Stockholm's The Concretes deliver the debut of the year! Their self-titled album on Astralwerks is soulfully ethereal and delicate -- it's perhaps the most exceptional music you've never heard. Paper Magazine tagged The Concretes as one of their Five New Bands To Watch in 2004, while Rolling Stone said, "The Concretes are a splendid, peppermint-pop octet from Sweden fronted by a pair of flaming lips: singer-lyricist Victoria Bergsman, whose heated coo is a winning blend of Nico and the mid-Sixties Diana Ro...   [ read more ]

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IMPORT. Vocalist Victoria has left the band, but has that stopped The Concretes? No effing way! Lisa and Maria are handling the vocal duties and the pop-orchestra behind them remains melodic and inventive. Think frosty starry-eyed folktronica and if you need some updated namedropping Jim says Concretes 2.0 is a bit more like Maria's folksier band Heikki and reminiscent of El Perro Del Marr in spots. This is the "new" Concretes' brand new album.

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VINYL FORMAT. Taken By Trees is Victoria Bergsman's new project. If you don't recognize Victoria Bergsman by name, you may recognize her utterly unique voice, as she was singer and songwriter for The Concretes for 11 years before deciding to leave the band in July 2006. You may also recognize Victoria's voice from one of the biggest and most popular songs of last year ? Peter Bjorn & John's infectious single "Young Folks." This tour single features the band's cover of Guns N Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine."

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