Die Zahl der Plattenlabel, die die Zeichen der Zeit erkennen und merken, dass die beste Art, eine Band zu promoten, darin besteht, kostenlose Downloads ihrer Songs zu ermöglichen, nimmt glücklicherweise immer weiter zu. Ein Label, dass diese Idee besonders vorbildlich vorantreibt, ist Parasol Records aus Illionois. Die Fülle der zur Verfügung gestellten Gratis-Songs ist fast schon erschlagend, und es kommen regelmäßig neue hinzu! Stilistisch ist so einiges dabei von Indiepop bis hin zu Indierock und Americana. Link zur Downloadseite bei Parasol MP3-Download Fonda «Until the end» [...]
Right before they were inventing a great new band for every day of the year Sweden produced the Wannadies from Skelleftea. With their origins stretching as far back as 1988 the Wannadies have gone from obscurity to popularity and back again. Fame visited them briefly in 1997 when their single 'You & Me Song' (from the 'Be A Girl' album) was featured on the Romeo & Juliet soundtrack. 'Hit' came

Some more good news in addition to yesterday's posting about Swedish label Labrador . The tracklist for the 4CD-Box can be downloaded here as a PDF-File. It really is a great compilation, and I think everyone who loves new Scandinavian pop-music should own this thing! Labrador is also offering four exclusive tracks from the sampler: Sambassadeur - Ice And [...]

Time for yet another installment of the Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files, where we blow the dust off of a forgotten favorite and give its lack of chart success a once-over. Artist: The Wannadies Album: Yeah , 1999 What happened: if the long-running Swedish outfit the Wannadies are known for anything stateside, it's for "You And Me Song," a wisftul power-pop anthem that appeared in 1996's Romeo + Juliet . After that song became a mid-sized college-radio hit, their back-catalog was condensed for a U.S. release, and [...]