New album from Linus Lindblom out now via HOOB
has posted full details and a couple sample tunes for their latest release, "Objets trouves" from Swedish saxophonist Linus Lindblom: http://www.hoob.net/
Country: Sweden
More dates for Refused
Refused have announced a new batch of US/North American dates for July:
07/15 - Masquerade Music Park, Atlanta, GA
07/16 - The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD
07/18 - Williamsburg Waterfront, New York, NY
07/19 - Riot Fest East, Philadelphia, PA
07/20 - House of Blues, Boston, MA
07/21 - Metropolis, Montreal, Canada
07/22 - Sound Academy, Toronto, Canada
07/23 - Sound Academy, Toronto, Canada
07/25 - Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak, MI
07/26 - Congress Theater, Chicago, IL
I also understand that they'll be playing another "secret" show somewhere in Sweden this weekend, but my lips are sealed.
New Billie the Vision single this Friday
Swedish indiepoppers Billie the Vision & The Dancers will be releasing the new single "Queen of the dance floor" this coming Friday.
Bobby Sant
It's just a lonely feeling
Sakuntala Records
Please. Shoot. Me. Having spent my college years surrounded by enough quirky which-way Chapel Hill singer/songwriter folk talent, label , solo artists from The Decemberists, Lambchop, Bonnie Prince Billy to Mirah, I think I've gathered a pretty good knack for who's got it. And who doesn't. Bobby Sant doesn't. He's got a folk singer's voice, I can even hear the cigarette-lungs rasping in-between each line, but one of his many problems is that he's trying so hard to fill someone else's shoes. He sings in a kinda forced, deranged way that makes me wanna gauge my ears out. Secondly, he's a terrible songwriter. The lyrics, for one, are regurgitating cliches and run down the river, line-after-line of uninspired unoriginality. Bob Dylan or Townes Van Sant does not count for inspiration -- titling two songs, "Like a leaf in the wind" and "Stuck on Townes" ain't helping. By uninspired, I mean inauthentic. I don't hear in-between the lines tortured railroad tracks or years of hard-earned cash livin', slavery on the row, and etc.; I hear a regular guy, probably a regular nice guy at that. But lesser singer songwriters have managed to find poetry in driving to the grocery store, finding brilliance in turning a chance or fleeting encounter into a beautiful and gripping tale. Bobby Sant is trying too hard to tell someone else's tale, or he might be trying to tell his own tale, in a skin he looks slightly ridiculous in. Just the way he enunciates certain syllables really rubs me the wrong way, like in track "Rainbow people". I start to get the feeling it could very well be a language barrier or misconception of the radical nature of the blues artists he intends to emulate. I really think he, and any ol' blue revivalist, oughta look deep within themselves and try to invent something new with the tools these forefathers have assiduously sweated and bled over; I am positive Mr. Dylan never had in mind to have so many geezers steal and disseminate so many washed-up versions of being a fucking rolling stone, drifting by, or another fucking song about California -- "It's just a lonely feeling" simply gives the blues a bad name.
- Ann Sung-an Lee
Odyssey - Wicked witch (video)
, once again delivering the best heavy stoner jams Scandinavia has to offer. Odyssey is their latest signing and this is the band's new single "Wicked witch", the first from their upcoming album "Abysmal despair", due to be released on May 16.
Kent - 999 (live video)
Kent has posted a live studio version of their new single "999" to YouTube: http://youtu.be/VB12iCO8MkU
Beatrice Eli - The conqueror (video)
Not only does Beatrice Eli have a new video for her solid single "The conquerer", apparently she's also recently been picked up by . Check it!
Markus Krunegård - Korallreven & vintergatan (video)
I've found most of Markus Krunegård's post-Laakso work to be pretty boring, but this epic slow-burner ain't bad.
Little Gang - Evert's song (video)
PSL has the premiere of Little Gang's new video "Evert's song": http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/03/27/premiar-little-gang-everts-song/
New album from The Tallest Man on Earth in June
Swedish folk artist The Tallest Man on Earth has announced that his new album "There's no leaving now" will be released on June 12 in the US and June 11 abroad via . He also has a new single being released for Record Store Day (April 21), but that's far less exciting.
Free Jazz recommends Skogen
The Free Jazz blog highly recommends the new album "Ist gefallen in den schnee" from Swedish/international minimalist jazz act Skogen: http://freejazz-stef.blogspot.com/2012/03/skogen-ist-gefallen-in-den-schnee.html
Bombus confirm new bassist
Swedish rockers Bombus have enlisted Jonas Rydberg (Faster Katt, ex-Burst) as their new bassist.
Television Keeps Us Apart - Death by sister five
Swedish indie act Television Keeps Us Apart have a new two-song single that they are giving away for free. Personally, I prefer the b-side.