Sweden
CD Giveaway: Little Dragon Ritual Union
We are pleased to announce that Little Dragon have released a new album called Ritual Union through Peacefrog Records and one of our readers will have the chance to win a free copy! For instructions on how to apply, check out the rest of the post.
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Free Download of the Week: The Concretes – “Good Evening”
It’s been three long year’s since we have heard anything from Stockholm, Sweden’s The Concretes. Since the release of their last album, Hey Trouble back in 2007 (which was also the band’s first album without former lead singer Victoria Bergsman who now goes by the name Taken by Trees) they have been very busy working on what will eventually be their fourth studio album, entitled WYWH. With only a few short months until the album’s release we’ve got the first single for you to download, free of charge for this week only. Read more…
El Perro Del Mar & Taken By Trees – Il Motore – Saturday, February 20th, 2010
This past blizzardy Saturday night, intimate Il Motore was the perfect venue to showcase some Swedish talent. The one-woman musical outfits El Perro Del Mar and Taken By Trees were in town, bringing with them a slew of songs about the ins and outs of love and longing. After expecting the show to be disproportionately composed of young women weeping away their post-breakup blues, this was in fact no John Mayer crowd. Half, if not more, of the audience was composed of male fans. I would quickly learn that part of the success of these chanteuses is that their devastatingly raw songs widely appeal to any one who has experienced the thrills and sorrows of failed relationships.
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Taken By Trees Co-Headlines With El Perro Del Mar
We have some potentially good news and some potentially bad news depending on how you look at it. What is for certain is that we have one hell of a show coming up featuring El Perro Del Mar and Taken by Trees on February 20th at Il Motore.
