Had a falafel for lunch today. Really should feel a slight bit of guilt, as this is not the proper diet with the 100 Push-Up challenge in mind! I do promise that I’ll continue my quest tonight!
A new track by Calexico is free to grab at Myspace and though I’m no fan and therefore lack any insight, I do find it very appealing and believe it must be one of their best songs. New album to be called Carried To Dust and will be released September 9 on Touch and Go/Quarterstick Records.
+ Two Silver Trees
On a Myspace crusade yesterday I found this quite beautiful cover version of Love Will Tear Us Apart recorded by Italians Albanopower.
+ Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover)
Series Two Records has agreed to release the debut album by Swedish electro pop duo Television keeps us apart later this year. I feel the "need" to mention that the duo hails from Stockholm, as I should have mentioned yesterday that indie pop duo New Found Land is from Gothenburg. Check this post to understand why this is of “importance”.
+ Television keeps us apart – Never be alone
July 22, 2008
July 21, 2008
Shorties (longer version)...
As it was played on the radio this morning, I wanted to post the video for Zookeeper’s Boy by Mew, but all I got was the “embedding disabled by request” message! I’m tempted to post multiple question marks here, because what exactly is the motivation behind this decision? I’m truly sorry that I wanted to promote one of your songs. Sorry, sorry, sorry and I promise that I’ll never do it again! My big problem is that I absolutely adore Mew, so hopefully it’s just some label jerk showing his complete lack of judgment.
The lovely Someone You Replaced by Kind of girl was played on the radio as well. The debut album Lonely in a modern way will (finally) be digitally released August 11. What a long, long journey this has been.
Also on the radio this morning was the annoying Don’t Get Me Wrong by The Pretenders (video) and I seriously believe it must be one of the worst songs ever written.
Swedish male/female duo New Found Land has just finished recording their first release (?) and the track Leave It All Behind once again leaves me in complete awe how the stream of charming and catchy pop tunes by Swedish bands never seems to dry out.
Hits In The Car favorites Ether Aura are giving away an unreleased version of the album track Our Favorite Song. These guys deserve a major breakthrough, so they can go on a world tour, as I believe this will be my only chance to ever see them in concert.
+ Our Favorite Song
Another favorite act The Papertiger Sound will soon be releasing/publishing a new EP. It's to be called This Is How It Ends and hopefully there's no deeper meaning to the title? Every single track recorded by this amazing band is available as a free download.
I love small indie labels like Shelflife, matinée etc., but at the same time I do find it a bit frustrating when the “coming soon” signs are up for months. When will Shelflife release that Paris and I EP by Champagne Riot and it probably comes as no surprise to anyone that I cannot sleep at night, because I’m impatiently awaiting the Napoleon Sweetheart EP by Northern Portrait (hopefully out on matinée very, very soon)?
+ Champagne Riot – Heroes Of Our Time
The lovely Someone You Replaced by Kind of girl was played on the radio as well. The debut album Lonely in a modern way will (finally) be digitally released August 11. What a long, long journey this has been.
Also on the radio this morning was the annoying Don’t Get Me Wrong by The Pretenders (video) and I seriously believe it must be one of the worst songs ever written.
Swedish male/female duo New Found Land has just finished recording their first release (?) and the track Leave It All Behind once again leaves me in complete awe how the stream of charming and catchy pop tunes by Swedish bands never seems to dry out.
Hits In The Car favorites Ether Aura are giving away an unreleased version of the album track Our Favorite Song. These guys deserve a major breakthrough, so they can go on a world tour, as I believe this will be my only chance to ever see them in concert.
+ Our Favorite Song
Another favorite act The Papertiger Sound will soon be releasing/publishing a new EP. It's to be called This Is How It Ends and hopefully there's no deeper meaning to the title? Every single track recorded by this amazing band is available as a free download.
I love small indie labels like Shelflife, matinée etc., but at the same time I do find it a bit frustrating when the “coming soon” signs are up for months. When will Shelflife release that Paris and I EP by Champagne Riot and it probably comes as no surprise to anyone that I cannot sleep at night, because I’m impatiently awaiting the Napoleon Sweetheart EP by Northern Portrait (hopefully out on matinée very, very soon)?
+ Champagne Riot – Heroes Of Our Time
July 18, 2008
Yays and nays...
Yay – ENTAKT believe they have finished recording the last track for their sophomore album. Come October the album will hopefully be released.
+ Kunsten At Slippe Taget (oldie but goodie)
Nay – The new Last.fm layout is downright ugly and the download function isn’t working. They’ve taken a huge step in the wrong direction if you ask me.
Yay – Celestial have finished recording their sophomore album. No news on any release date.
+ Dream On (another oldie but goodie)
Nay – Chris is busy, though he did find enough time to write a post today. He doesn't seem to be a fan of the new Last.fm design either?
Yay – A Classic Education are now so popular that one of their songs has been covered. The band's own version is still the better of the two.
+ Stay, Son
Nay - I have exactly 1,156 mails in my mailbox waiting to be read, filed or deleted.
Yay - Afraid of stairs have a new track streaming at Myspace.
Nay - The Danish album chart. A joke as always, as the best selling album is by "newcomers" Creedence Clearwater Revival!
Yay - Superb Swedish indie pop band Sweet Sweet Concorde has a lovely new tune named Benji and Me streaming at Myspace.
+ Kunsten At Slippe Taget (oldie but goodie)
Nay – The new Last.fm layout is downright ugly and the download function isn’t working. They’ve taken a huge step in the wrong direction if you ask me.
Yay – Celestial have finished recording their sophomore album. No news on any release date.
+ Dream On (another oldie but goodie)
Nay – Chris is busy, though he did find enough time to write a post today. He doesn't seem to be a fan of the new Last.fm design either?
Yay – A Classic Education are now so popular that one of their songs has been covered. The band's own version is still the better of the two.
+ Stay, Son
Nay - I have exactly 1,156 mails in my mailbox waiting to be read, filed or deleted.
Yay - Afraid of stairs have a new track streaming at Myspace.
Nay - The Danish album chart. A joke as always, as the best selling album is by "newcomers" Creedence Clearwater Revival!
Yay - Superb Swedish indie pop band Sweet Sweet Concorde has a lovely new tune named Benji and Me streaming at Myspace.
July 16, 2008
Opening the mailbox...
The debut album Portuguese Prince by Austin indie rock band Goldcure is definitely worth checking out. I’ve been giving a few spins this morning and it probably deserves a post of its own. Will be out August 26 on Sorin Records.
+ Make It Stop
Labrador is giving away the new Pelle Carlberg single 1983 (Pelle & Sebastian). A lovely indie pop tune and the Belle & Sebastian references make perfect sense.
+ 1983 (Pelle & Sebastian)
Among things I'm trying to understand why there is such a hype surrounding From Bubblegum To Sky. Still haven’t figured it out.
+ I Always Fall Apart
I’ve just downloaded the Liz Durrett album Outside The Gates. Promo track Wild As Them got me interested.
+ Wild As Them
Fields are currently recording their sophomore album and sends this track to give us an idea of how things are progressing!
+ Worst Love
+ Make It Stop
Labrador is giving away the new Pelle Carlberg single 1983 (Pelle & Sebastian). A lovely indie pop tune and the Belle & Sebastian references make perfect sense.
+ 1983 (Pelle & Sebastian)
Among things I'm trying to understand why there is such a hype surrounding From Bubblegum To Sky. Still haven’t figured it out.
+ I Always Fall Apart
I’ve just downloaded the Liz Durrett album Outside The Gates. Promo track Wild As Them got me interested.
+ Wild As Them
Fields are currently recording their sophomore album and sends this track to give us an idea of how things are progressing!
+ Worst Love
Mmm...I kissed a girl...
First song on the radio this morning was the Hanson “classic” MMMBop, but no way that I’m going to post that video. Though I do recall requesting it at some disco back in 97 and dancing to it like a maniac. Instead I have no problems posting this funny new video for the Max Vernon cover of I Kissed a Girl.
+ I Kissed a Girl
+ I Kissed a Girl
July 15, 2008
On the radio this morning...
This was the first song on the radio this morning. Even though the title isn't the most optimistic you'll ever hear, I still expect today to be a fine one, with a start like that.
+ No One's Gonna Love You
Every morning when eating breakfast the radio is on, and from time to time it does happen that some really fine stuff is aired, thus helping to make the start of the day a good one. The “On the radio this morning” posts are an attempt to make your start a good one as well!
+ No One's Gonna Love You
Every morning when eating breakfast the radio is on, and from time to time it does happen that some really fine stuff is aired, thus helping to make the start of the day a good one. The “On the radio this morning” posts are an attempt to make your start a good one as well!
July 14, 2008
Shorties...
It’s summer and thus the season for reruns on TV, so with that in mind, I thought no one would complain about this fine cover by Ether Aura being reposted?
+ Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Hitmeister has nominated my two German blogger friends Peter & Peter, a.k.a. Mr. Schallgrenzen and Mr. Coast Is Clear for Superblog of the year. And they really need your votes!
Motivated by the awesome title track, I’m currently listening a lot to the new album Another Noon by Canadian acoustic folk rock duo Jon and Roy.
+ Another Noon
I’ve been asked a few times, if I’m going to this year’s Rip It Up festival. Sadly the answer is no.
The free download album Secrets of the Witching Hour by The Crimea has now reach 92,811 downloads. That's another 6,224 downloads since June 26.
+ Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Hitmeister has nominated my two German blogger friends Peter & Peter, a.k.a. Mr. Schallgrenzen and Mr. Coast Is Clear for Superblog of the year. And they really need your votes!
Motivated by the awesome title track, I’m currently listening a lot to the new album Another Noon by Canadian acoustic folk rock duo Jon and Roy.
+ Another Noon
I’ve been asked a few times, if I’m going to this year’s Rip It Up festival. Sadly the answer is no.
The free download album Secrets of the Witching Hour by The Crimea has now reach 92,811 downloads. That's another 6,224 downloads since June 26.
Superman where are you now...?
A while back I submitted this blog to the blogger social network blogcatalog, with the attitude that I’d do a lot of promotion of Hits In The Car and not give a damn about other people’s blogs. Now that I’ve spent some time there, I’ve realized that just about everyone else has the exact same agenda (shameless self promotion), so one could claim that I from day one fully understood what this so-called “social network” was all about. That said, I did actually stumble upon a quite interesting blog called Catapult Fitness, where the writer describes how she’s taken the 100 Push-Up challenge. Heavily inspired and extremely motivated I thought I’d take on the challenge as well, so Saturday morning I began my journey towards the 100 push-ups and everything went pretty well (or at least so I thought). However my upper-body didn’t think it was such a terrific idea, as I’ve been having constant muscular pains ever since I woke up yesterday morning. But once the pains are gone, I’ve promised myself that I’ll continue the challenge – stay tuned.
Today’s title was (of course) inspired by this classic:
Today’s title was (of course) inspired by this classic:
July 11, 2008
Can you sense the frustration...?
Call me naïve. Call me stupid. Call me hopelessly stuck in a distant past. Call me whatever you like. But there I was yesterday, down at the local CD pusher wanting to spend my weekly allowance on the new (2 months old) album Zen Sucker by Larsen & Furious Jane – just to be informed that the album is only available on vinyl and as a digital download (had I been paying attention to some of these very fine and highly informative Frekvens posts, I could have saved myself from the embarrassment). Get lost! My turntable is now living its own quite life in the attic, as my wife has once and for all expelled the vinyls from the living room and I still refuse to buy any releases as digital downloads (and back we go to that good old “is music tangible or intangible?” discussion). So what the *explicit swearing* do I do now?+ Fine (which things in my humble opinion certainly aren’t!)
UK playmobil faced popsters Play People have uploaded a new track Don’t Come Back to Myspace, and once again it’s streaming only. So I’ll continue adding fuel to the fire and claim that I have a sneaking suspicion that the band will soon release an EP on Cloudberry Records. This piece of information, which could be classified as a homemade rumor, hasn’t been verified, but exactly when did that stop the tabloid press from printing anything?
Yesterday I received a mail from Swedish electropop duo Psychic Stunts and once I had listened to the band’s fine new EP 101 Pick Up Lines (free download), my thoughts started to wander. Why is it that every Swedish indie pop band seems to be coming from Gothenburg, whereas every band with a more electronic approach origins from or is based in Stockholm? This is not meant to be a scientific analysis of the musical landscape of Sweden, but I’m simply trying to figure out, if there’s any truth to this (and there probably isn't)!!
Gothenburg (indie pop)
+ The Electric Pop Group - I Could See The Lights
+ Days - Downhill
+ Tellus About The Moon - Wwwm
+ The Lost Homeboys - Don't Say You Don't Know
Stockholm (electro/synth-pop)
+ Psychic Stunts - Speaker's Block
+ Ostrich - Icecold Kisses
+ Le Sport - Tell no one about tonight
+ Kuryakin - Take My Hand
On the radio this morning...
Doubt that I'll ever be a fan of Nephew, but this has to be their finest moment.
Every morning when eating breakfast the radio is on, and from time to time it does happen that some really fine stuff is aired, thus helping to make the start of the day a good one. The “On the radio this morning” posts are an attempt to make your start a good one as well!
Every morning when eating breakfast the radio is on, and from time to time it does happen that some really fine stuff is aired, thus helping to make the start of the day a good one. The “On the radio this morning” posts are an attempt to make your start a good one as well!
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