Been real busy the past couple of days as work has been taking its toll. It’s frustrating at times, but just to keep things in perspective I keep telling myself that work pays the bills. Not that it makes me any happier, but I should be old enough by now to understand that, from time to time, one has to do things one does not enjoy doing. A Classic Education will be supporting British Sea Power on the band’s US tour this spring. The [...]

Here's a new single from Tower Of Foil , taken from their latest album Driving North . Sunday Love , a pretty, somewhat brit-poppy song, is yours to have here, the album is available on CDBaby or Bandcamp . Tower Of Foil - Sunday Love (MP3)
This is an ever changing and (hopefully) expanding list of some of the songs I have mentioned before in this blog or simply stuff I have found somewhere on the web that I find interesting, but have no time to write about. All files have been found somewhere in cyberspace (and NONE of them have uploaded by me, so I cannot help you with any requests you might have - just keep returning and something new might pop up), so they will be available until the artists, record labels, fans, whatever decide to remove them. Thanks to a few readers, [...]
Things are awfully quiet around here these days. I wish things could be different, but unfortunately that’s how it is right now! Going to Hamburg tomorrow with 6 of my real thirsty friends. A few train stops aside, this will be my first visit to the German metropol. Have been told that it's a real cool city? This energetic and immediately catchy track by Rob Cowen and The Dissidents has had a permanent spot on my playlists the past week. + [...]

Habe ich doch ein Faible fr die leere Weite der Pole, im Packeis eingeschlossene Schiffe, Pinguine zum Frhstck, vergebliche Suche nach Passagen und Shakleton'schen Willen, fllt es Bands wie den schwedischen Tower of Foil sehr leicht mich und mein Interesse mit den visuellen Reizen eines netten und kitschig eingefrorenen Schiffes zu kdern. So geschehen mit der aktuellen Single der dem schnen Indiesong verschriebenen Schweden namens "The Frozen Ocean". Wie kann dann das aktuelle Album schon anders heissen, als "Driving North". Ist doch logisch. Seit 1999 produzieren die Nordlichter relativ unauffllig und unbemerkt schne, zumeist [...]
Band of Horses will be at Vega on April 18 , but am not planning attending this one. First of all April 18 is Sunday of the Copenhagen Popfest , so I expect to be worn out completely by then. And since I did see them a couple of years ago, I believe I’ll manage without seeing them this time, though I did think the show back then was absolutely brilliant . Copenhagen will be the last stop on a short European Tour [...]
Stuff is piling up again! My conscience is black. I promised to write a few words on the Sleep Party People debut album, but won’t be able to do so, before it’s released on Monday. Shame on me! Will try to make amends next week! + I’m Not Human At All Scottish trio AirSpiel shares a brand new recording named Freerider . A really nice anthemic indie rock track and the first taste of things to [...]

Here's a single from Sweden's Tower Of Foil , taken from the forthcoming album Driving North. Follow this link for yet another new song, and Last.FM for free downloads from earlier on. http://www.toweroffoil.com/ Tower Of Foil - Driving North (MP3)
Catching a cold and am sneezing every 30 second; or at least it feels so. I’m fully aware that right now I’m paying the price for my behavior Saturday evening (and night for that matter), where I was running around outside in the cold drinking and partying like an 18 year old, and completely ignoring that I am in fact a middle-aged man, who should always go to bed before 10 pm, never leave the house when it’s freezing and refrain from drinking anything stronger than mineral water. Luckily I have my own office, so my colleagues don’t have to [...]

Wonder if I’ll ever learn. Spending Saturday night drinking and dancing, and not going to bed until 3 AM takes it toll on an old man like me. Problem is that once I have completely recovered; only the fond memories and the funny picture (I do look goofy I know) will remain. Long forgotten are the hangovers and the way I felt the following Monday morning when going to work. So I guess I can answer the question myself; NO; I will never learn. And a fun time we had Saturday night going to a birthday party. The jukebox was [...]
One eye is weeping and one eye is laughing. Ruined by Martin has finally announced a live date. The band’s debut concert will take place on April 25 at Lades in Copenhagen. This is news that I’ve been waiting impatiently for, and then the first date collides with a trip to Tallinn with the boys. But hopefully this is just the first of many live dates to come? If RbM is still unknown territory to you, 5 tracks are free [...]
Here's a round-up of some pretty good, free songs that Last.FM recommended to me... check them out, you might find something that you'll like, too! Racetrack Babies - Siamese Cars Tower Of Foil - Goodbye Emerald Park - Istanbul (Alternate Version) [...]

This will be a short overview of new songs that are now available for download on the net. No time for extensive comments, but I think all of them are worth an earful! Here we go: Emerald Park - Istanbul (MP3) Another nice one from this talented Swedes! Emerald Park @ MySpace Eveline - s/t (MP3) Italian Progressive/Alternative Rock... quite good! Eveline @ MySpace [...]
though not as great as I hoped I would. But still fine enough to continue the catching up I began last week. I have a really soft spot for Swedish quartet (one-man project?) Tower of Foil and new freebie single Everlasting is yet another quiet and lovely piano dominated piece. And if you don’t know this already, the entire back catalogue (well almost) is free to download from the band's webpage as well! + Everlasting UK quartet [...]
Swedish indiepop act Tower of Foil has a new single called "Everlasting" posted for free download: http://www.toweroffoil.com/

*** Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intent To lead you to an overwhelming question . . . Oh, do not ask, "What is it?" Let us go [...]
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 [...]

Some of the regular suspects are back with free mini ep's (see yesterdays post about Little Big Adventure). Today we have a couple new songs from Tower Of Foil . If you've hear this band's music I guess it should come as no surprise that their name comes from a Prefab Sprout song. Here's one new song but the whole ep can be downloaded for free here . Robins and Wrens (warning - slow download) MP3 , Music

The boys from Anamia have mailed a brief update (including a few pictures) and accordingly the recording of 4 new tracks was quite a success. The band is still in the process of mixing the songs, but I'm really looking forward to listen to the new "babies". Hopefully they will spend a little more energy on promoting the new EP than they did on last year's An Extraordinary New Fitness Product , because this band is simply too great to go unnoticed. Will keep you [...]

As regular visitors would know I've become quite a fan of the musical universe of Sweden's Tower of Foil over the past year. So needless to say I was pretty excited when the band contacted me a few weeks back offering me the opportunity to post an exclusive pre-download of the title track of the band's new EP Faster than your eye . The EP (which will be the band's 11th since 2000) will be released on Friday, August 10 (for the ridiculous amount of €3), but as always it will [...]