Category: Bands

Mister Foreman’s home base is Luleå, way up north in Sweden. But the Album Wasted Time is recorded in Berlin together with Boris Wilsdorf (who works with Einstürzende Neubauten) in AndereBaustelle Tonstudio. During the periods of recording, Bob and Henry lived at Leopldplatz in the district of Wedding, and they do now understand just how… Continue reading Mister Foreman

From the quiet forests of Dalarna, with roots from Iran, derives swedish singer-songwriter Sara Yasmine. Her voice, often compared with names like Katie Melua and Laleh Pourkarim, is what puts character in her music, together with an intimate and honest expression of both tunes and lyrics. After a fortunate musical session with producer Anders Lagerfors… Continue reading Sara Yasmine

Duon Tusenbröder är Johan Airijoki, känd som gitarrist och låtskrivare i det hyllade folkpopbandet Väärt dessutom sångare i soulfolkkvartetten Airijoki och Laservågen, samt Nils Rinnefelt  DJ och producent bakom klubbkonceptet Sound of Gällivare. Tillsammans skapar de båda själfull elektropop på plats i den egna studion i Gällivare. Fina skildringar om både människor och landskapet runtomkring.

‘Twas in the town of Jacksboro, in the year of ’33, when a man by the name of Cradle came steppin’ up to me. He said ‘how do you do young fella n’ how would you like to go spend the summer pleasant on the range of the buffalo?’. Ah, sorry ’bout that – blame… Continue reading Sentimental Pet

The debut album from Lars Ludvig Löfgren, Heterochromia, was released back in 2009 on Subroutine records (NL)/Häleri (SE). And indeed it made some buzz around Europe, especially in Benelux. Together with his group The Smoking Pets he toured frequently around Europe, which later led to an agreement with booking agency Belmont bookings. First album, recorded… Continue reading Lars Ludvig Löfgren

From the enchanting forests of sparcely populated Dalsland-Sweden, comes Kristoffer Emanuelsson. For several years he’s been devoted to dig deep in the rich and rootsy soil of American folk music, and to spread it’s treasures on stages all over Sweden. He’s been doing that through the bluegrass band South Drive as well as the country/folk… Continue reading Treehugger

Ben Carbine & the 18 Wheelers started their road trip back in 2005 and the band is still up and rolling. Along the way they have performed in bars, honky tonks and music festivals. They have become a very appreciated live act with their positive, high energetic combination of old and contemporary country music.  … Continue reading Ben Carbine & the 18 Wheelers

In the autumn of 2003 the lead singer of Kataokas, Kalle Kataoka, was unemployed. He spent most of his days drinking coffee and cheap Danish beer together with his friend Lars in a downtown Gothenburg shady coffee shop. Apart from writing obscure short stories never to be published Kalle and Lars started listening to fine… Continue reading Kataokas

From the boys room in the North of Sweden, to Asia and back home again. Karma consists of three childhood friends who started to refine the Swedish melodic punk wave in the mid 90’s before the metal genre meant both European tours and sales success in Japan. Today, the circle is closed. Stained by their… Continue reading Karma

Three albums is what this Gothenburg band produced during their career. Some might say they personified the Gothenburg sound before it even was invited. Their songs were quite funny and they could easily take you back and forth to the moon.