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For the middle class
Rune Grammofon
There's a kind of madness in the best instrumental rock records; it's just something you notice after listening to a lot of them. Norway's Huntsville are clearly miles above most of their competitors, and the difference must be down to their inspired playing, creative brinksmanship on the edges where electronica, post rock and jazz come together, and yes - a bit of madness. There is nothing ordinary about "For the middle class"; it contains music that's constantly in motion, looking for the least-traveled road to take you down. "Add a key of humanity" is 22 minutes long - a real mind-fry of a track featuring frantic percussion, jittery keyboard sounds that contrast in interesting ways, and of all things, a banjo. It's absolutely riveting, and so is the 15-minute "Appearance of a wise child", which, with its upright bass and locomotive-like rhythm, sounds like a train ride through some war-torn country. Without a doubt, though, Huntsville take you on a wild, often psychedelic ride, making every overlapping sound matter. This is a major release in the realm of Nordic soundscape music.
- Kevin Renick
The Knife have swept the Swedish Grammis, taking home six prizes! Here's the winners in all of the major categories:
Best artist: The Knife
Best song: Martin Stenmarck - "7milakliv" (Universal)
Best album: The Knife - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best pop group: The Knife - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best production: Karin Drejer Andersson/Olof Drejer - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best composition: Karin Drejer Andersson/Olof Drejer - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best music DVD: The Knife- "Silent shout - an audio visual experience" (Rabid)
Best rock group: Mando Diao - "Ode to ochrasy" (Majesty)
Best jazz: Esbjörn Svensson Trio - "Tuesday Wonderland" (ACT)
Best club/dance: Christian Falk - "People say" (Bonnier)
Best hard-rock/metal: In Flames - "Come clarity" (Nuclear Blast)
Best pop/rock female: Anna Ternheim - "Separation road" (Universal)
Best hip-hop/soul: Snook - "Är" (P.O.P.E)
Best newcomer: Veronica Maggio - "Vatten och bröd" (Stockholm Records)
Best pop/rock male: Håkan Hellström - "Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått" (Dolores)
Export prize: José González
Best lyrics: Anna Ternheim - "Separation road" (Universal)
Open category: Evert Taube - "Samtliga grammofoninspelningar 1921-1970" (HMV)
Hederspris: Peps Persson
Telia's prize for the best ringtone: BassHunter - "Boten Anna"
Read more: http://www.grammis.se/
MP3: Basshunter - Jingle bells
I figure that since I've already dug myself into a bit of a hole with yesterday's Bamse post, I might as well continue on with another song that'll have most every Swede who reads this thing rolling their eyes. I'm telling this to you as a straight-up fact: BassHunter is onto some serious next-level shit. I cannot believe something so unbelievably, undeniably nerdy has made it as a huge success. A song about a love affair with an IRC bot set to some of the most boneheaded, formulaic technopop ever? Genius! Follow it up with a song about pwning n00bs in a mmorpg? My mind is blown! How the fuck did this find pop crossover success? It's the kind of thing I thought only Something Awful goons and the like could appreciate. However, it's so damn ridiculous, I can't help but love it. The comparison might be lost on some of y'all, but I see it like this: BassHunter is kind of like the geek version of Hatebreed. The music is so predictable, yet so good. They've got their act down to a science. Now if you want to get even more next-level, check out the "DotA" video with l33tsp34k subtitles. I could watch that all day on repeat laughing stupidly to myself. Seriously: BassHunter is brilliant. I'm not kidding. And since I hate Christmas, I've got his version of "Jingle bells" for you today. Enjoy! Or don't! I don't care!
Basshunter - Jingle bells
Nominees for the Swedish categories of this year's Rockbjörnen:
Best newcomer:
Ola Svensson
Linda Sundblad
BassHunter
Sebastian Karlsson
Veronica Maggio
Best male artist:
Darin
Ola Svensson
Lars Winnerbäck
Håkan Hellström
Martin Stenmarck
Best female artist:
Agnes
Marit Bergman
Linda Sundblad
Lisa Miskovsky
Anna Ternheim
Best group:
BWO
Roxette
Mando Diao
In Flames
Snook
Best song:
Boten Anna - BassHunter
7milakliv - Martin Stenmarck
Perfect - Darin
Rain - Ola Svensson
Come Clarity - In Flames
Best album:
Break The News - Darin
Come Clarity - In Flames
Given To Fly - Ola Svensson
Ode To Ochrasy - Mando Diao
Changes - Lisa Miskovsky
MP3: Closer - Occam's razor
We've got a different kind of flashback post this Friday. Instead of the usual oldie track from a favorite artist, Closer has afforded me the opportunity to post an exclusive mp3 of "Occam's razor", a brand new recording of an old song. The band, as you'll read in their top 10 posted today, is currently preparing to record a new EP, but in the meantime they figured they'd commit this song to tape kind of as a testament to where they've been. It's not too different from the material on the "Tokpela EP" - it's still as dark and heavy as always, layered with lush guitars and clean, melodic vocals. As I've said before, intelligent rock music is way too rare nowadays and there's scant few other bands out there making music like this and even fewer doing it as well. If you're a fan of bands like Dredg (whose new live album is pretty great btw), A Perfect Cirlce or maybe fellow Swedes Enter the Hunt, Closer is another band you need to check out. The aforementioned "Tokpela EP" is another one of my top picks for 2006 and I can only assume that whatever they do next will be even more amazing.
Closer - Occam's razor
The nominees for this year's Swedish Grammis have been announced:
Best album:
Anna Ternheim - "Separation Road"
BWO - "Halcyon Days"
Lisa Miskovsky - "Changes"
Marit Bergman - "I Think It's A Rainbow"
The Knife - "Silent Shout"
Best hiphop/soul:
Fattaru - "Mina drömmars stad"
Ison & Fille - "Stolthet"
Mange Schmidt - "Samtidigt, i Stockholm"
Promoe - "White Man's Burden"
Snook - "Är"
Best club/dance:
BassHunter - "LOL <(^^,)>"
Christian Falk - "People Say"
SUMO - "The Danceband"
Sunblock - "I'll Be Ready"
The Attic - "The One"
Best jazz:
Anna Christoffersson & Steve Dobrogosz - "It's Always You"
e.s.t. - "Tuesday Wonderland"
Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - "Son Of A Drummer"
Koop - "Koop Islands"
Oddjob - "Luma"
Best hardrock:
Backyard Babies - "People Like People Like People Like"
Europe - "Secret Society"
Hammerfall - "Threshold"
In Flames - "Come Clarity"
The Haunted - "The Dead Eye"
Best pop/rock female:
Anna Ternheim - "Separation Road"
Linda Sundblad - "Oh My God!"
Lisa Miskovsky - "Changes"
Marit Bergman - "I Think It's A Rainbow"
Veronica Maggio - "Vatten och bröd"
Best pop/rock male:
Andreas Johnson - "Mr Johnson, Your Room Is On Fire"
Darin - "Break The News"
Eric Gadd - "Eric Gadd"
Håkan Hellström - "Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått"
Timo Räisänen - "I'm Indian"
Best pop group:
Bo Kaspers Orkester - "Hund"
BWO - "Halcyon Days"
Fibes, Oh Fibes! - "Emotional"
Melody Club - "Scream"
The Knife - "Silent Shout"
Best rock group:
Atomic Swing - "The Broken Habanas"
Johnossi - "Johnossi - With 3 Bonus Tracks"
Mando Diao - "Ode To Ochrasy"
The Refreshments - "24-7"
Whyte Seeds - "Bold As Love"
Best newcomer:
Asha Ali - "Asha Ali"
BassHunter - "Boten Anna"
I'm From Barcelona - "Let me introduce my friends"
Sebastian - Sebastian
Veronica Maggio - "Vatten och bröd"
Best producer:
Anders Hansson & Alexander Bard - "Halcyon days"
Christian Falk - "People say"
Jara Haapalainen - "Brott & Straff Sånger från ett kvinnofängelse"
Joakim Berg & Simon Nordberg - "Changes"
Karin Drejer Andersson/Olof Drejer - "Silent shout"
Read more: http://www.grammis.se/
The nominees for this year's P3 Gold awards have been announced:
Best female artist:
Marit Bergman - "I Think it's a Rainbow"
Veronica Maggio - "Vatten och bröd"
Lisa Miskovsky - "Changes"
Linda Sundblad - "Oh My God!"
Anna Ternheim - "Separation Road"
Best male artist:
Darin - "Break the News"
Håkan Hellström - "Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått"
Max Peezay - "Discokommittén"
Petter - "P"
Timo Räisänen - "I'm Indian"
Best live (Guldmicken):
In Flames
The Knife
Mando Diao
Snook
Anna Ternheim
Best song:
BassHunter - Boten Anna
I'm From Barcelona - We're From Barcelona
Veronica Maggio - Dumpa mig
Mando Diao - Long Before Rock'n'Roll
Snook - Längst fram i taxin
Best newcomer:
Asha Ali
Salem Al Fakir
I'm From Barcelona
Veronica Maggio
Sebastian
Best group:
Fibes, Oh Fibes! - "Emotional"
The Knife - "Silent Shout"
Mando Diao - "Ode to Ochrasy"
Snook - "Är"
The Sounds - "Dying to Say This to You"
Best rock/metal:
C.Aarmé - "Vita"
Cult of Luna - "Somewhere Along the Highway"
The Haunted - "The Dead Eye"
In Flames - "Come Clarity"
Snuffed By the Yakuza - "Everybody's Gonna Die Tonight"
Best hip-hop/soul:
Fattaru - "Mina drömmars stad"
Max Peezay - "Discokommittén"
Promoe - "White Man's Burden"
Ramjac - "Transfusions"
Up Hygh - "The Venus Album"
Best pop:
Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde - "Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde"
Love is All - "Nine Times That Same Song"
Nicolas Makelberge - "Dying in Africa"
The Radio Dept. - "Pet Grief"
Studio - "West Coast"
Best dance:
John Dahlbäck - Collected works
The Knife - "Silent Shout"
Minilogue - Collected works
Studio - "West Coast"
SUMO - "The Danceband"
Go here to vote: http://www.sr.se/p3/p3guld/
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 tracks of the week:
01. The Shins – Australia
02. The Shins – Pam Berry
03. The Shins – Sea Legs
04. The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
05. I'm from Barcelona – We're From Barcelona
06. The Pipettes – Pull Shapes
07. Bloc Party – Uniform
08. Bloc Party – Hunting For Witches
09. Bloc Party – The Prayer
10. The Plan – Walk for gold
And the top 10 albums of the week:
01. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
02. Radiohead – OK Computer
03. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
04. The Postal Service – Give Up
05. The Pipettes – We Are the Pipettes
06. The Knife – Silent Shout
07. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
08. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
09. Håkan Hellström – Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
10. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
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Check out the video for "One" from Sweden's Enter the Hunt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irBeBIzgOOo
Good, intelligent hard-rock music.
Dates for the upcoming Hero Dishonest US tour with Acts of Sedition:
10/19 - Madison, WI
10/20 - Milwaukee, WI
10/21 - Grand Rapids, MI
10/22 - Grand Haven, MI
10/23 - Pittsburgh, PA
10/24 - Buffalo, NY
10/25 - Rochester, NY
10/26 - Boston, MA
10/27 - Philidelphia, PA
10/28 - New York, NY
10/29 - Allentown, PA
10/30 - Washington, DC
10/31 - Asheville, NC
11/01 - Athens, GA
11/02 - Huntsville, AL
11/03 - Houston, TX
11/04 - Austin, TX
11/05 - San Antonio, TX
11/06 - Dallas, TX
11/07 - Denton, TX
11/08 - Norman, OK
11/09 - Lawrence, KS
11/10 - St. Louis, MO
11/11 - Chicago, IL
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Anna Ternheim - Separation road
02. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
03. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
04. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes
05. Marit Bergman - I think it's a rainbow
06. Promoe - White man's burden
07. Deportees - Damaged goods
08. Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Tuesday wonderland
09. Mats Bergmans - Den stora dagen
10. Vikingarna - Bästa
11. Mando Diao - Ode to ochrasy
12. Amon Amarth - With Oden on our side
14. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
15. Di Leva - Hoppets röst
16. Eva Eastwood - Ton of heart
17. BassHunter - LOL
18. Rydell & Quick - Rockoholic
19. Patrik Isaksson - Patrik Isaksson
20. Anne Sofie von Otter - I let the music speak