Skrammel streaming new tracks from upcoming split
is streaming new tracks from Ignatius and The Nature at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/skrammelrecords
Look for the bands' split 7" to be released soon.
Country: Sweden
Taxi Taxi! to tour Europe
Taxi Taxi! will be heading out on the road across Europe in March:
03/11 - Fundbureau, Hamburg (GER)
03/12 - Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf (GER)
03/13 - Haus Ungarn, Berlin (GER)
03/14 - Paris Syndrom, Leipzig (GER)
03/15 - Chelsea, Vienna (AUS)
03/16 - Rockhouse Bar, Salzburg (AUS)
03/18 - House Concert, Milan (ITA)
03/19 - Papiersaal, Zurich (CH)
03/20 - Kulturladen, Konstanz (GER)
03/23 - Upstairs at the Garage, London (UK)
03/24 - Vooruit, Gent (BEL)
03/25 - Witloof Bar @ Botanique, Brussels (BEL)
03/26 - Ifsm @ Swedish Culture Center, Paris (FRA)
03/27 - Les Trinitaires, Metz (FRA)
03/28 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
04/07 - Cinema Nimas, Lisboa (POR)
04/08 - OMT, Coimbra (POR)
04/09 - Cine-Teatro de Estarreja, Estarreja (POR)
04/10 - Centro de Artes e Espectáculos, Portalegre (POR)
Auktion annouce final show
Swedish crusties Auktion has announced that Punk Illegal in June 2010 will be the band's final show ever. They'll also play one last hometown farewell in Umeå sometime before that, but nothing's confirmed yet. Otherwise, the band says they still have a bunch of unreleased material, so if anyone is interested in releasing it they should get in touch.
Sirius playlist week #5
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. The Goner - Within the hour
03. Moto Boy - The heart is a rebel
04. Detektivbyrån - Hemvägen
05. TALK 2
06. Valkyrien Allstars - Hvis jeg var deg
07. Tobias Hellkvist - Patience
08. Scarred By Beauty - We swim
09. [ingenting] - Tack
10. TALK 3
11. I'm From Barcelona/Daviel Lindlöf - Lower my head
12. Monazno - Yes we can't
13. Silver - The white logic
14. Eskatol - Siste dans
15. TALK 5
16. Murmansk - The surgical assistant
17. Dyno - Destroy! Destroy!
18. Folkvang - Folkvangs första
19. C.Aarmé - Angola (Princess version)
20. TALK 5
21. Abhinanda - Junior
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.
Mixtapes & Cellmates tour support
Mixtapes & Cellmates are seeking fan support to help them make it to SXSW: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mixtapesandcellmates/sxsw-2010-or-bust
Musik med Joel Alme
Live music with Joel Alme at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/01/29/musik-med-joel-alme-2/
Manifest 2010 winners
Here are the winners of the 2010 Manifest Awards, Sweden's alternative Grammy:
Punk/Hardcore: Troublemakers - Made in Sweden ()
Dance: Samuel L Session - The man with the case ()
Jazz: The Opposite - Intertwined ()
Dansband: Blender - Välkommen in ()
Rhythm: Jaqee - Kokoo Girl ()
Composer: Lisa Nordström and Lisen Rylander Löve (Midaircondo)
Lyrics: Ken Ring
Rock: Makeouts - In A Strange Land ()
Pop: El Perro Del Mar - Love Is Not Pop ()
Hårdrock/Metal: Abandon - The Dead End ()
Synth: Arvid - Andetag ()
Singer/songwriter: Kristofer Åström And The Rainaways - Sinkadus ()
Folk/ballad: Tore Berger - I huset långt på landet ()
Hip-hop: Mohammed Ali - Processen ()
Best poplabel:
Best live: Fever Ray ()
Best unsigned: Fulmakten
Read more: http://www.manifestgalan.se/125.aspx
Petter Seander to release solo album in March
Petter Seander (Kristian Anttila, Sleeping Beauty) will release his debut solo album "The denial of me, myself & I" on March 3. More info: http://www.petterseander.com/
CMI to reissue Apatheia
is reissuing "Lifethesis", an early album from Swedish apocolyptic folk act Apatheia, the solo alias of Linus Andersson (Coph Nia, Svartenbrandt, Reign of Bombs). Read all about it: http://www.coldmeat.se/mailorderitem.asp?id=3090
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
02. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
03. Calle Kristiansson - Calle Kristiansson
04. Nordman - Korsväg
05. Kent - Röd
06. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
07. Thåström - Be-bop-a-lula hela jävla dan (1989-2009)
08. Joel Alme - Waiting for the bells
09. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
10. Andreas Grega - En sak i taget
11. Dan Berglund - Tonbruket
12. Gentlemen - Awaken me
13. Malena Ernman - La voix du nord
14. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
15. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Samling
16. Hästpojken - Från där jag ropar
17. Jill Johnson - Music row II
18. Martin Stenmarck - Septemberland
19. The Refreshments - 8 cd collection
20. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
MP3: Valkyrien Allstars - Å gjev du batt meg
The good folks at MIC Norway sent me a big box of CDs earlier this week as part of their "Listen to Norway" music promotion program, so to oblige them I will attempt to do some sort of weekly feature on one of the contents therein. I'm planning on listening to most of it anyway, so why not give it focus? Now as for the types of discs they sent me, there's a good selection of pop, rock, indie and metal stuff that I've either heard before or at least somewhat familiar with, so I decided to jump into the other stuff first. I know some Norwegian jazz, mostly through artists affiliated with or , and we'll get to those in coming weeks, but it's definitely the folk music that intrigued me the most. As regular readers should know by now, I love traditional Scandinavian folk, especially when it's done in contemporary fashion ala Detektivbyrån, but I'm also quite fond of the trad stuff, it's just that I barely know where to start with it so let us consider this to be a mutual exploration. There's a lot of folk music out there and I've listened to a damn lot of Hardanger fiddle this week and while I couldn't begin to tell you the history of the style or anything about the various regional variations, I know what I like and Valkyrien Allstars are a group I definitely can get into. According to the liner notes of their self-titled debut (2007), the trio got their start as the house band at The Valkyrien Restaurant in Oslo though they definitely seemed to have moved beyond that now, having been nominated for a Norwegian Grammy and toured Japan (and released a new album "To måner", which I do not have yet). Musically speaking, they are at their essence, a Hardanger fiddle trio, though they do mix it up by adding a few extra instruments and vocals. But what I like best about them is their energy and enthusiasm, a similar trait I heard in Swedish act Hedningarna, the band that first got me interested in Nordic folk. "Å gjev du batt meg" is one of the group's mellower tracks, but I just love the vocal on it, especially frontwoman Tuva Livsdatter Syvertsen's rough-edged tone. It reminds me of Hajen/Jaw Lesson a bit, in fact they even kinda look similar as far as hairstyle is concerned. Anyhow, it's those little cracks at the edges that make it, and that's why I'm sharing this song today.
Expect more folk discoveries and other new (to me) tunage in weeks to come.
Valkyrien Allstars - Å gjev du batt meg
A review of a review
Mimmi Skog of Pascal calls out Aftonbladet writer Per Magnusson for sexism: http://rogertsblogg.blogspot.com/2010/01/att-recensera-en-recensent.html (in Swedish)
The Movements
The world, the flesh and the devil
Alleycat Records
"How long is too long" is the name of the first track of The Movements latest album and, in many ways, that one song summarizes the rest of the album. I'm not saying that it all sounds the same, quite the opposite, but all the tracks leaves me with the same feeling, the feeling of being incomplete. Or rather, having elements not completely belonging. Taking that first track as an example; the first minute blows me away every single time, but after that the mismatched vocals kill the buzz. There is something in each song, putting the lid on and it never really reaches its climax.
- Morten Frisch
Hello Saferide at ATP
Hello Saferide will be playing the Matt Groening-curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival in the UK this May: http://www.atpfestival.com/events/mattgroening/lineup.php
Piroth Train Tour doc
Piroth made a documentary of their recent tour-by-train: http://vimeo.com/9029297