Stockholm-based web radio station airing new alternative sounds on a 24-hour basis, focusing on independently released (or unsigned) artists mainly from Scandinavia, UK, Australia/New Zealand and North America. The radio was founded as a non-profit initiative by Tommy Ericsson in Stockholm, Sweden in June, 2008. Between 2010 and 2012 more than two hundred concerts at venues and festivals around Scandinavia were live streamed to our website. Most of them are now available to stream on-demand in our archive.

'So Much It Hurts' out now! http://po.st/SoMuchItHurts
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Soaring freely above genres, occasionally diving into one or the other, Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf make music together as Niki & The Dove. The foundation for the collaboration is a profound love and respect for music that gives both members a hunger for the exploration of new music.

Malin and Gustaf was first brought together in Gothenburg where they played together in different bands before forming Niki & The Dove in 2010 and releasing the debut single “DJ, Ease My Mind”. As a song that tells the story of what a simple pop track can do to a human, it was a fitting introduction to the band’s outlook on the beauty of music. The songs were there before the band united, and what happened after the formation seemed like the logical progression.

The following full length album, Instinct, came one year later and consisted of chosen parts from the EP:s and previously unreleased tunes that landed Niki & The Dove a nomination for the prestigious BBC Sound of 2012.

Four years after Instinct another Niki & The Dove album was released. Under the title Everybody’s Heart Is Broken Now, thirteen pop songs are gathered, taking off from a song writing tradition where melody and the craft is focused upon. Among the tracks are the singles “Play It On My Radio” and “So Much It Hurts”, two songs that bring to mind yearning eyes meeting across a dark dance floor. As inspiration for the sound, Malin and Gustaf kept certain catchwords in mind during the creation of the record. Two of those were “Dance Romance” and “Bladerunner Disco”, fitting nicely onto the romantically futuristic album. Starting with one foot in days passed Niki & The Dove aspire to step into the future, holding the music they love near to them wherever they may go. The finished product takes what started with “DJ, Ease My Mind” in 2010 a step forward. If Instinct covered everything that happened before the formation of Niki & The Dove, Everybody´s Heart Is Broken Now is a divination regarding what is yet to come.

There are bands that can make music reflecting both the light and the darkness in life. Varg is such a band. Already on their debut EP, they proved to be in possession of a strong musical chemistry and melodic sensibility. Since then, they have toured extensively throughout Sweden. The band consist of Sandra Karlsson (vocals, guitars), Linnea Talp (vocals, cello, keys), Max Häggberg (drums, vocals) and Julia Ringdahl (keys, percussion, vocals).

With their full length album Embroidery, Varg have have taken their pop hymns to a new level. Finding inspiration in the music of Chelsea Wolfe, Efterklang and Stina Nordenstam, they have written their finest melodies yet, and augmented them with horns, strings, orchestral percussion and vocal harmonies. Embroidery’s nine beautiful and personal songs were recorded and refined together with producer György Barocsai, from Gothenburg’s legendary Svenska Grammofonstudion. As the band themselves say:

Embroidery is a suite of emotions and a compression of our hearts. It is a collection of songs where we have embroidered our skin, our veins and our blood. Embroidery is a matter of the heart.
http://vargmusic.se

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