Category: Catalogue

Today on the 5th of June Pretties for You, an indie alternative band from Gothenburg, Sweden, will release this superb new EP “Silver Lining”. The EP it selves consists five songs with influences from indie giants such as Arcade Fire and The National, but you can also hear influences from earlier bands and artists, such… Continue reading Silver Lining

The clue is in the title. This is like the song Marvin Gaye could’ve sung to Tammi Terrell when he’d lost her. I try to sing it like he would: as though a life depended on it. “Say it with a song” is rock’n’roll. It is soul. It is pop, and it matters.

A West Side Fabrication has once again gathered their forces to record and release a cover album, this is the second issue. This time around 12 different artist’s has chosen, on their own behalf (no rules no limits from our side), one song each. In other words, it’s a wild-ranging and quite odd release, done… Continue reading A West Side Fabrication Play Covers #2

This is the beautiful debut single from Rickard och Juvelerna, the Daniel Gilbert produced, “Eporna, mopederna och vännerna”. A single that takes you through a half life in slightly more than three minutes. The song whisper about a promise that somewhere around the corner there is maybe something better, worth waiting for. The place by… Continue reading Eporna, mopederna och vännerna

This album is a testament to La Masa of Sweden`s band mate Fredrik Eriksson – also a former member of super-hyped punk-pop band Love is all – as well as the rebirth of La Masa of Sweden. The band’s sound maker and bassist/synth bass player died tragically a year ago after suffering from a severe… Continue reading La Masa of Sweden

Wayflower, a five piece relative new act from Stockholm, celebrates the union of hope and despair in a racket of hugs and kisses. They gladly unite all kind of genres (60-pop, 90- indie and 00-alternative) just for the love of music. And with one wheel in the ditch and the other one on the track, the… Continue reading Wayflower

People who form a band in their early teens often end up realising how naive and stupid they are, laughing at their own foolishness and quit. Then there are people who like to torture themselves, Stolen Deer are one of those kinds.   Stolen Deer’s debut album is a result of half a decade of… Continue reading Morning Peasant

As Phoenix the bird La Masa, or should I say La Masa of Sweden as the call themselves now a days since the changing of singing language and a bit of style, has risen again. Here you have the first taste, “Jimmie give up” from their forthcoming self titled album. Under the name La Masa… Continue reading Jimmie give up

A Saga is no more than just one persons songs, namely Anna Lindén. She’s a Stockholm girl who, some five years ago, previously has released a two track single on West Side, the Jari Haapalainen produced “Like Water”. A single that indeed had some radio spins both here and there. On that particular single, as… Continue reading Empty Words Empty Bottles

With sickness he watched the rightwing’s success in the Swedish election, 2010. This marked the broken state not only Sweden, but Europe suddenly was in. In the streets of Malmoe, The Culture In Memoriam’s beloved Malmoe as well as his residence, immigrants were shot to death unprovoced and all good forces in the society mobilised… Continue reading Jimmie