It's kind of old news by now, but Scandinavian acts The Raveonettes and Shout Out Louds are confirmed to play this year's Coachella Festival.
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (NY) 22 Pistepirkko - "Rat King"
02. (10) Bloc Party - "So Here We Are"
03. (15) Moneybrother - "They're Building Walls Around Us"
04. (06) Johnossi - "Man Must Dance"
05. (02) Bugz in the Attic - "Booty La La"
06. (NY) Stereo Total - "I am Naked"
07. (07) M83 - "Don't Save Us From the Flames"
08. (03) Kasabian - "Processed Beats"
09. (01) Håkan Hellström - "En midsommarnattsdröm"
10. (04) Deportees - "Champagne Eyes"
11. (NY) The Donnas - "I don't Want to Know (If You don't Want Me)"
12. (NY) New Order - "Krafty"
13. (08) Timbuktu - "Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö"
14. (NY) Sambassadeur - "Between the Lines"
15. (13) Sage Francis - "Sea Lion"
16. (11) Le Tigre - "TKO"
17. (NY) Kristoffer Åström & Hidden Truck - "The Good You Bring"
18. (09) Annie - "My Heartbeat"
19. (NY) Venue Kids - "Down & Out"
20. (NY) Miss Thing - "Jump Up & Rail"
Leaving the chart:
01. Doves - Black And White Town
02. Orishas - Naci Orishas
03. Acid House Kings - This Heart Is A Stone
04. The Radio Dept. - This Past Week
05. Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
06. Hello Kinski - I've seen you around, what's your destination
07. Mr Jones Machine - Jaguar
08. The Chrysler - Blue Gold
Check out the cover art for the new Yngwie album "Unleash the fury": http://www.blabbermouth.net/yngwie_unleash_cd.jpg
I'm sorry, but I can't help but feel a bit left down by how plain it is.
Hey everyone, I'm back and I've got an mp3 of the brand new Kristofer Åström single "The good you bring". To say that this is one of my most anticipated new releases would be an understatement - I've been a fan of Kristofer both solo and with Fireside for a long time and he has yet to disappoint me. Of course, this song and the new album are no exception. I've yet to listen to "So much for staying alive" more than a few times since getting back into town, but this track really jumps out. It may be the second song in, but it's so obviously single-worthy material from the get-go. I must say I was also quite surprised how country it is. Just listen to that phaser-heavy rhythm guitar and the insistent drums pushing the beat. Then there's that clanky piano line chasing the guitar melody! So, so great. Very recommended of course.
Lots of new stuff added to the mailorder this past weekend including four albums from Gravitation including Björn Olsson's latest as well as the entire back-catalogue of Björn Kleinhenz. You dig that free EP from him over on the right? He's got a ton of other great stuff worth investigating as well and you certainly couldn't go wrong with his most recent full-length "Trans Pony", February's album of the month.
Go here to check out a few tracks from the upcoming Ikaros album "Speak music": http://www.purevolume.com/ikaros
It comes out on April 13 via Kasual Recordings.
The Leeches have changed their name to Hanna Hirsch. Head on over to their website to check out some mp3s from their new 7" single: http://www.hannahirsch.com/
Sondre Lerche will once again be opening for Elvis Costello on tour in the US this coming April. Dates here: http://www.sondrelerche.com/schedule.asp
Head over to the Powersolo website to check out a video montage of the band with footage compiled from 2004: http://www.powersolo.dk/
Parasol has wrapped up deals to release both the José Gozález and David Fridlund albums in the US. Check it: http://www.parasol.com/labels/inthepipe.asp
Download the Slagsmålsklubben "Uppercurt" remix of the new Peter, Bjorn and John single "Tailormade": http://www.smalls.nu/pbj/uppercurt.mp3
Jester Records has confirmed that the brand new Ulver album "Blood inside" will be released in April and available for mailorder in March. Tracklist, cover art and soundclips available here: http://www.jester-records.com/releases_sub.php?ID=39
Tiger Lou has decided to slow down, take a breather for a bit and write a couple new songs so his new record "Loyalist" won't be ready for release until the fall.
Check out the video for "Send someone away", the latest single from Embee of Looptroop featuring José González: http://www.looptroop.nu/download.html#videosembee