The Culture in Memoriam - Jimmie (video)
No mincing words here in this great new video from The Culture in Memoriam.
Country: Sweden
The Deer Tracks to tour the US
Swedish act The Deer Tracks will be coming over to the US in June for their first-ever full-on US tour:
06/03 - Casbah, San Diego, CA
06/05 - Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA
06/06 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
06/08 - Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR
06/09 - Media Club, Vancouver, BC
06/10 - Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA
06/13 - 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, MN
06/14 - Shuba's, Chicago, IL
06/17 - Il Motore, Montreal, QC
06/19 - TT The Bears, Cambridge, MA
06/20 - Piano's, New York, NY
06/21 - Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY
06/22 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
06/23 - Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Silent Ballet reviews Musette
The Silent Ballet recommends the new Musette album "Drape me in velvet", out now via : http://thesilentballet.com/reviews/2012/04/musette-drape-me-in-velvet
Refused to appear on Jimmy Fallon
Refused will be making their TV debut on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on April 23.
Christian Mistress on tour
I know it's mostly off-topic, but I don't care: my friends Christian Mistress are heading across the Atlantic for their first-ever European tour and you should go see them because, not only are they one of the finest Heavy Metal bands going today, but they are also a stellar live act and excellent human beings. Buy their records and buy them drinks! And to add a bit of IAT relevance, they'll be replacing Victims on tour with Tormented and Black Breath from April 21 onward. Check it:
04/06 - L'Orient (Tre Dagar av Metal och Hårdrock), Linköping (SWE) w/Bombus
04/07 - Metaal Paaskabaal, Tongeren (BEL) w/Paul Di'anno, Hammers of Misfortune
04/09 - TRIX Centrum voor Muziek, Antwerpen (BEL), w/Absu
04/11 - Dystopia, Den Haag (NL) w/Saviours, Danava
04/12 - Roadburn Festival (Stage 1), Tilburg (NL)
04/13 - The Wheelbarrow (Free Show/Friday the 13th Party), Camden (UK)
04/15 - Minsters Bar, Stoke on Trent (UK)
04/16 - Moho Live, Manchester (UK)^
04/18 - Underworld, London (UK)^
04/19 - Doornroosje, Nijmegen (NL)^
04/20 - Asteriks, Leeuwarden (NL)^
04/21 - Fetsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin (GER)*
04/22 - FZW, Dortmund (GER)*
04/24 - Ajz Chemnitz, Chemnitz (GER)*
04/25 - Arena, Vienna, (AUS)*
04/26 - Etnoblog, Trieste (ITA)*
04/27 - Lo-Fi, Milan (ITA)*
04/28 - Jungendhous Wangen, Wangen (GER)*
04/29 - Lakei, Helmond (NL)*
^ w/Red Fang, Black Tusk
* w/Black Breath, Tormented
Simian Ghost back to the UK in June
Simian Ghost will be heading back to the UK in June as one of the co-headliners on The Best Fit Tour presented by The Line of Best Fit. Dates:
06/01 - 60 Million Postcards, Bournemouth
06/02 - Leaf Cafe, Liverpool
06/03 - Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds
06/05 - Bodega, Nottingham
06/06 - Buffalo, Cardiff
06/07 - The Lexington (Clash "Ones to Watch" show), London
06/08 - Central Station, Wrexham
06/09 - The Cellar, Oxford
Trepaneringsritualen 10" preview
The new Trepaneringsritualen 10" "Deathward, to the womb", now streaming in full via Soundcloud. If you were thinking of grabbing a copy, I've been told there aren't many copies left so you should jump on it.
From eagle to white vinyl
pressed up a new run of Kristofer Åström's latest record "From eagle to sparrow" on white vinyl; get it here.
Kning Disk presents Paddan och Hunden
On May 30 esteemed Swedish experimental label will release the new LP "Paddan och hunden", a collaboration album featuring Joakim Åhlund (Caesars, Teddybears, Les Big Byrd, etc.) and visual artist Jockum Nordström. Full details: http://www.kningdisk.com/index_kd091.htm
Svart Ljus at Svenska Grammofon
The Göteborg-based recording studio Svenska Grammofon is playing host to the art exhibit "Svart Ljus" this weekend, a collection of drawings, photos and other multimedia from the highly vaulted local scene centered around the labels and between the years 1983-1993. Featured artists include Freddie Wadling and Cortex as well as Annika von Hausswolff, Union Carbide Productions/Henrik Rylander, among many others. For what I imagine will be a taste of what to expect, go here.
The exhibit will run from April 6-8, between the hours of noon and 6pm.
Peter Morén - Vinstintressen (video)
A political song from PB&J frontman Peter Morén. Read more (both på svenska and in English) and get a free d/l here: http://www.petermoren.com/
Antennas - No tomorrow (now w/b-sides)
The new Antennas single "No forever", now streaming in full with b-sides at Soundcloud. File under: "unexpected saxophones".
Nordwall's Swedish history lesson 15
Joachim Nordwall (The Skull Defekts, ) has posted the unabridged version of his Swedish history lesson list as was submitted to UK mag The WIre: http://deepshitbynordwall.tumblr.com/post/20412506327
jj - Beautiful life
Pitchfork is offering a preview of the new jj single "Beautiful life": http://pitchfork.com/news/46025-listen-jj-beautiful-life/