Perfect Sense
+ Starring Me - Umbrella
+ tWAMi - Peak Roller
+ The Whetherkings? - No free song available :-(
+ Pete White - When You Go From My Door

Myspace stuff...

Spending a little time tonight at Myspace searching for indie bands. None of the tunes are exactly what you'd call "groundbreaking", but all ot them are actually quite nice. Anyway; Here's what I found (all songs are in the usual "quality"):
+ The Sunny Street - Comedians
+ Carnival Park - Poignant
+ Sweaters - Lovelies & Ordinary Girl
+ Stars of Aviation - Love Is Only In Your Mind

And finally indie/electro/new wave quartet The Bright And Shiny from Stockholm, Sweden. These guys are really, really amazing!
+ Nature
+ The White Screen
+ The Scent Of You
Download a few songs in better quality over at Hello! Suprise!

The Orders

As promised Friday; here's a track from the debut EP by amazing Finnish indie pop band The Orders as well as a short Q & A. A big thank you to Rodolfo, who sent the questions to The Orders and originally introduced me to the band with the words: "This band is a good tip for 2007!" The debut album called Guilt and Confusion will be released in January next year, so it's very likely that he was damn right!

Q) Lets us know your background, and your previous band Dive, and your evolution to The Orders.

A) We started as Dive. Year was 2004. Main influences for my writing and for whole band goes like: Depeche Mode, Joy Division, David lynch, Franz Kafka, The Smiths and The Cure. We've had a few line-up changes, but now we are a four piece and we have an extra synth-player on our gigs. Because of those changes and the reason that those changes took us a huge step a head. We changed our name too. The Orders. I would call our music a dark disco-rock. Songs that makes you dance. Songs that you can cry with. We've released our debut EP, simple called The Orders in june 2006. Debut album titled Guilt And Confusion will follow 12th January 2007. Where It Always Rains took a very good rotation on Finnish main radio stations and so did another track from EP Apart. We are very excited what the whole album will do.

Q) I love the Finnish scene at the moment bands like yours, The Boys of Scandinavia, Ultranoir, Magenta Skycode to name a few are great. Tell me more about it, live music in pubs, clubs, labels, people, and new bands you could recommend etc.

A) I think we have a very good club scene in Helsinki. There many new wave, indie and post punk - clubs around here. Girls are really into dancing and boys - raising their hands!

Q) I went to PIAFF website and is all in Finnish :(, can you tell us about your future album deal and where we should be able to find it, you've already made some demos?

A) PIAAF records site is now in English. And the album is in work. There is a good vibe now and I honestly think that we are releasing a magnificent debut album.

+ Desperation Takes Hold
I've been given permission to post one track of the EP and I could just as easily have picked any of the other 3 songs. They are all that great!

From around the globe.......

Soundvenue reviews The Art Of Kissing Properly by Moi Caprice (5 stars out of 6).

New album-release from Swedish label Music Is My Girlfriend; Dots by The Motifs. Only 50 copies made, so hurry up if you're into bedroom-pop (this is what the music sounds like according to the label!).
+ Every way
+ Diagonal

Listen or re-listen to White Love by One Dove over at mp3hugger. Still great after all those years!

Stream the fine new single Where Did We Go by Danes Phonovectra.

This blog has been upsetting/pissing off quite a few people in bloggerland.

Chris is back in action! Hopefully the cat isn't his?

What is probably one of the nicest bands in the world of music - The Arrogants - has made two album tracks available for free download. You can buy the album for $5.50, which easily is the bargain of the year (second year in a row)!
+ Future Classic
+ Easy

I'm currently listening to the EP by Finnish indie pop/rock band The Orders. If things work out according to plans I'll post a track from it, as well as a short interview with the band later this the weekend.

Found this one by Australian garage rock band The Silents in the mailbox (actually it's been "hiding" there for nearly two months). Nice and that's pretty much it.
+ Little People

I now have 1,299 "friends" over at Myspace. Amazing........isn't it?

J.A. - a Poster boy? :-))

As promised yesterday. Here's the second part of the recommendations from J.A. Time is short, so no time to write all that much, but here goes:

Two songs by Norwegian indie pop/rock band Monzano. Both songs are taken from the band's promo EP. Like the rest of the songs yesterday, this is pretty good stuff.
+ Poster Boy
+ Swedish Geography

The final two songs are by Swedish one-man project Sinking Slow. Previously mentioned by great French blog Absolut Noise, who gives a pretty good description of these really fine songs!!
+ Summer Ends
+ Hate Being Free

J.A. Recommends!!!!!

As promised earlier today; here are the best of the songs recently recommended to me by Spanish music freak J.A. (no, no - it's not him in the picture!). He sure deserves all the credit he can get, 'cause he definitely has a knack for finding interesting (and partly unknown) bands. I'm beginning to start wondering what he's doing for a living, because he (seemingly) has all the time in the world to search for new music!!

I mentioned Spanish indie pop band Stay in my previous post and this is perfect stuff if you're into a nostalgic trip back in time. Lots of inspirations from bands like The Byrds and The Hollies.
+ Show Me The Way

Everywhere Is Home is the first (and really good) single from the album Feel Free by Swiss alternative band The Shell. The entire album can be downloaded for free here. Read more about the band over at Schallgrenzen.
+ Everywhere Is Home

Swedish indie pop 5-piece Eyedrop released an 8-track album called You And Me vs. The Machine in 2003 on Dead Frog Records and then split up in 2005. Once you've listened to the two tracks below I'm certain that you'll agree that it was quite a shame the band decided to part ways! More songs can be found here.
+ Sweet Machine
+ City Moan

One of the members of Eyedrop went on to join another Swedish indie 5-piece; Emerald Park. The band is currently working on their second album (to be produced by Ola Frick of Moonbabies) and according to plans a 4-track EP will be released in December. The two songs below are from the EP and hopefully the rest of the album will be as good as this!
+ Open (Myspace "quality")
+ Lights Of Sunday

2 more bands to come.......will be posted tomorrow.....

Morning update

I'm currently "chewing" my way through the recent doze of recommendations received from J.A. Check back for updates later today. As an appetizer I've posted a really catchy 60's inspired track from Spanish indie pop band Stay.
+ I'm Still Nothing