Top 30 of 2011 - so far - place 15-11

15. Serenades - Birds

Swedes Adam Olenius (Shout out louds) and Markus Krunegård (Laakso) teame dup to form Serenades and the result was of course great.



14. Foster the people - Pumped up kicks

Cool and smooth tune.



13. Cut Copy - Take me over

Aussies Cut Copy didn´t dissapoint with their new album and continues to make catchy tunes like this. Here they perform it live in Stockholm.



12. Wire - Please take

Please take the knife out of my back. And when you do, please don´t twist it.



11. Tyler, the Creator - Yonkers

Heavy stuff...



/ The Drumming Cat

Top 30 of 2011 - so far - place 20-16

20. Pusha T - Raid

Really cool hip hop song. Ring ring...



19. Anna Järvinen - Lilla Anna

The Swede-Finn with the beautiful voice has made an equally beautiful tune from her latest album.



18. Joan as police woman - The magic

Those who have listened to a couple of her albums - as myself - appreciate her a lot. But Joan as police woman´s Punk rock R´n b is still so underrated. Deserves a lot more praise from critics and music fans.



17. Cults - Abducted

Catchy tune that may very well climb on this list as they year closes to an end in December. It just grows and grows every time I hear it. Well made video too.



16. Tune-Yards - My country

Creative and playful song. For those who like Vampire weekend, but still wants to hear something more then them.



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Top 30 of 2011 - so far - place 25-21

25. Battles - Futura

Really cool song that it´s impossible to not get up and move your feet to.



24. Cat´s eyes - Cat´s eyes

The Drumming Cat likes cats. And of course the cat´s eyes too.



23. Smith Westerns - Weekend

One of the earliest godd releases of the year. And it still sounds great. Timeless music.



22. Jenny Wilson - Work

One of my personal favourite acts. On her latest album "Blazing" she has made new versions of her songs from the previous album "Hardships" plus a couple of new songs. "Work" is a cover of a Bob Marley song and one of the new great soul and gospel-inspired tracks on her latest album.



21. Peter, Bjorn & John - Second Chance

Peter, Bjorn and John continues to deliver new hits and this is certainly no exception.



/ The Drumming Cat

Top 30 of 2011 - so far - place 30-26

A little more than half the year has passed and it´s time to sum up the true highlights of these six months. I have placed my personal favourites from 30 to 1. In each blog post I will present five of those songs. Only one song per act. We begin with place 30 to 26.

30. Tennis - Marathon

Catchy perfect pop.



29. Autisterna - Sov

Swedish band who made this lovely tune.



28. Destroyer - Chinatown

Canadian act with this beautiful tune



27. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness blues

Hailed by the critics and they sure deserve it - and of course also holds a place on this list.



26. Mohammed Ali - Postkodsmiljonär

Swedish hip hopper with foreign background. It might be hard to understand what he is rapping about, so just listen to the great beat. The title actually menas "post code millionare", referring to the "post code lottery" show.



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The great dj Kattis!

Recently I attended the best edition of the club Tropikerna so far and the icing on the cake was their best giest dj ever: Kattis Jansson played some great tunes and therefore I want to recommend her next own gigs this Summer. If you are passing by Stockholm at these dates, do not miss her!

July 2nd at Slakteriet/ The Black Banana Inn.

July 22nd at Trädgården.

She was also kind enough to send me this Spotify playlist.

The track list of one of the best Spotify playlists I have ever seen. The Drumming Cat is of course very pleased to see Orange Juice there:

Bobby Caldwell - Open you eyes
The Style Council - Long hot Summer
Orange Juice - Rip it up
Antena - Joppo + Eno (Pink Alert re-rub)
Lizzy Murder Descloux - Slipped disc
Sharon Jones and the Dap kings - How long do I have to wait for you
Asha Puthli - Right down here
Todd Terje, Prins Thomas - Reinbågan
Eero Johannes - We could be skweeeroes
Spliff - Tag für tag
Lienar Movement - Way out of living
Mikael Wiehe & Co - Hallon, blåbär, lingon
Tullio De Piscopo - Stop Bajon
Quando quango - Love tempo (Remix)
Sydney Youngblood - If only I could
Telex - Tour de France
Paul Davidson - Midnight rider

/ The Drumming Cat

Visit the Tropics in Stockholm

Yes it´s possible! Even in this cold part of the world. A couple of friends of mine are running a great club called Tropikerna (The Tropics) which is a really good place to go if you are visiting Stockholm. Here is where you find adrress for the club etc. Their next gig is on April 16th, the same date as another friend was djing in Stockholm. Below is one video where I interview Klas and Pontus who runs the club. And then there is also one video with an example of what you can expect from this club.

Enjoy!

/ The Drumming Cat



An example of what to expect:

A great career move

Recently a friend of mine, Sara-Märta, got her own radio show as part of the program Musikguiden i P3 (in recent monts it has improved a lot in my mind), where she dedicates an hour to her own selection of great music. It´s a one hour show at 10 in the evening on Thursdays. She also runs her own blog, which you can find here(in Swedish).

If you want to listen to her djing, visit Debaser Medis in Stockholm on April the 16th.

She is doing pretty well at the moment.

/ The Drumming Cat