Swedish electropop act Lowe is coming back to the US for a week and a half of dates in support of their new album "Evolver":
10/13 - Darkroom, Chicago, IL
10/14 - The Shrunken Head, Columbus, OH
10/15 - 31st Street Bar, Pittsburgh, PA
10/16 - Digital Ferret, Philadelphia, PA
10/17 - Real Radio Show, New York, NY
10/19 - R Bar, New York, NY
10/20 - DJ-set@Breezeaway, Manchester, NH
10/21 - Asylum , Portland, ME
10/22 - Elm Bar, New Haven, CT
Swedish synthpop act Lowe is coming over for a North American tour, including a performance at Times Square on "The Real Radioshow":
11/22 - The Real Radioshow, New York City, NY
11/24 - R Bar, New York, NY
11/26 - Plague, Portland, ME
11/27 - Darq, Salem, MA
11/28 - Cafe Dekcuf, Ottawa, ON
11/29 - The Cameron House, Toronto, ON
12/01 - Blue Room above The Trash, Peterborough, ON
12/02 - 31st St. Pub, Pittsburgh, PA
12/03 - Riviera Theater, Three Rivers, MI
12/05 - Dystopia, Toledo, OH
Swedish electronic pop act Lowe is giving away their new single "Mirage" as a free download: http://www.lowemusic.net/
Swedish electro act Lowe will be releasing a new album this June with the first single "Mirage" coming on March 17.
Swedish act Lowe is heading east to promote their new album "Kino international":
02/28 - DBK, Kostopil (UA)
03/01 - Roberta Doms, Lviv (UA)
03/03 - Botshka, Kiev (UA)
03/04 - Sorry Babushka, Kiev (UA)
03/05 - Liverpool, Donetsk (UA)
03/06 - Master Schmidt, Dnipropetrovsk (UA)
03/07 - Churchill, Kharkiv (UA)
03/10 - Zvestnij, Volgograd (RU)
03/11 - Revolution, St Petersburg (RU)
03/12 - Ot zakata do rassveta, Tver (RU)
03/13 - Jao Da, Moskva (RU)
03/15 - Step, Minsk (BY)
Lowe's new video for the single "A 1000 miles" is now online: http://www.megahype.com/new_releases/A_1000_Miles.html
The band's new album "Kino international" will be released on May 30.
Lowe's new album "Kino international" will be released on May 30 with the first single "A 1000 miles" preceding it in April.
LoweWhat is a good remix? The one that reduces the song to four-on-the-floor beats and the occasional voice sample? The one that expands on the original, or moves it into a completely new direction? The one that just dresses the original song up in some new clothes, but leaves it easily recognised? For Lowe, the last one seems to be the answer. Every remix on this double album can quite easily be traced back to the original. The problem is that Lowe's Depeche Mode/New Order mimicries weren't that great to begin with. No matter what electro-pop costume the songs are dressed in, melodies falters. The singer sounds tedious and generic instead of depressingly heartfelt. When even the likes of Håkan Lidbo can't make a song interesting, something is clearly wrong! The final track, a Lowe remix of Elegant Machinery's classic "Save me" drives the point home perfectly. Lowe may know their way around the studio and can present crystal clear productions... But it's the original melody, the original vocals that give the emotional connection. That worm their way into the skull. That makes me remember what an amazing band Elegant Machinery was. How the Swedish synth-pop scene has lost its way. And I'm sure that wasn't the intention behind this redundant, oversized, repetitive collection.
- Hanzan
Swedish electronic group Rupesh Cartel report that their new album is done and the first single "Ghost white" should be out in a few weeks. In other news, look for the following remixes soon: "Technicolor girl" by Rename, "Electronic love machine" by Ultraviolet, "Sing this song" by Fantazja and "My song" by Lowe.
The winner of the SAMA/Swedish Alternative Music Awards were announced over the weekend:
Best Newcomer: Lowe
Best Club/Festival: Arvikafestivalen
Best Song: Slagsmålsklubben - His morning promenade
Best Album: Universal Poplab - Universal Poplab
Best Artist: Slagsmålsklubben
Lowe has announced that "Simplicity" will be the band's next single, due out May 18 via Megahype Records. The track was selected by fans as the fourth single from their most-recent album "Tenant". The disc will have six tracks, including a single edit and remixes by Håkan Lidbo and Fredrik Skeppholm.
Also coming out on May 18 from Megahype is the debut single "Never never" from Swedish electropop artist June Six. The track is a cover of the old pop hit by The Assembly and the disc will include a dance remix by Mehdi Bagherzadeh (Lowe) and a progressive mix by Johan Fotmeier.
The Swedish synth-pop act Lowe has posted an mp3 of their song "A silent night" as a special holiday treat: http://www.lowe.st/music_asilentnight.html
Swedish synth-pop act Lowe will release their debut album "Tenant" and single "Hear Me Out" simultaneously on November 10 via Megahype Records. A video for the latter is coming soon and is said to be a "story of decadence, deceit and seduction," that features "several Swedish artists and fashion models in a highly sexual 'Eyes Wide Shut' scenario." Apparently it was so salacious that someone stole a tape containing some of the most explicit material and they had to reshoot some of the scenes. There will be a special record release show at The Spy Bar in Stockholm on October 20.
The final nominees for the SAMA (Swedish Alternative Music Awards) have been revealed:
Best newcomer:
Alice in Videoland
Firevision
Pride and Fall
Slagsmålsklubben
Spetsnaz
Lowe
Best song:
"Black" - Colony 5
"Truth" - Firevision
"Heartbeats" - The Knife
"I’m Love" - Statemachine
"Neon Commando" - Surferosa
"Hit Me Hard" - Slagsmålsklubben
Best album:
"MaidenVoyage " - Alice in Videoland
"Deep Cuts" - The Knife
"Modus Operandi" - Project-X
"Hi-Fi" - Sophie Rimheden
"Short and Explosive" - Statemachine
"Den svenske disko" - Slagsmålsklubben
Best artist:
Bobby
Colony 5
Statemachine
Tyskarna Från Lund
Erlend Öye
Alice in Videoland
Vote here: http://www.zeromagazine.nu/sama2004.asp
