video: Alice Boman – Heartbeat
Shot in Joshua Tree National Park. Directed, filmed and edited by Julia Ringdahl:
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video: Holy Now – Tainted Heart
Directed by Malin Ingrid. Holy Now's I Think I Need the Light LP is out now:
premiere: stream the glorious debut LP from Sweden’s Boys
Sweden's Nora Karlsson aka Boys delivers on all of the promise of last year's perfect Alvvays-esque jam "Rabbits" on her glorious new LP, out this week on Stockholm label PNKSLM. Rest in Peace is an alternately soaring and wistful indie-pop mini-opus that spans the last 5 years of Karlsson's life, starting when she was just 17...
premiere: Stockholm’s Boys announces debut LP, shares her new single “End of Time”
We were introduced to young Stockholm artist Nora Karlsson aka Boys via her 2017 single "Rabbits", a charming, Alvvays-esque lo-fi gem that remains one of our favorite tracks of last year. Karlsson expands Boys' sonic palette just a bit on the buzzing lead single from her stellar debut album Rest In Peace, which we're premiering here today...
video: Fever Ray shares new music with Karma Kinksters teaser
Karin Dreijer is back to save us all. Check the mysterious new Karma Kinksters teaser from Fever Ray below:
premiere: watch Alice Boman’s surreal, windswept “Dreams” video
Sweden's Alice Boman shares the otherworldly video for her heartbreaking new single, directed by Jeanne Lula Chauveau and shot in Boman's beloved Vårhallarna, Sweden. In making the beautifully complementary waking dreamlike visuals, Chauveau says she "wanted to create a particular atmosphere inspired by Alice’s song without saying too much and keep the doors open to the viewer...
Alice Boman – Dreams
Malmö, Sweden's Alice Boman returns with the sublime, heartbreaking new single "Dreams". The limited (300 copies) hand-stamped, hand-numbered Dreams 7" is out today via the Control Group. Boman says of the track:
premiere: Hater – Coming Down
Malmö, Sweden indie-pop group Hater's stellar You Tried LP is a raw and emotionally charged collection of nostalgic, lovesick jams that remains one of our favorite albums of 2017. "Coming Down", a mostly unheard stunner from the You Tried sessions released as a Japan-only bonus track, is more evidence that Caroline Landahl slays, and that every song she sings feels like an empowering, poignant anthem for the brokenhearted, further warranting those inevitable Molly Rankin comparisons...
mysterious Swedish artist Demen shares new track “ambur”
We briefly referenced the "surreal romantic Lynchian horror vibes" of demen's sublimely spooky and poignant "ambur" when we premiered her debut single "niorum" about a month back, and today the reclusive Stockholm artist officially shares the otherworldly highlight from her stunning forthcoming debut LP...
stream Hater’s You Tried
We've heard a few of the lovelorn highlights from You Tried, the emotional new LP from Malmö, Sweden’s Hater, out next week on PNKSLM, and now you can stream the record in all its glory below, via Hype Machine: