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For the record: I'm not stalking Loney Dear (a.k.a. Emil Svanängen). But if he's going to insist on playing Los Angeles three times in any given year--once as a supporting act for another great artist, and once at my favorite club --before returning a third time with a notable opener of his own...well, I fail to see the downside of going for the trifecta. First off was the sock-of-nickels sonic assault of Asobi Seksu . Despite demonstrating just how poorly balanced the Troubadour sound system was, and hypnotizing the audience with [...]
For the record: I'm not stalking Loney Dear (a.k.a. Emil Svanängen). But if he's going to insist on playing Los Angeles three times in any given year--once as a supporting act for another great artist, and once at my favorite club --before returning a third time with a notable opener of his own...well, I fail to see the downside of going for the trifecta. First off was the sock-of-nickels sonic assault of Asobi Seksu . Despite demonstrating just how poorly balanced the Troubadour sound system was, and hypnotizing the audience with [...]
Memo to bands looking to catch bloggers' attention: compare yourself to another act we love. Granted we'll be terribly incredulous--as I was when New Found Land sent us a Myspace message comparing their work to WBH favorite Loney Dear--but chances are, you'll peak our interest. Lucky for New Found Land, their chutzpa isn't ill-founded. The do in fact share the same sweet but sorrowful world view as their fellow countryman Emil Svanängen. However, the Göteborg duo's sweet chemistry and polished pop makes their debut album We All Die (out now) a distinctly unique and [...]
Memo to bands looking to catch bloggers' attention: compare yourself to another act we love. Granted we'll be terribly incredulous--as I was when New Found Land sent us a Myspace message comparing their work to WBH favorite Loney Dear--but chances are, you'll peak our interest. Lucky for New Found Land, their chutzpa isn't ill-founded. The do in fact share the same sweet but sorrowful world view as their fellow countryman Emil Svanängen. However, the Göteborg duo's sweet chemistry and polished pop makes their debut album We All Die (out now) a distinctly unique and [...]
Memo to bands looking to catch bloggers' attention: compare yourself to another act we love. Granted we'll be terribly incredulous--as I was when New Found Land sent us a Myspace message comparing their work to WBH favorite Loney Dear--but chances are, you'll peak our interest. Lucky for New Found Land, their chutzpa isn't ill-founded. The do in fact share the same sweet but sorrowful world view as their fellow countryman Emil Svanängen. However, the Göteborg duo's sweet chemistry and polished pop makes their debut album We All Die (out now) a distinctly unique and [...]
Little known fact: The girl to the right is Sigurrós, sister of...you guessed it, [...]
Little known fact: The girl to the right is Sigurrós, sister of...you guessed it, [...]
Little known fact: The girl to the right is Sigurrós, sister of...you guessed it, [...]
Insanity makes for great music. It also makes for a pseudo adult-life filed with late nights and sugary breakfast cereals...but as per usual that's my cross to bear. Producer Andreas Kleerup is someone who took insanity (and time in a Swedish rehab center) to a great musical place. (Although now I'm longing to ask him on his stance on Frosted Flakes.) After having produced and remixed for the likes of The Shout out Louds, The Concretes, and Cyndi Lauper, Kleerup's self-titled debut album is finally being released stateside (today). A release that's being touted as... an [...]
Insanity makes for great music. It also makes for a pseudo adult-life filed with late nights and sugary breakfast cereals...but as per usual that's my cross to bear. Producer Andreas Kleerup is someone who took insanity (and time in a Swedish rehab center) to a great musical place. (Although now I'm longing to ask him on his stance on Frosted Flakes.) After having produced and remixed for the likes of The Shout out Louds, The Concretes, and Cyndi Lauper, Kleerup's self-titled debut album is finally being released stateside (today). A release that's being touted as... an [...]
With all due respect to Swedish chanteuse Sally Shapiro and her producer Johan Agebjörn , you only got the title of your sophomore album half-right. Pleasure? Well...duh. But My Guilty Pleasure ? Please...you've already stripped away my cynicism. We're way too far into this relationship for shame or guilt. Out August 25th, My Guilty Pleasure delivers another round of Shapiro's cotton-candy sweet Italo-disco straight to the brain. Honestly, I feel buzzed just writing this. Sally has notably said in regards to her newest release, "It [...]
With all due respect to Swedish chanteuse Sally Shapiro and her producer Johan Agebjörn , you only got the title of your sophomore album half-right. Pleasure? Well...duh. But My Guilty Pleasure ? Please...you've already stripped away my cynicism. We're way too far into this relationship for shame or guilt. Out August 25th, My Guilty Pleasure delivers another round of Shapiro's cotton-candy sweet Italo-disco straight to the brain. Honestly, I feel buzzed just writing this. Sally has notably said in regards to her newest release, "It [...]
To truly understand the WBH love for Jens Lekman , I strongly suggest starting with our previous concert reviews. Not that every time Jens takes the stage isn't a unique experience (each show is so intimate that last night he made the "na ï ve request" that no one post audio or video of the show to keep it "just between us"). It's just, how many times can I squeal in a public forum before I start coming off as a slightly deranged, slightly repetitive, slightly decidedly fanatical fan-girl? These are [...]
To truly understand the WBH love for Jens Lekman , I strongly suggest starting with our previous concert reviews. Not that every time Jens takes the stage isn't a unique experience (each show is so intimate that last night he made the "na ï ve request" that no one post audio or video of the show to keep it "just between us"). It's just, how many times can I squeal in a public forum before I start coming off as a slightly deranged, slightly repetitive, slightly decidedly fanatical fan-girl? These are [...]
Again with the Labrador Records posts? I'd lie and say it's not an addiction, that I can quit anytime I want. But why? The Legend's newest release, Over and Over , (out stateside June 16th 1 ), with its first single "Seconds Away" touted as "the nosiest pop single to ever come out of Sweden," is another tasty treat. Of course, this is to be expected from the hardest working musician in the Swedish pop scene, Johan Angergård (who, in a remarkable feat of overachieving, also fronts Club 8 and [...]
Again with the Labrador Records posts? I'd lie and say it's not an addiction, that I can quit anytime I want. But why? The Legend's newest release, Over and Over , (out stateside June 16th 1 ), with its first single "Seconds Away" touted as "the nosiest pop single to ever come out of Sweden," is another tasty treat. Of course, this is to be expected from the hardest working musician in the Swedish pop scene, Johan Angergård (who, in a remarkable feat of overachieving, also fronts Club 8 and [...]
Montt Mardié , as m.a.b helpfully pointed out, has a sound that would not be out of place at a skating rink. As many of my happy childhood memories were centered around the roller skating rink, I can't help but see this as a compliment. My favorite moment of each skate night was when the lights would dim, the disco ball would drop, and something not unlike Montt Mardié would play. Who wouldn't want to experience that feeling of child-like wonder and fulfillment again? (Puberty on the other hand, I can pass.) Mardié's third album (fourth if you care [...]
Montt Mardié , as m.a.b helpfully pointed out, has a sound that would not be out of place at a skating rink. As many of my happy childhood memories were centered around the roller skating rink, I can't help but see this as a compliment. My favorite moment of each skate night was when the lights would dim, the disco ball would drop, and something not unlike Montt Mardié would play. Who wouldn't want to experience that feeling of child-like wonder and fulfillment again? (Puberty on the other hand, I can pass.) Mardié's third album (fourth if you care [...]
Confessions of a Would-Be Hipster
Confessions of a Would-Be Hipster
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
CHROMATICS "INTO THE BLACK"
Crystalfilm
Childish Gambino - Heartbeat
Chiddy Bang - "By Your Side"
Diplo x Usher: ‘Climax’
A-Trak - "Round of Applause" / "Where My Money At" (MP3 Download)
Skrillex Uses Satanic and Homosexual Influence to Win Grammys
SHOCKING NEWS: Ben Gibbard turns to pills in wake of Zooey Deschanel divorce
Diplo - "Climax" (MP3 Stream)
