Oskar Humlebo akaMoto Boy just released his second album Lost in the Call. Moto Boy released his first album in early 2008 and it was something new with his romantic yet so simple songs and androgynous image. I love it!
You can listen to Moto Boy on Spotify, but you can also find out more and buy his new album on the official website for only 50 SEK | 5 EUR | 6 USD. Get your own copy today!
Moto Boy - Lost in the Call [album teaser]
Moto Boy - Early Grave [live on Swedish Television]
One of my favorites, Moto Boy has released a new single called The Heart is A Rebel, from the upcoming album Lost In The Call. The new album will be Moto Boy's second album and is set for release on March 3d on the label Songs I Wish I had Written. Im eager to hear this new stuff! Check out one of my Moto Boy favorites on Youtube below.
Find more information about Moto Boy at his Myspace and official website. You can download his new single for free at MotoBoy.se and you can also find it at Spotify.
One of the benefits of having Spotify is that it's possible to stumble on new music all the time. One of my recent discoveries is the collection of Swedish and Scandinavian artists that performs Leonard Cohen covers. The collection was made to "honor Leonard Cohens 75th birthday and his lifetime achievements" which is great of course :)
Check out the track list [impressive]! 1. Cookies n Beans - First We Take Manhattan 2. Rebecka Törnqvist - Here It Is 3. Moto Boy - If It Be Your Will 4. Jan Malmsjö - Dansa mig till kärlekens slut 5. Ane Brun - Ain´t No Cure For Love 6. Bo Sundström - Everybody Knows 7. Sara Isaksson - Hey That´s No Way To Say Goodbye 8. Lars Halapi - Sisters of Mercy 9. Mikael Wiehe - USA är redo för demokrati (Democracy) 10. Anders Widmark - Hallelujah 11. Eva Dahlgren - Bird On The Wire 12. Vidar & Peter - In My Secret Life 13. Jenny Wilson - The Partisan 14. Olle Ljungström - Chelsea Hotel # 2 15. Sophie Zelmani - Waiting For The Miracle To Come 16. Christel Alsos - Suzanne
Find out more about the album on the website CohenScandinavianReport.com or have a listen on Spotify as soon as possible!
Music is constantly pouring into my inbox and its sometimes hard to keep up with all the talent in this country. Today's inbox news is a band called Kate and After and comes from Gothenburg. I know a few of the members from back in the days when went to the university and all the university parties :)
Kate and After were finalists in the GP Scen [GP Stage] competition last month with Pop icon Messiah, a songwith distinct Soundtrack of our lives influences. The competition is one of the biggest competition for unsigned bands in the city.
When did the band start to make music together, and how did you meet? The band was formed on Valentines day 2008. Carl [Hammond Organ] and Jonas [Guitar] founded the band and shortly after recruited their old companion Jocke [Drums] from their former band The Milestone Corporation. In October 2008 Magnus [Lead Vocals], who the guys knew from university, joined the band. In mid December the band was finally complete when bass guitar player Kristoffer [Previously in Combat Rock] joined the band. In some way or another all the guys know each other from University.
Which bands are your main influences? Franz Ferdinand, Band of Horses, Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, Led Zeppelin, Jakob Hellman, The Soundtrack of our lives, Stone Roses etc.
Why do you think Sweden has so many more talented musicians per capita than the rest of the world? Beautiful women/men, music and booze have throughout time been main objectives for pleasure. The first and last we have plenty of in Sweden, so why not music? Jokes aside, we believe that success breeds success, so the music pioneers of Sweden should have a lot of cred.
Kate and After - Wrong Intentions [live]
Press photo John Sjölander
--- Find more information about the band on their official website and listen to their music at Myspace. ---
PSL is a Swedish music blog that i read on a regular basis. Its hosted by the national Swedish television [SVT] and the music-veteran Per Sinding Larsen [hmmm, maybe that's where the name of blog comes from?]. Per releases news about music in Swedish, but if you are interested you can always use Google translate and get updated.
By the way, the best part is the special video performances and you don't need a translator for that ;) Check out more here ---> PSL. Here is a few of my favorites!
The Moto Boy hype started sometime in the last part of 2008 but i didn't really care at the moment. You should care though, because its really good. Its beautiful, heartbreaking and with an almost church choir feel to it. Performing with lipstick gives him a special androgynous look, a Jeff Buckley-David Bowie kind of look.
Last weekend this was confirmed when Moto Boy performed last years winner of the Swedish Eurovision song contest. To get that honor is almost guaranteeing you a breakthrough. Remember Maia Hirasawa's version of The Arks winning song The Worrying Kind?
Check out his album, its available at Klicktrack.com [30 SEK, 2,70 EUR or 3,50 USD] or listen to the full versions of the songs at last.fm.
Ride My Wild Heart
What It Was Like To Be with You
Young Love
Hero at Melodifestivalen [feat. Charlotte Perelli]
--- Check out MotoBoy.se for more information. ---
Swedish music is so much more than ABBA, Roxette and Ace of Base! I started this blog when my friends asked me to educated them and write about Swedish music. Im a music nerd living in Gothenburg, Sweden. I listen to music most of my awake hours [and some of the non-awake] and is always intrested in knowing more about it.
If you are like me - stay tuned and find out more about the music that is produced in the cold, small country of the north!
This blog is not connected to any commercial company or organization. My pure interest is in the music and the artist's that creates it. This blog reflects my thoughts and opinions about music and should not be used as the only source of information.
If nothing else is stated I only use press images or screen shots from websites of the artists themselves.
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