Download an mp3 of Håkan Hellström's new single "13": http://www.doloresrecordings.com/audio/hakan_13.mp3
Full tracklist and cover art for his new record here: http://www.doloresrecordings.com/nyheter.htm
MIC Norway previews the Norwegian Voices Festival, the year-end celebration of the country's centennial taking place in London on December 8: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005112412512269475394
Datarock has posted a couple tracks from Quasimojo for download, the first band signed to Datarock's own label Young Aspiring Professionals. Check it:
01. Daddy's little girl
02. Gettin'up'n'goin'ova
The band's debut 7-song/4-video EP "Gettin'up'n'goin'ova" is out now.
Hemstad has posted a live video clip from their recent show at Debaser in Stockholm: http://hemstad.blogspot.com/2005/11/live-clip-from-debaser.html
Check out an e-card for Nasum's final release "Grind finale": http://www.relapse.com/ecards/nasum/
Anna Ternheim's debut album "Somebody outside" will be released internationally in February along with the single "To be gone". The US is not yet on the territory list, but folks throughout Europe and Japan should be able to find it.
Trust the DJ interviews Swedish prodigy John Dahlback: http://www.trustthedj.com/SKRUFFF/news_article.php?news_id=4756 (via)
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Thåström - Skebokvarnsv 209
02. Lena Philipsson - Jag ångrar ingenting
03. Jill Johnson - The christmas in you
04. Nanne - Alltid på väg
05. Eva Dahlgren - Snö
06. Monica Zetterlund - Z - det bästa med monica zetterlund
07. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
08. Darin - Darin
09. Sophie Zelmani - A decade of dreams 1995-2005
10. Laleh - Laleh
11. Björn Afzelius - Björn Afzelius bästa
12. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
13. Embassy - Tacking
14. Hardcore Superstar - Hardcore superstar
15. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
16. Rikard Wolff - Allt du kan önska! det bästa från: Rikard Wolff
17. Christian Kjellvander - Faya
18. Grönwalls - En på miljonen
19. September - In Orbit
20. Hans Martin - Minnenas promenad
Brothers Demand has posted samples from every track on their new album "A cod in lipstick": http://www.streamroadmusic.se/
Chikan's debut album "Cops and Crooks In Your Head" will be out December 3 via Circle Around A Circle Records. The band is the solo project of Petter Söderberg from Amical and the recording was produced by David Lehnberg (Ariel Kill Him). Upcoming tourdates:
12/03 - Heffaklumpen, Gävle (SWE) w/Christan Kjellvander, Hello Saferide
12/03 - Kafé Spegeln, Gävle (SWE) w/Idiot Kid
12/08 - tba, Berlin (GER)
12/09 - JFZ, Haldensleben (GER) w/Björn Kleinhenz
12/10 - Strandperle, Limburg (GER)
12/11 - Caveau, Mainz (GER)
12/12 - tba
12/13 - tba
12/14 - Drifter's, Freiburg (GER)
12/15 - Das Rind, Rüsselsheim (GER)
12/16 - Cubanova, Münster (GER)
12/17 - tba
Head to their website to hear samples: http://www.chikan.se/
Check out Panic Skin, a decent little low-key bedroom solo act from Stockholm: http://www.panicskin.tk/
There's five free tracks in the download section, more to be added soon.
MP3: Randy - I don't need love
Randy has a new album that just came out, but I'm not going to post a track from it. It's not because it isn't great, because it is (Simon Tagestam reviewed it here), but instead I'm going to reminisce about the record that got me into the band: 2001's "The human atom bombs". Every couple years or so, just about when I'm about to totally give up on punk-rock, along comes a record that breathes new life into the genre. Refused did it to me in the late 90s and Randy did it again with this record. It's not even that they were doing anything all that original - it's that they were doing it with such enthusiasm and vitality that it was impossible not to stand up and take notice. "The human atom bombs" is fun and funny, energetic and entertaining and just all around amazing. So here's a track from that record that'll hopefully help brighten up your Friday.
Randy - I don't need love
Happy Thanksgiving my fellow Americans! I'm not going to do a regular update today, but I did post some new reviews for your reading enjoyment. And don't forget to check out that Robyn interview from earlier this week! I'll be back tomorrow with your regularly scheduled programming. Cheers!
Baron Bane
s/t
Stupid Dream
Electronica and guitars has been combined numerous times in the past decade, with varying results. Baron Bane do it in a Crystal Method style, although less big beat and more downbeat, although the big beat creeps its head in from time to time. One song is a dead ringer of The Gathering. It is not that good, not that bad either, but you feel like you are going to hear Richard Patrick or Beth Gibbons any moment. They totally lack a sound of their own.
- Simon Thibaudeau
Brighter Death Now
Kamikaze kabaret
Cold Meat Industry
Brighter Death Now has been a revelation to me in the past, perhaps the most important noise artist to me. Roger Karmanik has, in my opinion, a stature equivalent to one of the most recognizable name in noise: Merzbow. "Kamikaze kabaret" reveals a BDN that is more accessible than ever and that goes back to a simpler sound, more alike Throbbing Gristle's experiments but taken to a level of refinements way beyond what TG was doing. Great record.
- Simon Thibaudeau