The Concretes, All Day

Since Lisa Milberg took over lead vocals for Swedish pop outfit The Concretes in 2006 (when original lead vocalist Victoria Bergsman left to devote her time to her own solo project, Taken By Trees), she's taken vocal duties towards a slightly more sultry direction, the music also following suit IMO as illustrated by a few of the songs below (off the band's newest album WYWH, released late last year):





And via The Line Of Best Fit the band perform an acoustic version of "My Ways" as part of TLOBF Sessions



The band just kicked off their North American tour (check out their dates at their MySpace) and will be in Toronto this Monday January 17 for a show at the Horseshoe Tavern with openers Hooray For Earth.

Backstage With The Modern Dancers

I'm surprised I haven't seen this mentioned on any blogs yet, but Great Lake Swimmers have a new music video for their song "Backstage With The Modern Dancers" which is off their recently released new album "Ongiara". The video is directed by local talent Scott Cudmore.

video: Great Lake Swimmers - Backstage With The Modern Dancers (music video) (YouTube)

MySpace: Great Lake Swimmers




On the other side of the pond, Sweden's The Concretes are ready to release their third album "Hey Trouble" in Sweden on April 4. I have no idea when and if there'll be a domestic release. The new album will be the first to feature drummer Lisa Milberg as the new lead vocalist. Here's a music video for their song "Kids" from the new album, a song which I'd noted previously, "...tells the story of Lisa and Maria growing up, sat side by side by the record player, forming a taste in and for music that would much later result in The Concretes." As the band points out on their MySpace blog, music blog Obtusity has taken time to write an essay about the video.

Video: The Concretes - Kids (music video) (YouTube)
Video: The Concretes - Kids (music video) (Quicktime)

MySpace: The Concretes