Check out a preview of the video for "It's a lie" from Norway's Superfamily: http://www.propellerrecordings.no/audio/Superfamily-ItsALie-PREVIEW.mov
Download the first five minutes of the debut performance from the Avanto Festival of Testicle Hazard, a 'new old school' noise duo featuring Lasse Marhaug and Tommi Keranen: http://lassemarhaug.teks.no/mp3/testicle_hazard/beneath_the_remains_live_at_helsinki_avanto_festival_05.mp3
Brainpool's latest recording session a failure? Not exactly - read more: http://www.junkmusik.com/
Shock Recordings will be releasing a special José González CD for his upcoming tour featuring a selection of EP and single tracks all in one place, packaged with exclusive cover art. Tracklist:
01. Love will tear us apart
02. Suggestions
03. Down the hillside
04. Sensing owls
05. Hand on your heart
06. Instr.
07. Storm
08. Heartbeats (Rocket Boy remix)
JG Aussie tourdates:
11/23 - The Zoo, Brisbane (AUS)
11/24 - Newtown, Sydney (AUS)
11/25 - Rosemount, Perth (AUS)
11/27 - Queenscliff Music Festival (AUS)
11/29 - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne (AUS)
11/30 - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne (AUS)
Newly reunited black-metal legends Emperor have announced two US shows:
07/14 - BB Kings Blues Club, New York, NY
07/16 - Key Club, Los Angeles, CA
I guess this is good news to people who never got to see them the first time around, but I must warn you not to get too excited: despite the band's greatness on record, they never were all that hot live. When I saw them and openers Witchery blew them away. And the less said about Ihsahn's other band Peccatum in a live setting (they were the other openers), the better.
Toture Killer is stoked: renown death metal growler Chris Barnes (Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under) has joined the band as their new vocalist and will make his debut with the band on the new album "Swarm!" which will be released via their new label Metal Blade. And they also got artist Wes Benscoter who has worked with other bands such as Mortician and Vehemence to handle the cover. The band will continue to perform live in Finland with Sallinen who contributed vocals to the band's recent split 7" with Sotajumala, but I do believe they plan to tour internationally soon. Read more: http://www.torture-killer.cjb.net/
Pushiro (aka J. Panic/Psilodump) has posted a new 3-track EP for free download: http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collectionid=AoR004&collection=aor
At the risk of losing whatever cred I've built up, I'm just gonna come right out and declare it: the new A-ha album "Analogue" is fantastic. It's exactly the kind of big, mature pop album that career bands of A-ha's status are supposed to make. Y'know, the kind of record that you'd expect from lifer acts such as REM or U2. The kind of record that bands like Kent so desperately want to make. Even if you haven't heard A-ha since "Take on me", their sound is instantly recognizable and oh-so catchy. It's also worth noting what it lacks - the pathetic pandering to younger audiences that so many older acts fall susceptible to. This is just A-ha doing what they do and doing it well. The darker-tinged melodies of the first track "Celice" are what hooked me in, but I'm finding that I'm loving the entire album the whole way through, moreso every time I listen anew. Along with Tiger Lou's "The loyal", this is one the best new records I've heard this fall.
I am now selling mp3s for Trewetha Records and have the latest releases from I Love You Baby! and The State of Floral Beings for sale. Check 'em out!