I’m seeing my friends in Queue play at Mosebacke tonight and I’m leaving soon so I’ll just leave those of you who still haven’t heard Neon Indian to be dazzled by the lo-fi tape warble pyschedelic pop indie megahit Deadbeat Summer on this glorious, rainy Swedish summer day. I’d also recommend seeing them live as [...]
Monthly Archives: juni 2011
Wavves – Green Eyes
From yesterday’s Best Coast the jump is not far to everyone’s favourite no-good but awesome indie punk Nathan Williams a.k.a. Wavves a.k.a. Bethany Cosantino’s boyfriend and, perhaps, the object of all of Best Coast’s songs. Last year’s King Of The Beach was an eyebrow-raising pop transformation from the lo-fi bedroom noodler he’d been introduced as [...]
Best Coast – When I’m With You
Continuing with the surf rock vibe from The Walkmen, in these wonderful summer times, I’m willing to argue that When I’m With You is the finest moment on Best Coast’s quite homogenous debut album Crazy For You. I’ll have to admit I had my doubts about this band when they started generating blog hype before [...]
The Walkmen – Angela Surf City
Matt Barrick’s drums are a steady gallop while Paul Maroon’s guitar sound as sophisticated as a gritty guitar can sound. Hamilton Leithauser cracked, raspy voice addresses someone named Angela. What’s the difference? Today’s a day like any other. The vague picture gets a little sadder and the slightly nostalgic aura starts to seep into the [...]
Drömhus – Hålla Dig Nära
When you were eight years old and living in Sweden in 1999 Drömhus was the pop music above all. Behind the name was songstress Therese Grankvist who now, retrospectively, can be seen as a perfect incarnation of a Swedish girl next door in the late 90s, with her dark or the slightly more edgy red [...]
