Purely by an act of complete coincidence here is the second band we've featured this month from Malmo. Not that Lampshade are completely Swedish, there are glints of light from other parts of Scandinavia, mostly Denmark. Their last album 'Let's Away' came out in 2006 and featured the not inconsiderable talents of Damien Jurado. 'New Legs' was the second track and highlights Rebekkamaria's kooky
Yesterday I had the somewhat lame idea to do a two-for-Tuesday type of thing today and, in the middle of figuring out what songs to use, I realized that it was already Tuesday and I wouldn't actually be posting until Wednesday. The best-laid plans, eh? Here were a few that were on my "maybe" list. Lampshade "Good Day Sunshine" (Beatles cover) I didn't think I'd ever see the day when a Danish/Swedish twee cover of anything might be too sickly sweet for even me. [...]

Lampshade are a Danish band that have released two albums so far : Because trees can fly (2003) and Let's away (2006). Their music has a dreamy edge to it, although one could also drown in their guitars at times. Melancholy reigns, and the Scandinavian accent (sometimes they even sing in Danish) makes you long for the long winter nights, when snow is falling and the fire is on, your socks are warm and a blanket covers you while you're reading some romantic novel... Enjoy [...]

Åhr, det havde været noget nær en perfekt weekend, hvis Arcade Fire ikke havde aflyst i går. øv. I fredags var i Vega til Soundvenues release-party, hvor især franske Yuksek gjorde stort indtryk. Det var første gang, udover til Uffies koncert i februar, hvor Feadz dj'ede, at vi oplevede det franske electro-helvede irl. Yuksek er super cool og nede på jorden, og har ikke den der fetich for neon-farver, grimt tøj og briller , der netop er så moderne for tiden, men holder det i stedet mørkt og stilrent med bl.a. halstørklæde, og Institubes [...]

Us With Millions er et rockband fra Aarhus, og netop "månedens demo" i Gaffa, hvor de bliver sammenlignet med navne som Band of Horses og Twilight Singers. På deres MySpace beskriver de deres musik som "indierock as played in the country side", hvilket der kan være noget. På MySpace kan du også downloade flere sange med dem, og læse deres blog som de opdaterer rimelig ofte. og så er der nok ikke mere tilbage end at sige, "Dan, din fee' bamsebjørn"! og tjek det uud.. The Tactician [...]

Yesterday tWAMi published/posted his new remix of the Lampshade track New Legs (taken from the Danish/Swedish band's really fine 2006 album Let's Away ). The remix version is more than twice the length of the album version, which certainly is not one second too long. As I'm no expert, I asked tWAMi himself to explain what he has changed/added to the track. In short he has almost re-recorded [...]

Finally, I've put together another mixtape for you. 24 tracks, - 77 minutes and 7 seconds of pure pop. As always, the mixtape will fit perfectly on an 80 minute CD-R. This time, all the songs come in the category "sweet, melodic indiepop". All shiny and jangly, and of course, lots of new artists and hopefully some new and great discoveries for you too. I've included an old favorite of mine here too: the classic and super-bittersweet "I'm in love with a girl who doesn't know I exist" originally released on the great Sarah [...]
Lampshade beehren die Grabenhalle und die Klangschau hat Tickets.
Last.fm doesn't seem to be working right now (at least it's not updating), but today I'm listening to these interesting new purchases: Traening - All My Time Is Spent On Nights With You (2005 EP) Traening - Better Than This (2003 album) + Between Your Lips + Over And Out [...]

You probably have checked it out already but if not then you need to do it now. The latest edition of the Contrast Podcast is Beatles covers. I contributed a Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts) cover of Yellow Submarine. Check out the podcast here . The July issue of Mojo magazine has a whole disc of artists covering the Beatles "Revolver" in it's entirety. These are all excellent and here are a few for you listening taste buds. Mojo:Revolver Reloaded Various [...]