Icelandic artist Jóhann Jóhannsson is coming to North America for a few select dates at the end of the month:
04/30 - Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
05/01 - Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY
05/02 - Brattle Theater, Boston, MA
05/03 - L'Astral Theatre, Montreal, Quebec
05/04 - Mod Club, Toronto, Ontario
05/06 - Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
05/07 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL
05/08 - Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis MN
05/11 - Biltmore Theater, Vancouver, BC
05/12 - Triple Door Theater, Seattle, WA
05/13 - Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR
05/14 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
05/15 - El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Johan Heltne - Din alkoholism är ingen alkoholism
02. TALK 1
03. Per Egland - Merkurius brinner (Martin Senter remix)
04. Gösta Berlings Saga - Bergslagen
05. TALK 2
06. Moses - Warning
07. Repoman - Flock of jackdaws
08. Darkthrone - I am the graves of the 80s
09. TALK 3
10. Pallers - The kiss
11. Ikons - Slow light (Pistol Disco remix)
12. TALK 4
13. Herätys - Pelkkää pahoinvointia
14. Love Is All - Bigger bolder
15. Susanne Sundfør - The brothel
16. 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.
WTF is this? Nicke Borg of Backyard Babies is going solo under the name Homeland, a moniker already taken by fellow Swedish artist Mikael Carlsson (ex-David & the Citizens). He'll be making his live debut at the Peace & Love Festival in Borlänge, Sweden this summer.
is reissuing Refused's seminal and overrated album "The shape of punk to come" on June 9 in a new expanded edition that will include a previously unreleased live album and a DVD of guitarist Kristofer Steen's documentary "Refused are fucking dead". There will also be a 2LP edition on white vinyl which will include download codes for the live record. More info: http://www.officialrefused.com/
has posted a sample tune from Masshysteri's new self-titled album: http://nyvag.weebly.com/1/post/2010/04/masshysteri-masshysteri.html
I got hooked up with promo mp3s yesterday (tack Jonas!) and listened to it three times -- it's a seriously great album. Very highly recommended!
Robyn has confirmed that "Body talk, pt. 1" is the title of her upcoming record, the first of three she has planned for 2010. The official release date in June 7 and the Diplo-produced single "Dance hall queen" will be released that same day.
There's a new single from Holmes available for free download/streaming: http://holmes.haleri.se/album/the-strangest-calm
Look for the band's new album "Have I told you lately that I loathe you" to be released on June 18 via .