Afraid Of Stairs - they aimed bad, 2006

"Swedish indie band that's sporadically been making music since 2002."

Au Revoir Simone - all or nothing, 2009

"Still Night, Still Light chronicles lost loves, dark secrets and being trapped in suburbia, along with the associated loss of a sense of self, a longing for escape and disappointment at letting life slip by. The calm vocals, verging on the brink between singing and speaking, are well executed throughout the album, purposefully evoking the sense of disembodiment the lyrics express. They are at their most mesmerising when each band member contributes, particularly in the overlapping harmonies of ‘Knight of Wands’ and ‘All or Nothing’."

Asobi Seksu - perfectly crystal, 2011

"when they begin to marry the sweet melodies and swooning guitars, like on ‘Perfectly Crystal,’ or ‘Counterglow,’ no one can touch them"

The Radio Dept - slottet two, 2003

"the whole point of that thread was to discuss bands that had been (undeservedly?) missed by el radar. I'm just wondering out loud why that happened to this particular band. I guess it has to do with distribution, PR, and the whole promotions apparatus."

Bee Gees - i've gotta get a message to you, 1968

"This is about a prisoner on Death Row who only has a few hours to live. He wants the prison chaplain to pass on a final message to his wife. There's a certain urgency about it. Myself and Barry wrote it. It's a bit like writing a script. Sometimes you can sit there for three hours with your guitar and nothing will happen. Then in the last ten minutes something will spark."

The Moody Blues - tuesday afternoon compilation edit two, 1967

"a youthful contemplative sort coming to a philosophical realization that helps him get that much closer to the meaning of life"

The Lightning Seeds - losing you, 2022

"The album starts off perfectly with Losing You, a song about falling in and out of love and trying to be as positive as possible – say yes rather than no. It was recorded in an afternoon with foot tapping and lap slapping for percussion in a similar vein to Buddy Holly or Paul McCartney. I love the vocals and the harmonies are fabulous and in a shade over 2 and a half minutes it’s done, but it builds up to track two beautifully."

Au Revoir Simone - knight of wands, 2009

"If anything, their philosophy is based more around the simple thesis that "primitive = good" and with an unparalleled love of analogue synthesisers, vintage drum machines and succinctly tailored harmonies, the three-piece have become something of a cult phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic, pertinently illustrated by the fanfare of cheers that greeted the announcement they were to co-headline this year's Indietracks, Europe's biggest celebration of all things minimal, lo-fi and incessantly twee."

The Radio Dept - could you be the one, 2020

"The band have decided that, instead of writing and producing a new full-length record, they will be scattering a range of sporadically released singles throughout the course of the year, with the intention to compile the singles onto an album-length compilation later in the year. If you’ve only jumped into the blog today, The Radio Dept. are the Swedish duo of Johan Duncanson and Martin Larrson (along with touring member Daniel Tjader), who got the name from a local gas-station-turned-radio-station-turned-repair-shop called “Radioavdelningen”, which translates to “The Radio Department”. The Dept. have never been a fixture in mainstream culture, but 2006’s “Pet Grief” and 2010’s “Clinging To A Scheme” were relative cult classics within the internet music community. I have a joke with my friend Harrison, where we call them “Lund’s Finest”.

Paul Simon - i am a rock, 1965

"I Am a Rock" is a song written by Paul Simon. It was first performed by Simon as the opening track on his album The Paul Simon Songbook which he originally recorded and released in August 1965, only in the United Kingdom. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, as the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, re-recorded it on December 14, 1965, and included as the final track on their album Sounds of Silence, which they released on January 17, 1966."

Real Estate - wonder years, 2011

"I had a job for a while working at a greeting card company, selling greeting cards on the phone. The lyrics to “Fake Blues” are about that. It took us a while to take off but as soon as we started we were playing a lot—sometimes two shows a week—that was the main thing that kept us motivated."

The Mary Onettes - henry live, 2009

"The Mary Onettes took to the Hus 7 stage just after 9pm – with a gentle ‘hello’ from lead-singer Philip – to the drum pattern for ‘Puzzles’, the opening track from their 2009 LP ‘Islands’. It was a blistering start and it felt like a dream coming true. I sensed the goosebumps emerging and a lump in my dry throat… emotions were taking over. If you know their music at all, then I’m sure you can relate to this… they can cut you to the bone."

The Beatles - let it be, 1970

"McCartney said he had the idea of "Let It Be" after he had a dream about his mother during the tense period surrounding the sessions for The Beatles ("the White Album") in 1968. Mary Patricia McCartney died of cancer in 1956, when he was fourteen. In rehearsing the song with the Beatles in January 1969, in place of the "Mother Mary" lyric, McCartney occasionally sang "Brother Malcolm", a reference to the Beatles' assistant Mal Evans. McCartney later said: "It was great to visit with her again. I felt very blessed to have that dream. So that got me writing 'Let It Be'." In a later interview he said about the dream that his mother had told him, "It will be all right, just let it be." When asked if the phrase "Mother Mary" in the song referred to the Virgin Mary, McCartney has typically replied that listeners can interpret the song however they like."

Fazerdaze - lucky girl live, 2023

"Indie music has become a part of my daily dose of music. I have been into Indie since I was..I don’t remember the exact time but yea in High School for sure. There’s not much people that like this kind of music, so it’s arguably ‘anti-mainstream’. But for those indie fans I would recommend you guys to listen to this kind-of-new indie darling, Fazerdaze!. The genre of this band is indietronica (indie with a touch of electro). The synth is the perfect blend and creating the ambient-dreamy-like indietronica music, and so that’s why I love this band so much."

Barclay James Harvest - titles, 1975

"For review purposes the history of the band is quite a complex one with a number of different re-incarnations. The original line-up featured John Lees on lead guitar, Les Holroyd on bass guitar, Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme on keyboards and Mel Pritchard on drums. Wolstenholme dipped in and out of the band at various times and after the River of Dreams album of 1997 the band officially split, going in two different directions. At that point two separate bands emerged - Barclay James Harvest through the Eyes of John Lees (which featured John Lees and Woolly Wolstenholme at various times) and eventually was re-named John Lees' Barclay James Harvest and Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd which featured Les Holroyd and Mel Pritchard until his death. Both these new bands are still in existence and touring. Meanwhile Wolstenholme also had his own band Maestoso which was in existence until his death in 2010."

Midi Memory - a stitch in time, 2024

"Everything we need is here See through a new angle"

God Help The Girl - come monday night live, 2009

"In 2009, Stuart Murdoch of the Scottish indie rock band Belle & Sebastian produced a stand alone album titled God Help the Girl. This was sort of a B&S concept album, as the songs were written by Murdoch and the instrumentation was done by the band, but he found several female singers to voice the women in the songs. The album’s songs have loose connections – not enough so that, if there is a narrative, you can’t quite tell what it is, but enough so that you could string them together to make your own story. After releasing the album Murdoch started imagining his own narrative for the story as well, hoping to turn the songs into a movie."

The Lightning Seeds - god help them, 1990

"It kind of was Lightning Seeds by numbers. A radio-friendly pop song which had a touch of the indie about it, but very much had an appeal to a wider audience. The fact that Ian Broudie was an old punk at heart could be seen from the fact that he chose to record cover versions on the 2xCDs which made up the release of Ready or Not. I’m sure he would never claim that he had bettered the originals, but at least he was bringing them to the attention of a wider audience, as well as delivering some royalties to the songwriters. mp3 : Lightning Seeds – Another Girl, Another Planet (The Only Ones) mp3 : Lightning Seeds – Whole Wide World (Wreckless Eric) mp3 : Lightning Seeds – Outdoor Miner (Wire)"

Sun Haze - vhs memories, 2024

"Music to stare at the blue sky"

Au Revoir Simone - only you can make you happy deradoorian remix, 2010

"Brooklyn-based three piece electronic group Au Revoir Simone released their third album – ‘Still Night, Still Light’ – in 2009 to strong reviews. Before getting started on their next studio release, they’ve worked on a remix album of long player three, commissioning several important names in the alternative community to rework the original tracks from the album and put their own individual stamp on them."