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Ebbot – the fantastic vocals of The Soundtrack Of Our Lives – has done it again. A few days back I browsed through my music library to find some easy listening music for Molly Fake and re-discovered the fantastic album ”Bröderna Lindgren – Vuxen Barnmusik”. The nostalgia for us Swedes that grew up in the 70’s and 80’s is quite intense; just check out the album cover.

The guest list on this album is amazing; except for the Lindgren brothers the following stars has joined the line up: Kristofer Åström, Ebbot Lundberg, Swedish Tiger, Nina Ramsby, Martin Hederos, Mattias Alkberg, Vanna Rosenberg, Swing, Caroline Wennergren Asha Ali.

My favorite track is the second song on the album – En flugas väg (eng. The Path of a Fly).

Check out the album on Spotify or visit the band website on MySpace.

The next album on the list is another one that changed my life and the way I perceived music. Will Owsley is the founder of a legendary powerpop trio called The Semantics, which featured Ringo Starr’s son Zak Starkey on drums. Their sole album Powerbill was only released in Japan and the band never got the break they sought for. You might think that this is the album I’m going to talk about - which I could have gone on about at length - but I’m going to focus on Owsley’s first solo album Owsley released in 1999.

The story as I’ve heard it is that he recorded this album in his home studio, which he financed by touring with Amy Grant. When he started shopping around for a deal a lot of labels liked what they heard but wanted him to re-record the album to make it sound “cooler” or something like that. Owsley refused and waited until he found the label that wanted to put it out as it was, and he was rewarded for his persistence with a grammy nomination for “best engineering”. Ain’t that great?

Anyhow, the album in itself is a masterpiece. Packed with powerpop gems, full of energy and beatle-esque songwriting, it had a great impact on me when I first heard it a year after it came out and inspired me in so many ways, changing the way I write music. “Oh No The Radio” might be one of the coolest opening tracks of all time, and “Coming Up Roses” is a song every songwriter would wish they’d written!

Unfortunately, only one track is available for listening on Owsley’s MySpace. But it’s the beautiful ballad “Sentimental Favorite” so there’s really no reason to complain. I’ve been searching YouTube for any kind of Owsley or Semantics clip withouth luck. If you readers happen to stumble upon a clip, let me know.

We are pleased to announce that Stockholm based Sara Rumar will open for The Genuine Fakes at The Southside Cavern gig on March 31.

Sara has released two albums; Stupid like me in 2006 and Why? Because. When? Now in 2007. In addition to that she recently released the single Stick To Diamonds that you can listen to on her MySpace-page or on Spotify.

• The Genuine Fakes w/ Sara Rumar
• When: March 31, 2009 - 8.00 PM
• Where: The Southside Cavern - Hornsgatan 104, Stockholm, Sweden. T-Zinkensdamm.
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Sometimes you end up doing things that you could never dream about a few years ago… My daughter’s birthday party is coming up and I’m doing the sweets. Talk about being grown up!

One could argue that: Tommy Fake will bake a cake - to Molly Fake.

I also found an interesting site that is definitely worth checking out. John ME (previously The Motorhomes) can be found on MySpace and has some great tunes that you should check out! On the site you can watch this YouTube-clip where he performs a cool version of Jackson 5’s I Want You Back

Hello fakers!

All of the band members now have their very own individual MySpace accounts. They would very much like to meet the fans in a more personal way than through this site, so head on over to them and say hi! They can be found in the top row of the top friends. This also means that all the Fakes will blog individually and share touring experiences and studio progress and so on and so forth with you.

Here are the links to the pages:

• Joey Fake
• Tommy Fake
• Morty Fake
• Johnny Fake

// TGF HQ