The Swede Beat Mixtape Vol 2: Moneybrother
March 23, 2011
The Swedish crowd known Moneybrother for quite some time now. Back in 2001 Anders Wendin from Ludvika, a small city in the Northern part of Sweden, made his first official appearance at the demo stage at Huldsfreds festival in southern Sweden. At the time Wendin played with several bands, soul-ska-punk band Monster was one of them. Two years after that debut Wendin released his first solo album: Blood Panic, a compilation of pure indie rock mixed soul, ska and reggae. He received a handful of awards for this accomplishment: Male artist of the year, Newcomer of the year, Live act of the year – the list goes on. It’s an understatement that 2003 was a good year for Sweden’s Moneybrother.
In 2005 Moneybrother released the sophomore album “To Die Alone”. That spring there wasn’t a radio station or indie pop club in Sweden that didn’t blasted his single “They’re Building Walls Around Us”.
The success continued and Wendin released a few albums that took him on several rounds in Europe including a sold out tour in Germany.
Moneybrother’s current agenda is bringing his unique blend of Swedish northern soul and indie – rock to other parts of the world.
The Swede Beat went see his live concert at Terminal 5 located in Manhattan’s Hell Kitchen March 3, 2011.
45 minutes of Swedish funk and rock n’ roll witnessed by thousands of New York city punk kids who were there to enjoy a performance by The Flogging Molly, an Irish punk band.
The pairing was quite odd, but Wendin and his team managed to get the kids moving. His live band consisting of Gustav Bendt on saxophone, Yoni Gordon on guitar, August Berg on drums, Karen Kanan Corrêa on bass and Wes Shippee on keys delivered an energetic set that manifested Moneybrother’s role as Sweden’s very own rock n’ roll soul star.
Photos by Lydia Kellam. More on our Flickr Page
We asked Moneybrother to put together a mixtape of tunes that inspire him to create music. Stream and download below:
The Swede Beat Mixtape Vol 2: Moneybrother
1. We Will Not – Bad Brains
2. Alternative Ulster – Stiff Little Fingers
3. A Song for While I’m Away – Thin Lizzy
4. Simply Beautiful – Al Green
5. Maybe Tomorrow – Mink Deville
6. Rita – The Drowning Men
7. Can I Change my Mind – Tyrone Davis
8. Fisherman’s Blues – Water Boys
9. Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits
10. Fisherman – Congos
Text By Lydia Kellam
Published by: The Swede Beat
