
Brb - going to join the rest of the resolutioners at the gym (ugh) to try and undo F/W 2011 before S/S 2012 hits. I've been going through iTunes to procrastinate put together a playlist and rediscovered one of my anthems from this past summer that I couldn't not post. Having produced Sam Sparro's hit 'Black & Gold,' and collaborated with him on a few other awesome 902s-inspired remixes, Golden Touch has again teamed up with Sparro to produce his upcoming sophomore album Return to Paradise, to be released sometime this year. Golden Touch has also [...]

Download : Baron Bane – My Slow World Swedish band Baron Bane have earlier been compared to bands and artists like Mew, Nine Inch Nails, Lykke Li and Ladytron. Their new single shows partly a new direction. My Slow World – the third single from album LPTO – is a personal mixture of the band's earlier influences put in a new context, with singer Ida Long in the centre . LPTO is released this last April 20th by Stupid Dream Records in collaboration with [...]

Download : Baron Bane - My Slow World Swedish band Baron Bane have earlier been compared to bands and artists like Mew, Nine Inch Nails, Lykke Li and Ladytron. Their new single shows partly a new direction. My Slow World – the third single from album LPTO – is a personal mixture of the band's earlier influences put in a new context, with singer [...]

For O'Spada , this is our second time writing up this Swedish five piece band and it may not even be the last. From the falsetto, anthem-ready vocals of front woman Julia Spada to the groove heavy synth pop, disco, funk band backing her up, this crew was made for soundtracking good times and thus made for Binary. Their music has an eclectic mix of elements that stays cohesive while incorporating elements of many genres. The sound is solid, a throwback to sunny days filled with laughter, smiles and enjoyable company. Just good music with a broad appeal. That [...]

Comme promis, nous nous dirigeons vers le Nord. Il faut savoir que les artistes du Nord, tel que la Norvège , la Suède et le Danemark sont assez bien informés sur ce qui se fait de mieux dans le milieu électronique. Commençons notre conquête du grand Nord avec la Norvège qui accueille 3 bons artistes. Faisons ça de manière alphabétique. Ça sera donc Antichrist qui aura l'honneur d'ouvrir ce bal. Antichrist est un duo qui évoluent assez rapidement. Ayant des influences basées plus vers le [...]

Comme promis, nous nous dirigeons vers le Nord. Il faut savoir que les artistes du Nord, tel que la Norvège , la Suède et le Danemark sont assez bien informés sur ce qui se fait de mieux dans le milieu électronique. Commençons notre conquête du grand Nord avec la Norvège qui accueille 3 bons artistes. Faisons ça de manière alphabétique. Ça sera donc Antichrist qui aura l'honneur d'ouvrir ce bal. Antichrist est un duo qui évoluent assez rapidement. Ayant des influences basées plus vers le [...]

O'Spada is a five piece based in Stockholm. Over the last year, the band's reputation has grown in epic proportions as their unique brand of synthesized pop has captivated audiences around the world. With diverse musical backgrounds - from hip hop to hardcore - the members met studying jazz, but were joined by the will to make pop music. The result is a sound that is not only original, but insanely catchy and extremely danceable. The band also caught the ear of Daktal , which paid back their appreciation with a remix of [...]

Introducing Melbourne's Daktal ; two young brothers with a trunk full of funk and grooves as fat as they come. They're runnin the electronica, hip hop and old funk hustle with finesse! They got that big compressed snare and piano key samples reminiscent of SebAstian and the early EdBanger records. The lads have been nice enough to share some of their latest bootlegged remixes. Their original is a bit of a gem too. Warning; head nodding may (will) ensue. O'Spada - Time [...]

Daktal is a new electronic band based in Melbourne, Australia. It is composed of brothers Jacob and Jerome Farah. They just sent over a few unofficial remixes of a few tracks about an hour ago. Interesting stuff! Be Easy (Daktal Remix) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Time (Daktal Remix) - O'Spada
O'Spada present a new remix from London's Devil's Gun with video by Sweden's Jonas Nilsson. Make a purchase here. http://www.ospada.se/ http://www.myspace.com/ospada http://twitter.com/ospada

O'Spada and Despotz Records are proud to present a spankin' new remix from London based producer duo Devil's Gun. The video is a mind destroying kaleidoscope by Swedish video artist Jonas Nilsson. The track is released digitally (worldwide) this week. (as copied from their e-mail) http://www.myspace.com/ospada ---- new stuff at the online store http://slantedtoys.bigcartel.c omm

Last night, I saw newcomer Swedish band O'Spada play The Station Sessions at St Pancras Station . It is a giddy thrill to hear the St Pancras announcements in English and French - O'Spada continued the thrills with a short set of 80s funky-synthy tunes. I liked O'Spada , despite their not-so-likeable name. The seven members of the band were in a true triangular schlager formation, with the 3 on the left wearing navy jackets and the 3 on the right wearing wine jackets. The lead singer, perfectly centred, wore gold. [...]

Enjoy a full live O'Spada show recorded two weeks ago with Swedish internet radio Gimmie Indie . The Pay Off album will be released in the UK in two weeks, and in support O'Spada are taking to London for a city wide tour. Get the new Pay Off (Sam Sparro & Golden WERQ remix) here. http://www.ospada.se http://www.myspace.com/ospada http://www.twitter.com/ospada http://www.parolofsson.com photo [...]

There's something in the water in Sweden that breeds pop artists. I'm convinced. O'Spada are a group of Swedes who make 80's r&b/funk influenced dance pop that's kind of a kin to Chromeo but less goofy and male...but just as funky and fun. I've read that their press release says "a bastard child between Prince, Jackson 5 and Justice", which is pretty dumb to say, but seems fairly accurate. I've also read things comparing them to Nu Shooz, which is probably even more accurate. I'm not really sure what's crossed with what to create O'Spada, but I like what I've [...]

Well, here we go again...I'm late. I can't deny it, Friday/Saturday were super busy days around POP Stereo Central HQ. We're in the full swing of a reclamation project that will take about two months to complete, so we've been taking the weekends off. Anyway, I'm not going to ramble on and on about things. Enjoy, the first of two posts and we're working to get back on track. Until tomorrow...happy Monday. Ten Tracks You Need (+some) 1 Johnny White - Desensitize website [...]
At least for us east coast peeps, it looks as if summer has officially arrived. The temperature is crackin' 80, the humidity is already driving us nuts, and free shows are now a plenty. In other words, life is pretty good right now! But what's the one thing that could make it even better? How about another edition of our now legendary - yes, legendary! - Friday Mixtape. As always, included below is a mix of the week's best new singles, remixes, and covers along with mp3s from some up-and-comers you just might want to check [...]

O'Spada are ready to launch their debut album Pay Off starting with a new home cooked social realistic video to the title track. Despotz Records also throwing in a free to share download of one of the two great official remixes included on the digital release. The album will get released in Europe and Japan this month. You can grab the single, plus two remixes on iTunes or pre-order the album via this International-link . If you ain't got enough, please yourself with the official new video to Pay Off [...]
El 19 de mayo se publica, por fin, el primer álbum de O'Spada , el quinteto sueco comandado por la poderosa voz de Julia Spada y habitulales de Planeta Pop . Pay Off , además de dar nombre al disco, es el nuevo single del grupo, continuación de los fantásticos Time y Ten Strikes . * O'Spada-Pay Off (Rigasdenandre Remix)
O'spada is getting set to release their full Lp this month, unfortunately is only in Europe, however the most exciting thing is the release of their latest single " Pay Off"; a song that oozes attitude and dance beats. You can check out the original version on the video that the people of Despotz records provided and you can check out a great remix of the same song below. Buy single Here O'spada - Pay Off (Rigasdenadre Remix) [...]

O'Spada are a Swedish pop/soul/hip-hop/funk/blues/el ectronic band whom you can't help but dance and smile to. They formed in 2006 and are already due to release their debut album titled 'Pay Off'. If you want a sneak peak you can grab the title track and remixes here . I highly recommend this band, I really want to see them make it big and hope with all might heart that they do. Snatch one of the official remixes below as well as two oldies. Download: Pay Off (Rigasdenandre Remix) - O'Spada (Alt [...]