New music from Air France at Pitchfork: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/51035-air-france-collapsing-at-your-doorstep-mp3stream
A new track from Häpna artists Tape was posted today as well: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/49845-tape-mystery-mutiny-mp3stream
Hybris has now posted Biker Boy's new June single for (limited) free download: http://hybrism.blogspot.com/2008/06/biker-boy-june-song-new-single-for.html
Danish act Attrap might not be around anymore, but it looks like Good Tape Records will still release their posthumous debut album later this year. Details to come.
In case you didn't notice, I have a brand new interview posted today with Peter Jandreus, the author of "The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk". Check it: [click here]
As a bonus, here's an mp3 from the band that started it all and got him interested in punk in the first place: Rövsvett - Jesus var en tomte
Swedish artist Anna Ternheim will return to the US/Canada in July for a batch of dates with Joseph Arthur:
07/09 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
07/10 - World Café Live, Philadelphia, PA
07/11 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
07/12 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
07/15 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
07/18 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
07/20 - WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
07/21 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR
07/22 - Triple Door, Seattle, WA
07/24 - The Media Club, Vancouver, BC
MIC Norway profiles "epic extreme metal" act Keep of Kalessin and their new album "Kolossus": http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008060315481761322041
Lords of Metal interviews André Cederberg of Norwegian act Stille Opprör: http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showinterview.php?id=2177&lang=en
IAT.MP3 artists Imagine I Had Hands have another new track up at myspace called "Six reasons": http://www.myspace.com/imagineihadhands
Killer stuff, as always.
Danish indie artist A Kid Hereafter has posted the new, very meta track "I don't trust Tom" on his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/akidhereafter
Four of the tracks on the Hymns from Nineveh (remember?) myspace page are now available for download: http://www.myspace.com/hymnsfromnineveh
Check out a trailer for the new "No One Is Illegal" DVD, due out on June 27: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMRjXy195tA
The film captures live footage and interviews from last year's Punk Illegal Fest in Sweden and features bands such as Avskum, Wolfbrigade, Victims, Uncurbed and more. All proceeds from DVD sales go to the No One Is Illegal asylum network for their help with refugee relief.
Pitchfork reviews Lykke Li's "Youth novels": http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49939-youth-novels
MP3: Majessic Dreams - Naked walls
The new Majessic Dreams album "Beautiful days" is disappointing because it's not at all what I was expecting. Only a few tracks (such as the one I've posted today) retain the lush electronic dreamscapes that characterized their previous work. Instead, the duo has pared back their songs to their organic core, a time-honored approach, but one that renders them mediocre. It makes them more human, more approachable, but also less interesting. The more layers they pile on, the more they hide themselves, the deeper I want to dig. I want to put on headphones and get lost in the music. I can do that with "Naked walls". My head swims in the soft waves of loops, cascading gently in series. It's still nowhere near as alien-sounding as their first album, but a happy medium. I can live with that.
Majessic Dreams - Naked walls
Check out a brand new video from Aerial for the seasonably appropriate track "Echoes in June": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKAgd4rTkII