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Swedish rock royals Kent are back with a video for the new single “Töntarna” from their upcoming album Röd. It’s rather dark but still accessible, like most of their music. Good too, of course. Only difference is perhaps that the electronic elements are heavier than usual, although they’ve expermiented with that on the previous album, Tillbaka Till Samtiden.
“Töntarna” is out now and Röd is slated for release later this year (i.e. in time for Christmas) but can be pre-ordered via iTunes and several Swedish online stores.
Sweden’s super-yet-still-acceptable-by-hipsters-group, Kent have a new song available as a free download. “På Drift?” (“Adrift?”) is the band’s latest collaboration with anti-bullying organization Friends and will be used in an alternative version in one of their commercials. Although I uploaded the 320 kbit/s mp3 here the song is available in different qualities and formats at [...]
November 24, 2008 - 8:55 pm
Tags: Depeche Mode, Devotchka, eas/Svart Bröllop, Hästpojken, Kent, Pascal, The Clash, The Smiths
Posted in Verdicts | 1 comment
Christmas came early for me this year in the form of eas/Svart Bröllop. Though Sweden’s been blessed with several great new bands who sing in their native tongue lately (Hästpojken, Pascal for instance) my heart beat a little faster when I first heard Kärlek Gjord Av Hat, the debut album of eas/Svart Bröllop. Could the reign [...]
December 21, 2007 - 4:32 am
Tags: Arcade Fire, Beirut, Best Of, Kent, The Twilight Sad, Young Galaxy
Posted in Criminal Records | 13 comments
Okay, first off – I hate ranking music. I just can’t, it’s impossible. I change my mind about albums and artists all the time. And I hate “best of” lists as well, regardless of the topic. But obviously I had no choice this time so I, uh, did my best to narrow it down. Which [...]
October 15, 2007 - 7:06 am
Tags: Kent, Tillbaka Till Samtiden
Posted in News | 5 comments
Sweden’s biggest rock band, Kent are releasing their 7th studio album, “Tillbaka Till Samtiden” (“Back to Our Own Time/Common Age”, roughly translated) on the 17th this month.
At least, that was the plan.
Because for some strange reason, the album has been out in the shops for over a week now and the band, as well as [...]
October 22, 2009 - 12:33 am
Sweden has Goths! I thought they were all in Finland