Teddy Ruxpin Was Fly, But He Never Cut an Album
Perhaps inspired by the great tradition of totally awesome fuzzy bears, there’s a band from Sweden called Teddybears STHLM (not to be confused with The Teddybears, Phil Spector’s band). You may already know their song “Cobrastyle” from this Heineken commerical people were talking about.
They’ve got a new album which drops September 12 on Big Beats Records they are in the States to promote. According to their press release, “The album, a mash up of styles touching on garage punk beats, Electro, Dancehall and Krautrock, features a diverse array of guest vocalists, including Iggy Pop, Neneh Cherry, Elephant Man, Annie, Ebbot Lundberg of Soundtrack of Our Lives and Mad Cobra.” I wish the press release instead read, “The band is called Teddybears. With a name like that, they are inherently awesome.”
Check out the great artwork for their LP, Soft Machine, a twisted photo of a sexy lady body with a creepy teddybear head. Brilliant!
Wanna take a listen? Download the MP3s below.
DOWNLOAD: “Cobrastyle” by Teddybears STHLMÂ
DOWNLOAD: “Punkrocker” by Teddybears STHLM featuring Iggy Pop
1. Amira | 1:52 am on August 2nd, 2006
well punkrocker is a damn good song
2. Yo, yo | 3:43 am on August 2nd, 2006
I agree, it’s pretty groovy
3. em | 7:03 am on August 2nd, 2006
their song “yours to keep” was the feel good hit of the summer for my friends and me 2 years ago…highly recommended!
4. jerry yeti | 9:13 am on August 2nd, 2006
“yours to keep” is also on this album, although a updated version.
5. rachel | 10:21 am on August 2nd, 2006
i wish they sounded like the boy least likely to T_T
6. rachel | 10:27 am on August 2nd, 2006
p.s. speaking of cute animals, kimya named hers panda.
http://users.livejournal.com/kimya_dawson_/237998.html
that is officially worse than apple but not as bad as moses. (well at least moses can be called mo…what can you call panda? p?)
7. Evan | 2:07 pm on August 3rd, 2006
Great book by william s burroughs. Bad album.
8. jen | 1:17 pm on August 4th, 2006
Cover art = Goldfrapp’s Supernature X Goldfrapp’s Black Cherry + Bear
9. jen | 1:20 pm on August 4th, 2006
Soft machine = Strict machine + Bear
10. LA Woman | 11:36 am on August 7th, 2006
Dude, I hope the band gave props to Carlee Fernandez, who they fully ripped off for the woman-bear-hybrid conceptual art.
Her work is jarringly weird, and she’s apparently got a nice rack, too.
http://www.ahgallery.com/image%20pages/fernandez.bear-studies.html