The Sounds will be doing a few shows around South America before ending up in LA to record their next album:
08/28 - HellowFest, Monterrey (MEX)
09/01 - Blondie Club, Santiago (CHL)
09/02 - La Trastienda Club, Beunos Aires (ARG)
09/04 - Pacific Festival, Costa Mesa, CA
Mixtapes & Cellmates are done: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=45573432&blogId=538015369
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU, an all-Swedish synth show (aside from the new Säkert! single of course):
01. Säkert! - Fredrik
02. TALK 1
03. The Knife - Girls' night out
04. Optic Nest - Thirst
05. Dmitry Fyodorov - Thinking of space
06. TALK 2
07. Strip Music - Oh my god
08. The Kid - Transient dance
09. Universal Poplab - I could say I'm sorry (Zeigeist remix)
10. TALK 3
11. Pearl Fiction - The ruby fever
12. Adolf Filter - 1982
13. Agent Side Grinder - Life in advance
14. TALK 4
15. Adolphson & Falk - Blinker blå
16. Ståålfågel - Stålfågeln
17. Kite - Ways to dance
18. TALK 5
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka
02. Contrazt - Ser på verden
03. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries
04. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
05. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren
06. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
07. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
08. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
09. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste
10. Madrugada - Industrial Silence
11. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
12. Divin' Ducks - Best Of
13. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life
14. Diverse artister - Go'natt
15. Celine - Jentekveld
16. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
17. Guren Hagen - Alle de beste
18. A-ha - Hunting High And Low
19. StMorritz - Tusenvis av ting
20. A-ha - 25
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Kent - En plats i solen
02. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
03. Eric Saade - Masquerade
04. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
05. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
06. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
07. Brolle - Best of
08. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
09. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
10. Kalle Moraeus - Underbart
11. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
12. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
13. Håkan Hellström - Samlade singlar 2000-2010
14. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland - International version
15. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
16. Eric Gadd - Rise up!
17. Eddie Meduza - Rockabilly rebel
18. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
19. Mando Diao - Give me fire!
20. Timoteij - Längtan
just released a new, ultra-limited cassette from Norwegian noise act The White Tiger Prepade with the title "Ancient future". 30 copies, each with a unique cover; ordering info and samples here: http://www.oslogrammofon.com/ancient.html
Spanish webzine Necromance interviewed Norwegians Okkultokrati and the band has posted the original English version of their conversation: http://okkultokrati.blogspot.com/2010/08/okkultokrati-interview-in-necromance.html
Audio Suede has a comprehensive review of the new Haleiwa album "Pure vida dude": http://audiosuede.com/haleiwa-pura-vida-dude/
Finnish punkrockers I Walk the Line have a new video for the track "Neon lights", the first single off the album "Language of the lost": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTmWsK0Rd5o
is following ¹ into the publishing business with "Va för jävla pack e ni?", a tome on Sweden's football hooligans. Or something like that. More info at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Va-for-javla-pack-e-ni-Berattelsen-om-Stockholms-fotbollsklackar/115792455139673
My mind is on vacation, so I'm letting contributor Lars Garvey handle today's mp3 post:
With "Narcissus can wait", Cut City came fully into their own, exceeding even my highest expectations and demonstrating a breadth of expression and talent so often lacking in contemporary post-/art-punk outfits. There were numerous intimations of this level of songwriting throughout their career, most notably "Just pornography (for M.E.)" off their debut full-length "Exit decades" and the anthemic "Replacement" from their split 7" with Cat Party, but the craftsmanship on "Narcissus can wait" revealed a maturity and confidence that placed Cut City decisively in a class of their own. With "The sound and the sore", Cut City continue their upward ascent. The song crackles with all the vigor we've come to expect from the band, brimming with the cautiously optimistic energy of a track like New Order's "Ceremony". Starting strong, the composition builds brilliantly to its massive, stratified close -- the final moments of the track are phenomenal, eclipsing most of what I've heard this year. Unsurprisingly, "The sound and the sore" has quickly become one of my favorite Cut City tracks, and, like much of their catalogue, it continues to grow on me a little more with each listen. While I am delighted the band had yet another gear to move into, the fact that the upcoming album "Where's the harm in dreams disarmed" is set to be Cut City's final offering is now rendered that much more heartbreaking. At least their swan song is set to be something amazing.
Cut City - The sound and the sore
Lowcut interviews the excellent Danish indie label : http://www.lowcut.dk/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1221:red-tape-interview&catid=34:interviews&Itemid=55
Keep an eye on these guys -- they're off to a huge start.
Ef is getting Magnus Lindberg (Tonteknik Studios/Cult of Luna) to remix and remaster their debut album "Give me beauty... or give me death!" for a vinyl rerelease. They'll also be tacking a previously unreleased track from 2006 onto the album called "Misinform the uninformed" that they never finished but recently remedied by added extra adornment. German label will be handling the pressing and it will be 2xLP with heavy silkscreened sleeves in a limited edition of 600 copies with the first 100 being extra special for preorder customers. And speaking of , they're also doing the vinyl press for Immanu El's recent release "Moen". Details: http://www.kapitän-platte.de/
The new Robyn + Snoop Dogg collaboration "U should know better" can be streamed here: http://soundcloud.com/somekindofawesome/07-u-should-know-better-featuring-snoop-dogg
The new Robyn single "Hang with me" gets playlisted at Pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11952-hang-with-me/