He hails from Sweden, he writes songs about hate and he uses keyboards to make melodramatic indie pop that's as pointed as it is poignant. Combine those powers for a Captain Planet-like creature (emphasis on the power of "heart") called Little Big Adventure . Just recently signed to Labrador , LBA's track "The Hateful Eye" is a great primer into the mind of songwriter Magnus Sätterström. The tempo doesn't change, nor the emotion, and you get the sweet fragility of a first love, where you enjoy the pauses, but revel in the commotion of it all. [...]
Today has been absolutely awful. Dead tired from a little too much drinking Saturday evening combined with having to meet a reporting deadline at work today. And for a few hours every blog hosted by blogger was stopped by our IT security system, which more or less would have put an end to my blogging career. Whatever caused this has now been changed and things are pretty much back to normal. Arriving in my mailbox this weekend were albums by Green Concorde , Didium & The Black Bonnie Picture [...]
I'm really supposed to be previewing the Swedes at SXSW. But when I heard about this debut record from The Late Call being put out by the very fine German label Tapete everything else was put on the back burner. The Late Call is really just one guy (+friends) from Stockholm named Johannes Maye. His debut record is called Leaving Notes and chronicles the long distance relationship he had with his girlfriend. The record and this song has an organic feel on account of the mostly acoustic instrumentation. He's joined [...]
Mar 16, 2009, 9:19am
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I love Labrador Records . First, because it is a Swedish label. Second, because the music is great! Third, because I just got a new song from Little Big Adventure. He talks about how when he started he put his life savings into a keyboard. Well, I think that was a great thing to spend it on. It's a one man beat machine of electronic ecstasy. Check out the new song 'The Hateful Eye' from his debut EP of the same name out My 13th on Labrador Records. Little Big Adventure - The Hateful Eye
By now you know the drill: we are passing along a list of FREE and LEGAL MP3s and albums (or EPs) that have come our way in the past week. They're all posted below and free for you to enjoy... just click the band name for the band's site and the song name for the MP3. EAR FARM: giving you more of what you want. MP3s Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound : "Two Birds" BEADS : [...]
For my 2008 thing, I asked three easy questions to several Swedish artists : :-) --> who/what did you love within the Swedish music scene this year? :-( --> who/what disappointed you within the Swedish music scene this year? N. --> your favourite newcomer(s) ? As I'm nice, I put a video and some mp3s, including M.A.G.I.C , the brand new Sound of Arrows single! For my French readers : désolé les gars : billet trop long = pas de traduction Parken - Jag har varit vilsen, Lisa [...]
Sweden "Ben And Jerrys" Little Big Adventure on MySpace Little Big Adventure on The Hype Machine
If I drove a car then this would be the sort of music that would blare from its mono speakers. It's just not possible to fall into a bout of unseemly road rage with spiralling electro nodes filling your ears with smiley thoughts. For that is what 'I Want to Be a Villain Too' specialises in, sophisticated lounge music for people on the move even if movement is achieved through peddling. Little
Not the game, more the one man army from Northern Europe. Little Big Adventure (previously Penny Century) uses a 'mediocrity is me' tagline on his myspace page, hmmm, a pessimist in an industry rife with egos is something to embrace I suppose. Little Big Adventure pedals a neat line in down tempo electronica that often transforms itself into a bold and brave sound. In fact 'The Easiest Thing'
Music Of The Moment Hot Tracks has finally been updated. This time, you can find these tracks amongst many others: Bahnhof - A Brighter Day Little Big Adventure - The Easiest Thing Maps - To The Sky Oh No! Oh My! - The Party Punch Ray - This Is A Wave The Brights - London Belongs To Me The One AM Radio - Lest I Forget [...]
Little Big Adventure has it's third mini ep up for free download. They hope to put these all together for a full length one day but for now you can download the songs here free. I've written about the band here (they were formerly know as Penny Century), this new song reeks of the Cure which I'm sure a lot of you will appreciate (as I did). The Easiest Thing MP3 , Music
It starts with Miami booty beats with a case of anemia and a bad drank habit. But as the song progresses I started to develop the fantasy that I had found the sad last attempt of a synth pop star who was shaping up to be a one hit wonder. Trying to make the best of it with a toy Casio. Gone are the days of writing pure pop and driving fast cars. No, now everything is heavy sitting facing the vastness of failure. And it is the process of the fall that [...]
There used to be a band called Penny Century (in fact there were two ). The better of the two bands (imho) has changed it's name to Little Big Adventure and released some new music. The email I received from the band described the music as simply having "distorted and clean guitar sounds." It's a lofi rock sound accented with simple electronics and solemn vocals (again described by the band as full of "insecurity and self abuse, hate and revenge"). Enjoy. Editors Note: I'll be [...]
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