Monthly Archives: maj 2011

M. Ward – To Go Home

I jump from glittery glam in Eurovision Song Contest where Sweden went to the finals this Saturday with our worst song ever (Eric Saade’s *barf* ”Popular”, yuck) to represent us to something a little more worth anyone’s time. Tonight, the artist I’m grumpy about not having been able to see when he recently visited Dramaten [...]

Queens Of The Stone Age – Go With The Flow

Tonight I feel bummed that I couldn’t go see Queens Of The Stone Age swing by Cirkus in Stockholm last Thursday on their tour to support the reissue of their eponymous debut album. Even though it would have been nice to hear this often forgotten but quintessential debut of the desert stoner rockers back to [...]

Lady Gaga – Telephone

With Daande’s 20-year-bash last Friday fresh in memory I think it was time to dust off the true crown jewel among Gaga’s monster hits. I can’t consider myself one of Gaga’s monsters which leaves me unbiased enough to pick out any one track at all. Sure, Just Dance just makes you want to dance and [...]

Arctic Monkeys – Old Yellow Bricks

Arctic Monkeys’ debut album alone could well stand against anyone questioning their meteoric rise to success and the incessive hype that surrounded them I still think it is Old Yellow Bricks from Your Favourite Worst Nightmare that cements Alex Turner’s position as one of the key new British songwriters of the 00′s. Though co-written by [...]

Parker Lewis @ Club King Kong, Södra Baren, Stockholm, May 5, 2011

I was fired up beyond imagination when it turned out Parker Lewis new song, Över Kilsbergen, was better than I would have dared to imagine. The news of a new album from this Swedish singer-songwriter coming this September is one of my most anticipated releases of the year. If possible, after seeing him live at [...]