Two White Horses - Eyes of the noble (video)
Simply gorgeous, in every way. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClsSUlBicKo
Country: Sweden
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Timoteij - Längtan
02. Titanix - Drömmar får liv
03. Scotts - Vi gör det igen
04. The Ark - In full regalia
05. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
06. Anna von Hausswolff - Singing from the grave
07. Anna Bergendahl - Yours sincerely
08. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
09. H.E.A.T - Freedom rock
10. Pain of Salvation - Road salt one
11. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
12. Johnossi - Mavericks
13. Rolandz - Jajamen
14. Mojje - Att leka i finrummet
15. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
16. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a scheme
17. John Norum - Play yard blues
18. Familjen - Mänskligheten
19. Dan Berglund - Tonbruket
20. Björn Skifs - Da capo
Robyn - Dancing on my own (video)
This is retarded: has blocked international viewers from watching Robyn's new video on YouTube, but luckily it's also available on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/11925060
Why do major labels shoot themselves in the foot like that? Makes no sense.
Service to publish a book
is branching out from the record business and will be publishing a book: http://srvc.se/service/fula-edith-en-dag-blev-vi-stora
More here: http://fulaedith.blogspot.com/
Preview "The people's record"
is streaming the new Club 8 album "The people's record" in its entirety: http://www.labrador.se/people_lab130_free/
MP3: Chicagojazzen - 18 år i en ruttnande kropp
Chicagojazzen's new LP "Misantropi för nybörjare" ("Misanthropy for beginners", out now via on limited vinyl only) plays like an audio sketchbook for a hyperactive imagination. Ideas are cast out, explored and rendered in abstract lofi; a decision guided by what seems to be aesthetic choice as opposed to pure circumstance. Many artists go that route to conceal their lack of talent or to adhere to some sort of genre orthodoxy, but in this particular case I find that the roughness of the sound nicely compliments the roughness of the material. Which is not to say that it works every time -- some songs come across as quite under-composed or even half-assed -- but the overall feeling I get from the record is very positive. I keep listening because I'm intrigued, because I'm curious about the process. So it's hard to isolate a particular instance to give others a best impression; it's preferable that you sit down, put the record on and listen the whole way through, letting your mind wander as the sounds do the same, but I'll try with "18 år i en ruttnande kropp", a seemingly pastoral postrockish piece with a darker undercurrent as befits the title ("18 years in a decaying body"). It builds long and slow before stumbling to an awkward conclusion which, I suppose, is an apt metaphor, though that could just be stream of consciousness running its course and petering out. Regardless, it sounds interesting and the overall tibre never goes exactly where I'd expect. As to where Chicagojazzen goes next as an artist, I'm very curious to hear.
Chicagojazzen - 18 år i en ruttnande kropp
Skrammel says Slöa Knivar will be out in June, Brainbombs reissues later
New Swedish underground label reports that the new Slöa Knivar LP "Ingen klass ingen stil" should be out in mid-June. After that, they'll be reissuing the first two Brainbombs albums "Burning hell" and "Genius and brutality... taste and power" with the cover art as the band originally intended. No word on when those will be available, but I'll keep you updated.
Musik med Chicagojazzen
Live music at PSL with Swedish experimental/lo-fi artist Chicagojazzen: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/05/18/musik-med-chicagojazzen/
Originalljudet: Computer basement versions
Originalljudet will be releasing a new limited edition record featuring a number of raw/lo-fi tracks, some of them merely sketches or fragments of songs. Read more and listen to samples: http://www.originalljudet.com/node/223
New Witchery album coming in June
I didn't realize they were still a band, but apparently Swedish all-star thrashers Witchery (feat. members from The Haunted, Seance, Arch Enemy, Opeth, etc.) will release their new album "Witchkrieg" on June 21 via . Hear a sample tune at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/witcherytheband
The Genuine Fakes - I don't want it
Swedish powerpop act The Genuine Fakes have a new single called "I don't want it" and you can view the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnLhR8STW3Y
Download the mp3 here: http://music.thegenuinefakes.com/
Grave - Liberation
has a brand new track from Grave streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/regainrecords
Marcus Price & Carli - Mat bira kvinnor weed (video)
Get past the intro and you'll be rewarded with a great track. I'm terrible with keeping track of names, especially people who use a lot of various aliases, but Marcus Price is from Fattaru/Basutbudet if that helps. Direct link: http://vimeo.com/11854807
More at : http://palmsout.net/2010/marcus-price-carli-mat-bira-kvinnor-weed-out-now-pos015/
Junip album gets name, release date
The name of Junip's upcoming full-length album, due out September 13, is "Fields".
Världens smartaste man
I'd post a link to Kristian Anttila's new video for "Världens snuskigaste man", but those geniuses decided to impose copyright blocking based on location, so fuck 'em.