01. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
02. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
03. Neo - Human frontier
04. Claes Lövgrens - Vi lever nu
05. Björn Skifs - Da capo
06. Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna - Calling you
07. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
08. Sophie Zelmani - I'm the rain
09. Torgny Melin - Dansbandsnatt
10. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
11. Kent - Röd
12. Zekes - En sån natt
13. Nordman - Korsväg
14. Abramis Brama - Rubicon
15. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
16. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
17. Tomas Andersson Wij - Spår
18. Marulk - Marulk
19. Caroline af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
20. Dark Tranquillity - We are the void
The nominees for this year's P3 Guld awards have been announced:
Newcomer: Fever Ray Erik Hassle Lorentz & M.Sakarias Maskinen Miike Snow Song: Agnes - Release Me Erik Hassle - Hurtful Markus Krunegård - Hela livet var ett disco Mando Diao - Dance With Somebody Promoe - Svennebanan Group: Fibes, Oh Fibes! - 1987 [Ingenting] - Tomhet, idel tomhet Kent - Röd Mando Diao - Give me fire Takida - The darker instinct Artist: Amanda Jenssen - Happyland Jonathan Johansson - En hand i himlen Markus Krunegård - Prinsen av Peking Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen Guldmicken (best live): Miss Li Promoe Takida Jenny Wilson Lars Winnerbäck Dance: Adam Beyer – Various productions Axwell – Various productions Dada Life – Just do the dada Fever Ray – Fever Ray Samuel L Session – The man with the case Hip-hop/soul: Lorentz & M. Sakarias – Vi mot världen Mohammed Ali – Processen Näääk – Näääk vem? Promoe – Kråksången Stor – Nya Skolans Ledare Pop: Deportees – Under the pavement – the beach Fever Ray – Fever Ray Fontän – Winterwhila Miike Snow – Miike Snow Taken By Trees – East of Eden Rock/metal: Abramis Brama – Smakar söndag Babian – Fullproppad, listtoppad, livrädd & uppstoppad Gösta Berlings Saga – Detta har hänt Satan Takes a Holiday – Satan takes a holiday Switch Opens – Switch Opens
Abramis Brama lean way closer towards party rock than most Transubstans acts. Still definitely hard n' heavy, still definitely touched by the hand of prog, but also full of smiles, good times and plenty of gratuitous jams. It's all in good fun though; these dudes seem way more into rocking out than pure flash and shred. And how about that cowbell? I'm a sucker for it, always and forever. I do think I'm a bit more partial to the gloom and doom overall, a sound that Abramis Brama doesn't quite bring to the table, but I'm also okay with a little diversity now and then. Good ballsy rock always makes me happy.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home
02. TALK 1
03. Graveless - The covenants genocide
04. Abramis Brama - Kylan kommer inifran
05. NEI - City of gold
06. TALK 2
07. Love Potion - Nitefever
08. Pistol Disco - Beat of the tune
09. Black Sheep - We're gonna die
10. The End Will Be Kicks - Little pill
11. TALK 3
12. Tribulation - Crypt of Thanatophilia
13. Makabert Fynd - Folkfacist, halvnazist
14. Bruket - Polisen lägger pussel
15. TALK 4
16. The Bear Quartet - I was a weapon
17. Mangrove - Pieces of our yesterday
18. Elmo - Shine down on us
19. TALK 5
20. Aqua - Back to the 80s
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
01. The Refreshments - A band's gotta do what a band's gotta do
02. The Poodles - Clash of the elements
03. Dead By April - Dead By April
04. Johan Palm - My antidote
05. Tingeling/Kapten Krok - Grotescos tingeling
06. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
07. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
08. Thorleifs - Sweet kissin' in the moonlight
09. Deportees - Under the pavement - the beach
10. Calaisa - Grafton Street
11. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
12. Corroded - Eleven shades of black
13. Alcazar - Disco defenders
14. Måns Zelmerlöw - MZW
15. Sten & Stanley - Allsånger på vårt sätt
16. E.M.D. - A state of mind - deluxe
17. The Boppers - Vibrations
18. Malmö Opera Kör & Orkester - Jesus Christ superstar
19. Abramis Brama - Smakar Söndag
20. Jack Vreeswijk - Jack Vreeswijk sjunger Vreeswijk
No one could ever accuse Abramis Brama of being original, but that's hardly the point. This is ballsy hard-rock played with heart and that's all there is to it. This song gets a bit jammed-out in the middle section, but what do you expect from a live record? Abramis Brama are classic rock to the core. Sure it's clichéd. It's also a lot of fun. Overthink it and you miss the point.
Mustasch is confirmed for the Rock At Sea boat festival in November along with Abramis Brama, half-Swedish/half-US band Meldrum, UK acts Nazareth and Girlschool and more. The show actually takes place at sea on a cruise between Stockholm and Åland, Finland. Is that a recipe for disaster, or what? More info: http://217.27.174.155/jm/hardrock.htm