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Mates of Mine

About Me

Mates of Mine is a vibrant, up-and-coming acoustic group formed by 3 childhood friends and rounded out with a more recent addition. The band includes Peter (vocals, guitar) and Simon (bass), mates since age six when Peter asked Simon to be his friend, plus lifetime friend Oskar (vocals, guitar) and final member Henrik (drums, percussion).
Born and raised in the small Swedish town of Umea, there's a carefree sincerity to their sound that seems to reflect their roots. Even their debut album pays deliberate homage to their hometown in its name, 'North of Nowhere'. Mixing laid back guitar sounds with rich vocals, harmonies, and a variety of percussion, their debut album and enthusiastic gigging schedule have seen them become local celebrities at home. After numerous successes, including radio plays both in Sweden and further afield, they made the decision to broaden their horizons and throw themselves completely into their music. March 2009 takes them to the UK, and the next step in their journey.
By opening themselves to new experiences and ways of sharing their music with fans, they are looking forward to continuing their busy schedule in England with regular shows, house gigs, and line plays (the latter two of which are currently being pioneered in the UK). With the same humour, can-do attitude and community spirit that has drawn in fans and made their live performances sparkle, they look forward to forging ahead and making their mark on the music industry.

"Step Out" - New song!
Live on Swedish Radio. Interview + Simon's Friend & Live your Life



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Member Since: 06/08/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/matesofmine
Band Members: Henrik Ahlehjelm - Drums, Percussion
Simon Lindberg - Bass, Percussion, String Instruments
Peter Hallberg - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Oskar Nordenqvist - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Piano

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North Nowhere
(Album 2008)
Digital Purchase (Sweden only)

For Worldwide purchase pay to
"[email protected]" via
PayPal

Also available at "Resident" CD Store in Brighton (North Lanes)

Info:

12 tracks - Booklet - Autographed
PayPal purchase cost 20USD (Includes shipping)

For more info mail "[email protected]" ___________________________

Booking:

In UK or USA please contact [email protected]

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Vote for Mates of Mine @ Green Festival

http://www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk/greenpoll/?q=artist/mat es-od-moneSo we Really Really wanna play at the Green Festival... please vote for us. :) love. Love. LOVE.
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 11:18:00 GMT

Free Fallin', Artist of the Month and other exciting things!

Hey hey hey everyone!So there have been some great things happening over here in the Mates of Mine camp. First of all we have been picked as one of the Unsigned Artists of the month for May 2009 for H...
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 11:28:00 GMT

Going to Berlin

Hey hey hey y'all!So, we've been in the UK for a month now. We've been arranging gigs in London and Brighton since we've arrived here. Some of them are already up on our myspace and some will be appea...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:31:00 GMT

UK Show Dates

Hey everyone!Today we confirmed some awesome shows. First, we are "Playing the Line" for Jason Mraz at three of his UK dates; the 4th, 5th and 7th of April in London and Birmingham. Playing the LineĀ i...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:14:00 GMT

Win our CD!

Myspace Sweden is having a nice little competition and we thought we would join the fight. It's about getting as much tagged pictures as possible and the winner gets free advertising on Myspace for a ...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:23:00 GMT

Mates of Mine leaves Sweden

Hi everybody! Long time ago we wrote but we've been up to much lately. First of all we are going to move from Sweden to England in March this year. That's only two months away and it feels very exci...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:15:00 GMT

100.000 Plays!

Wow! We don't know what to say. A 100.000 played songs on our profile, that's awesome and crazy at the same time. So we want to congratulate ourselves on this special day. Thank you for listening ever...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:07:00 GMT

Competition

The competition is over. Thanks for all entries! The following pictures are the winners who wins a signed copy of North Nowhere. We'll use the new avatar for a while too :)    1.) Anders Ste...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:55:00 GMT

ALBUM OUT NOW

Hey, today we release the album! It feels absolutely awesome. It's available right away to order and buy from Sweden on our page. Soon it will also be available on iTunes for download. We have also up...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:02:00 GMT

Mates of Mine on the radio

Hey everybody. Exciting times now! Two days ago we were live on Swedish Radio, first time actually, and it went great. Also, thanks so much for all the fantastic comments and messages we've recieved t...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:40:00 GMT