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Nobelkommitten – Innan Livet Exploderar OUT NOW!!
Nobelkommitten – Innan Livet Exploderar – HTR046 – HEPTOWN RECORDS
Nobelkommittén is the band that we all been waiting for and ”Innan livet exploderar” is the album that will change your life. 12 tracks, 12 hit singles delivered with a fresh retro sound with one foot in the 80s and one foot in the 21st century.
Pure and honest music delivered with heart and soul simply Swedish speaking Punk Rock at it’s best with something for everyone to relate to and with melodies that speaks a language that anyone can understand.
Inspired by classic bands like; Strindbergs, Ebba Grön and KSMB they still put a personal touch to their music that makes them stand out from other bands in the same genre.
Nobelkommittén consists of members from The Confession, Conshitas,
Royal Stakeout and The Parttimers.
The first single ”Dynamit” ended up with a long talk with Pelle Moeld from the show P3 Lab at the National Radio, and of course he played the song on the show.
TRACK LISTING:
01 Dynamit
02 Skrubbsårspanik
03 Brustet hjärta
04 Krypa
05 Lilla barn
06 I mitt huve
07 Småstadsslagsmål
08 Framtid
09 Höghuset
10 Idiot
11 Håll ryggen fri
12 Ge upp
via Nobelkommitten – innan livet exploderar | Get it @ HepCat Store.
Locators – Locators – Heptown Records – OUT NOW
LOCATORS self titled debut album sounds classic and new at the same time. It sounds like everything you already know, but have never heard before!
The album consists of 11 explosive but yet catchy punk rock tunes recorded at Copenhagens Black Tornado Studio by Ralph Rjeily.
Tracklist:
01 The End Of The World
02 Razorblade
03 Home
04 Mesmerized
05 Vultures
06 Fear
07 Demons Coming My Way
08 Triggerbomb
09 High Today, Dead Tomorrrow
10 No Matter What You Do
11 The Man
via Locators – Locators | HepTown Records | Get it @ HepCat Store.
Duck And Cover – The Pasadena Recordings – Heptown records – HTR045 – OUT NOW
Duck And Cover recorded this album at Wally Hersoms Wallyphonic Studio in Pasadena, CA. Tracks were recorded the old fashion way – live in the studio on vintage equipment. The Pasadena Recordings was produced by Wally Hersom, Dave “Pappy” Stuckey and D&C. Wally and Dave have both been a big part of the Western Swing and Rockabilly scene in LA for the last twenty years in bands such as Dave Stuckey’s Rhythm Gang, Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys and the Lucky Stars. The record holds eleven D&C originals and three cover songs, originally made famous by Hank Williams, Wanda Jackson and Johnny Burnette.
With roots in American melting pot of black and white music from the 1940’s and 1950’s, a period where rhythm, melody and style was in focus, D&C mixes their own special cocktail: One part Country, one part Boogie, one part Rock-a-billy, one part Hawaiian, – with a dash of Swing!
Duck And Cover was formed in August 2007 and have since then performed at various venues and festivals in Denmark and Sweden. Lead-vocalist and fiddle player Krestine Havemann took over from Johanne Mortensen in early 2009 and with a stage-personality like Miss Havemann, Duck and Cover have gained new potential to persue the direction which was set in The Pasadena Recordings. This april the band can be heard around Amsterdam and at the Rock around Turnhout festival in Belgium.
TRACK LISTING:
1. Pick Up My Heart
2. The Way You Look At Me
3. Funnel of Love
4. You Sound So Angry
5. Lovestruck
6. One Tear Away
7. Time Has Forgot
8. Squarehead Boogie
9. I Can’t Stop Leavin’ You
10. Wall of Shame
11. Window Shopping
12. One Way Love
13. Fight or Flight
14. Lonesome Train
Duck And Cover – The Pasadena Recordings | Get it @ HepCat Store.
The Men – Four Good Men And True (HTR043) – NEW CD OUT NOW!
THE MEN is a MOD outfit formed out of four already established Swedish bands; The Sinners, The Girls, Thee Expression and Colubrids. They got together a few years ago to form the ultimate live-band; explosive, stylish, tight, groovy, cool and fun (No shoegazers!) – a band the members themselves would love to see.
This is guitar-group-style with high three-part-harmony vocals – recorded live in the studio in a typical THE MEN-manner!
The Men’s third albums is produced by Christoffer Lundqvist (Brainpool, Gessle, Roxette, Moneybrother). The result is simply breathtaking! Joyful and energetic and yet so easy for the group to recreate on stage.
Sven Köhler (from The Sinners) – vocals and harmonica
Ola Främby (from The Girls) – bass
Niklas Kilenstam (from Thee Expression) – drums
Olof Wallberg (from Colubrids, Fight Family & Varanteatern) – guitar.
TRACKLIST:
01 Pack Up Youre Memories
02 Goodbye Before Too Late
03 Tonight Is Mine
04 Leaving Fairview Park
05 Time To Cry
06 Where The Good Times Go
07 You’d Better Get Back In Line
08 Reflections
09 Slow Fox
10 I’m On Your Mind
11 Love Lost
12 Four Good Men And True
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Don’t forget this 2009 releases
J. TEX – MISERY (HTR044) CD/LP – Sep. 2009

THE UNTAMED – Delicious Death – (HTR038) CD/LP – Sep. 2009

CARLING FAMILY – Hot Jazz (HTR042) CD – 2009

SWEET EMMA & THE MOOD SWINGERS – Turn It Up (HTR039) CD – 2009

CHERRY OVERDRIVE
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The Men – Pack Up Your Memories CD-S
The Men – Pack Up Your Memories CD-S
[CD-S]
Från tredje albumet “Four Good Men And True” och ges ut av Heptown Records i februari 2010. Liksom andra albumet är det producerat av Christoffer Lundquist och man har valt att göra en studio-platta med fler pålägg som ex harpsichord, klockspel, hammond, vibraphone, pianet, basmunspel, akustiska gitarrer mm.
Först ut nu i november kommer den tunga singeln “Pack Up Your Memories” tillsammans med en retrodoftande video filmad och klippt av fotografen Nils Bergendal och ljussatt av Martin Berglund. Man smög sig helt enkelt in på anrika Kulturen i Lund en sommarnatt, ställde upp podier och strålkastare och passade på att filma tre musikvideor!
TRACKLIST:
1. Pack Up Youre Memories
Cherry Overdrive – I’ll Be Gone (7″)
Cherry Overdrive – I’ll Be Gone (7″)
[7" Vinyl]
55.00SEK
Hard Hitting Tittie Swinging Cherrylicious…
New songs, old cherries, new cherries, new guitars, old drums, no more whisky and all the beers are gone. Cherry Overdrive are back and with a spanking new 7″ vinyl EP ‘l’ll Be Gone’ – two swinging rock tunes that will get your legs moving.
The cherries have put together a little snack of an EP for the hungry masses – a taste of what’s next when Cherry Overdrive release their forthcoming album in spring 2010. Since 2005 this all girl rock combo have played their way through Europe. They deliver straight-up garage rock with a punky 60′s twist and psycher rock to boot with a tight, authentic, overwhelming live act you don’t want to miss.
Cherry Overdrive – I'll Be Gone (7")
Cherry Overdrive – I’ll Be Gone (7″)
[7" Vinyl]
55.00SEK
Hard Hitting Tittie Swinging Cherrylicious…
New songs, old cherries, new cherries, new guitars, old drums, no more whisky and all the beers are gone. Cherry Overdrive are back and with a spanking new 7″ vinyl EP ‘l’ll Be Gone’ – two swinging rock tunes that will get your legs moving.
The cherries have put together a little snack of an EP for the hungry masses – a taste of what’s next when Cherry Overdrive release their forthcoming album in spring 2010. Since 2005 this all girl rock combo have played their way through Europe. They deliver straight-up garage rock with a punky 60′s twist and psycher rock to boot with a tight, authentic, overwhelming live act you don’t want to miss.
Untamed – Delicious Death…
Untamed – Delicious Death…
After the two albums Eerie Stories (2003) and Strange Unknown (2005) – both on Heptown Records – The Untamed have prepared another journey into the darker sides of human behavior with the new album Delicious Death (2009). Recorded live in two sessions, at Delta Lab Studio and in the dark basement of Aelwiz Studios/Kizio Studio, in 5 days. Songs of murder and evil women, of death and dying and of crime and crying – and buying the guitar of your dreams …
This three-piece combo with Marco Burro on guitar and vocals, Helle Hellcat on bass and The Ghoul on drums are mixing garagepunk with rockabilly, blues and country, spicing it up with some instrumental antics on spoons, banjo and honky tonk piano, and blending it into a deliciously deadly cocktail of untamed spirits.
After numerous international shows with artists like The 5678’s, Mad Sin,The Nomads, Demented Are Go, Dick Dale, The Defectors, Powersolo, Billy Childish, and playing Roskilde Festival, Gutter Island Garagerock Festival, Popkomm -The Untamed is a band that knows how to please an audience hungry for rock’n roll.
Track listing:
1. Living Dead
2. Annie
3. Dolores
4. Scorpions & Tarantulas
5. The Devil and The Wine
6. Butterfly
7. Flies
8. Body of a Stranger
9. Ghost Radio
10. Bad Day In Bodega Bay
11. Carmen’s Ukulele
12. Not A Living Kinda Guy
13. Desert Hole
14. Evil Doin Daddy
15. Flying V
16. Strange Unknown
Released 2009 on HepTown Records
via Untamed – Delicious Death… | HepTown Records | Get it @ HepCat Store.
Carling Family – Hot Jazz
Carling Family – Hot Jazz
[Digipack]
129.00SEK
Carling Family – Hot Jazz
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The Carling family is back with composers such as Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Richard Wagner plus five songs self-penned by Hans Carling.
Wether it be in a smooth, laidback way or a leg-jerking way, it’s certainly all served in the famous Carling ‘Hot Jazz’ way.
Tracklist:
01 Lohengrin
02 The Queer Man
03 The Count Steps In
04 That’s My Home
05 Han Hade Seglat För Om Masten
06 A Room With A View
07 Royal Garden Blues
08 In My Solitude
09 Everybody Loves My Baby
10 Night And Day
11 Happy Go Lucky Local
12 Fakirens Sång
13 Dinah
14 Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Hertz
15 The Man I Love
16 Wabash Blues
17 Mera Kan Man Ej Begära
18 Saint Louis Blues
19 Whispering Breeze
20 Brook
21 Tres Moutarde
22 Tjecken
via Carling Family – Hot Jazz | HepTown Records | Get it @ HepCat Store.
J. Tex – Misery
J. Tex – Misery
Looking back on summer 2008, Rob from Heptown Records and I had the idea of making a solo album of the music I had been playing on our road trips together the last few years. Rob and his great gang of volunteers, them selling Hot Rod magazines, blue jeans, t–shirts and music, we call it the “Heptown lifestyle”, and me playing the music. And we were selling my albums on these trips, meeting folks that loved the true country sound. We always had a place to stay and a warm beer to drink.
When possible we brought along my band, J.Tex & the Volunteers, but much too often the costs ran too high, so going solo or as a duo proved to be an inexpensive way of getting out there meeting folks, playing the songs and having great fun.
By 2008 J.Tex & the Volunteers had already made two albums with Heptown Records. This time we wanted to catch that special summer night feeling we had experienced, a feeling that includes music, dust, old-time cars and a great crowd. And to make it just right, we found the greatest little studio located in an old schoolhouse near Lund, Sweden. The studio is now known as “House on the Hill” with Carl Granberg as the man in charge.
These twelve songs were recorded in three days. I asked my best and oldest buddy, Frank Borg, bass/banjo player and singer-songwriter, to cross the sea that third and final day and join in on this album. Andi Almqvist, a Swedish singer-songwriter from Malmö and also a dear friend, came by, making the song “Union Army” sparkle with his voice and musical talent. To make the day just perfect, Svante Sjöblom joined the party and was thrown in on “One of these days”. All in all, this album was made in the true family & good friends way. I hope you will enjoy this album. And that not only this album, but all music you may listen to, will shine on you and make every day a better day.
Music Rules!
J.Tex
Tracklisting:
1. Misery
2. Day By Day
3. What A Bummer
4. Newsman In Town
5. Wabash Cannonball
6. Good Friends
7. Bring U Down
8. Black & Blue Blues
9. One Of These Days
10. Union Army
11. Ain´t Got No Home
12. Omise Wise
via J. Tex – Misery | HepTown Records | Get it @ HepCat Store.
Sweet Emma And The Mood Swingers – Turn it up!
Sweet Emma And The Mood Swingers – Turn it up!
Yes, Sisters and Brothers – what you are about to hear on this album is pure and honest music with lots of joy and happiness. Just the way it should be, but seldom is.
I can assure you; Sweet Emma and her groovy Mood Swingers know exactly what they are doing. They keep the melodies in focus and the harmonies in total control, which means the chord changes are solid as a rock and the improvisations soar with creativity and personality. There is no doubt that they pour their hearts into their music. And, last but absolutely not least, they know how to swing!
TRACKLISTING:
1. Lillie Mae (Lewis/Bartholomew)
2. Slippin’ And Slidin’ (Penniman/Collins/Bocage/Smith)
3. So Good To Be Back (Söderberg/Thunström)
4. Chicago Boogie (Harper)
5. Mumbles Blues (Bascombe)
6. April In Arkansas (Rose)
7. Drinkin’ at 2:05 (Thunström/Berglund)
8. Wrong Lake To Catch A Fish (Willis)
9. Hoodo Hill (Söderberg/Thunström)
10. One Hit Wonder (Söderberg/Thunström)
11. Violent Love (Dixon)
12. Turn It Up (Söderberg/Thunström)
via Sweet Emma And The Mood Swingers – Turn it up! | HepTown Records | Get it @ HepCat Store.
Dixon Speed – Rhythm & Speed [Promo CDS] | HepTown Records | Get it @ HepCat Store
Dixon Speed – Rhythm & Speed [Promo CDS]
Mr. Cab Speed:
Your no. 1 drummer in Scandinavia. You’ll not find any drum beating monster in town as tight as this muthafucker. Skiffle, shuffle, bossanova, whatever the style. Mr. Speed is here to rock your butt off. Get naked, get on the beat, beat, beat, beat: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…
Mr. Car Dixon:
He represents the finest of self taught guitarists on the Scandinavian RocknRoll scene. You will not get more authentic sounding guitar solos from any student at the music academy. Not even the guys studying 60′ies soul/r’n'b fuck. This is fuckin’ rock’m'roll! Don’t mess with it. We go BLUES STYLE!!!
Here’s their first CD-single – Rock your socks off!
Tracklist:
01 Electrostatic Love
02 Don’t Wanna Go
03 Wrote A Letter
Dixon Speed – Rhythm & Speed [Promo CDS] | HepTown Records | Get it @ HepCat Store
Dixon Speed – Rhythm & Speed [Promo CDS]
Mr. Cab Speed:
Your no. 1 drummer in Scandinavia. You’ll not find any drum beating monster in town as tight as this muthafucker. Skiffle, shuffle, bossanova, whatever the style. Mr. Speed is here to rock your butt off. Get naked, get on the beat, beat, beat, beat: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…
Mr. Car Dixon:
He represents the finest of self taught guitarists on the Scandinavian RocknRoll scene. You will not get more authentic sounding guitar solos from any student at the music academy. Not even the guys studying 60′ies soul/r’n'b fuck. This is fuckin’ rock’m'roll! Don’t mess with it. We go BLUES STYLE!!!
Here’s their first CD-single – Rock your socks off!
Tracklist:
01 Electrostatic Love
02 Don’t Wanna Go
03 Wrote A Letter
Buckshots – 3 Jacks High
Buckshots – 3 Jacks High
[Digipack]
129.00SEK
Buckshots – 3 Jacks High
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While their 2006 album TOO HOT 2 HANDLE is still racing the radio charts around the world THE BUCKSHOTS lands another great album with 3 JACKS HIGH.
3 JACKS HIGH takes off where TOO HOT 2 HANDLE left off. 14 originals of hard-edged, twangy rock ‘n’ roll. With the sound of juvenile delinquents hepped up on hormones, drenched in pomade and sporting sideburns as sharp as Tijuana switchblades THE BUCKSHOTS makes their stand. But that’s not all!
For the uninitiated, 3 JACKS HIGH serves as the perfect rockabilly primer that kicks off with MY BABY DRIVES ME CRAZY, a wild rocker that surely will make people drive off the road. And then there’s no slowing down. A FINE TUNED LOVE MACHINE lets Jerry Lee Lewis impersonator Thommy Borssén roll the keys like the mad man he is. BAD BAD BOY shows the red thread with its tongue-in-cheek lyrics and steady groove – a sure hit. And then the lovely boogie stomper HONEY BEE that would have made even Elvis jealous in his heydays. Gangsta swing meets the blues in DUANES BLUES. Don’t miss the kick ass trumpet by Ulrik Hog-lund. HAIL TO MR FORD is a true anthem to all Chevrolet owners and then we go nuts to THE JOINT IS JUMPING WILD with it’s fine mix of hard boogie and New Orleans brass. DEVILS PLAN takes on the bands favorite issue – bad women, and then we go below with DOWN TO HELL – a dark track with a twang accom-panied by the steel hands of Gunnar Frick (Ray Davies band), just to thrown you back to Sun Studios and the year 1955 in SWEET MISERY. And I CAN TOUCH THE MOON shows that Jorgens songwriting skills is wide and sends a nice cajun feeling to the track line up. Then we swing-a-boogie to TRUE LOVE, a true dance floor raver, followed by DO THE BOOGIE flavored with some the orgasmic wailing on the guitar. The album is bookended with a lovely romantic duet between Jorgen and his wife Marie called I HOPE I’LL SEE YOU SOON backed up by the sweet saxophone of Torbjorn Stenson. Once again THE BUCKSHOTS shows that they can handle a wide variety of genres and make them their own!
via Buckshots – 3 Jacks High | HepTown Records | Get it @ HepCat Store.
C.A.P.S – Strip Down & Rebuild!
C.A.P.S – Strip Down & Rebuild!
[Digipack]
129.00SEK
C.A.P.S. – Crusaders And Protectors Of Sin!
C.A.P.S. plays power-garage-punk-pop-noisy-rock’n’roll, containing organ and lapsteel.
Raw, cool and primitive in the most awesome way.
The Power! The Glory! The Raaawk!
Said about C.A.P.S:
”I then caught C.A.P.S. which were absolutely smoking with their catchy garage powerpop, they just keep getting better each time I see them. The harmonies were tight and Kiko’s boss organ was sexy as Nancy Sinatra’s panties & boots.”
- Jens, Lowcut Magazine, Gutter Island festival ’06.
“ You’re playing hit after hit after hit!”
- Molle, lead singer in President Fetch.
via C.A.P.S – Strip Down & Rebuild! | HepTown Records | Get it @ HepCat Store.
J. Tex & the Volunteers – One Of These Days
J. Tex & the Volunteers – One Of These Days
2. album fra Danmarks stærkeste fortolker af amerikansk hillbilly-country.
Tænk på The Band`s albums fra sidst i 60erne/først i 70erne. Tænk på musik-lydsporet fra filmen O Brother Where Art Thou. Og tænk så på en dansk sanger/musiker, der med sin egen personlige vinkel, sit eget twist og touch og ikke mindst sit helt eget skæve glimt i øje og stemme graver dybt efter amerikansk musiks dybeste rødder og fisker flittigt i smeltediglen af country, rockabilly, blues, bluegrass, jazz, swing og oldtime musikken. Så tænker du på, så vil du for dit indre øre høre J. Tex & the Volunteers. J. Tex, sanger, sangskriver musiker, frontmanden i foretagendet er døbt Jens Einer Sorensen, bosat i København det meste af sit liv, men født 42 år siden i Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
J. Tex & the Volunteers debuterede for 2 år siden med den DMA-Folk-nominerede CD ”Lost Between Clouds Of Tumbleweed And Space”.
Nu er 2`eren ”One Of These Days” klar med endnu en og denne gang bevægeder J. Tex & the Volunteers sig endnu dybere ned i både “the rural south”, det landlige syden af U.S.A.. og ind i sig selv. Og De kommer ud med en god halv snes sange, befolket med elskelige, kiksede bonderøve, som det går skidt i livet. Men som J. Tex (Jens Einer Sørensen) fremhæver. -Vi holder med de der fattige, kiksede typer, og prøver at skildre dem i mine løgnehistorier af sange med varme, humor, solidaritet og loyalitet.
-Jeg kan se mig selv mange steder i sangenes person-galleri og, jeg ved fra mig selv, at den bedste måde at overleve en ond og grusom verden er at kunne se sig selv udefra, kunne grine af sig selv.
Til det ny J. Tex & the Volunteers-album har Tex fundet èt af 80/90ernes store danske producer-navne, Kim Hüttel frem. Hüttel producerede i sine velmagstdage de største navne herhjemme, fx Johnny Madsens gennembrud Udenfor Sæsonen, Henning Stærks Dreams To Remember, CV Jørgensen I Det Muntre Hjørne, Flow My Firetear med Sort Sol og Kim Larsens Wisdom Is Sexy, alle de albums bærer Kim Hüttels navnetræk på omslagene. Men for små 10 år siden fik Kim Hüttel nok af musik-branchen og har siden holdt sig yderst diskret i baggrunden..Indtil han for nylig løb ind i J. Tex. Kim Hüttel skriver på coveret til One Of These Days, at mødet med J. Tex har givet ham gløden og kærligheden til musikken tilbage. Et af numrene på albummet, That`s What You Want er helt og holdent Hüttels produktion, ellers er han krediteret som “mixing producer” og ryster tamburin, spiller orgel og slår på en gede-klokke, en goatbell rundt omkring på One Of These Days.
I 3 af sangene på One Of These Days synger J. Tex sammen med country- og rockabilly-sangerinden, Lynda Kay fra Texas. Vi fandt Lynda Kay på MySpace, faldt for hendes stemme..og opdagede, at hun skulle synge i Malmø, så vi inviterede texanerinden til København. Hun sagde ja tak og blev hængede 3 dage under indspilningen af albummet hjemme i J. Tex´ lejlighed på Østerbro. Det resulterede blandt andet i en øm og dybfølt duet mellem Kay og J.Tex i Lynda Kay-balladen, All I Ever Wanted To Do. Bortset fra den, en Woodie Guthrie-sang, DoReMi og John Prines Paradise har J. Tex selv skrevet resten af sangene på One Of These Days.
J. Tex siger, at han på ”One Of These Days” for alvor har fundet sin egen stemme at synge med. Vi har også arbejdet flere måneder i bandet med det musikalske udtryk vi ønskede at pladen skulle fremstille. -Jeg glæder mig til, siger J. Tex, -at folk skal høre ”One Of The These Days”, som ikke mindst i kraft af Kim Hüttels gode ører er kommet til at lyde helt præcist som vi havde drømt om fortæller den 42 år gammel amerikansk fødte, i København bosatte urban cowboy.
Tracklist:
1. Man Of The House
2. That’s What You Want
3. One Of These Days
4. Getting All Wrong
5. Misery
6. Shrimps & Salads
7. (Hope You Ain’t) Been There Yet
8. October 86
9. Big Bad Woman
10. All I Wanted Was You
11. Did You
12. Paradise
13. Do re Mi
14. Banjo Surf
J. Tex & the Volunteers are:
Jens Einer Sørensen: Lead Vokal, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Violin
Frank Borgaard Jensen: Bas, Baritone guitar, Banjo, Kor
Peter Knudsen: Steel Guitar, Guitar, Kor
Jason Bedard: Trommer, Percussion, Kor





