Swedish death metal act Miasmal will be releasing their new self-titled 2-song 7" in March via and . 500 copies, 400 on black and 100 on red. They'll also be rereleasing their 2008 demo tape to coincide with the new material in a short run of 150 copies and then later on, in summer/fall, will be doing a CD with all of the tracks compiled together.
Finnish bitpop masters and "Reader's companion" alums Desert Planet celebrate their 10th anniversary with the unveiling of an extensive multimedia website featuring 30+ minutes of live video, art projects live phots and a full album download of their latest opus "Mortal Kombo". Hopefully you don't need me to tell you this is essential, but yeah, it is -- go now: http://www.milkywayunderground.net/
Swedish postrockers Ef have a new track up at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ef
Holiday for Strings, the Swedish dub/pop/postrock/avant/Krautrock act featuring John Eriksson (Peter Bjorn and John) and Pony from Thieves Like Us, will release their sophomore full-length "Favorite flavor" on March 25 via . Hear some sample tunes at myspace, otherwise keep an eye out for tourdates this spring: http://www.myspace.com/holidayforstrings
has announced they will be putting out a 2CD/2LP record from The Göteborg String Theory, an all-star collaboration of German classical composers and some of Göteborg, Sweden's finest musicians. In addition to the physical release (on April 17), there will also be a live concert at Göteborgs Konserthus featuring contributions from José González, Pacific!, El Perro Del Mar, Fox Machine, Silverbullit, Jaw Lesson, Anna von Hausswolff, Bow & Arrow, Warren Suicide, Jmy Haze, Daniel Gilbert, Ebbot Lundberg (The Soundtrack of our Lives), Ben Lauber, The Skull Defekts feat. Daniel Higgs, Jaqee and The Berlin/Göteborg String Theory orchestra. More info: http://tinyurl.com/y9wqffj
Pitchfork has a new track from Club 8 for streaming/download: http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/13937-western-hospitality/
There's a fresh interview with Norwegian thrashers Obliteration at Nocturnal Cult Webzine: http://www.nocturnalcult.com/
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Agent Side Grinder - The screams
02. TALK 1
03. Susanne Sundfør - The brothel
04. The Skull Defekts - Millions
05. Torpedo - Accelerate
06. TALK 2
07. Donkeyboy - Ambitions
08. Haust - Skate rock
09. Ikons - The hawk
10. Dyno - Deliverance
11. TALK 3
12. Monzano - Waterways and altitude
13. Moto Boy - The heart is a rebel
14. The Graviators - Back to the sabbath
15. Sonic Ritual - (Don't wanna) Feel alright
16. TALK 4
17. Oskar Schönning - Farsan
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.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives are giving away the song "Snuff parade" as a free download via Reverb Nation/Playlist 7: http://www.reverbnation.com/playlist7
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2010
02. WigWam - Non Stop Rock'N'Roll
03. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
04. Frøya - My American Dream
05. Moddi - Floriography
06. Bjørn Eidsvåg - De Beste
07. Ingrid Olava - The Guest
08. Rasmus og værdens beste band - Puppan te pappa
09. Sivert Høyem - Moon Landing
10. Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit
11. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ild & Vatten
12. Ila Auto - Ila Auto
13. Jahn Teigen - Teigen - 40 Største Hits
14. N'Jie Haddy - World of the free
15. John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - For Sant Til Å Være Godt
16. Stage Dolls - Always
17. Uncle Deadly - Monkey Do
18. Claudia Scott/Casino Steel/Ottar Big Hand Johansen - Honky Tonk Night - The Best
19. Dum Dum Boys - Tidsmaskin
20. Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
has revealed that the new Familjen single will be called "När planeterna stannat".
Existensminimum has a new EP out for the single "1993" featuring b-side remixes from the illustrious lineup of artists Rigas, Nordpolen and Fé & Pluto. Preview/purchase here: http://www.klicktrack.com/novoton/releases/existensminimum/1993-remixes
"Alright, we got a brand new album out called 'All the way to the sun'" (nothing) "You got that one?" (nada) "'All the way to the sun?' Brand new album?" (nope)
Ouch! That's awfully bold of them to not edit that out, but I suppose the same can be said for recording a live album in Madrid, far from home. Not that I care, I've never been a TNT fan anyway and never paid much attention to them back in the day because I considered all those pop-metal hair bands to be poseurs. Still kinda do to an extent, but my tolerance for the stuff has gone up quite a bit; in fact, I even managed to make it about 2/3rds of the way through "Live in Madrid" before I turned it off. Besides, it's not as if I was holding out for the big single "10,000 lovers in one" because honestly, that song blows. At least "A fix" has some balls. (this is Listen to Norway, part 4)
Technical note: the stage banter on the CD comes on at the end of each track, so I edited this together from two cuts to make a more cohesive listening experience.
TNT - A fix (live)
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
02. Björn Skifs - Da capo
03. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
04. Torgny Melin - Dansbandsnatt
05. Zekes - En sån natt
06. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
07. Nordman - Korsväg
08. Freda' - Ett mysterium
09. Calle Kristiansson - Calle Kristiansson
10. Kent - Röd
11. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
12. Thåström - Be-bop-a-lula hela jävla dan (1989-2009)
13. Willy Clay Band - Blue
14. Divine - Divine
15. Mando Diao - Give me fire!
16. Zillah och Totte - Totte (g)apar igen
17. Date - Här och nu!
18. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Samling
19. Meshuggah - Alive
20. Hästpojken - Från där jag ropar
