EP's Trailer Park to get UK release
Swedish indie/folk act EP's Trailer Park will see their album "Scissors and knives" released in the UK on October 20 via : http://folkwit.com/ep.htm
Country: Sweden
Cloudberry interviews The Merrymakers
The blog is back with a new interview with David Myhr of Ant-Mansson/The Merrymakers: http://www.cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=540
Sator + Norrlands Guld
Apparently this is the first time Sator has allowed their music to be used in an advertisement.
Villebråd
Ultrarapid
Transubstans Records
There are some nice musical moments on this, the second full-length release from the Uppsala crew, although they're sadly few and far between. It's a decent enough album, but the one thing that I've come to realize over the course of at least half a dozen run-throughs of "Ultrarapid" is that this works much better as background music than it does as something that you would put on to actually listen to. The songs are such that you wouldn't skip over one if it played as a random selection on your iPod but, by the same token, you would rarely find yourself deliberately giving any of them a spin. Well, apart from one, maybe. "Feberdröm", it must be said, is a sublime creation and easily the best on the album. It's uplifting and vibrant and is one of those songs that finds you playing it back-to-back on each pass. Production-wise, the vocals are so high in the mix that they undermine a lot of the positive aspects of the album -- the actual music. But, even though a lot of the music on here is good, it does border on the pretentious at times. Sometimes it's quite close to a progged-up, guitar-driven A-ha and, with "Scoundrel days" remaining one of my all-time favourite albums, those moments do serve as highlights, if only for a false sense of nostalgia. A strange one to see on the roster and, disappointingly, one that doesn't do the label any favors.
- John Norby
Can't we just skip ahead to the grunge revival?
Is 80s AOR on the way back? Check out new Swedish act Houston, a collaboration between vocalist Hampus "Hank" Erix and drummer Freddie Allen aka Fredrik Hultgren (Hello Saferide, Fibes, Oh Fibes!, Ludwig Bell, etc.): http://www.myspace.com/houstontheband
The band's new single "Truth slips" comes out August 18 and will be followed by their self-titled full-length debut on September 3.
I'm Kingfisher album gets release date, single
Thomas Denver Jonsson's new album "Arctic", his first to be released under the new moniker I'm Kingfisher, has officially been confirmed for release on October 18 via . The first single "Willing night plants" will be released on September 20 and will be accompanied by a video directed by Nicholas Wakeham.
The Sounds cancel in South America
The Sounds have scuttled their upcoming South American tour due to a scumbag promoter: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=3087303&blogId=538391000
2nd Reincarnage demo on the way
Reincarnage has recorded a new demo entitled "Black vision" which will be released via death metal cassette label .
AC4 UK tour
AC4 are heading to the UK in October:
10/14 - The Coalition, Brighton
10/15 - Club Revolution - The Park, Peterborough
10/16 - The Underworld, London Camden
10/17 - The Croft, Bristol
10/18 - The Old Bell, Derby
10/19 - Carling 02 Academy 3, Birmingham
10/20 - The Well, Leeds
10/21 - The Grand, Glasgow
10/22 - Festival, Cardiff
10/23 - Sub89, Reading
10/24 - The Joiners, Southampton
Musik med Johnossi (#2)
A second live clip from Johnossi at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/08/19/musik-med-johnossi-2/
Mattias Björkas (Cats on Fire) live on a boat (video)
Watch Cats on Fire frontman Mattias Björkas perform live for Stockholm Boat Sessions: http://stockholmboatsessions.blogspot.com/2010/08/mattias-bjorkas-cats-on-fire.html
Otur free music series
Starting tomorrow and continuing every Friday for the next 11 weeks, Swedish electro artist Otur will be posting a new mp3 for free download in her blog: http://www.oturmusic.com/?p=821
Kongh now bass-less
Bassist Oskar Rydén has parted ways with Swedish doom act Kongh. The band will continue on as a two-piece in the short term, but are openly seeking a replacement: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=46690587&blogId=538372633
New video from Pacific!, album coming soon
Pacific! have a video for their new track "Narcissus", one of the pieces they composed for Olof Persson's modern dance project of the same name: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKCclDilLMc
Apparently there's a new album on the way as well, due out September 13, and samples can be heard at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/musicpacific
Isobel & November EP delayed
Isobel & November has pushed back the release of their new EP to September 15.