Kommun - Death of a CEO (video)
Kommun now have a video for their single "Death of a CEO": http://vimeo.com/8289568
Kitty Wu - Act surprised (video)
Danish act Kitty Wu have a new video for the song "Act surprised": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwYxy5HIygU
"Tomorrow, in a year" to get album release in February
will be releasing The Knife's opera "Tomorrow, in a year" as an album on February 1: http://www.rabidrecords.com/tomorrowinayear/
Miike Snow - Silvia
Swedish artist Miike Snow has a new video for the track "Silvia": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZO1nMuZSnI
Karin Ström - Hon som älskade dig
Karin Ström's new single "Hon som älskade dig" has finally been officially released and you can download it for free right here: http://www.karinstrom.se/index.asp?page=disco
RIP Johan Sandström
RIP Johan Sandström (The Peepshows): http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=26914914&blogId=522931172
Cult of Luna - Recluse (Unbroken cover)
I had know that Johannes Persson from Cult of Luna was a longtime Unbroken fan, but I never knew that CoL recorded a cover of them for a limited 7" a few years back. Listen now at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cultofluna
Presenting: Sju Svåra År (ex-Buring Kitchen, Satirnine, etc.)
Sju Svåra År is the name of a very promising new Swedish punk act featuring ex-members from Burning Kitchen, Satirnine and Wolfbrigade. The band already has a 11-song LP under their belt that they are shopping around, so expect to hear lots more about them soon. In the meantime, hear a few samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/sjusvaraar
Presenting: Anchorless (ex-Lack)
Two of the dudes from Lack (Jacob + Jakob) have started a new band called Anchorless: http://www.myspace.com/anchorlessdk
Adult Crash to release K-Town hardcore comp
Danish label will be doing a 5-way split 7" featuring some of the best DK hardcore going right now: Death Token, Night Fever, Love Potion, Ripping Headache and Hjertestop. No idea exactly when that's happening, but soon...
Presenting: The Cherished Season
Check out The Cherished Season, a new Swedish act featuring Andreas Hagman from Celestial and his brother David: http://www.myspace.com/thecherishedseason
SR iPhone app now gets all channels
Swedish Radio (SR) has just released the third version of their iPhone app and are now offering access to every channel: http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/press/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2938&artikel=3323463 (in Swedish)
Sirius playlist week #51
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU, special year-end top 10 edition:
01. TALK 1
02. Tyrant - The rebirth (reclaim the flame)
03. C.Aarmé - Dustin
04. Pintandwefall - Bird of the birds
05. Ironville - Sweet perfume
06. Dear Euphoria - Tell me
07. TALK 2
08. [ingenting] - Halleluja!
09. Agent Side Grinder - Die to live
10. Pistol Disco - Beat of the tune
11. TALK 3
12. The Bear Quartet - Carry your weight (Strange Maps remix)
13. The Fine Arts Showcase - Looking for your love
14. Wardruna - Dagr
15. TALK 4
16. Björn Kleinhenz - Fårö
17. Samuraj Cities - Spoonful of talk
18. David Åhlén - Stir our hearts
19. TALK 5
20. Elmo - Darkness falls
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.
If Society shutting down mailorder sale
Finnish label is shutting down their mailorder, so they're holding a big sale to get rid of existing inventory: http://www.ifsociety.com/shop
The label itself will continue on as it has these recent years, putting out one or two new albums each year.
Rasmus Kellerman - Stay hungry
Rasmus Kellerman (nee Tiger Lou) has a new demo tune streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/rasmuskellerman
(yes, it is a Twisted Sister cover)