Earlier this month Lykke Li played a gig at Cirkus in Stockholm and of course I was grumpy that I couldn’t afford to go see her. I’ll admit that I was a little bit disappointed of the progress of Lykke when she performed at last year’s Way Out West festival in Gothenburg. All grown up [...]
Monthly Archives: maj 2011
Frontier Ruckus @ Debaser Slussen, Stockholm, May 16, 2011
I’m in a period where I’m low on money but high on pre-summer spirit so between grumbling over concerts I couldn’t attend I try to go to as many free gigs as possible. Therefore I didn’t want to miss Frontier Ruckus playing at Debaser Slussen. Some may pass this Michigan-based band off as riders of [...]
Lena – Taken By A Stranger
Overall, I was satisfied with the outcome of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany. My #3 favourite song won the entire thing: Ell and Nikki with the wonderful and modern ballad Running Scared representing Azerbaijan. It’s a well deserved victory for Azerbaijan because they have ever since their 2007 debut in the competition [...]
Metronomy – Heartbreaker
In the next episode of my ongoing series of posts where I lament not being able to see some great acts playing in Stockholm this wonderful month of May we will listen to the popular British hipster former blog buzzband Metronomy who played at Debaser Medis last night. Very much overlooked, probably because they sound [...]
Dub Sweden – We’re So Loud
There’s something about those Wilson sisters, I swear. I mean, besides their being phenomenally talented and innovative pop songwriters. Yes. There’s something about the Wilson sisters and spring. Something about the feelings. Odd but addicting. A sense of change sprung from the dull. Anyway, I’m sitting here studying for a Spanish test and while Jenny [...]
