Monthly Archives: april 2011

El Guincho – Bombay

Bombay is one of very few songs sung entirely in Spanish that I think is very good. Over a tightly clapping rhythm and accompanied by wonderful steel drums and a Balearic mood El Guincho delivers some of the best Spanish vocals in a pop song I’ve ever heard. Good Spanish indie pop sung in Spanish [...]

The Flaming Lips – Race For The Prize

Here’s another song well suiting the sunnier parts of the year. Whimsical genius Wayne Coyne sings about two scientists racing to find a cure and save humanity, even if it means sacrificing themselves. Little does Coyne know that he might have already beaten them to it. We come for the (com)passion and a band that [...]

DW – Nine Lives

Once again I feel obliged to write about song that my pal Victor goes bananas for. It’s yet another 80′s-influenced, synth-heavy pop song. Swedish duo DW’s visual image may resemble both Daft Punk futuristic robot personas and Alaska In Winter’s keytar-toting (check their myspace) but musically they are their own brand of typically Swedish and [...]

Gullbrand – Under Attack

My friend Victor absolutely adores this song so I feel obliged to tip you off about it. Klas Gullbrand, or just simply Gullbrand has written a pop ditty that seems beamed here straight from the 80′s called Under Attack. I must say that it’s hard to restrain oneself from not dancing frenetically and singing along [...]

Camera Obscura – Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken

Their two first albums might be nice enough, especially Underachievers Please Try Harder is an underestimated indie pop gem of an album. But it was with the help of Jaari Haapalainen that Camera Obscura took off and soared into absolute pop bliss on their two latest albums. You can’t go wrong with one of his [...]