Swedish lo-fi pop act 50 Hertz reports that they have a new single out called "Kerstins borstjt med lök", limited to 99 copies and hand-packaged in wallpaper. The tracklist:
01. Kerstins borsjtj med lök (Air cover)
02. Hink och spann i nynäshamn
03. Soltorkade oblater
04. Lådbilslåten II
05. Kondylom konny
06. Du kunde räddat patrik
They want to be sure to remind you that their last release "Lille tangos tjocke" was limited to 500 copies and sold out quick, so act fast if you want this one. Go to their website for ordering info: http://www.50hertz.tk/
Mando Diao's new single "God knows" will include three exclusive bonus tracks: "We're Hit", "The Malevolence" and "Sweet Jesus".
"Sassie Zazy" has been selected as the second single from WE's latest album "Smugglers". A video was shot recently by director KP starring Iranian supermodel Aylar and shot be airing shortly.
Satyricon drummer Frost talks to AllThingsMetal about his inability to get a work visa to tour the US, the state of the current Norwegian black-metal scene and more: http://www.allthingsmetal.net/bands/interviews/satyriconi.html
Finland's Es is coming over to North America for a few shows:
12/03 - The Bookmill, Montague, MA
12/06 - AS220, Providence, RI
12/11 - WMFU, NJ
12/11 - Lucky Cat Cafe, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Es is the musical project of Fonal Records label-head Sami Sänpäkkilä who will be backed by Miriam Goldberg and Jeffrey Alexander of Black Forest/Black Sea for these shows. More dates soon?
Gåte on tour in Norway:
11/04 - Hydranten, Hamar
11/05 - Rust, Ørsta
11/06 - Plasthallen, Storås
11/07 - Plasthallen, Storås
11/09 - Telegrafen, Narvik
11/10 - Driv, Tromsø
11/11 - Studentkroa, Harstad
11/12 - Rock Café, Bodø
11/13 - Arbeidern , Kabelvåg
11/14 - HOK Ølutsalg, Mo i Rana
11/15 - Lagre', Namsos
11/16 - Otta Kulturhus, Otta
11/18 - Folken, Stavanger
11/19 - Flytten, Haugesund
11/20 - Ole Bull Teater, Bergen
11/22 - Blaker Skanse , Sørum
11/23 - Rennebuhallen, Berkåk
11/25 - Energimøll, Kongsberg
11/26 - Rockefeller, Oslo
11/27 - Rosendal, Trondheim
As alerted by the excellent music blog Largehearted Boy, Archive.org now has various boots from Soundtrack of Our Lives available to download: http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=etree&cat=The%20Soundtrack%20of%20Our%20Lives
Swedish hip-hop site Svenskunderjord has changed their design yet again: http://www.svenskunderjord.com/
Also new at the site today is an interview with Ison & Fille.
Kent talks to Aftonbladet about progress on their next album: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,555702,00.html (in Swedish)
Pan Sonic will perform live in Coimbra, Portugal on November 9.
We continue to sample the new Peter, Bjorn and John album "Falling out" with an mp3 for track #5 "Big black coffin". Be sure to check it out.
Also posted today is a new mp3 from November's album of the month- KVLR's excellent 2002 release "The great collapse". It should go without saying by now that I absolutely love this band and every single thing they've ever done. If you like driving indierock that balances loud guitars with amazing melodies, do yourself a huge favor and buy all of their albums. You won't regret it.
Indieworkshop reviews the "It's a trap! reader's companion" compilation: http://indieworkshop.com/reviews/1261/
The Ark will release a new single on November 19 and will follow with their new album on December 27. The titles have yet to be revealed, but a video has been filmed and more info should be available soon.
Enslaved's newest album "Isa" has been confirmed for a European release on November 8 and a US release on February 7. A video was recently filmed for the title track and should be available soon.