Meleeh - Trauma
Swedish hardcore act Meleeh are now streaming a new track from their forthcoming album "To live and die alone": http://www.myspace.com/meleeh
Country: Sweden
Adore signs Jonas Schwartz
Adore Music (Torpedo, Kusowsky) has announced the signing of new artist Jonas Schwartz and will be releasing a trio of singles from him over the course of 2010. Preview here: http://www.myspace.com/jonasschwartz
My Own Grave, Demonical, Deathbound to tour Europe
Swedish death metal acts My Own Grave and Demonical along with Finns Deathbound are hitting the road in February:
02/12 - Snövit, Stockholm (SWE)
02/13 - Ungdomens Hus, Fredericia (DK)
02/14 - Bastard Club, Osnabrück (GER)
02/15 - Little Devil, Tilburg (NL)
02/17 - De Verlichte Geest, Roeselare (BEL)
02/18 - Das Haus, Neuss (GER)
02/19 - Gleis 3, Annaberg-Buchholz (GER)
02/20 - Club Zentral, Stuttgart (GER)
02/21 - Dynamo Werk 21, Zürich (CH)
02/22 - The Jack Hole, Vicenza (ITA)
02/23 - Channel Zero, Ljubljana (SLO)
02/24 - Toxic Music Club, Pecs (HUN)
02/25 - Zeljeznicar, Zagreb (CRO)
02/26 - Kawarna, Slavonice (CZ)
02/27 - Hellraiser, Leipzig (GER)
02/28 - Klex, Greifswald (GER)
Fever Ray, Annie, more in Pitchfork top 100 tracks of 2009
Pitchfork has started to post their top 100 tracks of 2009 and so far in the bottom 50 we have Scandinavian artist representation from Frida Hyvönen (#77), Röyksopp (feat. Robyn) (#68), The Tough Alliance (#65), Annie (#64) and Fever Ray (#58). See here: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/
June & the Swing Gentlys - Theo
New Swedish alt-country/melancholy pop act June & the Swing Gentlys are giving away their debut single "Theo" as a free download: http://www.heybonnie.com/
Gösta Berlings Saga confirmed for January
The excellent Swedish prog act Gösta Berlings Saga have been confirmed for January's It's a Trap! Clubnight at Debaser Malmö on January 16.
Aerial - Velvet light trap
Aerial have a new video for the song "Velvet light trap": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTcKBmwpBkM
Mixtapes & Cellmates - Soft eyes
Check out the new Mixtapes & Cellmates video for their latest single "Soft eyes": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmMJs0IrrU0
Sirius playlist week #50
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU, 100% pre-millennium edition:
01. TALK 1
02. Honey Is Cool - Bolero
03. Beyond Dawn - Addictions are private
04. Commando M Pigg - Baby doll
05. TALK 2
06. Kent - If you were here
07. Fireside - Let Rasputin do it
08. CMX - Ainomieli 97
09. Docent Död - Bensin i blodet
10. TALK 3
11. Bitch Boys - Automobile
12. Nicolai Dunger - This town
13. Broder Daniel - I'll be gone
14. Starmarket - Ten seconds
15. TALK 4
16. Madrugada - Beautyproof
17. Breach - Black sabbath
18. Silverbullit - Thank you Mr.
19. Camouflage - Syster sol
20. TALK 5
21. Entombed - Lights out
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. Next week's show will feature tunes from my top 10 albums of the year.
Dead Letters posts rare tracks
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words has posted a whole bunch of rare and unreleased tracks to Soundcloud for streaming: http://soundcloud.com/whenskiesaregrey
Musik med Hästpojken (#2)
Hästpojken once again plays live for PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/12/11/musik-med-hastpojken-2
This version of the single "Gitarrer & bas, trummor & hat" sounds way better than the studio take which, in my oh-so-humble opinion, is pure garbage.
Novellpriset 2009: Alexis Weak
Swedish rapper Alexis Weak has been awarded the 2nd annual Novellpriset from Novell magazine for excellent storytelling in music: http://magasinetnovell.se/2009/12/11/novellpriset-till-alexis-weak/ (in Swedish)