Norwegian metalcore act Purified In Blood has signed with Abacus Recordings in the US. Read the press release at Lambgoat: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=6846
There's going to be a "Making of" dualdisc version of At the Gates' classic album "Slaughter of the soul"? Weird. Anyhow, here's a teaser trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcqn91w6b9U
Decibel Magazine interviews Enslaved: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/june2006/enslaved.aspx
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Carola - Från nu till evighet
02. Amy Diamond - Still me still now
03. Shirley Clamp - Favoriter på Svenska
04. Lasse Stefanz - Pickup 56
05. The Poodles - Metal will stand tall
06. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao på turné
07. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
08. Eric Gadd - Eric Gadd
09. BWO - Halcyon days
10. Patrik Isaksson - Patrik Isaksson
11. Kristet Utseende - Sieg hallelujah
12. Magnus Carlsson - Magnus carlsson
13. Totta & Wiehe - Dylan
14. Mustasch - Parasite!
15. Musikal - Mamma Mia
16. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
17. Sebastian - Sebastian
18. Atomic Swing - The broken habanas
19. Friska Viljor - Bravo!
20. Lena Malmborg - A new time, a new life, a new religion
Aversionline on The End Will Be Kicks and Aerial, two of my favorite bands: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2006/06/sweden-never-stops-being-awesome.html
MP3: Lis er Stille - End credits
Okay, today's mp3 post is from Danish post-rock act Lis Er Stille and I'm letting Jason Christie do the talking:
WOW! WOW! WOW! Move over Logh, Jeniferever, Appliance, Thom Yorke go work for Greenpeace and the rest of the postrock proggists can veg themselves out on "The construction of amp-train" with Lis Er Stille.
They are not very pretentious, they are just plain pretentious. Four tracks, three lead up - funnily enough - to the "End credits". Yep, one large chunk of a good 36 production tracks of music on two or three interpolating subtle compostions, bright and breezy, titled then crescendoed give up an overriding monster of almost quarter of an hour in length.
"End credits" (which is the only 'real' track on this EP) is epic in its entirety and, after a few snippets of Madrugada in part one, morphs into something likening prog-rock with skittle drums and circulating song lyrics. All of which is very atmospheric, along with the fairground - think house of horrors - squeals, drills and spiral sounds. I liked this, it works well at 3am.
Lis er Stille - End credits
Stupid three-day weekend totally threw me off schedule, so this week's new artist profile piece only just got posted today. The artist in question? Swedish hardcore synthpunk act The Grizzly Twister. Check it: [click here]
Swedish art-rock label Trewetha Records, home to I Love You Baby! and The State of Floral Beings, has announced that they'll be releasing the debut album from BLLTPRF CPD this coming fall. More details soon.
Check out the video for the new Tiger Baby single "Girlfriend": http://www.tigerbaby.dk/songs/tigerbaby-girlfriend.mpg
Download a new track from Those Pyjamas: http://www.promopop.com/mp3/those_pyjamas_burn_or_something.mp3
Check out the video for Snook's new single "Längst fram i taxin": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FiKnVfxdck
This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (NY) Sugarplum Fairy - She
02. (05) Peter, Bjorn And John w/Victoria Bergsman - Young folks
03. (16) The Knife - We share our mothers' health
04. (09) Whyte Seeds - Back in town
05. (03) Dub Sweden - On your telly
06. (04) Christian Falk w/Robyn & Ola Salo - Dream on
07. (07) Archie Bronson Outfit - Dead funny
08. (01) The Pipettes - Your kisses are wasted on me
09. (NY) Juni Järvi - If we just want to
10. (NY) Whitest Boy Alive - Burning
11. (02) Primal Scream - Country girl
12. (10) Danko Jones - First date
13. (13) Supersci w/Remedeeh - Get!
14. (NY) Fattaru - 100:-
15. (NY) Editors - All sparks
16. (14) The Strokes - You only live once
17. (NY) Architecture In Helsinki - Wishbone
18. (17) Promoe med Capleton - Songs of joy
19. (19) Swingfly - Save the trees
20. (12) Sator - Angelina & Sister Ray
Leaving the chart:
The Sounds - Tony the beat
Arctic Monkeys - The view from the afternoon
David & The Citizens - Are you in my blood?
Tiger Lou - Nixon
Morrissey - The youngest was the most loved
Nathan Larson w/Nina Persson - Dead leaves and the dirty ground
Via Hits in the Car comes word that promising, but still unsigned Danish act Ruined By Martin has posted a brand new track on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ruinedbymartin