Check out two tracks from the upcoming album "Through the river of denial" from Finnish hardcore act Down My Throat:
01. Vermouth breath
02. Arms of a siren
Renown Swedish industrial/darkwave/dark-ambient label Cold Meat Industry will once again be putting on a series of showcase performances in the Americas, this time featuring the acts In Slaughter Natives, Sephiroth / Ulf Soderberg and Desiderii Marginis. Dates so far:
11/07 - Cafe Chaos, Montreal
tba - Ottawa
11/10 - Wild Spirits, NYC
11/13 - DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA
11/16 - The Catch One, Los Angeles, CA
tba - Mexico City
For more info and updates, go here: http://www.coldmeat-usa.com/
Lost at Sea reviews José González: http://www.lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=3219238024350f5082d277
It kinda got lost in the shuffle of hype around the US release of "Veneer", but José's next album will be released on Mute in North America.
Listen to José play live on WFMU from Monday: http://wfmu.org/listen.m3u?show=16727&archive=23192 (fast-forward to around minute 51)
Head over to Bates Motel for downloads on new tracks from Animal Alpha and Ane Brun along with some other interesting Norwegian music tidbits.
Check out an article from DecoyMusic on the Swedish post-rock/instrumental scene including the acts September Malevolence, Scraps of Tape, Ef, Ellis the Vacuumchild and Once We Were: http://www.decoymusic.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4442
MP3: Tape - Exuma
New mp3 today from Tape from their third album "Rideau", out next week on Häpna. As Jens Lekman says in his recent interview with PopMatters, "the most exciting stuff is happening on the Häpna label" and I'm inclined to agree. Surely you've heard some of the hype on now-departed organ/drum duo Sagor & Swing, but there's much more to be discovered. I find myself listening to a lot of droning ambient music these days now that I'm working from home and can listen to my choice of music without fear of annoying coworkers. However, I still have to worry about annoying my wife, so compromises must be made! This is the stuff that we can wholeheartedly agree on: it's inobstrusive enough that you can work without distractions, but not so much so that you can't enjoy it. And we all know that noise/drone is the new black, right? Get with it! I especially love this track for the buzz of the shakers - it reminds me of cicadas and summertime.
Tape - Exuma
Finnish indierockers Underwater Sleeping Society have posted their entire "4 sparrows" EP for free download: http://www.uwssoc.net/uwssoc4sparrows.zip
The zip file includes all eight songs plus one bonus tune and song-by-song musings from the band.
"Tussles In Brussels" is the name of a new live DVD from The Hives, due out November 14. The disc will contain a live show filmed in Belgium along with behind-the-scenes footage, TV spots and videos.
Check out the video for "One quick look" from LeGrand: http://www.legrandmusic.com/video/videoplayer.html?q=l
The track comes from the band's debut self-titled album, out now via RoastingHouse Records.
Fluxblog posts another track from Denmark's Tiger Tunes: http://www.fluxblog.org/2005/10/illusions-cause-confusion-in-our-big.html
Too bad those dudes are on hiatus and can't really enjoy the free hype.