Tour dates:
Feb 10 (Tuesday) – Boston @ Great Scott
Feb 11 (Wednesday) – Philadelphia @ Johnny Brendas
Feb 12 (Thursday) – NYC @ Cameo Gallery
Feb 13 (Friday) – DC @ House of Sweden
Feb 14 (Saturday) – Chicago @ Empty Bottle (2H)
Feb 18 (Wednesday) – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Feb 20 (Friday) – San Francisco @ Rickshaw Stop
Feb 21 (Saturday) – Los Angeles @ Bootleg Bar
Feb 22 (Sunday) – San Diego @ Soda Bar
Feb 23 (Monday) – Phoenix @ Pub Rock
The Radio Dept. release their first new song in four years just in time for the Swedish elections. The title ”Death to Fascism” is probably self-explanatory.
In the words of Yugoslavian partisan freedom fighter Stjepan Filipović “Smrt fasizmu, sloboda narodu” (Death to Fascism, freedom to the people).
Johan Hedberg’s single “Kickar grus” will be out on June 24.
Buy it! We’re already out of vinyls at Labrador so get one of the 500 copies from Amazon while it’s still there:
CD/Vinyl from Amazon: http://smarturl.it/TMOP_AmzLP
Digital from iTunes: http://www.smarturl.it/portico
Stream on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/2X6MLiGiKJpP0JUvGeee7V
We have a brand new, shining website! Hope you’re going to like it as much as we do.
Our previous site launched in 2001 which makes it 12 years old (we’re pretty great at math, huh?). That means it was the oldest website in the history of mankind. Thanks for everything and enjoy retirement!
Check out the brilliant new video for Johan Hedberg‘s “Nackamasterna“!
Video by Mexico86 (Robyn, Graveyard, Animal Collective). “Nackamasterna” is a wonderful 70’s tingled song with whistling, a playful flute, passionate harmonies and Hedberg’s vulnerable vocals make it a strange, beautiful summer classic.
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“Former Suburban Kids With Biblical Names member Johan Hedberg is his own best company in the new video for “Nackamasterna.” The melancholy cut hails from the musician’s forthcoming full-length, due out by the end of the year via Labrador Records. Check out the 1970s-flavored clip below with a few of your friends…or all by your lonesome.” -UNDER THE RADAR
Isn’t that great?
A collaboration from two opposite sides of the world; New Zealand’s Misfit Mod joins Sweden’s Club 8 for the hazy, dub-infused “Hot Sun”.
Stream/MP3: “Hot Sun feat. Misfit Mod”
“Misfit Mod is the most interesting new act I’ve discovered this year. She has a unique sound and way of singing that I just love. I was so impressed that I not only asked to talk to her for Interview Magazine, I wanted us to do something together. She was kind enough to agree,” says Club 8‘s Johan Angergård
Sweden’s Club 8 dropped their 8th album, the critically acclaimed Above The City in May. A couple of months earlier Misfit Mod put together Islands, an album of icy electronic beats, wet synths, and a hypnotic voice which was released in February.
“I’ve been really loving Club 8‘s new record Above The City and it’s been super fun to work on one of my favourite tracks off their record, “Hot Sun”. I love the way this song transports you into a totally different time and place, so so dreamy!” says Misfit Mod‘s Sarah Kelleher.
Read the Club 8 x Misfit Mod interview on Interview Magazine here>>
We’ve had a great first half year of 2013 with brilliant releases by The Mary Onettes, Club 8 and Johan Hedberg. Thanks for your support!
Someone once sang “…with summer time comes regrets”, but let’s not think about that right now. Tomorrow is Midsummer and we want to celebrate that by giving you something special.
The absolutely free Labrador Summer Sampler 2013 has 12 lovely songs to brighten up your summer days. Take care!
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Tracklist:
1. The Mary Onettes “Hit the waves”
2. Club 8 “I’m not gonna grow old”
3. Pallers “Come rain, come sunshine”
4. Acid House Kings “Under water ”
5. Amanda Mair “Skinnarviksberget”
6. Club 8 “Hot sun”
7. Johan Hedberg “Nackamasterna”
8. The Mary Onettes “Evil Coast”
9. Suburban Kids with Biblical Names “Rent a wreck”
10. Sambassadeur “Kate”
11. Pelle Carlberg “Go to hell, miss Rydell”
12. Irene “Little things (that tear us apart)”
Genius Johan Hedberg (Suburban Kids with Biblical Names) is going solo. And not only that — the first wonderful single, Nackamastarna, is out now! Whistling, a playful flute, passionate harmonies and Hedberg’s vulnerable vocals makes it a strange, beautiful summer classic. Enjoy!
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iTUNES>>
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“This sounds like no other (but reminds me the Suburban Kids). You can call it a “feel good hit of the summer”, but with a weird twist. Bring it to the beach anyway.” ABSOLUTE NOISE
Taken from his upcoming debut album due this fall. Johan Hedberg wraps amazing song writing in 70s tingled production that lends just as much from Swedish prog predecessors as…well, something that’s just Johan Hedberg really.
Hope you’ll love it as much as we do!