Atlas Losing Grip update interview at SWEHC
SWEHC checks in with melodic hardcore act Atlas Losing Grip: http://www.swehc.com/2012/03/16/checking-in-with-atlas-losing-grip/
Country: Sweden
Dungen - Blandband (video)
Better late than never, Dungen finally got around to making themselves a video for the tune "Blandband".
New Marcus Price EP via Discobelle
The label arm of Swedish music blog Discobelle just put out a new 5-song EP from Marcus Price; listen and get more info at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/discobelle/sets/marcus-price-continental-skank/
AWSF presents: Pretties for You
introduces us to their latest signing, Pretties for You: http://www.westsidefabrication.se/news/a-new-acquaintance-from-us/
Look for the band's new single "When the lights went out" to be released next week.
Terrortory
The seed left behind
Discouraged Records
This is the debut album by the Swedish crew and it must be said from the offset that there's a distinct blandness about it that's not only down to the production, but also because of a terrible attempt at emulating past success. Terrortory's thing seems to be to write tunes in the styles of a heap of already-revered bands, stick them all together, and hope for a winning formula. In Flames, The Haunted, Opeth, Sentenced and a shitload of others that are familiar but that I can't quite put my finger on are referenced here, none of which are mimicked to the point where you could say the material that Terrortory has written is better. There's also a tiny bit of old school Metallica to be found on some of the melodic parts and, while those are actually okay, this album as a whole is a very uninspiring -- indeed, a very boring -- listen. The production does get part of the blame despite the fact that everything is clear and bright, it's just that there's a lack of any punch whatsoever, even in the album's better moments. It's quite possible that when faced with material as dull and repetitive as this producer Henrik Wiklund simply lost the will to live. I know I did.
- John Norby
New Björn Olsson album now on Spotify
don't seem to make much of a fuss over their new releases, so there's a good chance you were probably unaware that Björn Olsson has a new solo album out now called "Lite nya melodier", but he does and now you can listen to it via Spotify. It starts out slow with a few solo piano pieces ala Jan Johansson before building into the more typical Ennio Morricone-style soundtracks he's known for. And yes Jim, there's plenty of whistling.
MP3: Local Drums - In your arms
Mystery solved! most recent signing Local Drums is the new solo alias of Christofer Byström from They Live By Night and "In your arms" is his debut single. Sounds great, too!
Local Drums - In your arms
Miike Snow - The wave (video)
Continuing where we left off, a new Andreas Nilsson-directed video from Miike Snow.
MP3: Repoman - Valley of snakes
Another one I pulled from the stacks recently, shame that Repoman couldn't hold it together for more than an EP. Nowadays there's a whole slew of folks doing noisy nihilistic hardcore again, but that wasn't the case 5 years ago when this EP was released, nor are a lot of the modern-day purveyors as good. Strange how many of the current crop of Mysterious Guy HC clones are more concerned with being weird or provocative when they really should be concentrating on writing actual songs. Anyhow, enough old-man-clouding, just enjoy the track.
Repoman - Valley of snakes
Dead By April - Mystery (video for the deaf)
Normally I would ignore anything/everything having to do with Dead By April, but this is amazing. Pure artistry!
Soviac album preview
The new Soviac record "Back album" is streaming in-full at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/nomethod/sets/soviac-back-album
I Used To Be A Sparrow album stream
I Used To Be A Sparrow's debut album "Luke", now streaming in full at Bandcamp. If you've enjoyed any of Dick Pettersson's other bands such as In These Woods or Voices Break the Silence, you'll dig this slightly mellower act of his too.
New Loosegoats album gets title, release date
The new Loosegoats album "Ideas for to travel down death's merry road" will be released on April 18 via . The lead single "Montananas" premiered on P3 yesterday and should be hitting digital platforms next week.