Sweden's TV 4+ has caved and will now be showing the Dungen guest appearance on Conan O'Brien after all. If you remember, the episode was unable to be transferred for Swedish replay due to a technical error and the station decided to air a rerun instead. Well now it's all going to be made right: the episode has been set to air on December 12 with replays on both December 13 and 17.
Yet another fine review of the Acid House Kings: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/entertainment/news-article.aspx?storyid=47520
Yttling Jazz, the jazz project of Björn Yttling (obviously), now has a website: http://www.yttling.se/
MP3: The Hellacopters - You are nothin'
When I first heard that Nicke from Entombed had started a garage-rock sideproject, I was stoked. I was just starting to get into other dirty rock/garage bands like The Mummies and The Devil Dogs, so the first Hellacopters album "Supershitty to the max" fit right in with my collection. And while that record is pretty good, it's the second disc "Payin' the dues" that really got me going. That record is absolutely on fire and you can hear it with the very first track "You are nothin'". If that's not a ballsy statement of intent, I dunno what is. Unlike the band's more recent material, the recording is still buried in fuzz and dirt, perfectly emulating the style they were going for. Remember- this is garage rock, not the 70s-style arena rawk the band later evolved into. Both eras of the 'Copters are excellent (and in some ways, I prefer the latter), but it's always good to listen back at where they came from.
The Hellacopters - You are nothin'
I've added some extra iTunes functionality in the mp3 playlist rss feed. If you see any issues, please let me know. I don't use iTunes myself (hate it) and rarely use RSS readers, so I rely on you readers to help me get things set up correctly.
Finland's Tigerbombs have announced that their sophomore full-length album will be released in February. More details to come.
This week's YLE X3M video chart:
01. Kent - Den döda vinkeln (SWE)
02. Smak - Vesi tulvii sisään (FIN)
03. Jermaine - Goodbye sign (FIN)
04. Mew - Special (DK)
05. Indica - Vuorien taa (FIN)
06. Korpiklaani - Kädet siipinä (FIN)
07. El Caco - Substitute (NOR)
08. The Cardigans - I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer (SWE)
09. Tingsek - Egoflow (SWE)
10. Darin - Step up (SWE)
Challengers:
11. Brandon - Mentally fit (FIN)
12. Andreas Johnson - Show me xxxx (SWE)
13. moi Caprice - my girl you blush (DK)
Check out a scan of the Kerrang feature on Norway's JR Ewing: http://www.v8.no/thejrewing/v1/sql/newsimages/jrkerrang1.jpg
Håkan Hellström's new album "Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått" has been confirmed for a December 28 release. The first single "13" comes out December 14.
Pitchfork reviews the new Junior Senior: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/j/junior-senior/hey-hey-my-my-yo-yo.shtml
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Lena Philipsson - Jag ångrar ingenting
02. Eva Dahlgren - Snö
03. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
04. Sophie Zelmani - A decade of dreams 1995-2005
05. Laleh - Laleh
06. Nanne - Alltid på väg
07. Björn Afzelius - Björn Afzelius bästa
08. Darin - Darin
09. Rikard Wolff - Allt du kan önska! det bästa från: Rikard Wolff
10. Hardcore Superstar - Hardcore superstar
11. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
12. Christian Kjellvander - Faya
13. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
14. Hans Martin - Minnenas promenad
15. September - In Orbit
16. Weeping Willows - Singles Again
17. Ulf Lundell - Lazarus
18. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
19. Gemini - Det bästa med karin och anders glenmark
20. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
Rounder Records has licensed Nicolai Dunger's most recent album "Here's my song..." for US release. Look for it around late February. In other news, Nicolai will contribute a cover of the song "Det gåtfulla folket" for the upcoming Olle Adolphson tribute album "Dubbeltrubbel", due out December 14 via EMI.
Check out the video for "Walk in a wheel", the new single from Swedish power-pop act Moll Flanders: qt / wm
You can also listen to the band's new single "Go to sleep" right here: http://www.fiberlineaudio.com/label/modules.php?name=catalog&file=product_info&products_id=363
Download the new single from The Fine Arts Showcase: http://www.adrianrecordings.com/The_Fine_Arts_Showcase_Chemical_Girl.mp3
Alice in Videoland
Outrageous
National
National have become known mostly for being a reissue label, be it Allan Edwall or Pugh Rogefeldt. And when they do sign a band that still exists, they usually are a bit dull to be frank. Alice In Videoland is no exception. I guess AiV going for some kind of Fischerspooner-ish electroclash, but the production sounds cheap and out of date. Come on man, it's fucking 2005, not 1985. However, lead singer Toril Lindqvist was voted 73'd sexiest woman by sleazy magazine Slitz and that's got to count for something, huh?
- Johanna Smith