Lo-Fi-Fnk - Sleepless (video)
Here's the video for the new Lo-Fi-Fnk single "Sleepless": http://vimeo.com/14612817
Sophie Rimheden + Sci-Fi Öberg: En regering i läder
Sophie Rimheden and Sci-Fi Öberg (Bob Hund) have released a new single together called "En regering i läder". Digital only for now, but apparently a 7" is on the way.
Figurines album preview
Soundvenue is streaming Figurines' new self-titled album for a limited time: http://www.soundvenue.com/artist/figurines2
My Poor Lover present new EP for free download
My Poor Lover, the new project from Adam McCormack of IAT.MP3 act Imagine I Had Hands, have a new 5-song EP posted for free download: http://mypoorlover.bandcamp.com/album/my-poor-lover
Tilliander + Folie = Kondens
Kondens, the collaborative project of Swedish techno artists Andreas Tilliander and Stefan Thor aka Folie, will release their debut 12" EP "First cut" on September 29 via . Said record will feature two original cuts plus a remix by German artist Norman Nodge and can be previewed at Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/kontramusik
Rumour Said Fire unveil album, new single
Rumour Said Fire have announced that their debut full-length "The arrogant" will be released on October 18. The first single "Sentimentality falling" was released today and can be heard here: http://www.dr.dk/p3/musik/p3suu/2010/09/20/the-rumour-said-fire-sentimentally-falling/
Kiss Kiss Kiss tour
Danish act Kiss Kiss Kiss are heading abroad for a few dates next month:
10/05 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
10/06 - Weltecho, Chemnitz (GER)
10/07 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER)
10/08 - Perron55, Venlo (HOL)
10/09 - AZ, Aachen (GER)
10/11 - Cafe Video, Gent (BEL)
10/13 - Morph Club, Bamberg (GER)
10/14 - Hive, Zürich (CH)
10/15 - Etage Club, Biel (CH)
10/16 - Beim Weissen Lamm, Augsburg (GER)
The band's album "Release the birds" will be getting a digital re-release on September 27 which will include 10 remixes.
Junip guest editors at Magnet
Junip are guest editors at Magnet this week: http://www.magnetmagazine.com/category/guest-editor/
New LP from No Balls
No Balls have a new LP out now called "Less", released in cooperation with . Download a sample tune and get ordering info here: http://www.streaksrecords.de/
Embee + Esmeralda = Skuggpoeten
Embee (Looptroop Rockers) has started a new project called Skuggpoeten together with singer/composer Esmeralda Moberg featuring texts from his father, writer/psychologist/psychotherapist Roger Bergkvist. Hear samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/skuggpoeten
Look for the album to be released on November 10 via Looptroop's own label.
First Aid Kit - Ghost town (video)
Swedish sisters First Aid Kit have a new video for the song "Ghost town": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BKUjnyf8uY
Musik med Parken: Annas sång
Parken performs his latest single "Annas sång" for PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/9/17/musik-med-parken-2/
Nordic by Nature: Popism mix
Nordic by Nature has a new mixtape posted for October: http://soundcloud.com/shibie/popism-the-philosophy-of-nordic-by-nature-from-s-to-b-back-again-oct-mix
Obstacles
Dividual
PlayRec
With very few exceptions, purely instrumental rock albums get very tedious very quickly, often highlighting the importance of the vocal element in adding an extra, somewhat essential, dimension to the overall experience. København's Obstacles fall somewhere between exposing this shortfall and revealing that the inclusion of a singer isn't as important as some may think. The album displays an insane amount of technical wizardry, falling in and out of rock and free jazz, at times sounding like an intense math-rock jam session. Closing track "Locomotive" is where "Dividual" both rises and falls. Featuring the only vocal performance on the album, it makes it very clear that the music Obstacles plays benefits greatly from having a singer -- in this case Henrik W. Hald of Trust and Rising fame -- in the fold. His inclusion offers a distinct Mastodon vibe and shows, undeniably, that this is a band who has the potential to reach a level of appreciation that will escalate them to a greater international recognition. The music is of the same style as on the rest of the album; it's just that where the other, voice-free, tracks often wind up sounding a little too much like fret-wankery of the highest order, the vocal addition gives us something additional to concentrate on, resulting in a greater, true appreciation of the musicianship on display. There's great potential here. Whether or not the band decides to capitalize on that is entirely up to them.
- John Norby
Simian Ghost and the election
Simian Ghost respond to the results of yesterday's Swedish election with a short statement against facism/racism and a cover of The Ramones' "Beat on the brat": http://nomethod.se/?p=68