Bad Hands guest vocalists revealed

Via Rogerts Blogg, here's the tracklist and guest vocalists that will be appearing on the upcoming Bad Hands (aka Per Nordmark) album:

Black and white - Linnea Jönsson (Those Dancing Days)
Bad hands - Nina Kinert
Northern lights - Britta Persson & Karl Larsson (Last Days of April)
Kick you out - Nicke Andersson (The Hellacopters) & Howlin' Pelle (The Hives)
Andra relationen - Subbah
Close enough - Choir of Kiemi
We love blood - Henric de la Cour (Strip Music)
Cartoon wolf - David Sandström
I can do it - Therese Johansson (Lowood)
Sillodill - Britta Persson

Column: A Postcard Life #2

Last Days of April - Might as well live
(Bad Taste Records)

Peeling off the layers of music has always been an interesting way to evolve for a band. And it certainly feels as if Karl Larsson finally found his home musically. This, the 5th album, is simply packed with rawk that has an astounding appeal. The man knows how to write catchy songs, but this collection are his masterpiece. And speaking of catchy, "Who's on the phone?" can possibly be the catchiest song to be released this year. Other favourites are the somewhat epic "Melbourne" and the sensitive and driven "Two ply glass". LDOA is a one-man project nowadays, but never is it a dull project. On the contrary, it is very much alive and kicking, something that the album title refers to. With Fredrik Granberg from Randy behind the drums and Mathias Oldén from Logh on bass, it's a combo that really tightens the sound together. And once and for all; I think we can finally erase that "emo rock"-mark LDOA have been labelled with for so long now.
- Jonas Appelqvist

Last Days of April - Do for two

This week's Friday mp3 pick belongs to Matt Giordano:

Last Days of April has always been one of those groups that, whilst I like a handful of tracks, the rest of the lot has never really been able to grab my attention. Maybe it's because (to me anyway) the slower numbers tend to all sound rather similar, no matter when they have been recorded. The progression of the band since heading the pop route has been very slight, however it's with the uptempo pop songs where the band succeeds. Maybe it's because that's where Karl Larsson's pseudo-teen angst succeeds best - in capturing the energy of his moment of frustration. Anyway, the band's new album is out now, and although I've yet to hear it, here is one of the two songs I consider to be the band's best (and the only ones I subsequently listen to). Enjoy.

Matt's pick: "Do for two" from 2004's "If you lose it". The runner-up? My all-time favorite LDOA song "Playerin", off the 2002 album "Ascend to the stars". Seeing as how I've posted that one at least twice now over the years (once when it was new and once to revisit), I figure it's good to diversify.

MP3: Last Days of April - Do for two

Last Days of April mainman Karl Larsson will be doing a number of acoustic showcase shows around Europe to promote his new album "Might as well live":

01/22 - The Monto, London (UK)
01/23 - Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam (NL)
01/25 - Stereo Wonderland, Köln (GER)
01/26 - Privatclub, Berlin (GER)
01/30 - Sala Castelló, Barcelona (ESP)
01/31 - Atomic Bar, Milan (ITA)

This week's top 20 Swedish student album chart:

01. (01) Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet U Look Good on the Dancefloor"
02. (03) Franz Ferdinand - "Walk Away"
03. (NY) The White Stripes - "The Denial Twist"
04. (09) David Sandström Overdrive - "The Crotch of a Saturday"
05. (NY) El Perro Del Mar - "God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get)"
06. (07) Róisín Murphy - "Sow Into You"
07. (20) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Is This Love?"
08. (08) ObnoXiuz - "Lägg benen på ryggen och dra"
09. (NY) Lethal Bizzie - "Fire"
10. (NY) Baby Shambles - "Albion"
11. (05) The Embassy - "It Pays to Belong"
12. (05) Test Icicles - "Circle Square Triangle"
13. (17) Gorillaz - "Dirty Harry"
14. (11) Goldfrapp - "Number 1"
15. (NY) Ella Rouge - "Jekyll N Hyde"
16. (04) Christian Kjellvander - "Drunken Hands"
17. (06) Saïan Supa Crew - "La Patte"
18. (ÅT) Architecture in Helsinki - "Do the Whirlwind"
19. (NY) Stereophonics - "Devil"
20. (13) Röyksopp - "What Else Is There?"

Leaving the chart: Karl Larsson, Kristian Anttila, Le Sport, Rihanna, Sophie Zelmani, Tiger Lou and The Sunshine.

This week's Swedish student radio chart:

01. (02) Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet U Look Good on the Dancefloor"
02. (02) Tiger Lou - "The Loyal"
03. (03) Franz Ferdinand - "Walk Away"
04. (04) Christian Kjellvander - "Drunken Hands"
05. (11) The Embassy - "It Pays to Belong"
06. (06) Saïan Supa Crew - "La Patte"
07. (NY) Róisín Murphy - "Sow Into You"
08. (NY) ObnoXiuz - "Lägg benen på ryggen och dra"
09. (07) David Sandström Overdrive - "The Crotch of a Saturday"
10. (10) The Sunshine - "Simon Le Bon"
11. (NY) Goldfrapp - "Number 1"
12. (05) Test Icicles - "Circle Square Triangle"
13. (12) Röyksopp - "What Else Is There?"
14. (NY) Rihanna - "If It's Lovin That U Want"
15. (15) Le Sport - "Business Girls"
16. (16) Karl Larsson - "Devil Strings"
17. (NY) Gorillaz - "Dirty Harry"
18. (17) Sophie Zelmani - "I Can't Change"
19. (09) Kristian Anttila - "Paul Weller"
20. (18) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Is This Love?"

Leaving the chart: Architecture in Helsinki, Bloc Party, Loveninjas, The Pipettes and Pharell.

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (02) Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet U Look Good on the Dancefloor"
02. (03) Tiger Lou - "The Loyal"
03. (NY) Franz Ferdinand - "Walk Away"
04. (04) Christian Kjellvander - "Drunken Hands"
05. (01) Test Icicles - "Circle Square Triangle"
06. (07) Saïan Supa Crew - "La Patte"
07. (09) David Sandström Overdrive - "The Crotch of a Saturday"
08. (10) The Pipettes - "Dirty Mind"
09. (15) Kristian Antilla - "Paul Weller"
10. (16) The Sunshine - "Simon Le Bon"
11. (06) The Embassy - "It Pays to Belong"
12. (13) Röyksopp - "What Else is There?"
13. (14) Pharell - "Angel"
14. (20) Loveninjas - "Keep Your Love"
15. (NY) Le Sport - "Business Girls"
16. (NY) Karl Larsson - "Devil Strings"
17. (NY) Sophie Zelmani - "I Can't Change"
18. (18) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah "Is This Love?"
19. (ÅT) Bloc Party - "Two More Years"
20. (ÅT) Architecture in Helsinki - "Do the Whirlwind"

Leaving the chart: Katie Goes to Tokyo, Queens of the Stone Age, Randy, Sophie Rimheden, The Strokes and Willowtree.

Bad Taste Records is sending Satanic Surfers, Venerea and All Systems Go (US/CAN) out together on a European package tour. Dates:

11/11 - Volksbad, Flensburg (GER)
11/12 - Ex-haus, Trier (GER)
11/13 - Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL)
11/14 - Demokrazy @ Het Magazijn, Gent (BEL) w/Quit Your Dayjob
11/15 - Mondo Bizarro, Rennes (FRA)
11/16 - tba, Bordeaux/Pau (FRA)
11/17 - Sala Caracol, Madrid (SPA)
11/18 - Carpa Centro Historico, Zaragoza (SPA)
11/19 - Punk or Latex Festival, Barcelona (SPA)
11/20 - Rockstore, Montpellier (FRA)
11/21 - Grillen, Colmar (FRA)
11/22 - Alter Stadtbahnhof, Schweinfurt (GER)
11/23 - Universum, Stuttgart (GER)
11/24 - Alex Skatehalle, Osnabrück (GER)
11/25 - Mejeriet, Lund (SWE) w/Karl Larsson
11/26 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
11/27 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE) w/Karl Larsson

Karl Larsson (Last Days of April) on tour in the UK:

09/20 - The Barfly, London
09/21 - Bar M, Chatham Kent
09/22 - The Prince Albert, Brighton
09/23 - The Ferryboat, Norwich
09/24 - The Casbah, Sheffield
09/25 - The Fenton, Leeds
09/26 - Bar Bloc, Glasgow