Pitchfork goes to Øya
Pitchfork goes to Øya and barely catches any Norwegian music at all: http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7846-ya-festival-2010/
Why even bother?
99 Minutes #4
Episode #4 of Listen to Norway's "99 minutes" podcast series is now online: http://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010081612422029193408
Featured artists include Valkyrien Allstars, Motorpsycho, Arne Nordheim, Kvelertak, Todd Terje, The Whitest Boy Alive and more, plus an interview with renown jazz pianist Tord Gustavsen.
MP3: Kvelertak - Ordsmedar av rang
Is Kvelertak hyped because they recorded at God City with Kurt Ballou and supported Converge on tour, or did they get to do that stuff because they were hyped before? Excuse my ignorance, but I wasn't paying attention. Regardless, I can't say that I'm much interested in their kitchen-sink stew of modern hardcore and metal. "Ordsmedar av rang" is easily the most coherent, straight-up rock track on their self-titled debut, but that doesn't make it good. When they stick to basics, it's monotony; when they keep throwing odd twists and turns into their songwriting, it's annoying. A can't win situation.
Kvelertak - Ordsmedar av rang
Aversionline on Foreseen
Aversionline previews the new 7" from Finnish hardcore act Foreseen: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2010/08/16/foreseen-st-7/
New music from Oh Land
There's a couple new tracks from Danish electro/pop artist Oh Land streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ohlandmusic
Hjertestop post EP details, more tourdates
Hjertestop has posted some more details for their upcoming 7" EP "Musik for dekadente ører", due out soon via /: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=70425655&blogId=538201191
Lots of new tourdates too, but I'm too lazy/busy to reformat/repost.
Panter to release EP
Swedish act Panter will be releasing a new EP this month entitled "Tulips & Six Flags" which is said to include a duet with Firefox AK. Preview here: http://panter.bandcamp.com/album/tulips-six-flags-ep
New Deathbed website
Finnish hardcore act Deathbed have a new website: http://killedbybed.blogspot.com/
Mimas to get UK release in October
Mimas will have their new album "Lifejackets" released in the UK on October 24 via . Look for coinciding tourdates to be announced soon.
Lots more dates for Kvelertak
Lots of new European dates for Kvelertak, the first two supporting The Sword, the rest with Coliseum and Bison BC:
11/05 - FZW Club (Visions Party), Dortmund (GER)
11/06 - Forum (Visions Party), Bielefeld (GER)
11/07 - 007, Praha (CZ)
11/08 - Feierwerk, Munchen (GER)
11/09 - Cassiopeia, Berlin (GER)
11/10 - Beta, Copenhagen (DK)
11/12 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
11/13 - Café 44, Stockholm (SWE)
11/14 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
11/15 - MuK, Giessen (GER)
11/16 - Perron55, Venlo (NL)
11/17 - Underworld, London (UK)
11/18 - Sugar Mill, Stoke-On-Trent (UK)
11/19 - Ivory Black, Glasgow, Scotland (UK)
11/20 - The Well, Leeds (UK)
11/21 - The Marque, Norwich (UK)
11/22 - 013, tilburg (NL)
11/23 - Trix, Antwerpen (BEL)
11/25 - Jubez, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (GER)
11/28 - Garage, Saarbrüken (GER)
11/29 - Dynamo, Zürich (CH)
11/30 - Magnolia, Milan (ITA)
12/01 - Locomotiv, Bologna (ITA)
12/02 - Shelter, Wien (AUS)
12/03 - Juha, Rosswein (GER)
12/04 - Julius-Leber-Haus, Essen (GER)
Instigate Records to distro Bäddat för Trubbel, Hårda Tider
sends word that they'll be distributing the new LP from hyped pub-rockers Bäddat för Trubbel, due to be released shortly via . Instigate will also be handling Hårda Tider's debut LP, due out soon via their own label.
Sista Sekunded to tour Europe, Japan, US
Swedish hardcore act Sista Sekunden will be bringing their friends Iscream 7 Showers over from Japan for a European tour before heading over to their part of the world for another set of dates:
09/03 - Stumpf, Hannover (GER)
09/04 - Wagon Club, Wroclaw, Dolnoslask (POL)
09/05 - Club 007, Prague (CZ)
09/06 - Arena, Vienna (AUS)
09/07 - tba
09/08 - Warm Audio, Décines (FRA)
09/09 - Tiki's Pub, Geneva (CH)
09/11 - Epple Haus, Tübingen, BaWü (GER)
09/12 - tba, Gießen (GER)
09/13 - tba, Berlin (GER)
09/14 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (GER)
10/01 - Wall, Tokyo (JPN)
10/02 - Club Chaos, Mie City (JPN)
10/03 - Bears, Osaka (JPN)
10/04 - Club Border, Hiroshima (JPN)
10/05 - Kieth Flack, Fukuoka (JPN)
10/06 - Day Off, Kobe (JPN)
10/07 - Huck Finn, Nagoya (JPN)
10/08 - Whoppees, Kyoto (JPN)
10/09 - Club 108, Kobe (JPN)
10/10 - Era, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo (JPN)
After that, Sista Sekunden will be coming back over to the States for a solo West Coast jaunt -- here is the preliminary schedule:
11/05 - Seattle, WA
11/06 - Portland, OR
11/08 - Eugene, OR
11/09 - Arcata/Eureka, CA
11/10 - Sacramento, CA
11/11 - Reno, NV
11/12 - SF/Oakland, CA
11/13 - LA, CA
11/14 - San Diego, CA
11/15 - Tijuana (MEX)
11/16 - Orange County, CA
11/17 - LA, CA
11/19 - Santa Barbara/Isla Vista, CA
11/20 - SF/Oakland, CA
11/21 - SF, CA
I'm a Lion - A humble apology
Recent signees I'm a Lion are giving away their latest single "A humble apology" as a free download: http://www.imalionmusic.com/
It's a Trap! Clubnights are back!
It's a Trap! Clubnights at Debaser Malmö are coming back this fall and our first one on Friday, October 8 is gonna be a big one! Three great Swedish acts (Bad Hands + Alarma Man + Traktor) plus special guest DJs (tba) equals good times. Keep an eye out for more details to be announced soon!
Sirius playlist week #33
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Johan Heltne - Krieg ist krieg und schnaps ist schnaps
02. TALK 1
03. Tiger Tape - She is fiction
04. Terrible Feelings - Blank heads
05. Pistol Disco - Organ and drum
06. TALK 2
07. Ludwig Bell - Kärlek slutar alltid med bråk
08. Bonghit - Maratondröm
09. Murmansk - Silver heel
10. TALK 3
11. Robyn - Criminal intent
12. Pettersson & Fredriksson - Langas
13. Lapko - A new bohemia
14. TALK 4
15. The Megaphonic Thrift - Candy sin
16. Park Hotell - Trouble kid
17. Champagne Riot - Heart stab
18. TALK 5
19. Britta Persson - Meet a bear
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU (except this week -- there's no repeat tonight). That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.