Monthly Archives: oktober 2011

Within and without Within And Without, Amor Fati stands out in Ernest Greene’s discography, partly because it’s the most linearly pop-oriented Washed Out song to date, but mostly for it’s high-reaching ambition and philosophical pretention. The typical Washed Out ambient atmospheres are here, although sounding more celestial, sounding like the elevator music playing on the [...]

It’s easy to see why Zorbing was Stornoway’s breakthrough song. Starting off simply with lead singer Brian Briggs a melody that is just catchy enough to tease you into singing along as the folky tune about ”lying in your attic, I can feel the static” is sung in a sort of schoolboy choir tenor. So [...]

While twee to a fault, This Heart Is A Stone shows that the cutest extremes of indie pop can still be full of wit that adds a whole other, utterly charming dimension to an already catchy tune. We add this song to our iPod playlists for the ever so sweet melody but we stay for [...]

I was lucky enough to see jj live two times this summer, at the Swedish festivals Emmaboda and at Popaganda. I was a bit drunk at both occasions but vaguely remember that at least at Emmaboda Elin Kastlander started singing what appeared to be an interlude, one that really hooked me and reeled me in. [...]

Oh wow. What can I say. I mean, the hardest thing about getting back to business like this is probably to just take the step. More specifically, the hardest thing is to choose what song to come rushing back in with. It’s like, just a week after my last post back in July I knew [...]