Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group: 01. Kent 02. Markus Krunegård 03. Tutankamon 04. Håkan Hellström 05. The Mary Onettes 06. A Camp 07. Bob Hund 08. Anna Ternheim 09. Moneybrother 10. Deportees [...]
Produced by fellow Stockholmer Tobias Froberg (Theresa Andersson , Peter Moren ), third album from Swedish folk/pop chanteuse Sofia Talvik may have taken well over a year to finally get a U.S. release, but we're of the mind that the modest, simple pleasures derived make Jonestown well worth the wait. Talvik possesses a deceptively airy voice that seems lit with a special inner warmth even as she [...]
Sucks to be Biggie's teachers I Can Talk | Two Door Cinema Club Scatterbrain (The Twelves Remix) | Radiohead Out Of The Blue | Julian Casablancas Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind | Jay Electronica Soles of Fire | Chauffeur Ice Cream Paint Job | Lil Wayne Seven (The Twelves Remix) | Fever Ray I [...]
...then you might like The Tiny. For the past three or four years, I have been making my way over to The Tiny's MySpace to listen to their Swedish sounds because I could never find it available anywhere online. Their music is rather specific to a certain listener and not for everyone, but you can easily come to appreciate the sweet, vulnerable vocals of singer Ellekari. This new video is for The Tiny's first single "Last Weekend" from their new album Gravity & Grace , which was directed by Jacob Mohlin. They just [...]
Swedish songstress Anna Ternheim opened the night, borrowing a few members of Loney Dear to provide the instrumentation behind her sweet pipes. The collaboration worked beautifully, as Ternheim's tunes align more closely with Loney Dear's gentle style than the Asobi Seksu set that would follow. Undoubtedly, Ternheim won over some new fans; she made the most of her opening opportunity, and was called back to the stage by the crowd for an encore, despite only being the appetizer. As Asobi Seksu took the stage, it quickly became clear that [...]
photos by Toby Tenenbaum DOWNLOAD: Asobi Seksu - Suzanne (Hope Sandoval cover) (MP3) Loney Dear @ Bowery Ballroom As the night progressed, lyrics and meaning gradually ceded to pure melody and sound. [Anna] Ternheim 's careful precision led to Loney Dear 's contrapuntal harmonies, which led to Asobi Seksu 's waves of distortion, and voices soared higher as words grew less distinct. Like Suzanne Vega, Ternheim sings in [...]
Swedish songstress Anna Ternheim opened the night, borrowing a few members of Loney, Dear to provide the instrumentation behind her sweet pipes. The collaboration worked beautifully, as Ternheim's tunes align more closely with Loney, Dear's gentle style than the Asobi Seksu set that would follow. Undoubtedly, Ternheim won over some new fans; she made the most of her opening opportunity, and was called back to the stage by the crowd for an encore, despite only being the appetizer. As Asobi Seksu took the stage, it quickly became clear that [...]
Loney Dear | Bowery Ballroom | October 16, 2009 I feel a little silly that I've been getting this band's name wrong, but I only just now noticed it. Oops! Anyway, Sweden's Loney Dear played at Bowery Ballroom the other night in between Anna Ternheim 's opening set and Asobi Seksu 's headlining one. The set seemed a little awkward to me. While I appreciate the efforts to get audience participation, a little explanation on how to do so would've been nice. It seemed only a few small number of [...]
FreshAir@poplie.eu Friday 16/10/2009 Tracklist Bloc Party - So Here We Are The Scholars - This Hearts Built To Break Editors - Eat Raw = Blood Drool Hallelujah The Hills - Blank Passports Sam Bisbee - Never Fall In Love Peter,Bjorn & John - It Don't Move Me The Drums - Let's Go Surfing The Gaslight Anthem - The 59' Sound SeaWolf - The Violet Hour Yves Klein Blue - Getting Wise The Postmarks - No One Said This Would Be Easy The Clientele - I Wonder Who We Are Anna Ternheim - To Be [...]
Asobi Seksu | Bowery Ballroom | October 16, 2009 Asobi Seksu ended their tour with Lonely, Dear last night in Philadelpia, but we caught them on Friday when they played the Bowery Ballroom right here in New York City. This was the same show that Anna Ternheim played. Lead singer Yuki Chikudate had a bit of keyboard trouble in the beginning, bit it didn't stop the band from delivering an amazing performance. Check out some photos from Friday's night show after the jump. www.asobiseksu.com | [...]
Dan Snaith's Caribou , one of the greatest acts of this decade, sends his "progress report" to Stereogum . Listen to Chris Taylor's Can't over at Passion of the Weiss . Chromewaves reviews a live performance from Asobi Seksu, Loney Dear and Anna Ternheim. Bibio is touring with Plaid in South [...]
Anna Ternheim | Bowery Ballroom | October 16, 2009 Last night at the Bowery Ballroom, Anna Ternheim brought her beautiful songs to the stage. She was aided by members of Lonely, Dear, who acted as her backing band for the evening. I'm not usually a fan of a single person with an acoustic guitar, but Ternheim is one of the few who can do it right. It was a quiet way to kick off the weekend, a soft preparation for the later acts, Asobi Seksu and Lonely, Dear. [...]
There is never a shortage of shows in Philadelphia, and it makes it hard then, to choose between all of the great ones when they just so happen to fall upon one night. On Saturday, October 17th, 2009 Girl About Town's head spins whilst we choose between venues for the many live gigs happening this weekend. Sweden's award winning artist, Anna Ternheim will be opening for our favorites; Asobi Seksu and Loney, Dear at Johnny Brenda's . Anna, who is used to sell-out crowds in Sweden will be playing [...]
Dirty Projectors in warmer times ( more by Chris La Putt ) tonight in NYC * ZO2 @ Mercury Lounge * Al Green @ BB King's * America @ Nokia Theatre * Tyshawn Sorey @ Jazz Gallery * No Age play 'The Bear' @ New Museum * R. Kelly, Pleasure P @ WaMu Theater * Mika, Gary Go [...]
Recommended Show: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009 ASOBI SEKSU, LONELY DEAR, & ANNA TERNHEIM @ BOWERY BALLROOM 6 Delcancey Street Manhattan, NY 10002 $17, 8PM CMJ is next week. It's supposed to be the time of year when all sorts of bands descend upon the City to play a bunch of shows. However, it's on nights like tonight when you realize that this happens almost every night in New York City. With an assortment of great shows, it was hard for me to pluck one out of the pack as the best; however, I have been waiting [...]
Built to Spill @ Webster Hall on Tuesday ( more by Bryan Bruchman ) tonight in NYC * Dave Hill @ UCB * R. Kelly @ NJ PAC * Lenny Kravitz @ Irving Plaza * Spike Jonze & No Age @ MoMA * Port O'Brien @ Sound Fix Records * Evan Parker & Fred Frith @ The Stone * Dead Man's Bones [...]
photos by Toby Tenenbaum DOWNLOAD: Asobi Seksu - Suzanne (Hope Sandoval cover) (MP3) Asobi Seksu @ Joe's Pub "Brooklyn dream-pop outfit Asobi Seksu just released a 10" anchored by "Transparence," a standout from this February's Hush LP. Before the clock strikes '10 they'll have a third release on the year by way of Rewolf, an LP offering acoustic versions of Seksu songs spanning their three albums, including a few b-sides [...]
Recommended Show: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009 NO AGE @ MOMA 11 West 53rd Street Manhattan, NY 10019 $15, 7:30PM The Los Angeles band No Age are one of the bands that helped put The Smell scene on the map. Now they've grown beyond the DIY spaces, and tonight they play at the Museum of Modern Art. It's sure to be a very interesting experience. So Percussion @ BAM Soulive @ Bowery Ballroom Langhorne Slim @ The Bell House Port O'Brien @ Sound Fix Records Minus the Bear @ Gramercy Theatre Built To [...]
Frank Yang As is becoming something of a tradition for me, I once again spent Thanksgiving this year at a show rather than with family (we got together earlier in the weekend so stop judging me), though it was with a sort of extended family - labelmates in Loney Dear and Asobi Seksu (both on Polyvinyl ) and country(wo)men in Loney Dear and Anna Ternheim (all Swedes). Yeah, that's sort of a stretch but whatever. There'd been some vagueness about the precise order of the sets - the [...]
Ellekari Larsson och Leo Svensson gör tillsammans som The Tiny oemotståndlig pop med klassiska drag. Imorgon onsdag, släpps deras nya skiva Gravity & Grace vilket innebär att ni snart får chansen att se dem spela live! The Tiny har gjort en hel del förutom att göra sin egna grej, här har ni information om det, saxat direkt från pressmeddelande; För utom egna turnéer, har The Tiny spelat och samarbetat med artister som Ed Harcourt, Martha Wainright, Ane Brun (som de driver skivbolag med) Camera Obscura, Anna Ternheim, Heikki, Magic Numbers och Jarvis [...]
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You know. DJ tags on this unfinished joint and no real information on where the song came from, but I got Gaga & Beyonce, then Rihanna, why [...]More about Kanye West
Another track from Lil Wayne’s mixtape No Ceilings which is scheduled to be released on Halloween. Here Lil Wayne raps over the No Id produced beat [...]More about Lil' Wayne
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