The vinyl version of the new album "Poison chalice" from The Accidents on Bootleg Booze Records will include two live bonus tracks and will be packaged in a fancy, limited edition "fejk" leather cover. Pretty nifty, eh? As mentioned before, the CD version of the record will be put out by Burning Heart. Preview two songs from the new record at the band's myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/therealaccidents
Check out a live video of Rabid Grannies playing at Charlies Kiosk: http://www.wastedsounds.com/videos/rabidgrannies_-_shareordie_-_charlies_21_august_05.AVI
Nervous Nellie has posted sound clips for every song on their new album "Don't think feel" on their website: http://www.nervousnellie.com/ (look under 'Music')
The album was recently released by US-based indie Go-Kart Records, but only in Europe so far.
Swedish mod-punk power-trio Smalltown will finally get their debut full-length "The music" released in Europe and Sweden via Cage Match Federation/Wasted Sounds. Check out the title track here: http://www.wastedsounds.com/mp3/Smalltown_-_The_Music.mp3
Swedish indie act Stars in Coma released a new record called "Gizmo goes to war" earlier this week via CDR label Popkonst and you can download a few samples here: http://www.starsincoma.com/
MP3: Abhinanda - Highway tonight
Today's Friday oldie comes from Abhinanda off their final album "The rumble", originally released back in 1998 on Desperate Fight Records (No, I'm not writing in the straight-edge Xs). The band started off as kind of a generic moshcore band (as was the fashion in the mid-90s) before finally figuring out what they needed to do to be awesome, releasing one last record and then breaking up. Gee, haven't heard that story before, right? I actually don't really know that much about these dudes otherwise, but they were definitely a fixture of Umeå's legendary hardcore scene of the time. Not many bands of the era aged well, but Abhinanda's rocked-out sound holds up just fine. Tons of gang-vocal shouts, a fierce stop-and-go rhythm section and just enough melody and dissonance to keep things interesting. Best of all, it's fun. Now why aren't there more bands like this today?
Abhinanda - Highway tonight
I've only had a chance to listen to the new Ricochets album "Isolation" a few times, but the song "No good" instantly jumped out at me. It's in a major key which is pretty much unheard of for these guys. Of course they still twist it around to bring out the anguish of the lyrics, but it still seems kinda... happy? Well, not really, but it is most definitely a change of pace from their usual downtrodden, noirish rock. What I like most about the tune is how epic it is - it reminds of Meat Loaf's bigger numbers. Not quite rock opera, but definitely dramatic. I approve.
Aversionline agrees that The Psyke Project rules: http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2713/
Seriously, one of the year's best albums. Definitely the one record I've listened to the most so far.
Jenny Wilson's "Love and youth" will finally be released throughout all of Scandinavia on October 31 with the rest of Europe to follow early next year. Before going solo, Jenny was known as the frontwoman for First Floor Power. Her record was produced with help from The Knife.
Danish wacko psychobillies PowerSolo will make their first trip to the UK in a week playing support for Jon Spencer Blues Explosion:
09/20 - Concorde, Brighton, (UK)
09/21 - Don't look back @ Koko, London, (UK)
The London show should be especially cool as JSBX will play the album "Orange" in its entirety.
Danish hip-hop artist Jokeren will release his new album "Gigolo Jesus" on October 17. Listen to a streaming sample of the first single "Ratlos" at his website: http://www.jokeren.com/
Swedish indierockers Shoot Charlie have posted a new track for download: http://www.shootcharlie.com/filer/musik.php
Sondre Lerche is hard at work on new material as revealed here on his website. Nothing but songtitles and speculation at this point, but he will be going into the studio with his band Faces Down to record this fall. In other news, check out Sondre's latest webdiary recounting his shows with Tina Dickow in Denmark and more: http://www.sondrelerche.com/diary.asp?id=71
In addition to the upcoming Weeping Willows singles collection coming out in November, the band will also be releasing their first DVD on October 31. The disc will include a live concert from Tavastia in Helsinki along with an acoustic set from Bar Dubrovnik and a short film that claims to be "the untold Weeping Willows story" as inspired by "Meet the parents".