Gadget/Phobia split coming this summer
Swedish grind act Gadget is doing a split LP/CD with US act Phobia set for release sometime around mid-July. American label will be handling the CD and Germany's will press the vinyl.
Country: Sweden
Sirius playlist week #18
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Kråkesølv - Skredder
02. TALK 1
03. Lama - Curses and broken glass
04. Underachiever - No rain (arson)
05. Originalljudet - The oral solution (with pear)
06. Lögnhalsmottagningen - Lumpettrick
07. TALK 2
08. Masshysteri - Låt dom hata oss
09. Den Svenska Tystnaden - Reaktor
10. Simian Ghost - Star receiver
11. Kobert - Recipe
12. TALK 3
13. Traktor - Where water goes
14. Disco Ensemble - Protector
15. Hooded Menace - Night of the deathcult
16. TALK 4
17. Menfolk - From the horse's mouth
18. Mattias Alkberg - Nerverna
19. Khoma - Osiris
20. TALK 5
21. Baby Alice - Piña colada boy
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
David Sandström + Mixhell
David Sandström (Refused, Final Exit, AC4) and Igor Calavera (Mixhell, ex-Sepultura) jamming out at Scharinska in Umeå on May Day. Not the best quality, but still makes me wish I could've been there.
Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze8a_7lTTQ8
O'Spada
Time 7"
Make Mine/Despotz Records
It's nice to hear a woman aping Prince's funk as opposed to the usual falsetto-bearing manchild. Julie Spada's natural range is a perfect fit for the style and she does a great job with it, navigating deftly through all of the sharp twists and turns she sets up for herself in the arrangement. Shame that the hook isn't a bit stronger and the b-side remixes (by Montauk and Naiv) are throwaways because the beat on the original is really happening, despite my distaste for slap-bass, wacky synth and all other obvious 80s-era musical crimes. Same shame goes for whoever decided to press this on 7" as opposed to a proper DJ-ready 12" dance single because the pressing really suffers from a deficiency of bass. Still, I must say that "Time" bodes well for the forthcoming full-length "Pay off", due out later this month. O'Spada is not without potential.
- Avi Roig
Anna von Hausswolff album preview
Swedish site Gimme Indie is streaming a preview of the hyped new Anna von Hausswolff album "Singing from the grave", due out May 5 via : http://www.gimmeindie.se/
Scandipop interviews Gravonitas
Scandipop interviews Alexander Bard of BWO and Andreas Öhrn about their new project Gravitonas and also, perhaps more importantly, about the way they are promoting themselves with a simultaneous international release: http://www.scandipop.co.uk/?p=2452
I'm sure that other international fans of Scandinavian music like myself will appreciate this, even if they aren't necessarily into mainstream pop like Gravitonas.
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. The Ark - In full regalia
02. Anna Bergendahl - Yours sincerely
03. Scotts - Vi gör det igen
04. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
05. Rolandz - Jajamen
06. Play - Under my skin
07. Ola Magnell - Rolös
08. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a scheme
09. Dundertåget - Dom feta åren är förbi
10. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
11. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
12. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
13. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
14. Petter - En räddare i nöden
15. Khoma - A final storm
16. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
17. Crashdïet - Generation wild
18. The Haunted - Road kill
19. Di Leva - Lovestar
20. Perikles - Var ska vi sova inatt - en samling
MP3: Kristofer Åström - Walpurgis night
Timely, no? Kristofer's 2004 album "Loupita" remains an all-time fave and "Walpurgis night" is undoubtedly a highlight. Have a good time tonight and don't do anything I wouldn't do.
Kristofer Åström - Walpurgis night
Jennie Abrahamson album delayed in GAS
The GAS release of Jennie Abrahamson's latest album "While the sun's still up and the sky is bright" has been postponed from May 7 to August 6.
Under the Radar talks to Sambassadeur
Under the Radar interviews Swedish indie act Sambassadeur: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/sambassadeur/
Kleerup has a band
Andreas Kleerup has started a band called Me and My Army, apparently borrowing quite a few members from Timo Räisänen. The full lineup: Patrik Herrström (Timo Räisänen, C.Aarmé), Joel Hammad Magnusson (Timo Räisänen, Roenik), Niels Nankler (Timo Räisänen, Roenik) and Skärgårds-John (Jarla?).
MP3: Masshysteri - Låt dom hata oss
Real Talk: Masshysteri's new self-titled record is the official album of spring 2010.
Masshysteri - Låt dom hata oss
The Concretes - Good evening
The Concretes have a brand new track entitled "Good evening" posted at Bandcamp for free download: http://theconcretes.bandcamp.com/
Apparently the group's new album "WYWH" will be out in October.
The Skull Defekts - Remain in cruxus (dub)
Swedish blog Mind on the Run has a new, unreleased track from The Skull Defekts recorded with the five-man lineup including the illustrious Daniel Higgs (Lungfish): http://mindonrun.blogspot.com/2010/04/ny-lat-med-skull-defekts-och-kort-om.html
EL-SD get new guitarist
Swedish noiserockers EL-SD have recruited Fredrik Degerman aka Degis of The Sound O.E as their new guitarist. He will make his live debut with the band on May 5 at Lilla Hotellbaren in Stockholm where they will be playing with like-minded fellows Traktor.