Vecka 6-7

Här kommer då tio nya låtar att lyssna på och bedöma. Några bekantingar finns det, t.ex. PJ Harvey  och The Coral. Det finns en viss tjusning att finna nya band/artister, som håller hög klass, men som inte är kända bland allmänheten eller inte ens hos er i juryn. Ifjol gick ju tämligen okända bandet Grasscut till final. På denna lista har jag i några fall grävt ganska djupt för att finna några spännande utmaningar. Det är nog inte många, om ens någon, som känner till Send Medicine, Heron Oblivion, Night Beats eller Old Man Canyon. Ändå tror jag att några av dessa kan falla er i smaken. Jag önskar en njutbar lyssning av följande alster:

1. The Coral (US) The Coral are an English band formed in 1996. The band first emerged during the early 2000s and found success with their debut album The Coral (2002) It was nominated for the 2002 Mercury Music Prize and later voted the fourth best album of the year by NMEMagazine  Wikipedia 'Distance Inbetween' is The Coral’s eighth studio record and their first of original material since 2010 release 'Butterfly House'. NME.com

2. Send Medicine (CAN) From Toronto, Canada, to a Canyonside magic mushroom garden near you, behold the psychedelic panoply of Send Medicine. What began as a folky ditty to pass time eventually transformed into “Tall Flowers,” a standout track inspired by Hacquebard’s love of bands like Pentangle, Fairport Convention and Vashti Bunyan from England’s late-1960s/early-’70s Canterbury scene. Buzzbands.la

3. Anna Ternheim (SWE) Gång på gång. Ändå förvånad över hur Anna Ternheim lyckas överträffa de uppbyggda förväntningarna.  I jämförelse med det tidigaste släppta materialet har Ternheim på senare tid blivit aningen mer svårflörtad. Trots detta är For The Young snäppet vassare och några nyanser mer tillgänglig än föregångaren The Night Visitor.  Gaffa

4. PJ Harvey (UK)  BILD ovan.The first song to emerge from her long-awaited ninth LP:  In "The Wheel," some 28,000 children have disappeared, and all we do is watch. We see them play and die violent deaths, witness their public memorial, and "watch them fade out," as Harvey sings over 20 times at the end. The figure has no attribution: a crass search of "28,000 children disappear" brings up figures pertaining to gun crime, child street labor in Kabul, or the number of NATO troops initially sent to Kosovo in the late 1990s. The wheel turns and one tragedy swiftly replaces another, seizing air-time and attention.” Pitchfork.com

5. Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O (NOR)  has bloodlines in the much-heralded Madrugada, whose albumsIndustrial Silence and Grit remain pivotal statements in Norwegian alternative rock, sculpting brooding and emotionally charged anthems as dramatic as they were captivating. The album is inspired by not only the likes of Earth, Grinderman, Talk Talk and Gato Barbieri yet existing firmly in its own melancholic headspace  Houseofmythology.com

6. Money (UK) are an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 2011 by Jamie Lee, Charlie Cocksedge, Billy Byron and Scott Beaman. Wikipedia “When I was a child, I made a deal against the sun/ That if it died out that I would carry on,” Jamie Lee sings on “I’ll Be The Night,” the second single from MONEY’s forthcoming sophomore album, Suicide Songs. That’s the kind of bold, dramatic statement that the Manchester band has made their name on so far — deep sadness coupled with an encouraging resilience. Stereogum

7. Field Music (UK) have never compromised, though their existence is less about letting their freak flag fly than a refusal to submit to the conventions of music industry excess. "Disappointed," from their fifth album, Commontime, tackles the need for managed expectations in relationships by digging into the anxious, frustrating nitty gritty of those conversations: "Should it be clear to me?/ Should I understand it?/ Have I been asking too much?/ Or not enough?" David Brewis sings with a hint of desperation. Pitchfork

8. Heron Oblivion (US) BILD NEDAN Listening to Heron Oblivion’s album feels like sitting in a lovely meadow in the shadow of a dam that’s gonna heave-ho’ any minute. Members of this new San Francisco combo have put in time in both raging and relatively tranquil psychedelic sound units—this is the premise and the synergy behind this very unique and special new album. Subpop.com

9. Night Beats (US) This Seattle garage make their Heavenly Records debut with their brazen third LP, Who Sold My Generation. Fronted by guitar slinger Danny Lee Blackwell, Night Beats have amassed a fairly substantial catalog in their six years together. The album closer "Egypt Berry," is easily this album's strongest track. 

10. Old Man Canyon (US)  is really the brainchild of multiinstrumentalist/singer/songwriter Jett Pace; this is the Vancouver-based outfit’s second release and debut full-length album. A vintage sound that’s been improved upon with modern production so that it walks a better balance.  “Sugar City” is the album’s closing magnum opus – slow, but dramatic and dynamic. Popdose.com

Ni har som vanligt två veckor på er att lyssna och era poäng ska lämnas senast söndag 21 februari. Här är länken.