J. Kleinberg
Pow! Like a ninja I suddenly appear from the dark and deliver a striking round house kick to your ears. A roundhouse of love and music. All this thanks to J. Kleinberg.

Tomorrow I'll find out if he's as good live as he his recorded when he plays at På besök in Malmö. According to a friend it's a must see. So I will.

Fiddle music. Indie fiddle music. Indie pop rock fiddle music. Brilliant indie pop rock fiddle music.

His website is here and his space is here. And tomorrow you should be there.

J. Kleinberg - Crazy Bird Whistle
J. Kleinberg - Princess Leia

The Bicycles
Drive all cars off cliffs. Cut the wings off of every plane. Steal the tracks from the trains and weld the doors shut on all the buses. Put the motorcycles on boats and sink them deep into the oceans. Skateboarders and rollerbladers put your gear in the bin. Puncture all the hot air balloons. Why? Because the only transportation you need right now is The Bicycles. They will take you to the sunny California in the 60's. From Toronto, Canada they will take you everywhere you want to go. To Australia, Paris, Ghost Town and Montreal. To space and to a site.

The Bicycles - Paris Be Mine
The Bicycles - Gotta Get Out

Lara May
Some parts of the song Order In The Nothing by American Lara May sounds very dramatic and like someones life was depending on it. Well, all of the songs available at her space sounds like that. In the best possible way. It sounds so classical, there are some things that remind me of Joni Mitchell. Lara May has the same ability to spellbound me. I've tried to not compare bands that I blog about with other bands, but this time I just had to break a rule and do it to get you to understand.

Lara May is living in Nashville at the moment. Some recordings are being made for an album with no release date. I hope its sooner than later. Now listen to this.

Lara May - Fire Freezer
Lara May - Order In The Nothing

What is happening with AMK?
Well, it's been almost a month since I last posted something here. I wish I could say that I've been too busy to blog but that would not be completely true. Sure, I've been working like crazy the last couple of months but that is not the main reason for the lack of entries. I guess I just got fed up for a while. Things have been too crazy for a while now. This morning when I woke up I suddenly felt like blogging again. So here I go again.

To make this comeback easy for myself I'm gonna set you up with some people that I know. If you have been a frequent reader of this blog you remember the Swedish band Lucky Lucky Pigeons. They have put up a new song on their space. It's as catchy as all their songs and leaves you charmed and eager for more.

Lucky Lucky Pigeons - Keep on Kingie

Bobby Baby has released some new stuff at her website. Two new songs plus an acoustic version of one of the songs. As always it's music that get your heart going, your feet shuffeling and your ears smiling.

Bobby Baby - But How

This is turning out the be an all Swedish blog. I also want to point you to another old favourite of mine that has been blogged about before. Tanzmusik are Swedish but sing in German. Their melancholic pop songs make me long for Berlin.

Tanzmusik - Berlin

I don't know if I will be blogging every day again. Probably not. But I'm back. At least a few times per week. So tell your friends to come here if they need a tip on good music.

Muut Ramonia
Mutt Ramon goes electronic. This is what this autumn will sound like. I wrote about Mutt Ramon here. Muut Ramonia is funky. Muut Ramonia is just as good and playful as it's indie brother. But with more basslines and snare drums. Just as they wanted it. Pump up the jam! Pump it up!

Muut Ramonia - Sorfolk and Nuffolk
Muut Ramonia - Flexible Thumb...

The Stamps
Today I broke my coffee maker. I was going to clean it, but instead I broke it. Maybe that's good for me. I need to drink less coffee. On my day off from work I finally have time to update this blog and present you to something wonderful. The Stamps are Caroline, Sarah and Ali. And a bunch of instruments. It's very twee. It's very sweet. It's very good. Now I'm off to a café...


The Stamps - Jean Paul and Simone
The Stamps - Wisdom Teeth

I'm Only Sleeping
Nathan is I'm Only Sleeping. I'm never sleeping these days. Too much work. If it wasn't for the music I would probably have lost it weeks ago. I don't want to sound corny, but isn't music just great this year? Band after band, artist after artist making every day so much easier to bare through when it's a crappy day, and making the good days so much better.

Thank you Nathan for making such wonderful songs. Thank you for making me smile. Thanks for making me shuffle my feet in a little dance. Thank you for making me wanna cry. Thanks for sharing your music with us.

I'm Only Sleeping - Syntax Error
I'm Only Sleeping - Letter From Your God

Ohbijou
After busy days I just love to sit down with a cup of coffee and listen to something soft and slow. To something that is kind to my ears. Music that sounds like cotton. Or a blanket. Made of cotton... A few days ago I found a new favourite band for moments like these. They are Canadian. They released an album in July. They are six people with fantastic song writing skills. Give me a call if you want to enjoy them together with me and some coffee.

Ohbijou - Misty Eyes
Ohbijou - Steep

Audiator
The sweet sweet melodies that makes your heart beat faster and faster until you have to burst out in a big smile and scream. I'm a sucker for the lo-fi pop songs with a twist of the 60's. Audiator delivers. Behind the name Audiator stands someone called Shonea from Belgrad, Serbia.

Audiator - A Picture With You
Audiator - The Girl With The Smile

Chukimai
Even pitched kids voices sounds sweet. But also creepy. I'm glad that the music of Dutch Chukimai is not as scary as the sample in the song Kids. It's funky and jazzy electronica that want you to listen up. At this site there is 261 songs by Chukimai available for download... Begin with these two songs.

Chukimai - Suture
Chukimai - Kids

Origami Ghosts
I never learned how to fold decent paper planes. I remember how the talented people used to fold the paper to planes looking like fighter jets. I never managed to do that. My planes just crashed and burned a meter away from me. I guess my paper planes was more like the first aircrafts that was built. You know the silly looking ones that you can see in old movie clips, with people trying to fly but everyone just ends up face down in a bush...

Origami Ghosts must be masters at folding paper. If they are half as good as they are making music, they could probably make a living out of it. This six piece band from Seattle, USA is about everything you need this week. The use of other instruments than the ordinary pop/rock band would use is what makes the gold that is Origami Ghosts shine. Four wonderful songs are available at their myspace site. Their website is not really finished yet, but you can find it here.

Origami Ghosts - Peace Smells Nice
Origami Ghosts - Clouds Look Down

Psapp on books
My friend Zac Fors writes for several different publications, both on the web and on paper. During interviews with bands for those publications the topic books has been discussed. And now the book talks will be published here on this blog. First out is the oh so fantastic Psapp. /Daniel

The last Psapp album is one of those records that will follow us during the whole summer, over the autumn and into the cold Swedish winter. It's like a warm cat that hangs around and you just can't help loving it. When they came to Stockholm earlier this year I met Galia Durant and Carim Clasmann to ask them about their relationships to books.

Carim - I usually read a mixture of really sad geekie books about electronics because I build some stuff on my own and some odd novels like Paul Auster. At the moment I read the original Cervantes Don Quijote. I also read a lot of books about politics.

Galia - I love Evelyn Waughs book 'The Loved One' which is one of the funniest books I've ever read and I keep buying it to everyone I know. And the book written by the Rolling Stones manager is quite a good book as well but not as good as the Julian Cope autobiography.

Carim - It's a good book and he admits being shitty to everyone. If he would have written how good and great he was then it would have been boring but choosing to be the absolute opposite makes it so much more interesting.

Galia - There's another great music book I read at the same time called 'Ripit up & start again' by Simon Reynolds, it's about the history of post punk. It's a really great book and I really recommend it.

Clara Clara
Yesterday I wrote about Francois Virot. I forgot to mention that he is also a member of the very energic band Clara Clara. It's rock ´n roll. Instrumental greatness. Heavy distortion. Feels like my speakers gonna crack. Even if I play it at a low volume, it's still very loud. And that's good, because you want to hear this. Website and myspace.

Clara Clara - Dans Mon Smoking
Clara Clara - Richmond

On Friday this blog will have a guest star. My friend Zac did an interview with Psapp earlier this year. Zac is a guy that reads alot. He talks about books. So check in again on Friday and you'll get a reading tip from Psapp for the weekend.

Francois Virot
From Lyon, France comes the sounds of Francois Virot. Sounds that reminds me of The Beach Boys and Guided by Voices. As Francois says himself, it's very lofi. But poor sound quality has never been something that stopped me from liking good song writing. Monsieur Virot recorded four tracks on his four-track tape recorder and we want you to listen to them. Check out his myspace.

Francois Virot - Yes Sun
Francois Virot - Cascade Kisses
Francois Virot - Fishboy

Since the move I've been buried in work. I've only been home to sleep. At the most. Next month will be a little bit better, so be patient with me. The blog will return to normal as soon as possible. Now enjoy Francois Virot.

Tishiná
Swedish electronic duo. Sofia Jansson and Christoffer Aldin. The song provided below is a true gem. Full of creative and emotional wonders. I believe the band is formed qute recently. There's only a myspace site to visit. And only two songs. At first I was thinking I should wait to post about them until more songs were added. But I could not do it. I just had to share this with you.

Tishiná - As Long As You Remain...

By the way, I have moved. At the moment I'm using some neighbours wireless internet connection. I don't know how long that will work. It's a very unstable connection so I don't even know if I will be able to post this post. So, I guess the activity on this blog will go down for a week or so. Maybe. Depending on my neighbour... But I do have something else that might interest you. More about that later. If it works out.

Crazy For Jane
Brother and sister Josepha and Philipp Conrad is the core of Crazy For Jane. The Germans sound in the song Romance something like a band playing at a night club in some old movie. Josepha in a black dress moving slowly across the stage, while the band smokes tons of cigarettes. Red velvet curtains. A dramatic scene takes part somewhere in the crowd. No one reacts, the music is getting all their attention. When the song stops, a loud iiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeiiiiii is heard and the crowd moves awayfrom something on the floor...

Crazy For Jane - Romance

The Way Forward

Zac and Helena wrote todays post as a response to my post about women and music a couple of days ago. They believe that the personal is political; they are also the founders of the new Swedish online publication emmet that deals with all the important things in life.

Daniel asks the question why music made by men is the music that gets most space, acknowledgment and cheering. The question can be answered with the conclusion that it's the man that is the norm in this society and that goes for both politics and philosophy as well as for culture. Daniels says that one of the reasons that his blog has been focusing on men is because he is one and therefore identifies himself with other men. That is probably true but we believe that there is more to it.

It's not only men that identify themselves with men, also women tends to identify themselves with the males. Everything around them, from a very early age, teaches girls that men are human and the universal while women are the odd ones. That is why we compare music made by women with music made by men and not the other way around. That is why we, in pure surprise, cheer when a woman makes as good music as a man. And that is why women are playing in the second division and not in the first division where the men are enjoying the game. And this is the reason why men, and not the women, decide what's good music and what music has got quality.

This creates a musical environment for men. More men than women gets signed, more men than women gets reviewed, more men than women gets celebrated and more men than women gets long articles and interviews in the media. When a woman gets attention then we are very aware of the fact that she is a woman. Especially since that the "she is a woman" factor usually is one of the main reasons that she is put in the spotlight.

All of this will of course affect the consumer. If we are not aware of what music we like and why we are listing to it we will certainly end up with a record collection built around men. It has nothing to do with what style of music we are into or what age we are in. Nor does it matter if it's records we have in our bookshelves or if it's music on mix tapes handed to us by our friends. If we are not aware, we will end up with mostly male artists as our favourit company.

Not even feminism is a guarantee for a more equal mix of male and female. A lot of feminists haven't got a genre perspective of the music they are listening to. And even when you as an eyes-wide-open feminist are fully aware of all of this it's still hard to be correct in what music you choose to read about, listen to and tell your friends they need to hear. This is because of the numbers of female artists that gets media attention are so few compared to male artists. However, awareness is the only way to change the norm just as Daniel did when he realized that his blog was dominated with music made by men.

We believe strongly in awareness and we are absolutely sure that things will change for the better. Because it has to, because it's absolutely absurd to ignore 50% of the world population and because it's the only way for us all to move forward as humans.
// Helena Österlund and Zac Fors

Pleased
It's very cool and emotional at the same time. It's scary but also very sweet and soothing. Sardelle Leim and Asym Fever from Italy is todays treat. Unsigned so far. Just a matter of time before they get picked up. Enjoy.

Pleased - Eirlon Vui Desen
Pleased - Relaxing Today

After looking through the past two months of blogging I’ve come to some conclusions. It’s time for change. Of all the bands and artists featured on this blog there are more than twice as many men as there are women. This is even though I’ve actually tried to not fall in the same trap as many other music media have done before me. The last two weeks I’ve tried harder to even things out, and succeeded. But almost every interview I’ve done have been with a guy. That’s not good enough, folks. Things just has to change.

Why does it look this way? I’ve thought about it alot and I’ve talked it over with friends. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly why, but below are some of the ideas I’ve got. I’ve tried to summarize it to a readable lenght...and therefore some ideas are not fully explained or discussed. I am quite aware of that I may have missed many explanations, so please don’t hesitate, comment or email me your ideas.

I belong to the gender category Male. Therefore I have easier to relate to other male artists expressions. This is of course debateble but I believe it’s true in many ways but, and this is important, not in all. There are so many other categories to take into consideration. But due to the fact that I am a male blogger, there is a big risk that I subconsciously favorize male artists. Like the male dominated press has done since the first word was published. Sadly, as my friend Moa points out, female culture journalists do this too, only to fit into the community of men writing about men.

One can also easily see that the pop (rock, hip hop, country, jazz and so on...) music estethics is a very masculine expression... This comes from years and years with predominately male artists occupying the scene. For a female artist the choice stands between rolling up her sleeves and get into the masculine game, or try to find an other way risking to be ignored as a sweet girl trying to make music.

Female artists has to be better than male artists to be considered talented. I believe that I (and many other) tend to listen to and judge female artists in a way that is more cynical and criticizing than with male artists. As if they have to be so much more original than any other musician. Like this: a girl makes great music but her voice reminds me of Björk. I turn it off and thinks that this girl is just trying to copy Björk. I do this with male artists too, of course, but not to the same extent. Why? Maybe it’s because there are less references for women to be judged by. Maybe it’s just because I’m a guy and I’m socialy programmed this way by years and years of male norms.

There are more men making music. I don’t have any proof of this, but I’m pretty sure that it’s the case. At least men seem to be more interested in getting their music public. The reason for this might be found in low self esteem with female artists. Among with lots of other explanations, of course. But this runs side by side with the first problem. Since the music press is also dominated by men (writing about men) the chance for a female artist to get noticed is slim. The more female artists getting attention for their music, the more female artists will follow. Just look at the boy band phenomenon. Or the sad-guy-with-guitar dito. According to a survey done in Sweden there are actually more women than men playing an instrument. My experience is that women mostly play instruments like cello, violoin or any other classical instrument. Think about it, all the bands using a string section consisting of women only.

I’m not sure if this post made any sense to you. It’s hard to discuss these things in Enlish since it’s not my native language. But at least you should have gotten the point that I’m not happy with music journalism as it looks today. Therefore I promise you, dear dear reader, that I will try even harder to be a part of the changing of it. How? Well, one solution would be to stop writing. That would even out the conditions. But i wont do that. Instead I will make a bigger effort trying to find the best indie music out there. This does not mean that I will stop promote male bands. Not at all. But in the choice between two bands/artists the choice will from now on automatically fall on the women. You might not notice the difference, but I will know it’s there. By the end of the day, I can at least say that I tried.

At first I was not sure if I should post it, or just change the blog without saying so. Thanks to Ella and Moa for ideas and kicking me in the ass to post it.

Oh, the sweet irony. I was listening to the band Man Man while writing parts of the post...

Now, send me suggestions on female artists to write about. The email adress is found in the profile section.

The Rainbowmonkey
No information available. Except for: Always on the run, looking for the right shine. Currently in vietnam - feeding the rain. Inspired by shiny colors twinkling over the horizon.

Is this nonsense? Not at all. It's just monkey music. The world is filled with sock monkeys. This is one of the best. The Rainbowmonkey.

The Rainbowmonkey - HitHat
The Rainbowmonkey - Elevation in Pink

Isen Biter
Swedish folk pop by Emma, Stina and Hanna. Wonderful and creative songwriting. I'm going insane to Insanity. The lalalala's is in the right spot. And the oooohh's aswell. Only thing left to say: thank you.

Isen Biter - Insanity
Isen Biter - What if The Sun Goes Down

Skirt
No, it's not the same band as I posted about earlier. This time Skirt is German Ursula Maurer. But she's equally good. Really cool electronic sound mixed up with lo-fi electric guitars and innovative drumming. I also like her voice alot, in Senses Rubicund there's a cool delay that really tickles my eardrums. Sometimes she reminds me of Sonic Youth.

Skirt - Senses Rubicund
Skirt - Here She Comes

The Classic Brown
Stacey Brown-Downham is the one to thank for the songs below. I fell in love with her voice at the first Here in Pret A Proceder. It's one of those voices that at once feel unique and interesting. But it's not only the voice, it's the way she uses it. In a relaxed, I am bored-kinda way. But still with a feeling that every word is the most important one. And such fantastic songwriting. I can't really decide on which songs to recommend. There seem to be something wrong with the songs at her myspace, they wont download. At her website you can get the two below. But you really should bookmark her myspace to get the other songs tomorrow.

The Classic Brown - Pret A Proceder
The Classic Brown - Proud Private, Give Leave

Brother Sister
Dante and Xavia Nou is brother and sister. They grew up surrounded by artists and musicians, while travelling around Australia. All grown up they have been separated but thanks to modern technology they have been able to produce alot of great music. Thank god for the internet. It's electronic and acoustic pop with excellent singing from both Dante and Xavia. The brother and the sister. I wish I had a sister to sing with. Website.

Brother Sister - Likewise
Brother Sister - Solid

A.A. Wallace
Canadian. Very prolific. Music to cry to. And of course enjoy. There's something about it that makes me so sad. His voice is heart breaking. Not in the Elvis way. It's more honest. The song structures of the songs below are really my cup of tea. Such wonderful melodies. I wish I had more time to tell you about how good this is, but I have an apointment for a hair cut. Read the interview instead. Myspace, website. Sleepless.

A.A. Wallace - I Can Beak Your Heart
A.A. Wallace - Spike
A.A. Wallace - Kristen is a Germaphobe

What does the A.A. in A.A. Wallace stand for? I know one is for Aaron.
Aaron Alexander Wallace. Although I am changing my name soon to Cheval Gary Wallace. Gary was my deceased fathers name and cheval is the name most people know me by because it was the name of my old band. So as a performer i'll either by known as Cheval again or A.A. Wallace is dead.

Is Toronto a bad place? Why?
I was there for the first time last week and it wasn't terrible. I just don't like the idea of toronto. Everyone thinks it's some kind of mecca for everything. I know alot of my friends parters are moving there. 3 from my band at least.

Whats your take on the Canadian indie scene?
The Canadian Indie scene is as strong as it's ever been. I blame that on the internet and even since myspace things have started getting better. Alot of it seems to be community based.

You are recording an album at the moment? When will it be done?
I'm always recording an album. I have 14. the new one is almost done and will be finished by August. When I have enough songs I just compile them.

Your EP released this year is sold out. How does that make you feel?
Good. I'm a sell out. hehe. I didn't make many copies of it because it was a covers ep and I didn't want to get in any publishing trouble.

I was trying to do some research but I just got confused. You used to be in the band Cheval? Youre in The Sleepless Nights and now you are also doing the solo thing?
All true. I usually get down on what i'm doing. I'm very self critical so alot of times shit just falls apart but in the sleepless nights the other members pick up my slack. For which I am eternally greatful.

Sleepless Recordings. Do you have anything to do with it?
Yes indeed I do. I started it with my friend Thomas/Richard. Initially we did it because we didn't fit in with what our friends were doing so we decided to try and create our own community.

If it was up to you, what band would you like to open for on a world tour?
Casiotone for the Painfully alone. If I were gay i would stalk him.

A Day For Kites
Today is my birthday. I'm gonna celebrate it with working from noon to midnight. Fantastic. It's a very hot day today, and it's only 10:30. I'm not sure if it's really a good day for flying kites, but the day when this Canadian indie rock band formed apparently was. I don't have time for a big post about what they sound like so just grab the song and enjoy. Visit their myspace for more downloads.

A Day For Kites - Bobby Pin

Also, Tanzmusik got a new song up on their myspace site. I think it's about driving on the autobahn. I know it's good.

Tanzmusik - Baustelle

Pepito
Mexican Ana Machado and Cuban Jose Marquez living in Spain but are on their way to the US makes wonderful things as Pepito. Intense and dramatic, well programmed but with a spontaneous feeling to it. Some songs are more electric, twisting and turning like a drunk mosquito. Other songs are more straight forward but still with a variation in the song. Well, you will hear for yourself as soon as you've downloaded the songs. They have released their third album this year The New World, so this might be old news to you. But for me this is brand new and something to stand at rooftops screaming about. At their website there's lots of songs and videos for you to grab.

Pepito - The New World
Pepito - Por Que

Mutt Ramon
Back from twelve hours of heavy labor. Christ. And only a crappy radio station to listen to in the background. Twelve hours without good music. But now I'm back home. Listening to Stuart Staples solo album. But this post is not about him.

Yesterday I re-discovered an old favourite. Mutt Ramon is Simon Lancaster and Neil Johnson. Mutt Ramon is also brilliant melodies and loads of big smiles. The album Utterly Mutterly was released earlier this year. From the album there's two songs available (although one is edited and you miss the ending...). Wow, it's only 7 pm and I'm thinking of going to bed. Maybe Silver Moon Boots can get me going again. Check out their website and myspace.

Mutt Ramon - Silver Moon Boots
Mutt Ramon - Derek Jarman's Garden (edit)

Kelly Slusher
I'm getting nervous about next week. I wont have any internet connection. I'm addicted to it, you know. Without this high speed stuff I would not have found Kelly Slusher. And then I would have missed out on some superb songs. It's så förbannat jävla bra as we would say in Swedish. It's so fucking good as we say in English. Great pop music from Brooklyn, New York. Check out her website for further info on this brilliant songwriter.

Kelly Slusher - When You Said
Kelly Slusher - All Thru The Day

Compute
When beginning a post, I sometimes find myself thinking about the first sentence for way too long. I want to be witty. I want to be interesting. It's stupid, I know. I don't have to be anything but informative as long as I keep finding such fantastic music for you. And what fantastic music I stumble upon sometimes. Since my back is still giving me tremendous problems with walking, dancing is totally out of the question. What a pitty. I would give my left leg to have dance to/with Compute.

Think of the best pop melodies you ever heard. The synth pop ones. Think of the funkiest sounds you ever heard from a video game. Think of dancing. Think of Swedish Ulrika Mild who is Compute. Oh my god. Every Chance is on at the moment. I wanna dance!!! I'm not gonna bore you with too much info. Just visit her website if you wanna know more. Or the label that released the Computopia EP. And, yeah, read this interview after you've downloaded these tracks:

Compute - Every Chance
Compute - Dance With Me
Compute - Turn Your Head

In an interview you got the question what song you wished that you had written. You answered Dance With Me by Alphaville. I think your Dance With Me is so much better. Why is dancing so fun to do and sing about?
First of all, thank you, I think Alphaville made an amazing song, managing to sound sad, romantic desperate and hopeful at the same time. And it's catchy. Then to answer your question, I think dancing, at least for me, means letting go and only feeling the music, nothing else. If you're angry, happy, sad whatever, dancing's almost always the best way to spend a Saturday night. Or any other night.

Does it happen (I can't see that it's possible, though) that people wont dance when you play live? How does that make you feel?
Yes, it actually does. We've played a couple of times for sitting audiences, it's horrible. I think the audience is half the show, if they look happy it makes us do a better job. And if they don't look like they're enjoying it I usually end up not playing half of the songs I had planned.

Do you think it’s possible to make futuristic music? Listening to alot of bands today, it’s easy to find some retro feeling to their stuff. Is it possible to make music without looking to the past?
It might be possible if you grow up without ever hearing music. Otherwise no, I don't think it's possible to make music without looking to the past. It’s possible to think you’re not looking at the past, though.

How does the future look for Compute? What do you think will happen? What do you want to happen?
I have no idea, I never do. Things just happen, or in some cases don't happen. I don't have a plan; I just want to make music, music that I like. I would want more people to hear my music, spread it more I guess, so that's how I hope the future looks.

If you could choose, what band would you like to open for on a world tour?
That's a hard one... It might be fun opening for Client, I think our music would be different enough from theirs to make it interesting, and still similar enough not to confuse. And they’re not too big, they don't play on stages where you feel like you're an ant who's lost your ant-friends when you were out searching for whatever ants search for.

Skirt
Well folks, the sharing part of this blog did not work out at all. So now it's just me. Well, it's been that way since the start so I don't think you will notice any difference... Anyway, there might be some additional writers for this blog at least during the summer. I am moving in a couple of weeks so my internet access will be minimal until the new ISP do their magic.

Enough about the boring stuff. Let's check out todays great band Skirts. The Americans Shana Falana and Nicole Pinon describe their sound like this:

"something beautiful that you heard when you were dreaming last night, rocking back and forth like a boat out at sea, birds swirling on a brooklyn rooftop, your childhood memories smell sweet, and the sounds of the singing siren's echoing chorus's sing you to sleep again......."

I could not agree more. It's rather minimal. In Heaven it's just one guitar and the two perfect voices of Nicole and Shana. Yeah, that is maybe what heaven is like. Listen.

Skirt - Heaven

True Adventures
Mia might be her name. Playful is what she is. And Brittish. Crazy songs from this artist almost makes my ears bleed from the chaos. But then the bandaid of perfect pop melodies stops it. So if you're bleeding, get this song and then call the ambulance.

True Adventures - Pipelines

Solitary Extraction
Bubble beats and twisting melodies. Multi instrumentalist Brad Weber has released two albums on his own label Crony. The third album is on it's way, due to be finished this summer. There's a song from the album at his myspace site plus some old ones. At his website you can get more. This Canadian is full of beautiful songs. If you liked Pulka, then you will also dig this. The new album will be superb. // Dandy

Solitary Extractions - Hand of Slight