Nasum guitarist Mieszko Talarczyk was laid to rest yesterday in his home town of Örebro, Sweden. Read more: http://www.nasum.com/
He will be missed by many, many people. RIP.
Legendary Swedish grind act General Surgery has posted a new track called "Ambulance chaser" for download: http://generalsurgery.nu/downloadpro/download.php?file=0
The band just finished tracking four tracks of preproduction demos at Offbeat Studios in preparation for recording their upcoming full-length.
Finnish melodic doom metallers Swallow the Sun have revealed that their as-yet-untitled new album will be released in Europe on August 24 via Firebox Records.
Today's mp3 comes from Truckfighters off of their new album "Gravity X", due out April 11. It sounds exactly like what you'd expect from a label called Fuzzorama Records: huge walls of big muff guitars and tons of heavy monster riffs. When it comes to stoner rock, most people instantly think of Queens of the Stone Age and there are some definite similarities here. However, Truckfighers are way heavier and they tend to bury their vocals (and pop sensibilities) to keep the focus on the guitars. There is definitely crossover appeal, but that's not what they're about. They also have a much stronger classic metal influence - this particular song doesn't do it too much, but there's tons of excellent dual guitar harmonies all over the record. Oh, and plenty of Black Sabbath-influenced jam breaks. My favorite part about this track is the way that final hypnotic riff just keeps going on and on and on. It's almost enough to make me want to start smoking weed again. Crank it!
Upcoming tourdates for Dungen:
04/15 - Jyrock 2005, Jyväskylä (FIN)
04/16 - Hapna Festivalen, Stockholm (SWE)
04/18 - Mosebacke, Stockholm (SWE)
04/29 - Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg (SWE) w/TSOOL, Silverbullit
05/06 - Zodiac, Oxford (UK) w/The Go! Team
05/08 - Academy 2, Birmingham (UK) w/The Go! Team
05/09 - Liquid Room, Edinburgh (UK) w/The Go! Team
05/11 - Waterfront, Norwich (UK) w/The Go! Team
05/12 - Electric Ballroom, London (UK) w/The Go! Team
05/13 - Barfly Club, London (UK)
S2 Records has confirmed that the upcoming best-of collection "All tomorrow's tears" from Norway's Midnight Choir will be released on May 9 in Scandinavia, June 6 in Europe. The two-disc set includes all of the band's best material plus outtakes. Check out a sample: http://www.s2records.com/mp3/MidnightChoir_THEBESTOF.mp3
Holiday with Maggie has posted the track "Sympathy for you" for download at their purevolume site: http://www.purevolume.com/holidaywithmaggie
Swedish indiepop act Housewife Lovers have added new member Kristofer Lilja on synth, drumpads and ebow.
The upcoming Fun/Echo Is Your Love tour has been mostly confirmed. Here's the latest:
04/15 - Zabadaks, Kuldiga (LAT)
04/16 - tbc, Klaipeda (LIT)
04/17 - tbc, Kaunas (LIT)
04/18 - tbc, Kurow (POL)
04/19 - tbc, Krakow (POL)
04/20 - tbc, Wroclaw (POL)
04/21 - Waldschloss, Potsdam (GER)
04/22 - Frûh Auf!, Leipzig (GER)
04/23 - Kulturbunker Mühlheim, Cologne (GER) w/Hinterlandt
04/24 - Tower Bar, Bremen (GER) w/Hinterlandt
04/25 - tbc, tba (GER)
04/26 - Metropol, Hengelo (HOL) w/Hinterlandt
04/27 - ACU, Utrecht (HOL) w/Hinterlandt
04/28 - OCCII, Amsterdam (HOL) w/Hinterlandt
04/29 - tbc, tba (GER)
04/30 - Paramount DIY, Roskilde (DK)
Due to "technical problems", Dead Frog Records has delayed the release of the new Jeremiha album "Too much is never enough" to April 28. The release party scheduled for April 2 at Upstairs in Falkenberg will still go down as planned.
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (01) K-OS - Crabbuckit
02. (02) De Stijl - Queen Midas
03. (06) Amerie - 1 Thing
04. (NY) Britta Persson - Found at Home
05. (NY) Faith Evans - Again
06. (15) The Similou - Ladykillers
07. (16) The Killers - Mr Brightside
08. (05) Hot Hot Heat - Goodnight Goodnight
09. (NY) Gavin DeGraw - I Don´t Want To Be
10. (12) Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh
11. (19) Kleerup - Medication
12. (NY) Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God
13. (10) Jenny Wilson - Summer Time
14. (11) Hello Kinski - My Baby Should Be Home By Now
15. (20) Diplo - Newsflash
16. (NY) Audioslave - Be yourself
17. (NY) The Raveonettes - Love In A Trashcan
18. (09) Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
19. (04) Lo-Fi-Fnk - ...And The JFG
20. (NY) Emiliana Torrini - Sunny Road
Leaving the chart: 22 Pistepirkko, Rilo Kiley, New Order, Stereophonics, Radio Luxemburg, Embee ft. José González and Millencolin
Fluxblog posts a track from Denmark's Whomadewho: http://www.fluxblog.org/2005/03/i-count-on-you-i-do-elastica-i-want.html
Aversionline reviews the Lasse Merhaug/Maja Ratkje collaboration "Music for faking": http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2269/