The new The Bear Quartet single "Fist or hand" isn't officially released until September 1, but the label is already offering it for download along with a b-side reggae cover version by Desmond Foster featuring Gordon Cyrys on vocals: http://www.adrianfiles.com/BQ-Fist_Or_Hand-MP3.rar
No BallsNot much progression on this, the band's third release, though it's not as if I expected any from this pair of knuckle-draggers. No Balls are still purveying the same dismal caveman pummel as before and I suppose you either like it or you don't. I do, despite my best intentions to consider myself above this sort of grating drivel. Intentionally aggravating and often half-baked, but no one does it better. 4 songs, 306 copies.
- Avi Roig
Check out a new track from Swedish rapper Adam Tensta: http://soundcloud.com/rmh-mgmt-grp/adam-tensta-young-black-boy
There's a track from the new V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble album "Lover man" now streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kalligrammofon
The High Hats will tour Spain in September:
09/17 - La Gramola, Orihuela
09/18 - Lili Marlene, Almeria
09/19 - Sugar Pop, Granada
09/21 - Gruta 77, Madrid
09/22 - Fiestas de San Mateo, Oviedo
09/23 - Sala Mercantil, Badajoz
09/24 - Sala Palo Palo, Marinaleda/Sevilla
09/25 - Sala Arco, Alcazar de San Juan
Supersilent's next album "11", their first ever vinyl-only release, will be out on September 20 via : http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/supersilent/rlp-3103-supersilent_-11-_lp
There's a brand new Kaizers Orchestra track streaming at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/kaizersorchestra/01-philemon-arthur-the-dung
Way, way back in November I told you that Björk was contributing a song to a Moomins movie. Now, the song is done and there's a video for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLh8c-77ysA
Dusted reviews the new Wildbirds & Peacedrums album "Rivers", the compilation of the "Retina" and "Iris" EPs: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5918
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Säkert!
02. Jens Lekman
03. Robyn
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Shout Out Louds
06. Kent
07. The Concretes
08. Best Coast
09. Efterklang
10. The Radio Dept.
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Confirmed North American dates for old-school punks Mob 47:
11/05 - A Varning From Montreal IV, Montreal, Quebec
11/08 - tba, Boston, MA
11/09 - Whitney House, Hartford, CT
11/10 - Club Europa, Brooklyn, NY
11/11 - The Beaumont Warehouse, Philadelphia, PA
11/12 - No Way Fest, Richmond, VA
PopMatters reviews the reissue of Icelandic early 70s rockers Óðmenn: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/129650-menn-menn/
Shadoks released a few Icelandic nuggets recently, but this one is by far the best.
Torpedo's new Justin Timberlake-produced single "An invention" is now streaming in its entirety at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/torpedo
Efterklang has reissued their first two albums "Tripper" and "Parades" in new, expanded 2CD versions via their own label : http://rumraket.tumblr.com/post/1002675899/three-new-efterklang-releases-out-now
The band's new single "Raincoats" b/w "Harmonics" has just been released digitally as well.
Rasmus KellermanFor fans of Tiger Lou, "The 24th" will feel a little like coming home after a long absence –– echoes of tracks like "Sam, as in Samantha" and "Like you said" quietly haunt the album's more melancholy works, and the overall feel of "Is my head still on?" is recognizable throughout Rasmus Kellerman's debut solo effort. The optimism of the self-titled opener, which finds Kellerman reflecting on his youth, fades into "The greatness & me", a track that starts with fond memories of childhood, images that are used as comparisons to a bleaker present and the unknown future, the theme of the following track, "Five years from now". These opening three compositions move wonderfully through past, present, and future, showcasing not only the musical and vocal talents of their creator, but Kellerman's vision and strength as a storyteller. Not all of "The 24th" is as obviously interconnected as these first three tracks, but numerous images and themes recur throughout the album –– laying in the shade of trees, houses by the ocean, the seeming incompatibility of one's past and present coloring their idea of the future, to name a few –– granting "The 24th" a powerful sense of coherence. While not all of the songs are of the caliber of "The greatness & me" or "Five years from now", the record never stumbles, and, as an album that can be played through in its entirety, has grown on me a little more with each listen.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
