Global Domination interview legendary Swedish death-metal musician/producer/engineer Dan Swanö: http://www.completedomination.net/interviews/dan-swano
Musique Machine reviews the Mats/Morgan Band: http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=720
Cult of Luna is now streaming two new tracks on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cultofluna
Swedish blues-punks Deltahead have a new (unfortunately Flash-based) website: http://www.deltahead.net/
The band's debut self-titled full-length comes out February 22. Not quite as nutty as, say, Doo-Rag, but still pretty cool.
New Swedish supergroup Hets will make their live debut at Popaganda this year. The band features Markus Krunegård (Laakso), Per Normark (Fireside), Henrik Svensson (Moneybrother) and Christoffer Roth (Monster) and you can hear some samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/hetshts
Look for the band's debut album "Etikett: HETS" on March 29.
Norwegian hype-machine Serena Maneesh has officially signed with newly-founded label PlayLouderecordings, an offshoot of the PlayLouder website. Lead cheerleaders Pitchfork has the full details: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/06-02/14.shtml
Also at Pitchfork, a decent review of the new In Flames album: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/i/in-flames/come-clarity.shtml
Glad to see they're actually doing a respectable job of expanding their heavy music coverage.
Swedish instrumental rockers Alarma Man on tour in Germany:
05/05 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (GER) w/The Sound OE
05/06 - Blue Shell, Köln (GER) w/A Day in Black and White
05/07 - OCCII, Amsterdam (NL)
05/08 - de Kar, Groningen (NL) w/Soda P
05/10 - ACU, Utrecht (NL) w/Soda P
05/11 - JUZ, Mannheim (GER)
05/12 - Az Conni, Dresden (GER) w/Torchous
05/14 - Magnet Club, Berlin (GER) w/Torchous
05/16 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt (GER)
MP3: The Knife - We share our mother's health
It almost seems redundant for me to talk about The Knife will all the praise they've been getting recently. But the fact of the matter is that they deserve every bit of it and I'd be remiss if I didn't throw my $.02 in. Everyone knew to expect something amazing, something unique when we first heard the new album "Silent shout", but I think the duo surpassed even the most lofty expectations with what they delivered. There really isn't anyone else out there doing anything even remotely similar - The Knife stands alone. I chose "We share our mother's health" for posting today because I just love that beat with those crazy ping-pong sound effects and the cymbal crashes of pure white-noise. I know it's only February, but I think we can safely assume that this is one of the best record's were gonna hear in 2006. It's a given.
The Knife - We share our mother's health
Thanks to everyone who came out to make last night's Tack! Tack! Tack! our most successful ever! Read Jason's report right here.
Bassist Magnus Svenningsson of The Cardigans has restarted his band's old label Trampoline Records with a little help from parent company Stockholm Records and has signed fellow Swedes Animal Five. Their first single "Sharks" comes out in March and a 6-song MCD will follow in May.
Download the song "Killing spiders" from Swedish "trombone/organ/bass/megaphone feminiART" trio Surplus People: http://www.surpluspeople.se/ljud/killingspiders.mp3
Download the track "Nothing new" from Finnish hardcore act Lighthouse Project: http://www.fireinsidemusic.com/mp3/nothingnew.mp3
The track comes from the band's new album "Navigate by heart", due out March 1 on Combat Rock Industry.
New European tourdates for Kaizers Orchestra:
03/09 - Kesselhaus, Berlin (GER)
03/10 - Grunspan, Hamburg (GER)
03/11 - Patronaat, Haarlem (HOL)
03/12 - Effenaar, Eindhoven (HOL)
03/13 - Dornrosje, Nijmegen (HOL)
03/14 - Stollwerk, Köln (GER)
03/15 - AB Club, Bruxelles (BEL)
03/16 - Batschkap, Frankfurt (GER)
03/17 - Alter Feuerwache, Mannheim (GER)
03/18 - Orpheum, Graz (AUS)
03/19 - Bierhubeli, Bern (SWI)
03/21 - Backstage, München (GER)
03/22 - Star Club, Dresden (GER)
03/23 - Stars, Vordingborg (DK)
03/24 - Kägelbanan, Stockholm (SWE)
JuJu Records has posted a couple remixes from in-house producer Soul Supreme that were done for The Alkaholiks: http://www.jujurecords.com/news.php?id=68