Erika Wennerstrom
Jag tackar Ingemar Söderberg för den förra omgångens lista. Nu kommer tio nya
sånger som jag själv har vaskat fram igen. Här finns ganska många kända Popliste-
namn som Django Django, Calexico, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Eels, First
Aid Kit, Field Music samt Belle & Sebastian. Franska The Liminanas kan nog en spännande
bekantskap liksom amerikanska Bel Adaire. Men frågan är om inte om den amerikanska
sångerskan med den svenskklingande namnet Erika Wennerstrom kan bli en väl så
stor utmanare med sin kraftfulla ballad. Släng dig i väggen, Adele!
1 Django
Django (UK) are back. Check out
their brand new single ‘Tic Tac Toe’ from upcoming new album ‘Marble Skies’
below.The follow-up to their acclaimed
2015 sophomore album ‘Born Under Saturn‘ will be released on January 26, and sees the band
exploring new ‘uncharted territories’ – from krautrock to electro, summer-pop,
dancehall, jazz-fusion and beyond. The record is also said to be “a more
concise and focused offering which recalls the dynamic, genre-blurring music of
their debut”. NME
2 Eels (UK) , the Mark Oliver Everett-fronted band,
has announced its first new record in four years. The Deconstruction is out April 6 via E Works/PIAS. They’ve also shared the forthcoming album’s title
track. Listen below. “The world is going nuts,” Everett said in a statement
about the new record. “But if you look for it, there is still great beauty to
be found. Sometimes you don’t even have to look for it. Other times you have to
try to make it yourself. And then there are times you have to tear something
apart to find something beautiful inside.”
Pitchfork
3
The Liminanas (FR) Following the swanky cool of the E.P Istanbul is Sleepy by a few months, the new album from French
veterans of 60s garage beat and psychedelia, The Limiñanas, peddles a similar
groove-enriched strain of psych-rock that sounds contemporary, while cribbing
the best of their influences. Shadow People’ is predominantly the female vocal
of Guest, Emmanuelle Seigner which is a simple tune executed beyond its
station. Deceptively engaging. Soundlab.com
4
First Aid Kit (SWE) På ”Fireworks” är First Aid Kit tydligt
inspirerade av klassiska, tidiga och orkestrerarde popballader från 50-talet
eller det unga 60-talet. ”You
don’t own me”med Lesley Gore och ”Unchained melody” med The Righteous Brothers lämnar spår efter sig i snön.
Melodin använder Dusty Springfields kolsvarta
mascara. Men precis som Amy Winehouse tar First Aid Kit
en gammal poptraditon och får det att låta som att ingen annan kunde ha
gjort det på samma sätt. Eller i en annan tid än nu, för den delen.
”Fireworks” fångar den enorma känslan av att stå och gå sönder under ett
gigantiskt fyrverkeri och känna sig ensammast i världen. Aftonbladet
5 Black Rebel
Motorcycle Club (US) BRMC mapped out their territory on their 2001 debut –
essentially, dark and scuzzy black-clad rock – and have barely moved from it
since. Their eighth album is another solid affair, from the Mary Chain menace
of Spook to the slow-building guitar wig-out of
standout Ninth Configuration.
The Guardian.
6 Belle
& Sebastian (UK) Having
grown from wise-beyond-their-years aesthetes into middle-aged adults, Belle and
Sebastian balance parental sentimentalism with a youthful abandon rarely
entertained on their early recordings. It’s also an effectively over-the-top setup for the curtain-closing “A
Plague on All Other Boys,” a song that bears all the hallmarks of a classic
1997-era Belle and Sebastian comedy of manners, with Murdoch lending his delicate voice to a Nebraska
student crushing
hard on a classmate: “I’m a mess/I’m defeated/My grade-point average went to
hell.” Spoiler alert: In this case, the boy doesn’t get the girl—and it takes
him a good 10 years to get over it. But, as Murdoch adds with fatherly
encouragement, “Suddenly, you realize you’re free to fraternize again.” Even
though he’s reached the age where he’s writing songs for his kid, he hasn’t
forsaken the lovelorn misfits that comprise the B&S base. He’ll still be
your pilot, too. Pitchfork
7
Belle Adair (US) Muscle Shoals four-piece Belle Adair has
unveiled ‘Neptune City’, the
latest from its forthcoming record ‘Tuscumbia’ due out next month.
The four-piece collaborated with producer Tom Schick (Wilco, Real Estate,
Parquet Courts) to create a blissed-out feel, atmospheric guitars and masterful
melodies. This track is a nostalgic reflection on a breezy summer from the
distance of a biting winter that, as singer and lyricist Matthew Green puts it,
“will be the death of me.” Maybe he’s been reading the Express too much? Americana.com
8 Field Music (UK) channel Brexit anger on
new song 'Count It Up'. The band are based in Sunderland, a city that voted in
favour of leaving the European Union following last year's referendum.
Dumb-founded by the decision, Field Music decided to channel their anger and
frustration into a funky new jammer. 'Count It Up' is the result. Reminiscent
of Talking Heads or Prince, it's bouncy rhythm belies the hard-hitting lyrics.
David Brewis: "I've been down and angry about the state of everything
lately. Our town (Sunderland) has become infamous in that it was the first
place that voted for Brexit, and that threw into really stark relief loads of
fears I have about where we live. It's been a downtrodden place for quite a
long time and people look for someone to blame." Clashmusic.com
9 Erika Wennerstrom (US) "Extraordinary
Love" is the first release from the vocalist's upcoming album 'Sweet
Unknown'. After more than a decade fronting the
Austin, Texas-based Heartless Bastards, Erika Wennerstrom needed a break. Not
just from the band, but a spiritual break as well. Now, having spent the past
couple years on a journey of self-exploration, she chronicles her discoveries
on "Extraordinary Love," the first song to be released from her debut
solo LP, Sweet Unknown. Fifteen years on from when the Heartless
Bastards were formed in Cincinnati, Sweet Unknown marks
Wennerstrom's first venture out on her own. Aptly enough, the songs on the
record were inspired by her travels before and after the release of her band's
last record, 2015's Restless Ones, beginning with a trip to the
Amazon. RollingStone
10 Calexico (US) Med namnet taget från en liten
gränsstad mellan Kalifornien och Mexiko hade Joey
Burns och John
Convertino en
uttalad idé om att Calexico skulle smälta ihop mexikansk
mariachimusik med den sorts ökenrock de tidigare spelat i bandet Giant
Sand. 22 år
efter debuten möter elektriska gitarrer alltjämt sorgsna trumpeter men duon har
gradvis expanderat och förfinat sitt sound. Aftonbladet
Ni har två veckor på er att lyssna på dessa tio sånger, dvs fram till söndagen den 18 februari.
The Liminanas
1. Django Django – 4p
SvaraRadera2. Eels – 5p
3. The Liminanas – 3p
4. First Aid Kit – 5p
5. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – 4p
6. Belle & Sebastian – 4p
7. Belle Adair – 2p
8. Field Music – 3p
9. Erika Wennerstrom – 4p
10. Calexico – 2p
1 Django Django. 4p Ett favoritband, som låter precis de brukar. Artrock som är mysig och utan alltför överdrivna taktförskjutningar. De har kul. Helt enkelt och det har jag också.
SvaraRadera2 Eels 5p Mr E lever upp till alla förväntningar. Strålande!
The Liminanas 5p Oj, vad bra. Detta franska gäng spelar underbar melodisk psykedelia.
3 First Aid Kit 5p Tjejerna Söderberg fixar det än en gång. Man tänker, att nu blir deras musik snart långtråkig, men de överraskar ånyo. Denna sång är ju en av de bästa de gjort och det säger ju inte lite.
4 The Liminanas 5p Oj, vad bra. Detta franska gäng spelar underbar melodisk psykedelia.
5 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 4p Ännu ett gammalt favoritband, som håller stilen.
6 Belle & Sebastian 4p Ännu en favvo. Var lite besviken på dem på förra albumet, men här har de nått sin klassiska kärna.
7 Belle Adaire 4p Somrig pop fungerar som fin övergång från B&S.
8 Field Music 4p Ännu ett favoritgäng. Jag var lite rädd för att bandet blivit lite för avancerade och krångliga för sitt eget bästa, men nu låter de lite som XTC (som de brukar jämföras med) och lite Talking Heads.
9 Erika Wennerstrom 6p Vilken underbar ballad. Börjar som om det vore introt till In the Court of the Crimson King och sedan blir det en av de bästa popballader jag nånsin hört. Helt magiskt bra. Erika från fina Heartless Bastards sjunger gudomligt.
10Calexico 4p Lite Talking Heads-stuk. Det svänger alltså.
1. Django Django – 4p
SvaraRadera2. Eels – 4p
3. The Liminanas – 4p
4. First Aid Kit – 5p
5. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – 4p
6. Belle & Sebastian – 3p
7. Belle Adair – 3p
8. Field Music – 2p
9. Erika Wennerstrom – 4p
10. Calexico – 2p
1. Django Django – 4p
SvaraRadera2. Eels – 5p
3. The Liminanas – 3p
4. First Aid Kit – 4p
5. Black Rebel Motorcykel Club – 4p
6. Belle & Sebastian – 5p
7. Belle Adair – 3p
8. Field Music – 5p
9. Erika Wennerstrom – 3p
10. Calexico – 3p
Liminanas ska ha en 4a.
Radera1. Django Django – 4p
SvaraRadera2. Eels – 5p
3. The Liminanas – 3p
4. First Aid Kit – 4p
5. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – 4p
6. Belle & Sebastian – 3p
7. Belle Adair – 3p
8. Field Music – 3p
9. Erika Wennerstrom – 4p
10. Calexico – 4p