There's a lot to like about the new Firefox AK album "Color the trees", but "My sister and I" is a definite standout, the first tune that made a strong impression on me besides lead single "Boom boom boom". It's got a great moodiness to it, both in terms of melody and words, and I also appreciate how its relative sparseness provides contrast against many of the record's other tunes, especially in the drum sequencing. It's a detail I've been paying much more attention to as I've taken a renewed interest in pop as of late. It's always the little things that make the biggest difference.
A preview of the new Lena Philipsson single "Nästa säsong", written by Björn Olsson and Kaah and produced by Mattias Glavå (Anna Järvinen, Broder Daniel, Joel Alme, etc.). Lena's as-yet-untitled upcoming album will be out on November 30 and boasts a diverse cast of other cowriters, including Veronica Maggio, Christian and Vanessa Falk, Kleerup, Kaah, Dungen, Mauro Scocco and Markus Krunegård.
Ghost has been forced to drop off the upcoming Enslaved/Alcest tour due to visa issues: https://www.facebook.com/thebandghost/posts/272013509484119
That's a bummer -- I was really looking forward to seeing them up here in both Portland and Seattle.
The new Caotico single with Tove Styrke getting down and dirty. Can't say that I actually like the song, but it seems like this and the new Aqua single indicate a new era of filthiness in Scandinavian pop.
Stream the entirety of Mr. Death's excellent new album "Descending through ashes" for a limited time: http://mrdeath.se/dta/
If you dig chunky old-school Swedish death, you'll be way into this. Besides Execration, it's a definite metal highlight of 2011.
Huge thanks to everyone who has ordered so far -- your packages are in the mail and should hopefully be arriving shortly, if they haven't already. For those of you who have inquired about orders, but have not paid -- I'll hold stuff for another day or so and then it's up for sale again. Everyone else, including those that may be unaware, I'm still clearing out inventory and have plenty of quality stuff to get rid of! As many CDs as you want for $3 plus the price of shipping -- check out the list and email me your order!
has announced that they'll be releasing a new MCD from Cryo on October 26 entitled "Beyond". Said disc will contain seven new tracks, two of which will be premiered at their gig tonight at Club Target.
A new 3-song EP from The Wild Shore, the current band of Jimmy Ottosson (ex-Torpedo/The Je Ne Sais Quoi/Will Gambola Sing) and Arvid Engström (ex-Wired for Mono).