Vecka 40 - 41

Franska Trion

Ny omgång, som inleder med fyra tjejer. Först ut är pigga halvsvenska Tali

Källström från walesiska bandet Estrons. Oah så har vi svenska Franska Trion och

norska powerpopbandet Caddy.  Dessutom spännande comeback från Soft Cell. 

Det såg man nog inte komma. Även The Chills lever.

Estrons (UK)  Estrons var med här ganska nyss och lyckades ganska bra med ”Lilac”, men poängen räckte inte till delfinal. Nu får bandet och härliga sångerskan Tali Källström, som är svensk-kanadensiska. ”Body” handlar om kroppen, inte minst Talis egen om man ser videon.

Laura Veirs (US) Turnéaktuella (Göteborg 22 oktober) Laura Veirs får också en ny chans. Hennes förra sång ”Everybody Needs You” fick bra poäng, men inte tillräckligt för att gå vidare. Även ”Watch Fire” kommer från albumet ”The Lockout”.

The Chills (NZ)  On ‘Snow Bound’ lost heroes are lamented, relationships are re-evaluated, atonement is sought, mortality is mulled over and fake news is undercut. It’s serious stuff, the thoughts of a dysfunctional 50-something wrestling with maturity and discovering that their post-punk DIY beliefs still have a real voice that resonates between the fans of their early years and which can now pass down to the next generation. Fire Records

Cat Power (US) To hear Chan Marshall and Lana Del Rey sing together is to realize just how deeply the latter has drawn from the former. Throughout her career, Del Rey has channeled Cat Power’s vocal soulfulness; her willingness to hop between rock, electronic, pop, and more, and her playful disregard for how she’s expected, as a woman and a singer, to behave. Pitchfork

Julia Holter (US) Julia Holter’s meticulous avant-pop lives and dies by its details. Across the four albums she’s released so far, the Los Angeles artist has threaded her voice through lush, delicate arrangements that make abundant use of jazz rhythms and classical instrumentation. “I Shall Love 2,” the first single from Holter’s forthcoming fifth album Aviary, similarly utilizes baroque pop flourishes, but it doesn’t show its hand all at once. It builds slowly, beginning with little more than Holter’s whispered voice and a simple drum machine pattern, the kind you might hear on a lo-fi home recording. Pitchfork

Soft Cell (UK) Soft Cell have released their first new song in 15 years, Northern Lights. The catchy synthpop track – described by the band’s singer, Marc Almond, as “a celebration of our roots in northern soul” – comes as the duo get ready for a farewell concert at the O2 Arena, London, on 30 September.  The Guardian

Franska Trion (SWE) Franska Trion är helt unika i Sveriges musikliv, och kanske i världens. Till sina små pianovisor med eleganta barockdetaljer och mjuka jazztriomelodier presenterar Matti Ollikainen livsiakttagelser med ett dramatiskt manér som får Thorsten Flinck att verka naturlig och avslappnad i jämförelse. Det teatraliska anslaget och de vidlyftiga poserna tillsammans med berättelser från en mycket trasig tillvaro och från berusade nattmaror låter som ett belevat och sentimentalt fylleslag där Carl Michael Bellman, Tom Waits, Kjell Höglund, The Bear Quartet och Esbjörn Svensson Trio sentimentalt sluddrande omfamnar varandra. Nöjesguiden

Pineapple Thief (UK) Dissolution is the twelfth studio album by British rock band The Pineapple Thief. The album is the second to include Gavin Harrison (King Crimson and Porcupine Tree) on drums. The title ‘Dissolution’ stems from front man Bruce Soord’s very prevailing reflection on the fragmentation of modern relationships and trying to disconnect from the delusion of being connected to others through social media and technology. . Wikipedia, Metalwani

 Caddy (NOR) After 2015’s solid LP The Better End, Tomas Dahl took a break from songwriting and spent more time in his “day job” working long nights while spending part-time as drummer and guitarist for The Stanleyslast year. Thankfully, holding back those musical impulses wouldn’t last long. In fact, it burst open to a flow of great power pop gems on “Ten Times Four.” “Somewhere Beautiful” starts with the lyric “First rule is lighting is everything…” And then it launches into the brilliantly catchy chorus. Powerpopaholic

 Jake Sheers (US) The Scissor Sisters frontman’s solo debut could’ve been a disaster: A pop star moseys down to New Orleans to find “real music.” But if you’re not a stickler for authenticity, it’s actually irresistible. In the grim but game “Creep City,” he shakes it Chaka-style during verses that descend like “Tell Me Something Good,” if the only good news on offer were that death and its marching band will come for us all someday.  Pitchfork

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den 14 oktober. Här är länken.