The video for the new Antennas single "Adapt!" is now online: http://www.antennas.se/videos/antennas_adapt.mp4
Don't forget that the band is playing next month's Tack! Tack! Tack! in London. Tickets here.
Nomethod is offering a special deal to people interested in buying the new Aerial CD: http://nomethod.se/
It's one of the better CDs I've heard in 2006, so you can't go wrong when there's a free CD from The End Will Be Kicks added to the mix.
MP3: Hedningarna - Live from P3
The final mp3 from our week of Scandinavian folk comes from Hedningarna, the group responsible for getting me seriously interested in the genre. I can still remember the first time I heard them - a friend of mine who worked at a record store had picked up a copy of "Trä" on a whim and we were both blown away by how amazing and unique it sounded. The instruments are traditional, but they're amplified and distorted and far away from the stodgy, pristine production usually found on world music recordings. I was already fairly heavily interested in Scandinavian music at the time (this was around '97, if I remember right. I was probably just getting over my At the Gates infatuation.), but hearing Hedningarna took it to the next level. This live track that I've posted for you today is a great example of what the group is capable of. Wimme starts off the piece with a joik over a droning bass note. The piece builds and band gets louder and louder until the hurdy gurdy comes in takes things to a huge, buzzing climax. It's way more intense than what most post-rock bands are capable of.
Hedningarna - Live from P3
Dorothy's Magic Bag has a new release on the Candy Mind netlabel: http://www.archive.org/details/CANDY00021
Kite Recordings has announced that they will release The Mellowmen's debut full-length album on April 17.
Karisma Records has announced the signing of Norwegian cult act Lonely Crowd and will be reissuing the bands three EPs from 1996-1997 in a new collection entitled "Watching from a distance" this coming spring. And then in the fall, the label will release the band's long-awaited debut full-length "We laughed at the time... but looking back it was terrible". For those who are unaware (like me), the band was founded back in 1995 by Stig Jakobsen of the awesomely-named band Vampire State Building along with former members of acts De Press and Holy Toy. Read more here: http://www.karismarecords.no/index.php?page=artist&Artist_id=10
Check out a video clip of Emmon playing at Bombens Pianobar: http://www.bomben.se/dansklubben/pianobar_emma_nylen.html
Updated tourdates for Disfear, including a lot of North American shows:
05/05 - C.S.A Dordoni, Cremona (ITA) (Cremona A Mano Armata #1 Festival)
05/06 - Kafé 44, Stockholm (SWE)
05/12 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
05/13 - CBGB, New York, NY
05/14 - Club Gyza, Providence, RI
05/15 - Wallingford American Legion Hall, Wallingford, CT
05/16 - Polish Library, Buffalo, NY
05/17 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
05/18 - Oade's Hidden Camel, Lansing, MI
05/19 - TBA, Chicago, IL
05/20 - Triple Rock, Minneapolis, MN
05/21 - The Annex, Madison, WI
05/22 - Creepy crawl, St Louis, MO
05/23 - Emerson Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
05/24 - High Five, Columbus, OH
05/25 - Oakland Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
05/26 - Nanci Raygun, Richmond, VA
05/27 - Peppermint Club, Norfolk, VA
05/28 - Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, MD
05/29 - Rock n Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
05/30 - Public Theatre, Auburn, NY
05/31 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
06/01 - Théâtre Granada, Sherbrooke, QC
06/02 - Club Soda, Montreal, QC
06/03 - Campus Charlesbourg, Quebec City, QC
06/04 - Cambridge Elks Lodge, Cambridge, MA
David Fridlund (David & the Citizens) will be doing some solo dates in Germany in May:
05/08 - Nachtcafe, Kiel
05/09 - Prinzenbar, Hamburg
05/10 - Subway, Köln
05/11 - Südstadt, München
05/12 - Salon Elitaer, Kassel
05/13 - Trompete, Berlin
Satanic Surfers on tour in Canada as part of the 'Grind Tour' with Mad Caddies, The Loved Ones and Subb:
05/05 - Legends, Victoria
05/06 - Seylynn Hall, Vancouver
05/07 - Wildbills, Banff
05/09 - Starlite Theatre, Edmonton
05/10 - University Of Calgary, Calgary
05/11 - The Distrikt, Regina
05/12 - The Venue, Winnipeg
05/13 - Warp 9, Thunder Bay
05/15 - Call The Office, London
05/16 - The Underground, Hamilton
05/17 - Opera House, Toronto
05/18 - Surface, Ottawa
05/19 - Anti Hall, Quebec City
05/20 - Le Spectrum, Montreal
Look for additional East Coast dates to be announced shortly.
Bad Afro has posted the tracklist for the upcoming Flaming Sideburns compilation retrospective "Back to the grave", complete with commentary: http://www.badafro.dk/news.htm
Swedish noiserockers Iisole have posted two tracks from their latest EP for free download: http://www.iisole.com/
Definitely recommended - these guys just keep getting better and better with each new release.
PopMatters has posted a nice live review of José González as well as a review of Sondre Lerche's latest.