Du Pacque - Walk straight (video)
Du Pacque now has an official video for their excellent track "Walk straight". Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWo9Dfpq6Wc
Country: Sweden
Días Nórdicos, a new Nordic culture fest in Madrid
Días Nórdicos is the name of a new multi-disciplinary Nordic culture festival in Madrid, Spain which kicks off in mid-September: http://www.diasnordicos.com/
Many artists such as Jonathan Johansson, Murder, Moddi and Kaspar will perform live, along with José González who will likewise perform in concert in coordination with a screening of the new documentary "The Extraordinary Ordinary Life Of José González". Full details at the link above.
Kraut-night at the Goethe Institute
In anticipation of ex-NEU!/Harmonia act Hallogallo's upcoming visit to Sweden, is presenting a special tribute comp entitled "Für immer" featuring various Stockholm-based artists such as Chicken El Diablo, Elias Krantz, Mackaper and Clark Nova paying tribute to the founders of krautrock. The limited physical edition of the collection will be presented on September 14 at Goetheinstitutet in Stockholm and will accompanied by a krautrock discussion led by Nils Hansson, a documentary screening and more. More details: http://www.goethe.de/ins/se/sto/kue/mus/sv6446198v.htm
Junip - Always (video)
Pitchfork has the premiere of Junip's new video for the track "Always": http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/8369-junip-always-mute
Musik med Britta Persson
Watch Britta Persson perform live for PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/09/06/musik-med-britta-persson
ASG live 7" details
Agent Side Grinder's upcoming live 7" on will include the track "Me me and me" b/w "Telefunk" and will be officially released on October 15. Only 100 copies, so you may want to act fast to get one.
New music from Makabert Fynd
Swedish hardcore act Makabert Fynd have added a few new tracks to their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/makabertfynd
Dazed Digital presents Fever Ray interview/mixtape
Dazed Digital talks to Karien Dreijer Andersson of Fever Ray/The Knife and presents an exclusive mixtape: http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/8248/1/fever-ray-exclusive-mixtape
PopMatters reviews Robyn
PopMatters reviews Robyn's "Body talk pt. 2": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/130078-robyn-body-talk-pt.-2/
Haapalainen + Dunger + Ågren = Vowles
The Bear Quartet guitarist Jari Haapalainen, singer/songwriter Nicolai Dunger and drummer extraordinaire Morgan Ågren (Mats/Morgan Band, Fredrik Thorendal, etc.) have joined forces in a new fusion project called Vowles and they will be making their live debut on September 9 at Fasching in Stockholm. Entry includes a copy of the group's single "o i a å" and I have no idea what it sounds like, but I intend to find out.
Robyn in the US
Robyn is coming to North America for a string of dates in November:
11/05 - The Filmore, Miami Beach, FL
11/06 - Club Firestone, Orlando, FL
11/07 - The Ritz Ybor, Tampa, FL
11/08 - Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, GA
11/10 - Terminal 5, New York, NY
11/12 - The Sound Academy, Toronto, Ontario
11/13 - Metro, Chicago, IL
11/14 - Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN
11/17 - Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA
11/19 - Venue, Vancouver, British Columbia
11/20 - Wonder Ballroonm, Portland, OR
11/21 - Neumos, Seattle, WA
Ghamorean - Towards pandemonium
Swedish blackened-death act Ghamorean has finished up work on their new album "Terra ruina", confirmed for a fall release via . Hear a sample tune at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ghamorean
New EP coming from The Tallest Man on Earth
Pitchfork reports that there's a new EP from The Tallest Man on Earth on the way called "Sometimes the blues is just a passing bird": http://pitchfork.com/news/39961-the-tallest-man-on-earth-releases-new-ep/
It's already available digitially, but a physical version is on the way on November 9. Hit up the link for a sample tune.
MP3: Radar - Where others were honest (I'm a lie)
Norrland crust/metal/prog act Moloken, a 2009 favorite, are touring Scandinavia later this month and one of the bands they're playing a string of dates with is Finnish act Radar. Generally speaking, I'm not too crazy about their style of post-metal, but the new EP they recently sent me has a pretty cool 3D cover and the included glasses allowed me to properly view Robyn's video for "Don't fucking tell me what to do", so that's gotta be worth something -- hence this post. It's kind of weird, in the space of a month of so I got a whole bunch of new music in a similar vein and, again -- while not being a huge fan of this stuff, was pleasantly surprised to find it all to be of above-average quality. I already covered Kausal who might just be the best of the lot, but Radar are pretty decent too despite one major piccadillo: I don't care if you want to sing cleanly or scream harshly, but please don't try to do both. 99% of the time it sucks and Radar are no exception. Individually, they do fine with each style... when performed together, it's way corny. That's why I'm posting a track with purely melodic vocals for fellow discerning listeners -- you get the heaviness and the glory and none of the distracting bullshit. RIYL Khoma!
Oh, and those Moloken tourdates:
09/15 - L'Orient, Linköping (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/16 - Sugar Bar, Stockholm (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/17 - Ungdomens Hus, Uppsala (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/18 - Ungdomens Hus, Oskarshamn (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/19 - tba, Karlskrona (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/23 - Nuclear Nightclub, Oulu (FIN) w/Radar
09/24 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN) w/Radar
09/25 - S-Osis, Turku (FIN) w/Radar
09/26 - Kuudes Linja, Helsinki (FIN) w/Radar
09/29 - tba (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
09/30 - tba (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
10/01 - Garage, Oslo (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
10/02 - Fru Lundgreen, Trondheim (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
Radar - Where others were honest (I'm a lie)
New music from The Embassy this fall?
The Embassy will apparently be back with a new single in October and an album to follow in 2011.