New podcast mix posted. Part two of the 'Sound of Umeå' series. Yeah, I know there's a ton of worthy bands I missed. Maybe you should step up and do you own mix, eh?
Pitchfork approves of Serena Maneesh: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/tracks/05-08-26.shtml
Upcoming US tourdates for Jens Lekman:
10/13 - Downcaf, Bennington, VT
10/14 - Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
10/15 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
10/16 - Pa's, Boston, MA
10/19 - Case University, Cleveland, OH
10/20 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
10/21 - Second Story, Bloomington, IN
10/22 - The Earlham College Comtock Room, Richmond, IN
10/24 - Twiropa, New Orleans, LA
10/25 - Emo's, Austin, TX
10/28 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
10/29 - Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
Download the brand new Bear Quartet single "I have an itch": http://shop.textalk.se/shop/395/art97/16797-mul-f2e40d.mp3
No doubt a lot of people will hate this, but I guess that's probably the point. I actually really dig it myself. Reminds me a bit of "What I hate" which happens to be one of my most favorite BQ tunes.
Download the track "Oh, mutineer!" from ex-The Grand Opening guitarist Leif Elverstig: http://www.tgomusic.com/songs/leif_elverstig-oh_mutineer.mp3
Relapse Records will be reissuing Rotten Sound's 2002 album "Murderworks" on October 11. The record was originally released via Necropolis in the US, Century Media in Europe.
Niccokick will play two shows in the UK at the end of September:
09/22 - The Junction, Cambridge
09/23 - Barfly, London
"The curse of being a girl", the first single from the new Kashmir album "No balance palace", is now available as a paid download. As mentioned before, the actual record is due out October 10.
Some new European livedates for Ikaros:
08/27 - Ieper fest, Ieper (BEL)
08/28 - Café la Plague, Paris (FRA)
08/31 - Centre Civic la Fonteta, Sant Feliu Codines (SPA)
09/01 - Groovy Club, Grao Castellón (SPA)
09/02 - Achims Palace, Stuttgart (GER)
09/03 - Cafe Panamá, Fulda (GER)
The new Red Carpet album will now be called "The noise of Red Carpet". It comes out September 28 via If Society.
Check out a stream of the song "An envoy to the open fields" from Mew off their new album "And the glass handed kites": http://mfile.akamai.com/1689/rm/bmguk.download.akamai.com/1689/mew/envoy_clip_ISDN.ram
The track is one of two that features guest vocals from J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.). A free mp3 download is available to people who sign up for the band's mailing list.
This week's YLE X3M video chart:
01. Smak - Vesi tulvii sisään (FIN)
02. Poets of the Fall - Lift (FIN)
03. Children of Bodom - In your face (FIN)
04. Crashdiet - Riot in everyone (SWE)
05. Varano feat. Chords - Leaving my trouble behind (DK)
06. Spiha - Planet horse (FIN)
07. Korpiklaani - Kädet siipinä (FIN)
08. User - Miss Wanted (SWE)
09. Röyksopp - Only this moment (NOR)
10. Sophie Rimheden - Red line (SWE)
Challengers:
11. HIM - Wings of a butterfly (FIN)
12. September - Satellites (SWE)
13. Angu - Red lights (DK)
The BBC interviews Don Juan Dracula: http://www.theworld.org/globalhits/2005/08/24.shtml
Looks like all their Øya Festival theatrics really paid off.
Crowpath reports that they are finished with their new album "Son of sulphur". 12 songs, 33 minutes, recorded by Andy Andersson at Berno Studios in Malmö, to be mastered by Scott Hull at Visceral Sounds and to feature artwork by Juha Vourma (Usurper, Autopsy). It comes out on November 26 in the US via Willowtip, early 2006 via Earache for Europe.
Upcoming live dates for Tias Carlson:
09/06 - MIC, Vänersborg (SWE) w/Björn Kleinhenz
09/07 - Café String, Stockholm (SWE) w/Björn Kleinhenz
09/10 - NGK, Göteborg (SWE) w/Björn Kleinhenz
09/28 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
09/29 - Žlutý pes, Pardubice (CZ)
09/30 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER)
10/01 - Nexus, Braunschweig (GER)
10/02 - Café Courage, Döbeln (GER)
10/03 - Juz, Oerlinghausen (GER)
10/04 - 007, Prague (CZ)
10/05 - tba, Wien (AUS)
10/06 - tba (ITA)
10/07 - tba (ITA)
10/08 - tba
10/09 - Exhaus, Trier (GER) w/The One AM Radio
10/10 - HDJ, Remseck (Stuttgart) (GER)
10/11 - Bla, Bonn (GER)
10/12 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER) w/Amanda Rogers
All European dates are with Rob and the Pinholestars.