Small introduction to Swedish Powerpop

The Genuine Fakes from Sweden will play at Flavour Of The Month club here in Turku on 3.9.2011 (unfortunately the Helsinki show did not work out) like you may have noticed. Therefore I’ve been also listening to some older swedish powerpop favourites of mine. There are plenty of them, because 90’s Swedish power pop is extremely important to me. Popsicle has always been my biggest Swedish love affair, but all of these are huge favourites of mine. I’m sure you will hear some of these at the next Flavour Of The Month also, because I’m one of the DJs.

Popsicle: Sunkissed

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgShQKsrDsc]

The Wannadies: Might Be Stars

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFpFUOLRNPI]

The Merrymakers: I’m In… Love!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4qvCgGphEo]

Blissful: Factory Girl

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffEeXKoIEJk]

Tommy 16: Baby’s Got

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU8f-gmunDw]

and some newer stuff:

Mellowmen: Sunshine Shell

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-1Rh_LksMQ]

The Swedish Polarbears: Norman Blake (<- These guys really capture the TFC sound perfectly) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LML8_RT4ed8] and obviously the wonderful The Genuine Fakes who will play at Flavour Of The Month (Pikku-Torre, Turku on 3rd of september) The Genuine Fakes: I Don’t Want It

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnLhR8STW3Y]

The Genuine Fakes: When Reality Hits You

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0EnPimx-Y]

And obviously this was just a start. There’s so much more. Like Atomic Swing, This Perfect Day, Eggstone, The Drowners, Bear Quartet, Happydeadmen, Beagle, Hardy Nilsson

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News: Delay Trees & Big Wave Riders

DELAY TREES

Delay Trees released a new EP entitled Before I Go Go last week. It’s available for free as a digital download or you can buy a limited edition cassette from their website. This wonderful dreamy song is the title track Before I Go Go. You will find the rest from their website.

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/20671982″]
 
Delay Trees Website

BIG WAVE RIDERS

Big Wave Riders first official release will be a digital only EP that will see the light of the day on 7th of september. It will come out on Soliti who last week gave a taster from the upcoming EP. This one is entitled Behind These Walls.

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/20226476″]
 
Big Wave Riders at Facebook

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Astrid Swan – Hits (Pavement For Girls)

Soliti will release Astrid Swan’s new album Hits (Pavement For Girls) next wednesday 17th of august. Like you probably guessed, it is a Pavement cover album. Generally speaking, I don’t care much for cover albums but I do care for Astrid and I do care for Pavement. Therefore I gave the album a chance to win my heart over and I’ve been really enjoying it. These sounds have made some tough work days much more bearable. You can judge yourself by listening to Shady Lane below. If you enjoy it, work your way to by far the best finnish music website nrgm.fi. You can listen to the whole record on their website for the next week or so.

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/18872893″]
 
Astrid Swan at Facebook
Astrid Swan at Blogspot

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