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This week's radio show is all women:
01. Hello Saferide - I was definitely made for these times
02. TALK 1
03. Susanne Sundfør - I resign
04. Sahara Hotnights - Drive dead slow
05. Margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
06. TALK 2
07. Marit Bergman - I will always be your soldier
08. El Perro Del Mar - Party
09. Octavia Sperati - As fire swept clean the earth
10. TALK 3
11. Robyn - Cobrastyle
12. Montys Loco - Man overboard
13. Honey Is Cool - Summer of men
14. TALK 4
15. Those Dancing Days - Hitten (demo version)
16. Christel Alsos - Come on
17. Red Moon - Landslide
18. TALK 5
19. Sophie Zelmani - To know you
20. Sanna Kurki-Suonio - Minne
21. Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Enjoy the silence
22. TALK 6
23. Otur - Overture
24. Midaircondo - Perfect spot
25. Doughnuts - Drowning
26. TALK 7
27. Fe-mail - Jacob's leketøy
28. September - Satellites
29. Gåte - Sjå attende
30. TALK 8
31. Maia Hirasawa - Mattis & Maia (ft. Miss Li)
32. Stina Nordenstam - Parliament square (The Knife remix)
33. Munck//Johnson - Slavesong
34. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
35. TALK 9
36. Säkert! - Sanningsdan
37. Asha Ali - A promise broken
38. The Cardigans - I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
39. TALK 10
40. Anja Garbarek - The last trick
In case you missed it, the music summer camp for girls that Marit Bergman helped found is called Popkollo and you can find out more information here: https://www.popkollo.se/
Non-Swedish speakers, check the 'English' link on the bottom left for more details.
Hey look, Jakob and Lovisa Nyström (Isolation Years, Säkert!) have a myspace page for their band as a duo: https://www.myspace.com/2whitehorses
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Eva Dahlgren - En blekt blondins ballader
02. Per Gessle - En händig man
03. Cajsastina Åkerström - Visor från förr & nu
04. Lasse Stefanz - Vagabond
05. Ted Gärdestad - För kärlekens skull - Det bästa med
06. The Ark - Prayer for the weekend
07. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
08. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
09. Markoolio - Värsta Plattan
10. Sarah Dawn Finer - A finer dawn
11. Måns Zelmerlöw - Stand by for...
12. Tommy Körberg - Rakt upp och ner
14. Säkert! - Säkert
15. Sofia karlsson - Visor från vinden
16. Oh Laura - A song inside my head, a demon in my bed
17. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
18. Calaisa - Calaisa
19. Maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm just me
20. Cornelis Vreeswijk - CV - Det bästa med Cornelis Vreeswijk
Stylus sits down for a nice long chat with Annika Norlin (Hello Saferide/Säkert!): https://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/interview/hello-saferide.htm
Which reminds me: if you were thinking of buying a copy of the Hello Saferide vinyl I put out, better act fast 'cuz there aren't that many copies left.
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Lasse Stefanz - Vagabond
02. Eva Dahlgren - En blekt blondins ballader
03. Per Gessle - En händig man
04. Cajsastina Åkerström - Visor från förr & nu
05. Markoolio - Värsta Plattan
06. The Ark - Prayer for the weekend
07. Ted Gärdestad - För kärlekens skull - Det bästa med
08. Mustasch - Latest version of the truth
09. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
10. Sarah Dawn Finer - A finer dawn
11. Sofia karlsson - Visor från vinden
12. Oh Laura - A song inside my head, a demon in my bed
14. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
15. Torgny Melin's - Allting som vi har
16. Dana Dragomir - Älskade svenska visor
17. Maia Hirasawa - Though, i'm just me
18. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
19. Måns Zelmerlöw - Stand by for...
20. Säkert! - Säkert
The playlist for my radio show this week:
01. Säkert! - Allt som är ditt
02. TALK 1
03. Madrugada - Shine
04. My Midnight Creeps - Don't let 'em bring you down
05. TALK 2
06. Asha Ali - A promise broken
07. Detektivbyrån - Hemvägen
08. Pelle Carlberg - Clever girls like clever boys much more than clever boys like clever girls
09. TALK 3
10. Enslaved - 793 (Slaget om Lindisfarne)
11. TALK 4
12. Fare You Well - Take me away
13. The Kissaway Trail - Smother + Evil = Hurt
14. Emmon - Wake up time (Thermostatic remix)
15. TALK 5
16. KVLR - Traitors and thieves
17. Magnus Carlsson - Va med mig
18. Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - Bebopalulia
19. TALK 6
20. De Må Være Belgiere - Cirkler
21. Johndoe - Kjøtere
22. Manes - Deeprooted
23. TALK 7
24. Khoma - Stop making speeches
25. The Giant's Dream - Significant dawn
26. Las Puertas - The water
27. TALK 8
28. Lordi - The chainsaw buffet
29. Logh - A sunset knife fight
30. Lack - 5 o'clock in the evening
31. TALK 9
32. The Bear Quartet - Before the trenches
33. Jan Johansson - Visa från Utanmyra
34. TALK 10
35. Kashmir - The aftermath
Speaking of Hybris, Swedish newspaper Eskilstuna Kuriren has posted a special summer comp for free download and naturally, a couple Hybris acts are featured such as Familjen, Montt Mardié and the aforementioned Elias plus other IAT faves such as Säkert! and Maia Hirasawa. Liner notes: https://www.ekuriren.se/file_arkiv/sjudagar.pdf (see page 2)
Download the music here: https://download.ekuriren.se/hash/9e081f3e13e1b731c2e8a4887386b5c3
Said the Gramophone has a track from Säkert! today: https://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/care_for_music.php
In case you were looking, Säkert! CDs are back in-stock and ready to ship: [click here]
We're six months into 2007 and our halftime reports are now posted. There's been a good number of strong releases so far this year, Säkert! being a collective favorite and others such as Laakso, Shout Out Louds, Isolation Years, Aerial and Familjen making multiple lists. Whittling our individual picks to three each can be difficult, but I think it forces us to be more decisive and discerning.
One act that didn't make by list, but surely deserves a place is Closer. Problem is, their new EP "The 39" isn't officially released yet and I didn't want to be all, "this is the year's best record and no, you can't hear it." Actually, I did play the track "Sensing the wake" on my radio show a couple times, but I really have no idea how many people heard it. Well, those problems are now a thing of the past as the kind dudes of Closer have decided to let me offer up "Sensing the wake" as a free download. Still no word on an official release, but it'll come - just wait.
For those that have missed my description of the band in the past, Closer plays what I can only describe as intelligent rock music. It's heavy and dark, but not exactl metal and it has the intensity of hardcore without being, y'know, hardcore. The musicianship is stellar as well, but never too showy. Fellow musicians will pick up on it, but there's no conspicuous solos or anything else to draw attention to it. Thematically, the EP is a concept piece along the same lines of "Tokpela", their debut. This time, it's based on a linear story centered around a single person and a series of events. Various similar motifs are repeated throughout the record, tying it together as a whole. Vocalist Joachim Dahlberg describes "Sensing the wake" as part one, "where the sensing part is actually just the saxophone intro, the calm before the storm." Beyond that, you're on your own. Closer loves to be mysterious and is happy to let you draw your own conclusions.
Closer - Sensing the wake
My radio show this week is all about good-time summer jams:
01. TALK 1
02. Junior Senior - Move your feet
03. Tigerbombs - 1000 sparks
04. Säkert! - Vi kommer att dö samtidigt
05. TALK 2
06. Maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
07. Margaret Berger - Samantha
08. The Knife - Heartbeats
09. The Ark - The worrying kind
10. TALK 3
11. Bamse - Kapten Busters sång
12. Marit Bergman - Adios amigos
13. Last Days of April - Playerin
14. Nic & the Family - Hej Monika
15. TALK 4
16. Basshunter - Boten Anna
17. The Alpine - No I in team
18. Aqua - Barbie girl
19. TALK 5
20. I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse
21. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
22. Eric Prydz vs Floyd - Proper education
23. TALK 6
24. Children of Bodom - Oops, I did it again!
25. Whale - Hobo humpin' slobo babe
26. Kurt Nilsen - She's so high
27. Desert Planet - Return of the ninja droids
28. TALK 7
29. Laakso - Italy vs Helsinki
30. Peter Bjorn and John - Young folks
31. September - Cry for you
32. TALK 8
33. Randy - Summer of bros
34. Ace of Base - All that she wants
35. Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde - Democracy
36. TALK 9
37. Håkan Hellström - Kann ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
38. Seven Feet Four - Last days of summer
39. Tiger Lou - The war between us (Rupesh Cartel remix)
40. Madrugada - The kids are on high street
41. TALK 10
42. Europe - The final countdown
Download the companion "Summer jam '07" podcast mix right here.
Pitchfork reviews Säkert!, the Swedish-language project of Annika Norlin/Hello Saferide: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/42664-skert
If you are looking to purchase said CD, it's currently out of stock, but new copies should be on the way.
The video for the new Säkert! single "Allt som är ditt" is now online: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2026061845
As I've said before, this is definitely my favorite song from the record.