
Det här tipset är jag lite sent ute med men ingen musikblogg är komplett utan Moto Boy . Moto Boy heter egentligen Oskar Humlebo och släppte sitt underbara debutalbum i januari 2008. Sveriges svar på Antony and the Johnsons är nog den enklaste och mest passande beskrivningen. Helt fantastiskt är det i alla fall och ord räcker inte till, titta istället på den fantastiska videon nedan inspelad i en cykeltunnel i Malmö och lyssna sedan på underbara Young Love. [...]
Martin who runs the fine musiclabel Songs I Wish I Had Written just sent this our way and here's what he wrote: "Today is the release of the new Moto Boy single "Young Love". A steady tango beat guides you through the surreal Moto Boy landscape. Bass meets falsetto. It’s a greater picture of a usually narrow pop world." Moto Boy - Young Love (direct link) BONUS: The video for the track "Beat Heart", shot in a bicycle tunnel here in Malmö. [...]
Sometimes it's so easy running Swedesplease. That's usually the case when bands that are right up my alley and that I've fawned over before send me their new song/video. And that's exactly what happened when The San Marinos sent me their new song "Guess How Much I Love You". This extremely lofi adaptation of one of my favorite children's book titles (which I've read countless times to my two boys) is so cute it nearly catapults over the twee micro-genre and into some upper atmosphere of cuteness. The song is taken from a 3 [...]