It looks like avant black-metal act DHG aka Dødheimsgard will finally be releasing a new album entitled "Supervillain Outcast". More details: http://www.heavymetal.no/show.article.asp?menuid=&artid=4216 (in Norwegian)
Dolores Recordings has announced that "Damaged goods" will be the next Deportees single, release date still tba. Also on the way from Dolores is part three of their "Who will buy these wonderful evils" psych/garage-rock comp series. Again, exact release date is tba.
Some new US dates for José González:
06/16 - El Rey, Theatre, LA
06/17 - Bimbos 365, Club, SF
06/18 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland
06/19 - Neumos, Seattle
06/20 - Richards on Richards, Seattle
06/23 - Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis
06/25 - Intonation Music Festival, Chicago
06/26 - tba, Toronto
06/27 - Theatre National, Montreal
06/28 - Museum of Fine, Arts, Boston
06/29 - Bowery Ballroom, New York
06/30 - Black Cat, Washington DC
07/01 - World Cafe, Philadelphia
07/03 - Bowery Ballroom, New York
08/27 - Hollywood Bowl, LA
Here's the dates for that Figurines US tour supporting Tapes n' Tapes I told you about last week:
06/05 - Middle East Club, Cambridge, MA
06/06 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
06/07 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
06/08 - Fletcher's, Baltimore, MD
06/09 - The Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
06/10 - The Basement, Nashville, TN
06/12 - Gypsy Tea Room, Dallas, TX
06/13 - Stubb's Barbeque, Austin, TX
06/15 - Solar Culture, Tucson, AZ
06/16 - Echo, Los Angeles, CA
06/17 - Café du Nord, San Francisco, CA
06/18 - Berbati's Pan, Portland, OR
06/19 - Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA
06/22 - Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
06/23 - Sokol Underground, Omaha, NE
The video for the new Satyricon single "K.I.N.G." is now online: http://media.roadrunnerworld.com/Satyricon/king_hi.wmv
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Eric Gadd - Eric gadd
02. Totta & Wiehe - Dylan
03. Backyard Babies - People like people like people like us
04. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
05. Andreas Johnson - Mr johnson, your room is on fire
06. Sebastian - Sebastian
07. Magnus Uggla - Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
08. The Refreshments - 24-7
09. The Radio Dept. - Pet grief
10. Christer Sjögren - King creole
11. Anna Book - Let's dance + 13 favoriter
12. Linda Bengtzing - Ingenting att förlora
13. The Knife - Silent shout
14. Son of a Plumber - Son of a Plumber
15. The Sounds - Dying to say this to you
16. Takida - ...make you breathe
17. Lotta Engberg - Världens bästa lotta
18. Håkan Hellström - Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått
19. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
20. Rigmore Gustafsson - On my way to you
Dreamboat Records reports that Oh Lucky Star is recording a new album at Cobra Studio with the working title of "A place in the sun".
Vapen & Godis has announced that Otur's debut album "Pepperbox Hill" will be released on May 5. Otur is the electro/synthpop solo project of Emma Bates from The Light Bulb Project. The single "Apart" comes out April 21 and features remixes by Mr. Suitcase and Carl-H Hallén (Kompis) along with a video treatment by director Sofie Traav.
Nomethod has announced the signing of Mixtapes and Cellmates. The lofi shoegazer act previously released their debut EP "Juno" on Bedroom Records last year and Nomethod will be releasing the band's brand new single "c: you d: the road home" on May 15. Look for the new EP "If there is silence, fill it with longing" to be released in August.
MP3: Christian Kjellvander - Drag the dirt in
I figured that since I've decided to post new mp3s five times a week now that it would be a good idea to incorporate more thematic days into my posting schedule. Friday's have been dedicated to older/classic material for awhile already and now I'm making Thursdays my day to talk about stuff in the webstore that might not necessarily be brand new, but is still well-worth hyping. I know, it's quite self-serving of me, but consider this: I only carry music from bands and labels I like and am happy to endorse. If I was doing this for money I would've quit years ago. Anyhow, I never really said much about the latest Christian Kjellvander album "Faya" when it was brand new and I don't have a good excuse as to why. It's a bit of a slow-burner, so I suppose that makes it easy to pass over, but upon further listening I've discovered that it's much stronger than I originally thought. Christian's debut "Songs from a two-room chapel" had a much more overt intensity, but this one is quieter, more relaxed and more subtle. Fans of Nordic Americana should still find a lot to like, I assure you. So here's his latest single "Drag the dirt in" and if you dig it, you can buy it here.
Christian Kjellvander - Drag the dirt in
All-star bands are rarely, if ever, any good. There are a few notable exceptions, but what looks good on paper rarely adds up to quality in real-life. Khoma is one such exception. Who would've thought that combining members from such dissimilar acts as Cult of Luna and The Perishers would work so well? Oh, but it does; in fact it sometimes eclipses the other acts altogether. I was excited about Khoma as soon as their first album "Tsunami" was released, way back in 2004 before they added the H to the name. With so many lackluster mid-tempo heavy acts polluting the airwaves I wanted to shout Khoma's name from the mountaintops to let everyone know how good they are. The band's new album "The second wave" is even better than the debut. I had some trepidations about they rerecording some of the songs from the first, but I relucatantly agree that it makes sense now that they have a much bigger potential audience through Roadrunner and heck, they sound great. Why complain? Kudos to Magnus Lindberg at Tonteknik - the drums recording is killer. I'm sure some it is Thomas Hedlund's constantly improved playing and maybe his kit, but whatever it is, the tones they got on tape are stunning. For today's mp3 I've decided to revisit the track "One of us must hang" which I used to close out the first "Reader's companion" disc. The new version is a tad faster, but it's just as powerful. Check it out.
Finnish math/hardcore act Frivolvol has a new website: http://frivolvol.com/
The band recently went through some lineup changes and is working on two new as-yet-unnamed releases.
Coming soon from Finnish label Sähkö and its various subsidiaries:
Ø - ASTE 2x12" (Sähkö-002.5)
Gez Varley / Shon (life12in-15)
Finnish Big Band Jazz - Ufology (No Comments) 12" (Jazzpuu-9)
Rhode Island-based radio station BSR 88.1 FM did a phoned-in live session with Racingpaperplanes yesterday and you can listen to an archive of the performance online: http://www.bsrlive.com/archives/playlist.php?p=3985