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                            Det australiska bandet Thibault spelar som nummer 2.

Här kommer tio nya spännande låtar. 

1 Bruce Springsteen (US) New single “Ghosts” is a salute to lost bandmates and love letter to rock. A probable future live favorite when concerts resume, “Ghosts” is simultaneously a tribute to lost bandmates, a vow to carry on and a love letter to rock & roll itself. After Max Weinberg’s drum intro, Springsteen sings, “I hear the sound of your guitar,” before slashing electric chords prove him right. Recorded with the E Street Band, the song feels like a revved-up version of rockers from The River such as “Two Hearts,” complete with prominent back-up vocals from Steve Van Zandt on lines including “I turn up the volume/ and let the spirits be my guide.” The Rolling Stone

 2 Thibault (Aus) is the long-awaited new project for Melbourne musician Nicole Thibault. Her drily-titled debut album Or Not Thibault is full of harmonic invention, unexpected arrangements, and atmospheres so lush they make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Her drily-titled debut album Or Not Thibault is full of harmonic invention, unexpected arrangements, and atmospheres so lush they make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. It moves seamlessly from humour to genuine pathos, from spacious mystery to kinetic energy. Muckypegrecords

 3 Doves (UK) The Britrock survivors’ first album in 11 years is the sound of men in their 50s channeling the memories of their teens through the music of their 30s.As most of their peers have either shuttered or grown into the middle-age MOR tag, Doves seem to see their own continued existence as a form of defiance. Pitchfork

4 Bergen (SWE) Fredrik Norberg fortsätter att skriva personlig gitarrpop som aldrig skriker och gapar men slår an mängder av ömma känslotrådar. Allra starkast är ”Tom på dig”, en heartbroken roadmovie genom Västerbottens inland på väg mot norska gränsen och ett nytt liv. Låten lyfts lite extra av att Norberg får sällskap vid micken av Cecilia Nordlund, som han en gång sjöng duett med i Souls ”Ladybird” (för övrigt producerad av nämnde Albini). Aftonbladet

5 Fleet Foxes (US) On his fourth album, singer-songwriter Robin Pecknold refines and hones Fleet Foxes’ crisp folk-rock sound, crafting another musically adventurous album that is warm and newly full of grace. Shore, the fourth album from Fleet Foxes, brings gratitude back into the fold as Pecknold ascends to a graceful new plateau. The record’s mood is born largely from existential worries and the shadow of death, common concerns of Pecknold, who, now 34, has spent his career transforming anxiety into euphoria with towering, wall-of-sound choruses. Pitchfork

6 Deftones (US) Ohms review – fighting time and tide with undimmed ferocity.
Deftones’ dedication to expanding the boundaries of metal has set them apart from their contemporaries. Nonetheless, their experimental bent doesn’t dampen their music’s equally potent hit of 1990s nostalgia: their ninth album, Ohms, feels more pre-9/11 America than Fred Durst’s backward caps. The guitars thrash, the drums are punishingly thwacked, and everything is presented with that slick-on-the-ear nu-metal production style once helped the genre become a pop-culture phenom. The Guardian

 7 Rome ( LUX) A self-evident career high point and a fantastic way to infiltrate new territories, "The Lone Furrow" is the sound of a cult hero edging towards the light; still uncompromising, but increasingly impressive and quite possibly irresistible. JEROME REUTER's idiosyncratic outfit have been churning out profoundly atmospheric and often startling records since 2006. But, "The Lone Furrow" promises to be many metal fans' first taste of the band. Blabbermouth

 8 Torsson (SWE) Att lyssna på Torssons nya album är som att betrakta ett sällsynt museiföremål: Tänk att sådana fortfarande finns! Har du växt upp i en ort med färre än tusen invånare, en Konsum-affär och ett fotbollslag i division 6 har du på sätt och vis redan träffat Torsson. Det spelar ingen roll om du ens känner till Lundabandet, eller bara har hört ”Det spelades bättre boll” i tv-sporten.

För Torsson är en mentalitet, mer än någonting annat.

Sångaren Bo Åkerström – till vardags professor i medicinsk kemi – är enda kvarvarande originalmedlemmen. Det är en bragd att han, efter 44 år, fortfarande står på scen med sitt Torsson. En kollektivets vinst i motvind mot ett samhälle där alla ska satsa solo och odla varumärke.  Torsson är som bäst när Åkerström hudlöst skildrar en färglös, ljusskygg vardag i ”Pianot”.Aftonbladet

 

9 Deap Lips (US) Musical iconoclasts with a penchant for the avant-garde, The Flaming Lips are no strangers to proffering strange yet oddly enticing collaborations to the public (all in the name of experimentation of course). To describe their oeuvre as unpredictable would be an understatement. So, when it was announced that they were teaming up with Deap Vally, the riotous Cali-rock sisterhood, one couldn’t help but anticipate with equal parts intrigue and scepticism at what would be brought to the table. TLOBF

 

10 Moon Attendant (UK) Brighton’s indie psych collective Moon Attendant emerge to release their debut LP One Last Summer. A new band featuring old friends. Brothers from critically acclaimed psych-space rock group Black Hearted Brother. The line up is completed by Big Potato mainstay McCutcheon (Slowdive/ Mojave 3) on percussion and guitarist and songwriter Molyneux. Moon Attendant’s psychedelic grungepop debut LP wields deranged analogue synths within a cozy jacket of fuzzy guitars and over saturated sonics. Imagine if Colin Blunstone and Klaus Schulze had released Pebbles-esque garage. Words & production walk a starry eyed tightrope between childish endeavour and mature lamentation. Songs about Death, Power, Drugs and Despair have never felt so pop! Rough Trade

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