• London-quartet Dry the River got a new song out, the emotional thunderstorm of Rollerskate.
In their own word this is ”folky inspired gospel music performed by a post punk band”. We say dig!
See this shit live? Try March 31 Pustervik Gothenburg, April 1 Debaser Strand Stockholm or April 2 Babel Malmö.
• From the southern part of Sweden we introduce Anna Jadeus & the Miracle Orchestra and their brand new song Army Révolutionnaire. A hooky folky vibe we double dare you to resist, a feet stomping zealous ride.
It’s unsigned, homemade and a fresh breath of mountain air. It’s Regina Spektor drinking Scotch on the rocks with The Head And The Heart on the banks of Öresund. Give it a swing!
• Seafret is the acoustic North Yorkshire duo of Jack Sedman and Harry Draper. Folllowing up from the success of the recent Give Me Something EP, last week they released Seafret’s new EP Oceans.
Check out the bands tumbling, emotional, captivating, contagious cover of Hozier’s Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene which was recorded for Zane Lowe?s Radio 1 show. Honest & raw, sit down, enjoy.
• We head on with cruel, beautiful, nervy, wonderful, Swedish, Americana music. The Tarantula Waltz is fronted by Stockholmbased singer-songwriter Markus Svensson who played with badass greatness´ as The War on Drugs and First Aid Kit.
Later this year Tarantula will announce their second album, produced by The Tallest Man On Earth aka Kristian Matsson himself. Check out song 17 – ”I wish I was wiser when I was seventeeeeen…” – from the album Tinder Stick Neck.
• From the capital city of Sweden we find the garage punk rock act of Lucern Raze. The single Someone Like You from the upcoming debut album Stockholm One (release Feb 25) is plain awesome. A slow moving roller coaster of hidden emotions, drugs to our muddy ears.
Lucern Raze is a new project from Luke, ex-frontman of London-band Sex Beet. Talented geezer, no doubt.
• Mary Caroline from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories got us hooked immediately on her folky vibe and gritty northern imagery. The Canadian singer-songwriter lives just below the Arctic Circle and works on a Animal Planet/Discovery show called Ice Lake Rebels. It gives her the opportunity to live ”off the grid” and focus on her songwriting. We salute her for every tune down that rocky road.
Check out MC´s debut album Life On Earth, released January 27th, and the great title track below.
• Swedish psych-rockers Slowgold is heavily on our mind. The Gothenburg dream catchers is foremost the beautiful voice and essence of Amanda Werne – a poetic heroine if there ever was one.
Check out new single Det Osynliga (The Invisible) from their upcoming EP. It’s music slowly turning to gold, alchemists of wicked vibes.
Like an early Christmas gift, we receive a fresh new single from Gothenburg band Wea.
Wea is an explosive, alt-blues-pop band with influences, from bands such as Feist, Beck, The Black Keys and Wilco. But the sounds is more unique and self made than anything else.
Having released two EP’s starting in 2011, this third album will hit the streets spring 2015.
Today they release the first single ”My Spell” from the upcoming album. This was love at first listen. This is new music for 2015. I can’t wait for the rest of the songs to hit me.
Wea are:
Vocals/guitar/lyrics: Alexandra Wennersten
Guitar/producer: Thomas Andrén
Bass: Karl Jonsson
Drums/Percussion: Johan Östling
Merry Christmas, listen and enjoy!
• We wish you a loud n messy, punkgrunge, rock n roll Friday.
Check out Dre, Zach and Jesse aka Standards. The debut EP hit us in November and the single Kid is plain awesome.
A teeth kicking experience; these guys may be noise pollution and we love them for it. All the way from St Catharines, Ontario…
