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Two Year Vacation is the band that originates from its own contrast. The quintet founded in Gothenburg, Sweden’s second city, a seaport known for its rain, headwind and grayness, makes rhythmic radio-friendly indie pop with musical influences ranging from ABBA to Fatboy Slim through early Daft Punk, MGMT, Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend and Peter Björn & John. With the new …

The swirling guitars, woozy harmonies, and soaring choruses of the short-lived 90s shoegaze scene returned a few years ago. Legendary bands like Ride, Slowdive, Swervedriver and The Jesus and Mary Chain returned to the scene with comeback tours and new records more than two decades after its peak, and a wave of young bands in thrall to the sound of …

After three albums with folk pop/Americana band Holmes, songwriter Kristoffer Bolander decided to embark on his own adventure and started writing music for his solo career. Just like Holmes, Bolander wanted to reach out of Sweden and started to look for a German label, and three years after Holmes’ last record, he released his debut solo album I Forgive Nothing …

Is it a pizza? Is it a record? Is it a spaceship? Or all of the above? We’ll see. But first of all: Welcome to a new segment at Messed!Up: Our first “Vinyl Variant Review” – our review series that only exists when we’re fanboying or fangirling about bands. Back to business: Space Chaser, Give Us Life. The deluxe edition …

Electronic music is the mainstream. From musique concrète to audiovisual sampling, from elektronische Musik to minimal techno, from the Telharmonium to the laptop, electronic music has graced the music scene for almost half a century, spawning a multitude of new styles and genres. While pop acts have taken inspiration from electronic music for decades, the 2010s has been the first …

Imagine the feeling of walking alone on a field in the night, watching the stars while listening to environmental sounds borrowed from the cinematic world, coated in reverberated and cold but yet ethereal vocals, and you have an inch of understanding of what Daniel Änghede’s project ISON is about. With an impressive music background in bands like Hearts of Black …