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Hypertext - Cantarell (preview)

A brief excerpt of the new Hypertext single "Cantarell", due out in January (plus some live show news).

Thu, Dec 22nd, 2011 14:52:33

Blessings Bittervatten CS preview

As promised, new music from Swedish hardcore/doom act Blessings. I recommend starting with "Second blessings", but both tunes are solid.

Thu, Dec 22nd, 2011 14:40:22

New music from The High Hats

Finally! Four brand new demo tracks from The High Hats! Check it: http://highhats.blogspot.com/2011/12/high-hats-heartbeaten-by-police.html

Thu, Dec 22nd, 2011 14:36:21

Craft
Void
Trust No One Recordings/Southern Lord

"Carpathian Forest from Sweden" is the best way to describe Craft. Image, ethos, artwork, album titles, song titles, music; it's all just a punked-up rehash of Nattefrost's sick utterings, so much so that if you were to fire a Carpathian sticker over the Craft logo on any of their albums you'd probably be none the wiser. They have experimented with other people's styles, however, and on "Void" there's any number of big-time black metal bands shining through. Just one listen reveals a multitude of them which, it must be stressed, are familiarities rather than blatant rip-offs. This distinct lack of originality hits the album hard, though. There are some nice moments (although nice is hardly a word that Craft would want used here) but it's just too... meh. It's been done before. Hundreds of times. There's absolutely nothing exciting about it and, if truth be told, it's almost a chore to have to sit it out until the end.
- John Norby

Thu, Dec 22nd, 2011 14:26:13

Knuste Ruter loses vocalist, gains another

Knuste Ruter has parted ways with vocalist Kjetil Mikkelsen as he has decided to concentrate more on his other bands Summon the Crows and Dishonorable Discharge. In his place the band has enlisted Hasse Brinch, ex-member of Stengte Dører.

Thu, Dec 22nd, 2011 13:47:22

Medeia- In motionless decay (Antichristmas II video)

Good to see that Medeia is back to making entertaining videos once again, even if I will probably never actually like their music.

Thu, Dec 22nd, 2011 13:41:34

Francis announce new EP, single

Francis has announced that their new EP "This must be blood" will be released on February 27 with the lead single "Traktor" preceding it on January 23.

Thu, Dec 22nd, 2011 13:04:18

22-Pistepirkko box on the way

Bone Voyage is putting together a 22-Pistepirkko boxset called "The singles" featuring exactly that, spread over 5CDs and 1 DVD -- 3 discs of the singles themselves and b-sides, 2 discs of live material and a DVD containing a new and expanded version of the "Off road manual" VHS. More here: http://www.bonevoyagerecordings.com/component/content/article/108-its-a-box-baby-22-pistepirkko-the-singles-plus

Thu, Dec 22nd, 2011 12:46:12

Atlas Losing Grip on tour again (+ No Fun At All!)

Swedish skatepunks Atlas Losing Grip will be heading back out on the road in the new year and will be doing a few shows with a reunited No Fun At All along the way:

01/11 - Hurricanes Pub, Tours (FRA)
01/12 - Heretic, Bordeaux (FRA)
01/13 - Sala Mogambo, Donostia-San Sebastián (ESP)
01/14 - La Antigua, Ovideo (ESP)
01/15 - Sala A Reserva, Carballo (ESP)
01/16 - tba, Porto (PT)
01/17 - Sala Supersonic, Cadiz (ESP)
01/18 - Santiago Alquimista, Lisbon (PT) w/No Fun At All
01/19 - Sala Live, Madrid (ESP) w/No Fun At All
01/20 - Sala rock City, Valencia (ESP) w/No Fun At All
01/21 - Estraperlo Club, Badalone (ESP) w/No Fun At All
01/22 - Sala Moscou, Torello (ESP), w/No Fun At All
01/23 - Connexion Cafe, Tolouse (FRA)
01/24 - La Fourmi, Limoges (FRA)
01/25 - Les Combustibles, Paris (FRA)
02/03 - Alter Stadtbahnhof, Schweinfurt (GER) w/ZSK
02/04 - Matrix, Bochum (GER) w/ZSK
02/10 - Faust, Hannover (GER) w/ZSK
02/11 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt Am Main (GER) w/ZSK