90s-style guitar-based indierock never fully went away, but I think we're finally ready for a proper resurgence. Hopefully all the retarded "rockism" talk has faded to the background enough for folks with loud guitars to emerge unashamed. And why should they be? I like rock music; rock music is good. I like plenty of other music too, but it's hard to compete with the classic distorted tones coming out of a cranked-up amplifier. It's not just a silly masculine thing either, just listen to Sad Day for Puppets or think back to all the other exceptions. It speaks [...]
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show: 01. Familjen - Nu händer det igen 02. TALK 1 03. Murmansk - Pale 04. KTMK - Valaistu risti 05. Lapko - Hugging the phone 06. Hebosagil - Big sun 07. TALK 2 08. Samuraj Cities - Washed up! 09. Sad Day for Puppets - Marble gods 10. Logh - An alliance of hearts [...]
Friday's come and gone already, but I wanted to post three songs that I've been really digging lately. The first two tracks are from bands that one of my British friends on the Obama campaign turned me onto. The first track, by The Domino State, reminds me a LOT of Idlewild (who apparently are working on album #7 right now), which is a good thing. The second, from a band called Oceansize,
Hello, Mr. Harrison. Recently somebody made fun of somebody for using the word "Humpday." Some people can be so very cruel. Sigh. Austinites Future Clouds and Radar - The Epcot View mp3 - from Peoria, released 4 Nov. - headed by Robert Harrison, formerly of Cotton Mather - Speaking of which, here are a couple of Mathers we previously posted and love.Cotton Mather - Lost My Motto (Millenium
>> I'm From Barcelona @ Apolo, Barcelone, 30/10/2008 >> Première partie : Sad Day For Puppets Quand j'avais vu I'm From Barcelona en concert à Londres il y a deux ans , je ne m'imaginais pas que la prochaine fois que je les verrais serait à... Barcelone. Eh oui, comme ils l'ont annoncé dès le début du concert (" Ca fait du bien d'être à la maison ! " déclara le leader du groupe Emanuel Lundgren), les Suèdois étaient chez eux ! Et [...]
Back in February I got all excited about A Sad Day for Puppets . Eight months is enough time to cool off and regain my bearings, but I'm still smitten with this Swedish band. If you haven't heard their Just Like a Ghost ep yet then you may not know what I'm talking about, but the band are giving you another chance because they're about to release an album. It's beautiful, fragile music that will leave you wanting to move to Sweden, if not only for the chance to see them live and in [...]
Otra de las novedades importantes para este otoño es la publicación ayer día 8 de octubre de "Unknown Colors", el álbum de debut de Sad Day For Puppets, grupo del que ya habíamos hablado por aquí con motivo del lanzamiento de su primer ep, en el que se encontraban canciones tan bonitas como "Big Waves" o "Anne Says" entre otras. El grupo se forma en el año 2006 en Blackeberg, un barrio de Estocolmo (Suecia), siendo sus componentes Anna Eklund, Annika Eklund, Martin Källholm y Marcus Sandgren. Su música es muy dulce, pero también tiene fuerza, en una [...]
Swedish indiepop acts Palpitation , Billie the Vision and the Dancers and Sad Day for Puppets will play a special show together at UT Connewitz in Leipzig October 2, presented by FRWRD Booking and radio program 45minutes.
Sweden's SAD DAY FOR PUPPETS should not be mistaken for England's THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS, America's MEAT PUPPETS , or Serbia's PUPPETINA . For one thing, Sad Day feature a female lead (in the person of ANNA EKLUND ). For another, they play shoegaze-y pop that should appeal to fans of THE INNOCENCE MISSION and THE CURE but may put narcoleptics at peril. Might I suggest headphones & a bucket of Red Bull...? From the EP [...]
Estoy encantado con Sad Day for Puppets, grupo al que acabo de conocer gracias al exquisito blog Too Much Apple Pie , sitio que recomiendo visitar con asiduidad, ya que la música que se puede encontrar ahí es realmente deliciosa. Su primer Ep sale a la venta el próximo 9 de abril, lleva por nombre "Just Like A Ghost" y está compuesto por seis temas que se pueden escuchar desde el myspace de la banda, entre ellos se encuentra Big Waves, una preciosa canción que no debéis perderos. Por cierto, aunque aún no [...]
I've been listening to Hush * by the curiously-named Sad Day For PUPPETS a fair bit lately; I really cannot get enough of this song at the minute. If you liked bands like Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, then this one should be right up your street. It's pure 1991 - in 2008. Sad Day For PUPPETS - Hush mp3 (available for 7 days) *Relax, those of you with an aversion to faux-psychedelic Britpop-era bands - this has absolutely nothing to do with Kula Shaker or any songs that particular combo [...]
Ahh, diese Band ist ja mal wieder ganz großartig. Und natürlich mal wieder aus Schweden, woher sonst. Sie nennt sich Sad Day For Puppets und spielt eine C86/Shoegaze/Indiepop-Melange, die an Briskeby, Manhattan Love Suicides und Club 8 und in ruhigeren Momenten an Mazzy Star denken lässt. Dass diese Musik genau meinen Geschmack trifft, dürfte somit klar sein. Die angenehme Stimme der Sängerin Anna Eklund hält die kreiselnden Gitarren gut zusammen und ruft damit bei mir sogar Erinnerungen an die Heart Throbs und ähnliche End-80er/Anfangs-90er Bands aus England wach. Am 9. April erscheint die neue [...]
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