Susanne Sundfør's The Brothel gets release date
Susanne Sundfør's new project The Brothel (see here) will release their self-titled debut on March 15 with the title track single preceding it on Feburary 1.
Yet another Warvictims split?
will be out a split 12" featuring Uncurbed and Warvictims. Eight tracks each, expect a January/February release.
Upland monochrome megamix
The new Upland album "Monochrome adventures" is finally out and to celebrate, he's created a 20-minute mix of old tracks for free download: http://upland.no/mp3s/upland_monochrome_mix.mp3
U.X. Vileheards debut coming out on Deranged
Deranged Records is putting out the debut 7" from Umeå-based hardcore act U.X. Vileheads (ex-DS-13, Vicious, Regulations, etc.) and has it available for preorder: http://www.derangedrecords.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=373
PopMatters reviews Fire!
PopMatters reviews Rune Grammofon act Fire! and their album "You liked me five minutes ago": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/116610-fire-you-liked-me-five-minutes-ago/
MP3: AC4 - Pigs lose
I had no doubts that AC4's self-titled debut would be decent even if some of David and Dennis' post-Refused/Final Exit meanderings have been sub-standard because I know their hearts are in the right place and they really do truly believe in what they're doing their place in the hardcore/punk/DIY world. And of course, there's no faulting the cred of their bandmates from The Vectors. My only point of contention: Dennis' vocals. His affected screech is pretty tiresome with The (International) Noise Conspiracy (not that Ian Svenonius did much better with Nation of Ullysses or The Make-Up, but I digress), but to hear him raging in full-on hardcore mode... I am satisfied. Still prefer David on the mic, but whatever, give me anti-cop anthem with a catchy chorus and I'm happy. Give me a few more (see also "Fuck the pigs", "Coptown") and what can I say? I love it.
AC4 - Pigs lose
Choir of Young Believers to tour Europe
Choir of Young Believers are touring Europe in January:
01/14 - Vooruit, Gent (BEL)
01/15 - Eurosonic Festival, Groningen (NL)
01/17 - Haldern Pop Bar (session), Haldern (GER)
01/18 - Blue Shell, Cologne (GER)
01/19 - Brotfabrik, Frankfurt (GER)
01/20 - Haus Der Musik, Vienna (AUS)
01/21 - Arge, Salzburg (AUS)
01/22 - Treibhaus, Luzern (CH)
01/23 - Le Scopitone, Paris (FRA)
01/25 - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London (UK)
01/26 - Dulcimer, Manchester (UK)
01/27 - The Freebutt, Brighton (UK)
01/29 - De Kreun, Kortrijk (BEL)
01/30 - Privatclub, Berlin (GER)
01/31 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
The Samuel Jackson Five to release vinyl box
Denovali Records will be doing a 3xLP boxset for Norwegian instrumental postrock act The Samuel Jackson Five that will include the band's three albums with new artwork. No release date yet, but expect preorders around January/February.
P3 Guld nominees are in
The nominees for this year's P3 Guld awards have been announced:
Newcomer:
Fever Ray
Erik Hassle
Lorentz & M.Sakarias
Maskinen
Miike Snow
Song:
Agnes - Release Me
Erik Hassle - Hurtful
Markus Krunegård - Hela livet var ett disco
Mando Diao - Dance With Somebody
Promoe - Svennebanan
Group:
Fibes, Oh Fibes! - 1987
[Ingenting] - Tomhet, idel tomhet
Kent - Röd
Mando Diao - Give me fire
Takida - The darker instinct
Artist:
Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
Jonathan Johansson - En hand i himlen
Markus Krunegård - Prinsen av Peking
Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home
Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
Guldmicken (best live):
Miss Li
Promoe
Takida
Jenny Wilson
Lars Winnerbäck
Dance:
Adam Beyer – Various productions
Axwell – Various productions
Dada Life – Just do the dada
Fever Ray – Fever Ray
Samuel L Session – The man with the case
Hip-hop/soul:
Lorentz & M. Sakarias – Vi mot världen
Mohammed Ali – Processen
Näääk – Näääk vem?
Promoe – Kråksången
Stor – Nya Skolans Ledare
Pop:
Deportees – Under the pavement – the beach
Fever Ray – Fever Ray
Fontän – Winterwhila
Miike Snow – Miike Snow
Taken By Trees – East of Eden
Rock/metal:
Abramis Brama – Smakar söndag
Babian – Fullproppad, listtoppad, livrädd & uppstoppad
Gösta Berlings Saga – Detta har hänt
Satan Takes a Holiday – Satan takes a holiday
Switch Opens – Switch Opens
Go here to vote: http://www.sr.se/sida/default.aspx?ProgramId=3636
Nikola Sarcevic confirms new solo record in Swedish
Millencolin frontman Nikola Sarcevic will release his new på Svenska solo album "Nikola & Fattiglapparna" on March 3 via his own label Stalemate Music. Expect samples online in January.
Mixtapes & Cellmates aim for Japan, UK, release new single
Mixtapes & Cellmates will have their latest album "Rox" released in Japan on December 16 via Quince Records and then in the UK on March 22 via One Little Indian. UK folks also get treated to the "Soon" single which will precede the album on January 25. And finally, in other news, the band will release the new domestic single "Soft eyes" on December 13, complete with video.
Giant Factory, Asteroid Galaxy on tour
Danish acts Giana Factory and The Asteroid Galaxy Tour are currently on tour together:
12/02 - Tivoli, Utrecht (NL)
12/03 - W2, Den Bosch (NL)
12/04 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
12/05 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
12/08 - Grande Mix, Tourcoing (FRA)
12/10 - Trabendo, Paris (FRA)
12/11 - Laiterie, Strasbourg (FRA)
12/13 - Gebaude 9, Cologne (GER)
12/14 - Atomic Cafe, Munich (GER)
12/15 - Lido, Berlin (GER)
12/16 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
12/17 - Train, Aarhus (DK)
12/19 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
Also, be sure to check Giana Factory's site for the month as they are posting daily video updates, Advent-style: http://www.myspace.com/gianafactory
It's the End
s/t
Musea Records
It's the End are clearly a band with some talent who, in an attempt to cover the plethora of musical genres that they are quite obviously into while simultaneously trying to be overly-clever with their compositions, come across as being seriously self-indulgent and have offered us a debut album that sounds as though it would only ever find an appreciative audience in some 3am pretentious-as-hell jazz bar. Most of the material on here just sounds too samey and, with boredom setting in very quickly, the album struggles to retain attention for any length of time. It doesn't get much more boring than on "Internal combustion" or, likewise, much more incoherent than on "Drakes equation". And I don't think I've ever heard a worse metal rhythm guitar tone! I'm sure that It's the End would go down a storm on The Fast Show's Jazz Club where, mercifully, we're only exposed to a minute or two of bands' pretentious twaddle. I'd certainly get a good laugh out of that. I'm not laughing, however, after enduring 80 minutes of this pretentious crap, and as closing track "Tautological torment" (a perfect summing up of the album as a whole) winds down, I sit with the onset of a headache and I'm glad that now, it really is the end.
- John Norby
Musik med Kings of Convenience
PSL's latest live guests are Norwegian act Kings of Convenience: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/11/30/musik-med-kings-of-convenience/