Son My...

Just came across interesting Danish alternative/post-rock band Son My over at Last.fm. The band's dreamy sound should definitely appeal to fans of Sigur Ros, Mogwai etc. Wonder why I've never heard of these guys before!!
+ It Will Soon Be Over
+ Intermission
+ By Night

Katrienne...

Fadeaway recommends Italian psychedelic/ shoegaze/alternative rock band Katrienne. 3 tracks from the band's self-titled 2005 album are available for free from the band's webpage. I have to admit that the Italian music scene is rather unfamiliar territory to me, but perhaps it's time to start exploring it? Especially if there's more like this to be found! Somehow I'm certain that Fadeaway has a few more recommendations up his sleeve!
+ Our Ever Changing Earth
+ The Other
+ Tomorrow Daylight

Another busy day!!

I have another hectic one ahead of me, so I won't have much time for posting anything. But I thought I'd share these with you.

Celestial's debut album Dream On will be released on Skipping Stones Records this spring and the title track has been made available as a free download by the label as a (let's call it) "appetizer". Highly anticipated.
+ Dream On

The great Danish indie poppers Charlie Don't Surf has a new song available for download over at Myspace.
+ Still no Signs

SuperTroels has posted a remix of Green Concorde's 2:26.

Songs...

I'm really, really busy at work these days, so I have very little time to update the blog. But here are few quick ones!!!

Swedish band Dew has been so kind to send me a couple of their tracks in a better quality than the ones I posted the other day. Now there are no longer any excuses for not checking them out!
+ Still Looking
+ All That I'm Leaving Behind

Rodolfo has asked for (and been given) permission, to post the catchy and danceable (new) single by Scarlet BLONDE.
+ Electric

Falk recommends the really cool track Impurity by UK Gothic rock act The Faces of Sarah.
+ Impurity

Sorry about this rather incomplete post, but it's the best I can do right now......

Today I've been listening to...

the fabulous debut album Songs for the Locust King by Sweden's The Book of Daniel (it's untterly beautiful and simply perfect when you're tired and a bit hung-over). This indie pop/folk/jazz inspired album has received fantastic reviews and it sure deserves each one of them. Whether this is a one-man project or a multi-person band is difficult to decide, but of course the band hails from Gothenburg, just like every other great Swedish band these days!
+ The Camels Parade

Friday evening.......

The closing track Catch and Turn of the Green Concorde debut (Ten Cities) has been pumping on my stereo tonight, and since the band has granted me permission to post a track of the album in the blog, there really is no doubt in my head that this superb piece shall be the one. It's an epic/majestic track; sounding like something you'd expect to find exactly in-between Interpol and the shoegaze classics. Not sure if that description is any good, but the track is definitely worth a "right click" and 5 minutes of your time.
+ Catch and Turn

Thanks to Fadeaway (go make him your friend!) I've been streaming Italian shoegazers Murnau a few times recently over at Myspace. It doesn't really matter that they are singing in Italian, because the music is awesome (especially Organico). I'm still hoping that they'll send me a few tracks to post.
+ Goccia (no language barriers here, as this one is an instrumental)

Celestial is releasing a 3 track single on Florida label Cloudberry Records on February 1. The "a-side" can be streamed at the label's Myspace profile and it's an up-tempo piece with lots of guitars and sounding absolutely gorgeous. The more calm and quiet "b-side" Hope, You Know is already a free download from Cloudberry Records webpage.
+ Hope, You Know

One band with a kick-ass attitude is Edison Jr from Copenhagen. On the band's Myspace profile it says: "Many artists today seem to be focusing on the wrong things - mainly fame and fortune. That's ***** crap! They should be looking at what's really important.... The music (if you hadn't guessed it). Real music with real feelings can move people - which is what real music is all about." And of course all 3 tracks posted by the band (this is indie/pop/lo-fi kind of stuff) are free to download if you like!
+ House in Brooklyn

Tinkerbell is one happy camper these days!

J.A. recommends Swedish band The Confusions and it's quite peculiar, because I actually visited the band's Myspace profile the other night, without listening to the band (why I decided not to, I cannot remember). Now I have and this is pretty decent alternative/indie stuff inspired by the likes of New Order, Smashing Pumpkins etc. Several tracks are available for free and especially Artificial from the 2006 album 5 am is worth checking out!
+ Artificial

Seeing through the snow...

Great Danish music blog emodreng & indiepige has a new home.

Download Keane's cover version of the classic The Sells Sanctuary by The Cult over at Torr. Awesome!

Chris and I could have saved ourselves a lot of troubles the other day. Cobra by Oliver North Boy Choir is available over at Last.fm!
+ Cobra

Skatterbrain recommends DAYS!

Yesterday I compared Dew to The River Detectives. Check out this track from the (brilliant) 2005 album King of The Ghost Train Ride.
+ Some Kind of Love

Guess what I'll be doing March 31!?
+ To The Lighthouse
+ Artboy Meets Artgirl

Came across the simply wonderful Suddenly Everythings Happens by California Snow Story over at Myspace tonight, just to learn that Indie MP3 had mentioned it earlier today. But it's certainly good enough to be mentioned by me (and plenty of others) as well, so grab this great new freebie by Letterbox Records.
+ Suddenly Everything Happens

Swedish Dew

Found the Swedish band Dew over at Myspace tonight and below I've listed pretty much all the information I can find:
- Formed in 2000 and released an album in 2005 (I believe it must have been called Somewhere Else).
- Two band members (Tommy & Dan). So it's a duo (I'm clever eh?).
- The band has five Myspace "friends". Hopefully they'll accept my request to make it six!
- Influenced by many genres, but mostly by British group from the late 70's and early 80's.
To me this is exactly the type of charming indie pop that so regularly and generously flows from Sweden to spoil us all.....hmmm - now that I think of it, Dew actually reminds me quite a lot of The River Detectives if anyone remember that Scottish band!? Check out Dew even though the songs are in the typical (low) Myspace "quality"!
+ All That I'm Leaving Behind
+ Still Looking
+ Somewhere Else

Stupid Monday....

It's Monday - It's snowing - I'm busy - I'm Tired - The coffee is cold - I cannot upload any files - I'm not broke, but I still cannot stop whining........

You get my point - don't you?

I wanted to upload a new track by cool Danish trio Oliver North Boy Choir, sent to me by the band, but I cannot make FileDen work. The track is also available at Myspace, but in the usual bad quality, so I asked the band to send me the track in a better quality and I received it within minutes. But the poorer version will have to do for now, until I figure out how to upload files again. The track is (apparently) "just" going to be a b-side, but like everything else I've heard from this band it's very good. Perhaps this track shows the band trying to distance itself a bit more from the sound of EPO-555, though the band manage to do it without loosing the charm and the catchy melody.
+ Cobra
And if you didn't download them the first time around, here are two older ones:
+ Something New
+ Albertino

Chris has been so kind to upload the file for me, so here is the track in a better quality.
+ Cobra

And a couple of nice Last.fm recommendations from FALK:
+ Seagull Strange - Sulla's Return
+ Roenik - Leave That Something (mentioned a few times by Chris as well)

Rodolfo is a busy man these days, but nonetheless he has found the time to recommend this rather nice one by UK powerpop band Blackflower.
+ Won't Feel a Thing

I've just received the album Lanzafame by Tap Tap that I ordered last week. It's absolutely brilliant and sounds like Arcade Fire meeting Neutral Milk Hotel. No horns or violins though.....but (quoting Rough Trade) it's packed with noisy guitars and crashy drums!
+ Here Cometh
+ Way To Go, Boy

I just found these two really nice ones by Liverpudlians Clinic in the mailbox. The band's fourth album called Visitations is released tomorrow.
+ Harvest Within You
+ Jigsaw Man

Murder....

The album Stockholm Syndrome by Danish indie/folk/acoustic duo Murder, was among my favorites of last year, but I never did feature the album in the blog, because I couldn't receive permission to post a track. Now (to celebrate a string of things) the band has made it possible to download the fine When The Bees Are Sleeping for free from their Myspace profile. I'm not going to add further except that I still think it's a great and very beautiful album.
+ When The Bees Are Sleeping