And They Want Us To Grow Up

It's been some time since my last post. Sorry about that but I've been rather busy lately. Spel2 is up and running so for you with basical knowledge in swedish and an interest in games should definetly skip on over there and check it out. I'm very proud to be part of it and I hope the masses enjoy the site as much as I do.

Many new albums on the way. Today is the american release date for Depeche Mode's new album Playing The Angel. I took the liberty of giving it a little listen and a full review will follow as soon as I've listened to it a few times more and can give a nuanced opinion. But it does sound good and relatively fresh which I didn't expect really. The roughness from Ultra clashed together with the melodies and softness of Violator in a modern suit. Goodness.

Lasse Lindh is a cute little fella who makes swedish pop, and anyone who reads this blog at least once a month knows I have a thing for cute swedish pop artists (Håkan Hellström. Marit Bergman, Jens Lekman etc.) and Lasse Lindh is a very interesting addition to my "likes"-list. His latest s/t-album has really grown on me a lot since I got it a few days ago. His lyrics are simple but amusing, much like I believe pop lyrics should be. I shall have to listen to his two previous albums as well.

And finally we've reached the end of this post and I'm going to end it all by giving a shout-out to my pal Jarno who sent me Robbie Williams collected b-sideography. Over 70 songs and the ones I've heard so far has been really good. Now I'm even more excited about Intensive Care. My opinion on that little bugger will be given to you as soon as physically possible (i.e. depends on how fast my dc++ decides to work).