Things I've learned today: Peter Dolving will talk politics for hours, Jonas Björler says The Haunted is gay, Those Dancing Days have earned your respect, Tove Styrke's signature dish is pannacotta. Also: Björn Kleinhenz is working on an acoustic album, young panda girls with Broder Daniel patches still exist and Swedish beer is getting much, much better.
Download the brand new, long-awaited Hell on Wheels single "Baby" right here: http://hellonwheels.se/
Is it just me, or does it sound weirdly like the Hellacopters?
PSL has the premiere of the new Looptroop Rockers video "Professional dreamers": http://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/01/20/extra-extra-videopremiar-looptroop-rockers-professional-dreamers/
has posted a preview clip from the upcoming Sexpistoltanten and Mockfjärdsvapnet 12" they'll be releasing in the not-so-distant future -- hit up their website and look for the link under the January 17 news item: http://skrammelrecords.se/
Pitchfork reports that Robyn will be supporting bonafide US pop star Katy Perry on tour in North America this summer, in addition to playing a number of her own headline gigs beforehand: http://pitchfork.com/news/41291-robyn-to-tour-with-katy-perry/
Due out February 14 via , the new EP from Swedish dark techno act Owl Vision. This video clip offers an extended preview of every track.
Last Days of April and Leaders Off at It's a Trap! Clubnight at Debaser! I'm almost tempted to hop on a train and come down, but I'm already scheduled tight as-is.
Cobblestones, gravel and ice. Making new friends, reconnecting with old ones. Today, the real work begins.
Jeniferever is streaming a new track at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/monotreme-records/jeniferever-waifs-strays
just released the debut EP "Bitter" from the band "Helm" and you can preview it right here as well as download the title track: http://www.wonderlandrecords.com/helmpress/
In just a few hours I will on a plane and on my way to Göteborg, Sweden to attend the P3 Guld Awards at the behest of Swedish Radio and Svenska Institutet. I won't be coming entirely empty-handed either: as a cultural ambassador of Olympia, WA, I have been entrusted with a number of copies of the latest Perennial Records sampler cassette featuring new material from HPP, Broken Water, Son Skull and Weird TV as well as a few issues of local zine Nuts! which includes a flexi disc featuring cuts from Milk Music and Carrie Keith of Gun Outfit. No idea what I'm talking about? Maybe you should pick up the latest issue of MRR to check out the massive Oly scene report! Want a copy of either/both? Get in touch and we'll figure out a place to meet up. Did I mention they are free? Yes, free.
Blood MortizedThe old-school Swedish sound made famous by Entombed and Dismember back in the day has come back with such force and in so many numbers of late that it's hardly fair to call it a revival. There's part of me that is wholeheartedly delighted to hear fresh songs surface with the HM-2 guitar buzz yet, with the vast amount of bands sporting the sound these days, there's another part of me that concedes the fact that nothing compares to the likes of "Left hand path" or "Like an everflowing stream" when it comes to the allied genius of that sound and song structure. Blood Mortized are one of the few modern bands that pretty much have both aspects nailed down. They have displayed in "Bestial" a thorough knowledge of what drove the scene and drew the masses into the hellish depths of Sweden's death metal darkside back in the late '80s and early '90s. It's a pity that there are only three tracks on offer here but, with this being a vast improvement on 2009's debut full-length, there's a glimmer of hope that their next full length will be a subhuman monster of an album.
- John Norby
Robyn, The Radio Dept. and The Tallest Man on Earth have all been confirmed for Coachella 2011 which is happening April 15-17 in Indio, CA.
Not officially released until February 11, but hey, here's the video. How many people do you recognize in the background?
In case you were unaware, this is the shit right now. "Coming from you" is the new single from Paper off their forthcoming album "Mischmasch" and it's out now as a 7" b/w the exclusive b-side "Meaningless". "Mischmasch" just got sent off for pressing and will be out in February.
Paper - Coming from you
