Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. This is Head
02. JJ
03. Anna Ternheim
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Beach House
06. Håkan Hellström
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Kent
09. Love Is All
10. Jonathan Johansson
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Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. This Is Head
02. JJ
03. Anna Ternheim
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Beach House
06. Håkan Hellström
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Kent
09. Love Is All
10. Jonathan Johansson
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jjOn last year's well-received debut "n° 2", JJ brought a summery sound akin to a hypothetical The Tough Alliance-light, if such were a project (and an obviously close reference, as they're on their label). Its mixture of slower ballads with down-tempo firelight pop numbers took in the breezy coastal Swedish twilight. Perhaps they've not waited long enough before issuing their second album, perhaps they've had this release written and recorded before their first was out, but it's glaringly obvious that it doesn't reach the heights of "n° 2". It's as though they took the median of their first record and wrote each track accordingly, while also leaving out (both melodically and sonically) those aspects which would cause one to randomly hum "Masterplan" or "Are you still in Valda?". And that's quite a shame, too.
- Matt Giordano
Pitchfork weren't the only ones let down by JJ's pitiful live performance at SXSW, Perez Hilton was also quite disappointed: http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/03/21/perez-hilton-sxsw-interview/
Pitchfork reviews the new JJ album "JJ n° 3": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14045-JJ-n-3/
Also, see the reaction to their live show at SXSW here: http://pitchfork.com/news/38222-sxsw-thu-broken-social-scene-JJ-lets-wrestle-marina-and-the-diamonds/
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Beach House
02. The Radio Dept.
03. Loney, Dear
04. Shout Out Louds
05. JJ
06. Moto Boy
07. Håkan Hellström
08. Yeasayer
09. David & the Citizens
10. Efterklang
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Here is Kite covering "I give you morning", one of my all-time favorite ballads. Like a lot of people who read this site, I suspect we all first heard the song when Weeping Willows covered it, though of course it's been a longtime Swedish evergreen from way back when Fred Åkerström first did it på Svenska ("Jag ger dig min morgon") in 1972 on the album "Två tungor". And of course Håkan Hellström did it as well on his "visor" EP "Luften bor i mina steg". There's probably more versions out there, but let us not forget the original by Tom Paxton which I believe originally appeared on 1969's "The things I notice now" (and was rerecorded for 1982's "Even a gray day", an LP I have in my collection). Now, as far as ranking them goes, I consider the OG and WW versions to be my favorite, but this new one by Kite is pretty darn good, but even better: it's different. Reverence is for the weak; let's give it up for Kite's pulsating synth version!
Kite - I give you the morning
PopMatters reviews the new JJ album "JJ nº 3": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/120924-JJ-JJ-n-3/
Dusted reviews the new JJ album "JJ nº 3": http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5579
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. Familjen - När planeterna stannat
03. Elephant9 - Fugi fønix
04. Yosei - The raven
05. TALK 2
06. The Tarantula Waltz - Bacchus
07. Hortlax Cobra - Smoke
08. Sonic Ritual - Early graves
09. Meleeh - Vowbreaker
10. TALK 3
11. Khoma - From the hands of sinners
12. The Ark - Echo chamber
13. Darkthrone - Those treasures will never befall you
14. Fun - Slonko
15. TALK 4
16. Degrees - Can't walk thru this alone
17. JJ - Let go
18. Bruket - Polisen lägger pussel
19. Dreamboy - Pay attention
20. TALK 5
21. Moto Boy - IF you your bed could cry
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.
I can't be bothered to look up the song title, but has posted a new video from JJ: http://www.sincerelyyours.se/video/yours0131.html
Warmer Climes vs JJ: http://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2010/02/facts-figures-with-joakim-benon-of-JJ.html
More anger here with Fredik Lindson (The Crêpes, The Embassy) on the receiving end: http://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2010/02/facts-figures-with-fredrik-lindson-of.html
Music blog Drumming on Tabletops interviews JJ: http://drummingontabletops.blogspot.com/2010/02/JJ-interview.html
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Jonathan Johansson
02. Kent
03. JJ
04. Shout Out Louds
05. Joel Alme
06. Lake Heartbeat
07. El Perro del Mar
08. The xx
09. The Soundtrack of Our Lives
10. Markus Krunegård
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Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Håkan Hellström
02. El Perro del Mar
03. The Bear Quartet
04. JJ
05. Jens Lekman
06. Beach House
07. Hot Chip
08. Kent
09. Midlake
10. Yeasayer
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