Absolut Noise has a track from the upcoming Mattias Alkberg solo album "Nerverna": http://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2009/10/first-solo-record-of.html
I too spent some time listening to it over the weekend and yes, it is in fact a rockabilly record. Sort of. Somewhere between the dad-rock of Nisse Hellberg (who I really do actually enjoy) and the greaser cool of Franke, but also something else entirely. Give me more time to digest.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Bröderna Lindgren - Annan sort (feat. Britta Persson)
02. TALK 1
03. Rigas - Tonite
04. Sienna Root - The road to Agatha (Ahir Bhairav)
05. The Gentle Act Incident - The city doesn't know me
06. Asha Ali - Hurricane
07. TALK 2
08. Agent Side Grinder - Die to live
09. Moloken - My enemy
10. Boys of Scandinavia - Good looking
11. TALK 3
12. Sivert Høyem - Moon landing
13. Moonbabies - Take me to the ballroom
14. The Movements - Save me
15. TALK 4
16. Mikkel Meyer - Tunge (feat. Non)
17. Sahara Hotnights - Impressed by me
18. Samuraj Cities - The weekend is almost over
19. TALK 5
20. Adjagas - Mánu rávdnji
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.
Pistol Disco keeps getting better and better and they've just posted a new track for free download called "Bad wisdom": http://www.pistoldisco.com/
Victims will be supporting Municipal Waste on tour across Europe in early 2010:
01/19 - Magnet Club, Berlin (GER)
01/20 - Juha West, Stuttgart (GER)
01/21 - Feierwerk, Munich (GER)
01/22 - Sottotetto Club, Bologna (ITA)
01/23 - New Age Club, Treviso (ITA)
01/25 - tba, Hamburg (GER)
01/27 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
01/28 - Betong, Oslo (NOR)
01/29 - Garage, Bergen (NOR)
01/30 - Academy, Birmingham (UK)
02/01 - King Tuts, Glasgow (SCO)
02/02 - Cockpit, Leeds (UK)
02/04 - Scala, London (UK)
02/05 - Sneek, Bolwerk (NL)
02/06 - Milkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Sivert Høyem - Moon Landing
02. Kings Of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
03. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2009
04. John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - For Sant Til Å Være Godt
05. Solveig Slettahjell - Tarpan Seasons
06. Thomas Dybdahl - En Samling
07. Mari Boine - Sterna Paradisea
08. OnklP & Jaa9 - Sellout!
09. The Cumshots - A Life Less Necessar
10. Steinar Engelbrektson Band - Minna Som Eg Har
11. Paperboys - Oslo Agreement
12. Yoga Fire - Fuck You Eller Penga Tilbake
13. a-ha - Foot Of The Mountain
14. Jan Garbarek Group - Dresden - In Concert
15. Alexander Rybak - Fairytales
16. Röyksopp - Junior
17. Askil Holm - Rolling The Slow Bus Home
18. Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes og Askil Holm - Halleluja Live Vol. 2
19. Christina Bjordal - Warrior Of Light
20. Stavangerensemblet - Samlekasse
Thomas Dybdahl is back in the UK in December:
12/01 - Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester
12/02 - Bodega, Nottingham
12/04 - The Cockpit (Room 3), Leeds
12/07 - The Royal, Derby
12/08 - The Freebutt, Brighton
12/09 - Moles, Bath
12/11 - Acorn Theatre, Penzance
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Larz Kristerz - Om du vill
02. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
03. Peter Lemarc - Klassiker
04. Mustasch - Mustasch
05. Christer Sjögren - Schlagerminnen
06. Takida - The darker instinct
07. Europe - Last look at Eden
08. Sarah Dawn Finer - Moving on
09. Ebba Forsberg - Ta min vals: ebba forsberg sjunger Leonard Cohen
10. Eva Eastwood - The beat goes on
11. Jerry Williams - Dynamite - live
12. Malena Ernman - La voix du nord
13. Tingsek - Restless soul
14. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
15. The Real Group - The real album
16. Erik Hassle - Hassle
17. Mats Bergmans - Premiär
18. Drifters - Ljudet av ditt hjärta
19. Niclas Wahlgren - Plommon
20. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
Taken By Trees will be doing a couple UK dates in December:
12/13 - Mono, Glasgow
12/14 - Garage, London
The 3rd volume of Kranium Records' "Fuck your scene, kid" 7" split series, this one featuring heavyweights Kvoteringen and Nitad, has been sent off to the pressing plant.
As alerted by Jerry Bowman, the members of Sibiria have started a new band called Kommun who, despite the Swedish name, sing in English. Check 'em out at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kommunswe
Danes Choir of Young Believers are the guests in this week's "Listed" column at Dusted: http://dustedmagazine.com/features/849
Here's some multi-camera live footage of Britta Persson performing live in Brazil last month: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbbCLa1t4P8
In case you were wondering, the deluxe edition of the new Kent album "Röd" will include 3 LPs, a CD, a 120-page book and a USB memory stick.
I picked up a No Balls 7" on a total whim, not knowing anything about the band except that it was being peddled by the same folks who sold me the latest Brainbombs LP. I figured with that kind of association, it'd at least hold its resale value if I wasn't into it and if I was, it's all bonus. Anyhow, I have since learned that No Balls is Drajan Bryngelsson and Dan Råberg from Brainbombs 'cept that this particular 7" I have is all Drajan. Musically speaking, it sounds like an instrumental Brainbombs: nothing but repetitive, caustic, atonal riffs set with the intention to batter and antagonize. In other words, No Balls is perfect for those of who would like to get into Brainbombs, but can't get past the heavy violent, misanthropic and misogynistic vocals. I think copies of this ultra-limited record might still be out there (only 187 copies pressed), but here's a rip of the a-side for those of you who aren't apt to bother. PS, the b-side is called "Balls".
No Balls - No
Swedish psych/folk act Vinter, featuring acclaimed soundtrack composer Matti Bye, will release their sophomore album "Vinter II" on November 22 via Tjärnen and will only be available on limited edition vinyl. Hear sample tunes at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/vinterfolk