Hardcore Superstar will finally release their new self-titled album on November 2.
Kent will release "The Hjärta & Smärta EP" on November 2. Here's the tracklist:
01. Vi mot världen
02. Ansgar & Evelyne
03. Flen/Paris
04. Månadens erbjudande
05. Dom som försvann
I hear that The Raveonettes had their van and gear stolen in Brooklyn last night. When will bands learn to either a) lock their shit up in a protected lot b) make one person sleep in the van or c) load their gear inside. How many times does this have to happen?
Strange Reaction posts some tracks from Briard, the band of Andy McCoy pre-Hanoi Rocks: http://www.strangereaction.com/archives/2005/10/07/briard/
Gustav Ejstes of Dungen talks to the Chicago-Sun Times: http://www.suntimes.com/output/derogatis/wkp-news-live07.html
Kaizers Orchestra has given their website a slightly updated look: http://www.kaizers.no/
When did Aftonbladet decide to start hating The Rasmus: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,710001,00.html (in Swedish)
Not that I'm complaining, of course.
Dark Dose follows my lead and posts a track from the mighty Eucharist: http://darkdose.com/?p=84
MP3: Marit Bergman - I take my wings off you
It's a small, small world that we live in. About a week ago my wife went to a meeting of the local weavers guild where a woman was talking about her upcoming trip to the Swedish speaking region of Finland so of course my wife mentioned something about this site and my interest in such things and so forth. So then this other lady relates a tale from one of her ealier trips to Sweden years ago where she stayed with some friends who had a surly punk-rocker daughter who later became a pop star. And who would that daughter be? Why, Marit Bergman of course. I can only imagine that this must've been during the Candysuck days, but I don't know for sure as it's all second-hand. As for my own Marit Bergman story: we met very briefly at SXSW in Austin when I was on tour with KVLR. I was totally out of my head from driving all night and probably made no sense, but whatever - it was years ago. I'm over it. So Marit, should you ever read this, I hope you're enjoying your stay in NYC. Hopefully we'll get some new music from you in the not-too-distant future. In the meantime, here's a live track from Popstad 2003.
Marit Bergman - I take my wings off you (live)
This week's YLE X3M video chart:
01. Kent - Den döda vinkeln (SWE)
02. Smak - Vesi tulvii sisään (FIN)
03. The Rasmus - No fear (FIN)
04. HIM - Wings of a butterfly (FIN)
05. Korpiklaani - Kädet siipinä (FIN)
06. Gakko3 - In love (FIN)
07. Critical - Mina sista ord (SWE)
08. Poets of the Fall - Lift (FIN)
09. Bloodpit - Platitude (FIN)
10. Sigur Rós - Glósóli (ICE)
Challengers:
11. Technicolour - Nowhere to go (FIN)
12. Mew - Special (DK)
13. Lilyjets - Going blind (NOR)
Download "Tonite we're gonna party like it's 1939" from This Sect: http://www.thissect.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tonite_were_gonna_party_like_its_1939.mp3
The Cardigans will be posting instrumental kareoke-ready versions of all the song from their new album "Super extra gravity" for a limited 24-hour period on October 12. Read more: http://www.cardigans.com/?sid=article&pid=read&id=3187