Recension: Erik de Vahl – Hold Your Breath

Jag börjar med att säga att jag (ännu) inte lyssnat på Eriks podcast som hänger ihop med albumet, och således bedöms albumet helt fristående. Erik de Vahls musik har alltid varit både drömsk och djupt melankolisk, oavsett om han kompats av elektronik eller av en akustisk gitarr. I fallet med Hold Your Breath är det … Fortsätt läsa Recension: Erik de Vahl – Hold Your Breath

Recommendation/New Discovery: Hater

  I'll be writing this post in English since the band's lyrics are in English. They also have a great chance of making it outside of their native Sweden (mainly because I think they're good enough) and as many people as possible should check them out. The band I'm speaking of is Hater, hailing from Malmö, … Fortsätt läsa Recommendation/New Discovery: Hater

New Discoveries: The Arms of Someone New

The Arms of Someone New isn't a new band in any literal sense of the word, but they're (sort of) new to me. Apparently, according to Last.fm, I briefly listened to them back in the spring of 2010, but I have no real recollection of it, so to call it a rediscovery would be a stretch. … Fortsätt läsa New Discoveries: The Arms of Someone New

This week’s rediscovery: The Radio Dept. – This Past Week

Swedish dream pop band The Radio Dept. followed their atmospheric and wistful, yet still rough-around-the edges, debut album Lesser Matters from 2003 with an EP in 2005 called This Past Week. Here they adopted softer corners and in the process slipped further into that dream state they've since made their own. They had ditched the "upbeat" … Fortsätt läsa This week’s rediscovery: The Radio Dept. – This Past Week